"Miss, why don't we invite Miss Qiao back? Miss Qiao works really hard. How much money can I earn by working on this pier for a day?"

Chuntao stood in a good position, she could see Qiao Song at a glance, Pei Ning rested her chin, drinking tea expressionlessly, and sneered, "We feel sorry for how much he earns, he is not rare at all."

If you really care, you won't leave.

As for strolling to such a place?

I would rather follow a group of people to do rough work than be with her.

Qiao Song is really good at it.

Pei Ning asked himself that he had not treated her badly, and he didn't know what was going on in her head. Looking at her sitting among a bunch of women, she looked like she was being bullied, and her blood pressure rose slowly.

Don't read it, worry, look at it, and feel like a cheap person.

Pei Ning was so angry that she fanned herself with a folding fan, and after a while they started to work again.

Pei Ning stayed in the pavilion, holding a fan and watching for a whole day, until the sunset was approaching, when the group called it a day, paid their wages and left.

I ate the meal at noon, with two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge for each person. In the afternoon, I took some leftovers to eat. Most of them were steamed buns. There was no porridge, and they were all divided up. Qiao Song also had two steamed buns. The fat big sister gave her thirty copper coins.

"You're losing money if you work at the wharf. If you can work as a cook in a big family, you can earn at least two or three taels of silver a month."

As soon as Sister Fei handed out the coins, she asked, "Aside from steaming steamed buns, what other unique skills do you have?"

Qiao Song never thought about going to a rich family to be a cook. A rich family can't compare to a business like a wine shop. Although it is clean and quiet, but she is young and thinks she is pretty. If she meets a good-hearted It's a good thing, if you run into someone with a bad heart, you don't know how they died.

Besides, she just wanted to earn some money and wanted to try other places.

Although Jiangnan is good, it doesn't suit her taste after all. Going to a place that likes spicy food, her skills will not be buried.

So she just responded indifferently, "There is no special skill, just knowing some home-cooked dishes."

Dispelled the fat sister's idea of ​​pushing her to a rich family.

Push it to a rich family, this one has a reward, but she still has to do the work by herself.

She knew in her heart what she should do.

As soon as Sister Fei heard that she could only cook home-cooked food, she didn't ask any more questions, and led a group of people back. On the way, she bought a jug of wine and bought a roast chicken with the money, and asked the man to butcher it into small pieces.

After returning to Datong shop, a few people sat on the kang, drinking wine and eating roast chicken. Sister Fei pulled a chicken wing for Qiao Song, "You bought the clothes with money, and continue to eat well tomorrow after eating." Work, you do a good job, I can appreciate it."

Everyone else looked at Qiao Song, seeing that Qiao Song didn't plan to pick it up, one of them pushed her forward, "Hurry up and eat, what are you doing in a daze."

Qiao Song took the chicken wing and bit it slowly.

These women started chatting and swearing.

Some of them are widows, the men died and were sold by their mother-in-law and escaped by themselves, some of them came here because of disasters at home, some made mistakes and were sold, but were resold several times.

Anyway, everyone's life experience is not the same.

Sister Fei is an orphan. She used to be a beggar. Later, she rented a room here and brought these women to work all year round.

Everyone scolds everyone, as if they want to scold all this injustice.

Sister Fei looked at Qiao Song who was silent, bit the drumstick and asked, "Why are you here?"

Qiao Song didn't want to talk about her past, but felt that it would be impossible to be perfunctory, so she said that she was sold by her parents as a concubine. The mistress didn't like it, and wanted to frame her for stealing a man, so she packed up her things and ran away.

A group of women began to scold the mistress for not being a thing, and after a while they scolded her parents for not being a thing.

After scolding enough and drinking enough, everyone washed up and fell asleep.

Not at all sloppy.

Qiao Song was still leaning against the corner to sleep, but that Li Niang was not there last night. She lay down and heard the two women beside her laughing.

"Li Niang is not coming back."

"I don't know which man went to serve. How much money do you think she earns, how did she earn that money, and she didn't see buying a yard, so she wants to squeeze in with us?"

"Isn't it better to find prey here? You don't know her? I wish I could get everyone to do that business with her. I don't want to talk to her too much."

Someone joined the chat, but fell asleep while chatting.

After all, I was too tired during the day, so I could sleep with my pillow on.

The snoring sounded again in the house.

Qiao Song put those copper plates in his purse, and tied the purse around his body tightly.

After making sure that it wouldn't fall off, she put down her clothes and slept obediently on her side.

Tomorrow will be a new day.

Qiao Song thought.

She can stand on her own.

The next day, Qiao Song's arms were so painful that he couldn't lift them up.

Yesterday I kneaded dough and chopped firewood, no matter how hard I tried, it was not enough, my back was sore.

But she didn't show it.

After the first day of trial work, she was completely familiar with the process the next day.

It was still those jobs, she moved faster and was already doing them with ease, but her face was still pockmarked, and she saw Liniang during the lunch break.

Obviously no longer young, Liniang still had a thick layer of makeup on her face, wearing bright-colored clothes that didn't fit well, chatting and laughing with the manager at the pier.

