Xu Linyue, who transmigrated from the 21st century, crossed over with a heaven-defying spatial ability, possessing the body of a five-year-old farm girl. She originally thought of just accepting he...
As soon as everyone entered the door, there was a back house on the left and a small gatehouse on the right.
Continue walking forward and you will reach the front yard. Pass through the hanging flower gate and you will reach the inner courtyard. On the left is the west wing, and on the right is the east wing.
Continuing forward is the main house, with the west ear room on the left and the east ear room on the right, and then a row of back rooms.
It is a three-story courtyard with a very spacious area, enough for Xu's family to live in.
"This house is so big, and the front yard is spacious enough, just right for me to practice martial arts." Xiao Wu said happily.
The servants had already moved all the things to the front yard, and then stood in a row, lowered their heads and waited quietly for their master to give the order.
"Raise your heads and look at your new master. Anyone who dares to sell out his master for personal gain will face a miserable end." Su Chenyu gave a warning.
"Yes, I will remember this and serve my master well in the future." The servants looked up at the Xu family and hurriedly bowed their heads respectfully.
"Qibao, do you think we need to rename these people?" Su Chenyu asked.
"Everyone, raise your heads." Qibao said to the servants.
Upon hearing this, more than a dozen people all obediently looked up at Qibao who was speaking.
There was curiosity, timidity, and respect in his eyes.
"Did you have a name before?" Qibao asked.
One of the boys, about seventeen or eighteen years old, said, "To answer your question, young lady, the past has nothing to do with us since we were sold into slavery. We also ask you to give us names."
"Please give me a name, Miss!"
After saying that, he knelt down in front of Qibao, and the others also knelt down.
Qibao looked around and saw four maids, three old women, and six servants. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Name the four maids Chuntao, Xiahe, Qiuju, and Dongxue."
"The three women are called Fu Pozi, Kang Pozi, and Xi Pozi."
"You six servants can start your names with the character 'Xu', so let's call them Xu One, Xu Two, Xu Three, Xu Four, Xu Five, and Xu Six. Just arrange them according to your ages."
"Thank you for the name, Miss." The maids and servants knelt down to express their gratitude.
"Everyone, get up." Qibao ordered.
"Yes, miss."
Qibao looked at the servants and said, "Let me be frank with you. We are not a wealthy family. We are all from the countryside. If you care about us being farmers, please step forward now. I will send your indentures back along with your people."
After Qibao finished speaking, he paused and observed the expressions on everyone's faces.
There was only surprise and curiosity on their faces, but no one stood up.
Qibao nodded and said, "Since no one has come forward, it means that you are willing to stay. But don't think that we are easy to bully just because we are from the countryside. If I find out that any of you have any bad intentions, don't blame me for being cruel and ruthless."
After Qibao finished speaking, he took out an empty porcelain bottle containing pills from the shoulder bag he was carrying. He gently squeezed it with his palm, and instantly white powder flowed down from between his fair fingers.
Seeing this, everyone was shocked and terrified. They quickly knelt down again and said, "I dare not do that. From now on, I will do my duty and never dare to have the slightest thought of deceiving my master."
Qibao scanned their faces one by one and nodded secretly. The people Su Chenyu bought were not bad.
"Of course, there are rewards for every punishment. If you all work diligently, you will get two taels of silver every month." Qibao continued.
When everyone heard this, they were all delighted. They actually had two taels of salary to receive every month.
"Thank you, Miss. We will not let our masters down."
After a round of both kindness and force, Qibao nodded and continued, "Okay, I've said what I need to say. Let me introduce you. This is my uncle, this is my eldest brother, and this is my fifth brother. I'm the seventh child in the family, so you can call me Miss Seven."
"Hello, Master, Hello, Eldest Young Master, Hello, Fifth Young Master, Hello, Seventh Miss." The servants hurriedly greeted them.
Qibao nodded and said, "This is my eldest brother's servant, Zhiyan, and this is my personal maid, Fuqiu."
"Hello, Master Zhiyan, hello, Miss Fuqiu."
"No, no, no, you don't have to call me Young Master, just call me Zhiyan." Zhiyan blushed a little when they called him Young Master, and waved his hands quickly.
"Just call me Fuqiu!" Fuqiu said immediately.
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Qibao assigned them some responsible tasks before sending them off to do their work.
"Qibao, that's pretty good. That move just now scared even me so much that I didn't dare to make a move." Su Chenyu said with a smile.
"Who can scare you, Brother Su? These are just some little tricks of mine. They are effective in intimidating these servants." Qibao rolled his eyes and said.
"Qibao, this is their indenture contract, please take it." Su Chenyu took out the indenture contract from his arms and handed it to Qibao.
Qibao was not polite and took the indenture contract. Anyway, she would deduct the money for the house and the money for buying the person from the dividends from the red wine.
Su Chenyu sat for a while longer. Seeing that it was getting later and later, he knew that if he didn't go back, his grandfather would send someone to look for him. So he said, "Uncle Xu, Qibao, it's getting late. I should go back, otherwise my family will worry. I'll come back tomorrow."
Uncle Xu saw that it was indeed late, so he said, "Then Chenyu, be careful on your way. I won't stay any longer to save your family from worrying."
After sending Su Chenyu to the door and watching her walk away, the Xu family closed the door.
After leaving Qinghe Street, Qingzhu said, "Young Master, you asked me to send someone to the palace to inform the Third Prince that the Xu family had arrived in the capital. Why did you wait until half a quarter before midnight to notify them?"
Su Chenyu smiled mysteriously, as if making a cunning guess, "When is the curfew at the palace gate?"
Qingzhu said: "The hour of Hai."
Upon hearing this, Su Chenyu chuckled and said nothing.
Qing Zhu suddenly realized, "Master, are you deliberately not letting the Third Prince out?"
Su Chenyu said, "Qingzhu, you can take random medicines, but you can't say random things. I promised my cousin that I would send someone to inform him when the Xu family arrived in the capital. I didn't break my oath. As for whether he can come out or not, I have no control over it."
Qingzhu was speechless. Look at what his young master said. What did he mean by "one can take any medicine at will"? Everyone in the capital knew his young master's mouth and was quite familiar with him.
The third prince was not good at speaking. Whenever his young master took advantage of the third prince verbally, the third prince would not show it on his face. However, every time he visited the Taifu Mansion, he would flatter his young master in some way, so that his young master would either be scolded by the Taifu or have a few shoe prints on his buttocks. However, his young master still enjoyed it.