Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 159

Lianli's narrow eyes took the child upstairs and gave him a few words of advice: "Just wait here. Don't touch anything, or you'll break anything. If you're bored, open the window and you can see the wild goose pond."

He raised his chin towards the window: "Do you have anything else?"

The child shook his head and said, "No."

So he left.

There were only two children left on the huge second floor... a child and a little boy.

In light of what just happened, the child decided to treat her as a human being.

The round snacks on the plate were arranged very nicely, but it seemed like one was missing, probably because they had eaten it, but there were still many left.

Each one has a different pattern on it. They are white and glutinous, with a skin as white as snow and red bean paste inside. They are small and cute, with a hint of bean red.

The child ate this kind of snack on the road, it seemed to be called - Touhuaci.

It’s sweet and tastes better than the ones sold on the street.

Zhang Fengci downstairs snorted sarcastically: "You are so kind."

Chen Dianshan: "What's the problem with a child? Besides, An Changshi is very important to the prince. We have to rely on him, right?"

His tone was a little strange.

Zhang Fengci snorted again and stopped talking. It took a long time before he started talking about something else. It seemed that his family was renovating their house, and the craftsmen accidentally smashed the wall of Chen Dianshen's house. The dog was scared and jumped into his house, ran away through the door, and was lost. Fortunately, he found the dog and said he would send it back to him later.

Chen Dianshen said he had never raised a dog.

Zhang Fengci said that the dog would bite anyone it saw, and that it had injured three people in the attempt to catch it. He must have gotten rid of the dog and was trying to get it back from him.

Chen Dianshan: ...

He seemed to be at a loss for words, so he had to drag someone else in to testify for him. "Really? Liu Dianyi knows. I never keep troublesome little creatures. Two years ago, someone gave me a very nice spaniel that listened to a lot of things, but I didn't want it and gave it to him right away."

Liu Dianyi finally said: "This is true, he never raises those."

Zhang Fengci: "Where did that dog come from? I heard your dog barking several times."

Chen Dianshan: ...

"I shouted, I shouted, okay? I've never heard anything with your ears, so I told you to listen."

Zhang Fengci: "Look at you, what are you so anxious about? How can you not recognize a dog?"

Chen Dianshan: ...

"I didn't raise one, so what can I recognize?"

"It's really not yours? Then why did you run away from your house?"

"Who knows? It probably got in from somewhere."

They talked for a long time but still couldn't figure out whose dog it was.

In the end, both of them said that the dog should be sent to Liu Dianyi's home. One dog can be kept, and two can be companions, but Liu Dianyi did not want a dog that could bite three people.

Zhang Fengci had no choice but to ask someone else later, and the three of them dispersed while talking.

The child was amused by what he heard. He quietly pulled a large stool to the side of the bed, and ate the flower-shaped rice cake while watching the geese not far away.

When An Xu Ze came, she almost fell asleep on the window.

An Xiu then asks her if she is in any trouble and where did the snacks come from.

The child was unconvinced: "I was very well behaved. Didn't the big brother tell you?"

"No."

After the servant left, he was afraid that the child would offend someone and he would be blamed again, so he ran away and did not even come close to An Xu Ze, hoping that he would not remember him.

An Xiu was used to this kind of thing. There were so many people in the mansion that it was inevitable that there would be some useless people.

The child heard him say this, but he didn't explain it in detail, omitting a large part of it. He just said, "There were three eunuchs here who asked me some questions. After I finished speaking, Chen Dianshan gave me some snacks and told me to wait for you upstairs."

"Oh, so what did they ask you?" An Xiu didn't seem to care much.

The child was very thirsty and didn't want to say much: "They just asked me my name, why I didn't have a surname, and what talents I had. They probably had nothing better to do."

An Xiu remained noncommittal: "Come on, I'll take you to see someone. Be good when we get there. If she keeps you, you won't have to worry about the rest of your life."

The child vaguely understood: "Do you want me to stay and be a maid?"

"You don't have to sell yourself. You can just be an indentured slave in the mansion. If you don't want to work anymore, you can leave. I will ask them to take care of you and won't ask you to do any heavy work."

An Xiu Ze paused for a moment before asking,

"You don't want to?"

The child thought to himself: Isn’t it a bit late to ask?

He brought her from far away to be a slave, and now he asks her if she is willing.

If she says she doesn't want to, can he still send her back?

Where should she go if she is sent back?

Child: "I don't sell myself."

An Xiuze: "If you want to sell them, I don't need you."

Not everyone can become a servant in the palace. Most of those as old as her in the palace are either born in the family or the children of some tenant farmers. They always have some kind of relationship with the family, and few of them are bought directly from outside.

As they walked, An Xiu explained what an indentured slave meant: "It's just like a farmhand, but there will be official documents from the government stating who hired you and for how long. You can work for a few years and save some money. When you're older, you can decide whether to leave the government or not."

An Xiu glanced at her and said, "If you don't succeed by then, I can find you a decent family to marry into, but the prerequisite is that you work hard here and don't get into trouble."

An Xiu thought to himself: I am worried about you as a father, if you try to fool me again, I will throw you back, and then you can do whatever you want to me.

The child appreciated his kindness: "I know, but what if they don't want me?"

"No," An Xiu said just that, feeling certain that she would be kept. If he didn't have that much dignity, he wouldn't have brought her here. When the child asked, he explained, "Most of the strangers who have to retire are given a job. There are some such people in the palace."

Most of them were guards or something, he had thought about it, but children... forget it.

"Just work hard in the mansion. Don't get close to the masters unless you have nothing to do. Listen more and talk less. Don't just watch the fun. It's good enough if you can live a peaceful and happy life."

An Xiu Ze's tone was quite complicated.

Child: “Is it dangerous here?”

An Xiuze: "Everything will be fine if you behave."

Child Qi Ran: ...Then I'm done.

"What about pumpkin?"

"Leave it at home. Aunt Yu will take care of it for you," An Xiu said naturally. "Every day after work, go home through the back door. Don't run around in the mansion. There's an empty room in Xi Nu's yard. You can stay there."

Xi Nu is An Xi.

The child already knew about their father-daughter relationship, but he hadn't seen her yet this time.

The child didn't know how to accept An Xiu's kindness, after all, their relationship was just average.

"Are you so good?"

An Xiuze: "What are you thinking? I rented it to you. Remember to give it to me when you make money."

The child immediately felt better.

"how much is it?"

"Just give me two hundred coins."

"so many!"

An Xiuze: ...

It's okay for me to hit her, right?

Nowadays, the housing prices in Yizhou will only go up and not down. If she goes out to find a real estate agent to rent a house, it will cost at least two or three hundred coins, and it has to be in the most remote place. She doesn't know how much time it will take just to walk here every day.

His yard is right next to the palace, and he charged her two hundred coins, but she still thought it was too much!

What good would it do her to piss me off to death?

"Were you sent by Li Guangqian?"

The child was confused: "Who?"

"No one." An Xiu replied unhappily, quickening his pace.

The child was chasing him so hard that his bun was almost falling off. He thought about it for a while before he said tentatively, "It's not much, actually. Thank you."

An Xiu slowed down his pace: "Yeah."

His mustache curled up slightly.

Child: "I'm so thirsty, can you give me some water?"

An Xiu Ze: ...Do I look so compassionate?