Zhao Guoliang said, "You are the most promising person in our village. Everyone is counting on you to lead them to a good life. They must want to come and congratulate you and share in your happiness. As for those people who can't stand seeing you do well, why do you care about them?"
Xiang Chunhua also said: "Sister, I think we should also hold a banquet, and make it lively and exciting, to piss off those who are upset."
"You all think we should do it?"
Xiang Chunhua nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes."
Li also nodded, "Yes, sister, such a big happy event should be celebrated."
"Since you all said you want to do it, then do it. But Uncle Village Chief, please tell everyone that they can just come to the wedding and don't send any gifts."
Zhao Guoliang smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll go tell him. When do you plan to do it?"
"Let's do it when the kids are on vacation."
"Okay. I'll tell them later." Zhao Guoliang nodded and then said, "Hu Lan, after you finish cleaning up today, just have someone clean up the house tomorrow. I won't come over tomorrow."
Zhang Hulan asked, "What's wrong? Does the village head have something to do tomorrow?"
Zhao Guoliang said, "It's alright. Your house has already been built, so I have nothing to do. I can't just come here and waste my time and take your wages for nothing."
"How can it be okay?" Zhang Hulan pointed to the yard and said, "I will also plant some flowers and plants in the yard, and pave the road in front of the door with stone slabs to prevent it from becoming muddy when it rains. Trees will be planted on both sides of the road. You have done all of this for me."
Hearing Zhang Hulan say there was still work to do, Zhao Guoliang happily agreed, "Okay, I'll come again tomorrow."
Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Uncle Lizheng, don't worry about not having work to do. I still have a lot of work to do. Unless you don't want to do it anymore, there is plenty of work for you to do."
Zhao Guoliang smiled and nodded, "Okay, as long as you have work, I will keep doing it.
So what flowers and trees do you want to plant? Do you go to the city to buy them or find them somewhere else?
"Just go to the mountain and dig them. There are so many flowers and plants on the mountain. Just dig some nice ones and plant them. I can't bear to spend money to buy flowers to plant."
The main reason is that Changning County is a small place, not a big city. If it were a big city, Zhang Hulan would specialize in growing flowers and selling them for money, as the ladies of the wealthy families all like to grow some flowers and plants.
"Okay, then I'll take people up the mountain tomorrow and dig up any pretty flowers and plants we see. Then you can choose which ones you want to plant."
Zhang Hulan then said to Aunt Tao, "Aunt Tao, please bring the silver to pay the carpenter's wages later."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Now Zhang Hulan has handed over some things to Nanny Tao, and she also has a public account book. Nanny Tao is in charge of daily expenses.
Zhang Hulan then instructed, "There will be a banquet in a few days, you will be responsible for the details. If you need help, go find Uncle Luo and ask him to arrange someone for you."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Now Zhang Hulan only has to talk about most things, and she will only do things herself when others don’t know how to do them. She now looks a bit like a local landlord.
The next day, Zhang Hulan took Zhang Xinyao, Zhang Xinyi and others to the county town to buy some things for their new home.
The two sisters were allowed to decorate their rooms themselves, however they liked.
Don't think that buying these decorative items is a waste of money.
Especially some things like vases, porcelain, and ornaments are very expensive.
Anyway, she spent more than fifty taels of silver and bought two donkey carts full of various things. In the end, Zhang Hulan didn't know what she bought.
Zhang Hulan bought three more servants, all of whom were women and could cook. They were responsible for cooking, washing clothes and other miscellaneous tasks.
It took a day to decorate the new home. Zhang Hulan naturally lived in the main room, and Aunt Tao lived in the east wing. The west wing was where Zhang Hulan kept her things, which was considered a storage room.
The east and west wing rooms are where Zhang Xinyao and her two sisters live, and there are two guest rooms.
There are two small rooms next to the east and west wing rooms, which are where Chuntao and Zhuer live.
There are five back rooms and a gatehouse at the gate location, and Zhang Hulan plans to let Luo Changqi and others live there.
Although it was just a courtyard with a small entrance, there were quite a few rooms, including several that were used as kitchens and firewood rooms and where the servants lived.
There were also Xiaohua and Xiaohui. The carpenter built their nests under the eaves, one on each side, not together.
After the rooms were put in order, Zhang Hulan called Aunt Tao and the others together, and then said, "Aunt Tao, I will leave all the affairs in the courtyard to you from now on."
"Yes, ma'am!" replied Nanny Tao.
"Chun Tao, Zhu Er, your main job is to teach the eldest and second young ladies how to read and write. If there is any work in the yard that is too much to handle, you should also help."
"Yes, ma'am!" Chuntao and Zhuer also quickly responded.
Zhang Hulan then looked at the three people she bought today and said to them, "You will be responsible for cooking, washing clothes, and cleaning the yard. I only have these people here, and there is not much work to do on weekdays, so you can arrange it yourselves."
"Yes, ma'am!"
Zhang Hulan then said to everyone, "I bought all of you, so I don't have to pay you monthly wages.
But it is a kind of fate that we can get together. I also know that you must be all miserable people, otherwise you would not have fallen to the point of selling your bodies.
So I will give you two hundred coins a month, and the rewards will depend on how well you do your job.
If you do a good job and work for me sincerely, I can consider returning your indentures to you and giving you freedom.
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