sturdy landlady

Chapter 44 The beginning of everything is difficult
"Forget about that much, even if she sends someone, it will be a month or two at the earliest. Before that, we will live here first, and it will not be too late for us to live here when Zhuangzi is almost repaired, mother. Don't worry!" Gu Xiaoxiao whispered, comforting her mother.

In fact, it's not that Mrs. Ye is too timid, but because she has been married to the Gu family for so many years and knows that the old lady is a ruthless person. In addition, the old lady has a lot of prestige, and she has always been afraid of being a daughter-in-law. normal.

Gu Hong, the old servant of the Gu family, guards the old house of the Gu family.

This Gu Hongzu has always been a servant of the Gu family, passed down to his generation, and still guards the old house conscientiously, not daring to neglect.

Eight members of his family also live in this old house, and they usually clean the old house.

Mrs. Ye followed Gu Weixun back to the old house and lived there for two or three months, so Gu Hong knew the lady. When he heard the knock on the door and opened the door, he saw Mrs. Ye clearly, and immediately knelt down to salute.

"The old slave pays homage to the eldest lady!"

"Get up!" Mrs. Ye quickly raised her hand, signaling Gu Hong to get up. After all, he is in his sixties, and he is a gray-haired old man. He is trembling even when he kneels on the ground. Could not bear.

"Yes!" After Gu Hong got up, he saw Gu Xiaoxiao next to him, and immediately wanted to kneel down again.

"No." Gu Xiaoxiao said in a low voice.

"Thank you, miss!" Gu Hong hastily bowed.

"Gu Butler, Xiaoxiao and I are going to stay in the old house for a while, you can make some arrangements." Ye said softly.

After hearing this, Gu Hong showed embarrassment, and hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth: "Reporting to Da Madam... Slave... Slave received a letter from the old lady in Beijing a few days ago. The old lady said... that Da Madam is not allowed Go back to the old house with the young lady, if the slave dares to be disobedient, the slave and his family will be kicked out of the old house."

Ye Shi's face turned green with anger after hearing this.

Gu Hong was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Madam, calm down, Madam, calm down."

When gods fight, mortals suffer!

The masters did not deal with it, and a conflict broke out. In the end, these slaves also had no good fruit to eat. The old lady is the master, and the eldest lady is also the master, and neither of them is easy to offend.

"Forget about it, mother, let's go to the village in the suburbs to have a look. Tian Guanshi and the others must have arrived more than ten days ago, and they must have done some preparations. Let's go and see if we can live there. If we can't, we can go back to the county to stay at the inn. Seeing that the old housekeeper Gu Hong's head was about to break, Gu Xiaoxiao couldn't help shaking her head slightly.

She also didn't want to embarrass an old man.

"Okay!" Mrs. Ye nodded lightly.

Gu Xiaoxiao got into the carriage with her mother on her arm, and they all rushed to the outskirts of Weiyang County.

The thousand acres of fertile land in the outskirts of Weiyang County was bought by the Gu family after it became prosperous. Although this property has been ignored by everyone over the years, it is a thousand acres of fertile land after all, and the annual harvest is quite good. It's also not bad to send some souvenirs to Gu's family in the capital continuously.

The Zhuangzi next to the fertile farmland covers an area of ​​[-] mu, and it is luxurious. Although the masters of the Gu family may not live there once a year, they have been repaired very well before, but they don't want to be destroyed by a fire.

Gu Xiaoxiao and the others rode in a carriage, and it took almost half an hour to drive from the county town to the outside of Zhuangzi.

After getting off the carriage, Mrs. Ye looked at the ruins in front of her and couldn't help but shook her head. It was all scorched black, which showed how serious the fire was.

"Ma'am, it's Manager Tian!" Jin Niang's eyes were sharp, and she saw a busy figure not far away.

"Call them over!" A smile appeared on Mrs. Ye's face.

Not long after, Tian Guanshi came with his servants and servants, and a group of more than 20 people appeared in front of Mrs. Ye. Their trip went smoothly, and no one did anything to these insignificant slaves. .

"How's the situation?" Gu Xiaoxiao looked at Guanshi Tian and asked in a low voice.

"Miss Qi, the Zhuangzi, which covers an area of ​​[-] acres, was almost burned to ashes by the fire. Except for the row of houses in the backyard near the artificial lake, there was nothing left. There were hundreds of farmers in the Zhuangzi at that time. They were all silenced, and the servants have been tidying up for the past ten days, and finally the row seems to have been repaired, and a road has been made out, so that people can live there for the time being, but they just wronged Madam and Miss." Steward Tian looked respectful. He said that because he has been leading people to work these days, his face is dark at the moment.

"Don't be wronged, don't be wronged, as long as you have a place to live!" A bitter smile appeared on Mrs. Ye's face.

Once upon a time, no matter where she went as the Duke's wife, even if she didn't care, the people around her would arrange everything. It was a style, but now she brought her daughter to such a situation.

"Everything will be fine!" Gu Xiaoxiao noticed that her mother was in a low mood, so she couldn't help holding her hand.

"Yeah, everything will be fine, Tian Guanshi, take us there." Ye said in a low voice.

"Yes!" Tian Guanshi responded quickly, and immediately led Gu Xiaoxiao and the others to the artificial lake.

After arriving, Gu Xiaoxiao finally understood why the row of brick and tile houses hadn't been burned down, because there was an artificial lake a few feet behind the row of houses, and a large area in front was relatively open. When the mansion was set on fire, the grass had sprouted and could not be burned, so this row of houses was spared.

"This used to be the place where the masters took a nap when they came to the lake to fish. There was a hall, and several side rooms with a small dining room. There were also a few rooms where sundries were piled up. The slaves have cleaned them up!" Steward Tian stepped forward and said respectfully.

"The earthen house over there seems to have just been built." Gu Xiaoxiao pointed not far away and said in a low voice.

"Yes, that was built by the servants these days. From now on, the servants and servants will live there." Tian Guanshi said hastily.

There is a difference between men and women, even if the house here is finally free, men like them cannot come and live with the female relatives.

"That's great!" Mrs. Ye nodded in satisfaction, and then took out 100 taels of silver and gave it to Tian Guanshi: "Since you want to live here for a long time, let's fix the house, the earthen house cannot be lived in if it rains." .”

"Ma'am, you can't ask for so much money!" Tian Guanshi said hastily.

"You have worked hard these days, and the rest of the silver will be given to everyone." Ye Shi said, glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "Although we are now being driven to this wild place in the northwest, but Everyone's monthly allowance is the same as it was in the Gu Mansion before, not a penny less, and it will be the end of the month in two days, you just go to Qu Nanny to get the monthly allowance!"

"Yes, thank you ma'am!" Everyone responded quickly when they heard the words.

(End of this chapter)