Chapter 9 Place the maid
Soon Cao De ordered someone to get a carriage and come to pick up Cao Anmin and go home to recuperate. Before Cao De left, he apologized to Hua Tuo for his previous attitude and presented five ingots of gold as a medical treatment.
If Cao De had put it in the past, his artificiality might have deceived Hua Tuo. But now his actions made Hua Tuo feel a little disgusted. Hua Tuo, who was in a trance, did not come back to his senses until he sent Cao De and others away. He never expected that Cao De, a book snare who was praised in Qiao County, was actually a hypocritical hypocrite who wanted to collude with a strong man and kill his nephew!
Hua Tuo became more and more shocked the more he thought about it. Under the warm veil of this wealthy family, there were cold hostility and bloody hatred!
Hua Tuo wanted to call Cao Ang immediately, but he was struggling with no evidence. After all, Cao De and Cao Ang were their uncles and nephews, and they broke their bones and connected their tendons. How could Cao Ang believe what an outsider said, how could he believe that his uncle would harm him?
Besides, Hua Tuo estimated that Cao Ang should have left Qiao County County and was on his way home. If he went out of the city to chase him, it would be not very peaceful to walk at night, and there was no one to take care of the patients in the clinic, so how could he be at ease? Anyway, he listened to what Cao De said, and he would not take action in the past few days. In another three days, Cao Ang will enter the city to meet him. It would be not too late to remind Cao Ang at that time.
Not to mention Hua Tuo's inner entanglement and anxiety, just saying that Cao Ang and his men walked until it was dark and finally returned home. As soon as they entered the house, Cao Ren hurriedly hugged the newly purchased maid and walked away quickly.
Cao Ang smiled and shook his head, and whispered to Lao Zhao: "Uncle Zhao, my uncle is so uncontrollable. Since I got home, I should go and report to my wife so that she won't worry. I wanted to buy you some fine wine on the way, but we're late and we're all closed the stalls. There are two golds here, so you can buy wine, which is my wish!"
Lao Zhao has been following Cao Ang for most of the day, knowing that Cao Song had just rewarded Cao Ang with ten golds at the pledge market, of which seven golds were bought and the deed tax was paid for one gold, leaving only two golds. Moreover, Lao Zhao also knew that Cao Ang had only a half-month monthly rate in the past, and even two golds were not a small number for Cao Ang.
Although Lao Zhao was not an ordinary slave, he still felt warm in his heart when he held the two ingots of gold stuffed into his hand by Cao Ang. He did not refuse again and again, but just saluted Cao Ang solemnly and drove away in the carriage.
Cao Ang smiled at the two little girls until he watched Lao Zhao walk away, and said with a smile: "Come on, come on, come on and see my wife. From now on, you two will stay in the wife's room and massage her back. The wife is very kind to the people, so you two should be more diligent and don't embarrass me..."
Cao Ang said along the way, the two little girls nodded repeatedly, and Xiao Yi also introduced the rules of the Cao family. Soon the four of them arrived outside Mrs. Ding's courtyard. At this time, an oil lamp had been lit in the house, and a faint light was faintly emitted. Xiao Yi and the two little girls were waiting outside, and Cao Ang strode in.
When he heard the noise outside, Mrs. Ding beat her waist and stood up from the spinning machine. Seeing that the person was Cao Ang, Mrs. Ding complained: "Why did you come back now? Come here to have dinner quickly. I have heated you on the stove two or three times!"
While saying this, Mrs. Ding opened a cage from several tables. There were two side dishes, a large bowl of rice, and a bowl of white porridge. She tried the temperature of the porridge, nodded gently, and said to Cao Ang who was still standing aside: "What are you doing when you stand stupidly? Why don't you eat it quickly! You always don't let me worry. In the past, I knew how to study hard and couldn't even drive out of the house; now I know how to play once I go out, and I don't know how to come back early."
Although Mrs. Ding complained repeatedly, Cao Ang felt warm in his heart, as if he had returned to his mother in later generations. He hurried forward, knelt on the edge of several tables, picked up the rice and slashed it into his mouth. While squeezing the rice, he couldn't help but shed tears.
Mrs. Ding smiled and said, "Why are you crying?" She quickly pulled out a handkerchief, helped Cao Ang wipe his tears, raised his chopsticks, and picked up several chopsticks into his bowl.
Seeing that Cao Ang was eating very well, Mrs. Ding laughed happily: "Aang, no one robs you, eat slowly, don't choke. Your father is not at home, and you don't have to follow the rules of "no food". What fun is there when you go to the city today? Tell me about it."
Cao Ang smiled and said to Mrs. Ding: "Madam, I met my grandfather today. He also praised me and increased your monthly rate to eight guan and my monthly rate to five guan! All of this money is paid by his family's house, which is a compliment to us."
Mrs. Ding looked at Cao Ang's expression like treasure and couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, "What did your child do? You actually made your grandfather value you so much! He doesn't often praise his children and grandchildren, and sometimes he always has a tight face. Don't keep it a secret, tell me quickly."
