Otoharu

Chapter 547 A Maid Worth 50 Taels

Seeing Li Meier's confident appearance, Jiang Shanqing still poured cold water on her, "Aren't you afraid that it will affect your grandmother and mother-in-law, and then scare them again?"

Li Meier patted Jiang Shanqing on the shoulder, still looking confident, "Brother Shanqing, think about it, there must be a lot of people going to Tan Tuo Temple to offer incense right now, and there must be dignitaries among them, unless the Song family is stupid If you want to make a move, you must find a remote corner, or when I am alone. Besides, their target is only me, and it is not good to attack my mother and my grandmother. "

Jiang Shanqing found that his silly girl's mind seemed to be much more flexible after entering the palace, but even after she said so much, Jiang Shanqing was still worried, he thought about it, and then said: "Well, when I meet the teacher, see Let's see if the Lu family can send some people to protect you." If there are two groups of people following, then he can rest assured.

"Of course that would be the best." Li Meier said with a smile on her face, she was even eager to try, wishing she could go up the mountain sooner. After all, they have been passive and beaten for too long, and they were plotted by others every time. They, it's their turn to fight back.

Jiang Yanzhi handed the letter written by Jiang Shanqing to Xu Hanlin, Xu Shengrang, and sure enough, after the Xu family read the letter, they invited Jiang Shanqing to the house the next day.Jiang Shanqing finally met his teacher Xu Daru.

It's just that Jiang Shanqing didn't tell Li Meier the process of meeting Xu Daru in detail, and he kept more and more secretive about what happened in the palace that year.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk about it, Li Meier didn't ask, because sometimes even the two closest people don't know how to say something. Li Meier respects Shanqing's decision, because Shanqing has always respected her like this of.

However, Jiang Shanqing still brought good news to Li Meier, the Lu family will send secret guards to secretly protect the Li family when they burn incense.Moreover, the Lu family specially sent a girl who knows martial arts, named Hemerocallis, to Li Meier's side to serve her personally.

But this servant girl was naturally not sent in the name of the Xu family. After all, if it was like this, not only the Song family and Queen Song who were secretly watching would be vigilant, but even the Li family themselves would feel awkward.

This maid was given to Li Meier by Jiang Yanzhi, and she only said that it was a gift for her niece in advance.

Mrs. Li slandered about this for a while, thinking that Jiang Yanzhi's direct uncle was too stingy, after all, how much money does this maid only have, even in a place where prices are high in the capital, it is only a dozen taels of silver. , Jiji is only once in a lifetime, so he can just send a yellow-haired girl and get rid of it.

In the end, it was Li Meier who appeased Mrs. Li and told her how much the well-trained first-class maids from wealthy families in the capital are worth.

As soon as Mrs. Li heard the price of 50 taels, she was so shocked that she could stuff an egg into her mouth, thinking that Li Meier was lying to her, "What kind of girl is this, is it inlaid with gold? Your mother bought dumplings in the state capital back then. When there were three of them, the total cost was only 18 taels of silver, and everyone was well trained."

"Grandmother, you don't know much now, don't you? Those first-class maids from big families can read and write, and they are proficient in everything. They are more expensive than ordinary daughters from small families. If you can write and know how to count this, it is worth 50 taels of silver." Li Meier continued to count the differences between those first-class maids for Mrs. Li.

"What's so great about literacy, none of the servants in our family can't read." Mrs. Li said disapprovingly. She is now an old lady who can read and write, so she thinks that literacy is nothing. Those maids followed Li Meier and also learned to read and count, so that's not worth 50 taels of silver.

In order to prove to Mrs. Li that literacy and literacy are different, Li Meier asked Hemerocallis and Baozi to write a few words on a piece of paper.Then show it to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li squinted her eyes for a while, then reluctantly conceded: "The handwriting is better than buns, but I don't think it's as good as yours."

Seeing that Mrs. Li was still stubborn, Li Meier said speechlessly: "Grandmother, I have studied with Mrs. Zhengu for so many years. If this is converted into the annual Shuxiu, it will be more than a hundred taels of silver. You compare day lilies to me. Isn't that bullying?"

"Anyway, I think what you said is absurd. There is no such thing as a little maid who wants 50 taels of silver." Mrs. Li's values ​​are very simple even in the capital, and she doesn't believe that a little maid wants 50 taels of silver.

"Mother, you can find someone to come to our grandmother's house, and let her find it according to the standard of lily lily, and see if you want so much money." Li Meier is also stubborn, and she has to convince Mrs. Li.

Then Mrs. Jiang was also free, and she really found Ren Yazi, who was introduced to Mrs. Jiang by Zhou Hanyu before. When she first came to treat guests at home, Mrs. Jiang also found some temporary laborers from her.

As soon as this man came, and the price was clearly marked, Mrs. Li finally shut up.

But ever since she knew that daylilies were worth 50 taels of silver, she always liked to call her over from Li Meier.But she didn't let the little girl do any foul language, she just served tea, read books, beat her legs, and robbed Nanny Lin of her previous work.

Nanny Lin is also happy and relaxed, and she is entitled to a holiday.

Li Mei'er complained a lot about this, she was obviously her maid, and she was almost becoming a member of Mrs. Li's house.

Mrs. Li didn't care about her granddaughter's complaints, she still ordered her with peace of mind, and privately talked to Li Meier, "This 50 taels of silver maid is different when ordered, and I feel very comfortable in my heart. No wonder the old wives of the big officials in the capital I just like to use these expensive maids, and our family is no different from those other families now."

Li Mei'er was slandering in her heart at that time, the maids of the truly noble families were all raised from childhood, and they all gave birth to children from that family, and generally they would not buy people from outside. If her family wants to develop to that level, it may take several generations. Well, I don't know if her grandson can see that scene.

However, the maidservant Hemerocallis is much rarer than the first-class maidservants from real rich families. After all, she has special skills. She can serve her master when she is not busy, and protect her master when she is busy.

On the day when the Li family went to Shangxiang, Li Meier naturally took her with her.

(End of this chapter)