Chapter 14 The Faithful Slave
Breakfast resumed its usual routine, small roasted wheat, xiao long bao, egg custard, and a bowl of goat’s milk.
After hurriedly finishing breakfast, I brought Shui Xiang to Ruyi Hall to greet the old madam.
As soon as I left the house, I met Jiang Yirou, the third girl who lives next door.
Jiang Yirou walked a few steps and pulled Jiang Yishi’s hand, “Second sister, I was about to ask you out.”
Her voice was soft and sticky, her small hands were slippery, and her smile was sweet.
Before she got married in her previous life, Jiang Yishi wasn’t close to Jiang Yirou, thinking that she was like her parents, belonging to the category of smiling tiger. Only later did she realize that the third family was quite good.
Jiang Yishi’s mood is better. Only those who have experienced suffering are more likely to appreciate the beauty of ordinary affairs. In life, experiencing the good is much more pleasant than experiencing the bad.
The two of them went to Ruyi Hall hand in hand.
Jiang Yirou nibbled on Jiang Yishi’s ear, “If grandmother hasn’t picked you up by New Year’s, let my father remind grandmother.”
Jiang Yirou smiled in appreciation.
First Lady Jiang, Third Lady Jiang, Jiang Yiyan, and Jiang Yishan were already at Ruyi Hall, and several boys went to the front yard to study after asking for peace.
Previously, the Jiang Mansion also had a female gentleman teaching the several girls to recognize characters and play the qin. Until the end of last year, the youngest five girls also turned eleven years old, the old lady felt that the girls should learn more female red and housekeeping, before the female teacher resigned.
After resolving that troublesome matter, and thinking that the second granddaughter might still be able to bring the family no small amount of profit in the future, the old lady now looked at Jiang Yishi with much more kind eyes than in the past.
“How are things prepared? If you need anything, ask your great-uncle for it.”
Jiang Yishi laughed, “Thank you, grandmother, I’ll save.”
After laughing and joking with the old lady for a while, a few girls went to the garden to pounce on butterflies and swing on the swings, Jiang Yishi didn’t go.
She had just returned to the Scorch Garden to sit down, when she heard a sound of footsteps in the courtyard, and then the voice of the Bean maid.
“Second girl, second girl, sister Hua’er came to tell me that I’m going to be transferred to be a maid for second girl, is that true?”
As she spoke, she had already run to the house, her eyes glazed over as she looked at Jiang Yishi and the others. She couldn’t believe that this kind of good thing could fall on her head, she was afraid that others were teasing her.
Jiang Yishi laughed, “It’s true. If you’re not willing, I’ll go talk to the First Lady again.”
Maid Bean knelt on the ground at once and said happily, “Slave girl is willing, slave girl is willing. It is a blessing for the slave girl to be able to serve the second girl.”
Sister Wu laughed, “Look at maid Bean’s mouth, how sweet it is.”
Jiang Yi shi told maid Bean to get up, “I’m going to stay at Huzhuang for a long time on the third day of the month next month, so go back and make the arrangements at home, and come here to be on duty on the first day of the month.”
The maid asked again, “If I come to serve the girl, will my monthly salary go up? I used to be a rough servant girl, and I only received three hundred large sums of money per month. Because I did the work of two people, the Chief Steward gave me a fifty-text increase.”
Sister Wu laughed, “What’s so simple about a simple girl, she’s a good calculator of money.”
Jiang Yishi laughed, “From now on, you’ll be my second-class maid, and you’ll get 600 Wen per month.”
The simple girl jumped a few times in joy, laughed twice, and then hurriedly covered her mouth with her hand.
Shui Xiang laughed, “Bean girl is crazy with joy.”
Bean maid knelt down and kowtowed excitedly again, “Slave girl thank you second girl, slave girl has money to cure big brother again. The slave girl’s grandfather was Old Old Master’s own soldier and broke his arm during the war. My father was the second old master’s own soldier, and died on the battlefield with the second old master and didn’t come back. They were all loyal slaves, and the slave girl will also be the second girl’s loyal slave, using her life to protect the second girl.”
