Those days of being the fourth master's outer room

Chapter 104

After finishing it in the living room, Yaru couldn't help asking, "The fields I saw just now are like this. It's almost April. They haven't been cultivated yet, and those villagers, how can they be so poor."

"Sister, if you ask slowly, I will answer them one by one." He said and handed over a cup of freshly brewed honeysuckle tea. The ivory-white slender flowers are accompanied by a thin leaf, which looks crystal clear and tangy. The aroma made Yaru swallow the words in his mouth, and he opened his mouth involuntarily and took a shallow sip.

"Be careful!" Sit down and see that my sister is only drinking tea and ignoring herself, she smiled and said, "This Zhuangzi is a bit special. Those villagers are slaves of this Zhuangzi. There is no need to worry about food and clothing, and an extra sentence is added to the contract of sale, "Never sell them, and the Zhuangzi will control them for food and use." The villagers in the early days enjoyed this benefit.The old proprietor is also capable, and has made such a large fortune with his bare hands.It is also full of children and grandchildren, but the problem arises from the large number of grandchildren here.The old proprietor left in a hurry to separate the family. The only legitimate son has four cowardly sons. In the end, he will be framed by his brothers and sisters. He will be involved in life lawsuits and owe a large amount of foreign debt. Yes, in the end it made a dead fish and a broken net.Teach those brothers and younger brothers together, saying that they want to divide the family property, but in the end, they poisoned everyone for one meal, and everyone died together.In the end, there was only one timid person who was delayed because of something that day, so he saved his life.Then he quickly sold Zhuangzi and hid away. "

"Oh! I said it would be so cheap. It turned out to be a haunted house!" Yaru swallowed the warm tea, and suddenly realized that her tongue was licking her teeth unconsciously. The tea tasted so sweet.

"Do you care?" Li Wei asked back.

"Of course not, this saved me 6000 taels of silver! If there is such a dead Zhuangzi, I will buy it." Yaru asked Sun Erban to estimate the price by himself. There is no such Zhuangzi for more than 1 taels of silver. If not, the most valuable thing is the hot spring. After all, the hot springs near Sijiu City can be counted on one hand.If it wasn't for the fact that it was a haunted house, it would have been calculated by someone long ago.

Li Wei smiled, and knew that my sister wanted money without risking her life, so I bought it for her. "Those fields were misunderstood by the folks in the field when the brothers were arguing with each other before, and there has been no one in charge since then." Those peasant households could not get rations, they had no choice but to go to Sijiu City to buy coolies, earn some money to make ends meet, women with crafts would take on some jobs to subsidize them, and those without skills would follow suit. Go work hard."

"Wouldn't they plant it first? Otherwise, what would they eat in winter?" Yaru asked suspiciously.

"The field belongs to the master's family, and the old steward disappeared in that accident. The steward before was transferred temporarily. He was dull-tempered and inflexible. He said that he was not allowed to plant without the order of the master's wife." Li Weile's Seeing that my sister had a headache, she finally said it with full authority.

Forehead!It's really a story about a group of small brains leading a big road to death.Yaru desperately pressed down on the beating temple, I was so tired, if I didn't buy this Zhuangzi, would they starve to death collectively?It seems that I have done meritorious deeds.

Taking a deep breath to suppress the three-character scripture in her heart, Yaru asked Li Wei, "What are your plans for this Zhuangzi?"

"Just follow your plan." Li Wei stretched his long legs comfortably, and said comfortably while holding a teacup.

"Okay, Siyue, come here, I have something to say." Then she turned to look at the girl who had been a wallflower.

Siyue obediently stepped forward, and saw Yaru take out a piece of paper from her sleeve, "This is still your contract of prostitution, return it to you now, and you will be a good citizen from now on."

"Master, don't you want your slaves?" Siyue immediately knelt on the ground and cried uncontrollably.

Seeing Li Wei's distressed stare, Yaru touched his nose, feeling a little pitiful, this is a guy with the opposite sex but no humanity.

Hurriedly stepped forward to help Siyue up, "Look at you little fool, I have tried everything possible to keep you, and I haven't squeezed out your remaining value, so it is possible to let you go so easily. Don't cry, listen to me carefully .”

After hearing this, Siyue burst into tears and smiled, wiping away her tears shyly.

"From now on, we will call each other sisters. Although we can't make it out to the public, in my heart, she is my younger sister." I have a special status, and I can't make a vow with Siyue, even if I recognize Aunt Li as my godmother. It was done quietly, no outsiders knew about it, there was no ceremony, it was just that the two brothers of the Li family had changed their names, I have never seen Li Wei's sister and sister calling so intimately, this is something to ask for.

"" I will leave this Zhuangzi to you, and you and Li Wei will help me manage it in the future.My sister's future, as well as my sister's children's future pocket money, all depend on this Zhuangzi, so you have to work hard! " Yaru threatened.

"But" Yue Yue cast a glance at Li Wei, both in embarrassment and shyness.

"What do you think he is doing? My sister asked you to manage Zhuangzi, not to have a romantic relationship." Yaru said with a wry face.

"I dare not, the master should call the slave by name, the slave dare not climb up." Siyue immediately knelt on the ground.

