The women I let down in those years

Finding a maid is really not an easy task.

In ancient times, women from poor families were usually sold to rich families as maids.

What I'm talking about here is selling, because after the maid arrives at the wealthy family, she has nothing to do with the original family. It is completely the private property of the wealthy family.

Of course, this has something to do with the general environment of ancient society. It was difficult for those poor families to support themselves, let alone their daughters.

In comparison, if you sell your daughter to a wealthy family as a maid, at least you won't starve to death. If you are lucky and get a good master, you might be able to save some money and marry into a good family.

These are all helpless actions.

But in modern society, there is no such situation as being unable to support a daughter.

At least this won't happen near H City, so finding a maid is really not an easy task.

Only Mr. Gao is willing to pay a salary of 20,000 yuan a month, otherwise I feel that this matter will be impossible to handle.

My cousin also felt a headache, "This matter is really difficult to handle. Where can I find a maid for him now?"

"That is to say, in what age are we now, we still have such dreams!"

I'm also very unhappy, but if Mr. Van Gogh's requirements are lower, don't treat her like a maid, even if she says she's looking for a mistress, the matter won't be so difficult.

Because Mr. Gao is already in his forties, even if he has ideas in this regard, he is not so capable.

He would find eighteen people at a time, even if he did it once a day, the average would be less than twice a month for one person. It would not affect normal life at all, and there was money to be paid, so many women were willing to give it a try.

But it's really hard to find a maid.

The word maid makes people uncomfortable.

Who wants to be a maid for someone else unless they are desperate?

and many more!

There is no way to go!

I suddenly grasped the key to the problem.

"Cousin, if someone can't survive, would they be willing to work as maids for Mr. Gao?"

"Can't survive?"

My cousin was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what I meant, "You mean, go find those desperate women and show them a clear path?"

"Yes! It's like buying a maid from a wealthy family in ancient times. If a poor family can't make a living, who would sell their daughter to be a maid? Let's look for a family with a hard life, or... a family that values ​​boys over girls!"

"Makes sense!"

My cousin's eyes lit up, "When you say that, my ideas suddenly become clearer! Let's go! I know where to go!"

The cousin knew the direction and walked towards the west.

My cousin and I thought we would go together. If you want to find a family with poor conditions, you have to go to the countryside!

And it only works in villages with particularly poor economic conditions.

City H can also be considered a coastal city, and the conditions in the villages to the east are good, so we can only go west, and the further away from City H, the worse the conditions are.

With this general direction, we should be able to find a suitable target as long as we go all the way west.

Although there is no clear target, you can still tell some of it based on the changes in the surrounding scenery and the buildings on the roadside.

Some people may ask, in what age are we now, how come there are still people with such difficult living conditions?

It can only be said that many people have never seen what the real countryside is like.

In backward villages, many people's annual income can only be calculated in thousands.

There is only one labor force in a family, and there are three or four members in a family. The average annual disposable income per person is less than 1,000!

If they hadn't cultivated the land and had no shortage of food, it would be really difficult for such a family.

Not to mention if something happens again at home.

People living in big cities cannot understand this kind of life. Only those who have truly grown up in rural areas and experienced it can understand.

We set off in the morning, and near noon, we finally arrived at a village that looked very dilapidated.

The road at the entrance to the village is rugged and narrow, making it difficult to drive.

After bumping along the road for a few minutes, we finally entered the village. It turned out that there were still many adobe houses here!

The road in the village is too narrow for cars to drive in, so my cousin and I can only get down and walk.

It was noon, and many families started cooking. White smoke came out of the chimneys. It could be seen that most people in the village could only burn firewood or low-quality coal, and few used liquefied gas.

"This village is really poor!"

I couldn't help but sigh.

"Yeah, don't even look at how far we have gone. This village is probably not even 60 kilometers away from H City! If we go further west, we might be even poorer!"

My cousin also said something, with a somewhat complicated tone.

"Let's go around here first and see if there's anything suitable."

I nodded, but didn't hold out much hope.

The economy of this village is indeed not good, but it is not so bad that people cannot afford to eat.

As long as the family can still survive, no one will be willing to sell their daughter unless there are special circumstances.

So what my cousin and I are looking for are special situations, such as a major change in the family that requires money, or the family is extremely patriarchal and the conditions are not good.

My cousin and I walked around the village, and then found a group of people sunbathing and chatting on a decent street in the middle, and we went over to chat.

The more economically disadvantaged a village is, the more idle people there are, and they are not limited to men and women.

My cousin is very talented in dealing with strangers. We became familiar with each other as soon as a pack of cigarettes was released. Then he started chatting while asking for the information we wanted.

In just a few cigarettes, I have captured several useful pieces of information.

There is a Zhang family in the east of the village. There are three daughters and one son in the family. The eldest daughter is called Zhaodi. She has been doing odd jobs near the village since she graduated from junior high school. She is now nineteen years old, and the family is planning to find her an in-law and take her into a family. A betrothal gift for the younger son to go to school.

The second daughter is called Laidi. She is sixteen years old. She also dropped out of junior high school and works odd jobs near the village.

The third daughter, Pandi, is fourteen years old. Although she is still in junior high school, she often has to work in the fields and has missed a lot of classes.

It can be seen from the name that this family is extremely patriarchal, and the family conditions are not very good.

In addition to the Zhang family in the east of the village, there is also the Wang family in the south of the village. They have a daughter and a son. The family conditions were good before, but last year the head of the family fell from the roof and became paralyzed. The pillar of the family was gone, and the entire family I can hardly hold it anymore.

I heard that the daughter of the Wang family is twenty years old this year. She had already been admitted to college and had a good future, but now she has dropped out of school and has to go out to work every day to make ends meet.

I silently remembered these two messages, because this was probably the person my cousin and I were looking for.