Jiang Yishi froze, “Your father is Uncle Jiang Tie?”
She knew that Jiang Chen’s personal soldier was called Jiang Tie, and had met him twice when she was a child.
Maiden Bean nodded, “Uh, my father is called Jiang Tie.”
Sister Wu took a closer look at the Bean girl and said, “Don’t say it, looks like Jiang Tie really has some resemblance, I remember Jiang Tie said that his daughter’s name is Ling’er ……”
Bean girl laughed, “My name is Jiang Ling’er. My father said that even if I’m stupid in other people’s eyes, I’m the most resourceful in my father’s eyes.”
Jiang Yishi personally got up and helped the Bean Girl up, saying, “From now on, you’ll be called Shui Ling, not only resourceful, but also watery.”
The girl’s eyes were filled with little stars, “I know, Shui Ling means handsome.”
Jiang Yishi laughed, “Dress up well, our Shui Ling is a handsome girl.”
She listened to the situation at the Bean girl’s home again.
When the news of Jiang Tie’s death in battle came back, Bean girl’s grandfather almost died of anger, and her brother broke his leg in an unbearable fall. The court issued a pension of fifteen taels of silver, and the Burmese government gave ten taels of silver, which was spent in half a year for grandfather and brother’s medical treatment. Brother’s leg limp, and recovery is not good, lost the government to drive the car errand. Fortunately, last year, she went into the government to do work, and only then there is income again …….
Jiang Yishi sighed, the backbone of the family died, gave ten taels of silver will no longer care, so do not treat the family members of meritorious officials, no wonder the Wu Xiangbo House more and more decline. In his previous life, he was also confused, many things have not been attentive.
She went to the bedroom to open the makeup box, which is loaded with two silver ingots of five taels, some silver, a dozen kinds of gold and silver jewelry. Her monthly money was mostly used to buy jewelry, silk, embroidery threads, or books, so she didn’t save much.
This was almost all that Jiang Yixi had. The fifty taels of silver that the old lady had verbally promised her had not yet been received.
Jiang Yishi took out ten taels of silver. Tomorrow she had to go to the street to sell a few pieces of jewelry, and there were more things to buy.
She handed the silver over to Maiden Bean, ”My brother and I didn’t know that Uncle Tie’s family was so difficult, it’s us who neglected it. Take this silver for your grandfather and brother to see a doctor, so that they can have a better life. If they have any problems, go to Jiang Xun, Jiang Xun will help.”
The simple girl cried with joy and kowtowed to Jiang Yishi a few times. Her brother’s leg has not been well, it hurts like hell ……
At noon Jiang Xun came to Scorched Garden for dinner.
He quietly said, “Sister, today Brother Lianshan came to me again. I said that sis is going to live in the southern suburb of Huzhuang, and big brother Lianshan said that the manor where Meng Shizi lives for a long time is also in the southern suburb of Linfeng Town. If sis has something in the manor, you can send someone to find him …… He also asked what we need to help, I said that there is currently no.”
Said, took out five silver bills to Jiang Yishi, each one hundred taels of silver.
Jiang Yishi shook her head and said, “I’ve said that I can’t ask for people’s money anymore, how can I collect such a large amount of silver.”
The first time she received it, it was Meng Ruimo’s thanks to the orphaned son of her rescuer, so she received it. Later send small sums of silver money, as he gave the child pocket money. But this time to send so much money ……
Jiang Xun said, “I first also do not pick up, said I grew up, can not just accept other people’s money. Lianshan big brother hard stuffed me, said we have no father and no mother, they should be more care. Let me accept this time, he went back to talk to Meng Shizi clear, the future will not send again without incident. Sister, these silver you take to the manor to spend, the countryside bitter.”
Jiang Yi shi thought about the things she wanted to buy, she took out three, the other two were returned to Jiang Xun, “Hide it well, don’t let Granny Yu see it again, otherwise it will be taken away by grandmother again.”