Xiu Erdai's daily essays

Chapter 1448

05880-Matchmaker

There were also people who climbed my window in the middle of the night, and after I photographed five of them—three with broken legs and two disfigured—they stopped.People began to spread the rumor that although I don't have servants on the surface, I must have hidden guards.

"This must be a noble lady with golden branches and jade leaves."

"So you really came to see your lover?"

"I haven't seen you after waiting for so long, it seems that the lover has moved on."

"That lover is too blind. Is there anyone more beautiful and from a better family than this girl?"

Someone advised me under my window:

"There is no fragrant grass anywhere in the world."

"Girl, look at me, I'm a good match."

There are also people who are sour:

"She looks restless, and I wouldn't marry her in my place."

"No, it's not suitable to be a regular wife, but it's very suitable to be a concubine."

Then a matchmaker came to the door.

I received the matchmaker and asked first: "Please rely on your rich experience with men and women to independently judge what my gender is."

The matchmaker: "... Oh, young master, I see what you said, you misunderstood, I just came to ask, if I'm alone, would you like to buy a bed warming maid?"

Me: "If you can find one that doesn't look ugly next to me, I can consider it."

Matchmaker: "Alright, I'll keep an eye out for you."

How should I put it, although the times are different, I still feel very friendly for this gossiping, imaginative, shameless and irresponsible temperament once the words are spoken.Considering that I may not be able to speak in Saudi Arabia in the near future, I am willing to tolerate these people a little bit, just like tolerating the Saudi League.A group of guys who are discussing my appearance and related derivatives enthusiastically. If there is an Internet here, there will be a branch venue for the Sand Academy.

The day before Ni Sheng arrived in Ducheng, the matchmaker actually brought a girl to me.

Matchmaker: "She must have nothing to do with beauty in front of you, but she's not ugly, is she?"

It really is.If you don't compare with me, she is a little beauty.But the bad thing is that this little beauty is also gorgeous, with the same type as me, and her level is much lower than mine, so standing next to me is a bit like the Dong Shi who imitates Xi Shi.In fact, if she is beautiful in another direction, such as delicate, weak, sporty, ladylike...it will definitely not be so tragic, but she is a coquettish and cheap style like me, and the effect of bumping into shirts is even more terrifying.

05881-Shenglu

I looked at the matchmaker: "Are you a professional? You're too good at picking."

Matchmaker: "Well, actually, I just did a good deed. Look at her, walking on the street alone is too troublesome, but if she is walking on the street with you, no one will see her, right?"

Me: "So?"

Matchmaker: "She can also complement your beauty."

Me: "Thank you, but my beauty is an objective fact, and no one can say it's not beautiful without contrast."

Matchmaker: "That is. But she, oh, her name is Zi'er, she has no name, you can take her as you like after you accept her, Zier needs to be contrasted, and she needs to be contrasted so that she is not beautiful."

When the matchmaker was talking, Zi'er stared at me tightly, clasping her hands tightly.

I asked the matchmaker, "You are a matchmaker, not a matchmaker, right?"

Matchmaker: "In a small place, they are all part-timers."

Oh, thank you for your hard work.

I looked at Zi'er and asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

Zi'er: "I... hope you can give me a way out. I don't have money, I want to live, if you don't want me, I can only... If you don't go... I can only... be a concubine, At least I hope my buyer won't mistreat me."

Me: "Abusive..."

Matchmaker: "Master Tao, that nephew of the old lady of the Li family, has taken a fancy to her. That master Tao consumes at least four concubines a year, and the corpses thrown out, tsk tsk tsk. It can't be called murder, after all. , everyone knows that those concubines committed suicide. There are also those who ran to the street and wiped their necks with a knife in front of everyone."

That Master Tao was almost fifty, and someone in his Tao family was an official, and his in-laws, Li's family, were wealthy, and they lived a very prosperous life.In other respects, Mr. Tao seems to be considered an individual, and he even has a reputation for benevolence, but in terms of women... After all, in this era, concubines are equivalent to goods, insulting, not giving food, whipping, kicking... No one will care , and no one thinks this is a big deal.

Just a concubine.

Even though there were too many concubines who died in the backyard of Mr. Tao, some good people checked the corpses and found that there were many scars of abuse, but let’s talk about fatal injuries. Throwing into a well, hanging himself, hitting a wall... what does it have to do with that master? Woolen cloth?If it can be proved that the master personally killed a certain concubine, he can still ask for an explanation, but now he only has evidence to prove that he beat those concubines, and beating the concubine he bought is not illegal.

The man didn't even beat him to death, it just hurt so much.Even when a concubine stabbed him with a knife, he just kicked her away. After kicking her away, when the concubine fell down, the knife in the concubine's hand pierced her own abdomen and died. isn't it?

It's just life.

I have to accept my fate.

