Walking into the Red Mansion starts from the maid

Since the Dragon Boat Festival, Zhao Lu felt that when she walked around the Rongguo Mansion, there was always that kind of vague pity surrounding her. She would not stop doing anything, and would even start a fight in the house, just as an acquaintance. Parting gift.

In this way, you don't have to deal with onlookers who pretend to be sympathetic but are actually watching the joke.

The first day of June is coming in a blink of an eye.

When she woke up in the morning, the morning light was dim, and a red sun was rising in the distance. Zhao Lu thought this was an excellent sign. Before leaving, she received a dividend deed from Lin Zhixiao. The pearl clam she was most concerned about was finally found.

Although I am worried that the meat buns will beat the dog, fortunately, I am opportunistic. I bought mature live clams. It is not difficult to make some money before the Jia's house is confiscated.

Seeing a few Qixie coming from the yard covered in mist, the mother-in-law carried a box of things to the door, but she didn't put it into the house, so she left it at the door.

Qi Lai handed over the box and entered the house. She saw that the walls were clean and the surroundings were tidy. She seemed to have regained her composure, just like the deserted appearance when she first moved in. She almost shed tears in an instant.

I just cried a lot last night. If I come again now, I'm afraid I won't be able to serve Baoyu today.

So he held back his tears and said calmly, "Baoyu said he had nothing to give you. Knowing that you love reading, he gave you... all the books he read last year. He asked you to have poetry and books in your back and not write anything. , it’s best to come back with a top score in the exam someday.”

Okay, give her a box of teaching aids.

"I still want to give the purse to the second master with my own hands." Zhao Lu was speechless. He knew that Jia Baoyu was a sentimental person, but he didn't know that he was so sentimental that he didn't even dare to give him a ride.

Thinking of how depressed he was after Daiyu left the house, Zhao Lu pursed his lips and stopped talking about him. The poor man who was fooled by love looked like a fool.

Seeing this, Qixie joked, "I'm afraid you will see his red eyes."

The morning was cool and there were few servants coming and going. It was the right moment for the meeting. This was the first time in five years that I didn't have to appear in front of Jia Baoyu in the mansion.

But Zhao Lu felt relaxed and hugged the officials and Qixie who were seeing them off one by one, and said cheerfully, "My third sister and the others don't know when they will come back yet. I must stay at her place temporarily. You know the address. You are welcome at any time." Come to the door.”

Seeing a few people who wanted to cry, Zhao Lu held back his words, waved his hand, turned around and climbed into the carriage.I silently recite to Qixie in my heart: I will say goodbye to you after thousands of miles. From now on, if we work hard on the road, we will be able to travel with the same wind after thousands of miles.

As for Qingwen and the others, they used other excuses to deliberately not say goodbye one by one. She didn't like to say goodbye with tears in her eyes. After all, if we were destined to meet again in a few years, there was really no need to waste so many tears.

But he also left a purse with eight treasure patterns for Qi Xie. Each thread was carefully knotted. It was made for Jia Baoyu with the remaining gold and silver threads. One part thanked him for taking care of him for many years, and the other part... the rest A handful of gold thread can be worth three to two hundred cash.

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"Okay, okay, okay." Mrs. Hu flipped through the household registration book, as happy as if she had picked up money, and said hello repeatedly, "The Jia family is quite benevolent, asking you to establish a separate household registration even if you don't have a house."

There is no such thing as a female household in this dynasty. If you want to set up a separate household registration, you must either have both parents like Daiyu, or have an official status.

But this is precisely the beauty of power, it is easy to do things that are impossible for ordinary people.Although her parents had both died and she had no official status, she still had an independent household registration, which meant she was taking advantage of the Jia family's success.

Maybe it's not just Jia's house.

Zhao Lu said solemnly, "I also need to thank Dr. Hu for this matter."

If Hu Junrong hadn't given up his own promotion and Jia Huan hadn't given her a chance to work together, the matter of deportation would not have been so smooth.After all, even Mrs. Wang may not be willing to throw away 500 taels easily.

But... when she thought of Jia Huan, Zhao Lu couldn't help but sweat all over her back. She really couldn't bear to throw away the tiny gem bonsai, which was now lying in the space.

That's all for now.

Zhao Luzhen carefully put away the household registration and documents from Taiyuan Hospital, waiting for the ninth day of June to report to Taiyuan Hospital and start a new career in her life, an upright one.

There is no need to worry about the sudden tightening of the kite string behind you, no need to worry about the day when the house is raided, and the 'property' called slaves will be confiscated at any time, and there is no need to grovel everywhere...

There is no need to grovel, it is fake.

Damn the age of imperial power.

Qingwen and Xiaohong were invited to celebrate their tenth birthday. They looked at them like fools and happily went to the Tai Hospital to report.

Taking the document from the clerk and making a file in triplicate, Zhao Lu took a document with the seal of Tai Hospital and declared that he had officially become... a temporary employee of Tai Hospital.

