Chapter 334 The first maid
Huo Xi looked at the girl in front of her.
This girl should recite ancient weather proverbs.
Modern weather proverbs such as "The morning glow does not go out, the sunset glow travels thousands of miles", "The sun is yellow at sunrise, and the wind will be wild in the afternoon". Huo Xi can also recite a few words.
Many old farmers also read some weather, but there were not many literate people in ancient times, and not many formed a complete weather system.
In ancient times, it was not like the information explosion in modern times, and it was believed that the disciples of the church would starve the master to death, so many things were only passed on as secret skills to their own people by word of mouth.
Over time it will be lost.
The girl said that her grandfather was a boat master, and the boat master was invited to watch the weather on the long-distance ship.
By watching the sunrise, midday, and sunset, you can know whether it is cloudy or sunny. By looking at the stars, examining the clouds, you can know whether the wind is against the wind, that is, to judge the direction of the wind by looking at the clouds and the atmosphere, whether it is tailwind or headwind.
Stargazing, sungazing, and cloud testing are not something ordinary people can easily learn.
Those who are strong can go to the Qin Tianjian to eat the imperial food.
The boss of the boat, Cao Jin, stayed on the boat for many years, so he naturally understood a little bit. After listening to the girl read a few words, he nodded towards Huo Xi.
Huo Xi knew that the girl in front of her said that her grandfather was a boat master, so it should be true.
"Okay. Then you stay on the boat." A person who knows the weather is an indispensable talent for sailing.
"Young Master Xie, Young Master Xie!"
Huo Xi frowned: "It's not a way for you to run out like this." He touched his chin, "Did you just say you were willing to sell yourself?"
Nodding desperately: "Ken, I am willing to sell myself. As long as the young master gives me a bite to eat, I can follow the boat every day."
Huo Xi thought about it, and asked Shen Qianzhong to write a contract of prostitution.
Only after the deed of prostitution was written, a man and a woman chased after her. From a distance, he saw two large ships parked on the shore, holding torches in his hands, but his footsteps stopped.
The girl named Xiangcao saw her father and stepmother chasing after her on the boat, and hid behind a pile of cargo packages, shrinking her body desperately.
Huo Xi walked towards her: "You can't stay by my side as a refugee. I'll let someone take you there. Your father and I bought you."
Xiangcao was afraid that her stepmother would not agree, so she looked timidly: "My stepmother took ten taels of silver from him." The village came to buy girls, and one of them was only five or six taels, and the stepmother would not agree.
Huo Ximing nodded clearly, turned around and ordered Shen Qianzhong to let him and the bodyguard Lei Da take her off the boat.
"You **** girl, how dare you run away!" The stepmother of Xiangcao gritted her teeth at her, wanting to pounce on her and beat her.
Lei Da suddenly pulled out the knife from his waist, and she wilted immediately, and hid behind Father Vanilla in fright.
Shen Qianzhong didn't want to talk to them anymore, so she held up the deed of sale in her hand: "My master has taken a fancy to your girl, and bought her out of you for fifteen taels of silver. This is her deed of sale, you come up and press it .”
Ten taels can sell their own daughter to the widower who killed three wives, and fifteen taels can sell themselves to a rich family as a maid.
Sure enough, upon hearing that, the stepmother of Xiangcao hurriedly walked out from behind the man, her eyes lit up: "Really give fifteen taels?"
Shen Qian weighed the purse in his hand, and threw it at her feet. The woman picked it up and took a look. There was a lot of silver in it, her eyeballs were bulging, and her saliva almost flowed out.
"I press, I press!" The voice was excited, holding the bag of silver in one hand, and was about to go forward to press the fingerprint, but was stopped by Vanilla's father.
"Grass, do you really want to sell yourself?"
Vanilla looked at him: "Father, if I sell it to someone else, I can save my life anyway."
Father Vanilla opened her mouth, and said for a while: "With Daddy here, he won't do anything to you." Trying to persuade him.
"Father, you sign the deed of selling yourself, and you don't have me as a daughter."
Father Vanilla didn't move, just stared at her. Seeing that he was not moving, Vanilla's stepmother wanted to go forward, but seeing the man staring at him sharply with a big knife, she quietly used her hands to pinch the soft flesh on Vanilla's father's waist.
Finally, Dad Vanilla still pressed his fingerprints on the contract of sale.
"In the future, when you are safe, you can send a message to dad." Somewhat reluctant.
Lei shouted loudly: "What are you doing with the message, so that you can continue to exploit her?" The big knife in his hand shone in front of him.
Father Vanilla took two steps back in fright, but kept her eyes fixed on Vanilla.
Seeing his father's fingerprints, Vanilla felt bitter in her heart, plopped and knelt down to his father, kowtowed to his father three times with tears in her eyes, turned and left without looking at him.
"Grass!" Father Vanilla chased after two steps, but Vanilla walked faster and faster.
"Let's go! You've sold your body and you've got money, and you'll live your own life in the future, so don't bother again." Lei Da flashed the big knife in his hand at him, and chased Shen Qianzhong and Xiangcao back to the boat.
Father Vanilla watched blankly as her daughter boarded the boat, and then disappeared.
"Grass, you have to listen to the master's words!" It's my father who is sorry for you.
There was no response from Vanilla on the boat, and Father Vanilla waited for a long while, then turned and left with his head down.
Seeing Xiang Cao looking out through the crack of the cabin door with tears on her face, Huo Xi didn't comfort her.
It wasn't until her father and stepmother had gone far away that she could not see the light of the grass handle at all, that she wiped away her tears and knelt down to Huo Xi: "Thank you, young master."
Huo Xi looked at her: "From now on, be careful with your words and deeds. You shouldn't look at, listen to, or speak out. Keep your eyes and mouth shut. Remember to be loyal. Otherwise, as the master, I have the right to kill you." you."
"Yes, Vanilla remembered."
"Let's call it vanilla in the future." I didn't expect this girl to be fifteen years old, and she couldn't tell it at all. Thin and small, I thought it was about the same as her.
"Yes." Nodding her head, seeing that Huo Xi was about to go to bed, she hurried over to help make the quilt.
Until Huo Xi fell asleep, Xiang Cao also found a place to sleep in Huo Xi's cabin.
It wasn't until the next morning, when Huo Xi woke up, that Vanilla realized that this was not the young master, but a girl! Thinking of what the girl said, he closed his mouth tightly and still called the young master.
Huo Xi was very satisfied.
Seeing that only one night passed, she entered the role, brought her face water, and served her breakfast from the kitchen, looking like a maid. Even more satisfied.
"You have been raised by your grandfather for several years, have you been on a boat? Will you be water-based?"
"Yes. The slaves are good at water. When I was a child, my grandfather also dressed up the slaves as boys and brought them on board. But some ships do not allow girls to board, so I can't follow my grandfather every time I go out on the boat."
Huo Yi nodded: "Do you really know the weather?"
"Yes. My grandfather is a very good sailor, and many people come to ask him to follow the boat. I didn't understand it very well when I was young, so my grandfather asked me to recite it, saying that I would understand it when I grow up. Later, when I recited a sentence, he said Explain it to me, and the servants will understand."
"Okay, then you can watch the sun, the stars, the wind and the clouds on the deck from now on. I'll see if you're right."
"Okay. The servant girl is going now!" Vanilla was full of energy in her heart, thinking that she would not let the master feel that she had bought her for nothing, so she must show her hands to the master.
I thought about the fourth watch, but it's a little more immobile. Make it up when you have time
(end of this chapter)