Chapter 37
Seeing that Feng Yuheng had collected the silver, An finally let go of her mind. She did not intend to please her. The silver was indeed prepared yesterday, but she did not expect that the Royal Palace would give a betrothal gift today, which seemed to be deliberately flattering her.
"Don't worry, Auntie, Ah Heng will treat her third sister well." Feng Yuheng had no intention of promise to An. She knew that for An, she wanted to live a good life the most.
After seeing off An and Xiangrong, Yao pulled Feng Yuheng and asked her: "Do you still remember the tonic when they were replaced?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "I didn't remember it very much at first, but after saying a few words to Aunt An, my memory was clearer when I was young."
Yao told her: "Your Aunt An is a sensible person. When her mother was her legitimate mother, she didn't want to curry favor with her. Later, when the Yao family encountered something, she didn't take any harm. Instead, she secretly stuffed a handful of broken silver into Zi Rui's collar before we left."
"Good people will be rewarded." She handed the teacup to Yao, "Mom doesn't need to think too much about it. After we move to the next yard in two days, there will be some things that my mother needs to take care of."
Yao was originally the mistress of the family. Although he was a little weaker, he was still more than enough to manage a small yard. He immediately responded: "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the complicated and trivial matters in the family. It's Zi Rui, it's time to enlighten me."
When she mentioned Feng Yuheng, she remembered, yes, Zirui was over six years old and was at the age of school.
"Aheng was really neglected in this matter, but my mother remembered it. However, the Feng family's attitude is still to be figured out. Let's take a look at it for a few days before looking for an opportunity to mention it to the mansion."
The mother and daughter were talking, and Madam Sun brought Madam Zhao into the yard outside. Madam Zhao was followed by an old woman and a group of little girls. The Liuyuan, which was originally piled with betrothal gift boxes, was squeezed by these people, and it was so full that it could not be filled anymore.
Madam Sun took Madam Zhao around the box and finally walked to the main hall. Madam Zhao smiled all over her face, and as soon as she entered the room, she whispered: "Miss Second, I am so lucky, so lucky!"
Feng Yuheng sneered in his heart. Who had followed her old master before and didn't have to look at her directly?
"Madam Zhao said this. I am a concubine, so where can I get any good fortune? The blessings in this mansion are all about my elder sister and brother. Madam is an old man, so you have to pay attention to your words."
Her words choked Mama Zhao so hard that the old lady didn't understand. It was clearly a sentence on the scene, but why did the second lady understand the accident at all?
But she only dared to complain in her heart. She didn't dare to show any unhappiness in front of Feng Yuheng. Instead, she smiled even more than before. Since the previous words were not in touch, she might as well go around and change to other words. "I invited a famous man from Beijing, and brought some girls to pick up the second lady. In addition, the old lady ordered the old lady to go to the best ready-to-wear shop in Beijing to choose some clothes for the second lady, the second master and the aunt Yao, and brought them over together. Let's take a look!"
After she said that, she waved her hand and a girl behind her walked in with her clothes one by one.
The clothes they sent to them at this time were naturally good, with good materials and good styles, and were not as secretly as before. Feng Yuheng only took a rough look and asked Huang Quan Wangchuan to take the clothes and put them in the inner room.
Then, the man and his son also entered the hall with a mouthful of yellow teeth. The more than twenty little girls followed her.
Soon, the small outer hall was also filled with it. Feng Yuheng swept around casually and saw that they were all thirteen or fourteen years old. He felt bored, but he had no choice. In this era, children from poor families had no better way out except for being slaves. Furthermore, girls could get married at the age of fifteen and hairpins, and there were many people who came out to work in their early ten years old. Even if she wanted to manage, she did not have the ability.
He gritted his teeth and looked at all these little girls. Feng Yuheng finally picked out five thicker bodies to keep for sweeping, and then picked three as close attendants. One of them followed Madam Sun to serve Yao, the other followed Huang Quan to take care of Zi Rui, and the other stayed with Wangchuan to stay with her.
Seeing that Feng Yuheng had no intention of choosing again, Madam Zhao took the initiative to ask: "Is these people enough? After moving to the yard there, there will be many places that require people."
She waved her hand, "Those are enough, I don't like the number of people."
Madam Zhao nodded, "Everything is up to Miss II." Then she winked at the man. The woman quickly picked out eight pieces from a pile of paper and handed them to Feng Yuheng, "Miss II, these are the contracts for the eight girls you have chosen. They have all been prepared in the government. Please use them with confidence."
Feng Yuheng was very satisfied with this.
Seeing that she had no more instructions, Madam Zhao took the crowd away with her, leaving eight newly selected girls standing in the hall waiting for arrangements.
Feng Yuheng had no experience in this area, so he turned his attention to Yao's family.
Yao took the task over well and asked, "Do you have your original name?"
One of the more courageous girls replied: "Yes, but they are all cheap names. They are afraid of tainting the master's ears, so they ask the master to give him a name."
