The female supporting role has arrived on the battlefield

Chapter 44
That night, Wan Cen ordered that well-behaved and timid servant girl to serve her.

Seeing that Ji Ning didn't respond the next day, he ordered another little maid.

Liu Zhen was a little impatient watching the two take turns serving Wan Cen, and could not help Ji Ning to show her hospitality.

While eating the breakfast made by Liu Zhen, Ji Ning glanced at her and said, "Do you know what is the best in a man's heart?"

"Does Madam mean that what you can't get is the best?"

Unexpectedly, Ji Ning shook his head: "It's true that what you can't get can easily become a cinnabar mole, but it's just a sigh when you remember it, and most of the time you don't remember it, let alone the master is only interested in you now. If you don't get the initial impression, it will be boring."

Liu Zhen suddenly became nervous: "In Madam's opinion, what should I do with the servant? The master also knows that the father of the servant died, and it was Dai Xiao."

You can't really wait for three years, can you?
She didn't want to pretend to be in front of Ji Ning anymore. Ji Ning knew she was Dai Xiao, but still bought her and asked her to serve Wan Cen. Presumably there must be a way for Wan Cen to touch her within three years.

Ji Ning put down the teacup, and said: "Don't worry, then you just need to say that it's not your real father, but your adoptive father. The biological father has to wear mourning for three years, and the adoptive father will be fine if you die for him. Of course, if you If you don’t want to, I won’t force you either.”

The world attaches great importance to blood ties, but relatively, in this ancient time, relatives who were not related by blood were relatively tolerant.

"Yes, servant is willing."

Liu Zhen was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to kowtow to Ji Ning, but Ji Ning stopped him: "The two little maids each have their own characteristics. To be honest, the concubine's room in Sanshui County is based on Gentleness like water makes the master obsessed, so the master should like to be gentle and considerate, but if you only have this, you will not be outstanding."

"In Madam's opinion, what should the servants do?"

"I remember the day I bought you back, although you were kneeling, you stood proudly, with a frosty complexion."

Liu Zhen was thoughtful after hearing this, and nodded after spending half her salary: "I understand."

A few days passed, and Wan Cen could still tell the difference. The two little maids had less contact with each other, but they still had to go out to meet friends every few days, and then they would study hard in the room.

Wan Cen left early this morning to go to the poetry meeting, Ji Ning took Yinqiao to the city gate to meet Ji's father and mother, a few days ago she received a letter saying that the two would probably arrive today.

Ji Ning didn't wait eagerly, but waited in the teahouse beside him while drinking tea.

When it was almost noon, I received Ji's father, Ji's mother and others.

Ji Ning first took people to resettle in the house that had been taken care of long ago, and then took Ji's father, mother, and Ji Huai to a nearby restaurant to have a sumptuous meal.

After returning to the residence, Ji's mother cleverly asked Ji Huai to watch the servants pack up their things, leaving Ji Ning and Ji's father behind, and then Ji Ning briefly mentioned the recent Wan Cen matter.

"Don't be in a hurry now. His talent should not be among the top three in the examination. At most, he is a good man. If he doesn't have money to manage, he won't be able to make any waves."

Father Ji pointed straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth. In fact, he hoped that Ji Ning could reconcile Wan Cen earlier, but he also knew that the imperial examination was just around the corner, and Wan Cen was only in high school. If he divorced his wife now, he would definitely be punished. It is said that he abandoned his wife, not to mention that when Wan Cen was not yet an official, he still needed money.

Among Wan Cen's women, only the Ji family can afford the money, so it is impossible for Wan Cen to let go now.

Ji Ning was overjoyed, if Wan Cen didn't pass the exam, that would be the best, even if she did, she wouldn't foolishly give money to others.

If it wasn't for those women distracting him, alienating his relationship with Yan Rou, and making him fail the exam, Ji Ning wouldn't have given him the money that he had entertained with friends these days!

The two discussed again before Ji Ning left.

In a blink of an eye, it was two days before Wan Cen's exam. The exam was held in February, which was the coldest time of the year. The exam had to take three days in a row. During these three days, students had to bring all the food they needed. And supplies, as well as quilts and other things, one person is self-sufficient inside, and can only come out after three days after handing in the papers.

Even though it was only three days, it was very torturous. Ji Ning also occasionally heard other people discussing it, so he knew that every year, many people who died of frostbite, or whose hands and feet were frozen and unable to write, were carried out, and even they ate and drank Lazarus had to be inside, and the environment was cruel.

Ji Ning sent those maids to work in the kitchen, and then handed Wan Cen a piece of paper in front of Wan Cen: "I still remember that the master said after he came back from the imperial examination that all expenses in the mansion will come from the master's monthly payment. I don’t care about the money spent in the two months on Shangjing Road. But since I lived in this restaurant, the master often goes to the poetry club to meet friends. There are many times when the master is the guest. I have paid every penny. Write it down above, it’s 610 three taels in total, I’ll erase the four taels of silver, and count it as 610 three taels.”

After reading the words on the paper, Wan Cen frowned even deeper: "What are you doing?"

"These 610 three taels are my dowry silver. The master can't afford so much, so it's better for the master to write the IOU first. After all, the master will be admitted in the future. If there is no specific amount, it will be fine if you want to recover it at that time." No proof, no evidence?"

Wan Cen hates people telling him nonsense, but he also heard Ji Ning talk about his future management, so that Ji Ning can be more willing to spend money on him in the future, and he owes money when he owes it.

After thinking about it in my heart, I signed and pressed my fingerprints.

Satisfied, Ji Ning put away the IOU, and then handed five taels of silver to the book boy behind him: "A Shi, the master is going to take the test soon, and I don't know what to prepare for the test, and women are not good at it." Inquire with those candidates who have passed the exam, so I will trouble you about inquiring and preparing, this five taels of silver is the master's monthly silver for this month, so you can buy it."

Spending five taels for three days is a luxury for some people from poor families, but for Wan Cen who is used to enjoying it, it is not necessarily so.

After Ji Ning finished speaking, he took Yinqiao out of the restaurant again.

Wan Cen held his breath in his heart, but he didn't say anything. These days, he was used to Ji Ning going out for shopping every day, and he didn't want to interfere with her too much, as long as he didn't bother him, he didn't know that Ji's father and mother came to Beijing. news.

After Ji Ning bought some things, he ate with Ji's family, and then went shopping on the street.

In the past few days, Ji's father and she have been paying attention to the larger shops in the capital. After all, although Ji's family is rich, the capital is also a place of high consumption. Not to mention the house, even the shop is expensive.

So whenever she was free, she and Father Ji often wandered around the capital, looking for suitable shops on the one hand, and inspecting the market on the other.

(End of this chapter)