Crossing the Unknown Country

The two people followed in uncomfortably and stood in the yard waiting for their master's instructions. Su He's father looked at them and said seriously, "We are a simple family with few things to do. You will understand in the future. We bought you two to work. You just need to follow us back to our country home tomorrow and work hard. As long as you work hard, you will have no problem eating and wearing warm clothes."

Su He said to his father, "Clothes are expensive in the city, let's take them home to town and buy them some clothes!"

Su He's father said, "Okay, let's change my old clothes for them first, and then let them boil some water and take a hot bath."

Su He's father asked them to go and boil water for a bath, and told them where the washroom was. Su He followed his father into the house, sorted out the remaining banknotes and silver coins, and Su He's father gave all the money to Su He. He gave them two sets of old clothes that he had left here. Su He's father was a little taller than them, so they just had to roll up their trouser legs and sleeves.

Su He's family now has several sets of clothes here, some new and some old. Now the Su family doesn't feel bad about selling clothes, and most of them are made by Su He's mother herself.

Wang Dashan and Liu Meng looked at the clothes they were given and thought that the owner was quite good and did not mistreat them. He also said that he would buy them new clothes. Only a wealthy family could do that, to buy them new clothes before they even started working.

This family was obviously not a wealthy family. They looked like a small wealthy family. They didn't think about wearing new clothes and were satisfied with having some old clothes.

The two of them burned firewood to heat the water, poured it into the wooden barrel in the bath room, hung it on the hook tied under the beam, stood below, pulled out the plugs, if they wanted more water, they pulled out two plugs, if they wanted less water, they pulled out one plug. Anyway, if one bucket of water was not enough, they would add another bucket, and two buckets of water were enough for them to wash clean.

This family also used bath beans, which were very dusty when they were used, and a lot of black water immediately flowed down their bodies. They each used two large buckets of water to wash clean. This was also the cleanest they had ever washed. The two of them put on clean clothes and came into the house refreshed.

They stood there and bowed to thank their master, and asked if there was anything they needed to do. Su He's father asked them to rest first, and then they went to the room they had never lived in before. There was a kang there, and there were prepared beds on the kang. The room was prepared in case the uncle and his family came over and needed to stay, and now it was just right for them to stay.

The two returned to the house and saw brand new beddings. The house was clean and bright, and it was obviously a room for entertaining guests. They were not treated differently, and they felt very warm in their hearts, thinking that they must work hard in the future. The master was so good to them, especially Liu Meng. They used old things at the beginning and never gave them new beddings. He could especially feel that the master was very good to the servants, and he sighed in his heart that he had met a good family this time.

The next day, Su He and his friends did not stay any longer. They finished the breakfast prepared by Liu Meng and the others early and left the city to go home.

When eating, they didn't dare to sit with Su He and his family. They just sat at the stone table in the yard with their bowls in hand. It was Su He who asked them to come in and eat together, and then they came in and sat down shyly. Su He and his family didn't really treat them as servants, but as members of their own family. In the future, they would eat together unless there was a special situation.

When they got outside the city, Wang Dashan's family couldn't afford to buy animals, and he didn't know how to drive a cart. Liu Meng had driven a bullock cart in the master's house before, and after sitting next to Su He's father and watching for a while, he was able to drive a cart. Su He's father handed the cart to him and sat in the cart to rest. In the future, when the family goes out, they can bring Liu Meng with them and let him drive the cart.

When Wang Dashan saw Su He's father sitting in, he felt uncomfortable sitting next to the male owner. He stammered, "I'll go outside to watch Liu Meng drive the cart and learn from him so that I can help the master drive the cart in the future."

Su He's father knew that he was uncomfortable, so he nodded and let him go. Su He's father was not arrogant, but he would not stay with them without any difference. After all, he didn't know their background and couldn't trust them completely.