The days when I opened a tavern in Zongwu

Chapter 135 Details determine success or failure (23)

Although there is Huang Rong by my side now, there are indeed a lot of things that need to be done every day.

In addition to grocery shopping, laundry and cooking every day, the yard has to be cleaned every now and then.

It will also have some impact on the cultivation aspect.

It would be nice to find one more person to share the burden with.

While his thoughts were swirling, Li Changqing slowly got up and walked out the door after taking a look at Huang Xuemei who was practicing.

As the door to the front yard opened, Zhou Yongfu, who had his hands folded and stuffed in his sleeves, saw Li Changqing, and a smile appeared on his face for the first time.

"Master Li."

In response to Zhou Yongfu's greeting, Li Changqing responded with a smile.

"Shopkeeper Zhou."

After greeting, Zhou Yongfu waved to the woman in the distance.

As the woman next to the carriage took steps toward Zhou Yongfu, Li Changqing also focused on the woman.

When his eyes fell on the woman's face, looking at the woman's big eyes, he couldn't help but secretly praise her.

The woman's appearance is very ordinary, but there is a faint hint of sea blue in her eyes.

It made the woman's originally extremely ordinary face look even more beautiful.

After the woman approached, Zhou Yongfu introduced: "This one was sold by a man in the city to a tooth shop and then transferred to the slave department. I have been looking for a maid for Mr. Li before, and I saw that although this girl has an ordinary appearance, she is quite gentle." , so I brought it here directly.”

"People in the city sell to Yaxing?"

Perhaps because he felt Huang Rong's gaze and felt wary, Zhou Yongfu added: "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Mr. Li, you also know that every year in the city there are some unsatisfactory families who can't afford the family and sell their homes." Raise a baby.”

"I heard that the reason for selling this girl was that a son was born in that family a few years ago, but they didn't make much money this year, so they sold the girl to a dental shop."

"It was sold for eight taels of silver."

While speaking, Zhou Yongfu also took out the woman's deed of betrayal and handed it to Li Changqing.

Listening to what Zhou Yongfu said, Huang Rong, who had a somewhat unkind look in her eyes, also looked away from Zhou Yongfu.

Selling children was not a rare thing in either the Ming Dynasty or the Song Dynasty.

Even in the eyes of some families, rather than leaving their children with them to suffer poverty together, it is better to sell their children to the homes of those who are well-off, and no matter how bad it is, they will not have to eat every meal.

If you meet a kind-hearted host, you might be able to enjoy the food and drink and even help your own family in the future.

Not even the government would care about this matter, let alone Huang Rong.

After receiving the deed of sale from Zhou Yongfu, Li Changqing did not open it in a hurry, but looked at the woman and asked, "Can you cook?"

Facing Li Changqing's question, the woman nodded and said, "Yes, I have learned it before."

Then he added: "But these are home-cooked meals, and the young master may not be used to them."

As soon as the voice came out, Zhou Yongfu beside him couldn't help but frowned and cursed in his mind: "You idiot, how can anyone be so honest?"

Listening to the woman's answer, Huang Rong also felt that the one Zhou Yongfu brought over today was a bit silly.

Li Changqing also smiled softly.

Then the woman's deed of prostitution was opened.

As Zhou Yongfu said, he was indeed from Hanshan City.

However, others don't know it, but Li Changqing knows that the slave department is responsible for the sale of the body, and almost all the contents of the sale contract have the final say.

The content of the deed of sale is also very standard, it only states that the woman will be sold voluntarily.

The woman's age is also similar to that of Huang Rong now.

It was just past sixteen.

"Han Zhao"

After glancing at the woman's name on the deed of sale, Li Changqing looked at Zhou Yongfu and said, "What's the price?"

Facing Li Changqing's question, Zhou Yongfu quickly said: "Fifteen taels."

"Fifteen taels?"

Listening to Zhou Yongfu's quotation, Huang Rong's eyes widened.

Recalling that when she sold herself to Li Changqing, Zhou Yongfu only asked for ten taels.

Why did it cost fifteen taels when it came to Han Zhao, so much more expensive than hers?

At this moment, Zhou Yongfu's attention was entirely focused on Li Changqing.

After quoting the price, Zhou Yongfu rubbed his hands and said: "Young Master Li, you also know that tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Selling my daughter at this time must be to take advantage of the joy. The big families in the city may be short of people. The market situation good."

"That's why Yahang spent thirteen taels of silver on accepting this girl."

