Orion's pretty daughter-in-law

Chapter 69

After the Lantern Festival, the New Year's atmosphere in the village has almost dissipated. There was news from the shopkeeper Huang that now Fucheng has also heard about the moisturizing cream. In recent days, many people have come to inquire. In the backward ancient times, the speed of this spread was so fast that even Luo Jinxiu was a little surprised.

Originally, he thought that the current supply would last at least half a year, but now it seemed that he had to increase the quantity as soon as possible. After the fifteenth day, he took Yun Jinghao to a dental shop in the county to buy people.

If we have enough manpower earlier, we can increase production as soon as possible without tiring ourselves. It’s not that there are no people in the town, but Xinglin Town is still a little small, and there are not so many people who want to buy what they want. easy.

"What kind of servants do you two want? I have men and women here, old and young, young and strong, gentle and considerate, all kinds of people are available. Keeping them to your satisfaction!" The enthusiasm on the Internet is almost overflowing.

Yun Jinghao said: "We are looking for housekeepers and maids, young and strong men are not necessary, you hand over all suitable candidates who have no physical problems for us to see."

"Okay! You two wait a moment!" Yazi hurried over to call for someone.

Luo Jinxiu turned his head to look at Yun Jinghao: "Aren't we going to find a few nursing homes? Although I trust your skills, after all, you have to go out often to make money to support your family. In case something happens at home, at least I still have someone to call , Maids are not suitable for physical labor."

Yun Jinghao helped her trim her hair, and said: "I contacted two subordinates who have been under me for a year. They feel like brothers and sisters. They didn't live very well after returning home, but their skills and character are trustworthy. Knowing the basics, I can feel more at ease about a young and strong man who may be messed up even if he has a deed of prostitution, what do you think?"

"Your former brother?" Luo Jinxiu was surprised, but quickly said: "If there is a suitable candidate and you can trust, I have no objection, but your brother can't be treated the same as the servant who bought it Besides, wouldn’t it be nice if I order them around? They won’t have anything in their hearts…?”

"Don't worry, they call me big brother. You are their sister-in-law. If sister-in-law has any use for them, they can of course let them do it. There will be no complaints. As for the treatment, as long as they are fed and clothed, they will be happy." Very satisfied."

Luo Jinxiu stared, "How can that be done! Even the servants who buy it home will have to pay their wages in the future." In her opinion, it is similar to hired servants. She pays and the servants do a good job. , equivalent exchange.

"What's more, even if it is an ordinary wealthy family, the wages and treatment of ordinary servants and nursing homes who can protect their homes are completely different. When they come, I will definitely give them the best treatment!"

For a moment, Yun Jinghao's heart seemed to be filled with something, and he felt an indescribable sense of satisfaction. He couldn't help but hugged her into his arms and kissed her forehead dearly, "Daughter-in-law, thank you."

"There's nothing to be thankful for." He said so, but the corners of his lips curled up slightly, obviously benefiting from his reaction.

When Yazi came back with a total of more than a dozen people, Yun Jinghao and the two had regained their composure. They glanced roughly at a group of people standing in front of them, and then listened to Yazi's detailed introduction of these people's ages, specialties, and which of them had been with them before. The big family has served and so on.

Yun Jinghao had no idea how to choose the right servant, Luo Jinxiu was solely responsible for it, and he was responsible for the final payment.

While listening to Yazi's introduction, Luo Jinxiu has already begun to eliminate those who are absolutely impossible to choose. For example, those with flickering eyes, who are also particularly obscene or unsightly, are excluded directly. Among the young women, the corners of the eyes and brows are full of charm , dared to wink at Yun Jinghao in front of her, hehe, where did you come from!

In all likelihood, this kind of person colludes with the master at the original master's house, trying to fly on a branch to become a phoenix, but is betrayed by the master's mother.

What she wants to choose is a servant who can help her, not a scourge that will disturb the family.

After telling Yazi to stay with these people, there were only seven people left. Luo Jinxiu asked them some questions one by one, such as whether there was anyone else in the family, and who had never been a servant before. , How did you get here and so on.

After excluding the two families who still have many relatives who are still alive, who are likely to come to her in the future to cause trouble, and who have flaws in their conduct that they noticed when answering the questions, there are only five people left.

Two of them are fifteen or sixteen-year-old girls. One looks very clever, with delicate features. She used to work as a maid in a wealthy family. Shy and introverted, she blushes when she speaks a few words, but she seems to be relatively quiet. There is a vicious stepmother in the family who persuades her father to sell her. With that stepmother around, no one in the family will come to find her.

