Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 5 Picking up people
  Before the cup of tea was finished, the mule cart hired by Ah Cai arrived. Zhao Cui asked Ah Cai and the others to get on the hired cart, and she took Zhao Wangshu on her own mule cart.

"Grandma, why don't we go back?" Zhao Wangshu realized that the direction of the mule cart was not out of the city.

"Go to Xinu City."

"You still want to buy it?" Zhao Wangshu was surprised. Was her grandma driven crazy by the mansion? Is there no time to live in the future?

"You are a girl from a wealthy family. You can take one step at a time and only take eight steps at a time. There are only a few waiting around you." Mrs. Zhao Cui touched her head and said, "Don't worry about money. Grandma knows it well."

"Oh." Zhao Wangshu responded obediently.

"When the maids have bought all the money, you can change their names so that they can be easily called upon." Mrs. Zhao Cui began to teach her granddaughter again.

"There is no need to change the name of Luzhi, it matches Hong Chang very well." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

"Okay." Mrs. Zhao Cui let go completely, and everything was based on Zhao Wangshu's opinion.

In Xinu City, Zhao Wangshu selected a total of four little girls who were sold by their families.

The oldest one is only eleven years old. The family will not sell any older ones. If they are thirteen or fourteen years old, they can be given to others and receive the bride price directly.

After returning home with such a bunch of servants, Zhao's father, Zhao Lishi and Zhao Yin were all shocked. Is grandma going crazy because of the excitement of the big house? Is there no time to live in the future?

Mrs. Zhao Cui ignored the shocked looks of the three people and said calmly: "There are so many new people in the family today. I have to talk about the rules. The first thing is to address them. From now on, you will call me old lady."

Pointing at Father Zhao, "This is Master."

Pointing at Mrs. Zhao Li, "This is my wife."

Pointing at Zhao Yin, "This is the eldest young master."

Pointing at Zhao Wangshu, "This is the big girl."

Mrs. Qiao cleverly pulled her son, and the mother and son said in unison: "I have seen the master, the wife, the young master, and the girl. Please say hello to the master, say hello to the madam, say hello to the young master, and say hello to the girl. "

The other servants came to their senses and quickly followed suit and saluted the Zhao family.

Mrs. Zhao Cui looked at Mrs. Qiao and nodded slightly, then continued: "I don't care whose job you were in the past or how prestigious you were. Now that you have entered the Zhao family, you must act according to the Zhao family's rules."

After giving the instruction, Mrs. Zhao Cui arranged for the manpower, "From the Qishan family, you are my dowry. You have done a good job in everything. From now on, you have to take charge of this family."

"Thank you, old lady, for trusting me. I will definitely do my job well." The Qishan family member said with joy on his face.

"Qishan, just follow me in and out."

After Mrs. Zhao Cui finished making arrangements, what surprised the servants was that the eldest young master was only accompanied by a book boy named A Xiang.

On the contrary, beside the eldest girl Zhao Wangshu, in addition to Qiao Niangzi and Hong Chang, four of the six newly purchased maidservants were following her.

The other two maidservants, one followed Zhao Cui and the other followed Zhao Li.

The old servants of the past have also gone to their respective places.

The maids beside Zhao Wangshu, Hong Chang and Lu Zhi, kept their original names, Chun Fen was renamed Lan Fen, Laidi was renamed Bai Rong, and Xiao Wu was renamed Cheng Xiang.

I thought that Mrs. Zhao Cui would stop after buying a bunch of servants. Who would have thought that Mrs. Zhao Cui would call the people from the village's clothing shop to cut clothes for the people in her family.

"You hurry up and make my Yue'er's clothes in the next two days. For these girls, you make two sets first for them to change and wash. For the other people's clothes, you make them slowly and don't be in a hurry."

"Grandma Qi, don't worry, I'll make clothes for Sister Yue'er in the next two days." The clothing store is also owned by a member of the Zhao family, and she is called Zhao Cui according to her seniority in the family.

In the next few days, Mrs. Zhao Cui asked Lady Qiao and Lady Wei to teach Hong Chang some rules, while she told Zhao Wangshu about the situation in the mansion.

