Chapter 875: Comparison
"Li'er, our castle always needs a housekeeper. Look, whichever of these maids you like can be promoted to be the housekeeper." Gu Shu looked at Yan Li with a smile.
"Them?" Yan Li looked at the group of maids.
When the maids heard this, a hint of excitement flashed in their eyes. They didn't expect that Gu Shu would directly choose the housekeeper from among them.
You have to know that once you become a castle steward, the treatment will be very different from that of an ordinary maid.
"Let's pick her." Yan Li pointed at a maid who was pushed to the back by the other maids.
Yan Li remembered that when Xia Qing asked the maids to catch her, although this maid rushed towards her, she managed to push away several maids who were desperately rushing towards her without leaving any trace.
Although she seemed to be trying to take credit, she was actually helping herself.
"Come here." Gu Shu looked at the maid chosen by Yan Li.
"Yes, Miss Gu Shu." The maid obviously didn't expect that she would be chosen.
After all, among this group of maids, she was not the most outstanding in either ability or appearance.
The other maids were obviously also very unconvinced, but they did not dare to show it.
"What's your name?" Yan Li looked at her.
"My name is Xia Ping," replied the maid Xia Ping.
At this moment, her mind was still confused, and she didn't know why such an inconspicuous person like her was chosen.
"Xia Ping, from now on you will be the steward of a castle." Gu Shu spoke directly.
"Thank you, Miss Gu Shu. Thank you, Miss." Xia Ping's eyes were full of excitement.
"My last name is Yan." Yan Li said.
"Yes, Miss Yan." Xia Ping bowed again upon hearing this.
After dinner, Yan Li asked the other maids to leave, except Xia Ping who stayed.
"Xia Ping, why did you help me before?" Yan Li asked her doubts.
thump!
Upon hearing this, Xia Ping knelt down immediately. After all, in this outside world, disobeying orders would be severely punished.
"Ms. Yan, that's because although Xia Qing appears to want to punish you for stealing food, she actually just likes your appearance." Xia Ping replied.
"No wonder she wanted to skin me alive. It turns out she was attracted by my appearance." Yan Li muttered.
"That's right. Xia Qing has been obsessed with collecting all kinds of beautiful skins over the years. My sister... was also skinned by her. Although she is still alive, her life is worse than death. I can't bear to see Miss Yan end up with the same fate as my sister in her prime years." After Xia Ping finished speaking, she looked at Yan Li.
"Xia Ping knows that violating orders will be severely punished. Please let Miss Gu Shu and Miss Yan punish her." After saying this, Xia Ping kowtowed to Yan Li and Gu Shu.
"Xia Ping, you did the right thing. Xia Qing is really too cruel. Get up." Gu Shu looked at Xia Ping and sighed.
"Miss Gu Shu won't punish me?" Xia Ping was stunned when she heard that!
“Although the rules in the outside world are numerous and strict, they are not inhumane.” Gu Shu looked at her speechlessly.
"Xia Ping, I have to thank you for helping me. Take this Violent Repair Pill back and give it to your sister. Her skin will grow back." Yan Li handed her a Violent Repair Pill.
The hundreds of spiritual medicines that Gu Yi brought before were all growing in large areas in his own space, so there was no shortage of the Violent Repairing Pill and he could refine it at any time.
"Thank you, Miss Yan. Thank you, Miss Yan." Seeing this, Xia Ping kept kowtowed to Yan Li.
"Get up, your head is bleeding. Hurry up and take the pill home to give to your sister. Also, it's best not to let others know that you have the Violent Repair Pill, otherwise you may not be able to return home." Nangong Xi looked at her and instructed.
"I understand, Miss Yan." Xia Ping said, then stood up and hurried back.
When people outside the castle saw blood on Xia Ping's forehead, they thought she was punished by Yan Li.
No one expected that she was carrying a precious elixir, the Violent Repairing Pill, on her at this time.
In the castle.
"Li'er, you are so generous." Gu Shu looked at Yan Li with amusement.
"She is kind." Yan Li jumped when she heard that.
That night Yan Li stayed in the room next to Gu Shu.
The next day.
Yan Li had just come out of her room when she saw Xia Ping walking towards her with a pretty girl.
The two men came in front of Yan Li and knelt down.
"Thank you Miss Yan for saving my life." The pretty girl raised her head and looked at Yan Li with moved eyes.
"Ms. Yan, she is my sister Xia Mei." Xia Ping introduced.
"It was your sister's kindness that saved you." Yan Li looked at her with a smile.
"Miss Yan is really generous and kind-hearted." Xia Ping said.
"Okay, get up. I'm hungry." Yan Li looked at them with amusement.
It seems that these two sisters know how to be grateful.
"Then let's get ready and go early." Upon hearing this, Xia Ping immediately pulled Xia Mei and other maids to get ready to go early.
Looking at the sisters' backs as they left, Yan Li smiled.
However, when Xia Mei appeared in front of everyone again, it caused a commotion in the Gu family.
After all, Xia Mei was skinned and thrown in front of the Gu family’s door before. Such a cruel method caused quite a stir.
After asking around, everyone found out that it was Yan Li who gave Gu Ping the Violent Repair Pill to save Xia Mei.
As a result, many people in the Gu family turned their attention to Yan Li.
Before Yan Li had even had time to eat breakfast, a large group of old men poured into the castle.
Yan Li looked at this group of old men, and the expression on her face was as weird as it could be.
Generally, poor people only have a few holes in their clothes.
Each of these old men has several holes on his body.
At the corresponding place of the hole, there is also a hole in the clothes, which looks obvious at a glance.
The clothes they wore were made of rare and top-quality fabrics, but every piece had holes in it.
This seems very strange!
"Are you Yan Li?" The old men looked at Yan Li with burning eyes.
"Aunt Gu Shu, help me, they are so scary." Yan Li screamed and hid behind Gu Shu.
Old Men: ...
It seems that the holes on his body scared the girl.
"We tell you old guys that it's fine if you have holes on your body, but why do you have to dig a hole in your clothes too?" Gu Shu looked at them speechlessly.
"Isn't there a trend of comparison in our outside world recently?" one of the old men muttered.
"So you guys are competing to see who has more holes on their body?" Yan Li asked, sticking her head out from behind Gu Shu.
"That's right. The more holes on the body, the more times you have been to the rocky hill. This is our pride." The old men nodded.
Yan Li: ...
I think the holes in your body are easy to heal, but the holes in your head are hard to heal.
Because the pits in their bodies exist, but the pits in their heads are invisible.
"Yan girl, don't be afraid. Although we have a lot of flaws, we are all human beings, and good people at that." The old men looked at Yan Li sincerely after saying this.
"What kind of good person would dig holes in himself?" Yan Li couldn't help but complain when he heard it.