Maid of a wealthy family

Chapter 22
After hearing this, Ran Longgui only smiled honestly, but he was happier than anything else in his heart.He rejoiced his luck, not only did he not die, but he got rich instead.Although this is not a big fortune, it can make Chrysanthemum return to her side early after all.It's just that he doesn't know how much the boss will reward him?Fukui said more than one month's wages would be awarded, so how much would it be?two months?three months?Everyone said that it is hard to get a golden man in ten years. Seeing how happy the boss is, maybe he will reward him with two or three months' salary!If this is the case, Ran Longgui really has accumulated virtue in his previous life!
Ran Longgui was burning with hope.Therefore, he seemed very indifferent to the "reward class" that everyone cheered.

In the evening, many guests came to Master Hu's workshop.It turns out that this is the rule, no matter which kiln has dug up the "safety charcoal", it must hold a banquet and feast the guests.And the kiln masters of other kilns, when they heard the news, had to rush to congratulate the boss, congratulations to the boss on the success of the business. The guests first went to see the "reassuring charcoal" that Master Hu had just obtained, and said compliments, If you praise it, you will be taken to the upper room to eat wine.The coolies of the kiln workers still gathered in their work sheds, each with a bowl of brown rice rice, two and a half catties of fatty pork, and a half bottle of shochu.

Ran Longgui was still thinking about the reward, so he walked up to Fu Kui with his rice bowl in his hand, and said, "Cousin, you said the reward..."

Fukui was chewing pork, and after hearing what Ran Longgui said, he quickly swallowed the meat in his mouth, looked at Ran Longgui with greasy mouth and said, "Don't worry, it's indispensable, this is the rule in the kiln."

Ran Longgui said: "The boss saw me just now, why didn't he say anything?"

Fukui said: "I didn't say anything, maybe I forgot for a moment. Anyway, it's indispensable, let's eat."

After hearing this, Ran Longgui didn't want to ask any more questions, so he had no choice but to munch on the pork.

At this moment, a miner suddenly came over and said to Ran Longgui, "Longgui, it's up to you that we can sacrifice tonight. Come on, I'll offer you a bowl." The wine was handed to Ran Longgui.

Ran Longgui had something on his mind and didn't want to drink, so he hurriedly said, "Brother Zhang, I'm really sorry, I can't drink!"

The miner said: "Hey, why can't you drink it? On the morning you came, the boss offered a sacrifice to the kiln, and I saw you drank half a bottle of soju in one go."

Ran Longgui blushed when he saw that he had been exposed, and looked back at Fukui hesitantly.

Fukui said, "Drink! Why don't you drink it? It's a respect for you."

Ran Longgui had no choice but to take the bowl and drink it.Then, two more miners came over to toast, and Ran Longgui also drank.After drinking, Ran Longgui felt dizzy.He hastily chewed a piece of fat, and was about to leave when the boss walked in with the housekeeper.The boss also held a bowl of wine, and said to everyone: "Come on, I thank you for bringing me a source of wealth, and I respect you for a bowl of wine!"

When everyone saw it, they poured their own wine and held it up.Ran Longgui was no exception, bit the bullet and drank another half bowl.

Master Hu waited for everyone to finish drinking, walked up to Ran Longgui, patted Ran Longgui on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Long Gui, you have done a great job for me, I want to thank you very much!"

Drunken, Ran Longgui thought that the boss was going to mention the reward, so his heart rose to his throat, and he stared blankly at Master Hu Zhang.However, Hu Zhang Kiln Master seemed to have forgotten about it at all. He just poured another half bowl of wine and said to Ran Longgui, "Come on, Long Gui, I specially respect this bowl for you. Heart charcoal'."

Ran Longgui was dumbfounded.He didn't want to drink, but he was afraid that the boss would blame him.Thinking about it again, maybe after drinking this bowl of wine, the boss will mention the reward!So he took the bowl and drank it again "gulu gulu".

After drinking, Master Hu Zhangyao patted him on the shoulder again and said: "Okay." Then, he turned around and said to everyone: "Eat and drink well, everyone." After speaking, he didn't look back. out.

Ran Longgui opened his mouth and opened his eyes wide, staring fixedly at the boss's back.He felt a little strange like a child: Why didn't the boss mention the reward?Now, in his somewhat chaotic mind, there is only one consciousness: that is the reward he should get after risking his life to dig out the "Reassuring Charcoal"!reward!reward!He was thinking these two words in his heart, and suddenly he pulled Fukui beside him, and said in a vague way: "Let's go!"

Fukui didn't understand, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Ran Longgui understood very well, and said, "Help me ask the boss about rewards!"

