Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 165 Qualifying Match (9)

As the year draws to a close, Gu Shijiu haphazardly checked her accounts and found that the profits were even better than in previous years.

Chen Wangnan, newly appointed to his post, has shown great promise and is no less capable than his brothers.

There's one thing she doesn't know how to do.

There was a family on the farm who had three daughters but no sons yet.

Just as the eldest daughter reached marriageable age, the family decided to sell her.

No, it means getting married.

This eldest girl was born strong and ate a lot, so of course she was also very good at farm work.

Fearing they would lose out on the bride, the family demanded a high dowry and also required the eldest daughter to return to her parents' home to help after the wedding.

Two or three years passed, and still no one came to propose marriage.

Just kidding, she's tall, strong, and has a huge appetite; who could control her if she were married?

These days, even landlords might not have surplus grain; who could afford to feed her like this?

As time went by, the eldest daughter turned eighteen, but her marriage was still undecided.

It wasn't a big deal originally; it was just like having another source of labor in the family, and it would be nice for him to stay home and help his unborn brother with chores.

However, before the Lunar New Year, when they were praying to gods and Buddhas everywhere in their quest for a son, a fortune teller said that the reason their family didn't have a son was because their eldest daughter was cursed.

They say their family can only have one son, and since this eldest daughter is destined to be a son, the younger son will not come.

This was outrageous! The family immediately decided to sell the eldest daughter.

After Chen Wangnan found out, he came to ask Gu Shijiu what he thought.

"Then why don't you stay home and work? Qiu Niang is still short of a maid."

Gu Shijiu flipped through her sketchbook, casually giving her answers.

Ever since we took Qiu Niang's maid away, she's been crying and sobbing every day. Now we're giving her back.

After reviewing the accounts before the New Year, Gu Shijiu, no longer worried about being kicked out and starving to death, became less stingy.

Chen Wangnan had met the eldest daughter before, and after thinking about it, she felt that this plan was brilliant.

Gu Shijiu: What plan?

In short, the eldest maid became Qiu Niang's maid.

Qiu Niang was quite happy at first, and even gave the eldest daughter a name in advance, Lianxin, which sounded quite bitter.

However, her thoughts changed when she saw the person.

This girl isn't pretty; she's stocky and looks like a bear standing next to me. She doesn't fit my aesthetic at all.

It's even less suitable to call it lotus heart.

Qiu Niang didn't even bother to give her a proper name, just called her Da Ya.

When Daya is at home, all she does is farm and do housework.

She knew nothing about embroidery, poetry writing, clothing making, or chatting with her master.

Qiu Niang found it very inconvenient to use.

For example, right now, Da Ya stared at Qiu Niang, who was crying her eyes out, and felt a little confused.

Why are you crying again?

Seeing Daya's nonchalant attitude, Qiu Niang felt even more distressed.

If it were that maid from before, she would definitely come over to comfort me and then cry with me.

It's a pity that Daya is a rough person, otherwise she wouldn't have been ordered around to do chores at home for so many years.

She glanced at the sky and then sat down on the porch to wait for her meal.

They waited and waited, but Qiu Niang still didn't come begging for food until dark.

Seeing that she wasn't eating, Daya went to the kitchen and ate by herself.

Because of Gu Shijiu's instructions, Daya's meals were plentiful.

She feels that life is pretty good now; there isn't much work to do, and she can eat her fill.

We never had this much food when we were at home.

Apart from the fact that the master he serves is a bit strange, there's nothing else wrong with him.

Daya ate five bowls of rice, a large bowl of vegetables, and two steamed buns.

Gu Shijiu was somewhat surprised when she heard this, thinking it was a waste to have such a good physique as Qiu Niang's maid.

However, it's not good to replace someone immediately after they were just transferred there.

Gu Shijiu thought that it would be suitable for Daya to practice being Chen Wangnan's bodyguard.

I've heard that things are getting increasingly turbulent lately.

Bandits, human traffickers, and thugs are everywhere, and no one knows when they will come to their small town in Jiangnan.

Daya ate with her mouth full of oil, and when she returned, she saw Qiu Niang crying in a different place: "Girl, aren't you going to eat?"

Looking at her chubby face, Qiu Niang felt nauseous: "I'm not hungry."

If it were someone else, they might coax her to eat.

Unfortunately, Daya couldn't understand; she thought Qiu Niang really wasn't hungry.

I was just wondering to myself, how could someone not feel hungry even if they didn't eat all day? That's so strange.

Before coming here, Daya had been trained and knew that her master's affairs were not her business.

She sat down on the steps and pulled another meat pie out of her pocket to eat.

The aroma wafted into the room, and Qiu Niang's stomach rumbled a few times: "If you want to eat, go eat in the yard!"

Qiu Niang's voice contained a hint of anger, but Daya wasn't afraid; she couldn't tell that the other person was angry at all.

At home, her parents spoke much harsher, so to Daya, Qiu Niang's words sounded perfectly normal.

Daya sat down at the stone table in the courtyard and started eating a pancake.

Even at nine o'clock in the evening, Qiu Niang was still weeping over her embroidery.

It's strange, but she couldn't do it well when I asked her to do it before;

Now that she doesn't need to do embroidery anymore, she'll take the initiative to do some embroidery work again.

No one in the Chen family can understand Qiu Niang now; those who can are all outside.

Daya, of course, couldn't understand either. She saw that it was almost time and went to sleep.

Before leaving, she said goodbye to Qiu Niang, "Miss, I'm going to bed."

Qiu Niang was somewhat surprised: "Aren't you keeping watch at night?"

What if she needs water in the middle of the night?

Daya shook her head: "Nobody told me I had to keep watch, and I have to get up early tomorrow. I'm going to sleep."

Regardless of what Qiu Niang thought, Daya went straight to sleep.

The next morning, Qiu Niang, who had been starving all day, felt dizzy and came to pay her respects to Gu Shijiu. She fainted after saying only a few words.

Gu Shijiu didn't stop eating, mainly because this person always caused trouble during breakfast time, affecting her meal.

Don't pay any attention to her, or she'll keep bothering you for half the morning.

If she faints now, just carry her back home. She doesn't have any serious illness, she's just hungry.

Qiu Niang regained consciousness before being carried away. She had come to complain: "Madam, why doesn't Da Ya have to keep watch at night?"

Gu Shijiu didn't speak, so someone else spoke for her.

"The lady is kind and has changed many of the household rules. It's normal that the girl doesn't know this since she stays in her room playing by herself all day."

Qiu Niang was so breathless she almost couldn't breathe. Was she having fun in her room?

It turns out that Gu Shijiu had just discovered a while ago that there were people sleeping in a large dormitory with more than a dozen people.

She then had Chen Wangnan draw up a set of rules to implement reforms at home.

Now the servants in the house don't have to keep watch at night; only the household servants need to take turns patrolling at night.

The servants were not divided into different classes; their living quarters and belongings were all roughly the same.

The salary varies depending on the position.

Qiu Niang only learned of this matter then, and inwardly she thought Gu Shijiu was disrespectful, but she dared not say anything on the surface.

She had forgotten the tone those two men used when they described her mother as feudal and autocratic.

Qiu Niang took back her complaints about Daya, otherwise she might have lost even that maid.

At least Da Ya can still do some physical labor.

The two struggled to get along, finding each other difficult to understand.

Da Ya wanted to apply for a change of master, but she didn't dare to bring it up.

As for Qiu Niang, she was always sulking.

Life just went on, albeit with difficulty.