Early the next morning, Su Nian went to the market again. This time she bought a large amount of beans. In order to conceal her tracks, she also bought hay and oats together with the beans. With these three things combined, others would only think that she was buying feed for her livestock.
Su Nian put the beans into the graphite and was about to start grinding them when there was a knock on the yard door.
After opening the door, a tall, rough-faced middle-aged woman appeared in front of Su Nian. She introduced herself as the wife of Captain Chu's colleague, named Kaixiu.
Su Nian let Kaixiu into the house. She had seen countless people, and judging from Kaixiu's appearance, she seemed to be an honest and decent woman.
After sitting down, Su Nian poured Kaixiu a cup of tea that she had brewed in the morning. This tea was made by boiling black tea to bring out its fragrance and then adding sugar and milk. It is a drink that people in the South Bank like.
After drinking the black tea, Kai Xiuer kept praising Su Nian's cooking skills, and then said that she could do all the housework and could endure hardships, and hoped that Su Nian could keep her to help.
Su Nian had already asked about the price of hiring workers in this place.
A young and middle-aged man like Big Beard could only earn 500 denarii a month as a patrolman for the Imperial Palace.
For ordinary hired laborers, men earned 500 dinars a month, while women only earned 150 dinars a month.
So when Kaixiu opened his mouth, Su Nian smiled and said, "One hundred and fifty yuan a month, come to help in the morning, go home in the evening, and eat three meals here, is that okay with you?"
Kaixiu was very happy because the price Su Nian gave her was the highest price an adult female worker could get. The key point was that in addition to this price, Su Nian also provided three meals a day.
Since King Poole came to South Bank, the economy of South Bank has developed rapidly, and people have quickly been divided into classes.
Those who are clumsy and slow-witted all fall to the bottom of society and can only make a living by selling their labor, while those who are smart and talented quickly become the elite of society.
Kaixiu and her husband are honest and unskillful people, so they can only work for others to make a living.
Seeing that Su Nian's price was reasonable, Kai Xiu immediately agreed, "No problem, I'll come over early in the morning from now on. I can do all these chores around the house!"
Su Nian took out a piece of rough paper, which she had bought for accounting, wrote the contract briefly on it, and asked Kaixiu to sign it.
At first, Kaixiu thought it was unnecessary, but after Su Nian emphasized it again and again, she wiped her hands and signed her name on the rough paper.
After signing the contract, Su Nian asked Kaixiu if he had eaten breakfast. After getting a positive answer, Su Nian took Kaixiu to the yard.
There are more than ten wild horses at home, and the task of walking the horses is naturally done by Big Beard and others.
All Kaixiu had to do was clean the yard, cut the horse feed into small pieces with a knife, pick out the residue, then mix the feed with oats and soybeans, add a spoonful of vegetable oil, and then feed it to the horses.
After feeding the horses, it's time to feed the dogs.
Now that they have left the cedar forest and there is no abundant prey, these dogs can no longer eat pure meat.
All Kaixiu had to do was to clean the scraps bought from the meat market, remove the inedible parts, chop them up, add potato pieces, put them in a pot and stew them, and add cornmeal when they were almost cooked.
The ingredients stewed in this way have the aroma of meat and are not lacking in nutrition, which is just right for making dog food.
After feeding the dog, he did things according to Su Nian's arrangements.
Then in the afternoon, before dinner, the dogs and horses are fed again and the house is cleaned up.
After learning about his job content, Kaixiu immediately patted his chest and said that he had the most experience in feeding livestock, so Su Nian could just rest assured.
Su Nian nodded and watched Kaixiu work coldly from the side, feeding the horses in an orderly manner.
Su Nian finally felt relieved and prepared to grind the beans.
Kai Xiu stopped Su Nian in surprise and said, "Madam, you have so many horses, why do you pull the mill yourself?"
Su Nian was stunned, thought for a moment, and suddenly blushed.
In Su Nian's impression, horses are all racehorses, and are only used for entertainment and hunting. If Kai Xiu hadn't reminded her, she would never have remembered that the most basic use of horses is to pull millstones, right?
In order to cover up his mistake, Su Nian smiled awkwardly, "Of course I know, I was just testing whether this stone mill works well!"
Kai Xiu was a down-to-earth person. When he heard Su Nian say that, he immediately slapped his head in frustration and said, "Look at me, how could Madam not know about this? Madam, take your time to study the millstone. Once you've studied it, I'll help you choose a horse to harness it to!"
Su Nian also found it funny and nodded in agreement. He stayed calm for a while and waited until Kai Xiu finished feeding the horse before handing the task of grinding beans to Ye Ma.
These wild horses were born to gallop on the grassland. Now they are just taking a short walk in the morning and obviously have nowhere to vent their energy. Letting them pull the millstone to grind beans is a good way to use their energy.
After grinding the beans, Su Nian took the beans into the kitchen and started processing tofu while watching Kaixiu preparing food for the dog and cleaning the yard.
During this process, Su Nian told Kaixiu not to enter the kitchen and disturb her work. She had discovered that her tofu was an exclusive patent in this world, so she had to protect the patent well to avoid being copied and imitated by others before she made a lot of money.
At noon, the steaming hot tofu came out of the pot. Su Nian had already bought several large wooden basins. She filled the large wooden basins with water and placed the tofu in the basins to cool.
It was time to prepare lunch, and Kaixiu was finally allowed into the kitchen. She was surprised when she saw the tofu, but she didn't ask any questions.
This attitude made Su Nian very satisfied.
Now that they have livestock at home, Su Nian requires Kaixiu to take off her apron and wipe it clean after taking care of the livestock, and then wash her hands carefully.
At first, Kaixiu thought it was unnecessary, but after Su Nian repeatedly emphasized it, she honestly washed her hands. "Madam, I just don't think my hands are worth wasting so much soap. It's so precious!"
This answer made Su Nian laugh and cry. She initially thought Kaixiu was lazy.
It was too early to teach Kaixiu about bacteria, so Su Nian could only say with a straight face, "Anyway, just do as I ask. Every time you come into contact with human food, or before you eat, you must wash your hands carefully. I don't mind a little soap!"
Kaixiu nodded happily in agreement. Who doesn’t like cleanliness?
At noon that day, in order to see Kaixiu's cooking skills, lunch was prepared by Kaixiu.
By the time Chu Beichen, Big Beard and the others got off work, the dining table was already filled with steaming hot meals.
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