Chapter 109

The little girl said that she would be a slave to Jiang Yanyi for ten years. To avoid accidents, she still had to go to the government to register.

The government records the number of people in each household. This is also the basis for the soldiers to check the household registration from house to house when the whole city is searched. Another point is that the government can distinguish the authenticity of the household registration documents to prevent being deceived.

The little girl said that she had no name. Jiang Yanyi looked at her household registration documents and found that her father really didn't give her a name. The name column on the document directly wrote "Huo Ya".

Jiang Yanyi asked Aunt Guo to take Huo Ya to the government to transfer Huo Ya's contract of sale.

When the others came back, she asked Huo Ya: "Do you want to change your name?"

Huo Ya was a little puzzled: "I don't have a name."

She had followed her father on escort missions for many years, and had also come into contact with slaves in some wealthy families. She knew that once the indenture was signed, if the master was not satisfied with the slave's name, he could directly change the slave's name. She immediately said: "Boss, please give me a name."

She heard Aunt Guo and Qiu Kui call Jiang Yanyi "Boss", so she followed suit.

Jiang Yanyi thought for a moment and asked her, "When was your birthday?"

Most of Huo Ya's face was hidden under her hair. She said, "I don't remember. My father said that people who make money by licking blood on the edge of a knife can only have a birthday, otherwise they will die young. I only heard my father say that my mother gave birth to me in the reed field in early spring."

The reeds in early spring are still tender buds. In ancient poems, the newly born reeds are called "Jia" .

Jiang Yanyi said, "How about calling it Jian Jia? Jia is reed."

The reed without spikes is called "Jian". Whether it is reed or reed, it is full of vitality in early spring.

"Huo Jianjia?" Huo Ya read the name again and nodded: "This name is nice! Thank you for the name."

Jiang Yanyi was happy to see that she liked this name. He thought it would be inconvenient for her to wear this dirty clothes to work in the noodle shop, so he said: "Wash yourself up and change into decent clothes before going to the noodle shop."

Jiang Yanyi was tall and Huo Jianjia was petite. She couldn't wear Jiang Yanyi's old clothes, so she could only wear Qiu Kui's.

Qiu Kui was generous and wanted to give her her new clothes, but unfortunately she had gained a lot of weight since winter. Huo Jianjia was thin and small, and Qiu Kui's new clothes were too big for her. Only the winter clothes that Jiang Yanyi bought for Qiu Kui when they were still in the Xizhou camp could barely fit her.

Jiang Yanyi took Huo Jianjia to the shop of Mrs. Chen next door, and asked Mrs. Chen to measure her and make two new clothes for her.

Huo Jianjia resisted Mrs. Chen's touch at first, but after knowing Jiang Yanyi's intentions, she cooperated, but she kept silent.

When Madam Chen measured Huo Jianjia, she naturally discovered the red spots that spread from her left face to her neck. She didn't say anything in front of Huo Jianjia, and only said when Jiang Yanyi paid the deposit: "I know you are soft-hearted, but there are too many miserable people in this world, and you still have to buy a useful maid."

In Madam Chen's opinion, Qiu Kui is a fool. This girl is as thin as a monkey. I don't know what she can do, and she can't face people. If she goes to work in Ruyi Tower, I'm afraid she will scare away the customers.

Jiang Yanyi said: "I know, please trouble Sister Chen to make clothes for this girl first."

Otherwise, Huo Jianjia will only have that one set of clothes and can't change them.

Mrs. Chen said helplessly, "I don't need to."

After leaving the clothing shop, Huo Jianjia said to Jiang Yanyi, "I heard everything the boss said. My father said that people should be grateful and repay kindness. I am here to repay my gratitude. The boss doesn't have to be so nice to me."

It was the first time that Jiang Yanyi saw the hearing of a martial artist. She and Mrs. Chen were talking in the shop. At that time, Huo Jianjia was looking at the material at the door. They were not talking loudly, but she heard everything.

Jiang Yanyi said, "The clothes are not made for you alone. All the employees who work here have them."

Hearing this answer, Huo Jianjia was stunned, and finally said, "The boss is a good person."

Huo Jianjia was taken to the noodle shop that afternoon.

Bing Shao had been keeping an eye on people for several days. When he came to deliver the noodle shop account to Jiang Yanyi, Jiang Yanyi asked about Huo Jianjia's situation.

Bing Shao's usually paralyzed face showed an expression that was hard to describe, "She is hardworking and strong, but she likes to beat people." She also eats a lot.

Jiang Yanyi paused while flipping through the account book: "Beat people?"

Bing Shao said: "Except for a few old masters and honest employees in the noodle shop, everyone else has been beaten a lot."

The noodle shop finally got a little girl, and some employees couldn't help but want to tease her, but they were beaten by her and cried for their parents. Now the employees in the noodle shop are scared of Huo Jianjia.

If a big pot of rice snatched her meat, he would be beaten. If he said bad things about her behind her back, he would be beaten. If he teased a good young woman, she would also hit him with a hammer.

Jiang Yanyi thought this little girl was interesting and asked, "Is she dating anyone?"

Bing Shao shook his head and said, "I haven't found out."

Jiang Yanyi nodded, indicating that he knew.

