Chapter 269 New Maid

Grete looked around. The little girl who appeared in the room looked less than ten years old. She was skinny and had dull, curly brown hair. But what first caught Gretel's attention was the girl's yellow face and her little hands, which were also yellow and dark, resting on the door frame.

"you……"

He spoke subconsciously. As soon as she started, the little girl jumped in surprise and shrank back like a little rabbit. The washerwoman turned around and stood in front of Gretel, bending down deeply. Her smile was uglier than her tears:

"Master Mage, please, please, the room is over there..."

She stretched her arms and pointed tremblingly at the other end of the corridor, like a female quail trying to spread its wings to block the bulldozer. Grete raised her hand to interrupt her:

"etc."

He looked intently into the room. Looking in the direction where the little girl disappeared, looking at the unusually yellow face that disappeared from sight:

"You call her out. Let me see her."

"Master Mage!!!"

"Just scream when I ask you to!" The black-faced man pushed the washerwoman away. The woman staggered two steps and hit the wooden wall next to her with a loud clang. The black-faced man didn't care and strode into the room.

"Hey, don't-" Gretel shouted from behind. The black-faced man had already brought out a little girl who was screaming, kicking and beating. He threw a trick in front of Gretel, bent down and smiled in apology:

"Master Mage, this is the child!"

"Don't do anything to them." Grete waved her hand. He knelt down, eye level with the little girl, and spoke as softly as possible:

"Little sister, your name is Jenny, right? Don't be afraid. I am a healer. There seems to be something wrong with your face. Let me see you -"

He reached out his hand. Jenny desperately shrank back, leaned against the washerwoman, and was hugged by her mother. Grete held her little face and looked at her, then used a flash technique to observe her eyes with white light:

"It's strange, these sclera are not yellow either? Little sister, open your mouth and let me take a look, ah——"

The girl shrank and pursed her lips tightly. Aurora bent down, squatted behind Gretel, and asked him in a low voice:

"What are you looking at?"

"Her face and hands are strangely yellow. If she is sick, the whites of her eyes should be more yellow, but the whites of her eyes are normal..."

Grete pondered and hesitated, partly explaining to Aurora and mostly talking to himself. When he saw the little girl just now, he thought she had jaundice. However, jaundice causes yellowing of the skin and mucous membranes, which first appears in the sclera, the back of the hard palate, and the mucosa of the soft palate. Only when the degree deepens does the yellowing of the skin appear. Could it be that he saw it wrong? Speaking of which, he was indeed not too familiar with Wai Guoren's symptoms...

While she was thinking hard, Aurora snorted behind her:

"Oh, it's dyed."

He stretched out his hand and a slight spell wave passed over the girl's head and face.

[Mage’s Trick·Cleaning Technique]!

In an instant, the yellow color faded away, the stains disappeared, and everyone's eyes suddenly lit up. Nestled in her mother's arms was a pretty little girl with azure eyes, smooth blond hair, and delicate facial features. Even if she is so thin that her cheeks are sunken, she can still tell that she is a beautiful woman.

A face like this, in a slum like this, would bring trouble...

The washerwoman's face instantly turned pale. She bent down and hugged her daughter's head and face, as if this would make her daughter invisible. Grete sighed slightly, stretched out her hand to stop the black-faced man, and allowed the washerwoman to hold her daughter into the room, then she followed him in.

Judging from the facilities in the room, it was probably the residence of mother and daughter. It was steamy and full of clothes that had been washed and waiting to be ironed. There were two or three large wooden basins placed on the ground. As soon as the little girl entered the room, she automatically squatted down to the edge of the wooden basin in the corner, turned her back to them, and began to wash vigorously.

Gretel pointed a finger, and a sheet flew up, and the void spread out, covering the little girl behind. The washerwoman breathed a sigh of relief, and Grete hung up another sheet for herself, then sat behind the sheet, took off her shoes and socks, and let the washerwoman wash them quickly. He chatted with her pleasantly through the curtain:

"How much money can you make by washing a piece of clothing like this?"

"Look, look at the size...the big one costs a copper penny, and the small one costs five copper penny...and you have to give the boss a commission..."

"How much can you earn that day?" Grete frowned: "Is the boss the same man just now?"

"One day... a little bit 5 coppers, but bad luck, only 3... The boss is him, he takes the work and divides it among us..."

Gretel frowned. He still remembered that when he was in Heartland City, a loaf of black bread cost him one copper, which was enough for him to eat for a day. There are two mothers and daughters in front of them. Is a loaf of black bread enough for them? Look at this, the house may not be theirs, they still have to pay rent and buy charcoal for ironing clothes...

"By the way, what do you do with your usual meals? Do you cook them yourself? Where do you get the water?"

"Just...in the river next to it..."

Just that messy smelly river?

Even if there is no plague, that kind of river water can knock down healthy people in minutes!

Grete's face suddenly turned as ugly as possible.

Hearing his silence, the washerwoman became even more afraid to speak. She lowered her head and ironed her shoes and socks, then brought them to Grete through the curtain, then took his pants and went over to clean them. As soon as the clothes were soaked in the water, the wooden door bounced open with a bang, and a high-top leather boot covered with mud stepped in, almost stepping on the water basin:

"Laura! When will you pay back the money you borrowed from me half a year ago!"

The washerwoman shrank reflexively. Before she could raise her head, she threw herself down to protect the basin, then raised her head tremblingly:

"Mr. Robert, pay it back next month. I will definitely pay it back next month..."

"Definitely?!" The visitor sneered. "You already owe me 15 silver coins! 15! If you don't pay me back this month, the interest will be compounded, which is 2 gold coins! How much money can you get from washing clothes for a month? If you don't pay it at the end of the month, you will get it from my Get out of the house!”

"Mr. Robert!" the washerwoman's voice was panicked. The man walked a few steps in the room and suddenly laughed:

"Forget it, I, Robert, am also a kind-hearted person and will not push you to death. How about - you give little Jenny to me and I will introduce her to a job? She is good-looking and knows a few people. You should be able to get a good price for the words..."

"Mr. Robert!"

The washerwoman screamed miserably. The heavy footsteps kept coming, heading towards the corner of the house. For a moment, there was a soft cry of surprise from the corner, followed by the sound of the water basin overturning, kicking, struggling, and calls for help:

"Mom! Mom! Mom——"

"Auro, tell him to stop!"

Boom boom boom boom——

Aurora lifted the curtain and came out, using a series of magic missiles to directly blow away the uninvited guests. After a while, there were only two mages left in the room. They lowered their heads slightly and looked at the mother and daughter hugging each other.

"Little sister, are you literate?"

Grete said softly. The washerwoman hugged her daughter tightly and lowered her head tremblingly:

"Y-yes...I taught her a little bit..."

It is really rare for two people to be literate in this world where the average literacy rate is impressive. Gretel did not ask why the woman was literate. He lowered his body and tried to make himself smile more friendly:

"So, how about you two coming to work at my house? I bought a new house, and I just need a maid to take care of it..."