The wife of a woman collecting herbs cannot be bullied

Chapter 489

When Chu Xu mentioned that he wanted to go back that day, he discussed with Shi Chuying in detail.Firstly, there is an important day in July, that is the "Hungry Ghost Festival" on July [-]th.Secondly, the other courtyard here is still under construction, and it is expected to be completed in September, so we can't do without someone who can call the shots.

That's all. After the other courtyard is built, all kinds of furniture, daily furnishings, etc. have to be advanced to decorate the house to add some popularity. It is not possible without a careful and proper person.Shi Chuying thought over and over again, and ventilated with Aunt Yue again, and decided to leave Aunt Yue here to take care of her so she can rest assured.

Furthermore, after the completion of the new courtyard, there must be more staff.It's also a big deal.

Now, apart from Shi Chuying's original dowry and the batch purchased later, the general's mansion is already tight enough to deal with. In addition, if the wild garden in Beishan is completed this year, people will have to order it around...

Only then did Shi Chuying sigh, no wonder she didn't believe it when she heard that some big family had hundreds of servants in the past, but now the servants in their house almost also have hundreds of servants, which is not enough to handle.

Speaking of manpower, Chu Xu frowned slightly when he looked at the girls standing beside Shi Chuying. Originally, there were not many people to bring, so he temporarily assigned Yulu to take two little girls to take care of his mother-in-law and elder sister-in-law. Shi Chuying herself had only two older girls and two younger girls left.

Because it will be used here in the future, the manpower will of course have to be purchased in Jianzhou.And Shi Chuying didn't pay much attention to the contract of life and death, so this time the procurement of manpower for the other courtyard was all done by Chu Xu.

Shi Chuying was very dissatisfied with Chu Xu's lack of trust in herself, but Chu Xu glanced at her already big belly, raised her eyebrows again, and mentioned the self-recommendation of "Little Bailian", Shi Chuying had no choice but to help her. The belly died down.

There is no way, it was indeed her mistake last time, and it really annoyed Chu Xu.Chu Xu has always kept himself clean, how could such precious blood be wasted on Xiao Bailian...

So after that incident, Chu Xu not only scolded Shi Chuying for being too soft, leaving countless hidden dangers, etc., but also called several stewards to criticize them severely, saying: "Madam is kind-hearted and young, I don't know what's going on here You are all doing old things, don’t you know the severity? You don’t even persuade Madam to act, and you should be fined for half a year! Who is not convinced?!”

Who dares to refuse to accept it? Even Aunt Yue Yuan punished herself for half a year in Jianzhou, and she also has the responsibility of admonishing her.That's the case, Chu Xu sent a letter to Jingli afterward, all servants who did not have a dead contract will be changed, and all those who don't change will be returned to the original broker, and the money will be made up...

A few days later, Shi Chuying heard that Chu Xu had already bought people. The girls, women, servants, and strong servants bought more than 100 people, a total of [-] households.He didn't know what channel he found, and sent most of these people into the capital to hand over to Chu Wei.Only a dozen or so adults were left here to do odd jobs for Aunt Yue and the other stewards.

When Shi Chuying heard that she had handed over everyone to Chu Wei, she couldn't help but think of Shi Feng and Shi Dian, so she made a request to Chu Wei: "You have to take care of your elder brother, don't train the girl to be like them. Otherwise, wherever you go, you will be disgusted by people!" Those who didn't know thought they were bringing a team of servants.

Chu Xu didn't think there was anything wrong, he said: "I think Shi Feng and Shi Dian are very good. They can handle errands and take care of daily chores. Loyalty and skills are enough. In case you get older, your mind will be wrong. ..."

Shi Chuying: ...

This time, with Chu Xu by his side, he took care of everything for the return journey. Shi Chuying really experienced the benefits of being relied on once: don't worry about anything!If she wanted to worry about it, she had to be willing to let her through her fingers to amuse her a little.

In the end, under her strong request, the work of purchasing mountain goods, soil instruments and so on was handed over to her as "the manager".

Li San's daughter-in-law is used to this, this time she took a few big girls to take care of it, Shi Chuying just made up her mind.

Now that there is Shi Chuying, the general's wife, in the area of ​​Wangyun Mountain, it is no different than before.

With the previous two examples of Shi Chuying's visit to Beijing, the villagers would naturally think that if the wife of the general's mansion came back to visit her relatives, would she not bring some local products with her? !So everyone tacitly kept all kinds of mountain goods and local products and all kinds of home-made scenery, just waiting for the Shi family to release the news to buy them.

This is a major source of income for Wangyun Village and the surrounding villagers!

However, when they met Shi Chuying, this trick didn't work very well.

It is said that as early as the last time she returned to Beijing, Shi Chuying discovered that some villagers wished to hollow out the mountains and sell them for money.In order to sell more mountain products, especially valuable ones, many villagers dig them regardless.

Many of the nearby mountains were covered with pits, and the grasslands and greenery all over the mountains seemed to be chewed by dogs, and the patches were bare, which made Shi Chuying, who had lived in the mountains for a long time, very uncomfortable.

She doesn't like this kind of demeanor of catching fish!
We must know that the mountains and forests are easy to damage, but difficult to recuperate.

A small tree as thick as an arm can be placed with a single knife, but such a small tree will take at least ten or eight years to grow, and it will take three to five years for the dug-up grass to turn green, but the medicinal materials that originally grew here are not. no more trace...

In view of this, as soon as Shi Chuying arrived in the village, she let the wind out early, and most of the things she harvested were produced in the field or raised by herself, as well as those in the river, and fish and shrimp, except for daily food, had to be dried in the sun. , not fresh.

In this way, the things that some villagers originally obtained by digging the mountains and digging the land are not included, but honest farming or fishing can benefit, and the county can't accept so much, so they are transported to Jianzhou. There is nothing left for merchants to lower prices.For a while, the fanaticism of some people was calmed down, and they hesitated to go back to farming.

But there are always exceptions.

No, as soon as the Shi family opened up for buying, many villagers who tried to get lucky brought all kinds of mountain and earth treasures dug from last year to this year to sell, but those in charge bought according to the list, and those who were not on the list Not at all.

This made many villagers who had such an idea come to nothing, and some even came from other villages.They don't want to just go back.

As a result, almost every day, villagers went to the gate of Shi's house to kneel and kowtow, hoping that the general or his wife would let go and let them earn the two small coins.

(End of this chapter)