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

Chapter 156

As the saying goes, every ten miles there are different customs, and every hundred miles there are different habits.

As we headed south out of Xiacheng, the weather gradually became hotter, and people's clothing seemed to be different as well.

The child leaned on the car window, lifted a corner of the curtain and looked outside. She felt that the people here were more...bright than those over there.

Clothes are no longer in those monotonous colors, but now have more embroidery, and there are more women wearing skirts on the streets.

What kind of gauze, silk or colorful satin does this make? It looks neither strong nor resistant to dirt. I don’t know how they usually work. Wouldn’t they be heartbroken if the skirt was torn?

Or does it mean that people in the capital city don’t have to work?

When the child asked An Xiuzhe about this, he just laughed out loud. Not only did he not answer her, but he also imitated her and told the people he was traveling with to say it, and then everyone laughed together.

This made the child feel embarrassed and angry, and she was just about to raise her fist to hit him, but he asked people to buy her new clothes and dress her up like those beautiful sisters. He also put a bun on her head so that no one could tell that she only had a few short stubbles.

After applying some more makeup, the child felt that he actually looked quite good.

Looking at myself in the bronze mirror, the anger of being ridiculed was silently extinguished.

But when she tried to apply it on herself, he laughed again!

The angry child burst into tears and took off her bun and hit him in the face. However, An Xiu was also an extraordinary person and was much more powerful than her, so she naturally missed the target. So the child cried for a long time.

He finally calmed down a bit and asked someone to buy an old lady who was good at dressing up children.

The lady's surname was Yu, and she was about forty years old. She was clean and efficient. Often, when a child woke up in the morning, before she even opened her eyes, she would cover her face with a warm, wet towel and wash her face. If she still didn't wake up, she would stuff her mouth with a willow branch for brushing her teeth...

Aunt Yu's neatness and efficiency are mainly reflected in her handling of children.

Sometimes the child would feel like a piece of clothing, a rag, or an object, and she would pick it up and wipe it from time to time. Once, she even tried to wring the water out of the child's arm.

This was of course not possible. The child was extremely surprised and she was a little embarrassed, but the next time, she would still wash the child as she washed other things. Even if the child didn't want to use her, she would still come in and rub the child until his face turned red and he screamed.

They say it is cleaner this way.

The child thought to himself: It’s clean, it’s clean, the skin is about to fall off, it would be strange if it wasn’t clean!

But that's the only annoying thing about her. Apart from that, there's really nothing wrong with her, and she's also very loyal.

An Xiu threw her indenture to the child, saying that someone had given it to her.

So Aunt Yu recognized the child as her "daughter" and didn't care about anyone else, even if it was An Xiu Ze who gave her the money.

Once someone scolded her for being as honest as a weight.

Without even raising her eyelids, she retorted, "That has to be hung on my daughter's scale."

For the sake of her 'girl', she was also happy to serve An Xiuzhe, no more, no one else would do.

The child had never encountered such a thing before. She tried several times to secretly return her indenture to An Xiu Ze, but An Xiu Ze refused to accept it. Later, when she caught him doing so, she simply took it and kept it herself.

He said something very angry: "Miss, you don't have to chase me away. Tomorrow you can stay somewhere else and have someone to accompany you. Even if you ask me to stay, I won't stay. Forget about the monthly salary. It's all considered as the money for my redemption. After all, we are master and servant. Even if you are unkind, you can't put me in an unjust situation. No matter what, I will do my best to you. You can't send me back for no reason."

How is this considered unkind and unjust?

The child didn't understand, but she could see that this was a humiliation for Aunt Yu, so she never brought it up again.

But when she was rubbed until she screamed, I couldn't help but wonder if she was taking revenge on me.

But she didn't ask. The skin was in someone else's hands, so she had to be obedient. Otherwise, what would she do if she got angry and got even harder?

Although it was a bit 'painful' and bumpy, the journey was really pleasant. The children were so happy that they didn't want the carriage to stop and wanted to keep going like this, but she had no say in the matter.

On the way, Aunt Yu often told her to please An Xiu Ze so that she would not be left alone in Suicheng. What would she do if he abandoned her?

The child heard this and she tried to do it, but when she served tea to Anshuze, he asked her, “Did you spit in it?”

What does this mean?

Is she such a bad person?

The little kid was as happy as a duck.

I childishly drank a cup of tea on the spot, then gave him a cup of tea leaves and told him to make it himself.

She was about to leave with the tray, but after thinking it over, she was still unhappy. She went back and stuffed the tea leaves into her mouth, then mumbled, "Drink some water!"

After that... she never tried again.

It's almost here now.

The child was a little confused and could hardly eat at night.

But how can people not eat?

She persuaded herself and still ate two big bowls.

Then he asked Aunt Yu to bring the dishes back after she finished washing them.

"It can be used when begging for food."

Aunt Yu agreed and said, "Wait a minute, young lady. I'll go get a sack and a stick. They'll be useful in the future."

The child still didn’t quite understand: “What’s the use of that?”

Aunt Yu said, "If you sleep on the street, you need something to cover your face. If you compete with dogs for food, you need something to use. Don't worry about it, young lady. Leave it to me."

She went there in a rage.

Child: ...Is she teasing me?

Adults are like this, they often pretend to agree, and then when the kids actually try to do it, they start laughing.

An Xiuze is just like that.

Along the way, he often instigated the child to do stupid things, and then when the child really went, he would come and make fun of her.

For example, one time the child saw some big mushrooms that she didn’t recognize. Some were yellow and round, some were white and round. Each one was as fat as a steamed bun and as big as a bowl. She thought they must be delicious and didn’t seem poisonous, so An Xiu urged her to pick them.

He also told her to pick more, gave her a bamboo basket, and gave her some advice, saying that the mushroom skin was quite thin, so she should be careful and it would be more beautiful if she picked a whole one.

She thought it made sense, so she went happily and carefully picked several flowers. An Xiu followed her from a distance and pointed out to her, "There's a bigger one over there. See? The brown one? That's it too."

Then the child reached out her hand, held it and picked it down. With a puff, a large amount of yellow and black smoke sprayed all over her head and face. She was so scared that she sat down on the ground. Her hand happened to press into the basket, and all the yellow and round things sprayed out strange things.

An Xiuze just smiled from a distance and told her, "This thing is commonly known as a horse manure bag."

This is of course not real horse manure, but... it has soiled An Xiu Ze's only remaining credibility with the children.

Back to the point, the child really didn't believe that Aunt Yu would ask for a sack and a dog-beating stick.

She indeed came back empty-handed.

The child understood and prepared to go to sleep, but she came over mysteriously and said, "Girl, I've asked around for you. We don't have to go begging. There's a place called You'antang in Suicheng where uncared-for children are sent. You can stay there for two months. When I make some money and rent a small courtyard, I'll take you out."

Little Child: "That's a reliable statement, but why would she go to pick you up?"

The child didn't answer, but she believed it anyway.