"Why do I feel like the dental office did this on purpose?"
"Are you talking about the children?" Chun Xiao smiled. "I knew it was probably intentional. Otherwise, how could there be so many children?"
"You knew that and still bought it?" He was being tricked.
"Forget it. I don't think the pawnbroker's manager is a bad guy. Last time we told him we were coming, I'm afraid he was just keeping an eye on things. If he really wanted to make some dirty money, he wouldn't have given me nine. He probably felt sorry for the women and took advantage of a soft-hearted buyer like me. I'll just do a good deed for the day, and he's agreed to give us a gift. Big brother, it'll take thirteen or fourteen ox carts. If we can't get more than fourteen taels of silver from the cart shop, it won't be a loss for us."
"I can't tell if the dentist is kind or not. You are really kind. A six or seven-year-old child can't do much work. You are just raising a child for someone else."
"If I were to be so cruel as to not want those children, you'd probably come up with another excuse. Do you think I don't know you? It's so hard to be a good person!"
Yan Dashan laughed heartily, "You really do understand me, that's exactly the case."
The two found a place to eat. "They're leaving early tomorrow, so do we have to leave early too?"
"We'll set out at 11:00 AM and arrive after noon. Let Zhuangzi bring someone to pick us up then. Big brother, I need to borrow your cart. I only have 10."
"You can use it." The two of them ate. "You bought these people, so the manpower should be enough."
"Actually, these people are not enough. There's no other way. I can't afford to support more people now. I won't add a fourth courtyard for the time being. I'll keep them well fed when the work gets busy. I can only let these people work hard. I really don't have enough manpower so I can only hire temporary workers. Besides, there are too many people at once. I'm afraid Xingfu and the others won't be able to manage them all."
"It's 21 today. When are you planning to leave? Shuwen asked me to ask you this this morning."
"I'll take a look tomorrow. It'll probably be two days. Big brother, do you have anything for me to bring to my sister-in-law?" Chun Xiao looked at Yan Dashan, and saw his face blushing visibly. "Big brother, I asked you what to bring to my sister-in-law, why are you blushing?"
"How could I blush? You're talking nonsense. There's nothing to bring. Just tell her that everything is fine and I'll go back after the harvest."
"Okay." What a straight guy, he doesn't even know how to buy a gift.
They stayed overnight at the county inn and set off at dawn the next day in a carriage. Yan Dashan drove the carriage, and Chunxiao slept in it all the way. When they arrived at the village, it was almost noon.
Chunxiao asked Xingfu and Meiman to take the men in the village, harness all 10 ox carts, and follow Yan Dashan to Linye Village to borrow a car to pick up people.
She gathered the women to tidy up the beds in Yards No. 2 and No. 3.
There are 19 rooms in Yard No. 2, which will accommodate 9 men, 48 women and 6 children. One more bed will be needed in the two rooms for the children. One quilt and two mattresses are enough for the time being. If not, another one will be added in winter.
Yard No. 3 is home to 9 men, 44 women and 8 children, with a total of 18 rooms, 3 of which require extra beds.
The beds in the two vacant rooms in Yard No. 3 were moved into the children's room, and the two beds added to Chunxiao's main courtyard were moved away again.
Since there was still one bed missing, Chunxiao asked the craftsmen to make one temporarily.
Fortunately, I still had some spare parts for making beds, so it was quick to make one. The bed was ready by almost noon.
The women helped to make the bed and put on the quilts, and they were all so enthusiastic as if they were going to move in themselves.
Zhao Shitou's mother sat in the yard, listening to them busying themselves. From today on, the yard would be full of people.
Zhao An secretly told her that each room was well decorated, and that the other rooms were for the servants who were bought in. She sighed in her heart, thinking that if the life of servants was like this, then such servants would be begged by someone to do the job, which was much better than their previous life of petty tricks.
Towards the end of the afternoon, cars full of people finally returned.
The women in Yard No. 1 helped lead everyone to Yard No. 2 and Yard No. 3, and moved them into the designated rooms according to Chunxiao's arrangements.
When the newcomers saw such an environment, they were all dumbfounded. I guess their expressions were like this at the time, incredible and unbelievable. It was really funny to watch. However, they had to sew quilts at the time, but these people didn’t even need to sew quilts.
Chunxiao asked Meiman to gather the 12 men in Chunyuan for a meeting.
"You are the first group of pillars to come to the courtyard. I have observed you for so long and I think you are all pretty good. Now I want you to help Xingfu and Meiman to take good care of the newcomers. Can you follow my instructions and do it well?"
The men looked at each other, most of them excited. Did Chunxiao mean that they would also become the managers of Zhuangzi in the future?
"Don't worry, boss. We will definitely assist the manager in managing the newcomers." Once someone spoke, everyone began to agree.
Chun Xiao nodded. "Remember this: letting you manage them isn't about showing off your power by virtue of being here first. It's about helping us manage the affairs of the manor."
She looked at Meiman and said, "Divide them into three groups. Each group will help you take care of one yard, and then pick out three useful women to join them."
"Yes, miss."
"Alright, with so many people here, quickly arrange for a few groups of people to cook for the three courtyards. We'll eat in Courtyard 1 later. Also, find two people to cook specifically for the main courtyard. We can't always be taking up their food rations."
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