Red apricots make spring

Chapter 14
The access control of the Zhao Mansion is very strict, and the maids must have the badge issued by the above when they go in and out on weekdays, otherwise they will leave the mansion privately and will be caught and beaten.As for the night, the doors are locked everywhere, and there are servants who are on duty at night to patrol back and forth, which is more strictly controlled than during the day, so Wen Rou has never thought about escaping since she traveled to this world. First, the risk of escaping is too great, and there is almost a [-]% chance of failure. Second, after escaping, what kind of food, clothing, housing and transportation do not cost money?If she has money, she might as well just redeem herself, find a place to stay, and walk out of Zhao's mansion openly.

It's just that she doesn't know how much money is needed to redeem her body. She can't ask Xiaohuan about this kind of thing.Wenrou sighed softly, feeling that the burden on her body was even heavier, not only to pay off the debt, but also to redeem herself, where can I find money?Monthly money is definitely not something to count on, those few copper coins are only enough to buy necessities of life...

She was so absorbed in her own thoughts that she didn't notice that the cooks around her had already finished their meal, Xiaohuan hurriedly pushed her and said, "Eat quickly." Only then did she realize that Mrs. Wang, who had scald medicine on her face, was already facing her. Walking over here, he quickly picked up the bowl, poured down the bowl of porridge that had been cold for a long time, wiped his mouth, and stood up to clean up the bowl and chopsticks.

"Xiaohuan, after you finish eating, hurry to the third girl's side. I guess she should get up. You should be more polite and go to the yard to pick some flowers and send them to the third girl. Don't hang around in the kitchen all day. It's full of smog What's the fun?" Mrs. Liu stepped in from the door, and said incessantly, "Ru Hua, fill the bucket with water after you clear up the dishes and chopsticks, chop the firewood, and come back in two hours to wash the vegetables and light the fire. Wang Sister-in-law, if you find someone to deliver breakfast, if it is later, those boys will be so hungry that they will scold their mothers."

flowery!Wenrou couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth. Up to now, she is still very unaccustomed to this name. Every time someone calls her, what emerges in her mind is a man with a full head of flowers and beard, who is still picking his nostrils with his fingers. Dude, god knows who came up with the name, what a talent!

But according to Mrs. Liu's words, as long as she finishes washing dishes, fetching water and chopping firewood within two hours, the rest of the time can be completely controlled by herself. This is good news for Wenrou. Finally, she had some free time to wander around and familiarize herself with the environment of the Zhao Mansion so as not to get lost all day long, so she started to move faster, washed the bowls in threes and fives, and fetched two or three buckets of water before arriving at Chai. I went to chop firewood in the room.

While Wenrou was fighting with the heavy axe, Xiaohuan slipped out to look for her at some point, gently wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked in surprise, "Xiaohuan, do you have nothing to do during the day?"

"Yes, I am taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard of the third girl, but I have already watered them when I got up early, and I just pruned the branches yesterday. I don't have anything to do for the time being, so I slipped out to play with you."

"I don't have time to play. Look, I still have these firewood to chop." Rourou originally thought that she would have some time to move freely, but she didn't know that she was very unfamiliar with chopping firewood. After a long time, more than half of it was not finished.

"I'll help you." Xiaohuan said, she went to the firewood room to find an ax, and helped Wen Rou chop it together. It's just that she was young and weak, so she didn't do this kind of rough work, so she used an ax , the movements looked more clumsy than Wenrou's. Once she used too much force, the ax flew out of her hand and almost chopped off Wenrou's feet. She was so frightened that Wenrou told her to stop quickly, and just sat aside and talked with herself to relieve boredom.

The two of them chatted casually, most of them were gentle and oblique questions about the Zhao Mansion and this strange world, it was rare for Xiaohuan to meet someone older than her to ask her questions, answering questions. The two were simply happy, and the two of them were talking and working, so they didn't feel too strenuous. After Wen Rou finished chopping the firewood, an hour passed, Xiaohuan touched the purse she kept close to her body, took out two copper coins, and gave them to him She smiled mysteriously: "Sister, let's go buy candied haws and eat them?"

"Where to buy it? We can't get out." Gentle sighed, she now knew that she had traveled to an unknown era, the emperor was a guy named Ye, anyway, it had never appeared in the history textbooks of her world, But the people in this place are also very feudal. Women pay attention to leaving the door and not leaving the house. Even if they are maids, as long as they are working in a rich family and they are not married, they cannot come and go freely.

