Chapter 683 Devaluation
Chu Cong walked a few steps quickly, took the clothes, and helped her put them on.
Chu Fei came in with a basin of hot water. After the two of them helped Xia Zihan wash up, she asked about Chu Jingqi.
"The prince went out with Ma Bao early in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet." Chu Cong reported, neatly pulling her hair into a simple bun, inserting a magnolia flower hairpin, and fastening two more The small pink silk flowers made her face look as beautiful and dazzling as the sunset.
Xia Zihan raised her hand and stroked the hairpin on her head, then turned her head and asked Chu Cong to put on a pair of small lilac earrings for her.
Elegant and beautiful, like hibiscus emerging from water.
"It's raining so heavily outside, what did the prince and the others do? Can you tell me?" Xia Zihan was thinking about Chu Jingqi. After dressing up, he stood up and wanted to put on his cloak and go to the door to have a look.
Chu Fei said, "The prince said, let the master have breakfast first. He doesn't know when he will be back, so the master doesn't have to wait for him,"
Before dawn, the prince woke up the village chief and asked him to draw a map of the nearby area. Then he took Ma Bao out without even riding the horse.
When I left, I only said these words.
"Master, the breakfast is warm in the pot. This servant will bring it in for the master." Chu Fei carried the basin and went out.
Chu Cong made the bed and folded the quilt and cleaned the house.
Soon, Chu Fei brought the food.
Two hard-boiled eggs, a bowl of red date rice porridge, a small plate of barbecued meat, a plate of hot and sour Chinese cabbage, and a plate of potato pancakes.
Breakfast was made by Chu Fei himself. Shengdi got up early in the morning and found the village chief. He set up a small stove in the kitchen of the village chief's house, put on the small iron pot they brought, and cooked a few eggs. , fried a large plate of potato cakes, took some red dates and wolfberry, and cooked a small pot of porridge in the stove on the carriage.
These things were specially made by Chu Fei for the two masters. There were four of them. She made a pot of sorghum rice and ate it with spicy and sour Chinese cabbage.
Xia Zihan took the chopsticks handed over by Chu Cong and said, "You don't need to wait here. You can go and eat. Just come in and clear the dishes later."
"Yes, Master."
Chu Cong and Chu Fei bowed and retreated, but they did not go to eat together. As soon as they walked out of the east room, Chu Cong saw the eldest and second son of the village chief's family sitting in the hall talking, and she lowered her voice. The voice said to Chu Fei, "You go and eat first, I will guard you."
"Well, I'll replace you later." Chu Fei glanced at the two brothers who were looking over here.
When the two brothers saw her looking over, they grinned.
Chu Fei turned around and went out.
Chu Cong stood upright at the door of the east room, looking at his nose and heart, as if he didn't see them.
The two brothers were annoyed and glanced at the closed door of the east room. The second brother smiled and said, "I don't know when the rain will stop. If it doesn't stop raining for three or two months, It’s the New Year’s Eve.”
If these noble people are still here during the Chinese New Year, their family will definitely become bigger.
These noble people get a lot of money when they sell. Apart from the inconvenience of having several people sleeping in a utility room, their family can make a lot of money without spending anything. Moreover, they can use whatever they use. Everything will be given in money. Of course they hope that such a good thing will last for a long time.
"Dad said that after the Chinese New Year, I will find a wife for you." The boss twitched the corner of his mouth and said angrily.
He also mentioned the time when he married a wife, "Although your sister-in-law's family is not as good as ours, she didn't ask for much as a bride price. It was only five taels of silver and she gave it to her as a gift. The pair of silver earrings on your sister-in-law's ears are with her every New Year." The silver hairpin she was wearing was taken by her mother. You will be given money as a dowry. From now on, when you marry a wife, you have to keep your eyes open. When our family is looking for a wife, we have to find someone like your sister-in-law who knows how to live a good life and doesn't care about our family's money. That's good. She is a serious person like you. A woman who lives her life.”
The eldest son's words were spoken suddenly, making the second son look confused and didn't seem to understand.
After a long time, he realized that it turned out that the eldest brother was afraid that he would spend more money on marrying a wife than when he first married his sister-in-law. The eldest brother was trying to tease him.
As soon as the second child's face fell, his expression became ugly.
We are all brothers of the same family. When marrying a wife and giving her a bride price, it is natural that she should also give them the same gift.
However, can the past compare with the present?
In the past, my family was poor, so even the five taels of gift given to my sister-in-law's family was saved by the family for several years, and they bought a pig and lamb to raise. After raising it for nearly a year, they sold it in the market. I worked hard to save five taels of silver.
But now, the family is better than before. A pie fell from the sky on their roof and landed on their family. Their family has become rich and has become a rich man. Naturally, when he marries a wife, he cannot be the same as when his elder brother married his elder sister-in-law. stammered.
Maybe he can marry a girl from a wealthy family.
Even if you can't marry a girl from a rich family, you can always marry a maid from a rich family, right?
Like...
The second child secretly glanced at Chu Cong, who was standing at the door of the east room like a wooden man. The sight of that beautiful face made him feel itchy and his heart was burning.
"Second brother, did you listen to what I said?" The boss looked a little unhappy when he saw that the second child was absent-minded.
He glanced at Chu Cang and snorted mockingly.
"Second Brother, don't think about such a person. That person is not what you should think about. Our family cannot afford to support such a great god." He pointed at the second child again, but he was afraid that Chu Cang Hearing this, he lowered his voice to the level of a mosquito, so that only the second child could hear it.
That woman is beautiful, but such a woman is difficult to raise and difficult to control.
Their family is in a rural area, and the whole family relies on farming for a living. The woman is a maid and is used to waiting on people. She definitely doesn't know how to do farming. She can't carry it on her shoulders or lift it with her hands. When the time comes, will their whole family be required to do it? Is it possible for someone to raise her alone?
Besides, it sounds nice to say that a maid from a wealthy family has a good master to support her, but in fact, she is just a slave, a servant who serves others. When she gets married and gets married, who does the master know her?
The second girl in their village was sold by her parents to a wealthy family as a maid since she was a child. Later, when she got older, at the age of twenty, she was kicked out by her employer without even a penny of severance pay.
Now that she is old and still a slave, no one within a hundred miles would dare to marry her.
After all, the status of a maid is worse than that of a farmer.
Scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, they farmers ranked second, while slaves did not even rank.
The boss coveted the beauty of Chu Cang and Chu Fei in his heart, but he looked down on them as slaves and maids in his heart, and devalued the value of Chu Cong, Chu Fei and others.
(End of chapter)