Qin Yao patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief towards the closed door.
Then her breathing quickened and her body subconsciously tensed up as she smelled a strange and dangerous scent!
Qin Yao turned around suddenly, her eyes blazing with lightning!
She saw a strange man in tattered clothes, hunched over, with messy hair standing in the yard, holding a glass of cold boiled water in his hand. He was about to come towards her, but was startled by her sudden turn around and the fierce look in her eyes, so he stopped in his tracks.
Liu Ji led the four children out from the backyard and shouted, "My wife."
Qin Yao asked: "Who is he?"
The man lowered his eyelids, with a hunched and humble posture, he bent over towards Liu Ji and called out in a hoarse voice:
"Master, Eldest Master, Second Master, Third Master, Fourth Miss"
Qin Yao frowned.
Liu Ji gave Qin Yao a smile, signaling her to stay calm.
He took the bowl from the man and winked at him, "Awang, this is my wife. You didn't show any courtesy and frightened her. I'll show you how I'll deal with you. Why don't you pay your respects to her quickly?!"
This domineering tone and self-conscious attitude made Qin Yao reveal a confused expression like an old man looking at his phone on the subway - how come Liu Ji is always so ordinary and confident?
The man named Awang had no intention of resisting. He immediately knelt down and then bowed his head, "Excuse me, Madam!"
His head hit the floor of Qin Yao's house, which was covered with broken tiles, with a loud thump. The four brothers and sisters of Dalang all looked on with wide eyes.
Si Niang glared at her father speechlessly: Are you still a human being?
Liu Ji waved his hand and the child went to cool off.
Then the four little ones really went back to their rooms to cool off.
Qin Yao didn't call him, so Awang stayed on the ground until Liu Ji called him to get up and continue cooking. Then he got up, bent over and walked into the kitchen. His hands and feet seemed to be nimble, but in fact he was in a hurry to prepare dinner because he was not familiar with the environment.
Liu Ji held the bowl in one hand and pulled Qin Yao's sleeve with the other hand. Qin Yao glared at him, and he felt chilled to the bone.
But he still took her to the main hall and sat her down, and handed the bowl of water to Qin Yao, "Madam, drink some water first, and listen to me slowly."
Qin Yao glanced at the strange figure hunched in the kitchen and said in a low voice, "You'd better give me a satisfactory explanation."
Liu Ji sat down opposite her with a wry smile and explained in detail how he met Awang and how he brought him back.
Today he drove to the town to inquire about food prices and to see if there was anything new and exciting.
On the way to the county town and Jinshi Town, he met a large number of people selling themselves.
Some beautiful women could be taken home for just five dou of rice. Liu Ji was so excited when he saw this.
He thought that the last time he encountered such a good thing was last time, but he ended up bringing back the evil woman Qin Yao, who tortured him.
Looking at the thin beauty kneeling on the side of the road, my heart was so excited.
Of course, this part was omitted and not told to Qin Yao.
Because he suddenly wanted to survive, he didn't dare to give the thin beauty rice to save her from the sea of suffering. Rounding it off, it means that this incident never happened.
Fortunately, he didn't give the rice, otherwise he would be the unlucky one who was set up by the other party.
Thinking about how a certain wealthy man was stripped of his clothes by a group of sturdy vagrants and all his money was robbed, and in the end the beautiful woman he saved spat at him, Liu Ji still patted his chest with lingering fear.
After jumping over the trap set by the beauty, Liu Ji drove the empty carriage towards the county town and met Awang.
At that time, Awang did not kneel on the roadside to wait for others to choose him. Instead, he had already spotted Liu Ji and made a precise attack. He knelt down in front of him and said that he did not want a penny, but only asked Liu Ji to take him, his "ox and horse", home and drive him as he pleased.
In Liu Ji's life, he spent the first twenty-three years kneeling in front of his father and deceased mother, and the last two years kneeling in front of the evil woman in his family.
Now there are people who actually come to kneel before him, and offer to be his slaves, to be ordered around by him, without asking for a penny!
Who can stand this?
Just when Liu Ji was madly excited but hesitant because of the evil woman at home, Liu Dafu's carriage appeared in his sight.
Liu Ji watched helplessly as Da Zhuang, the farmhand of Liu Dafu's household, thought that Da Zhuang, the long-term worker of Liu Dafu's household, took away two half-grown boys on the pretext that Liu Li, the scholar in his household, was selecting servants for him, while the latter's parents looked on with gratitude.
Liu Ji opened his mouth in surprise, unable to believe it and extremely dissatisfied!
Looking down at the man kneeling in front of him, lowering his brows and looking obedient, who didn't want a penny, Liu Ji shook his head decisively, "Get in the car!"
"What's your name?" Liu Ji asked him.
The man did not say his name, but respectfully asked the master to give him a name.
Liu Ji, who was already unable to bear it, instantly lost himself in the call of "Master" and racked his brains to come up with the "wonderful" name Awang.
Then, with the attitude of our family being very tolerant towards servants, he instructed Awang:
"Our family is small, with only six people in total. I, the master, have to go to the county academy to study on weekdays, and the four young masters and young ladies in the family also have to go to the Ding Family School in town to attend classes."
"As for you, you will send the young masters and young ladies to the clan school at noon every day and pick them up from school in the evening. The family will have three meals a day. Madam has a big appetite, so we usually cook for five people."
When Liu Ji said this, he did not notice that when he mentioned that one person could eat as much as five people, which would surprise anyone, Awang was not surprised at all. He just nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it.
Liu Ji continued to instruct: "There are two livestock to feed at home, and there is an acre of vegetable field in the back mountain to take care of. Madam likes cleanliness, and she should take a bath once a day in summer. Please write these down. There are many more things I will tell you slowly later. There is also work in the field."
Anyway, Liu Ji handed over all the housework and farm work to Awang with confidence, and successfully freed himself from the tedious chores.
I was in a good mood along the way.
He thought that Qin Yao would be happy too. After all, she was a very busy person now and couldn't take care of anything at home. It would be so comfortable for her to have a slave to help her.
Moreover, Awang did not want any wages, he just wanted to be fed half full and given a straw mat to sleep on in the cowshed.
"My wife, are you satisfied with what your husband has done this time? He doesn't need any money. Just give him some food and drink and he will be able to work like a beast of burden. Isn't it a good deal?" Liu Ji looked at Qin Yao expectantly, waiting for praise.
Qin Yao asked coldly: "Are you sure you didn't bring him back just to compete with Liu Li?"
"You always compare yourself with others in everything, but why don't you compare yourself with others in study? They are scholars, what are you?"
Liu Ji answered confidently: "I am also a student!"
Qin Yao rolled her eyes at him and said, "Look at what you can do."
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