“Yes, young master,” the butler and the others replied.
"By the way, what are your names? I'll arrange accommodations for you later."
Li Chang'an has a bit of face blindness; these people all had dirty faces, so he felt he should ask their names.
The group exchanged glances but remained silent.
The butler began, “Back in the Guo family, we servants didn’t have names. We were just whatever the master called us.”
Upon hearing this, Li Chang'an realized that servants in the Ming Dynasty had no human rights.
Whether they live or die depends on the master's will. As for names, only a few close confidants will be given names by the master.
"What were you called when you were in the Guo family?" Li Chang'an asked.
“My name is Laifu,” the butler said, then pointed to the others: “These maids are newly bought and don’t have names yet. These two servants used to be with me; they are called Xiaoqi and Xiaoba respectively.”
Goodness.
"Is there another Chang Wei in the Guo family?" Li Chang'an asked the butler with a smile.
"Um, Young Master Guo's original name is Guo Changwei," the butler replied.
So that fatso's name is Chang Wei!
Li Chang'an thought of the fat man, then looked at the butler named Laifu, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Does your young master know kung fu? Would he hit you?"
Laifu didn't know why his young master would ask such a question, but he honestly replied, "Young Master Guo knows some martial arts."
As for beatings, Young Master Guo had a bad temper; basically, every servant in the Guo family had been beaten by him.
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