After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 438 New Servants and Old Servants
Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun, and Lu Bainian moved into the new house next door.

Brother and sister Haitang Haijiao have to go to these three elders every day for advice, which is a lot more troublesome than before. However, thanks to the move of her elders, Haitang now goes out alone to walk around the neighborhood twice, and her grandmother Ma doesn't say anything anymore. After all, the granddaughter still has to study, so she has to find her husband. The husband lives next door, which is not much different from living in the front yard before. In the past, my granddaughter could go to class in the front yard without anyone accompanying her, and it is the same now. Is it necessary to ask a girl to accompany you during these two steps?
Mr. Ma now began to feel that the family was short of manpower, so he would not have to arrange a follower around his granddaughter.

In fact, the Hai family has a lot of servants, but although Ma has asked Yaozi to help find suitable servants for Xie Wenzai and others, he does not plan to let them use unfamiliar newcomers. Instead, he plans to allocate two servants from his own family first. I went over to give them orders and teach the new ones. After the new male and female servants got started with their work, it would not be too late to withdraw my own servants depending on the situation.

At present, she has moved Cui Dazhuang and his wife to the next door, while Cui Xiaodao temporarily stays in the Jinjia tree house to serve. Dazhuang's wife was away and the kitchen was short of manpower, so Aunt Ma had to help make up for it; Uncle Ma, in addition to the concierge job, also took over Cui Dazhuang's shopping work; Ma Changnian was responsible for all the work in the carriage and stables by himself, and from time to time he had to Drive the owner to travel.

But Aunt Ma went to the kitchen, and there were fewer people in the main courtyard. The second daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hu, has to take care of her children and always needs helpers around her. Haitang rarely needs Grape, so Grape is not only responsible for cleaning Haitang's house, but at other times he basically helps Mr. Hu. Sometimes when things got busy, even Ma Changnian's wife, who had always been responsible for sewing, had to help with odd jobs.

This time, Mrs. Ma really felt that there were not enough people at home, so she asked Uncle Ma and Aunt Ma to call some more children at home. But their second son, Suozhu, is older and can be used directly at the age of fifteen or sixteen, just in time to go out with Hai Changan; their second daughter, Shiliu, is still a little girl. Even if she enters the Hai family, she will only help with some effortless tasks. Just chores.

This is not a long-term solution. It is also impossible for Mr. Ma to transfer his accompanying son Cui Dazhuang and his wife to Xie Wenzai. Besides, Xie Wenzai is not the only one living next door. She was able to arrange servants for her husband's cousin, but Cao and Lu were not relatives of the Hai family. They also had their own families. It was just that they had been separated from their families for many years because of their exile, and they were estranged. The Hai family and Xie Wenzai just live together. Now that they have restored their identities, it is no longer easy for outsiders to take over.

Ma simply asked Xie Wenzai, Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian what kind of servants they wanted, and then according to their wishes, they selected from those sent by Renyazi, and finally selected a young and strong couple. , the man's name is Wang Defa, he can serve as a long-term attendant, can drive a car, and is proficient in a few boxing and kicking skills, and can also serve as a nurse. His wife has many years of experience in cooking, helping to cook daily meals and clean up the house. As for the chores of washing and washing, just hire two women from nearby to do it.

Wang Defa and his wife are living deeds and have signed employment documents with Cao and Lu for five years. Cao and Lu had almost cut off contact with their families since they were exiled to the northwest. They had decided to continue to live together in the future. During their stay in Chang'an, they jointly hired a couple to do chores, which was enough. After returning to Zhili in the future, I will buy another person. Now Wang Defa and his wife are temporarily using Cui Dazhuang and his wife to take the school as errands. Once they get the job, Cui Dazhuang and his wife can return to the Hai family.

As for Xie Wenzai, Mr. Ma personally selected a servant, Haixi Ya paid for it and gave it to his cousin to serve as his servant. Xie Wenzai felt that he needed someone to do the chores on a daily basis, so he could just say hello to his two old friends, pay an extra amount of money and food, and let Wang Defa and his wife do it along the way. However, he needs a servant to help take care of his study, and he occasionally needs to send someone out to run errands and deliver messages. Apart from that, he doesn't need any other help. However, after his cousin Hai Xiya persuaded him, he decided to try to send a message to Zhili and contact his old servant.

