When Fan Cuiliu was sold, she was married and had a daughter, who was also married. Originally, if she was sold to the pawnbroker, her family could have used money to redeem her. Of course, if she had money, she could have used money to redeem her.
But unfortunately, she had no money, and her husband was the head of the family. When her husband saw that she had been sold and that she was not young anymore, he did not want to use money to redeem her. Her daughter wanted to borrow money to redeem her, but before she could borrow the money, she was sent away by the pawnbroker. Until now, she has not had the opportunity to contact her daughter, nor has she been able to contact her.
After Yang Haiyan learned about her situation, she did not know how to describe them. Both Hong Xuexi and Fan Cuiliu were pitiful people.
In fact, here, many masters rarely sell their servants. Generally, they will release the indentures when the servants die of old age. Because the servants will know more or less about the master's family's affairs, only by holding the indentures of the servants can the servants' mouths be controlled.
Yang Haiyan: "You will live here in the future. I plan to do business in the shop in front. Aunt Fan will help me manage the shop in the future, and Uncle Hong will drive the car and manage the yard." Hong Xuexi is 32 this year, and Fan Cuiliu is 38 this year. So Yang Haiyan has nothing wrong with calling them uncle and aunt. After all, she is from the modern era, and even in this imperial society, the courtesy of modern people is engraved in her bones.
Uncle Hong and Aunt Fan: "Yes, ma'am."
Uncle Hong: "Ma'am, after we clean the yard, can I go back to see my family?"
Yang Haiyan: "Sure." As she said that, she took out a tael of silver and said, "Aunt Fan, take the silver here. If there is anything missing, go and make up for it. You and Uncle Fan can take care of yourselves for lunch. After cleaning here, come to the military camp to find me. I live in..."
Fan Cuiliu: "Yes, ma'am." Holding a tael of silver, she was a little nervous, but she also knew that this was Yang Haiyan's test of her. How could someone who had been a cook in a wealthy family be stupid? She just wanted to work hard for the master's family and hoped to contact her daughter if she had the chance.
Yang Haiyan followed the matchmaker to look at the yard and buy servants. It took a long time. It was already noon, so she returned to the family room. Although she ate alone at noon, she couldn't be vague, but unfortunately there were no vegetables at home. So she bought broccoli, pork belly and a tomato directly on the platform, spending 20 yuan. She made a pork belly fried with broccoli and a tomato fried egg. What she bought was the amount of one dish, because there was no broccoli or tomato in this world.
However, the absence of things does not necessarily mean that they cannot be planted. As for the seeds, they were bought from foreign merchants or found in the mountains. This place is a border, and there are many merchants from different countries, so there are seeds of different vegetables, which is not suspicious.
After lunch, Yang Haiyan went to the Tang family and told them that she would not have to wash the quilts and fetch water in the future. Such matters would be handed over to Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong.
Yang Haiyan did not feel embarrassed about the existence of the status of a servant. She had been transmigrated into a society ruled by the imperial power, and she was not a fool to talk about equality for all in modern society. So she adapted very well. Of course, she would not be like the powerful people of this era who treated servants as real slaves.
Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong were subordinates to Yang Haiyan. She was the boss and they were employees. She
was busy adapting and making money some time ago. Now that Yang Haiyan has adapted and has money, she has to think about how to make her life better and safer in this era.
If you want to live better in a place, you naturally have to have a deeper understanding of this era. What I learned from the novel is too one-sided, and it is only related to the heroine Yang Dahua. However, the author outlined this novel, and now she has become a character in the novel. For her, this is a world, and what the author did not write, this world will be automatically generated.
Rather than saying that you need to understand this world, it is better to say that you need to understand this country. To understand this country, naturally you need to understand the history of the country and the laws of the country. Even in a society ruled by imperial power, power is greater than the law, but the law can sometimes protect people.
So after leaving the Tang family's house, Yang Haiyan went to Shuzhai again and bought the History of Qiguo and the Code of Qiguo.
This country is called Qi. The Qi Code contains all the laws that Qi has issued. Although it is a thick book, it is actually incomparable to modern legal books. You have to know that in modern times, there are too many laws, such as criminal law, civil law, constitutional law, intellectual property law, etc., but Qi has only one code.
Yang Haiyan came back from buying books and saw Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong at the gate of the yard at home.
Seeing her coming back, Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong were about to call out, but Sister Lu came out from the yard: "Haiyan, you're back? These two have been here for a while, saying they were looking for you. Do you know them?" She had no ill intentions. She was worried that something might happen to Yang Haiyan when two strangers suddenly came to the family room, so she deliberately came out to call Yang Haiyan.
Yang Haiyan: "I know them. They are servants I just bought from the pawnshop. Aunt Fan, Uncle Hong, this is the wife of Centurion Lu." Yang Haiyan said that they were servants bought from the pawnshop, and she did not mean to insult them, but stated the facts.
