Chapter 15: The Servant

It was almost late September, and although there was little rain in Jiangnan this year, the days were not sad, and many wealthy households spontaneously donated money and materials to the victims. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe victims from the north are all arranged in the suburbs of the county, and the government organizes them to build their own houses for the winter, and they can also exchange their labor for daily necessities.

Some capable people no longer need the help of the government, and they have started trading in the south, and the south of the Yangtze River is rich and the climate is pleasant, and those who have the ability to settle down do not plan to return home in the future.

As soon as Han Qing arrived in Hangzhou, she sent a letter of peace to Mama Chen, carefully writing about the relatives of the Xie family and the life here, and instructing Mama Chen to send a letter to the three slaves who had dispersed before, if life is difficult, and you want to continue to return to Han Qing's side, go to Hangzhou to find her, if you want to be a good citizen and make a living by yourself, you can also go to the Xie family to see her when you have time in the future.

On this morning, Han Qing had just finished washing Pei's eyes, and Ning Shuang came in from outside and said, "Old lady, three girls, the outer courtyard is here, and the three girls' servants in several rooms in Da'an County have been found and are waiting for the summons in the gatehouse." Han Qing was carrying a lotus flower by her side today, the two looked at each other happily and smiled, and Han Qing looked back at Pei.

Pei also heard Xie Heng talk in detail about how Han Qing dispersed a few rooms of slaves after her mother's death, and the slaves could still protect their daughters and granddaughters without a male master, and they also had a good opinion of them.

So he patted Han Qing's little hand and said, "Aqing's servants are all good, and they have been serving you since childhood, if they can continue to be used for you, it will naturally be the best." Your grandfather had already allocated one each of the Grange Tea Mountain and the Shop in your name a while ago, and now Xie Lian from the outer courtyard is helping to take care of it, so these servants of yours can naturally arrange a place to go. ”

Only then did Han Qing know that the two old men had thought so carefully about her, and hugged Pei Shi with red eyes, and said, "Grandfather and grandmother have been kind to Aqing, and Aqing can't repay them. The old lady has been inexplicably improving because of her eye disease recently, and she can see Han Qing's little face clearly, and seeing Han Qing's moved appearance, she is also distressed and relieved, hugging Han Qing and patting her.

"Go and ask Xie Lian to bring a few people to Ruizhen Hall, and I will meet the three girls together, and arrange their place." Frost was ordered to go out. After another meal or so, I saw Xie Lian and several families respectfully entering Ruizhen Hall.

Xie Lian followed his father to live in the northwest for twenty years in order to find Xie Yu, and now he has found Han Qing, which can be regarded as completing his mission. As early as when Xie Lian was sent back to Da'an County to pick up Han Qing, Xie Heng recalled Xie Lian's father Xie Xin back to Jiangnan, and now Xie Xin returned to the old lady on an errand, but Xie Lian's family was given to Han Qing by the old lady.

Xie Lian is in charge of the property that Xie Heng and Pei have just allocated to Han Qing, a big Zhuangzi with 50 acres of good paddy fields, a tea mountain, and a shop in Hangzhou. These things are not only available to Han Qing, but also to several juniors in the family, so that the children can learn how to run a housekeeper from an early age, and when they get married or get married, they will give property from the public school.

Those who followed Xie Lian in were the old man Ding's family, the kitchen Wang Pozi's family, and the account room's Mr. Wu's family. Several families kowtowed to Mrs. Tai and Han Qing in a proper manner, but their hands and feet trembled with excitement. Several families are honest people, and when they left home, they just thought that they could not add a burden to the little master, and they had no relatives to take refuge in the case of the drought in the north, and they had nowhere to stay, so they used their savings for many years to live in a village near Da'an County.

The three families lived next to each other and took care of each other, but not long after they settled down, Mama Chen sent a letter to say that their girl had been found by her grandfather's family, and now asked them if they wanted to go back to the girl on an errand. Naturally, everyone hurriedly packed their luggage and was led to Hangzhou by Zhou Lai's account office.

On the way, the account room of the Zhou family told the story in detail, saying that now the grandfather of Miss Han's family is the teacher of the emperor today, and how the Xie family is a noble family, if you can become a servant of the Xie family, you will naturally have a good future with your back against the big tree in the future, and the future is much better than that of the poor people. So I came all the way to the Xie family.

