readytorunbook Chapter 303 Buying Maids and Servants
Chapter 303 Buying Maids and Servants
The two first came to East Street, carefully selected lamb chops, and then bought fish, chicken and duck, as well as a variety of mouth-watering snacks.
Then, the two of them came to West Street again, but when Jiang Yimo arrived at West Street, she just randomly picked some vegetables that she didn't have in her space, but didn't buy a lot.
There was a reason for this - because her space was planted with a lot of vegetables that were available in all seasons. Therefore, the demand for green vegetables was not very high.
At this time, she asked to buy a small amount of vegetables just so that after returning home, she could take out other varieties of vegetables from the space as a cover to avoid causing unnecessary trouble or suspicion.
In this way, you can satisfy your appetite and keep the secret at the same time.
After they bought all the ingredients for cooking, they walked back to Gu's house.
In her two lifetimes, it had been a long, long time since she had gone to the street to buy groceries with others so leisurely.
If they had not just moved into a new house today, the Gu family would not have servants and a chef to cook, and she would not have been able to experience the feeling of buying vegetables with her aunt on the streets of ancient times. It was a great feeling.
However, Mrs. Gu is very good at shopping for her own groceries, because you can see that she knows how to bargain when buying things.
You can tell at a glance that this is not her first time going out to buy groceries.
After the two returned to the Gu Mansion, Xiao Kai took them to the main hall and said that the matchmaker had come and asked them to go and choose a few maids and servants.
So they hurriedly quickened their pace and rushed to the main hall without stopping.
As soon as Jiang Yimo stepped into the door, she saw that the room was crowded with people of all kinds, men and women, old and young.
At this moment, the matchmaker was seen chattering loudly, her bloody mouth painted bright red opening and closing exaggeratedly, and she was introducing the young girls, women and boys around her to the people around her.
This matchmaker was eloquent and sweet-talking. She described the various advantages of the girls and boys under her care in a way that sounded miraculous and perfect, and she simply praised them to the sky!
Her words are exaggerated and vivid, which makes people look sideways.
But her real purpose was to sell all these people for a good price.
Jiang Yimo and Mrs. Gu both looked carefully at the girls and boys in front of them.
Among them was a little girl who looked only eleven or twelve or thirteen years old. She lowered her head and never dared to look up at the people around her.
Jiang Yimo looked the little girl up and down carefully. She saw that the little girl was very thin. She was wearing patched clothes and a pair of black cloth shoes with holes in the toes.
"Little girl, lift your head up and let me see you."
The little girl hesitated for a while, but when she heard Jiang Yimo say this, she raised her head obediently.
Jiang Yimo immediately noticed that her face was covered with dust, her hair was a little messy, and her eyes revealed a hint of fear and uneasiness.
Looking closely, although her face was dirty, her features were still good. But her thin body looked as if it would fall down if the wind blew.
So she looked at the matchmaker and asked, "How old is this little girl? Where did she come from?"
When the matchmaker heard what Jiang Yimo said, she laughed and said, "Miss Jiang, you have a really good eye! This little girl is only eleven years old this year. I brought her out from a small mountain village two days ago. The people in that village are very poor. They can't even get enough food, let alone raise a child. So they sold this little girl to me, hoping to give her a good place to go."
After hearing what the matchmaker said, Jiang Yimo couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic towards the little girl. She thought that if the original owner didn't have a nanny to protect her, she might have been sold to an unknown place to suffer like this little girl.
Even her scumbag father wouldn't care about her life or death.
Thinking of this, she carefully looked at the little girl again. She was pretty, with a pair of big, clear and bright eyes, like two gemstones. She looked very smart. Although she was wearing shabby clothes, it couldn't hide her pretty face.
Jiang Yimo thought, if such a beautiful girl fell into the hands of those with bad intentions, her fate would be miserable...
So, Jiang Yimo decided to buy the little girl.
"Little girl, do you remember your name?"
The little girl opened her beautiful eyes wide and looked at Jiang Yimo, with a hint of fear in her eyes.
But she only dared to glance at Jiang Yimo, then immediately retracted her gaze and quickly lowered her little head.
After a long time, she didn't answer Jiang Yimo's question. The matchmaker standing beside her suddenly became gloomy and slapped the girl on the head.
"Miss Jiang has been asking you questions for a long time. Why don't you answer?"
After the matchmaker finished speaking, she raised her right hand and was about to slap the girl on the head, but at this moment, a white and slender hand grabbed her wrist and stopped her action.
The owner of this hand was Jiang Yimo. She looked at the matchmaker with cold eyes and warned her, "Don't hit anyone in front of me!" Then she let go of the matchmaker's hand.
Although the matchmaker was somewhat dissatisfied, she did not dare to lose her temper with Jiang Yimo, and could only smile and explain: "Oh, I'm really sorry, Miss Jiang, I just saw that this little bitch didn't answer for a long time, and I got angry, so I couldn't help but want to teach her a lesson..."
Hearing Jiang Yimo's words, the little girl who had been keeping her head down seemed to become a little bolder. She slowly raised her head, looked at Jiang Yimo with fear in her eyes, and then whispered, "I... I'm eleven years old..." Her voice was so soft that it seemed like it could be blown away by the wind.
Jiang Yimo nodded slightly to show her satisfaction, with a faint smile on her face, and said softly: "Okay, matchmaker, I want this girl. I'll choose a few more later, and then we'll settle the bill together."
When the matchmaker heard this, she immediately smiled and said with a big smile: "Okay, Miss Jiang, take your time to choose. What I brought here this time are all top-notch goods. These girls and boys are all great!"
Next, Jiang Yimo and Madam Gu carefully selected for a long time from among the many people. In addition to the little girl mentioned earlier, they also selected a total of ten maids and servants.
These selected maids and servants all have some real skills!
For example, some of the maids were very good at embroidery. The flowers, birds, fish and insects they embroidered were so lifelike that they seemed to jump out of the cloth. Some of the maids could read and write, and could help their masters with some simple paperwork. What's more, one of the maids could cook delicious dishes, and people would salivate just by smelling them...