On the second day, the two of them went to the market to buy things, including pots and pans, rice, flour, grain, oil, firewood, etc. for the kitchen, and mattresses and pillows for the bedroom. This time they only brought some spare clothes from home, and everything else needed to be bought.
The street market coming out of Changningfang is called East Street, which is one of the three main streets in the city. There are all kinds of things here, including daily necessities, food, teahouses and everything else. Wang Yu and his friends didn't walk far and just strolled around East Street. They needed a lot of things, so they asked someone to deliver them directly to their house after buying them, and they didn't have to carry them themselves.
We also found a restaurant on East Street for lunch. While eating, it suddenly occurred to me that there must be a Baiweilou in the city, but I didn't know where it was. Let's put that aside for now and eat first. We were hungry after walking around all morning. Wang Yu put a meatball into Cheng Chen's bowl and asked, "Are you tired, Chen?"
"Not tired." Cheng Chen picked up a fish ball and put it in his mouth. It was white, tender and delicious. After saying that, he also picked up one for Wang Yu and said, "It's delicious. My husband, have some too."
Seeing Cheng Chen eating happily, he also picked up some food and ate it. It was indeed good, worthy of being the restaurant's signature dish.
After dinner, the two rested for a while and then continued shopping. When they had bought almost everything, they returned to the inn. Although the house had been renovated, it was still dusty as no one had lived in it for a long time. They had to wait until tomorrow to clean it before they could move in.
In the evening, Wang Yu and Cheng Chen discussed hiring a few people to take care of the house. The house with two entrances was quite large, and Cheng Chen alone would definitely not be able to handle it.
Cheng Chen leaned on Wang Yu's arm and stretched his legs. His legs were a little sore after walking all day. When he heard his husband talking about hiring someone, he thought to himself that not only did he move to the capital, but he could also hire someone at home. He thought that he, a boy from a hunter's family, could live such a good life all because of his husband. Thinking of this, he rubbed against Wang Yu's arms again.
Wang Yu hugged him in his arms, lowered his head and kissed him, saying, "Achen, you've been walking around all day today. Aren't you tired?"
"Tired." Cheng Chen hummed with a red face.
Wang Yu smiled helplessly and said, "If you're tired, don't hire me."
He then said that his family would buy another horse-drawn carriage, which would make it very convenient for them to go to school or go back to the village in the future without having to rent a car. However, he didn't know where to hire someone, so he decided to go to the pawnshop tomorrow to have a look.
Cheng Chen leaned in his arms and listened to his arrangements, bit by bit. This was their home in the provincial capital, and he felt more and more happy and expectant.
The next day, the people from the brokerage firm saw Wang Yu coming again and thought it was about the house. After asking, they found out that he wanted to buy someone, so they enthusiastically introduced him to someone.
"We have two types of contracts: living contracts and death contracts. Which one do you need?" A living contract is free and cannot be used for buying, beating or killing at will, while a death contract is for life, and one's freedom and life are completely controlled by the master.
Wang Yu thought about it and decided that his family needed a coachman, a doorman, a kitchen clerk, and a cleaner, a total of four people. After telling the broker his requirements, the broker took him to the place where the transaction took place.
The broker called out all those who met the requirements and let Wang Yu choose. Wang Yu looked at them. Most of them were dressed in rags and had sallow complexions. After a while, he still couldn't get used to it. He always felt a sense of the evil of human trafficking. But at this point, it made sense. Wang Yu shook off the discomfort and just regarded it as selecting employees. As long as he didn't act like a bad boss, it would be fine.
The first person I visited was the doorman, an old man in his forties or fifties. He looked quite energetic and his eyes didn't wander around.
Seeing Wang Yu choose this man, the broker said with some embarrassment: "This man has a mother-in-law and a grandson at home. The mother-in-law is fine, but the grandson is still young. Old Mr. Sun said that if we want to buy, we need to buy the whole family."
"Then call them all out and let's take a look." Wang Yu thought that it would be fine for the whole family. The old man straightened his back a little when he heard what Wang Yu said. He hoped that Wang Yu would buy them all. Many people asked him, but they refused when they were asked to bring their children with them. He didn't want to be separated from his grandson.
The old woman was about forty or fifty years old. Although her clothes were worn out, they looked clean. The child was probably only seven or eight years old. He was a bit introverted and kept hiding behind the old woman after coming out. Wang Yu thought about it and decided to take them both.
The person doing the kitchen work was a woman in her thirties or forties named Liu. She said she had worked in the kitchen of a wealthy family. Later, when the owner moved away, she did not go with them because she was a contract worker, so Wang Yu also wanted her.
The last one was a young man in his twenties named Zheng Shu. The broker said that he had some martial arts skills. After Wang Yu asked more details, he found out that he was originally a security guard for a wealthy family. He was taken out by the master's young master. The young master had a dispute with someone and failed to protect him well, so the young master was beaten. The master was so angry that he sold him out.
Now only Aunt Liu's contract is a living contract and only requires an introduction fee of 500 coins. The others are fixed contracts and cost 18 taels of silver.
After signing the contract with the pawnshop, they sent these people directly to the house, arranged their living quarters and the work they were to do. There were five rooms in the back house in the front yard, which could accommodate them.
He also wanted to go to the stables to check out the carriages, so he took Zheng Shu with him. Fortunately, Zheng Shu was familiar with the place, so the three of them went directly to the stables without anyone leading the way.
Wang Yu saw a similar one, which cost a total of thirty taels for a horse and a carriage. Zheng Shu went straight to the carriage. The clothes of several servants in the house needed to be changed, but it was definitely too late to make them on the spot, so he could only go to the shop to buy ready-made ones, two sets for each person, a total of ten sets.
Chunri's clothes were padded and more expensive, costing two taels of silver. The quilts and other things in the servants' room were all bought, so they definitely didn't have bedding, so all of these needed to be bought. The quilts for several people cost more than eight taels of silver.
After returning, Wang Yu called them all over to talk. He distributed clothes and quilts and said, "We are not a wealthy family, so we don't have many rules. The only thing we need is loyalty. If you do well, I will not treat you unfairly. If you betray me, don't blame me for being ruthless."
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