Now there are only two possibilities, either Huo Jianjia really came to her to repay her kindness, or she hid it too well.

She put aside her doubts for the time being and handed a written visiting card to Bing Shao: "Go to the porcelain kiln and ask them to make 100 pieces of colored and blue-and-white porcelain, and then find out which caravans travel outside the Great Wall all year round."

If she wanted to do the porcelain kiln business, she had to first test whether there was a market. If the caravan could sell these 100 pieces of porcelain, then she could start to discuss cooperation with the porcelain kiln owner.

Unknowingly, she had been at home for more than half a month. Chu Yangui, no matter how slow she was, also discovered the abnormality.

When Jiang Yanyi brought him crucian carp soup that day, he asked, "Sister, is there something wrong?"

After so long, he finally had some flesh on his face, but he was still thin. Because he had not been in the sun for a long time, his skin was pale and almost transparent.

The most similar part between him and Jiang Yanyi was their lips, but Jiang Yanyi's mouth corners were always slightly raised, and even when she was not smiling, she was smiling, bright and charming. However, his mouth corners were flattened, with an indescribable sense of indifference.

Jiang Yanyi sat on the embroidery cushion beside her, holding the embroidery brush in one hand and the embroidery needle in the other, trying to save her embroidery work: "What can happen? Do you think I won't go to Ruyi Tower anymore? You stay at home all day and bother me?"

Chu Yangui couldn't help but feel a little bit annoyed when she heard this. He tried to explain: "Sister, I didn't mean that..."

Jiang Yanyi said this deliberately to stop him from talking. She interrupted Chu Yangui and said: "Ruyi Tower is now being looked after by Yang Xiu, and I will take care of the accounts. We will have to open many more shops in the future. Can I still go there every day to keep an eye on it?"

In the past, when Madam Jiang managed the shops that she brought as a dowry, she would just ask the shop managers to come and close the account books every quarter. Chu Yangui temporarily dispelled his doubts. He noticed that the auspicious cloud pattern embroidered on Jiang Yanyi's embroidery was a common pattern on men's robes. His eyes fell on it and became a little cold: "Sister used to hate needlework the most. Why not let the servants do it?"

The thread used by Jiang Yanyi was too long and it got tangled. She slowly untied the knot with some headache, "When I get better at embroidery, I'll embroider a pair of knee pads for you, uncle and grandmother."

After the knot was untied, Jiang Yanyi raised her head: "Look at the purse that Jiabao embroidered for us. It's so beautiful. If my embroidery is too ugly, I won't be able to show it off."

Chu Jiabao also embroidered a purse for Chu Yangui, but no one knew where he threw it.

Chu Yangui suddenly asked, "Do you want to make knee pads for the King of Liaoning, too?"

Jiang Yanyi had already embroidered one for Feng Shuo on his birthday, so she would not embroider knee pads for him during the New Year. She wanted to see if she could make him a piece of clothing. Jiang Yanyi shook her head and said, "No knee pads for him."

Chu Yangui loosened her grip and said, "I don't want my sister to marry him."

Jiang Yanyi raised his eyebrows in surprise and said with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Chu Yangui pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid he will let my sister down. He has his own ambitions and he has very little time to spend with you. In this world, "A man who doesn't treat my sister wholeheartedly is not worthy of her."

Listening to the words of this half-grown teenager, it was impossible for Jiang Yanyi not to be touched. She stopped her embroidery and said, "Thank you, Yangui. He has treated me well enough, and I believe he will not let me down."

Chu Yangui was silent for a while and said, "He has been kind to me and the Chu family, but if he lets you down in the future, I will not let him go."

The shadow cast by Minister Jiang was too big. In the Jiang family, Madam Jiang and Minister Jiang almost never quarreled.

In this life, the most important thing in his heart is only his relatives. Even if he will be called an ungrateful villain in the future, as long as someone hurts his relatives, he will definitely retaliate at all costs.

Jiang Yanyi knew that he was sensitive, so she touched his head and said, "Yangui, you can trust the person that my sister trusts."

Chu Yangui hesitated for a while before nodding, "Can I meet him?"

Jiang Yanyi was a little surprised by Chu Yangui's request, but thinking that he had not met Feng Shuo so far, he said, "When he is free, I will talk to him."

Feng Shuo was a little surprised to hear Chi Qing and Duke Chen talk about Chu Yangui, but he was not too surprised.

He would not refuse to have a meal at Jiang Yanyi's place.

However, Chu Yangui would not let him visit her for the sake of his sister's reputation, but instead decided to meet at Ruyi Tower.

Chi Qing found out and teased Feng Shuo, successfully taking on some tough jobs for him.

Jiang Yanyi had been staying at home for so long and wanted to take this opportunity to visit Ruyi Tower, so she hired a carriage and took Chu Zhong and Aunt Guo with her to go to Ruyi Tower. Feng Shuo

followed them alone in an inconspicuous carriage.

Although there were many refugees pouring into Xizhou City, many of the strong and healthy ones went to build city defenses after being registered by the government. Although the wages for building city defenses were not high, they were provided with food, so many young and strong people went. Now, most of those who are still in the city are the elderly, weak, women and children.

As they were passing by an alley, a carriage suddenly rushed out from the alley and crashed into Jiang Yanyi's carriage.