"Then I went from the tooth shop to the Slave Department to go through the formalities. When I saw the person, I went through the formalities directly, which would inevitably give some benefits to the person doing the work."

"In total, I only earned Mr. Li one tael, which is already considered the price of friendship."

Listening to Zhou Yongfu's words, Li Changqing chuckled in his heart.

Li Changqing was already tired of Zhou Yongfu's words in his last life.

Moreover, Zhou Yongfu's words are obviously the opposite.

Selling my daughter close to New Year's Eve is only possible if the family encounters special circumstances and is particularly short of money.

Where was the market good years ago?

In this case, it's almost enough to coax those who don't understand anything.

It was just such a trip on a snowy day that Li Changqing didn't bother to worry about it.

He reached into his arms and took out the money bag, then took out one tael of broken gold and five taels of broken silver and handed it to Zhou Yongfu.

Seeing this, Zhou Yongfu quickly took it with both hands.

After checking the authenticity and confirming that it was all real gold and silver, Zhou Yongfu tried his best to suppress the corners of his mouth that wanted to turn up and quickly put the gold and silver away.

"I wonder if Mr. Li still needs a waiter and a maid?"

Li Changqing waved his hand and said, "No, my family is not big. Two maids are enough. There is also one in the store for the waiter. If necessary, I will ask shopkeeper Zhou."

Zhou Yongfu said with a smile on his face: "Easy to say, easy to say!"

After chatting for a few words, Zhou Yongfu turned around and walked towards the carriage.

Li Changqing greeted his new maid: "Let's go!"

Looking at Li Changqing with a gentle smile on his face, Xiao Zhao's watery eyes trembled slightly, and then nodded obediently.

"give it to me!"

Perhaps because of their peers, when Li Changqing turned around and walked towards the door, Huang Rong also stretched out her hand in front of Xiao Zhao.

Maybe he didn't expect Huang Rong to be so enthusiastic, so Xiao Zhao didn't react.

Seeing this, Huang Rong tilted her head, then raised her hand and waved it in front of Xiao Zhao.

"What are you doing standing still? Give it to me!"

"Ah! Oh!"

Seeing Xiao Zhao's naive look, Huang Rong muttered, "Quite obedient."

Hearing the movement behind him, Li Changqing chuckled in his heart.

Soon, as Huang Rong looked curiously, several people returned to the inner courtyard.

When he entered the inner courtyard and looked at the snow all over the garden and the wintersweets, daffodils, and the huge wintersweet tree that looked like they were emerging from the white snow, Xiao Zhao couldn't help showing obvious astonishment on his face.

And when Xiao Zhao's eyes fell on Huang Xuemei, who was sitting quietly on a stone bench under the wintersweet tree, sipping tea, Xiao Zhao's surprise did not decrease but increased when he looked at Huang Xuemei, who was incomparable in elegance.

It seems that he did not expect that in this family, in addition to the two good-looking people Li Changqing and Huang Rong, there is another beauty who is so beautiful that it can overwhelm all living beings.

At the same time, Huang Xuemei also set her sights on Xiao Zhao.

After just a brief glance, Huang Xuemei looked away.

After getting closer, Li Changqing said to Huang Xuemei: "The one I just bought is called Han Zhao, and he will live in the courtyard from now on."

As soon as Li Changqing finished speaking, Xiao Zhao, who came back to his senses, bowed slightly and said, "My slave, Xiao Zhao, I have met Madam."

"Ok?"

Listening to Xiao Zhao's address, Huang Xuemei paused slightly.

Then, the corners of Huang Xuemei's mouth curved slightly.

"Ma'am, hey, that's interesting."

With a smile on her lips, Huang Xuemei nodded to Xiao Zhao and said "hmm" in response.

When looking at Xiao Zhao, the scrutiny in his eyes also weakened a lot.

Therefore, why is there a saying that "details determine success or failure".

Sometimes, some inadvertent little things may affect a person's senses.

For example, now, because of Xiao Zhao's name, Huang Xuemei's first impression of Xiao Zhao has skyrocketed.

Huang Rong, who was standing next to her, corrected her: "If you're not Madam, just call me Sister Xuemei."

However, as soon as these words were spoken, Huang Rong suddenly felt an inexplicable chill down her spine.

Turning her head slightly stiffly, Huang Rong's eyelids suddenly twitched when her eyes met Huang Xuemei's cold gaze.

"It's over, I said the wrong thing."

