When she came out of the county government office, Mrs. Wen gave her many gifts in return. Even Wen Wenwen gave her a handkerchief embroidered by both parties themselves, and asked her to come often to play and keep her company. Tian Minyan agreed.
Back at the shop, Craftsman Tan was already busy with his people, hammering and hammering. After Tian Minyan inspected the area for a while, he went back to the backyard to write a job call for workers.
For a popular restaurant, the most important thing is actually the product. She has to hire this chef carefully. Otherwise, no matter how good the job is and no matter how many celebrities are hired, if the food is not delicious, the business will not get better.
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She wrote down the requirements for recruiting workers and perfected the plan for the shop. However, she couldn't resist the call of Duke Zhou in the afternoon, so she leaned over and fell asleep.
Outside, Mrs. Feng Zhong told Shopkeeper Feng one by one what she saw and heard when she followed Tian Minyan to the county government office. She was both admiring and excited at the same time, and said, "You haven't seen how the second girl behaves. Oops.
Just like the official lady, she is no worse than Mr. Wen's daughter, she is so kind. If I didn't know this, I wouldn't have believed that she came from a big country, but she can speak and do things well."
After hearing this, Shopkeeper Feng opened his eyes and said: "I see that she is also very capable. You see, she was the one who proposed to buy this shop. The real owner is actually the second girl. A girl, she is so talented."
No matter how old you are, I am not as considerate as her in thinking about everything, hey."
Seeing that he felt sad for a while, Mrs. Feng Zhong comforted him and said, "Don't even think about it. It would be a waste if this shop could be re-opened and expanded in the hands of the second girl. At least our family can still stay in the county."
Here, you are still here as the shopkeeper."
"It's the same. As long as I keep an eye on this shop, I'll have a face to see my father in the future." Shopkeeper Feng sighed.
Feng Zhongshi hummed, and then said that Tian Minyan asked her to be the housekeeper of this yard. Even if they were not around in the future, the cleaning inside and outside would be left to her.
Shopkeeper Feng then said: "That's fine, let's take it slow. If Feng'er can become an official in the future, there's no need to worry about giving up the skill of braised pork knuckles." After a pause, he said again:
"Now the second girl doesn't have a girl by her side. You can let Shan'er wait for her for a few days. I think the second girl is a talented person. If she likes Shan'er, Shan'er will have a good future in the future.
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Mrs. Feng Zhong was a little unhappy. After all, she was her own daughter and she had raised her like a young lady before. But thinking of Tian Minyan's behavior today, she hummed.
The two couples talked for a while and then went about their business without mentioning anything.
On the second day, just as Tian Minyan got up and got dressed, shopkeeper Feng's daughter Feng Shaner came in with a basin of water and said with a smile: "Second girl, you're up."
Tian Minyan was a little unable to react, and watched blankly as she put the basin down on the shelf, then stood on tiptoes to twist the handkerchief, and handed the half-dry handkerchief to herself that was still dripping with water.
"Shan'er, what are you doing?" Tian Minyan asked, looking at the wet handkerchief in her hand.
"My father said that the girl has no one around these days, so he asked me to wait on you." Shan'er said crisply with her big eyes open.
Tian Minyan was a little speechless. Looking at her innocent and ignorant look, she touched her head and said, "Shan'er, do you know what waiting is? You are still young."
"I am seven years old, and the second girl is only eleven years old. I am so capable. I also want to be as capable as the second girl." Shan'er frowned in protest, and then said: "I know, serving people is to be a girl, just follow
Just like Xiaohua, she also went to work as a maid for the lady of Yuan Yuan's family, but I heard that the lady of the He family was very bad and often whipped her."
"Second girl, do you also know how to whip people?" Shan'er asked with her mouth pursed.
The corners of Tian Minyan's mouth twitched and she smiled gently: "I don't know how to beat people up. It's only bad people who abuse maids. Sister Yan wouldn't do that."
"Really?" Shan'er's eyes lit up and she said, "Then you can buy Xiao Hua back as a maid. She is very capable and very strong."
Tian Minyan was a little embarrassed, so she knelt down and looked at her levelly and said, "Shan'er, Xiaohua must have signed a contract to sell herself as a maid. You can't buy her back just by buying her."
"Can't we spend more money?" Shan'er was very disappointed. She pursed her lips and thought for a moment. She took out a piece of cloth from her arms and spread it out. There was a small handful of copper coins in it. She held it all with both hands and said to Tian Minyan:
"Second girl, I also have some copper coins here. I'll give them to you. Buy the little flower back, otherwise she will be beaten to death by Miss He." When she said this, she had tears in her eyes and was very pitiful.
