Not to mention how Chang Tianlei accepted all kinds of care and love from General Chang at home, and how he performed his filial piety under General Chang's coercion and inducement---dedicated all the stored wine to his grandfather. Lin Zhu was practicing good neighborliness.
Friendly activities. First, after Feng Yuanbo got familiar with the surrounding environment, he bought some famous snacks in Beijing, plus a jar of rice wine, and gave them to the homes of more than a dozen neighbors in the alley.
Some of the residents in the alley where Lin Zhu's house is located are shop owners with small fortunes, and some are small officials in the government. They don't have much background, but they get along very friendly with the people around them.
Therefore, when Feng Yuanbo came to the door with gifts, he was not treated unfairly.
"Girl, I'm back." Feng Yuanbo went to the flower hall to reunite with Lin Zhu.
"Thank you for your hard work, Butler Feng." Lin Zhu motioned Feng Yuanbo to sit down and talk. "How are these families?"
"They were all very friendly. I also told my family's identity, but I didn't show any contempt." Feng Yuanbo told Lin Zhu what he had observed.
"That's good. Although we won't live here forever, the character of our neighbors is also very important." Lin Zhu nodded. Although it will take a few more months for them to move to Xiaolin Village, once this place is free, if
If something happens, the neighbors can also take care of it. "In a few days, how about we send them a message and invite them to come over?"
"It's not a bad idea to do this," Feng Yuanbo thought for a moment, "However, since it is inconvenient for the masters to come, the girl should just invite the master's wife and his young lady." Although Lin Zhu is the master, she is still a girl.
According to the current rules, it is not appropriate to receive ladies, but since she is the head of the household, she can only do so reluctantly.
"That's fine. Butler Feng will prepare a post for me and send it over. Let's have a banquet for them in a month." Lin Zhu nodded and agreed, "But our family has few manpower. I have to trouble Butler Feng to find some."
If the right person comes, Mother Xu can also help in this regard." Mrs. Xu used to be the housekeeper of a wealthy family, and she is very familiar with things like buying maids and wives.
Although there are only two masters in the family, Lin Zhu and Fu Dou'er, they have no one to serve them. Lin Zhu does many things by herself. In the past, when her mother was around, she could also help her with some personal things.
Now that Chang's mother is gone, Lin Zhu didn't think of asking Qian Xuehui or Xu to help.
Xu's two children, a seven-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son, are still children, and Lin Zhu doesn't know how to handle them. Xu's daughter Xiaoqin. Lin Zhu asked Xu to take care of her, but he couldn't do it.
It doesn’t matter what you do. Let’s raise him first. The same goes for his son Haizi. At four years old, although he is one year older than Fu Dou’er, he is about the same height as him and his weight is much lower than Fu Dou’er. Lin
Zhu thought he couldn't let such a young child do things. So when he was well-raised, he followed Feng Rongxuan and Fu Dou'er to recognize each other as companions.
Feng Yuanbo quickly found several Yamaos who specialized in delivering girls to wealthy families through Yaxing. They were also ancient slave traders. Lin Zhu was not dissatisfied with their profession. After all, they were products of this era.
Regarding Lin Zhu's request for her to help Housekeeper Feng buy some maids, Mrs. Xu did not refuse much. It was not easy to meet people she knew in the big capital, and besides, she had never come into contact with Ya Po before.
Mrs. Yapo Huang just came back from the countryside and bought some people. She received a business before she could explain the rules to them. She was very happy. But when she inquired about it, she heard that she was just an ordinary family with no background.
He said that he was from the countryside, so he didn’t pay much attention to this business.
She has some little girls who have been trained for a long time. They all have some background, can cook, can sew, and some are good-looking. She doesn't plan to bring these over, and they are not expected to be rich.
I definitely can't sell it at a high price.
So those rustic little girls who had just been bought were sent to Lin Zhu's house for her to choose from.
Whether it is Lin Zhu, Mrs. Xu or Housekeeper Feng, they are all a little dissatisfied with Huang Ya Po. Some of these little girls are seven or eight years old, and some are twelve or thirteen years old. They are all dressed in rags and stand timidly in front of them.
in the hall.
"Aunt Huang, are these all the people in your place?" Feng Yuanbo pointed at these seven or eight little girls and said.
"As for the housekeeper, yes. I just came back from the countryside and learned that you are in urgent need of some people. I didn't even come to clean them up before bringing them. I also ask for your forgiveness." Huang Yapo also noticed.
Their dissatisfaction is nothing to worry about in her profession.
Feng Yuanbo wanted to say something more, but Lin Zhu stopped him with a wink, "Mother Xu, how many people do you think is appropriate?" Lin Zhu asked quietly.
"Girl, these people don't understand any rules. Is it appropriate to buy them back like this?" Mrs. Xu frowned and looked at the children.
