Mei Qingyao had planned a lot this year and was about to celebrate his twelfth birthday. As early as when he was ten years old, Qiao Huaping spent a huge sum of money to buy a pony and gave it to Mei Qingyao as a ten-year-old gift, officially teaching Mei Qingyao
Qing Yao rides a horse.
Qiao Huaping also asked Sun Shike to find a martial arts master for the children at home. They would practice for an hour in the morning and another hour after school.
At first, Qiao Huaping didn't intend to let the children achieve any achievements. He simply wanted the children to have some self-defense skills and become physically stronger.
But she didn't expect that her eldest son Mei Qingyao was really talented in this martial arts. No, after only two years of teaching, Master Wu resigned in shame, saying that he had nothing more to teach the eldest son.
This was not a big problem. Qiao Huaping later asked Sun Shike to find one.
Just half a year later, the new martial arts master resigned again for the same reason.
Qiao Huaping: "..."
Now, this is the third martial arts master.
Fortunately, this third martial arts master knows the art of war. In addition to teaching a few children how to practice martial arts, he also tells some military stories and teaches a few children some art of war.
Qiao Huaping was very satisfied with it and increased the monthly payment to ten taels of silver.
Master Wu felt deeply grateful and taught even more carefully.
Qiao Huaping thought that it would be better if this third martial arts master could teach for a longer time.
"Madam! We are back!"
The carriage stopped at the entrance of the courtyard, and two little girls in plain clothes jumped out of the carriage, smiling broadly, each holding something in their arms, looking very happy.
This is when Qiao Huaping went to the county and saw someone selling a pair of sisters. He heard that the head of the family had died and they were living with their uncle and aunt.
The two of them did not have enough to eat or wear warm clothes for a long time, and soon they both fell ill, their bones were broken, and they looked like they were dying of illness.
The uncle and aunt were afraid that their death at home would bring bad luck, so they pushed the two people on a cart to the county town and put a price tag on them to sell them at a low price.
Qiao Huaping took a quick look and knew that these two sisters were actually suffering from typical malnutrition and would die of the disease very early.
Probably because Qiao Huaping stayed there for a long time, the older of the sisters mustered up the courage to ask Qiao Huaping to buy them. They can do anything——
Qiao Huaping thought for a while and really paid for these two maids.
When the greedy couple stared at the silver between Qiao Huaping's fingers with bright eyes, Qiao Huaping just shook his finger and said very coldly: "I bought a maid, you'd better fill out the deed.
"
After a pause, Qiao Huaping emphasized, "Death contract."
If it weren't for the death contract, Qiao Huaping believed that the couple could sell the sisters again when the contract expires.
Sure enough, when they saw that Qiao Huaping was interested in buying it, even if it was a death deed, the couple did not hesitate and filled in their names on the deed of sale.
Finally, Qiao Huaping bought the sick sisters back for ten taels and nursed them back to health. The sisters were back to health, lively and cute.
When Qiao Huaping brought them back, she made it clear that she was not a charity person. She bought them for work. The monthly salary for each of them was 800 yuan. When enough money was saved, the deed could be obtained from her.
Redeem and leave.
The two sisters worked hard at first, trying to save up the money to redeem themselves.
But life in the Qiao family is really comfortable, and there is not much work every day. The host family, whether it is the wife or the young master, is a very good person, and it is easy to get along with them.
Not only are they given the same monthly salary as the maids of wealthy families in the county, but they are also given two days of rest every month. They are like a Bodhisattva on earth.
The two little girls have made up their mind to work at Qiao's house.
Today was a day for the two of them to rest. They wanted to go to the county to buy some things for the girl's home, so Qiao Huaping asked Lao Zhao, the driver at home, to set up a carriage and take the sisters to the county.
Lao Zhao was also a servant bought by Qiao Huaping to drive carts. He was responsible for driving carts, raising horses, and acting as a concierge on weekdays.
"Madam, look at this, do you like it?"
The two little girls enthusiastically held a very unique silk flower and presented it to Qiao Huaping.
The older one is called Wintersweet, and the younger one is called Yingchun. They are both equally lively. "Such a beautiful silk flower, it is a perfect match for Madam's beauty. As soon as we saw it, we thought it was particularly suitable for Madam, so we bought it specially."
For Madam."
Qiao Huaping took a closer look: "It really looks good." She smiled and said, "Thank you."
The two of them were very happy: "Then let's put this silk flower in Madam's dressing table and put it on Madam when she goes out?"
Qiao Huaping smiled and nodded.
The wintersweet went to put silk flowers.
Yingchun couldn't wait to take out a beautiful hair rope and waved it in front of Mei Qingying's eyes: "Miss, do you like this?"