Seeing that they had reached an agreement, the shopkeeper quickly brought over the house deed and the indenture.

Lu Chuan paid the money, and the group signed the contract on the spot. The shopkeeper said, "The yamen is still open at this hour, so why don't we go and get the official contract now, so you two won't have to make another trip this afternoon?"

Xu Han nodded. "Alright, then I'll trouble you, shopkeeper."

"Madam Lu, what are you saying? This is what we should do."

And so, Lu Chuan and Xu Han went to the yamen with the shopkeeper, while Wei Yaren led the group of people Xu Han had chosen directly to the newly purchased courtyard.

Upon arriving at the yamen, the manager led the two directly to the person in charge of processing the legal contracts. The official brokers were in this business, and of course they had connections within the yamen. These relationships had been established long ago, making things convenient, so the two didn't need to wait and the process was completed immediately.

The person who processed the deed was probably seeing someone buy so many properties at once for the first time, so when they looked at the two of them, they couldn't help but scrutinize them.

Finally, Lu Chuan put on a very fierce look, which scared the person so much that they dared not look at him and immediately looked away.

Finally, he asked tremblingly, "Under whose name do you want to register these shops?"

Xu Han was taken aback. She had been thinking about buying a shop, but she hadn't really considered this issue. Just as she was about to ask Lu Chuan, Lu Chuan said directly, "Write for my wife, Xu Han."

Xu Han wanted to say something upon hearing this, but then thought better of it. After all, they were husband and wife, and now they had two sons. They had no intention of divorcing, so it didn't matter whose name was on the deed. It was all marital property anyway.

After the contract was finalized, the two left the government office, bid farewell to the broker, and headed towards their newly purchased house.

Xu Han said, "The group of people we just bought are all dressed in tattered clothes, especially the younger ones. What are they wearing? There's barely any fabric left on their clothes, and their shoes are even worse. Why don't we go and buy some fabric to take back so that they can each make two sets of clothes to change into?"

There was no other way; ready-made clothes were too expensive at this time. To be honest, Xu Han was a little reluctant to spend the money. After all, she had spent a lot of money buying so many shops and houses. Moreover, she still needed to go to the private brokerage to buy more shops in the afternoon, and she also needed to build a house for the newly purchased servants. Money was needed everywhere.

Xu Han's current motto is to save money where she can and spend money where she can, and she doesn't want to spend a penny more than necessary.

If there were only a few people, it wouldn't be so bad; one person could buy two sets and it wouldn't cost much. But the problem is that there are a lot of people! Twenty-one people, two sets per person, that's forty-two sets, and that's going to cost a lot of money.

Xu Han felt more and more reluctant to part with them, but when she thought about the clothes they were wearing, she really couldn't bear to part with them. After all, these people would be following her in the future, and she would need them to work hard. How could she not give them some benefits?

Besides, Xu Han, being a modern person, didn't have the mindset of looking down on servants. Life is hard for everyone in this world. Xu Han wasn't a saint, but she didn't want to be taken advantage of either.

Hearing his wife say this, Lu Chuan said, "I remember you said you still have a lot of fabric at home, right? And the batch of linen and flawed fabric we bought before, we can give these to them and let them make their own clothes, which will save us from buying more."

Xu Han thought about it carefully and realized that there was indeed such a thing. Moreover, when she packed her things earlier, she put them all into her space. Now she didn't need to go home to get them and could just take them out for them to use.

But then she thought about it again, and realized that those were all flawed pieces of cloth. There wasn't much linen available, and it might not be appropriate to give away something flawed. So she said, "That's not a good idea!"

"What's wrong with that? We are just ordinary farmers, we don't need to act like wealthy families."

Besides, we use this kind of flawed fabric in our own home, so why can't they use it? They are servants we bought; are they more noble than us?

Even at its worst, it's still better than what they have now. These days, just surviving is hard enough; how many people can afford new clothes? If they can, they're lucky. Who cares about choosing?

Xu Han thought about it and realized that it was true. It seemed that she had misunderstood. And it was indeed as Lu Chuan said. They were servants, and their own bedding was made of flawed cloth. Why couldn't they use it?

The key point is that the batch of flawed fabrics wasn't actually bad; many of them were fine cotton, just with blemished colors, which didn't affect their usability. Xu Han used the inferior ones to make shoe soles, and what's left are the better ones.

After thinking it through, Xu Han stopped worrying. "Alright then, let them use these. There's still a lot of cotton in my space, so I'll have them make some new bedding for them later."

"Okay, you can arrange it as you see fit. If it's not enough, just buy some more. Even though we're buying them to work, we won't mistreat them. We'll still give them what they deserve."

Xu Han then asked, "Do we still need to give them a monthly allowance? I've seen that other people do."

"If others are giving money, we should give money too. If we have money, we should give more; if we don't have money, we should give less."

I remember that the servants in the wealthy families I had previously encountered were paid a monthly wage.

However, some families don't treat their servants like human beings. Not only do they not pay them a monthly wage, but they also don't let them eat their fill, exploiting them severely.

Xu Han really didn't know whether servants who signed indentures in this era were paid wages, so she asked Lu Chuan.

Since Lu Chuan had already said so, then let's do it according to the times. So he said, "Let's give them a little, but let's give them something to look forward to. It's not much money anyway."

Lu Chuan grinned and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my wife."

After finalizing the arrangements, the two were almost home. Xu Han and Lu Chuan went around to the back gate because they needed to get something. There were too many people coming and going at the front gate, so it would be inconvenient. That's why they sneaked around to the back gate.

Lu Chuan looked around but didn't see anyone.

It was around eleven o'clock, the hottest time of day, so it was normal that no one was around; otherwise, the two wouldn't have dared to be so blatant.

After confirming, Lu Chuan nodded to Xu Han, who immediately began taking things out of her spatial storage.

Some flawed fabrics, linen, cotton, and some grains were taken out: black flour, white flour, brown rice, sweet potatoes, and potatoes.

They even brought a lot of eggs and vegetables. There were so many people, and we needed to eat these days. Since we had them in the space, we didn't need to buy them. Buying these things would cost quite a bit of money.