"The corner gate at the back is facing the street. There are many vendors selling food and stuff. We don't need to go out. As long as we wave, some vendors will come to solicit business automatically. Brother Zhao Lu, who is the gatekeeper, is very familiar with me. As long as we don't step over the threshold, I usually He just turned his eyes and closed his eyes when he was shopping in the store, and he didn’t care about me.” Xiaohuan happily shook her gentle hand and said, “Let’s go, candied haws are sweet and sour, and they are delicious. People are drooling."

Gentle looked at Xiaohuan and smiled, thinking that she is really a little girl who likes sweets, but she is actually very old, and she really has no interest in this kind of food for children, but it is not easy to sweep Xiaohuan Xing, he had no choice but to nod his head and follow her, as long as he knew the way in the mansion.

Before approaching the corner door at the back, Rourou saw many peddlers outside the door poking their heads into the gate of Zhao Mansion, only looking forward to someone coming to patronize their business, there are a few sharp-eyed ones who often come out to buy snacks Huan led another beautiful little maid to this side, and immediately shouted at the top of her voice——

"Hey - melon seeds - scorched melon seeds - spiced melon seeds -"

"Honey, hey, hey, candied haws!"

"Roasted ginkgo - ginkgo!"

"Jiangmi Xiaozao -- what a big rice dumpling!"

Wen Rou saw these people straighten their necks, covered half of their ears with their hands and shouted up to the sky, one shouted more cheerfully than the other, and one shouted louder than the other, she couldn't help smiling, and then sighed in her heart, it seemed that she wanted to be a hawker selling snacks Eating food is not an easy task, at least you have to have a loud and good voice to sell business.

"Brother Zhao Lu——" Xiaohuan saw a servant guarding the corner door, and flew over like a butterfly, "I'm here to buy candied haws, and you pick up two bunches of big ones for me!"

When the hawker selling candied haws heard that the two maids were coming for him, his yelling doubled immediately, and he said to Xiaohuan: "Miss, don't worry, I will pick the biggest one for you!"

"Xiaohuan!" Rourou rushed to catch her and said, "Just buy a bunch, I won't eat it."

"No, there is no reason for one person to eat good things!" Xiaohuan shook her head, insisted on handing the two still warm copper coins in her hand to Zhao Lu and said, "Two strings, help me pick up two strings, here, I see The string on the top is very big and very red!" She said, already salivating.

She couldn't persuade Xiaohuan, Ruanrou was a little anxious, she felt that she should take out the money to treat Xiaohuan to eat, but she didn't have a single copper coin on her, seeing Zhao Lu looked at them twice, she was already going out to buy candied haws for Xiaohuan Yes, she had an idea, and said loudly: "Wait!"

"What's the matter, sister?" Xiaohuan turned around puzzled, "Don't be polite to me, I will treat you this time, and you will treat me next time, so that each of us can eat one more time!"

Rourou couldn't laugh or cry after hearing her words, how could the account be calculated like this?If Xiaohuan doesn't invite her to eat today, there will be an extra copper coin left over, so you can buy it again in the future?But she didn't say this to Xiaohuan, she just pulled her and asked softly: "How much rock candy can you buy with two copper coins?"

"I don't know, it's quite a big bag, right?" Xiaohuan had no idea, but Zhao Lu interjected, "It's enough to buy nearly a catty."

Wenrou immediately put a smile on her face when she heard the words, and whispered: "Just now we walked along the way and saw that the crabapple trees are bearing fruits. If we can pick them, why don't we make candied haws ourselves?"

"You know how to do it?" Xiaohuan's eyes lit up. She is not stupid. Of course she knows that if you buy a catty of rock candy, you can make a few bunches of candied haws. Anyway, the owner of the crabapple fruit in the mansion doesn't want to eat it. It's just a few little maids. When I had no money, I occasionally picked them as snacks, but the taste was too sour, and she didn't like it.

"I will do it." She smiled softly.

Seeing the two maids whispering inside the door, the candied haws seller outside the door became anxious and asked loudly: "Hey, do you want to buy it or not?"

"Don't buy it, don't buy it!" Xiaohuan made a face at him, and shouted out: "Is there a rock candy seller here today?"

(End of this chapter)