The pension plan of the ancient cannon fodder woman
Chapter 7 Lotus
The moment Su He opened her eyes, she knew that she was no longer in the modern era.
Now the good news is that she used her fortune to the fullest, spending almost all of it on stockpiling goods, which gave her ancient journey a good start.
But the bad news is that she is still a little girl who does rough work and has to get up at five in the morning every day to work. The climate she traveled through is basically the same as the modern one, and it is also freezing cold.
"Bang, bang, bang! Lotus, chrysanthemum, orchid, you little girls, why don't you get up? You think you are the eldest ladies! Hurry up, there are a lot of clothes waiting for you today, hurry up and wash the clothes of the maids first!!"
Su He sighed and stood up helplessly. Yes, she was a lotus now.
The 28-year-old soul was reborn as a 16-year-old girl named Lotus. Lotus' facial features were bright and elegant, but because of malnutrition when she was a child, she had to work as soon as she opened her eyes every day in the Zhao Mansion, so her complexion was very bad. Lanhua, who was one year younger than her, already had a well-proportioned figure, but she was still a yellow-faced girl with a bare chest.
"Hehua, why are you daydreaming? Get out of here quickly, or Mother Wang will scold you again."
Juhua is one year older than Hehua and is a very honest person. She was the first one to get out of bed. Seeing that Hehua was taking a long time to move, she felt anxious for her.
"Coming, I'll be right out."
Su He has been here for three days, but she is still not used to it. In the middle of winter, she has to get up at five o'clock in the dark to wash clothes, with cold water, and start working without eating breakfast. Who can bear this? It is indeed a feudal society without human rights. She has to leave the house as soon as possible.
She huddled under the quilt and put on her thermal underwear and down vest. Then she put on her maid's clothes, and while she was alone in the room, she took the time to drink some hot water from the space and eat a piece of chocolate that was about to expire.
I hurried to the laundry room and sat in the corner to wash clothes under the murderous gaze of the housekeeper. Chrysanthemum and Orchid were already washing clothes, and the most diligent Chrysanthemum had already washed two pieces.
"Be careful! If you ruin the clothes, you'll have to sell them off!"
Mother Wang glared at Lotus fiercely, then turned and left.
Su He knew she was talking to him, so he ignored her and pretended to be humble and worked hard. This person would take chicken feathers as a token of authority, and Su He just took her as fart.
After Mother Wang walked away, she secretly put on a pair of gloves to work. Because it was still dark and the gloves were skin-colored, no one noticed. Su He did this every day.
If you really soak your hands in ice water every day like Juhua, your body will be damaged sooner or later.
No, she still had to find a way to make some ginger and brown sugar water to drink later.
The three of them washed for four hours and finally washed all the maid's clothes clean.
Next came the clothes of the mothers in charge, and finally their own.
But this was afternoon, and the three of them could finally go out for dinner.
The lunch for the servant girl consisted of two steamed buns, a bowl of vegetable porridge, and a small dish of pickles.
The three of them ate it all.
After finishing her meal, Su He did not leave. She took out a silver bracelet to bribe Li, the manager of the small kitchen, and asked for a small pot of ginger and brown sugar water.
This is not a one-time price, it can be used within a month.
Su He bought the silver bracelets while she was buying silver. She thought the styles were simple and elegant, so she bought a few.
This comes in handy now.
But that's not what she told Manager Li. She said that this was her mother's dowry and she had been keeping it.
"Okay, then you guys cook it. I'll go take a break. When it's ready, just take the pot away."
Manager Li was obviously very satisfied with the bracelet. This kind of bracelet could not be found in the entire Huaihe County. She could exchange it for a month's work. She made a fortune.
"Manager Li, thank you for your hard work. I'll leave you a bowl of ice and put it on the side. It's freezing here, so you can get rid of the cold."
Su He sent Manager Li away with a smile on her face, and then quickly added water, ginger and brown sugar. These were all brought by her, which was not surprising. The maids in the mansion had one day off every month, and they could go out and play on their rest days.
These things are not cheap but they can be bought.
Juhua and Lanhua didn't leave either. They watched Su He boil water with envy.
The fire in the stove was quite strong, and Su He finished cooking in a short while. She took out three bowls, one for each person, and said, "Chrysanthemum, orchid, you guys should drink it too, it will get rid of the cold."
Su He had a good impression of the two people who lived in the same room with her. Juhua was sensible and Lanhua was playful. The three of them were maids at the lowest level and had always supported each other. In the dream, before Lotus was sold, Juhua secretly came and gave her two steamed buns and 20 cents. Su He must repay this friendship on behalf of Lotus.
Su He didn't feel bad at all about this little bit of ginger and brown sugar water.
Chrysanthemum and the other girl obviously didn't expect that they would have a share. They had planned to stay in the warm kitchen for a while before doing the laundry.
"Lotus, drink it yourself, this is precious."
Chrysanthemum was the first to refuse. Orchid was originally very happy, but after hearing what Chrysanthemum said, she didn't dare to drink it.
"No matter how expensive it is, it's not as important as your own body. Hurry up and drink it. I'll need your help later. If you don't drink it, I'll be embarrassed to say it."
Upon hearing this, Juhua no longer refused. She and Lanhua carefully picked up the bowls and drank slowly, sip by sip.
"Wow, this ginger and brown sugar water is really effective. I just took a sip and I felt a warm current in my body, and the cold air went away."
The one who was speaking was Lanhua. She was the youngest of the three and loved eating the most. Although the ginger and brown sugar water was a bit spicy, the brown sugar was sweet and she thought it was delicious.
Although Juhua didn't say anything, you could tell the effect was very good by looking at her satisfied smile.
Su He nodded secretly. In order to ward off the cold, she cut half a bowl of ginger and put it in. It would be strange if there was no effect.
"It's warm in the kitchen, drink slowly. We could have taken a break at noon anyway. If we leave now, we'll just have to go back to the house, which is so cold. We might as well stay in the kitchen."
In her dream, Su He felt that these two people were very honest. Juhua had been in poor health before Hehua was sold. She would cough from time to time, and she would roll around in pain during those few days of every month. At the age of 18, she looked older than the housekeeper's mother, and she had frozen herself from washing clothes.
Lanhua was better off. Her family loved her so much that they used their connections to transfer her to the kitchen to work as a fire-making maid. Although it was still odd jobs, it was better than doing laundry.
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