To these two people, they did not feel insulted. They were indeed bought servants, and this idea had been deeply rooted in their bones.
Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong: "Hello, Madam Lu." In their minds, the centurion was also an official.
Sister Lu was stunned and almost couldn't come back to her senses. Yang Haiyan actually bought a servant? This... this... For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
Yang Haiyan said again: "Sister-in-law, I bought a shop in the downtown area and planned to sell snacks and also to help the family."
Sister Lu: "This... is that so, then I wish you a prosperous business." She hadn't come back to her senses yet and didn't know what to say.
Yang Haiyan: "Thank you, sister-in-law."
On the other side, Zhang's mother, who was eavesdropping, originally wanted to watch the show. She thought Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong were poor relatives of the Qin family because they looked so miserable. But when she heard that it was Yang Haiyan who bought the servants, she was stunned and snorted. A spendthrift woman actually bought servants. Such a daughter-in-law is not worth having. But then she remembered that the snacks made by Yang Haiyan were really delicious, and she felt sour. She prayed in her heart that she hoped that her shop business would not be good.
Yang Haiyan naturally didn't know what she was thinking. She took Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong into the yard and asked them to go to the study room: "My husband and I live in this military camp family compound. My husband's name is Qin Fang, and he is a centurion in the military camp. The yard in the bustling city will be given to you to live in from now on. The shop will be used for snack business, and the yard in the back will be given to you to live in. The monthly salary is 200 coins per month." The servants who signed the contract of sale were provided with food, accommodation and clothing. 200 coins a month, and they could save two and a half taels of silver in a year, so this monthly salary was not low. At least in this kind of town, this monthly salary was not low.
Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong had no objection to this.
Yang Haiyan continued, "Aunt Fan's daily job is to make snacks. I will teach Aunt Fan how to make snacks. When Aunt Fan is familiar with it, she can make it herself. But if the recipe is leaked, I will not show mercy."
Aunt Fan immediately expressed her loyalty: "Madam, don't worry, I won't leak the recipe."
Yang Haiyan nodded. In fact, she didn't care whether the recipe would be leaked or not, but she couldn't say that. She still had to establish her authority. She added, "In addition, the work of my yard has also been handed over to Aunt Fan. Every day, there is no vegetables, cooking, washing clothes, etc. Aunt Fan will do it first, and I will continue to look for suitable servants."
Aunt Fan: "Yes."
Yang Haiyan then said to Uncle Hong: "Can Uncle Hong drive a donkey cart?"
Uncle Hong: "Yes, ma'am."
Yang Haiyan: "Then go buy a donkey cart later and put it in your yard. You will have to deliver lunch to my husband every day. I will also buy two sheep that produce milk. Sheep eat grass. Uncle Hong will be responsible for herding sheep and cutting grass. That's all for now."
Uncle Hong: "Yes, ma'am."
Then, Yang Haiyan took Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong to buy a donkey cart, added daily necessities to the yard where they lived, and bought two sets of clothes for them each. A total of ten taels of silver were spent.
This shop was empty, but it was originally a food business, so it needed to be renovated. Yang Haiyan asked someone to decorate the shop. Her decoration was very simple, and it was decorated according to the style of a modern milk tea shop. There were four long tables inside, two on each side, and each long table was equipped with four stools. Half of the counter was a counter, on which cakes, biscuits, soybean cakes and other snacks were placed. Milk tea could be prepared inside the counter, and next to the counter was the cashier.
This kind of decoration was very simple. All they had to do was clean the inside and whitewash it with lime. Then they could put in tables, chairs and counters.
After leaving the shop, Yang Haiyan took Aunt Fan to the market. Uncle Hong went home to see his wife and would come back in two days. Because the tables and chairs were custom-made, it would take a long time for the business to open.
After buying vegetables at the market, Yang Haiyan asked Aunt Fan to cook in the evening. She made a braised fish, fried potatoes with pork belly, tomato and egg drop soup, and paired them with homemade kimchi. The staple food was brown rice and sweet potatoes. Looking at Aunt Fan's skilled movements and the amount of oil she poured, it can be determined that she has worked in a wealthy family, because only cooks who have worked in wealthy families would be willing to use oil. Anyway, it is not their own oil, so they don't feel bad.
When it was time for dinner, Qin Fang came back. Seeing that there was one more person in the house, he was stunned for a moment. After Yang Haiyan explained to him, he didn't say much. First of all, this was his wife's own money, and he would not interfere. Secondly, his wife had good cooking skills, and he thought it was a good idea to use the money to buy a shop and do some small business.
Although the status of merchants was very low, the imperial court had a definition of merchants. Only those who engaged in business with a certain value and paid a certain amount of tax could be defined as merchants. People like his wife had nothing to do with merchants.
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