When he was exiled to the northwest, he was newly married and had no children yet. His ex-wife quickly made peace with him and returned home with her companion and dowry. His parents died young, and the clan had an estranged relationship with him. Even his expenses for studying for the imperial examination were funded by his cousin who married into the Hai family. Naturally, no relatives, friends or clan members care about him now.

However, Xie Zhong, his long-term follower who had grown up with him, originally wanted to accompany him all the way to the northwest. He couldn't bear to see his loyal servant leaving his sick mother to suffer with him, so he entrusted him to his cousin. Haixi Ya arranged for Xie Zhong to stay in his hometown in Yongping, helping to take care of his late mother's grave, and taking care of Xie Wenzai's fields in his hometown. Although the annual field rent was small, it was enough to support the mother and son, and there was still a slight surplus that could be saved. Get it up and prepare it for later use when Xie Wenzai returns.

Unexpectedly, the two parties have been separated for more than thirty years. At first, they kept in touch with each other through letters every year. However, after the Hai family left Chang'an for Gansu and Suzhou, the journey was so long that there was no news or knowledge. Whether Xie Zhong is still alive now, his mother is probably dead.

Xie Wenzai originally thought that Xie Zhong had his own share of the output of his ancestral fields and could support his family even if he lived a poorer life. There was really no need to leave his hometown and come to the northwest to suffer hardships. But now that he has restored his status as a scholar and lives a stable life in Chang'an, what if Xie Zhong is willing to come to him and reunite with his old servant? Nowadays, he has no relatives in the world except his cousin's family. The old servants who grew up together naturally have a deeper relationship than ordinary clan relatives. Xie Wenzai wrote a handwritten letter and entrusted it to a familiar caravan to take to the Hai family's hometown in Yongping Prefecture, but he didn't have any confidence in his heart. He and Xie Zhong have been separated for more than thirty years, and he doesn't know if the other party is still where they are.

The caravan left Chang'an City in a mighty manner, carrying Xie Wenzai's letter and the large amount of goods they had just purchased.

A group of military cavalry passed them by, and dozens of elite soldiers followed the general and rode into Chang'an City.

Tu Rong, the commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Dusi, returned from Liangzhou City.

As soon as Tu Rong returned to Chang'an, he quickly went to the Dusi Yamen to hand in his errands, and then went to visit the Duke of Zhen.

He investigated in Liangzhou for several days. Because the Duke of Zhenguo had greeted him in advance, the Liangzhou guards did not take precautions against him because he was a confidant sent by the emperor. They responded to all his requests. Very cooperative. And with the help of Liangzhou Wei, local residents and businessmen were willing to tell him frankly. He quickly collected a lot of useful information and got the news he wanted to know. After returning to Chang'an, he happened to discuss it with Duke Zhen.

The next day, Hai Jiao learned from his cousin Xie Wenzai what Tu Rong had investigated in Liangzhou.

The Sun family did send people to Liangzhou. Judging from the testimony of witnesses who saw them, the leader was most likely one of Sun Yongbai's confidants. A group of them had been to Wangjialiang Store several times before the fire broke out. Because they arrived there under the pretense of purchasing wine, but did not care about the news about wineries and wine merchants, and only inquired about Wangjia Grain Store. Everyone they met felt strange, so many years later, some people still remember it clearly.

Liangzhou is also a border town. It is accustomed to being wary of barbarian bandits and spies. It has always been very wary of such unknown outsiders. Sun Yongbai's confidants may have little experience in operating in border towns, so they would easily leave loopholes. That is to say, his group had indeed come from the capital, and there were no problems with their identity documents and road directions. They had a local caravan as a guarantee, and they did not make any suspicious moves to inquire about military affairs, so they were not targeted by the Liangzhou Guards.

However, Skynet was restored, and many years later, they were still targeted.

(End of this chapter)