After Fukui thought about it, he also felt that he should ask, so he said, "Okay, let's ask." After speaking, the two old cousins ​​walked out together.

It was a moonlit night.The first quarter moon hangs coldly in the sky like a hook, casting some faint light, and the mountains are shrouded in a gray night mist. At this time, it looks like a group of mistreated unfortunate people full of pain and grievances. Standing on the ground, gloomy.There is a mountain wind blowing "rustling", just like the sobs from the mouths of these unfortunate people.

Ran Longgui stepped out, let the mountain wind blow, and cleared his head.And once the consciousness is clear, the desire to get the reward will be stronger and more unwavering.

They caught up with Master Hu and the housekeeper in front of the boss's workshop, and Ran Longgui boldly called out, "Boss!"

Master Hu and the housekeeper immediately stopped and turned their heads.Kiln Master Hu looked at the two of them and asked incomprehensibly, "What's the matter?"

Ran Longgui said, "My bounty!"

Hu Zhang kiln master continued to pretend to be puzzled and asked: "What reward?"

Ran Longgui said: "I dug up the reward of 'Reassuring Charcoal'!"

Hu Zhang kiln master said: "Isn't it rewarding everyone for a 'reward class'?"

After hearing this, Ran Longgui was suddenly too shocked to speak.He looked at Fukui suspiciously.

Fukui hurriedly said: "Boss, the 'reward class' is the 'reward class'. The kiln workers have dug up the 'reassuring charcoal'. At least one month's reward is required. This is the rule in the kiln."

When Master Hu heard this, he suddenly burst out laughing, and said, "One month's reward? Not even a dime! Tell you, he only came here for a few days, and he wants to get a reward. There's no way!"

Ran Longgui felt a bang in his head, the alcohol rushed into his brain quickly, and his temples on both sides jumped up violently.He glanced at the boss, and his eyes started to light up.

Fukui still said patiently: "Boss, whether it's new or old, I have dug out 'Reassuring Charcoal' for you! You don't know, this piece of charcoal almost killed Ran Longgui again today. Woolen cloth."

Master Hu Zhangyao was still unmoved, and said coldly: "If you don't have it, you don't have it. What more can I say!" After speaking, he turned around and walked into the room.

At this time, I heard Ran Longgui let out a "hi" from his chest, rushed over, and hugged Hu Zhangyao master tightly from behind.Just now, he heard Fukui say that he almost killed him, but he didn't expect to give him nothing now.Ran Longgui's lungs exploded with anger, coupled with the stimulation of alcohol, at this time he bit his cheeks tightly, his fire-breathing eyes puffed out, and he hugged Hu Zhangyao Master's body with all his strength, biting each sentence one by one. Grinding his teeth, he said, "Okay! You're such a liar! Tell me, will you give it or not?"

Kiln master Hu didn't expect Ran Longgui to be like this, but he was still not to be outdone, and said to the housekeeper, "Hurry up! Call someone..."

The butler really let go of his throat and shouted: "Come on, come on—"

Seeing Ran Longgui, he was even more angry.He has now become a violent lion who has completely lost his reason.He grabbed Master Hu's waist, and suddenly strode towards the edge of the cliff.When he reached the edge of the cliff, Master Hu Zhang began to beg for mercy.But at this time, Ran Longgui couldn't listen to anything. He hugged Master Hu Zhang with both hands, raised it above his head, and said loudly: "You go to the king of Hades for me!" Throw it away.

After a while, a hair-raising cry came from under the cliff, and then everything returned to calm.

At this time, all the people who were driven out were petrified by his move.

Ran Longgui himself was also stunned.

After a while, the butler came back to his senses and shouted to everyone: "Quick! Quick! Catch him!"

Everyone looked at each other and began to gather around.

Ran Longgui was still dumbstruck, staring at the cliff.

At this time, Fukui understood, hurried over to push Ran Longgui, and shouted: "Run."

Ran Longgui trembled for a moment, and then he came back to his senses.He looked at the people surrounding him, and suddenly grabbed a handful of climbing plant vines on the edge of the rock, regardless of whether it was dangerous or not, he slid down.

Immediately afterwards, Fukui also grabbed the vine and slid down.At the foot of the mountain, fortunately, neither of them was injured.At this time, only the sound of shouting above the head was heard, and the torches were flickering around.Fukui hurriedly said, "Run! If you catch him, you will die."

Ran Longgui was fully conscious at this time, and after hearing Fukui's words, he didn't say anything, and ran with Fukui in the mountains.

I don't know how long they ran, but the clothes on both of them were soaked with sweat, and at the same time they opened their mouths and panted.Looking back, there were no more people chasing them, and there was no more shouting, and the two sat down under a tree, panting for breath.