So, that master met me, was dealt with by me, paralyzed on the bed and couldn't move, could it be his life?

05882-maid

The old lady of the Li family panicked after Ni Sheng appeared, partly because she learned of her nephew's sudden accident.The old lady who knows the dirty things of the Li family and the Tao family clearly, she has participated in a lot, and gradually began to fear retribution when she got older, met a kind and understanding person when she didn't know who to turn to for help. Don't you want to hold on to your magic stick like grabbing a life-saving straw?

I can drug those people and make them have nightmares, but if you want to control their emotions and let them kill themselves, maybe the liars will be much more professional.

Before the liar came, I said to Zi'er: "I can buy you, but first declare that I can't let you stay with me for a long time. You can't even protect yourself, let alone take care of me. I leave Du I will take you with me when you are in the city, and when you find a place where you can live, our relationship will end. Of course, before the end, you have to return all the money I bought you. No matter how you earn it, anyway You can't make me lose."

Me: "Side note, you can't pay me off by warming my bed because I feel like I'm at a disadvantage."

Zi'er: "...Yes, I understand. I know what to do."

Me: "My name is Pei Lin, I'm not going to give you a name, you can choose it yourself."

Zi'er: "Yes, Master Pei."

After Zi'er stayed, I didn't open a separate room for her, but only made a partition in my original room, counting it as her private space.There are also benefits after she comes, such as being able to respond to inquiries from the waiter and go out to buy snacks for me. I paid her the corresponding labor fee, and I paid once for each labor.

Zi'er was at a loss: "Is this how the wages are paid?"

Me: "I don't care what other people do, I pay according to my work here. I will pay you as much as I think you have helped me. If you make me mess up, I will deduct money."

Zi'er: "I... can also do your laundry."

Me: "Unfortunately, no need, my clothes have their own cleaning effect and don't need to be washed."

Zi'er: "With its own cleaning effect? ​​Does it mean that the clothes will wash themselves? A magic weapon?"

Me: "You know?"

Zi'er: "Before... when my parents were still there, I heard about it."

Me: "Oh. Can you read?"

Zi'er nodded first, then shook her head: "I know a little bit, but there are still a lot of things I can't."

05883-Borrow

I took out a children's literacy textbook, which is an ancient version compiled by the main world in modern times. The purpose is to let modern people know how to write ancient characters.This series of teaching materials is huge, showing the history of the text changes in the mortal world of the main world.

Generally speaking, the changes in the mainstream characters are not earth-shaking. Looking at the characters thousands of years ago in modern times, even a simple guess can basically understand the meaning.After all, compared with other materials, writing is extremely popular. As long as there is one living person living in an area at the end of the catastrophe, the writing can generally continue, and it will not re-evolve from the oracle bone inscriptions.

But evolution still has to evolve.Sometimes it changes in the direction of complexity, sometimes in the direction of simplicity, sometimes in the direction of distortion, and sometimes in the direction of disease, so you must guess when looking at older materials, and there are many guesses wrong, such as some Words are benevolent in a certain era, malicious in some eras, and unintentional in others.If you mistake the formation age of the materials when interpreting the materials, then there will definitely be problems in the interpretation. The interpretation of ancient books must be related to the background of the times and the geographical background, and you must not take modern logic for granted.

Sometimes it happens that it is impossible to guess, because some people will create their own words, and no one knows what his code is talking about except himself-disciples of the Gyutianmen and Zhongsumen often do this now.It is necessary to create countless niche characters in addition to the common characters, which will cause confusion for archaeologists.

Zi'er took the book and touched the pages cherishingly: "It's so beautiful."

After all, technologies such as papermaking, printing and binding are constantly evolving.

Me: "This is lent to you, and you will have to return it later. In the future, you can choose to return the book, or you can choose to buy this book from me."

Zi'er: "Usually, for example, when I go out, can I temporarily put the book back with you? I'm afraid of losing it."

I took out a bracelet: "This can also be lent to you, a magic storage tool. I can bind it to you so that it will not be lost. Just like a book, you can choose to return this storage magic tool in the future." Give it to me, or you can choose to buy it from me. Of course, the storage artifact is much more expensive than a paper book, and it is also more expensive than your selling price."

Me: "Speaking of prostitution fees, if we leave this place, and then you run away from me, far away, what can I do to you with your deed of prostitution? You can definitely get yourself a new one." identity."

Zi'er whispered: "It's not that easy. After being bullied in one place, many people would think that it would be nice if they could run far away, but the reality is that many people didn't run away, maybe because they couldn't run away, or because they couldn't run away. Maybe it's because... I know that no matter how far I run with my own ability, it's just another place to continue to be bullied. For example, in Ducheng, I can try my best to get in touch with a relatively conscientious matchmaker. Discrediting me, how could my fate be better than entering the backyard of Master Tao’s family?”