The pension plan of the ancient cannon fodder woman

Su He's original plan was to wait until she turned 18 and use her connections to move out of the house, then find a beautiful place to raise an orphan and take care of her in her old age. If it were modern times, she could do it alone, but in ancient times, it would be impossible for a woman to have a stable life without power, without a family and without a son to support the family.

The Zhao Mansion had a rule that maids could redeem themselves when they turned 18. Of course, most of the maids were unwilling to leave. The older maids wanted to become concubines or marry a rich and powerful steward to live a wealthy life. The younger maids, like Juhua, had a much better life in the mansion than at home. They didn't really want to leave the mansion, let alone spend their own money to leave.

But Su He was different. Firstly, she had the money to redeem herself, and secondly, she didn't want to climb up the social ladder and become a concubine. Most importantly, her modern liberal democratic ideas did not allow her to be a servant all her life.

Originally, she thought the most low-key method was to survive for another year, so that when she turned 18, she could just spend a little money.

As for saving the second young lady Xiu Yao, she didn't even have to think about it. It was icy and snowy here, anyone who wanted to go could go.

Su He had not forgotten the look of pity from the Second Wife. He Hua didn't understand, but she understood it very well.

The second wife clearly knew that it was not He Hua who poisoned her, but she still sold He Hua out of the house, completely forgetting that He Hua had jumped into the cold river to look for someone in order to save her daughter, regardless of her period. Afterwards, He Hua lay in bed for two months to recover from her illness and almost died. Although she was later transferred to the old lady's courtyard as a third-class maid, she still had a root cause of illness.

In Su He's opinion, this is stupid. One must love oneself first before talking about other things.

Now knowing that Hehua has younger brothers and sisters, her mother is gone and her father has remarried, she can't leave with peace of mind. Her heart still hurts.

Lotus's mood also affects her.

The previous plan had to be changed, and now she was in a hurry to leave the house, so she had to take the initiative.

One day half a month later, the old lady of the Zhao family fainted during lunch. The room immediately became chaotic. The second wife of the mansion rushed over and told the maids and nannies to do their jobs. She then sent her confidant to invite a doctor. Doctors from all over the county were invited, but after three days, there was no cure.

Su He waited until the morning of the fourth day to go there on purpose. She remembered that in her dream, the old lady woke up in the afternoon of the fourth day.

Because Lotus had stayed in the old lady's Cijingyuan in her dream, she knew that the head maid Mudan was the old lady's confidant and her target was also her.

"Lotus, I can see clearly that Sister Mudan is alone in the tea room now. You should go there quickly."

Lanhua came running over happily, she finally helped.

Su He smiled at Lanhua and walked quickly towards the tea room.

"Sister Peony, I'm Lotus from the laundry room. I have a prescription here that may be able to save the old lady's life. If you're worried, you can ask the doctor to take a look. This pill will dissolve in water. Taking it twice is enough."

Su He didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose.

Mudan was worried. Although the old lady was old and her old illness had relapsed, she had not woken up yet, and those of them who served her closely would not have a good ending either.

"Why did you want to offer the prescription? What's your purpose?"

Mudan has seen the world after all. Although she is desperate to save people, she will not trust everyone who comes.

"When I was a child, my mother was in poor health and had difficulty giving birth to my younger brother... so she decided to sell herself... Now that the old lady is in trouble, my mother said that people should know how to be grateful. The prescription I gave was given to my mother by a Taoist priest when I was a child. My mother's health improved a lot after taking it, but the cost is too high, so my family only made two pills. This is the remaining pill."

Su He put the pills and prescription on the table, turned around and left without saying anything more.

She had done what she was supposed to do, and all that was left was to wait. If this path didn't work, she would have another plan. In short, leaving the house was imperative.

Su He went back to wash clothes with a normal look on her face, and had lunch and cooked brown sugar water as usual.

In the afternoon, when Chrysanthemum and I were washing clothes, Peony came.

Su He was relieved to see that it was Mudan who came in person. It seemed that the matter was settled.

"Lotus, the old lady wants to see you, come with me."

Mudan nodded towards Su He with approval in her eyes.

"Yes."

Su He smiled at Juhua and Mudan and followed her.

Along the way, Mudan didn't say anything, and Su He didn't say anything either. The two of them walked in silence all the way to the old lady's courtyard.

Su He followed Mudan into the room. There was a faint smell of medicine in the room, mixed with a hint of sandalwood. The two smells mixed together were surprisingly not unpleasant.

"Madam, someone is coming."

The one who spoke was Peony.

"Your servant Su He pays respects to the old lady."

Su He sighed inwardly, followed the maid's rules, and knelt down.

"Get up, you are a loyal person. I heard that you took the initiative to find Mudan?"

Su He didn't even look up. He stood up and continued to reply with his head down.

"Yes, I heard that the old lady had fainted, and I was worried. I thought that Sister Mudan was kind to everyone, and she would not get angry even if we little maids said something wrong, so I went there bravely. I thought that if I could help the old lady, it would be my blessing."

Chen was still a little weak sitting on the bed, but the medicine Su He gave her was indeed effective. When she woke up, she felt much more comfortable and no longer had the dull feeling she had before.

"You are a grateful person. Consider this as my purchase of the prescription, Peony."

Chen glanced at Mudan, and Mudan took out a wooden box from somewhere, walked to Su He and opened the box.

Su He was immediately blinded by the silver ingots in the box.

My God, she didn't even have that much money in her space. She knew that this was not just the money to buy the house, but also the thank you fee for saving the old lady's life. If she accepted it, the favor would end.

"Madam, I don't want this silver. Madam Fangzi likes it, so feel free to take it."

Chen was preparing to drink some millet porridge with the help of her confidant. When she heard this, she didn't know what she was thinking about, and her expression became a little cold. "No silver, what do you want?"

coming

Su He took a deep breath and knelt down again.

"This servant wants to leave the house."

Leaving the house? ?

Everyone in the room was stunned, and Mudan almost couldn't hold the wooden box.

Chen was so shocked that she didn't even bother to drink her porridge. "What did you say?"