Wang Jiren nodded with satisfaction. Now that the court judge has entered the palace, it is Wang Taiyi who has the most seniority. He did not say anything bad and personally assigned the person to Hu Junrong. Naturally, everyone below will not embarrass her.

As for the women's Shangguan Bureau, it may be treasonous in other departments, but Taiyuan Hospital is very accepting.In the Prince's House, there were many female doctors working in the Imperial Hospital. Whenever there was a royal celebration, there were also female doctors accompanying him. In addition, Zhao Lu looked cute, so people around him congratulated Wang Jiren.

Because she is a temporary worker and does not have the protective umbrella of the Jia family, she will inevitably have to kneel down when meeting Guan'er.When others bowed, she knelt down and breathed a sigh of relief when everyone came down.

Zhao Lu boarded Hu Junrong's bullock cart and went home for dinner as if charging. Because the hospital only served one lunch, she was already feeling hungry at the beginning of Youchu. Since Hu Junrong was always by his side, she couldn't eat the snacks in the space. Don't dare to take it.

"Is it too late for me to regret it now?" Looking at his new boss Hu Junrong, Zhao Lu took out the 'Kneeling Easy' from his knees, which was a knee pad made of two pieces of menstrual tape that were folded and sewn together.

Today I have accomplished a great feat.

"Be patient, be patient, if you follow me, at least you don't have to go to the palace to kneel to the nobles. That would be even more uncomfortable." Hu Junrong smiled, obviously very satisfied with his new medicine boy Zhao Lu.

Sure enough, life will be easier once you become familiar with the environment.What's more, Hu Junrong did not teach Zhao Luyan about medicine, nor did he ask her to learn anything. He only said that Dr. Wang said it, and everything depended on her own consciousness.

Anyway, the new medical books are piled up wherever you want, you can read them as you please.

She leaned back on her seat, with a book of "Syndrome and Treatment Collection" spread out in front of her. The Taiyuan Hospital was an institution, and she was also responsible for repairing medical books. However, she was also repairing books. It was different from the noble Hanlin Academy next door. But there's no comparison.

Moreover, except for the day when he first entered Tai Hospital, Zhao Lu had never seen the lobby of Tai Hospital where everyone gathered to see him. What a face he had. The most important thing was that he didn’t have a face. Such a handsome appearance, what a loss.

But she could think about it. The old guy Wang Jiren might want to see what else she could do. A slightly more greasy thought was: they must want to learn something from themselves.

Zhao Lu, who had guessed the old man's idea, was happy to take advantage of Hu Junrong's rest and took the people to Nanshi, preparing to buy himself a mount.

Studying medicine was an ancestral craft before there were orthodox medical schools.Zhao Lu is almost 11 years old, and the training window has long been missed in the eyes of these old people, so they can only take the directional learning route for five years to see where her upper limit is.

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Nanshi is the place where livestock is bought and sold.Zhao Lu has a little money, but he can't afford a house for the time being.

As soon as I entered the market, I saw an old horse snoring and being restrained by a few strong men. Its nose was pressed against the stone pillar under the big tree. It was panting heavily and its hind hooves kept kicking the ground, thinking. Get up and fight again.

Seeing that the old horse was about to stand up, the old man holding a long wooden stick on the side saw the opportunity and took action. He jumped on the wooden stick in everyone's hands and pressed the horse's head to the ground, unable to move.

In an instant, people gathered around me like flies. Every quote you made to me seemed determined to win.

Horses are strategic materials. Even if they are old horses, there are still people who want to capture them.

"70 taels!"

"73 taels!"

"..."

Seeing that the price continued to rise, Zhao Lu frowned and asked Hu Junrong, "This horse is old, why are they still rushing to get it?"

You know, Hu Junrong, a sixth-grade official, had a monthly salary of only two taels of silver and a dou of rice.And this old horse was brought home without doing anything. It had to spend dozens of taels of silver first. This was only the first step. There would be food, drink, diarrhea and sleep in the future, which was not easy.

"Those rich people think that Lao Ma knows the way and can control the house." But I knew I knew it, but I didn't expect it to be so popular.

Before Hu Junrong finished speaking, he heard the dealer on the side who failed in the bidding chuckle and say, "This is not an ordinary old horse. This horse is a military horse. It is the descendant of the bloody horse that Lord Bull of Zhenguo rode in the past!"

Zhao Lu nodded as he was the descendant of a celebrity's livestock, but in his heart he immediately branded these 'star-chasers' as being taken advantage of.

However, they didn't want to buy a horse, so they didn't want to say more. After thanking him, they hurriedly went elsewhere.

Hu Junrong and his wife were overjoyed. They said frankly that they really had money but no place to spend. This old horse couldn't carry it on its shoulders or hunch back when it was brought back. It was really an ancestor, so they told Zhao Lu not to suffer such a disadvantage, and asked again,
"What kind of thing does Xiao Liu'er want to buy? A cow or a donkey?"

