Since he bought a maid, He Yunxi planned to buy a maid to wash clothes and clean the house.
The weather is cold, and washing clothes is too much trouble for her.
So while they still had some time, they headed to Yaxing again.
Ya Ren secretly looked at them. They were wearing coarse clothes, but they were not too bad. They probably weren't here to sell their children.
He smiled and asked: "Guests, what kind of person do you want to buy?"
"I want to have a mother-in-law who usually cooks, washes, cleans, and other things at home." He Yunxi said, "She must have some rules."
Yaren said he understood and asked them to sit and wait. He went to the back and soon came out with about ten women.
These women are not very old, only in their twenties to thirties. In modern times, they are in their prime, but here they have been reduced to the level of mothers-in-law.
He Yunxi felt that if he was called a mother-in-law when he was in his twenties or thirties, he would probably go berserk.
But these are indeed not teenage girls. It is true that they are mothers-in-law.
He Yunxi asked them to report their names, and one of them, Mrs. Zhao, attracted He Yunxi's attention.
Everyone else was a little unkempt, but her hair was neatly combed, her clothes were not wrinkled, and her face and hands looked clean.
"How old are you? Where were you before? Why were you sold?"
"Back to Madam, I am thirty years old this year. I used to live in the Zhao family in Fucheng and was the second-class wife in Madam's yard. Because I accidentally bumped into the Master and the maid... The Master was afraid of the Madam and was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so the Master made excuses to send the slave to me.
Sold." Mrs. Zhao responded.
"What did you do in the Zhao family before?"
"Manage some things in the yard for my wife, run errands and so on."
"If I buy you back and you just do laundry and cooking, would you be willing?"
"My slave is willing. Before I became a second-class wife, I started out as a maid."
He Yunxi stared at Mrs. Zhao for a while and said, "Okay, then it's you."
The tooth man asked: "Madam, do you need anything else?"
"No, she's the only one." He Yunxi didn't plan to buy many people now. If it wasn't for the cold weather and she didn't want to do laundry, she wouldn't buy a mother-in-law to go back to.
"Madam, please wait here for a moment. I'll go get her deed of betrayal." Yaren led the others out, leaving only Mrs. Zhao and He Yunxi.
"Mother Zhao, let me ask you another question." He Yunxi said suddenly.
"Excuse me, madam." Mrs. Zhao lowered her eyes and said respectfully.
"You should have noticed that we are not a wealthy family. You are used to being a responsible mother, so we are definitely not your first choice. Why did you agree to go with us, and why are you still a little impatient?"
Mrs. Zhao looked up at her with some surprise, then lowered her head again, remained silent for a few breaths, and said: "The manager of the dental office has taken a fancy to me and wants to do something to me. I'm afraid that if I stay here any longer,...
"
What happened next was hard to say, but it was indeed the reason why she wanted to escape from here.
He Yunxi nodded: "No wonder."
He Yunxi didn't ask any more questions. When the tooth man came out with the deed of betrayal, He Yunxi gave him five taels of silver and took Mrs. Zhao away.
She first sent Lu Yan back to the college. When Lu Yan looked at her, he got out of the carriage and the two of them came to the side of the tree.
"I'll leave the family affairs to you, and leave the Guangwei Building matters to me."
"Are you going to find that person? Shopkeeper Yuan said that person has not appeared in Guangwei Building since the incident."
"I will try to find him."
"Yeah." He Yunxi believed him.
Seeing her trust, Lu Yan was a little emotional and called her name softly: "Yunxi."
"Um?"
"I……"
"What's wrong?"
The time is not yet ripe.
Lu Yan swallowed his words and said, "It's nothing. You are tired after being out for so long today. Go back and rest early."
He Yunxi: "..." If you didn't ask me to come down, I would have been on my way back now!
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When the group returned home, they saw that He Yunxi had brought back a mother-in-law, and everyone was a little surprised to hear that He Yunxi had also bought a maid.
Lu Ming and the others never thought that they would buy a maid one day, but Mrs. Liu soon accepted it.
There are currently two kangs in the house, both of which are relatively large. The three men, Lu Ming, Lu Qi and Liang Jinxi, live in one room, and the four women, He Yunxi, live in one room. The mother-in-law who bought it, Mrs. Zhao, lives in Lu Yunjiao and their previous house.
He Yunxi came out with a quilt and asked Mrs. Zhao to make the bed by herself, "You go to sleep by yourself tonight. If Luo Fu comes tomorrow, you two will live together. It's cold now and there is no kang, so you can make charcoal tonight.
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Mrs. Zhao didn't expect that she would have quilts and charcoal to use. She was a little moved and said, "I used to live in Zhao's house and didn't have charcoal to use when I slept at night. Thank you madam."
"Winters haven't been this cold in the past." He Yunxi said, "I bought you because I wanted you to do some work, but I didn't want you to catch a cold or get sick."
"Thank you ma'am."
"Mother Zhao, our family is from the countryside, so I don't have as many rules as those in big houses. You can be more casual at home. But I also have requirements, which are very simple, sincere, and responsible. Do your job well, and you shouldn't interfere.
Don't interfere with things, don't say things you shouldn't say. Otherwise, I can buy you, sell you, or even kill you."
Mrs. Zhao knelt down and said, "I understand."
Seeing her kneeling down, He Yunxi felt a little uncomfortable, but her face remained calm: "Now that you understand, get up."
"Thank you, Madam."
"You clean up first. Boil some water in the kitchen and a charcoal pot in the bathroom. After you make the bed, get some water and scrub yourself first. I've only worn this outfit a few times. You put it on first and go there tomorrow.
Go to town and buy some clothes."
He Yunxi left his clothes and left. Mrs. Zhao was a little moved when she saw that the clothes were similar to what He Yunxi was wearing.
This lady wants to look stern, but she is actually very kind at heart. She has changed hands from a maid to a mother in charge, and has changed hands with many masters. How can you still see her stiffness in that moment?
She was also tired of the intrigues in the backyard, and it was more comfortable to stay with a simple family like the Lu family.
He Yunxi went to make dinner, and Mrs. Zhao soon came to fetch water and go back to scrub. The bathroom was very warm because of the charcoal basin, so she didn't worry about getting sick even if she stripped naked and scrubbed.
Mrs. Zhao could tell that the Lu family loved to be clean, so Mrs. Zhao carried an extra bucket of water and washed herself. If it hadn't been too late now, she would have washed her hair too.
After she finished washing, He Yunxi also made dinner, making garlic pork ribs, fried fungus slices, and a big bowl of noodles each.