Chapter 370 Say it again!
Gu Jiayue quickly waved her hands in front of her like rattles, "No, no! Really! There are already two maids and two servants in the school courtyard. I rarely use them on weekdays, so adding more people is really redundant."
Although Gu Jiayue is very busy every day, the things he is busy with cannot be delegated to others. He needs to do everything himself. No one else can help him!
The four servants stayed in the school courtyard all year round, following the servants brought by Jiang Luli to clean the courtyard and take care of miscellaneous chores, and they were rarely sent by Gu Jiayue.
She didn't like having someone always around her, as she always felt like she was being watched by invisible eyes.
"Alright." Seeing her resolute attitude, the second brother stopped pushing her and instead glanced at everyone in the hall, "What about you? Who wants a maid or servant? Come up and choose."
My aunt's eyes lit up when she heard this. She had already raised her hand mid-air, but my uncle suddenly grabbed her wrist. He lowered his voice and gritted his teeth in his wife's ear: "Silly wife, don't you see that my face is so gloomy that it looks like water is dripping out of it? How dare you come closer!"
Only then did the aunt-in-law realize that grandma's jawline was tense in the main seat, and she immediately wilted like a punctured ball.
The habits she had developed over the years made her dare not act rashly in front of her grandmother, but deep down she really wanted a servant to serve her.
He also wants to be a landlady who doesn't have to do anything.
Alas, she could only withdraw her longing arms and pretend to have no desires.
Servant? Oh, even dogs...
"I want it! Second brother, I want it!"
The dog doesn’t want me!
Gu Yuhe suddenly appeared from nowhere, holding a boy two years younger than him. "Brother, I like him. Please leave him to me!"
Gu Yuchuan looked over. He had some impression of this child. It seemed that he had fled from the north and all his family members had died on the way.
The reason he was able to arrive here safely was not only luck but also the protection of his family.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you as a servant."
Gu Yuchuan had already screened the ones that were brought here, so there wouldn't be any mistakes. Since I like it, then I'll keep it. But a child can't eat much.
But afterwards, looking at the child who had to eat five big steamed buns for every meal, Gu Yuchuan couldn't help but slap himself twice!
He's the Prime Minister, but he still makes the wrong choice by judging people based on appearance!
Shameful!
"Anyone else want it?"
The other members of the Gu family also shook their heads.
The second brother had anticipated this situation, but he still had a smile on his face. "Since Grandma has entrusted this matter to me, why don't I take care of it?"
Grandma paused holding the teacup and sighed softly, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
He wants to see how you accommodate these fifty or so people.
"Now that I'm a scholar, I need a servant to run errands for me when I go out to take exams or meet friends, so I'll pick a smart one first."
No one in the family objected to this, as they had originally planned to buy him a servant.
After all, his status is different now. He is a scholar. He goes out to meet friends and guests alone. He will be looked down upon if he doesn't even have a runner.
It’s not like we don’t have the conditions at home.
But... "Are three too many?" Grandma looked at the three boys who were picked out, and the blood in her heart couldn't help but flow back.
Gu Yuchuan smiled. "Not many grandmas. They each have their own things to do."
Grandma stopped talking. She didn't understand the affairs of scholars and could only use her eyes to ask Gu Jiayue who was standing beside her.
Gu Jiayue had no choice but to nod. "Second brother is right, three servants really aren't too many!"
Only then did grandma give up.
Gu Yuchuan looked around the crowd and pointed at a well-proportioned old woman: "Mrs. Zhang knows some medical skills and is very skillful. Let her take care of grandpa and grandma."
The old woman, with a round face and blessed ears, quickly stepped out from the crowd and bowed, "Ms. Zhang, I greet the old lady and the master."
My grandparents have lived for most of their lives, and they have always been the only ones who have to kowtow to others. Apart from the younger generations in the family, have they ever received any gifts from others?
Grandma hurriedly stood up and helped the girl up. Her palm touched the patch on her sleeve and she couldn't help but mutter, "My dear girl, we are both old and strong. We can easily go up the mountain to collect firewood and go down to the river to wash clothes every day. Why do we need someone to serve us?"
Zhang froze in place, glancing secretly at her second brother for help.
The family looked kind and she wanted to stay.
"Grandma, you and grandpa are old." The second brother was about to persuade her, but Gu Jiayue pulled his sleeve.
Gu Jiayue leaned close to her grandmother's ear and lowered her voice very softly: "Grandma, my second brother is a scholar now. If we don't even have someone to serve him at home, won't we be laughed at when our classmates come to visit us in the future?"
These words touched grandma's heart.
My grandson's face is more important than anything else!
The refusal was on the tip of his tongue, but he swallowed it back.
The second brother took the opportunity to add, "Jiayue is still the principal of the school. When parents of students come to visit in the future, there can't be no one to even offer a cup of hot tea, right?"
"Forget it!" Grandma patted the back of Zhang's hand, "Stay."
Zhang finally breathed a sigh of relief and stood behind the two elders with her hands hanging down.
Seeing that the old lady was strict but kind-hearted, she secretly made up her mind to do her best.
With grandma's start, the subsequent assignments went smoothly.
Each family was assigned three servants, two men and one woman. Five were left in the kitchen to take care of cooking, drinking, and cleaning, while the rest were sent to the fields. During the slack season, they went to the back mountain to look after the tea and mulberry trees.
Grandma sighed again. "With so many people, where will we live? What will we eat?"
The Gu family’s new home is indeed quite big, but it can’t accommodate everyone at once.
But Gu Yuchuan had already thought of all this. "The servants assigned to each room will live in the house. As for the others, I will immediately have them live in a shed behind the house."
Before the second brother could finish his words, grandma glared back at him. "We don't have such harsh rules in our family!" Grandma put the teacup on the table. "If you want to build a hut, build a thatched hut that can keep out the wind and rain. Don't talk about making do!"
She herself had lived a hard life and couldn't stand seeing others being bullied.
The second brother quickly agreed: "It's my grandson's fault for not thinking it through."
Only then did grandma's expression soften.
After all the servants returned to their positions and the redundant ones left, the matter was finally settled.
But the fifty or so people who entered the village were already noticed by the curious villagers.
Under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the village, Li Pandi looked in the direction of the Gu family and spat, "I told you, our money must have been embezzled by the Gu family!"
The woman next to him wondered, "Where do we get the money?"
"Last month, during the flood, they asked us to move the food to the school. Did your family return enough? I think we were missing a full 30%!"
Li Pandi lowered her voice, "The village chief said waste? Can they eat that much in two days? And what about the paper mill? I heard that all the paper has been sold out to the masters in the city at a high price, and they only pay us a few copper coins for our work?"
"No way, Jiayue and the village chief are not that kind of people..."
"Of course not?" Li Pandi's voice rose as she spoke, her voice rising. "The village chief is in charge, the second son of the Gu family holds the power, and the eldest daughter-in-law is the one who settles the bills. If they were to commit corruption, how could we know?"
The village chief's wife had just come out of the mill, carrying a winnowing basket, when she heard someone gossiping. "Li Pandi! Say it again!"
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