"You're soft-boned, just kneel at every turn. My status is not as good as yours at the beginning. Why do you care so much? Well, let's make it like this." Yaru pulled up Siyue randomly, but Siyue didn't dare to struggle hard, for fear of hurting the master's belly in the baby.Secretly holding the deed of sale, I will not go to the yamen to cancel the account, and see what the master can do.It has to be said that Siyue has also learned the moves of obedience and obedience.

Afterwards, the division of labor was clear. Li Wei summoned all the servants in the courtyard and appointed a new steward. A man named Han Jian, although a little short in stature, had the most tactful temper.The original steward Zhang Tuanshui became the steward Fu, who specialized in running errands for the steward.

Zhang Guihua was in charge of the kitchen. Mrs. Zhang is Zhang Tuanshui's old lady. She has the most honest temper, just like her son.Leading two maids to take charge of the kitchen.

The stable is still under the management of Old Zhang, with his youngest son under him.Lao Zhangtou is one of the best veterinarians in the neighborhood, and he is the most suitable for managing the stables.His youngest son is a bit demented, but he is the most careful. Now Zhangtou hopes that his son Zhang Xiaoping can inherit his craft, and it would be good if he can support himself.Others, still do the original thing.

Li Wei made the appointment at the front, and Siyue took notes at the back and sorted out the deed of sale.It's really a match between men and women, and it's not tiring to work.

After straightening out the job in the compound, Li Wei called for Steward Han who knew the situation in the village.Inquired about the situation of the village.

This village does not have a name, so it is called Fuyuan Village after the Zhuangzi.It doesn't look rich at all.So Yaru said straightforwardly, "In the future, Zhuangzi and the village will be called Daoxiang Village. Daoxiang Village talks about a good year, full of joy, and catchy."

Li Wei nodded, it was a good name, and then signaled Manager Han to continue.

Han Guanshi looked at his new master, and continued honestly, "There are 23 households in the village, with a total of 97 people. Among them, there are 21 strong laborers, [-] middle-aged women, and [-] elderly people. All children."

Yaru made a calculation, and now a strong laborer's death contract is 70 taels, a woman is 50 taels, the elderly are worthless, and children can buy 20 taels, and there are more than 3000 taels for a bare head.I bought this Zhuangzi by myself but spent five thousand.It's unreasonable.He looked at Li Wei suspiciously.

Li Wei coughed, signaled Zhang Guanshi to stop, turned around and explained, "These servants are following Zhuangzi, and they can't send out the purchase. That person is eager to sell, so I lowered the price. Cough cough!"

Brother!You are taking advantage of the fire!However, Jie is good, like the kind of villains who don't love their brothers and sisters, they have to be dealt with severely.

Li Wei touched the bridge of his nose. He didn't dare to say that he had called several brothers. He bargained fiercely, and threatened that if he didn't sell at this price, he would go to the Yamen to sue him for murdering his brother and seizing the property.He was so scared that he agreed to sell without saying a word.

After listening to Manager Zhang's introduction, Li Wei thought for a while and said, "There is nothing to grow in the fields now, so let's put it first and call on the women in the village to grow vegetables and raise poultry."

"No, we want to develop in an integrated way, we can't make small troubles anymore, Guanshi Han, do you have a layout plan for this Zhuangzi?" Yaru sat upright and decided to make a big deal.

"Back to the master, yes, the slave checked the accounting room before, and found this picture." He said and took the blueprint handed over by the steward.

Yaru opened the shop and put it on the table, Li Wei stood aside and studied together.

Zhuangzi is built on the mountain, surrounded by land belonging to Zhuangzi, surrounding Zhuangzi, and the direction leading to the outside world is a village.The hot spring is on a flat slope near the foot of the mountain, and the area is not large, just like two pieces of land. Next to it is a slope to the foot of the mountain.There are some weeds and shrubs growing messily on the mountain.It looked desolate.

After thinking about it, Yaru said, "Before it's too late, organize people to cut down the mountain first, Han Jian, you go and buy some flowers and fruit trees, preferably fruit trees, so that you can enjoy the flowers in the blooming season, and then the fruits can be sold for money or It's brewing,"

"What about the sloping land? Do you also plant fruit trees?" Li Wei asked.

"No, there are some ornamental flowers and trees planted there. Do you still remember the small piece of purple flowers in the small courtyard of Feihua? It was a potted plant given to Si Ye by foreign missionaries, and Si Ye sent it to me after saying that it could ease the mood. This, now it has multiplied into one piece, it is very beautiful, now is the flowering season, when the time comes, the sea of ​​purple flowers all over the mountain will be so dreamy, it is a spectacle!" Yaru thought of the sea of ​​flowers he saw in France in his previous life, Can't help feeling.If you get a sea of ​​lavender flowers here, ah!I feel a little excited just thinking about it!

"Is it just for viewing? Would it be a bit wasteful? After all, the slope is still huge. It's a pity." Li Wei thought that it would be a waste to plant such a large piece of flowers that can't be eaten or used.

"How about it? His petals and leaves can be made into sachets or pillows, which are helpful for sleeping and stabilizing the mood. They can be dried to make scented tea, and the flowers can be used to refine essential oils." Seeing Li Wei's bewildered face, Remembering that these are things that women would care about, he waved his hands and said, "Don't worry, it will be more profitable than your vegetables after planting." At that time, I will find some cosmos, verbena, mint and other embellishments, Thinking about it makes me a little excited, what should I do!I don't want to go back to Beijing!

(End of this chapter)