Looking at the small handful of copper coins, Tian Minyan felt blocked for a while and moved her lips, but she didn't know what to say.
Shan'er was very insistent, looking at her with big eyes, with vague expectations, until Feng Zhongshi came to clean. Seeing this situation, she hurriedly asked: "What's wrong?"
"Mom..." Seeing that Tian Minyan refused, Shan'er lowered her head, called out weakly, put the copper plate in her hand on the table, and walked to Feng Zhongshi.
"I asked you to serve the girl well, what kind of golden beans did you lose? Did the girl beat you?" Feng Zhongshi frowned.
"No, Sister-in-law Feng, don't talk about her." Tian Minyan saw Shan'er pouting and looking pitiful, and her heart softened and said: "Shan'er, if Miss He doesn't want Xiao Hua, I will definitely buy Xiao Hua back.
, okay?”
"real?"
"Really." Tian Minyan nodded with a smile and said, "You go out to play, and then I will go out to the county with me for a while."
"Hey, I'll get breakfast for the girl." Shan'er smiled happily and ran away.
"Second girl, don't pay attention to her. That girl has been thinking about Xiaohua all day long." Mrs. Feng Zhong clicked her tongue.
"Sister-in-law Feng, who is that little flower? Did she really get beaten as a girl in He Yuan's family?"
Feng Zhong was cleaning the house with a broom and said: "What are you talking about, Xiaohua? She is also a poor one. She is the daughter of the grocery store in front of her. She lost her mother when she was young. Her father married a stepmother, who is very mean.
I beat him every two days for three days, but the child is also stubborn and won’t even utter a sound.”
"Then her father doesn't care?" Tian Minyan frowned.
"It doesn't matter that her father didn't mention it. He didn't get a share of Amitabha. I'm afraid the pillow blew too much and he thought his daughter was a bastard. No, that woman gave birth to a daughter and a second child one after another.
Yes, it’s really shameful to sell the little flower now. The young lady outside the Yuan Dynasty is famous for being domineering. I heard that she beat a maid to death before, which is really powerful."
Tian Minyan's frown deepened. A child without a mother is like a piece of grass. When faced with a bad stepmother, it would be even worse.
"Everyone has his or her own destiny. Girl, don't think too much about it." Seeing her thoughtful look on her face, Feng Zhong advised her.
Tian Minyan smiled, rinsed her mouth with green salt, and then twisted her handkerchief to wash her face. Yes, there are too many injustices and too many misfortunes in this world. The survival of the fittest over the weak and the strong is an eternal truth!
After breakfast, Tian Minyan posted the recruitment notice she had written last night outside the shop door, and told Shopkeeper Feng that if anyone came to apply, ask them all to come in the future.
Yesterday, Xie Chengzhong and Tian Huairen walked around the county and had already arranged everything Tian Minyan wanted. However, they couldn't decide on the curtains and tablecloths for the private room on the second floor, so Tian Minyan took Shan.
Er and Xie Chengzhong went to choose.
The shop Xie Chengzhong found was a friend's ready-to-wear shop. In addition to selling cloth, he also made clothes by measurement. The curtains he chose were also found here.
Tian Minyan looked at several color patterns, and finally chose a light orange gauze curtain, because warm colors will increase people's appetite and the food will look much more delicious.
The price of this ready-made clothing shop is also very reasonable. Tian Minyan decided that in the future, the clothes of the shop clerks will also be customized here. After all the clothes were settled, she took the two of them out of the shop. She also wanted to choose some flowers and plants, so she asked Shan'er to lead the way.
Go to a place dedicated to growing flowers.
Although Shan'er was young, she grew up in the county. She often walked through the streets and alleys, so she took the two of them around. Tian Minyan gradually felt that something was wrong.
"Shan'er, where do you want to take us?" She stopped.
Shan'er blushed, moved the corners of her mouth, lowered her head and twisted the corners of her clothes, remaining silent.
Seeing her like this, Tian Minyan suddenly understood. The little girl wanted to take her to see that little flower, right?
She sighed. Everyone has their own destiny. She is not the savior. How can she save so many unfortunate people?
"Second girl, look."
Xie Chengzhong suddenly spoke. Tian Minyan looked along his finger and saw that in the alley diagonally opposite, it was probably the side door of a house. Two women were carrying a maid and throwing it out.
The maid's appearance was unclear. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were messy, and her hands and feet were a little strange. She stretched out her skinny hands and grabbed the hem of a woman's skirt, and said in a hoarse voice: "Give me back the deed of betrayal."
"Bah, you needless cousin, you dare to seduce the young master, why do you ask for a contract of sale? Get out now, or you will be beaten to death." The woman spat in her face and said with a sneer.
