Mrs. Wei, the Renyazi, brought a total of twenty little girls and stood on the ground with their heads lowered and their hands lowered.
"Everyone raise their heads and show Miss Shen!"
"Is anyone literate?" Shen Tianshu asked.
"Yes, yes!" Mrs. Wei quickly picked out two people and said, "This one is twelve years old. He knows a few words and can keep accounts. This one is thirteen years old. His family was originally well off. He studied with a female teacher for several years. Not only did he I am literate and can read storybooks to relieve your boredom."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and pulled out a tall girl from the end and said: "This is even more powerful. Originally, her family ran a medical clinic. Later, her father treated someone to death and the shop was smashed. The family can't even make up for it by selling iron. When I got up, I sold her, she is a very good talent, if the girl in the house had not chosen a maid, I would not have been willing to bring her to an ordinary family!"
Mingyu curled his lips when he heard this and said: "Don't fool our girl. She is already fifteen or sixteen at her age. You can't sell it if you just throw it into your hands, right?"
Although Mingyu got most of his guesses right, Granny Wei had been a bitch in Yongzhou Prefecture for most of her life, so she couldn't be stunned by just a few words.
"I, Mrs. Wei, have been working in Yongzhou Prefecture for so many years. I still need reputation and face. How dare I do anything to fool people!
"This girl is just tall. She is only fifteen this year. I said she is a talent, but I am definitely not fooling a big girl. Not only can she identify medicinal materials, but she can also make medicinal diets, prepare various beauty formulas, and what kind of bathing cleansers She can make fragrant pills for the body and medicine packs for foot soaks, and they are much more useful than ordinary maids!"
Shen Tianshu tested a few sentences from the three of them, and was quite satisfied with the last two, so he motioned to Mingyu to go over and take a closer look.
Mingyu usually acted like a child in front of Shen Tianshu, but now in front of these little girls, he suddenly took on the aura of a big maid.
She interrogated the two of them about their place of origin, family situation, physical condition, and even asked them in detail whether they had had smallpox or chickenpox. She took the opportunity to observe their fingernails, behind their ears, etc., and saw that the two of them answered questions accurately, and she also asked them in detail. It was very neat and tidy, so he nodded with satisfaction.
Shen Tianshu said: "Just keep these two, pick one who is good at needlework, and keep two rough girls."
The five maids were quickly picked out.
Shen Tianshu raised his eyes and said, "Thank you, Grandma Guo."
Aunt Guo forced a smile and said, "Mr. Wei, come with me to the accounting office to pay the money. I will send someone over tomorrow to tailor the clothes for these girls. Don't worry, eldest lady!"
Seeing Shen Tianshu nodding to express satisfaction, Grandma Guo didn't want to stay any longer and immediately led the people out.
Shen Tianshu looked at the five maids kneeling in a row.
The oldest one is tall and slender, with an oval face, high eyebrow peaks, slightly raised eye corners, and a pointed lower jaw.
When she saw Shen Tianshu looking at her, she couldn't help but whisper: "My father was wronged. He didn't cure anyone! It was those people who relied on their power to be unreasonable..."
Mingyu scolded: "Master hasn't spoken yet, do you have the right to speak? How did Granny Wei teach this person? Before he goes far, call her back and take him away!"
"I know I was wrong. I don't understand the rules. I beg you and Sister Mingyu to forgive me this time."
When the other party heard this, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down and apologized. The reason why she waited until Mrs. Wei left before she dared to say this was because she was afraid of being beaten.
Mingyu was right what she said before. At her age, she is indeed too old to be sold to other people's homes as a maid. Generally, people like girls who are ten to twelve years old. They can buy them back for easy training and training for the old ladies. I took him with me for two years, and when I was thirteen or fourteen years old, I came into the house to serve my master.
If she hadn't prepared some medicinal powder for foot soaking, which relieved Mrs. Wei's leg pain, and thought her skills were useful and might fetch a good price, she would have been a concubine for the old man.
If she was sent back at this time, Granny Wei would definitely not keep her anymore.
Shen Tianshu stopped Mingyu who was about to say anything with his eyes, and said: "Let's keep it for a while and see if it's not good, then sell it."
She has no choice now, there is really no one available.
Moreover, rules can be taught slowly, and reading and literacy cannot be taught in a few days. Especially this girl also knows some medicine and pharmacology. If it is really good material, teaching it will save her a lot of worry.
She rushed down and said: "Just call me Minghui. I have a prescription here and medicinal materials in the small kitchen behind. You go and make a bowl of medicine according to the prescription."
"Thank you, girl, I will do a good job." Minghui took the prescription with both hands and responded.
With this, the remaining people lowered their heads lower and even their kneeling postures became more regular.
Another literate little girl has a fair complexion, a round face and round eyes, and is very lovable.
"Just call me Mingyan, and learn from Mingyu in the future."
The maids sent by Mrs. Wei have all been roughly trained by her, and they still understand all the rules.
When Mingyan heard this, she knew that it was Shen Tianshu who was promoting her. Learning from Mingyu was equivalent to being a personal maid for her master, and her big round eyes suddenly turned into slits with laughter.
"Slave, thank you very much, girl."
After Mingyan kowtows to Shen Tianshu, she stands up and salutes Mingyu again: "Sister Mingyu, just ask me if you have anything to do. If there is anything you can't do well, I hope you can teach me."
This is something that will happen.
Shen Tianshu pointed at the popular maid and said, "Call me Mingxiu. There hasn't been much work in the house recently. You can embroider a handkerchief first and let me see!"
The remaining two little girls are both twelve years old, one is named Rui'er and the other is Mi'er, and they are both under Mingyu's care.
They all stay outside and work as rough-and-tumble maids. When they get older and things get better, they can then look for opportunities to move up in the house.
After seeing Mrs. Wei off here, Nanny Guo couldn't help but mutter to Mrs. Xu when she went back: "Madam, I don't know what happened to the eldest lady recently. She seems to be a different person. Her eyes glanced over her, and I felt like I was jealous." Ershi, could it be that a ghost in the wilderness has possessed you?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Ms. Xu was excited by what she said, but she quickly said with a smile on her face, "Drinking the bowl of medicine in the morning was really effective. I just went to see Yihao, and he said that the previous treatment had cured nothing. I don’t feel anything at all, but I feel a little warm after taking the medicine this time!”
Aunt Guo immediately said: "Oh, this is a good thing! It seems that the elder girl did not fool us. This prescription was really prescribed by Dr. Liu."
"Isn't it?" Mrs. Xu clasped her hands together, "Amitabha, God bless, Yihao can get well soon."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Guo rolled her eyes a few times, then she came close to Mrs. Xu and whispered: "Madam, I am choosing a maid today. The eldest girl has retained a girl who used to run a medicine shop at home and knows some medicinal materials herself. How about you?" Tell me, will she leave the boiling of medicine to her?"
"What's wrong with asking a maid to make medicine? Could it be that she made the medicine herself before? It's not Mingyu..." Mrs. Xu didn't react at first, but then she understood what Grandma Guo meant and slammed the table. He said, "Yes, that girl Mingyu is stubborn, but that doesn't mean that everyone will be loyal to her. I'll leave this matter to you. If I can get the prescription, I will grant your grandson a birth certificate."
As soon as she heard about the release, Grandma Guo's eyes lit up and she kept saying, "Don't worry, madam, this matter will be taken care of by the old slave."
