Chapter 438 Men and Women
"The registration ceremony will be held in a few days. At that time, I will officially change the country's name to Shun."
"I hope that our people will be healthy and prosperous, and we will also be healthy and prosperous."
Gan Fanren couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips.
When the coronation ceremony is officially held, the wife will become the empress. The empress rides a bicycle to go in and out, so his bicycle will be sold like crazy.
He seemed to have seen the money pouring into his purse.
He couldn't help but curl his lips. Wouldn't the national treasury be filled up all of a sudden?
Everyone had no idea about Gan Fanren's calculations and nodded aside. They
were secretly thankful that they had the bicycles given by the goddess, otherwise it would be difficult for them to leave the palace.
"Okay, I have to prepare a big dinner on the day of the coronation ceremony so that everyone can celebrate."
"By the way, how many people will be there that day? How many tables should I prepare?"
Pan Niang looked at Gan Fanren excitedly.
Gan Fanren: "..."
Yu Wenshu kindly reminded: "Once you enter the palace, there will be a chef to cook for you, so you don't have to work so hard."
Pan Niang patted her head and said, "Look at my head, I forgot about the existence of a chef."
"How many chefs are there in the palace now? Are there enough people?"
Gan Fanren: "..."
He found it difficult to speak; "You should know that when Dayun moved the capital, all the palace maids and eunuchs left."
"So?" Pan Niang asked softly, "Is there no chef?"
"Now, the palace is relatively empty, I temporarily recruited a few maids to sweep the house, but I haven't had time to choose a suitable cook yet."
"As for the eunuchs..."
Gan Fanren lowered his eyes: "I have been wondering whether it is necessary to recruit eunuchs." The
original eunuchs have all run away, so if they want to recruit new eunuchs, they can only be selected from the common people.
It is really cruel to castrate a healthy person as a eunuch.
But the existence of eunuchs seems to be necessary.
[The existence of eunuchs is really unnecessary. If the women in the palace really want to cheat, even women can do it. If the love between two people lasts for a long time, it doesn't matter whether they are men or women. ]
[This is nothing more than exploitation and oppression of people. ]
Everyone was shocked by Gan Tian's open-minded thinking and was speechless for a long time.
Yu Wenshu said: "I have never dealt with the affairs of the court, but I know that even if Your Majesty wants to recruit some eunuchs, the people will not have any complaints."
This has been the case since ancient times.
The emperor and his concubines were served by eunuchs.
No one would object.
"But if your majesty wants to abolish the existence of eunuchs, I'm afraid you will be criticized."
Some dignitaries might secretly complain that the brother-in-law is ignorant and a country bumpkin who would sympathize with the eunuchs, and that he is too soft-hearted to allow servants to mess up the palace.
"Forget it, let's talk about this later. Let's move first."
"Everyone, look around and see if there is anything left. Except for the quilt you will use to sleep tonight, take away everything else."
Tang Ruxue stood aside, feeling that she was very redundant.
Pan Niang still noticed Tang Ruxue and cleaned up a room for her.
"You can sleep here tonight. Tomorrow everyone will be busy moving things and cleaning the house. If you don't want to study, you can go to the hot pot shop with me to wash dishes."
"I've asked. It costs about two or three hundred coins to rent a small house in the royal capital. After all, we are a teacher and student. I will charge you one hundred coins."
"As for meals, it depends on what you eat. I will charge you one coin for two buns, one coin for a bowl of porridge and a plate of side dishes. As for meals, five coins for a vegetarian dish and ten coins for a meat dish."
I can buy your bedding and various daily necessities for you, but you have to pay me back when you have money, okay?
The price given by Pan Niang is already very cheap.
At least it is much cheaper than eating out.
Tang Ruxue didn't care about this little money at all. To her, this little money is not as much as she gave to the servants.
She always gave servants a reward of one or two taels of silver.
This dish only cost five cents, which was simply humiliating her.
She stretched out her voice and said unhappily: "Don't worry, it's just such a small amount of money, I won't default on it."
"Then how about my wages?"
Seeing Tang Ruxue so tough, Pan Niang nodded: "Since you are so straightforward, I will pay you a higher wage, one cent for ten bowls, how much you can earn depends on your ability."
Tang Ruxue was very confident: "Okay, it's just washing dishes, I will definitely wash them for you cleanly."
"Let me make a deal first, you have to pay ten cents for breaking a bowl."
"No problem."
Tang Ruxue agreed immediately.
The next morning, she followed Pan Niang to the hot pot shop.
No one ate hot pot in the morning, so she played by herself.
She waited until the guests arrived, then she sat aside and washed the dishes leisurely.
Some dishes were easy to wash, and they were cleaned with a light rinse.
But some bowls used for dipping sauces were very difficult to wash.
She washed them for a long time but couldn't clean them. Not only that, but her hands were also greasy.
She showed a disgusted expression and moved away.
Her hands were already greasy and slippery, and she couldn't hold the bowl, so she accidentally dropped the bowl.
She just earned five cents, and lost ten cents in a blink of an eye.
"I was careless just now, I will be more careful next time."
Tang Ruxue continued to wash the dishes with a stubborn face.
After washing the dishes for a while, she felt uncomfortable with her hands being soaked in water and her whole body was greasy.
Thinking of the five cents she just owed, she didn't want to stop and could only continue washing the dishes.
After a day of washing, her hands were all worn out, and she only earned thirty coins.
"How
can it be so little!" "Are you guys deliberately bullying me?"
The woman who was cutting vegetables beside her heard this and hurriedly grabbed her.
"Girl, you can't say that. Our shopkeeper pays you a lot. Other places only pay one penny for washing twenty bowls. You only wash ten bowls, which is already very reasonable."
Tang Ruxue shook off the woman's hand: "I don't believe it. You must have teamed up with them to cheat me."
"I'll go out and ask in person. I don't believe I can't find a job that pays more."
Her hands were all worn out, and she only earned thirty coins. Whoever wants to earn this money can earn it. She didn't want it.
She went out angrily to find a job.
Most people saw that she was a child and drove her away.
A middle-aged shopkeeper waved his hand and said, "Go away, if you have no food to eat, go to Fu'an Hall. They only accept beggars like you. I can't afford to support you with my small business."
A woman who was setting up a small stall saw this and said softly, "You are a child, and it is not easy. How about you stay and I will give you three meals a day?"
"Just three meals a day? No salary?"
The woman looked at Tang Ruxue. Although Tang Ruxue could do a lot of work at her age, she had white and tender fingers, and it was obvious that she was not a capable person. She provided three meals out of sympathy, and she really couldn't give more.