Next to him, listening to the conversation of several people, Li Changqing looked sideways at Xiao Zhao beside him. His eyes paused on Xiao Zhao's face.

"The face is as usual, and you can even tell that your spleen and stomach are not very good. It doesn't look like you are disguised. It's just that the names are similar?"

While thinking in his mind, Li Changqing moved his eyes slightly and said to Huang Rong: "Let her room be in the wing next to yours! After you take her for a walk in the courtyard, you can go to the backyard to wash up."

After saying that, Li Changqing glanced at Xiao Zhao's clothes and continued: "In addition, Xiao Zhao is similar in stature to you. If there are no suitable clothes, you can get her a set of clothes to change into first, and you can take her with you in the afternoon." Go to the tailor shop in the city to buy some clothes and other necessary things."

"it is good!"

After Huang Rong nodded, she pulled Xiao Zhao and walked aside.

On the other hand, Xiao Zhao was a little confused when Huang Rong suddenly held his hand.

After taking a few steps, he came back to his senses and said to Li Changqing, "Thank you, sir."

In response, Li Changqing just waved his hand casually.

After a few steps, Huang Xuemei handed her cup of hot tea to Li Changqing as soon as Li Changqing sat down.

After glancing at Xiao Zhao who was quiet and Huang Rong who kept saying "Ba La", Huang Xuemei said slowly: "The new maid is good, she is quite quiet."

Li Changqing smiled and said: "Isn't this just right? One is lively and the other is quiet."

Huang Rong has a lively personality, and with this girl around, the courtyard won't seem too deserted.

But if there were a few more, it would probably be a bit noisy.

Moreover, there were few people in the courtyard before, and Huang Xuemei and Yaoyue's status, strength and even personality were not ordinary, so Huang Rong did not dare to bother too much.

If I can find an extra companion for this girl, I will also be able to trouble myself less.

Li Changqing's yard is not big to begin with, so how much time does it take to walk around it?

Huang Rong brought Xiao Zhao the tooth powder and toothbrush made by Li Changqing from the utility room, and took Xiao Zhao to the latrine to explain how to flush water and the bamboo tube connected to the hot spring pool for washing hands. Huang Rong took Xiao Zhao to Brought to the backyard.

After a while, looking at Huang Rong standing beside him, Xiao Zhao looked a little nervous.

But after considering his current status, Xiao Zhao took a deep breath and took off his clothes.

However, as the clothes came off, Huang Rong seemed to notice something suddenly move down from the corner of her eyes.

Immediately afterwards, Huang Rong unconsciously put a hand on her chest and rubbed it.

Then, Huang Rong's eyelids couldn't stop twitching, and the smile on her face quickly faded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The look in Xiao Zhao's eyes began to turn resentful.

Turning his head and looking at Huang Rong with a resentful face next to him, Xiao Zhao blinked and said blankly: "Rong, Sister Rong, what's wrong?"

Huang Rong slowly put down her hand and asked after calming down her emotions: "What do you eat on weekdays?"

Although he didn't understand why Huang Rong asked this question, Xiao Zhao still responded obediently: "Just some ordinary meals made by myself!"

Huang Rong said quietly: "Go to the kitchen later and you can show me how to make it."

"Huh? Oh, good!"

Xiao Zhao nodded quickly in response and asked, "Then I'll go down."

At this time, Huang Rong seemed to be suddenly discouraged. She waved her hand and said, "You go clubbing! I'm going out first."

After saying that, Huang Rong walked outside dejectedly.

This sudden change in demeanor aroused the confusion on Xiao Zhao's face.

After walking out of the low wall surrounding the hot spring pool, Huang Rong first raised her hand and groped her chest again, and then, like a lit explosive, she waved her fist randomly at Feixue in front of her.

"Ah~~~Why?"

After waving her fists randomly for a while to vent her anger, Huang Rong turned around angrily and walked toward the inner courtyard.

at the same time.

In the hot spring pool, Xiao Zhao's body was already soaked in the warm water, but his head was still exposed.

Feeling the rising mist on the surface of the pool and the feeling of being immersed in the warm water, Xiao Zhao not only did not relax because of the comfortable feeling at this time, but instead showed a look of confusion.

Since childhood, under the arrangement of Granny Jinhua, this is not the first time that Xiao Zhao has entered other people's homes as a maid.

However, this time, the situation in Li Changqing's courtyard was completely different from Xiao Zhao's previous experience of entering someone else's home as a slave.

There was no expected beating or scolding.

There are no rules as expected.

