flstandardbreds Chapter 155 Buying a Maid
Chapter 155 Buying a Maid
He began to pack up things at home. Su was lying on the bed, and Da Ya and Er Ya had injured their hands, so he was the only one busy. There was not much stuff in the corners, just the clothes that the whole family wore, and they were still tattered.
The materials bought by Jiang were placed on the table because Old Lady Li asked her to use them to make her clothes first. Just as Li Laosan was about to put them into his bag, Old Lady Li came over.
Looking at the material in his hand, she said, "Third brother, your sister-in-law didn't buy enough material for the clothes she bought this time. Your father and I are still short of a set of coarse cloth. Give me the one you have. Anyway, you are moving to Li Xiaoxiao's place. Her family has money and will buy you new ones."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Laosan to react, he took the material from his hand, glanced around the room again, and seeing that there was really nothing good, he turned around and left.
Li Laosan was left staring blankly at his empty hands. He was not at home when his second brother divided the family property, and it took many days for him to come back.
Now he finally understood how his second brother felt when the family business was divided. It was like being abandoned, feeling empty inside and without a sense of belonging.
It can be said that he is the one who does the most work in the family. The eldest brother has to study, the second brother is in poor health, and the fourth brother is young. As they are all family members, he never feels wronged. But what happened today really chilled his heart. There is far more than the one hundred taels of silver in the family.
It was more than enough to pay for Su's medical treatment, but his parents just didn't want to spend the money. The family ate white flour every day, but they were given 200 kilograms of brown rice. The only decent cloth was also taken away by her mother. With a long sigh, Li Laosan lowered his head and continued to collect things.
Da Ya and Er Ya were sensible and said nothing. Su felt sad looking at his back. Li Xiaoxiao came to pick them up quickly in a carriage. Until they walked out of the courtyard, no one from the Li family came out to see them off.
Jiang was happy about the separation of the third room, but she was also a little worried. After the third room was gone, who would do all the work for the whole family? She couldn't do it alone. Thinking of this, she walked out of the house and saw that only Old Lady Li was in the upper room.
Holding the new clothes that Su had made for her, she kept trying them on herself, smiling from ear to ear with joy.
"Mom, your clothes are so beautiful. Your temperament is worthy of wearing such fine material." Jiang praised against her will.
"You think it looks good too. Then I'll try it." When Mrs. Li heard this, she was immediately overjoyed.
"It looks good, it looks good, go and try it." Jiang urged.
When Old Lady Li came out again, Jiang saw that the brocade dress was very gorgeous, but when she wore it, her face looked totally weird. Her hair was greasy and she had only washed it once in many days. She had a hooked nose, triangular eyes, and a sour and sarcastic mouth, which were not worthy of such good material at all.
Even so, Jiang still praised her: "Mother, our family is so lucky to have you. Otherwise, we wouldn't have such a good life. My eldest brother has become a county magistrate. Who wouldn't envy him? It's all because of your good teaching."
Old Mrs. Li liked to hear this and she raised her chin unconsciously with a look of pride on her face.
Seeing her look, Jiang curled her lips in her heart, but she was respectful as always on the surface, feeling that the time was almost right: "Mother, my third sister-in-law's family has been separated. There will be so much work at home in the future. How are we going to do it?"
"Don't we still have you at home? Now that they have moved out, there will be fewer people and less work to do. You can't finish it all by yourself. The children are all grown up and don't need you to look after them." When Old Lady Li heard Jiang mention this, her face immediately fell. This lazy woman just wanted to do less work all day long.
"Mom, look at what you said. I can't work anymore." When Jiang heard that she was asked to work, she said the excuse she had thought of before coming.
"Why can't you work? You..." Halfway through, Mrs. Li suddenly seemed to think of something and asked uncertainly, "You are pregnant again."
"Yeah." Jiang nodded shyly.
A look of joy suddenly appeared on Old Mrs. Li's face. This was really a happy event. Apart from the eldest son, Li Lao Da, her favorite was the fourth son, Li Lao Si. As the saying goes, love the man and love his dog, so she also liked the children of Li Lao Si's family.
The eldest son had just become a county magistrate, and the youngest daughter-in-law was pregnant. It was a double blessing for the Li family.
"How long has it been since you saw the doctor?"
"It's been just over a month. I haven't been feeling well recently. I saw a doctor when you asked me to go to the county town to buy materials a few days ago. The doctor said it himself, and it can't be wrong." Jiang spoke unnaturally and hesitantly, not daring to look Mrs. Li in the eye.
Old Mrs. Li was so happy that she didn't notice these things. She muttered to herself, "I can't work anymore after I got pregnant. Who will do the housework?"
"Mother, you are now the madam of an official family, so naturally the work should be left to the maids and old women." Jiang reminded her.
This sentence woke up Old Lady Li. She had worked hard for so many years to support Old Man Li's studies, just to let him live a life of ordering servants around. Now that she had all the conditions to do so, why did she still have to live such a miserable life?
Knowing that Old Lady Li had taken her words to heart, Jiang felt so happy. She was finally going to get through this.
After figuring it out, Old Lady Li called Old Man Li and told him that Jiang was pregnant. She also said that there would be no one to work at home in the future and they wanted to buy a maid. Old Man Li puffed on his pipe, looked up after a long while, thought for a moment, with a gleam in his eyes.
"Buy it. Pick one that's bigger and stronger, and can work hard." After living for most of his life, his family can afford a maid. Even if he meets his ancestors after his death, he will have the face to face them.
Old man Li was so absorbed in his own imagination that he completely forgot the day before that he had to split up his third son's family because he had no money to pay for Su's medical treatment.
Seeing that Old Man Li also agreed, Jiang couldn't hide the joy on her face, and volunteered, "Dad, Mom, I will go to the county tomorrow to find a human trafficker and buy a maid who is energetic and capable of working."
Sure enough, the next morning, Jiang prepared breakfast and went to the county town early. Her status was different now, and the women riding in the ox cart vied to talk to Jiang.
Looking at them one by one, Jiang raised her head and said in a haughty manner: "I'm going to the county town to buy a maid. The old lady is old and her legs are not very flexible. She needs a maid to serve her personally."
"Oh, you're going to buy a maid. That will cost a lot of money. Jiang, you are so lucky to marry into the Li family. Unlike us, we can hardly get enough to eat." A woman who was traveling with them said enviously.