"This shows that they haven't been taught bad things yet. There is nothing wrong with them." Lin Zhu was very satisfied with these people. Although these people could not adapt to their current status, they were still better than those who had been taught to be cunning.
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"Well, these are all honest people. It's almost enough to add these to the family." Mrs. Xu thought about it and decided that eight people are enough. If she returns to Zhuangzi and there are not enough people, she can find more people.
Check out the other fangs.
Lin Zhu secretly nodded to Feng Yuanbo and motioned for him to buy them all.
"Aunt Huang, how much are you going to pay for each of these people?" Originally, Lin Zhu and the others suddenly became quiet, which made Huang Yapo feel a little nervous. She thought that the people she brought did not satisfy them and the business would not be successful. Although she
I didn’t pay much attention to it before coming here, but it’s good to make money after all.
Now when she heard Feng Yuanbo's question, she felt happy, "The small one is worth three taels of silver, and the big one is five taels." She bowed slightly and said to Feng Yuanbo in a flattering manner.
"Hmph, it seems that Aunt Huang is thinking that we are new here and wants to open her mouth like a lion." Feng Yuanbo snorted coldly, obviously not very satisfied with her quotation.
"How can that be possible? They were bought by the villain at a huge price, plus the cost of going back and forth. You have to let the villain earn some money for yourself, right?" Huang Yapo said with a smile on her face.
"One price is twenty taels. We want all of these people. If not, we can take them all back." Feng Yuanbo didn't want to talk nonsense to her and directly quoted the price.
Huang Yapo wanted to say something more, but she saw that not only Feng Yuanbo was not looking at her, but Lin Zhu, who was sitting in the main seat, also lowered his head and drank tea. He knew in his heart that if she wanted to raise the price again, she might not be able to sell any of them.
, but these people didn’t spend a total of seven or eight taels of silver to buy them back. Apart from some food, they didn’t spend much money on them. They could still make a net profit of twelve or three taels, so why not do it?
"I have a small business, but since Butler Feng said so, even though I don't make any money, I will treat it as a familiar face with you and do as you say." Huang Yapo followed Feng Yuanbo to the government office.
After handing over these people's deeds of sale, the matter was finally over.
Lin Zhu gave all these people to Xu and asked her to train them. First they would do some simple things, and then they would be raised. They were all sallow and skinny, and they might not be able to do any work.
Several little girls followed Mrs. Xu obediently. In fact, they were already very lucky. Although they were sold by their family, they only stayed at Huang Yapo's place for two or three days. They had not suffered much yet, and they also suffered
Having a few full meals is much better than having one meal at home and no next meal.
Mrs. Xu took them to the wing where she lived, and asked Xiaocao to arrange two rooms for eight people to live in. Housekeeper Feng had already sent people to buy bedding and the like, as well as their clothes.
Lin Zhu was afraid that they had lice, fleas, etc., so he asked Butler Feng to buy some medicine and boil a lot of water to wash and disinfect them first.
As for clothes, there happens to be a neighbor who sells ready-made clothes, so I bought some from him first and took care of their business.
The little girls had never received such good treatment. They were given baths, meals and new clothes to wear. Everyone's faces were full of surprises.
After they had finished cleaning up, Mrs. Xu called them into her room and began to lecture, "The master of this house is the girl you just saw in the front hall. The girl has a kind heart, so she treats her servants very well.
But you must be worthy of this kindness in the future."
Seeing the girls standing obediently, Ms. Xu asked again, "Did you do any work at home before?"
Several people looked at me and I looked at you, but they didn't know what to say. "Those who have done it stand on the right, and those who have never done it stand on the left." Mrs. Xu pointed twice.
Several people moved around a few times and all stood on the right side. "Very good," Mr. Xu nodded. He was able to obey orders, but he was not too stupid.
"Those who can sew and sew, stand on the left." Mrs. Xu said again. This time, two people stood up. They looked to be only about eight years old. "Those who can cook should also stand up." Three more people stood up.
"Then what did you do at home?" The remaining three stood awkwardly on the right side, looking up at Mr. Xu cautiously, "Feeding chickens and pigs, cleaning, and washing clothes."
Mrs. Xu felt confident that although these people had never worked as maids, they were still hard-working and able to work.
"Now that you have entered the mansion, there are two rules you must remember. One is loyalty, and the other is diligence. You must be strict with your words. You must not talk about anything in the mansion outside. You must do the work you are ordered to do well and do not be lazy or slippery.
Do you remember?" Mrs. Xu looked at several people seriously.
"Remember." Several people nodded in unison.
"Well, it stands to reason that since you were sold into the house, you belong to the girl. Whether you live or die is all a matter of the girl's word. But girl Renyi, each of you will have one hundred yuan in the first month.
After three months, the monthly payment for Wenqian will increase if you do well, but if you do not do well, you may not even get the one hundred Wen. Do you understand?" This is Lin Zhu's probation period modeled on his previous life.
This is what Mr. Xu was told to do. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)