There are just clean and tidy rooms, some tooth powder and toothbrushes that I have never seen before, and now the hot spring.

What he experienced in less than half an hour made Xiao Zhao feel like he was in a dream, full of unreality.

After a while, he raised his hand and gently paddled in the water a few times.

Feeling the gentle resistance coming from the waving of his arms, the timidity in Xiao Zhao's eyes diminished slightly.

Although it was comfortable to soak in the hot spring pool in this cold winter, Xiao Zhao didn't soak in it for too long.

In total, it took less than half a quarter of an hour to get up from the hot spring pool.

After picking up the fine cloth Huang Rong had given him before and wiping off the water stains on his body, he put on the clothes Huang Rong bought but had not yet worn.

Raising his hand to touch the fabric on his sleeve, and then looking at the hot spring pool beside him, Xiao Zhao's light blue eyes trembled slightly.

"It would be great if I could live in a place like this for half a year!"

After the thought fell, Xiao Zhao picked up the clothes he had changed and walked outside.

As he walked through the archway leading to the inner courtyard from the backyard, Xiao Zhao first saw the three of them, Li Changqing, sitting around the stone table.

Different from previous days.

The oil-paper umbrella customized by Li Changqing yesterday afternoon had already been opened.

After the oil-paper umbrella with a diameter of nearly one foot was opened, it directly covered the entire stone table, making it difficult for the flying snow to fall on Li Changqing and the others.

The cold wind is blowing hard.

The flowers that broke out of the snow in the courtyard swayed slowly in the cold wind.

Sometimes there are pieces of petals rising and swaying in the wind.

Mixed in the snow all over the sky, they look like bright embellishments.

The fragrant aroma also filled the entire courtyard as the cold wind reverberated.

And the three people, Li Changqing and Li Changqing, who were making tea by the stove under the umbrella, also blended with the scenery of the garden, forming the most beautiful painting.

Xiao Zhao, who had just entered the inner courtyard, couldn't help but pause, as if he couldn't bear to ruin this beautiful scene.

However, Xiao Zhao didn't wait for a long time and noticed Xiao Zhao at the entrance of the backyard. Huang Rong waved and said: "Why are you standing there? Come here!"

The sound of the sound brought Xiao Zhao back to his senses.

"Ah? Oh!"

After giving a somewhat panicked response, Xiao Zhao walked along the passage that had obviously been cleared of snow and walked to Li Changqing and others.

The moment he approached, Xiao Zhao clearly felt the warmth from the fire.

However, as Xiao Zhao came closer, Li Changqing sniffed lightly.

"Is this Yi Xing San?"

After identifying the smells, Li Changqing glanced at Xiao Zhao's body unconsciously.

After glancing at the clothes on Xiao Zhao's body, Huang Rong said, "Why do you still have those old clothes? Throw them away!"

Regarding what Huang Rong said, Xiao Zhao responded in a low voice: "You can still wear it, I want to keep it."

Hearing this, Huang Rong didn't say anything else.

There was no thought of forcing Xiao Zhao to throw away the old clothes in Xiao Zhao's arms just because he thought they were an eyesore.

At this time, Li Changqing said slowly: "Sit down!"

Xiao Zhao shook his head and whispered: "There is a difference between superiority and inferiority. There is no place for Xiao Zhao in front of the young master and his wife."

Listening to Xiao Zhao's response, Li Changqing waved his hand and said, "I don't have so much care in my yard."

After saying that, Li Changqing pointed to Huang Rong beside him and said, "You can see this clearly just by looking at Ronger."

Facing what Li Changqing said, Huang Rong wrinkled her nose and let out a soft "hum".

Xiao Zhao, on the other hand, glanced at Huang Rong and hesitated for a moment, then sat down next to Li Changqing as requested.

But there was obvious restraint in his demeanor.

Even when I sit down, my buttocks are half empty.

Seeing this, Li Changqing didn't say anything else.

There are many unfortunate people in the world, and in this feudal society, there are countless bad habits and rules.

For ordinary people, many rules have become engrained in their bones as they grow up and are difficult to overcome.

It is unrealistic to force people to change things immediately.

Fortunately, time is often a good medicine for many things.

As time goes by, many things will naturally change.

After Xiao Zhao sat for a while and carefully drank a cup of tea, Li Changqing suddenly said: "Xiao Zhao, stretch out your hand."

　There is another chapter next, but it may be later, I will go at two or three o'clock! If you can’t wait, you can watch it tomorrow!

　　

　

(End of this chapter)