After resting for a while, Fukui looked at the stars in the sky and said desperately: "What should we do now?"

Ran Longgui said, "What should I do? Go home."

Fukui said, "You still have the guts to go home? You beat someone to death, you paid for your life, and you go home and let the government arrest you?"

After hearing this, Ran Longgui lost his mind and said, "Then where are we going?"

Fukui said, "You shouldn't have killed him!"

Ran Longgui said: "The son of a turtle is too hateful."

Fukui said, "We can't go back even if we have a home!"

Ran Longgui said, "I'm the one who got you involved."

Fukui didn't answer, he looked at the stars and seemed to be thinking about something, after a long while, he suddenly said: "Why not, let's go to the 'shed' in Jiulayer Village!"

Ran Longgui jumped up in shock and said, "What? You mean to become a bandit?"

Fukui said, "At this moment, what else is there to do? If you don't go, you will die. If you go, you can live. These days, don't the poor become bandits?"

After hearing this, Ran Longgui sat down again, pondered for a while, then stood up suddenly and said, "Damn it, just go, I can't live anyway."

Seeing Fukui, he also stood up and said, "Go early! Maybe the people from the kiln will catch up!" After they finished speaking, the two of them silently groped their way towards the gate of the Nine Layers Village. The direction rushed away overnight.

It has been more than ten days since Chrysanthemum came to Lan Mansion without knowing it.For more than ten days, she still lived a prosperous life with clothes and food.Now, although that question mark is still lingering in her mind, she is no longer as nervous and uneasy as before.At first, she only thought that Lan Mansion treated her like a guest in the first few days.But a few days passed, and she still didn't see any sign that the old lady, wife, and master wanted to change the trajectory of her life.She still just walks in the garden with the old lady and wife every day, talks and eats together, still lives in the embroidery building inside the moon gate, and wears high-quality silk and satin clothes.Regarding all this, she wanted to ask the old lady or wife again, but she felt uncomfortable.In any case, I am a servant invited by others, as long as the master does not speak, why should I talk so much?After a few more days, I thought to myself, maybe the big family is like this!Annoyed and bored, please ask a girl to talk and relax, it should be like this!Otherwise, how should I say: "A lady from a poor family is not as good as a maid from a rich family?" Thinking about it this way, I don't want to ask why, anyway, whatever the owner calls me.In addition, add one more caution to yourself.However, she felt that even her narrow-mindedness was superfluous.The old lady treats herself like her own daughter, the wife is kind, the master is knowledgeable and polite, who should my petty mind be wary of?Thinking of this, I felt embarrassed and smiled.

Now, she has gradually adapted to the comfortable and comfortable life here.With the beautiful cheongsam and silk shirt on her body, she no longer felt embarrassed and shy.On the contrary, she didn't want to see the few coarse clothes she brought with her.She put them, along with the furshiki that wrapped the clothes, in the bottom corner of the closet.Similarly, she can also taste the delicacies of the mountains and seas on the dining table in Lanfu.Moreover, she also knew the names and methods of several dishes.For example, wild camel hoof, deer lip, swan broil, purple jade pulp, eight-treasure vegetable, seven-treasure soup, etc.Sleeping on the spacious bed at night, I don't feel lonely anymore. On the contrary, I feel quiet and comfortable away from the noisy, crowded, fighting and sweaty smell of my younger brothers and sisters.Especially when the windows are opened, the cool breeze blows and the fragrance of flowers comes in, which is really refreshing and pleasant.She was also glad that there were no mosquito bites.She thought of the broken tent at home, and every time she slept until midnight, she had to get up and slap mosquitoes several times.Otherwise, you don't even want to sleep peacefully.Even so, when I wake up the next day, there will be countless big, red and itchy bumps on my body.Now, she can sleep soundly until dawn, without nightmares in between.What surprised her in particular was that she felt that her body was undergoing subtle changes.First, it was she who felt the calluses on her hands fall off.One day, she accidentally touched the satin quilt again, but she never heard that piercing sound again.She felt strange, raised her hand and looked, only to find that the calluses on the palm were gone, and the skin on it had turned white and tender!She couldn't help but think of what the old lady said that day, that these should be a pair of hands with delicate skin and tender flesh.Now, it is really restored to a pair of daughter's hands.Then, she faintly discovered that the skin on her body was also brighter than before, becoming more delicate and elastic.Looking at the white skin and the faintly visible fine pores, she couldn't help stroking it with her hands for a while.Immediately, she felt an itchy pleasure all over her body.She knew that all these changes were related to her current life.This surprising discovery brought the daughter of this poor peasant family into an inexplicable and complicated emotional cowardice.

(End of this chapter)