Chapter 622 When I heard about the Shen family again...
However, even if he doesn't fully believe it, it will not affect the cooperation between Gu Qingling and the housekeeper Elf Lele.
At least, their goals are the same now.
Gu Qingling called the maid Chun Chun and asked her to arrange for the people below to prepare more seeds. She would go to the village to check the seeds in a few days.
In the past, when she was planting by herself, she couldn't grow much by herself, so Gu Qingling didn't plant much in the space, but it's different now. Now that she has the butler elf Lele, Gu Qingling is ready to move everything in this world into it.
The space and the experimental fields outside are under double management to see if some better seeds can be cultivated as soon as possible.
The progress of Zhuangzi's experimental field is still too slow. After so long of experimentation, only Pumpkin No. 1 and Pumpkin No. 2 have been produced. The yield of rice has increased, but it is far from what it was in previous generations.
There are also sweet potatoes, corns, potatoes and other things. I have found the seeds, but the yield is still not ideal. I don’t know whether it is because I am not acclimatized to the soil or because the crops have not been “tamed” thoroughly enough, and the taste is not ideal.
Gu Qingling misses the soft, glutinous, fragrant and sweet sweet potatoes of her previous life, and also believes in the sweet and crunchy fruit corn, and chestnut pumpkins...
"Hiss Liu..."
I can't think about it anymore, the more I think about it, the more I want it.
After saying hello to Mrs. Yao Er, Gu Qingling took a carriage to the farm in the suburbs.
I picked up some seeds of each kind, sneaked them into the Lingquan space, and gave them to the elf housekeeper Lele. She also had a light meal at the village, then got on the horse and drove staggeringly towards the main city.
Suddenly, the carriage shook and woke up the drowsy Gu Qingling.
Gu Qingling heard a noise and asked the eldest maid Chun Qing to ask what was going on outside.
After a while, the eldest maid Chun Chun came in and reported that a village girl wanted to die and bumped into their carriage.
"It was said that her parents wanted to exchange her marriage for her brother, but she was not happy with it, so they took her away."
When Gu Qingling heard this, she frowned slightly: "Follow the old rules."
"yes."
After a while, the eldest maid went out in spring to negotiate with the village girl's parents. Since the girl didn't want to, don't force her, just sell her to their house as a maid. Anyway, the money can get her married.
It's just that I'll say the ugly things first. If you sell it, it will be a cheap one. Whether the girl lives or dies in the future has nothing to do with the family.
The village girl cried and cried: "I do, I do, please, just buy me... I would rather be a maid than marry that kind of man."
"Okay, don't cry. Once you sign the pledge, you are one of ours."
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After the eldest maid took charge of the matter in the spring, she handed the village girl over to the carriage behind her, and the carriage had to get back on the road.
Back in the carriage, the eldest maid Chun Chun couldn't help but said to Gu Qingling: "Old lady, I don't know if it's my misunderstanding. I always feel that something is wrong with this village girl."
"Oh? What's wrong?" Gu Qingling didn't go out to see anyone, so she really didn't know what was wrong.
She occasionally leaves the house and travels between various villages. Her whereabouts are not secret, so it is not difficult for someone to inquire about her whereabouts.
It's not that no one wanted to approach her in this way, but she later arranged them to go to other places and couldn't get to her, so nothing happened.
The eldest maid Chun Chun said: "That village girl says she is a village girl, but her skin is a bit too good. The slave does not say she is fair, but there is nothing stumbling on her hands. Look at the slave..."
The eldest maid Chun Chun stretched out her hand for Gu Qingling to see.
"Look at this place. There used to be a scar here. It was later removed with our home-made scar removal ointment. But a few years ago, I still had a scar here. It was caused by my accident while doing farm work when I was a child.
The scratches..." the eldest maid Chunchun continued, "Though girls like slaves, who were sold into the house by poor and lowly families, don't have any big scratches, there are still some small scars and small cuts. Even if they can be removed later, they have just been scratched.
When I sold it, I didn’t look like a human being..."
But the village girl who had just been "sold" by her family seemed to be tanned and the clothes she wore were not very good, but she didn't have any scars on her body. Although the exposed skin was not white, it was very well-proportioned and smooth...
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"Old lady, this is so strange. For someone who can do such a thing as selling his daughter, his family conditions must not be very good. Or his parents are not good to their daughter. In this case, the village girl doesn't look like she is hungry.
It doesn’t look like he was abused by his family..."
Gu Qingling listened to the analysis of the eldest maid Chunchun and laughed softly: "Since you have doubts, then send them farther away. Anyway, we have so many factories and there are many places that need workers. It is difficult to find a remote one.
If you have contact with outsiders, find someone to keep an eye on you, and you will know when the time comes."
"Old lady, you trust your slave too much, don't you? You didn't even take a glance, and just listened to a few words from your slave, and decided where he would go. What if your slave looked away?
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"If you look away, you will look away. She was almost exchanged for marriage. Now she is just sent to work in a factory. It is better than being exchanged for marriage, right? By the way, arrange a few more people to come.
Ask around in that village to see if there is such a thing."
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The village girl who had just gotten into the carriage and thought that she had successfully passed the test and would soon be able to sneak into Mrs. Yao's side: "..."
Are you so polite?
If you don't believe me, why buy me?
Gu Qingling said: Sorry, I’m used to buying.
Every time I go out, I always encounter it once. The more I go out, the more I encounter it, and I gradually get used to it.
In fact, she didn't understand. If she wanted to cooperate with the Yao family, she could just do it openly. Why did she have to force someone in?
Could it be that by forcing someone in, they could "steal" the Yao family's belongings?
The Shen family's reputation is completely ruined.
Because Mrs. Shen is dead.
Yes, that's right.
Uncle Shen, who was lying on the bed looking half-dead, was not dead, but Mrs. Shen, who was full of life and jumping around, was dead.
After she heard what was going on from the wet nurse that day, she immediately fell in love with Mrs. Shen, so she tried to bribe a woman to drug Mrs. Shen.
But what I didn't expect was that Mrs. Shen noticed it and struck back.
Mrs. Shen was unprepared. She had a bowl of midnight snack and it was gone that night.
Not with her, but also the child in her belly who has not yet shown her pregnancy.
Gu Qingling was surprised: "This...how could this happen?! No matter how fierce the trouble is, it won't reach this point, right?!"
Mrs. Yao Er shook her head: "I was very surprised when I heard it, but that's the truth. As soon as Mrs. Shen died, her nanny noticed something was wrong and immediately reported it to the Shen family... The Shen family didn't dare to make trouble, but it didn't happen.
Let Mrs. Shen’s eldest son, who is a direct relative, find out. Her son is already over ten years old. He suddenly found out that his grandmother poisoned his mother to death. How can we not make a fuss? Uncle Shen is lying on the bed and there is no one to show filial piety.
The legitimate eldest son went to the Yamen to make trouble... and then everyone knew about it. Old Mrs. Shen didn't even have time to avenge his sudden death, it was so quick."