"Give me back the deed of betrayal." But the maid grabbed her and wouldn't let go.
"Let go, I told you to let go." The old woman wanted to pull back the hem of her skirt, but the maid seemed to have used the strength of breastfeeding to refuse to let go. The old woman became angry and raised her foot to her back.
Kicked away: "I told you to grab my clothes, you're a cheap little slut."
The maid remained silent, biting her lip, and only repeated: "Give me back the deed of betrayal."
Tian Minyan saw a trace of blood oozing from the corner of her mouth and frowned.
"If you want to sell yourself, please bring me some money. Your stepmother received twenty taels of silver from our wife, so why don't you come back?" The woman kicked and said, "I'll give you the money as soon as I get it."
"Forget it, she's already like this, give it to her." Seeing how pitiful the maid was, the other woman frowned and said.
"You're stupid. You don't have two taels of silver for free." The woman snorted and said, "Madam, she left her to us to deal with. She wants to get back the deed of betrayal even if she dies. I don't believe it. She doesn't."
Bring me some money?"
"But..." The woman frowned, not daring to look into the eyes of the maid on the ground.
"What the hell, little slut, bring me some money and I'll return this deed of sale to you." The woman took out a piece of paper from her body.
When the maid on the ground saw it, she immediately struggled to get up and opened her hands to grab it.
Tian Minyan sighed and was about to leave, but Shan'er suddenly screamed, called Xiaohua, and ran over.
Is this Xiaohua? Tian Minyan was stunned. That maid looked about twelve or thirteen years old, right?
Now that he encountered it, he couldn't ignore it. Tian Minyan winked at Xie Chengzhong, and the two hurriedly walked over.
"Xiao Hua." Shan'er saw Xiao Hua being kicked to the ground by the mother-in-law, and her tears immediately flowed out. She yelled at the two women: "Why do you beat people? Xiao Hua, my God, how did you do this?
Woohoo.”
"Shan'er?" Xiaohua was dazed from the beating and showed a weak smile.
"Xiaohua, don't be afraid, I'm looking for someone to save you." Shan'er pushed her hair away and saw that her forehead was bloody and bloody, and tears were flowing again. She hurriedly faced Tian Minyan who had caught up and knelt on the ground: "
Girl, please save Xiaohua, she is going to be beaten to death."
Before Tian Minyan had time to take a closer look, Xie Chengzhong beside her first took a breath and then sighed. Her heart sank and she looked over.
The little flower's clothes were messy, exposing her snow-white chest, which was covered with a few red marks. Looking at her lower body skirt, it was stained with blood red, revealing two bare and thin legs. The shoes on her feet had long since disappeared.
There is only a pair of white socks embroidered with plum blossoms.
Tian Minyan's heart twitched violently. What else could she not understand about this situation? This half-grown child was 100% ruined by the people inside.
How dare they, such a young child!
Tian Minyan's heart suddenly burst into flames, her face was gloomy, and she glared at the two women.
"What are you doing? This little slut seduced our young master and deserves to be beaten to death. Who among you are minding your own business?" The woman who was holding the little flower to sell her body contracted her pupils and said forcefully.
"Return the deed of sale to her." Tian Minyan said coldly.
"Why, this is the maid of our He family. She signed a death contract. Even if she is sued to death, she will not be able to handle it." The old woman snorted coldly, puffed out her fat chest and said proudly.
"Nonsense, Mr. Lai said you should return the deed of betrayal to me. You guys, you are worse than beasts and devils, return it to me, return it to me, otherwise I will not let you go even if you are a ghost." Xiaohua yelled with blood-red eyes, struggling to get hold of you.
Pounce.
"Give it to her." The other woman felt scared and poked the woman in fear.
When Tian Minyan saw this, she sneered and said, "Xie Chengzhong, go and tell Mr. Wen that these two women have beaten someone to death and ask him to send someone quickly. By the way, if you make another complaint, why would anyone want to take someone's life?"
"yes."
"Give it to her quickly. If you dare to cause trouble to the family, do you want my wife to beat you to death?" The woman who had been persuading her turned pale after hearing this. She quickly snatched the bond of sale from the woman's hand and threw it at Xiaohua.
He ran back in a hurry.
Xiaohua hurriedly grabbed the deed of betrayal, opened it, and confirmed that it was her own deed of betrayal. She laughed, and while laughing, tore the paper into pieces, swallowed it into her stomach, and shed tears silently.
"Xiao Hua." Shan'er saw her, hugged her and cried.
Tian Minyan sighed in her heart and glanced at her two slender legs from the corner of her eye. How will this girl live in the future?
