"What? You used to work with your lady and you didn't even get any wages?" Li Su opened his eyes wide. As far as he knew, even a slave was paid every month.
Ziying realized that this man regarded her as an ordinary maid.
"Why are you asking this?" Ziying asked.
Li Su smiled and said: "Of course it's for your family. When you stay here, I can't make your living standard lower than before."
Ziying was speechless for a moment, thinking that based on Her Royal Highness's past living standards, even the richest man in Gusu City would not be able to support her.
"You can give as much as you want." Ziying said in a muffled voice, feeling a little uncomfortable.
Li Su thought for a while and said: "I will give you fifty taels first. At the end of the month, we will see the specific situation."
"Whatever." Ziying's face was calm.
"It seems that their standard of living was very high before, and they don't even care about fifty taels." Li Su secretly said, thinking about the appearance of the two women, he was not too surprised.
"What are you waiting for?" Li Su looked at Ziying.
Ziying: "???"
There was a searching look in his eyes.
Li Su smiled, "What? Have you ever served your lady to dress?"
Ziying's face turned dark and she glared at Li Su fiercely.
This bastard deserves to die.
"Boring." Li Su snorted, got dressed and stood up.
Ziying took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to slap the bastard away.
After a brief wash, Li Su left the house and bought some meat pies, steamed buns and broth from a nearby broth shop.
He originally wanted to have breakfast with his concubine Tian Qi, but when he saw Zi Ying's wary eyes as if guarding against thieves, Li Su snorted. Considering that they spent the night together last night, he didn't force it.
"Besides the cook, what else do you need?" After finishing breakfast alone, Li Su found Zi Ying, handed over fifty taels of broken silver, and asked.
Ziying mused: "Miss likes to write and draw. It would be great if you could buy some of the Four Treasures of the Study."
I was thinking... Her Royal Highness the Princess was born with an ancestral aperture that contains spiritual energy, and she is an expert in Talismans. She has the Four Treasures of the Study with her, so she can be somewhat covered up.
Li Su looked at Ziying quietly.
Ziying was startled and asked in confusion: "Is there a problem?"
"Have you never been to the store in front?" Li Su asked quietly.
"Shop..." Ziying suddenly realized that there was a calligraphy and painting shop at the front of the house, which was the business of the man in front of him.
In the calligraphy and painting shop, there is naturally no shortage of paper and pens.
"What do you need?" Li Su asked.
Ziying hummed softly: "I don't need anything."
"..."
Li Su didn't say much and left the house alone.
Gusu City is quite prosperous, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going on the streets in the north of the city.
Arriving near the corner of the street, Li Su found that under a big willow tree, there were more than a dozen people scattered around, watching something.
I went over to take a look and found that a woman in her thirties was selling her body to bury her husband.
This woman was wearing a sarong full of patches. Her hair was unkempt, and her appearance was not even ordinary. The only impressive thing about her was probably her figure.
The people around, mostly local people, were asking about the woman's situation.
Li Su knew a long time ago that there was a slave trade in this era.
Fortunately, Gusu City is a prosperous place; in other places, even if some people want to be slaves, they may not be qualified.
"You look like this, you're not worth the price of the coffin." A middle-aged man said, "I'll pay you 20 cents and help you find someone to dig a hole to bury this dead man."
The woman lowered her head and pursed her lips, saying nothing.
"I'll give you thirty cents, no more." The other man's eyes flashed with shrewdness, "If you were ten years younger, you might be worth a coffin. Now, you still have to be self-aware."
"..."
Several more people spoke, and the highest bidder was only fifty cents, and none of them were willing to buy a coffin for this woman.
"Can you cook?" A gentle voice sounded.
Li Su approached from behind the crowd.
The people around him suddenly fell silent. The woman raised her head, glanced at Li Su who was speaking, then lowered her head again and hummed softly.
"I need a cook. If you are qualified, I can help you bury your husband." Li Su said in a deep voice. He came here to recruit cooks.
If this woman had some cooking skills, he would be quite happy to do a good deed every day.
"I know how to cook," the woman said quickly.
"Master Li?" A young man next to him shouted tentatively.
Li Su looked at this man, "Do you know me?"
The young man smiled quickly and said: "Young man Liu San, my brother Liu Yong works under Zuo Qianhu. At Zuo Qianhu's birthday party last year, I saw Mr. Li from a distance."
Li Su nodded and asked, "Do you know about funerals?"
"Understood." Young Ya Renlian said, understanding what Li Su meant.
Li Su took out an ingot of ten taels of silver from his arms and threw it to the young man, "Do yourself a favor and buy a coffin to bury this aunt's husband. The rest will be your reward."
The eyes of the other Yaren who were watching were all red.
How much is a coffin worth?
The young Yaren's eyes lit up, he nodded quickly and said: "Okay, I will definitely help Young Master Li to his satisfaction."
As he said that, he took out another piece of paper and a red seal from his arms, and said diligently: "This is the deed of sale. All you need to do is ask this aunt to press your fingerprints, and you can write your name when you return, and the sale will be over." It’s done.”
"..."
Li Su did not refuse to let this aunt sign a contract of betrayal. He had heard many examples of evil servants biting their masters.
Some people around the restaurant tried to sell some cooks in the restaurant to Li Su, but to no avail, they left disappointed one after another.
"Master, just call me Ayan." The unkempt woman said in a low voice after pressing her fingerprints.
"good."
Li Su nodded and asked about the woman's situation and the cause of her husband's death.
The women answered one by one.
After about a stick of incense, Liu San ran over quickly.
Behind him, there were four strong men and a mule cart pulling a coffin.
Li Su did not continue to follow, but gave Liu San a few words, and then continued shopping in the market.
"Now that the cook is here, she still needs to buy some clothes and rouge and gouache for the two beauties in the house, as well as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea..."
Li Su spent the entire morning purchasing various supplies, and also thoughtfully packed lunch for Tian Qi and Ziying.
In the afternoon, we came to the big willow tree on the street again.
"Master Li." Liu San, who had been waiting for a long time, called out enthusiastically.
Li Su nodded and praised a few words.
Liu San smiled and left.
Li Su looked at the woman Ayan who kept her head lowered.
"Let's go."
"oh."
Arriving in front of a women's hall, Li Su stopped.
Hundang is a bathhouse.
In front of the hall door, a middle-aged woman was sitting on a small bench, eating black melon seeds, looking at the passers-by, and when she saw Li Su stopped, she quickly stood up.
"Sir, this is..." She was about to say that this was a women's hall, when she saw Ayan, a woman behind Li Su.
"Wash her, and buy her two more clothes." Li Su approached the door of the hall, took out two taels of broken silver from his arms, and handed it to the middle-aged woman.
"Okay." The middle-aged woman took the money, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she didn't mind the strange smell of the woman A-yan, and directly pulled A-yan into the hall.
