idle mistress

Chapter 4
She is a child who grew up on her grandfather's farm. Her grandfather is an expert in planting and breeding, with an honest and dull personality. Although she is not short of her clothing or food, that's all.

Mrs. Zhang is delicate and caring, and she takes care of her stepdaughter who has saved her life. Shen Qing, who has never felt family affection since childhood, feels it from Mrs. Zhang.

This Zhang family is Xu Lian's house filling. He was born better than Rong's family. He also had a son, but unfortunately he died young in less than a month, and has never had anything to do since then. Gradually becoming arrogant, until today, there is no place for her Zhang family in the Xu family.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, Xu Weiqiu wandered around the messy courtyard for a while, and just a few steps away, he heard a voice coming from the front. When he got closer, he saw Mrs. Rong and two women whispering in the corner As she spoke, she turned her head and went back without paying attention.

After returning to the hut and just sitting down for a while, Mrs. Rong led the two women in.

Seeing this, Xu Lian asked with a puzzled expression, "What's wrong?"

Mrs. Rong didn't beat around the bush, and said directly: "Master, there is a member named Liu in this village who wants to buy a house maid. I think Wei Qiu is quite suitable."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhang showed a look of panic on her face, and stretched out a hand to hold Xu Weiqiu's hand tightly.

But one of the women in Tsing Yi looked around the hut, looked back and forth between Xu Weiqiu and Shen Xiaoke, and asked, "Which one is it?"

Rong pointed to Xu Weiqiu.

Seeing this, the woman showed a trace of dissatisfaction on her face: "This girl is too thin, I'm afraid it will be difficult to support her."

Rong quickly said: "Don't look at her appearance, she has great strength, she works quickly and eats less."

Xu Weiqiu on the side couldn't laugh or cry. She never thought that one day she would be traded in front of others like an animal.

"Father, I don't want to go." She immediately stated her position.

Before Xu Lian could speak, Mrs. Rong came over and took her hand, and said bitterly:

"Wei Qiu, don't think that my aunt is hurting you. You see, our family's money is almost exhausted. We eat wind and sleep along the way, and we don't have another meal. Whether we can live to Mozhou is still uncertain. Well. I have inquired, this Liu Yuanwai is a big rich man, a big family, you used to be a girl for others, as long as you work hard, they will not treat you badly, in a few years let the master find you a good family to marry Isn't it better than those who followed us on a long journey?"

Rong felt that she wasn't lying, that their money was indeed running out, and if this continued, she would have to spend her own money, which she saved with great difficulty, and every penny she spent would cost her money. killed her.

Although the dead girl didn't eat much along the way, after all, there are more people with more mouths and more burdens.She had long thought of leaving her behind, if she could sell it to a rich family for some money, wouldn't it kill two birds with one stone.

Looking at Rong's pretentious face, Xu Weiqiu thought to himself, if it were to replace the weak and ignorant Xu Weiqiu who was at the mercy of others, he would probably be sold out like this in a daze.

She snorted coldly: "Auntie, who are you fooling, you know what this housemaid is doing; she is dedicated to serving men at night, and if the host has guests, she has to entertain them and live a happy life." It’s not as good as the girls in the kiln. Why do you ask the master to find a good family in two years, who will be fooled? From ancient times to the present, how many people who work as housemaids can end well?”

Hearing this, Zhang was so frightened that she burst into tears. She came from a small family and only knew how to work as a servant girl.

Isn't this going to push people into the fire pit?Thinking of this, Zhang plucked up the courage to say to Xu Lian who was not far away, "Master, don't dare, you can't be so cruel, Qiu'er is your first wife."

Mrs. Rong quickly retorted: "What's the concubine's concubine? When is it time to pay attention to this, it is her good fortune to be able to sell to a rich family." As a concubine, she can dominate the principal in everything, except for her belly It also has something to do with her strong character.

Sure enough, as soon as she made a sound, Mrs. Zhang didn't dare to speak anymore.

Zhang was afraid that Xu Weiqiu would not, so she retorted with a cold face: "Auntie, since this is good luck, why don't you let Xu Xiaoke go?"

Xu Xiaoke, who was gloating at the side, immediately changed her face when she heard her words, and yelled at her with claws and claws: "Xu Weiqiu, you damn girl, don't be shameless, talk nonsense, and see if I don't tear your skin apart!" Mouth……."

Seeing his father frowning and looking over, Xu Weicheng who was at the side was very vigilant, covered his sister's mouth with his hand and led him out.

"Master... Master... Otherwise, let's sell the horse." Mrs. Zhang suggested falteringly.

When Xu Lian heard this, he couldn't help but flicked his sleeves and scolded: "A woman's opinion."

After hearing this, Mrs. Rong also showed contempt: "That's right, that horse is the only remaining property of our Xu family. If we sell it, what will we do with our belongings? Can you carry it on the road? ?”

Seeing that the family was arguing, the woman in Tsing Yi winked at her companion next to her, and the two excused that they couldn't be the master for the time being, and asked the master's family to come over in two days before making plans.After leaving the words, the two left in a hurry.

Seeing this, Mrs. Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, and taking a chance, she quietly stepped forward to comfort Xu Weiqiu, saying that people might think that she was too thin and did not meet the requirements, so the deal might not be possible.

Xu Weiqiu is not as optimistic as Er Niang. Since Rong has made up his mind to sell her, even if the deal fails this time, it is hard to guarantee that there will not be a second time; you must know that in this patriarchal society, once a woman sells herself as a slave, it will be difficult. There is freedom.

Instead of worrying about it along the way, it is better to withdraw in advance.In this era of relative scarcity of materials, it is indeed difficult for a woman to survive, but Xu Weiqiu firmly believes that it should not be a problem to support herself with her own knowledge.

She has always been a character who does what she says, and that night, after Xu's family members fell asleep, she hurriedly packed her bags and left the village quietly.

In the night, she chose a mountain road, but it was not easy to walk because of the slippery road in rainy days. When she reached a steep rock wall, she almost fell down without paying attention. Fortunately, she escaped the danger with her agility.

Unexpectedly, he hadn't gone far when he heard a cry of pain behind him.

In the middle of the night, the sound almost sent her away.

"Qiu'er...Qiu'er..."

It was Erniang's voice, and Xu Weiqiu's heart shook, she hurried back, not far away, and under the moonlight, she saw Mrs. Zhang collapsed under the steep wall, in a messy shape.

(End of this chapter)