Jizhou, Han family.
A wedding is held at the front gate, a funeral is held at the back gate.
The bride, who hadn't even entered the house yet, heard that she would have to wear mourning clothes and act as a widow upon arrival, so she packed her bags and ran away over the wall that very night.
The steward looked at the empty bridal sedan chair, feeling helpless.
At that moment, He Youyou went to the door alone.
"You said...you'd be willing to become a widow living with someone's family?"
The housekeeper looked at the woman sitting casually in the main seat of the living room, with her legs crossed, and asked in confusion.
He Youyou took a sip of tea slowly.
Good tea.
This is not just any good tea, it's an exceptionally good tea.
It seems that the Han family is even more prosperous than it appears on the surface.
He Youyou smiled and said, "I'm willing."
Butler Qian pondered.
This woman who suddenly appeared... her origins are unknown, making one have to be cautious.
He Youyou seemed to see through his thoughts: "Besides me, do you have any other choice? Before I came, I inquired around and found out that you had searched every family with daughters in the surrounding area, but no one was willing to send their daughter to be a widow. You finally managed to hire the daughter of a gambler at a high price, but the girl herself didn't want to, and secretly ran away in the middle of the night after her parents were asleep."
The housekeeper remained silent.
The woman is right, he really had no choice.
but……
"Why did you willingly become a widow, young lady?"
He Youyou still smiled: "I have no relatives or friends here, nowhere to go, I need to find a place to stay..."
As she spoke, she looked around at the furnishings in the hall.
“I think this place is quite nice. Besides, I am a vagrant and need to register my household at your esteemed residence.”
She didn't have her soul transmigrate; she had her body transmigrated.
It's very troublesome to suddenly appear in this place without any personal information being registered.
Butler Qian pondered for a moment and said, "That's not difficult."
He thought to himself that this woman's demeanor and speech were unlike those of an ordinary peasant girl; she must have suffered a misfortune at home and wandered here from another place.
For the Han family, obtaining an identity is not difficult.
The Daqian Dynasty had very strict household registration management; it wasn't something that could be done casually. However, where there are people, there are interests, and where there are interests, there are loopholes to exploit.
“Alright, now that we’ve reached an agreement, we can start discussing the deal.” He Youyou put down her teacup.
"A transaction?" Butler Qian asked in surprise.
"Hmm." He Youyou raised an eyebrow. "For example, what will I be required to do after marrying into the family? And what kind of compensation will your family provide for me?"
reward?
The housekeeper was stunned.
"If you are truly willing to enter the household, then you will be the mistress of this mansion, and all expenses and income of the entire household will be decided by you alone."
He Youyou nodded.
Without in-laws or a husband, she would be the only mistress in this household from now on.
very nice.
"So, what do I need to do?"
He Youyou is not an innocent little girl.
A household without a master would normally fall apart long ago.
Nowadays, why would someone insist on marrying a woman to become a widow, just to keep the family afloat?
She didn't believe it.
"After you enter the family, you need to choose a kind and honest young man to be adopted into your family and raised with care so that he can carry on the Han family line and there will be someone to burn paper money and sweep the tombs for the ancestors every year."
Oh, so you mean you also want to adopt a child.
She excels at managing employees.
But raising children... she has no experience.
How to raise a child?
Can we use the same methods as managing employees to raise them?
He Youyou hesitated for a moment when she thought of this.
Seeing her silence, the housekeeper, seemingly afraid she might change her mind, quickly added, "My master has passed away, but he left behind a large sum of gold and silver, which can be used by the mistress to raise the children."
He Youyou's eyes lit up, and she smiled sincerely: "I will definitely choose an excellent successor for the Han family."
She will definitely choose an excellent employee.
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