After walking around, Zhao Lu stared at the cattle barking all over the street, lost in thought.There are naturally high and low statuses in the Taiyuan Hospital. Everyone who comes to work every day also rides on different horses. The better ones ride in sedans, and the better ones ride on horses...

But there are also many people like Hu Junrong who ride bullock carts to get off work every day.

The bullock cart drivers at the gate of the palace also knew that these officials, both big and small, were interested in face and not in production, and the money was easy to come by. They would never be stingy about the fare, so they did other jobs when they came and went. It’s fifty or sixty percent more expensive.

There is no need for the old cow to suffer, all that is needed is to keep the bullock cart clean and decent, and the money will not be earned in vain.

Zhao Lu calculated with his hands that it was equivalent to doing nothing every day. As soon as he came in and out, he looked at the fare of twenty or thirty cents and went out. Taiyuan Hospital had six days off per month, so the fare for the year was five or six taels of silver!

But she accepted the five-year employment contract from Taiyuan Hospital and took a taxi for five years, which was still okay, so she said firmly, "Buy donkeys, donkeys are cheaper."

As he spoke, he began to settle the accounts for the couple. An adult donkey, no matter how good it is, costs less than two taels of silver. Including chewing, the cost in the first year is about the same as taking a taxi. The lifespan of a donkey is generally 20 years, and the lifetime maintenance cost is It's just one bite to eat, and the cost of subsequent use is significantly reduced. Of course, buying a donkey is cost-effective.

After being away for half of my life, I still have a donkey left when I return. No matter how you calculate it, it is more suitable than taking a ride.

Watching the donkeys braying, their nose rings were pierced in a row, and they all stretched their necks to reach the leaves above their heads.

She already fantasizes about riding a donkey to work.

When it's time to take a rest, tie a bridle to the stone mill in the yard, lead the donkey up, grind wheat, corn, and maybe grind sesame paste.After you finish cleaning up your own property, you can help your neighbors grind it, and you will receive a ration of three to five cents at a time, which is equivalent to cooperating in raising donkeys all year round.

The corners of Zhao Lu's mouth turned up unexpectedly, and he turned his head and said to the man who was accompanying the Hu family and his wife, "Can it be cheaper?"

Yaren, the intermediary, followed the three of them into the market. Until now, he still couldn't tell the big king from the big one, and he didn't look very dainty at all.

The Yaren didn't know that the little girl was complaining about him, so he just smiled apologetically at Hu Junrong: "Sir, this is an outstanding individual among the donkeys in Guanzhong, with a docile personality. Look at its big eyes, wide mouth, and round ribs. Look at it again. These legs are so strong! If the seller hadn't had a shortage of food this year, he might not have been willing to sell them for just two taels of silver."

"But after all, it's a donkey, so you can't use it when it rains. I just use it for transportation, so let's give it a discount."

"The carriages and ox-carts are covered with roofs. They are needed even on rainy days. How about we go and have a look?" Ya Ren was a little bit weird. Although there was no sarcasm in his eyes, his tone was really unpleasant.

Hu Junrong exclaimed. If he wanted to argue, he asked Zhao Lu and his wife to hold him back.Don't they want to buy horse-drawn carriages and ox-carts?Besides, after looking at them for an entire afternoon, these are the ones that I like the most.

A deal was settled, and the business of the two donkeys was completed. The Yaman left the deed and turned away happily.But he made a mockery out of sight of the three of them, saying that all the officials in the capital really took him seriously!

Pooh!
A poor man who is reluctant to part with even two taels of silver.

However, Zhao Lu and his party could not see or hear these things, so no one cared about them at all.Pulling his new car back, he held a handful of radish and green vegetable leaves in his hand, and fed the donkey a mouthful from time to time. Before they even got home, the relationship between man and donkey became warm.

"Uncle Hu, shall we ride a donkey to the Tai Hospital tomorrow?" She couldn't wait to try out her new car.

"Oops, I forgot to tell you that we have been assigned a new mission." With that, he told Zhao Lu about going to the western suburbs camp on June [-]th.

June [-]th is the birthday of Guanyin.Because Buddhism was very popular in this dynasty, and its teachings on all sentient beings were also accepted by people, so bathing and fasting on this day had become a rule, and naturally, not bathing on this day also became a rule.

Zhao Lu was chewing lettuce and watching Hu Junrong pack the medicine box. Soon they would be distributed together.

for three days.

This is a hard job that falls on Hu Junrong not only because he is also a newcomer, but also because this doctor is very good at using the logic of treating pigs to treat people.

It is commonly known as strong medicine, and it is estimated that only strong soldiers can withstand it.

No wonder he hasn't been asked to do any errands in the palace since he entered Tai Hospital.There are many noble people in the palace, and the hospital has taken great pains to protect its reputation.

Zhao Lu thought it didn't matter. He didn't do anything, and his salary as a temporary worker couldn't be in vain, right?

But being driven back and forth to do this and that for half a living, the price of freedom is really high, so you still have to find a way to make some extra money.