Now kneeling in the hall, Mr. Wu replied on behalf of several families, "Back to the old lady, we are not going to follow the girl because she is rich now, but I really hope to follow the girl for the rest of my life, no matter where the girl marries in the future, our family must be loyal to the girl." ”

After hearing this, Pei Shi nodded frequently, "Your family is really good, my daughter is blessed, but we will definitely have the Xie family as the backing in the future, as long as you do your best to do your duty, the Xie family and the three girls will not treat you badly." ”

A few people kowtowed again to thank him, and Xie Lian handed the re-signed deed to Han Qing. Han Qing arranged, "Uncle Lian, you are my head of foreign affairs, you arrange for Grandpa Ding's family to learn to run the grange, Granny Wang's family to go to the tea mountain, let Uncle Da Zhuang learn to grow tea and operate, and Mr. Wu and Uncle Qi's family will go to manage the shop." Several girls and boys have also entered schools everywhere to take classes, and those who can learn can redeem themselves for the imperial examination, and those who can't learn at least know how to read, so as to help me manage the industry. In the future, you will return everything you lack to Uncle Lian, and you will learn slowly if you don't understand, and you will not be in a hurry to make a difference everywhere in the past two years. ”

Everyone honestly said that now the girl has arranged a good place for them to go, although the girl does not ask for any interest in the past two years, but several people are full of enthusiasm and wholeheartedly want to do a good job in the girl's industry. So they all went out happily with Xie Lian.

Today is a five-day rest day, and after having lunch with Mrs. Tai, Han Qing went to Yuyao Courtyard to find a play. The eldest girl is like an eleven-year-old little lady, very gentle and quiet, and rarely accompanies her two younger sisters to mess around. So on weekdays, Han Qing is mixed up with Wanruo, if it weren't for the class to be attended, the Xie family would be able to be upset by the two girls every day.

As soon as I entered the courtyard gate, I saw that I was kicking the shuttlecock with four little girls Fengyin, Xueyin, Jiangyin, and Shanyin, "Second sister, although the weather has turned cold at the end of September, there are autumn tigers at noon, and they are not too hot to panic." And this is just after eating, and I am not afraid of stomach pain. ”

"You little girl, and you're pretending to be a little adult to teach me a lesson, and now it's a good time to play outside in the autumn season."

"My good sister, I'm thirsty all the way from Ruizhentang, let Sister Mingxu bring me some osmanthus sour plum juice that I drank last time."

It seems that although she is also a little girl, she prefers the feeling of being a sister, and when she saw her sister coquettish herself, she was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth, and pinched Han Qing's little face, "Sister Mingxu, did you hear it, hurry up and cook some osmanthus sour plum juice for this little gluttonous cat." Your little mouth is tricky, the recipe for osmanthus sour plum juice is handed down from my grandmother's family, and there are seven more secret recipes than ordinary recipes. ”

The two of them were lying on the soft collapse of the begonia pattern carved by Huanghuali carving, while playing with the gilded music box with luodian inlaid for Xie Yan to buy, and chatting casually. It's like asking, "I heard you saw the former house slave this morning?" ”

"Yes, there are a total of three rooms, I sent the concierge to the Grange, the kitchen family sent to the tea mountain, and the bookkeeper went to the shop. There's just a place to go. What my grandparents meant, Uncle Xie Lian will help me take care of foreign affairs in the future. ”

"Sure enough, the three families are just right. Each of the juniors in our family has a Zhuangzi, a tea mountain, and a shop. The eldest brother who takes care of foreign affairs is Xie Da, the eldest son of the general manager of Chengda next to his grandfather, the second brother uses his second son Xie Yuan, the eldest sister uses the eldest son Xie Huan, the steward of Yida next to his father, and I use the second son Xie Ying, the steward of Yida. It was as if he had told Han Qing in detail.

Then he said, "But my mother said that I was young, and I was not yet a housekeeper, and my mother helped me manage my property, and the eldest sister passed her tenth birthday, and my mother handed it over to her to take care of herself, and the eldest sister had personally been to her Zhuangzi before." I don't know where our Zhuangzi are, whether they are next to each other, if only we could go to play in the future. ”

Han Qing nodded secretly after listening, the Xie family is really careful in cultivating children, not only in terms of academic talent, but also in terms of economic management.