If the old man, the Master of the Jin family, were still alive, and he saw Hongxiu, Luyi, and Yingge looking so weak with their pear blossoms in the rain and tears in their eyes, he would most likely feel distressed, and then run away feeling distressed. Went to bed.
But the person in front of the three men in Hongxiu was not the dead man, the master of the Jin family, but the mistress of the Jin family, a woman who was over fifty years old.
Women naturally have a saying of "pitying women and cherishing jade", but when faced with a woman with the status of your son-in-law's concubine, the mistress of the Jin family can have some pity for the three Hongxiu people. It's her generosity.
The three people in Hongxiu have been living in the building since they were young. They understand that such gestures are useless to the mistress of the Jin family, but they must have the proper gestures.
So, after crying for a while and not getting tired of the Jin family’s mistress, the three people in Hongxiu stopped crying. They just knelt on the ground with tears on their faces and looked at the Jin family’s mistress sitting above them. , I want to ask for some mercy.
The mistress of the Jin family is now at the happiest time in her life. She has survived the most difficult moments in her youth. Now her two sons are grown up, and the eldest daughter-in-law has a child in her belly. She is so shameless. The sick son-in-law is dead. As long as the three concubines left by the master of the Jin family are sent away, she will be the old lady and the biggest talker in the entire Jin family.
So, it can be said that the Jin family’s mistress is in a good mood at this time.
Moreover, the mistress of the Jin family is a person with a good heart. She knows that the three Hongxiu people are little girls who have no choice in this era. The only way to enter the Jin family and become concubines is to survive. A good day with no worries about food and clothing would be even better.
Otherwise, Hongxiu could call Master Jin Family Master Aye at his age. How could he endure the age difference and commit himself to Master Jin Family Master?
The matron of the Jin family looked at the three little girls kneeling below and sighed, and then slowly said to the three of them: "Don't be afraid, even though I want to let you out of the Jin family, But where are the days outside so easy?
You have also served Master Lang and me for many years. I have raised you like cats and dogs. After raising you for so many years, I have some affection for you.
Don’t cry first, listen to my arrangements. "
The three people in Hongxiu thanked the Jin family's mistress gratefully, and then knelt down to listen to the Jin family's mistress' arrangements for the three of them.
"Your private rooms and You are allowed to take all the items in the house with you when you leave the Jin family.
I asked someone to rent a house in Fuyuan Alley. After you move out of the Jin family, you can go live there first for half a year. ”
After the mother-in-law of the Jin family said this, the mother-in-law beside her took out a few pieces of paper and walked over and handed them to Hong Xiu.
Where can Hongxiu read? She just looked pitifully at the Jin family's mistress.
“One is the lease deed for that house, and the remaining three are the deeds of sale of the three of you.
When you leave the Jin family later, go to the government office to sell the deed, and do it later A good man.
If you get married in the future, you can come to your home and say it. Considering the past friendship, I will be able to give you a dowry. "
"Madam, madam"
Hearing this, the three people in Hongxiu could not hold back any longer. The three of them cried softly and kowtowed to the mistress of the Jin family.
Mrs. Jin waved her hands to the three of them, without saying anything, and turned to look at the old woman beside her. The old woman came forward again, took a wooden box and opened it for the Hongxiu three to see.
“I will keep these one hundred taels of silver for the three of you.
Whether you divide it equally or not, it doesn’t matter, just think of it as my thanks for accompanying you and serving Master Lang for many years. That’s it.
In this way, leave home in five days. "Madam."
"You are still young, and you are both girls. After you leave home, if there is a suitable man, it is good to remarry."
If you don’t want to get married, even though you have money in your hands, the money will always be spent one day. Then you might as well take the money and set up a small shop and be a girl. business is good.
If you want to do business, you can tell your grandma that you can follow our route, whether it is a cloth shop or a rouge and gouache shop. Fortunately, you can make a living in this city if you have an income.
Okay, I've said everything that needs to be said today. How your life will turn out in the future is all up to you. ”
The words of the Jin family’s mistress are really for the good of the three people in Hongxiu.
Although the Jin family’s mistress’ original intention is actually to be impatient to see her disgraceful death of her son-in-law. The concubine was in trouble at home, so she wanted to send the three of them out of the Jin family. However, the mistress of the Jin family sold her body, allowed her to bring her personal property, and rented a house. He even mentioned how to establish himself. Not only that, he also said that the three of them could take advantage of the Jin family's power.
They really thought enough about the future of the three of Hongxiu, and they should be the three of Hongxiu. Thank you very much.
When they left Chang'an City, the three Hongxiu people had received some advice from Li Sanniang. Although they were very worried about leaving the Jin family, they were somewhat mentally prepared.
No matter what, they carried their baggage and kowtowed to the mistress of the Jin family in the yard five days later. The three of them supported each other and left the Jin family.
In a flash, half a year passed. The three of them moved out of the house that the Jin family rented for them earlier and rented a house in the market again.
It is not that the three of them have not encountered difficulties in the past six months. After all, they were once concubines of wealthy businessmen. Although they were released, how can they live in the market without gossip?
Thanks to the fact that the Jin family still had a sense of protection for the three of them, the three of them survived the first half year.
The three of them have no intention of remarrying, at least not for now. They just think about how to live well.
In this way, Hong Xiu suggested to listen to the advice of the Jin family’s mistress, and the three of them took out more than half of the one hundred taels and bought a shop with a not-so-big facade in the front and enough room for people to live in the back, and started selling it. A grocery store with supplies for girls.
Not only rouge and gouache, but also headbands and purse belts are available, and the main focus is on selling accessories.
The three of them had suffered at the beginning. After all, they had a bad reputation. How could a woman from a good family go to a shop run by a concubine who was a good person?
Even at the beginning, some obscene words were circulated in the market, and the weaker-tempered Yingge almost committed suicide because of those words.
If it weren't for Hong Xiu's tough temper, taking a broom and beating the woman gossiping at the door of the shop, the shop would have been closed in just a few days.
It wasn't until the mistress of the Jin family sent her mother-in-law to the store that the people around them realized that the wealthy Jin family had no intention of ignoring these three unscrupulous concubines.
Therefore, some people followed the trend and wanted to please the Jin family and let their own women open the door of the shop. After that, slowly, the three of them continued to open the shop. (End of this chapter)