Yao thought for a while and said to the five maids, "Give you the name of the word "Ruo", and add the word you already have in the last word."
The five girls thanked each other in unison.
As for the other three maids who are close servants, Yao still wanted Feng Yuheng to make a decision by herself. At the same time, she also told Feng Yuheng: "According to the rules, all maids who are close servants are first-class, and in theory there should be second-class people to serve some tea, etc., but Ah Heng, you don't like too many people, so it's enough to keep these."
Feng Yuheng nodded. She really didn't know much about these things, but fortunately, there was Yao's family around her.
After looking at the three girls selected, she had no interest in naming them, so she asked them: "What were your names?"
Several girls answered in turn: "My real name is Qianlan, My maid Ling'er, My maid Hanyu."
"It's not bad." She was quite satisfied with these names, "No need to change it, just call it like that."
Who knew that when these three girls heard this, they knelt down with a pounce - "Please beg me and keep me with me! Please beg me and keep me with me!"
Feng Yuheng didn't understand, "When did I say I wanted to drive you away?"
Yao explained to her: "Slaves recognize their masters, and giving their names is the first reward to them, especially the first-class attendants. Giving their names means that they have completely broken down from everything in the past, and from now on they will be the slaves of the new master."
Feng Yuheng then realized that it was because she had changed her name to her or respect her. She completely wanted to rebel and thought that the name was given by her parents and could not be changed casually.
After thinking for a while, I had an idea in my mind: "Then let's do it. I will also give you a word in your name. I will give you a word Qing in front of it, okay?"
Several girls finally breathed a sigh of relief and said in turn: "I thank my master Qinglan for giving my name, I thank my master Qingling for giving my name, I thank my master Qingyu for giving my name."
"Okay." Feng Yuheng looked at the new girl in the room and pinched the contract of selling her body. The big and loveless Feng Mansion finally gave her a sense of belonging. "You will be our servants in the future. In two days, we will move from this small courtyard to the next house. Although the house is not big, there is still a little less according to the current staff. I like quietness by nature, so you will suffer more. As for the monthly rules, except for what Feng Mansion Duke gives you, I will give you one more every month."
The eight girls were all happy when they heard this and all agreed.
Feng Yuheng waved his hand and looked at Mama Li and Man Xibaotang standing at the door: "As for you three, your master will have new arrangements soon. I, the small Liuyuan Temple, can't hold it anymore." After saying that, he threw a look of peace and irritability at Man Xi who was looking over, and Man Xi breathed a sigh of relief.
Because the new servants came, the small Liuyuan was not enough to live in. The betrothal gift boxes were moved all over the yard. Huang Quan and Wangchuan took the initiative to take turns to take care of the others, and the others were arranged by Madam Sun to squeeze into the wing room and ear room.
As for Mama Li and the other two, I don’t know what they thought. I would rather squeeze together with these servants than ask for it back to Jinyuyuan.
They didn't mention it, and Feng Yuheng didn't rush, and still called Man Xi to serve her in the shower.
In the eyes of Mama Li, this was because she, Feng Yuheng, deliberately made things difficult for Man Xi, and Baotang was wronged for Man Xi, but Man Xi knew in her heart that the second lady must have something to say to her alone.
After receiving Feng Yuheng's instructions, Wangchuan took Qingyu, who was arranged to Feng Yuheng's house, to continue to stock up on items in the yard. Man Xi then fed water into the room one by one, preparing to take a shower.
Feng Yuheng had already taken out special medicine for treating onychomycosis from the space, removed the outer packaging, and then found a small porcelain bottle to put the liquid in it. It looked no different from this ancient thing.
After taking a shower and changing clothes, she called Manxi to the table, first remove the nail polish on it with nail polish, then let her stretch her hands flat, and carefully apply the medicine liquid on it with a small brush.
Man Xi naturally didn't know what was applied to his nails. He just felt very comfortable, with a hint of chill. His originally itchy nails stopped it in a short while.
She was extremely surprised and looked at Feng Yuheng with sincere gratitude. Feng Yuheng did not explain the medicine more, but just asked her: "Did Madam Li say when will she take you back to Jinyuyuan?"
"Yes." Man Xi told Feng Yuheng, "She said she would stay here tonight to see if there is any movement here. If nothing unexpected happens, she will be back tomorrow morning."
Feng Yuheng sneered, "I want to see how I plan to arrange these betrothal gifts?"
Man Xi nodded, "It must be. The eldest lady has always been very concerned about money. The second lady has produced so many good things out of thin air. She must want to get them into her hands."
"Then let her do it." Feng Yuheng stopped saying anything. Seeing that the medicine on Manxi's hand had dried up, he applied it again, and then said: "Then you will go back tomorrow morning, everything will be the same as before. Pay more attention to Shen. If I have something to do, I will go to find you."
Man Xi was very smart and immediately understood what Feng Yuheng meant, "Don't worry, Miss Second, please stay there, I will definitely help the second," he said.
Chapter completed!