There is also a 12-year-old boy who looks quite mature. His relatives in the disaster in his hometown have all died and have nowhere to go, so he sells himself to find a place to go.

The last two are an old woman who is said to be good at cooking, and the other is a middle-aged man who Luo Jinxiu has taken a fancy to and once worked as a housekeeper for a wealthy family in the county.

Most of these five people had no problems that made Luo Jinxiu tangled and difficult to make a decision, except for the last butler choice.

"You said, if you are bought by us, I hope to give you some time to deal with private affairs, what do you mean by that?"

The man who used to be a housekeeper knelt down and said: "my wife is seriously ill and will not live for a few days now. I want to use the money from selling myself to let her live longer, so that I can be with him in the last days and send her off. On the last leg, we will deal with the affairs behind us."

This man used to be an official for a rich family, and he was capable enough to support himself, but his wife was ill and needed money urgently, so she couldn't work slowly, so he had to sell himself, and only a small part of the money was considered as an intermediary fee for Yazi , and the rest of the money was used to buy medicine for his wife. The illness looked hopeless, but at least it would let her live a few more days.

Men can be regarded as measured, clearly seeing that Luo Jinxiu intends to buy a butler, and he is the only suitable candidate among the people he likes, but he didn't take the opportunity to make excessive demands, such as asking her to buy a housekeeper with his dying wife This attitude made Luo Jinxiu more and more satisfied.

Yun Jinghao knew his daughter-in-law very well, and asked Yazi directly, "What disease does his wife suffer from, and you are here too?"

Yazi's expression was quite conflicted, "This man's wife has been suffering from cold for several days, and it may be over in the past two days. His wife didn't say that she would sell herself, but there is no one else in his family. So I brought my mother-in-law to my dental shop."

Yazi is actually quite worried. This man is really capable, and his selling price is much higher than ordinary people. Correspondingly, he can also get more agency fees, but he is also open for business. If the woman If he really died in his teeth, he would also feel unlucky!
Luo Jinxiu also heard Yazi's words from the side, looked at the man kneeling on the ground thoughtfully for a while, and then said: "Can you bring the sick man here first so I can have a look?"

Both Yazi and the man were a bit surprised, but since the other party didn't refuse immediately, it meant that there was room for negotiation, so the man hurried to help his wife over.

Luo Jinxiu took a closer look and found that the woman did not look well, her face was very red, she was clearly having a high fever, she coughed from time to time, her breath was also very weak, she was indeed suffering from a severe cold.

If this is in modern times, it would not be a problem to take two antipyretic injections and then take some special medicine, but in ancient times, it was indeed fatal.

"What skills does your wife have? Washing and cooking, female celebrity, or others?"

The man was stunned, as if he didn't quite understand why he asked these questions, but he replied honestly: "My wife cooks delicious food, and the female celebrity is also top-notch, and she is also literate and able to settle accounts."

Luo Jinxiu's eyes lit up, and the few people in front of her were illiterate. Didn't she expect this woman to be able to read and settle accounts?
"If I can help you save her, are you willing to let her sell herself to me with you?"

"What - you, can you really save your wife?" The man's face was excited, and even the eyes of the woman, who was already a little unclear, widened slightly, and there was a strong need for survival in those slightly cloudy eyes. see.

"If you can really save your wife, we are willing to sell ourselves to the two of you together, and serve you as cows and horses!" The man didn't bother to doubt whether the other party had this ability, and directly kowtowed to her.

Although he never thought of selling himself with his wife before, but if his wife can continue to live, so what if he sells himself in order to survive?The master really has the ability to save lives, and it is only natural to "promise with his body" in order to repay his kindness. Besides, he has some insight in himself, and feels that the couple in front of him don't look like villains, so he shouldn't treat them too harshly.

The woman also nodded with the last bit of strength to express her attitude.

Since the parties have agreed, it is now considered a success.

Compared to an old lady in her fifties whose average life expectancy is not high at that age, she may not live for a few years. Although she is ill and looks very haggard, she still can see that her age will not exceed 35 years old at most. middle-aged women can obviously work longer in their home.

In the end, the two bought a total of six people, two maids, a servant, a housekeeper and two women, for a total of 36 taels of silver.

Among them, the maids and servants are all six taels of silver, the old woman only needs four taels of silver, the housekeeper and her wife, the latter is basically a half-gift, the housekeeper alone costs 12 taels of silver, and the wife is only 14 taels.

If it weren't for the fact that the housekeeper has a rich experience and is much more capable than ordinary people, a dozen taels of silver is basically only worth the price for those young and strong with martial arts, and ordinary young and strong with no skills are only eight taels of silver. , it is still very important to have a skill at your fingertips these days.

(End of this chapter)