"Okay, why are you kneeling again? It's not shameful to be affectionate. I'll have Steward Wang arrange a place for you to stay later. You two can live a good life together from now on. You two can go down first."
The two left happily.
Wang Shiwen laughed at the side, "Boss, I guessed you wouldn't punish them, but I didn't expect that not only would you not punish them, but you would also help them. Everyone in our village is blessed."
"There's money in the account. When you divide the houses, buy some for them. There shouldn't be too few couples who deserve to live together. Now that you're not too busy, find someone to build some more rooms. I've neglected this."
"Boss, we don't just have money in our account now, we have too much money. Last year, we sold more than 1,000 taels of grain. I didn't dare to take the silver note, so I asked someone to give me cash. Now that you're back, how about I transport the money back home for you?"
Chun Xiao immediately became excited when she heard about cash. She had always used banknotes and had never seen more than 1,000 taels of cash. "Where is it? Let me take a look."
"It's in the second room of the east fourth building. I don't dare have anyone clean it on weekdays. Please come with me."
Chunxiao took Xiaohua and followed Wang Shiwen to a room next to the master bedroom. The door was locked with two locks. If a robber came, it would be obvious that they were hiding their true intentions.
As soon as I walked in, I saw three boxes placed against the wall. "The first two boxes were full, with 500 taels in each, and the one at the back had more than 300 taels in it."
Xiaohua went over and opened the box. She was so excited, "Miss, there is so much silver." It was neatly stacked there. She had never seen so much money in her life.
The silver was neatly stacked, and Chunxiao was dazzled. Tens of thousands of taels of silver notes were not as rare as a box of 500 taels. The box wasn't very big. She picked up a silver ingot, each weighing ten taels. Suddenly, she remembered what Yan Dashan had said before, "Later, have someone dig a secluded cellar behind the yard. Put these boxes of silver in there, and put all the money in there too. Don't let anyone in the village know about it. It's safer than keeping it in the house."
"Boss, you're not going to take this money?"
"There's no place to put it at home, so let's put it at the farm." She still has tens of thousands of taels of silver notes in her hands. If they were all exchanged for silver, it would be really something to see.
"Then I'll find someone to dig it out later. Leaving this money here really makes me feel uneasy every day."
"Having money is a worry, and not having money is a worry." Xiaohua closed the box. "I used to think five taels of silver were rare. Now seeing these, although they are rare, they are not that rare." She looked at Chunxiao. "Miss, you are too capable. Now I don't even care about dozens of taels of silver, even though I don't even have any myself."
The three of them came out of the house, and Chunxiao took Xiaohua to look at the orange trees planted in various places in the farm.
The orange trees are all as tall as a person and are growing well. I looked and there are about twenty or thirty trees in total. If all of them bear fruit in the future, there will probably be a lot. I don’t know if the farm in the north can grow orange trees. She only asked people to plant jujube trees and persimmon trees on the mountain. It would be even better if orange trees could be planted.
In the afternoon, she spent the whole afternoon looking at the account book on the pile. Fearing that she would not be able to go back today, the two decided to stay at the farm for one night.
Before dinner, Wang Shiwen asked someone to start digging a cellar. He would also go buy some brick mortar tomorrow. Since the boss was going to use it to save money for a long time, it naturally had to be done well and formally.
Chunxiao went to see it and found the location was not bad. Wang Shiwen was quite capable. She also thought about whether to exchange it for 20,000 taels of silver in cash later. After thinking about it, she gave up. If someone coveted such a large amount of silver, it would be a disaster. So she gave up.
After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. Chunxiao's room was just opposite theirs. Just as they were about to go to sleep, someone knocked on the door.
She opened the door and found a couple from the manor. "Are you looking for me for something, sisters-in-law?" She was also a little surprised. People in the manor usually went to Wang Shiwen first when they had something to do, and rarely came to her directly. "Come in and talk."
The couple came in and stood beside the table. "Boss, sorry to bother you."
Chunxiao asked them to sit down and said, "Just tell me what you want to say." If they didn't go to find Wang Shiwen, Wang Shiwen might not be able to make the decision.
The woman tugged at the man's sleeve, signaling him to speak.
The man hesitated for a moment, trembling. "Dong, Dong, we originally didn't dare to mention this, but since you agreed to Zhang Xun's request today, we'd like to boldly tell you. We often go to town to buy things, and we met a little beggar. He has no parents and a disabled leg. We, my husband and I, don't have any children, so we want to adopt him."
"Master, we will raise the child ourselves, not relying on government funds. Don't worry." The woman was very nervous. "Master, I know we are servants and have no right to adopt a child, but the child is so pitiful and is bullied every day. If no one takes care of him, he will definitely not have a good ending. I think that the fact that we are able to live like this now is a blessing from our past lives, so I want to save some for the future."
Chunxiao looked at them and said, "I have no objection to adoption, but are you sure he has no parents and wasn't abducted by human traffickers?"
"He, he told us that he was from this town. His parents died and no one cared about him, so he came out to beg." The man said in a low voice.
"If he is really an orphan, it would be fine. I will ask Manager Wang to inquire about his hometown and then let the township government investigate. If he is really as you said, you can adopt him if you want. Then, he will be registered under my name, just like you." Being a slave is better than begging. At worst, he can be returned to his hometown when he grows up.
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