Chapter 2 Li Laocai was in trouble, Qin Xuemei [asking for recommendation votes]
Li Laocai tilted his body, his fat body rolled down the field ridge, he wiped blood on his hand, and suddenly let out a scream like a slaughtering pig, which made people hear The person is worried.
"Master!"
"Master, are you okay? Why are there nails? Oh my god!"
Chen Pu and another strong servant were shocked Losing color, he was wary of the nails under his feet, so he went down to the field to help Li Laocai up, only to find that a nail had been inserted into his right foot, which had pierced the sole of the shoe and penetrated into the sole of the foot, dripping with blood.
Moreover, there is also a rusty iron nail stuck in the master's buttocks, and a small piece of wood is placed on the nail head. The wood piece should be buried in the soil to fix the nail, and it is still covered with soil.
Blood gushed out, dyeing Li Laocai's brocade robe red.
Chen Pu and his sturdy servant looked at the blood all over the ground and panicked.
“Ah”
“Send it off quickly. I’ll go to Baicao Hall to find Mr. Bai. Ouch, it hurts!”
At this moment, Li Laocai couldn't sit down or stand up. He lay on his side on the ground and screamed in pain.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry, carry the master to Baicaotang!"
Chen Pu ordered the strong servant beside him, and the two of them took Li Laocai away with their straps on their backs. Not far from them, lying in the dead grass, was a money bag as big as a palm and the color of dead grass, which was difficult to spot without looking closely.
“Huh?”
“This old killer has been tricked! It’s so cool!”
“Huh! This is just an appetizer, but you actually plotted against me! Don’t kill me! How can you give up!"
Qin Wang hid in the thatch on the bank, watching the Li family servant carrying Li Laocai to Baicao Hall in the market, and immediately walked quickly to the place where Li Laocai was stabbed. .
Not long after.
Qin Wang came to the place where the nails were buried, and when he looked around, he saw a khaki-colored money bag in a large mass of withered grass. The mouth of the bag was tied with a string, and his eyes suddenly lit up. "Found it!"
Qin Wang picked up the money bag, stuffed it into his arms, put away the remaining eight nails, and headed towards the woods in the opposite direction.
This is behind the market.
Li Laocai recovered his senses and found that the money bag was lost. He would definitely investigate who appeared on the nail-burying field. Although Qin Wang wore a black hat to cover half of his face and a bloated cotton coat, it seemed that It doesn't look like myself, but it's still not safe enough.
It’s best to take a big turn and go home without arousing suspicion.
Behind Qingniuji is a hilly area.
This place is about eight miles away from Qingniu Gathering. It is a cemetery and few people come here.
Most of the people of Qingniuji were buried here after their death. It was surrounded by maple trees three or four feet high, and the ground was full of rotten leaves, exuding the smell of decay.
Qin Wang looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he sat under a thick maple tree. He took out his money bag expectantly, tore open the rope, and found that it was full of broken silver. He counted it. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "Eighteen taels of broken silver! It's great! In addition to the three taels I originally had, the total is twenty-one taels of silver! We have the entrance fee to the martial arts gym!"
Qin Wangdang was about to put the broken silver into his arms. , and then buried Li Laocai's money bag in a hidden way. After cleaning up the traces, he got up and continued to go back.
Lijiazhuang is located in the southwest of Qingniuji.
It covers an area of six or seven acres, with four courtyards, surrounded by walls more than ten feet high. The courtyard is very large, with rockeries, lotus ponds, pavilions, and various landscape trees. It is very quiet and elegant.
There are more than 20 servants in Lijiazhuang alone, and there are four nurses.
Enter the courtyard secondly, inside a classical-style wing.
“Ouch~~~”
“Whoever kills a thousand cuts puts nails on the field ridge and it hurts me to death. Ouch”
Li Laocai lay on the couch and groaned He was screaming and cursing the person who buried the nails. He was covered with two layers of quilts, with only one head exposed. The doors and windows were open for ventilation, and a pot of charcoal fire was placed in the middle of the room.
Beside his bed, three maids were waiting nervously.
After the doctor from Baicaotang pulled out the nails and bandaged him, he prescribed some Chinese medicine and told him not to go out when he came back and just keep warm. "Master, I took three people with me and searched for your wallet several times near the field ridge."
At this time, the butler Chen Pu walked into the room and said respectfully. The way. "However, I asked several residents near the field ridge. During the period after you were injured, five people passed by the field ridge. Three of them were tenants of Qingniu Ji, and the other two I didn't see clearly who they were."< br>
“Keep looking!”
"Find these five people and question them! The money bag must be found!"
Li Laocai glared and scolded.
That's eighteen taels of silver, which can almost buy three maids and servants. To lose it like this is to cut off his flesh!
“Yes, sir!”
Chen Pu responded respectfully and turned around.
“Why are you so unlucky!”
“Ouch.”
Li Laocai looked at Chen Pu’s back with a depressed look on his face, his feet and buttocks were pierced by nails. , and lost money. Now he just feels that his chest is congested.
"Master, Yan Po is looking for you. She is in the front hall."
At this time, a maid in green walked in and said respectfully.
"Yan Po? You all go out and let her in!"
Li Laocai remembered the agreement with Yan Po. Over the years, he also made a lot of money relying on Yan Po as a channel.
Yanyun County.
One of the four major families, the Chen family, laundry room.
This is a courtyard near the back of the Chen family's mansion. The courtyard is about a hundred feet in diameter. It is full of bamboo poles for drying clothes. Most of the bamboo poles have clothes of various colors hanging on them. Ten girls wearing coarse linen clothes. , was washing the dirty clothes in the big wooden basin in front of him.
In the wooden basin next to them, there were piles of clothes, sticks and soap locusts that had been drained of water.
"Sister Xuemei, were you sold here because of your large family?"
At this time, one of the skinny girls looked at the girl beside her who was immersed in washing clothes and asked road.
"I came in voluntarily."
Qin Xuemei glanced at Xiao Zi who was speaking, with worry in her eyes. She has been out for nearly two months. She doesn't know how her brother is doing. 600 yuan to spend the winter. It's enough, but will he take care of himself?
Without the land, what will he do in the future?
“Voluntary? Why?”
Little Zi’s eyes were filled with confusion.
She sold her to the Chen family because her parents could not feed their three children. Otherwise, who would be willing to be a lowly laundry slave?
"Well, if I sell myself, my brother can live."
Qin Xuemei said in a low voice without stopping her hands. "Xiao Zi, don't talk while you are working. If you fail to complete the task, you will have no food and you will have to be whipped. In addition, pay special attention to expensive clothes. If they are washed, the consequences will be serious."
Chen has a large family, and every day There are also a lot of clothes to change. In addition to laundry, the 10 laundry slaves have other tasks every day. They have almost no time to spare, and they have to jog all the way to the toilet.
Failing to complete the task will result in starvation and whipping.
This is pretty light.
Especially the clothes of the young master, young lady and his wife, you have to pay attention when washing them. If they are damaged, you will be beaten, and you will have to pay compensation. She heard that there were two laundry slaves before, because they damaged one of the eldest lady’s clothes. He was beaten to death for wearing a piece of clothing.
She and Xiao Zi just filled this gap.
“Oh, I got it.”
Xiao Zi’s expression tightened and she didn’t dare to say anything more, so she concentrated on her work.
She has been here for three days, and she can only talk to Qin Xuemei, while the other laundry sisters are silent.
(End of this chapter)