Chapter 347 - Chapter 347: Chapter 340 High Salary Trap_1 (2/2)

Wang Haikun’s wife was recounting her experience of going to the city to work.

Behind high salaries, there often lies a trap.

Every day, I just washed clothes, cooked meals, and chopped meat. For this, I was paid five pieces of Silver Money per month, with the prospect of additional rewards. How could such a windfall, like pie falling from the sky, be possible for a few country women who had come to the city?

“What kind of meat were you chopping every day?”

Qin Niu asked.

Even wealthy families who didn’t lack money had a limit to how much meat they could eat.

Because a family can only consume so much in a day.

The richer the people, the stingier they are. They may eat meat themselves, but the servants definitely do not receive the same treatment.

“It seems like all kinds of meat. Chicken, pork, beef, mutton, dog meat… I’ve chopped all types of meat. And the meat the master gave us always had blood in it and we weren’t allowed to wash it. He said this made the dumpling filling taste better.”

As Qin Niu had suspected, there definitely was something wrong with this family’s master.

Making dumpling filling is all about the aroma of the meat; I have never heard of anyone deliberately wanting a bloody flavor in their dumplings.

Only those rearing Gu need a large amount of blood alimentation.

The Gu must be enticed by blood.

They are very particular about their food; they crave blood and will not feed without it.

“How many of you were there chopping meat?”

“Roughly seven or eight, it wasn’t very fixed. Besides us three from Jade Stream Town, there were also several from other places. All country women.”

“How much meat did you have to chop every day?”

“I estimate we chopped over a hundred pounds a day. The master required us to chop it very finely, until it became like minced meat. The first time, the meat I chopped was a bit coarse, and the master was somewhat unhappy. He made me work through the night to mince the meat finer before allowing me to sleep.”

“Have you always been doing work like washing clothes, cooking, and chopping meat?”

“At first, yes. Later, one of the sisters secretly told me that if I wanted to earn a lot of money, I could ask the master for some private work. If I could get it done, I would be paid at least ten pieces of Silver Money. Hearing about such a large sum, I was tempted. I thought that if I could earn more money to take home, it might make my husband a bit happier and stop him from beating and scolding me every day.”

Women actually have a very pitiable existence.

After marriage, they almost completely become their husband’s private property.

If the husband is affectionate, life can be very happy. But if the husband loathes her, there’s nothing worse than being beaten and abused daily.

What’s more frightening than domestic abuse is receiving the bill of divorce from the husband’s family.

This is also why many women, despite being abused and scolded in their husband’s family, still take care of their husbands cautiously. Because after being divorced, they face the predicament of having nowhere to go.

Rejected by their natal family and driven out by their husband’s family, they have no place to turn, and their fates become extremely tragic.

Especially for older women who have lost their youthful beauty, being driven out of their homes means death is their only remaining prospect.

“What private work did you take on?”

Qin Niu speculated that she and Auntie Hua’s daughter’s pregnancy could both be related to taking on this private work.

Could it be that the master had slept with her?

Sleeping once for ten pieces of Silver Money wasn’t a low price.

But for an unmarried virgin, ten pieces of Silver Money would definitely be too little.

“I can’t bring myself to say it.”

Her expression showed embarrassment and unease.

“Slept with the master?” Qin Niu directly asked.

“No! The master is very decent, he has never harassed us.”

She shook her head in denial.

“There’s nothing you can’t say. You better speak quickly, otherwise, once you start to react, no one will be able to save you.”

Qin Niu urged her.