So Cao Ang explained what happened in the city today in detail, and then he smiled and said, "Madam, my grandfather gave me ten ingots of gold today, so I used it to buy you two little maids and massage your back. You two come in and see your wife!"
Cao Ang's last words intentionally amplified the sound. When the two little girls heard the shouts, they hurried into the house and fell to the ground: "Sister Liu Yu'er, Liu Chi'er pays homage to the mistress!"
"Fish, crab?" Mrs. Ding couldn't help laughing out loud, "Why are you two dishes?" Looking at the thin bodies of the two little girls and their pale and thin appearance, Mrs. Ding sighed, "Poor children, you two are both surnamed Liu, are you from the same village?"
Liu Yuer was a little older, fifteen years old this year, not as shy as Chaier, who was only ten years old. He bowed to Ding and said, "What the mistress said is that we are both from Liujia Village. The floods flooded half a year ago, destroying our village. We survived by chance, and had no other ability. We could only sell ourselves as slaves and make a living."
"Poor child!" Mrs. Ding sighed, "Since you come to our Cao family, you will naturally be able to eat. The names of you two are a bit rustic. Let's do this. Yu'er is changed to Yu'er and Chi'er is changed to Xie'er."
"Don't you thank your wife?" Cao Ang had finished cooking at this time and reminded him while drinking porridge.
"Yu'er, Xie'er thanked her wife!" The two little girls quickly gave a blessing.
Cao Ang smiled and said, "Madam, these two are not bad. I specially asked Uncle Zhao to help pick two loyal and kind people. Are you satisfied? They can now massage your back, and when they grow up, they can help you spin thread, so as to save you from such fatigue!"
Seeing that Cao Ang cared about him so much, Mrs. Ding smiled and said to the two little girls: "You two look up, huh, let's do it, Yu'er stays with me, the monthly rate is set at 300 yuan; Xie'er is young, so she goes to Ang'er to take care of her, and the monthly rate is set at 250 yuan! Our Cao Mansion is very good at treating the servants. Not only does it take care of food and accommodation, but also provides fabrics for spring and autumn every year. As long as you are diligent, you will have your own benefits."
The two little girls nodded repeatedly, but Cao Ang shook his head and said, "Madam, I have Xiao Yi over there, I don't need anyone, so I'd better leave it to you! I bought these two maids, and I hope they can help you with your work and don't get tired of yourself."
"You kid, I told you to keep it! Xiao Yi is clumsy, no more caring than a maid!" Mrs. Ding said with a smile: "That's it. Xiao Yi, take them down and eat something on the stove. Then take them to Aunt Li's side and find clean clothes to change. I usually stay here, but she has a lot of work at home in the past two days and doesn't have much time here. Yu'er stays here and just helps me with chores."
Xiao Yi quickly agreed and took Yu'er and Xie'er to the kitchen, and then explained the rules in Cao's mansion to the two of them.
Cao Ang had a conversation with Mrs. Ding again. After all, she was ten years old and walked a lot of roads during the day. Soon she fell asleep in a daze on Mrs. Ding's couch.
Ding smiled and took a thin quilt and gently covered Cao Ang. Cao Ang just turned over and muttered in a low voice: "Em..."
Mrs. Ding felt sad in her heart. She gently held Cao Ang's hand and patted Cao Ang's body gently, while whispering: "Em here, Em here. Ang'er is good, fall asleep, the dog is coming, the cat is coming, and Ang'er is asleep..."
It was not until Cao Ang was completely asleep that Mrs. Ding slowly stopped and covered him with the quilt he had kicked away. She sighed softly, kissed Cao Ang's forehead slowly, picked up a small fan, waved it gently, and helped him drive away the mosquitoes.
At this time, Aunt Li walked in and saw this situation and whispered: "Madam, I have seen both girls. There are no diseases or scars on them. Xiao Yi said that the young master also paid the deed tax for their contracts. There should be no problem. But Madam, Yu'er is older and more convenient to take care of the young master, why do you put the young master's side with the young master?"
Aunt Li was Mrs. Ding's dowry maid, and later betrothed to the housekeeper of the Cao family, and was also considered Mrs. Ding's confidant. Only she dared to question Ding's decision and had the courage to raise it in person.
Ding smiled slightly and whispered: "Now is the time when Ang'er grows up and establishes his foundation. You must not let go. Although Yu'er is sensible, she is old after all. If she has any thoughts she shouldn't have and seduces Ang'er in a day, then we will regret it. As for Xie'er, although she is young, she has experienced so many things and should have the awe. Besides, Ang'er needs an innocent little girl to guide him and have more childlike interests every day."
Aunt Li nodded repeatedly, "Mrs. She is still considerate and considerate. The old slave is old and is not as experienced as her wife."
Ding smiled and said, "You old guy, you are just over ten years older than me, why do you say you are old? When Ang'er starts a family and starts a business in the future, you will still accompany me to hold your grandson!"
The two of them were talking and laughing, looking at the sleeping Cao Ang together, as if they were looking at the peerless treasure, the night became deeper and deeper...
Chapter completed!