Chapter 214 Buying Back the Servants
Unexpectedly, another misunderstanding occurred.
No one knew where Mao Dexing, this piece of dog-skin plaster, got the news from, but Uncle Hu, Aunt Hu and the others were stopped by him when they were in the county town.
This piece of dog-skin plaster information was not accurate. He thought that Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu were also the stewards of the "mysterious big boss"'s family.
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu didn't know about the "mysterious boss" yet, and Zhao Liya and Hu Ling didn't think of telling him about it for a while.
When Mao Dexing came up to please them with a smile on his face, he said a lot of nonsense, which made them confused.
Until Hu Ling came back from shopping and said indifferently that these were his own parents, Mao Dexing's face suddenly turned purple and blue.
When staying in the hotel at night, Hu Ling finally had the opportunity to tell his parents a few things about the "mysterious boss". Uncle Hu and his wife laughed and sighed as they listened.
What’s funny is that it’s hard for the young lady to come up with such a way to cover up the situation. What’s sad is that the young lady has no choice but to do so, which is really pitiful.
Fortunately, they are here, and things will definitely get better in the future.
After Uncle Hu and the others came back, they told Zhao Liya and the others about this, and everyone laughed!
Everyone says that Mao Dexing might be crazy!
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu returned from the provincial capital seven days later, bringing with them twenty servants, ranging in age from thirteen to sixteen.
Although it is a remote place, the provincial capital still looks like a provincial capital. It is very lively and prosperous, with many merchants coming and going. It is not difficult to buy a servant that suits your needs in the brokerage shop.
Uncle Hu specially picked out this half-grown baby to buy. This age is not too young to do anything, nor too old to be difficult to discipline.
This is just right. With more teaching and training for two to three years, it will be of great use and will be more loyal than an adult bought directly.
Although the master holds the indenture in his hand and is not afraid of them causing trouble, it may be easier, and of course it is better to be more relaxed.
These twenty people had all kinds of names, which were difficult to remember, so the host gave them new names.
They were bought in the name of the Hu family. Zhao Liya discussed with her parents, Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu and decided to let them all have the surname Hu, and their names would be arranged from Hu Yi to Hu Ershi. Each person would have a finger-sized name tag embroidered on them and pinned it on their lapels for the time being.
At least let everyone recognize my face.
There are also three other families, including Fang Mo and his wife and their three children, a family of five, Zhang Shitou and his wife, and Qi Sanguan and his wife, all in their thirties.
Everyone was arranged to live in a large courtyard near the school.
There are small courtyards in the big courtyard, as well as large rows of rooms with shared sleeping quarters. Even if they were all accommodated, including Han San and Han Si who already lived there, the room was still less than a quarter full.
"Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu will have to worry about this a lot. Once these people get familiar with the area, we'll assign them tasks, mainly guarding a few workshops, managing the pig farms, and patrolling the property. Patrols don't have to be done every day. You can go to the sugarcane plantations more frequently, and for other areas, you only need to visit more often during the harvest season."
Uncle Hu was full of energy and said with a smile, "Don't worry, Aya, your aunt and I will take care of these things and keep them safe."
"Well, with you two here, we're certainly relieved!"
Uncle Hu and Aunt Hu gave these twenty or so people some simple training and instruction, and then made arrangements one by one. The night shifts in the workshop were taken by a fixed number of people, as were the patrols.
Qi Sanguan and Zhang Shitou's wife were responsible for cooking, while the other two were responsible for guarding the gate and cleaning, and Fang Mo's family was responsible for the pig farm.
Aunt Hu is in charge of all the affairs in the compound and the pig farm.
On weekdays, when there was nothing to do, Aunt Hu would go to the village to do needlework and tend the vegetable garden with Mrs. Deng, Widow Qu, and Aunt Li Shiyi.
It was inconvenient to travel without a car, so Uncle Hu bought two donkeys and a cart. Qi Sanguan, Zhang Shitou, and Fang Mo all learned to drive the cart, with Qi Sanguan taking the lead. He and Zhang Shitou took turns feeding the donkeys.
If there is anything in the school that needs help, just come and tell Uncle Hu and he will arrange someone to do it.
Aunt Hu became addicted to growing vegetables. Seeing that there was a lot of wasteland next to the big yard, which she thought was a pity to waste, she simply took Qi Sanguan and his wives to reclaim a lot of the wasteland and plant some commonly eaten vegetables.
In a blink of an eye, the potatoes are almost ripe.
Zhao Liya decided to give it a try first.
That day, Zhao Liya and her friends randomly pulled a few potatoes from the potato field in Bajiaozhai and had a good harvest. The potatoes under the ground had grown up, some as big as a fist, and some as big as duck eggs. There were five or six, or even eight or nine potatoes under one potato. Just pulling a few of them filled a basket, which was a very pleasing sight.
We made a potato feast at home in the evening, including hot and sour potato shreds, three fresh vegetables, roast chicken with potatoes, fried potato pancakes, and stewed pork ribs with potatoes and tomatoes. Everyone had a delicious meal.
Uncle Hu sighed with satisfaction, "Ah, I really didn't come to the wrong place. Who said Lingnan was remote and unsuitable for living? That must be because they have poor taste! You can't find such delicious food anywhere else!"
Aunt Hu also smiled and nodded: "That's right, there are so many delicious things here that I haven't eaten before! In addition to such delicious potatoes, there are also tomatoes, so many fruits, and so many delicious vegetables. Oh, I really haven't seen them anywhere else!"
Everyone laughed when they heard this.
There were indeed many different kinds of fruits, and as for the various dishes, many of them were made by Zhao Liya and Shu Yan together. For example, boiled pork slices, Buddha jumps over the wall, ginger chicken, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, coconut chicken, etc., not all of them were unique.
Everyone has tasted the delicious potatoes, and they are ready to be harvested.
I have made an appointment with the head of the village and the clan leader of Bajiao Village to officially start the excavation the day after tomorrow, and asked the head of the village and others to be prepared.
Zhao Liya and her team planned to hire 230 people to harvest potatoes. One hundred and fifty-six people would be responsible for digging, each providing their own hoe and basket. Around forty people would pour the potatoes they dug into large baskets and carry them to the roadside for a centralized dumping.
Dozens of people are responsible for carrying baskets of potatoes onto hired ox carts, transporting them to the potato workshop, picking them, and storing them. The Zhao family has people directing and giving instructions throughout the process, and Zhao Liya and others will all be involved.
The hired accountant who has already taken up his post will lead people to the potato workshop to weigh and register each basket.
As for wages, of course everyone will get paid. Thirty cents per person per day. If you are caught deliberately being lazy or stealing, and the evidence is conclusive, you will be paid enough for the day, and the stolen money will be confiscated, but you will not be required to come again tomorrow or in the future.
In addition to the need for manpower for harvesting, the potato workshop also needs manpower. Uncle Hu asked Hu Wu, Hu Liu, Hu Shiyi, and Hu Twelve to be responsible for the work in the potato workshop in the future.
Apart from them, the rest of the personnel were recruited in Bajiaozhai.
(End of this chapter)
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