I didn't hear what was said, but I knew it was not a good word by looking at the man's expression.

Liniang noticed Qiao Song's gaze and smiled at Qiao Song. Although the smile was gentle, it seemed to be sending out some kind of dangerous signal.

Qiao Song quickly turned his head and continued working.

But that doesn't mean she's safe.

In the afternoon, a group of women were preparing to pack up and go home. Liniang went to the shed with the steward, and greeted everyone with a smile. Sister Fei and the others also responded, nothing unusual.

It's one thing to look down on someone, but another thing to look down on them.

The person in charge was short and stocky, and when he saw Qiao Song, his eyes lit up, but seeing her pockmarked face, she was a little lacking in interest, so Liniang laughed beside her, "Boss Huang said that the adults are short of a servant girl. Two or two cases of silver will be given every month, I thought, how can we not leave the sisters behind in this shortage, so I thought of this little girl."

She shook her fan and looked at Qiao Song, "Sister, follow Guanshi Huang. If you are elected, the adults will have enough food and drink. You don't have to do these rough jobs when you serve those ladies and wives every day. I think you are a smart and capable person." Yes, surely up to the job."

Qiao Song bit his lip, unwilling to agree.

But she knew that Liniang couldn't be provoked casually, and the steward of the dock couldn't be provoked casually either.

Fat Sister murmured loudly, "I've only taken this person for two days, and he's helped me a lot. Liniang needs someone, so I can pick someone else. I can't give this person. I'm at a loss for feeding her and keeping her bed. .”

"Who cares about that dilapidated house? It would be great to go to the courtyard to serve, and to be able to marry a lover in the future."

Liniang smiled, "Besides, with my sister's face, it's not impossible to be an aunt. Sister Fei, you can't block the future of others just because you can't be chosen."

The faces of several women are already not very good-looking.

What I said was too ugly.

Qiao Song said lightly, "Thank you Liniang for your kindness. I'm clumsy. I'm afraid I'll make those ladies angry if I go. It's not good if Li Niang gets hurt. I'm here to learn from Sister Fei, and I will be able to stand up to you in the future." something."

Liniang didn't speak, but Manager Huang smiled, "Okay, just work here, under my nose, no one dares to bully you."

His expression was satisfied, "Tomorrow, I will give you an extra [-] Wen a day, so you can come and cook dinner for me every afternoon."

Qiao Song frowned, and the other women also noticed something was wrong.

Qiao Song smiled faintly, "I'm not good at craftsmanship, I'm afraid the dishes I cook won't be able to satisfy the supervisor."

"Then get out of the dock!"

Manager Huang lost his smile, "I didn't discuss it with you! This is an order from me! Tomorrow afternoon, after finishing this work, come and cook for me! If you can't do it well, don't take over your business from now on. work!"

He glared at Fat Sister, "All of you are here because I give you a bite of food! Don't be so ignorant!"

Wharf work is full of uncertainty, so money is issued every day.

There are a lot of people queuing up to do it.

Sister Fei's face was not very good-looking, but Guanshi Huang was telling the truth. She just looked at Liniang, but she didn't know what to think, "I see."

In the afternoon, Qiao Song delayed for a long time before leaving.

On the way back, Sister Fei walked next to Qiao Song, "I'll give you three hundred coins, you pack up and go, it's best not to let Guanshi Huang and Liniang find out that they don't take girls as their lives, they played to death before." It's been a few."

Qiao Song had no expression on her face, she knew that Liniang must be fanning the flames in front of Manager Huang.

Otherwise, such a thing would not have happened.

She whispered, "I won't leave, I have to cook for that steward Huang tomorrow."

"Are you stupid? If you cook for him, it's called going without returning. You are such a young girl, but don't be ignorant. If you are really taken advantage of by those stinky men, you will be dragged by them for the rest of your life."

She spat, "Li Niang is really nothing!"

But scolding is all about scolding, and persuasion is all about persuasion, she can't help Qiao Song make a decision.

Seeing that Qiao Song didn't get in, she didn't say anything else, she just thought that Qiao Song and Liniang were the same kind, and when they went back, she didn't give them any good face.

When Liniang came back in the evening, she was obviously happy to see Qiao Song was still there. She slept next to Qiao Song and talked about the benefits of a rich family, what to eat and play every day, what to use on your hands and face, and what to wear.

It can be seen that she yearns for that kind of life very much.

But Qiao Song felt sad.

Compared with Liniang, this group of women who only know how to work hard may have rough skin and don't like to dress up and have money to dress up.

But in the end, there is still a bottom line.

Liniang still wanted to say, but the woman next to her said, "It's so noisy, do you want someone to sleep!"

Liniang immediately silenced, wanting to talk to Qiao Song again, but found that Qiao Song had turned over and fell asleep leaning against the wall.

When she thought of the reward she was going to get tomorrow, her face was full of smiles, and her heart was even happier.

The author has something to say: Good night!

感谢在2021-09-2312:16:20~2021-09-2422:29:18期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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