Cheng Xue came back from the forest farm, and the beef, butter, mutton, etc. bought by Bai Rui were delivered.
"You're pretty fast."
Bai Rui smiled naively and cupped his hands, bowed and said:
"Our father has been thinking about you for several days. He has been thinking about you since the end of the provincial examination. It can be said that he has missed you."
Once he is successful in the examination, his father will be the old man, he himself will be the master, and his son will be the young master. This is the meaning of "if he wins the examination in one life, he will be the master in the third life".
"You can stay and eat at night. There are three stoves at home, and you and the children share the same table."
"No, no, no, no..." Barry shook his head hurriedly.
It's not that I didn't stay and eat before, but it was different then. Now this is the home of the Juren master, and a slave like him must not be without propriety.
Cheng Xue made the invitation casually, but she didn't expect him to react so strongly. It was hard to persuade her, so she just smiled and moved things with him.
Not only did I buy meat, I also bought fruits and wine. I have some vegetables at home, so I’ll just roll out some noodles then. It’ll be another big meal in the evening.
After settling everything, Bai Rui handed it over again and said:
"Mrs. Li, since you went to Fucheng, our father asked me to help you keep an eye on your travels. Recently they brought back a group of people. There is a family who once worked as a steward in another village, but the owner made a mistake and ransacked the house, so
They were convicted and sold off.
I have inquired about the man, and he is capable. He has a family of six, two sons and two daughters. The eldest son and the eldest girl were sent to the master's house to learn the rules, but they were punished before they could serve others. The youngest daughter and son helped in Zhuangzi, and followed
The eldest girls in your family are the same age, so they are twins."
Cheng Xue was moved, but then became cautious.
"A family of six is so good, why doesn't anyone buy it?"
Barry smiled and scratched his head and said:
"Our father pressed the button, and the outside world doesn't know yet."
Cheng Xue chuckled, feeling warm in her heart.
"It has to be your young master. He will consider everything for us. How much money?"
"One hundred and fifty taels, although it is a bit expensive, it is definitely worth the price." Barry promised again.
According to Xiao Qinglin's character, he could easily provide this little money and then give it away. But this involves the issue of identifying the owner, so even if he has a lot of money, he has not decided on his own.
What Cheng Xue admires most is his sense of proportion, so after knowing that he likes to eat home-cooked food, he cooks it every now and then. Sometimes he won't be here for a few days, so he prepares it and asks Li Hui to send it over.
Just as he was talking, the two men who visited the grave came back. When Li Hui entered the room, he pulled Cheng Xue aside and raised his palms. Then there was a "pop--" and Li Hui was stunned.
"Why give me a banknote?"
"Can you not go alone?"
"Where are we going? My uncle has found someone to repair my parents' graves. I'll ask you for thirty taels of silver when I come back."
The two of them were concentrating on chatting at the moment. If one of them was distracted, they could see the corner of Bai Rui's mouth twitching, with a horrified look on his face. I used to know that Mrs. Li was in charge of the money in the Li family, but I didn't expect that Mr. Li had already promoted people, and he had to
Reaching out to ask for money is too... statusless.
After Cheng Xue realized that the two were at odds, she quickly told him in detail what she had just heard from Bai Rui.
"...You need a book boy by your side. The west side of the village also needs someone to take care of it. I'm thinking of buying these six people back. My mother-in-law will cook, and the eldest son will stay with you. The eldest daughter will stay with Tangtang, and the youngest daughter will stay with Tiantian.
The younger son is just like Tiedan."
"Mother, mother..."
When Li Huai heard that he was not there, he quickly came over to make his presence felt. Cheng Xue picked up the child in a funny way and gently pinched the bridge of his nose.
"How old are you? Why are you so anxious! I'll help you later."
After saying that, he took out thirty taels of silver from the box and handed it to Li Hui, reminding:
"Let me ask the mayor first if your salary has been paid for the past few months. If you get it and bring it back together, you won't have to go there a second time. When I came back, I looked at the land and the sorghum was ripe."
"Okay, I get it."
After Li Hui finished speaking, he called Bai Rui, Li Heng, and Yan Yixin and left. Not only did he have to buy people, but he also had to buy clear paper, kraft paper, etc.
Cheng Xue prepared the ingredients for frying and cooked them on the stove in the courtyard. There was a lot of butter. After the ingredients were fried, she asked Xiao Qinglin to take some from the county and let Xiao Feng and the others try it.
In the Liang and Yan dynasties, the generals had a salary of thirty taels of silver per year, two hundred tons of grain, and four hundred acres of land tax-free.
Because the provincial examinations are all in the autumn, in the year of passing the examination, you will be given two taels of silver and ten loads of grain per month.
One load is equivalent to one hundred jins in modern terms, and ten dans is equivalent to one thousand jins. Who can eat two thousand jins of grain in a month, even if it is coarse grains. If you exchange three for three, it is more than 300 kilograms of fine grains.
When she learned the news, her jaw almost dropped in shock. She had always heard that scholar and scholar were different, but after actually understanding it, she realized that it was really different. The substantive things inside were so different.<
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"Oh, Tiedan Niang, why is it so delicious?"
Cheng Xue turned around when she heard the sound, and saw through the crack in the door that it was Li Qingshang's mother, Youshi. In terms of seniority, she called her aunt, but when Li Qingchun came to talk about the family affairs that day, she listed them as users who refused to interact with her.
As if he didn't hear it, he put in all the onions, ginger, garlic, etc. and fried them.
Youshi waited for a long time and saw that she had no intention of opening her mouth. She took a hard look and said warmly:
"Is Tiedan Niang staying at home? I came to your house to visit——"
"It's inconvenient, I'm busy. Come back another day." Cheng Xue responded politely and continued working.
Youshi was extremely angry, but when she thought of her father-in-law and son, she still smiled patiently:
"Tiedan Niang, I have something to tell you."
"If you have any questions, please come to Huizi. I will take care of the cooking and take care of the children. Auntie, it's not that I won't let you in. Huzi is a bit troublesome today and I don't dare to let anyone in."
After saying this, the originally obedient tiger made a low voice, then walked to the courtyard gate and started to bite.
One after another, the bites were fierce. Youshi didn't dare to persist anymore, so she just said "Come here another day" and ran away.
Cheng Xue and others walked for a while before calling out to stop the tiger. When it came up to him, he gave it a couple of reward strokes.
"What a good little baby, I'll give you a snack at noon, chicken liver, pig lungs, everything."
Hu Zi "snorted" and rubbed her clothes, then lay down obediently, occasionally putting his little paws at Cheng Xue's feet.
Li Yue waited until there was absolutely no movement in the yard, and then he released Hao Xin'er's two little ones. They all knew that their mother was working, so no one came to join in the fun. They led Hu Zi aside, two of them and one of them.
Have a great time.
After the base ingredients were fried, Li Yue brought over a clean large square plate, packed it and placed it in a cool warehouse.
Looking up, he saw Mr. Geng lying on the courtyard wall, smiling and inviting:
"Auntie, come here for a while."
"Are you not busy anymore?"
"You're done. All that's left is just chores. Come on over."
Mr. Geng cheered and said "Hmm" and went down to the ground. When he saw his eldest daughter-in-law was hesitant to speak, she ignored her and went out directly. They say that everything is going well with the family. If there are a house full of spoilers in the house, then there will be no happiness...