On the second day of October, Zhao's father and Zhao Yin sent Zhao Wangshu's master and servant to the ancestral hall, and agreed to meet here.

When Zhao Wangshu arrived, Zhao Shuhui and Zhao Xiuniang had already arrived.

Seeing Zhao Wangshu, they both stood up and saluted, "Hello, sister Shu."     "Hello, sister Hui, hello, sister Xiu." Zhao Wangshu returned the salute politely.

Zhao Shuhui's father is deceased, and her younger siblings are still young. They only rely on their mother Liu's textile spinning to support the family. Life is difficult, and she has no maids around her.

Although the conditions of Zhao Xiu's natal family are better than those of Zhao Shuhui's family, there are too many people in the family and there is no extra money to buy her a maid.

Seeing Zhao Wangshu accompanied by a daughter-in-law and six maids, both of them looked envious.

Following Zhao Wangshu was Zhao Shuqing, who brought a daughter-in-law and two maids.

Other girls came one after another, accompanied by one or two maids.

After everyone arrived, they waited for about a quarter of an hour before the carriage from the mansion arrived to pick them up.

This time the mansion sent five carriages to pick them up. The eight girls were placed in the first two carriages, while the servants and luggage were packed into the last three carriages.

Before the girls left, the village owner specifically told them, "You must remember that only if your family is prosperous can you have a good future."

This is true, but it would be too chilling if the family's prosperity came at the expense of their lifelong happiness.

As the carriage got further and further away from the village, Zhao Xiuniang suddenly started crying.

She is the youngest among the eight people. She specially arranged the eldest Zhao Twelve Niang to be on this carriage just to take care of her.

Zhao Wangshu and Zhao Yingniang were also on the carriage. Zhao Yingniang was just a few days older than Zhao Xiuniang. When she saw Xiu Niang crying, her eyes were red.

Zhao Wangshu took Zhao Yingniang to comfort her, while Twelfth Mother coaxed Zhao Xiuniang, "Zhuangzi is not far from the city. If you miss home, come back more often."

"Didn't you say that you are not allowed to go home casually?" Zhao Xiuniang said with a tearful voice.

"That's what I said, but if you want to come back, can the mansion still refuse to let you go?" Twelve Niang said cheerfully.

"Even if the mansion doesn't allow us to come back at will, don't be afraid. There are still so many of us accompanying you." Zhao Wangshu quickly helped Twelve Niang to smooth things over.

"Yes, yes, when we arrive at the mansion, we will eat and live together. If anything happens, we can help each other." Twelve Niang said softly.

Under the comfort of Twelve Niang and Zhao Wangshu, the two little girls finally didn't feel too sad.

As the carriage approached the city, it stopped.

Zhao Yingniang opened the curtain and looked out, "I don't know what happened. There are many people in front."

"Sister Ying Niang, please put down the curtain, it's not good for others to see you." Zhao Twelve Niang said.

"What's so bad? Is it possible that under the emperor's feet, there are still people who dare to rob civilian girls?" Zhao Yingniang curled her lips and asked.

"I heard that there was a dandy who was teasing people." Zhao Erniang glanced at Zhao Wangshu. This clan girl was so stunningly beautiful, but she never tried to hide it.

Zhao Wangshu looked at the frightened Zhao Yingniang and said with a faint smile: "Sister Twelve, do you think Feng Jijun is a vegetarian?"

The laws of this dynasty are very strict in the style of the ancient Qin Dynasty. The Feng Jijun is specifically responsible for public security in the city and has greater power than the police officers of Jingzhao Mansion. Anyone who resists can be killed on the spot.

The Feng Ji Army will not care about how the dandy behaves in Goulan Courtyard, how debauched he behaves, how he indulges in life and money, but he cannot harass the ladies of good families.

If you use words to tease someone, you will be stripped of your clothes and staff for fifty years according to the law.

If you dare to rob a civilian girl in public, you will be punished by the law for three years, and your parents will be guilty of the same crime.

If a daughter of the people died due to humiliation, it would be the most severe punishment.

With the beauties of Goulan Courtyard, dandy boys would not have any trouble with girls from good families. This was one of the reasons why women in this dynasty did not need to wear curtains and hats when going out.

(End of this chapter)