The first is to ask for pink...... Even Man'er has thought about buying people at home, and the reason why she has not brought it up is the same as the reason why she did not hire a shopkeeper and an account office.

If the name is not right, it is not good, they are from ordinary villagers, and they only occupy a rich family, and it is not impossible to call slaves and maids, but it is inevitable to attract tongues. And Gorou is now admitted to Xiucai, and if their family is arranged like this, others will only take it for granted. Bought people to come, it is also easier to manage.

Of course, even Man'er didn't think about the situation that Goro failed the exam, it was really like that, and the things that should be done had to be done at that time, but they could only rely on the deterrence of the Imperial Archway.

And now Lian Man'er's family has the hat of the Imperial Archway and Goro, which can be said to complement each other and be the icing on the cake.

The family discussed for a long time, and Chapter 514 The Rising Tide unanimously approved Lian Man'er's proposal. Before Lian Shouxin went to the town, Wu Yugui and Wu Jiaxing, father and son, came by themselves. It turned out that they guessed that after Wulang won Xiucai, Lian Man'er's family must have many new arrangements, and they were too busy that day to have a chance to say, so they took the initiative to come to the door today.

Wulang and Lian Shouxin told the father and son about hiring and buying people, and Wu Yugui and Wu Jiaxing naturally had nothing else to say, so they agreed to it.

There was a rain before the August holidays, which delayed the autumn harvest that was supposed to begin. Because the ground is too muddy for people to enter, you have to wait a few days for the field to dry before you can harvest autumn.

However, this rain did not have much impact on what Lian Man'er's family had to do. Gorou and Lian Shouxin got up in the middle of the night in the second half of the night and loaded a cart of fish, shrimp, crab, lotus root, lotus seed, chicken head rice, water chestnut rice and other local products and sent them to Fucheng. The official road from the thirty-mile camp to the Fucheng Yishui, even after the rain. Access is not a problem.

When the two of them came back from Fucheng, they also brought back a family of four.

Han Zhong, Han Zhong's daughter-in-law, son Han Xiaofu. Girl Han Xiaoxi.

It turned out that when Wulang arrived at Shen's house and chatted with Shen Jiu, he inadvertently talked about the need to buy someone to serve at home. Shen Jiu is very hot, Chapter 514 The tide rises and the boat is high. secretly instructed Steward Zhong to find a few suitable people for Lian Man'er's family. In the end, Steward Zhong found this family of four.

Han Zhong and Han Zhong's daughter-in-law are both in their thirties, Han Xiaofu is fifteen years old, and Han Xiaoxi is thirteen years old. This family used to work as an errand boy in a certain family in Fucheng, and the owner of that family had recently obtained an official position to take office, and some servants in the family were idle, and they were supposed to be given away or sold. This family has some dealings with the Shen family. It's a very well-behaved person. Steward Zhong went to pick this family of four. It is said that he knows the roots, and he is capable of doing his duty.

"Then these four people, did Xiaopang send us?" Lian Man'er asked Gorou.

"I bought it for money, and the deed is here." Gorou took out a few deeds from his sleeve and handed them to Lian Man'er.

Even Man'er read the deed one by one. Consistent with what Gorou said, the total value of this family of four is fifteen taels. Han Zhong used to be in charge, Han Zhong's daughter-in-law could go to the stove, and Han Xiaofu and Han Xiaoxi could also work.

It's very proper, and it's cheap for money.

Even Man'er had also inquired with Wu Yugui and Wu Jiaxing, and probably knew the current market situation, with work experience like this, being taught the rules, and being a servant in the right years. You can't buy it at this price. I'm afraid that it is also the family that gives favors, half selling and half giving.

"Brother, Xiaopang heard you say that our family wants to buy someone to serve, didn't I tell you that I want to pick someone from his family to give to us?" Lian Man'er suddenly asked Gorou.

"Nope." Gorou shook his head, "Xiao Jiu knows this kind of thing." ”

Lian Man'er nodded secretly, I have to say. Chubby did this intimately. If he was happy and felt that he wanted to choose the best person for her family, it would naturally be from his family. And if it was someone sent by the Shen family, they would have to arouse it, but they had a lot of scruples.

And now, they have spent money and obtained a deed, and this person is also from other ordinary eunuchs, which makes them feel at ease and handy.

Lian Man'er read the deed and let the family of four come in.

When the four men came in, they kowtowed upward. Lian Man'er asked a few words, and saw that these four people were all neat and tidy, with upright faces, and their manners and words were straightforward, and they were indeed very well-behaved servants of large families.

After some discussion, the family arranged the errands of several people. Han Zhong temporarily served as a housekeeper, Han Zhong's daughter-in-law arranged to work in the kitchen, Han Xiaofu did chores in the front yard, mainly serving Wulang and Xiaoqi, and Han Xiaoxi was doing chores in the backyard, mainly serving Lian Zhi'er and Lian Man'er.

The four men were given monthly payouts, as well as clothes for the four seasons.

There are those who serve in the house, and there are only the treasurers and the bookkeepers left to keep the bookkeepers.

Wu Yugui and Wu Jiaxing, father and son, are very attentive and introduced a few shopkeepers and accounting rooms for Lian Man'er's family to choose, all of whom have relevant work experience and have a good reputation. In the end, Wulang and Lian Man'er chose a person named Chen Ping'an, who lived in a neighboring county, to be the shopkeeper. This Chen Ping'an once worked as a shopkeeper in a restaurant in the county, was upright and very good at talking, and picked a bookkeeper surnamed Feng.

The shopkeeper of Lian Kee has a certain amount of monthly silver every month, three festivals and other gifts, annual leave, and dividends at the end of the year according to the income of Lian Kee Shop. The same is true of the bookkeeper, but it is reduced from the treasurer's share.

When all this business was settled, it was August 15th.

This year's festival is Lian Man'er's family, and a Mr. Lu is added.

Because of the recent happy events, the preparation of this feast is extraordinarily rich. In addition to a few special dishes that must be available during the New Year at home, this meal also added Longjing shrimp, steamed chicken with lotus leaves, braised lion's head, salted duck, etc., and a table was always filled.

Zhang still cooks himself, but it is much lighter than usual, because Han Zhong's daughter-in-law is very capable and has several specialties, especially duck meat. This made Zhang very satisfied. Lian Man'er's family usually doesn't eat much duck meat, because the Zhang family is not good at cooking duck meat.

I had a festival banquet at noon, and in the evening, Lian Man'er's family prepared a table in the pavilion next to the lotus pond, and the family accompanied Mr. Lu to enjoy the moon together. There was only one pond of residual lotus left in the lotus pond, and even the vines let people move the chrysanthemums raised at home, and arranged the inside and outside of the pavilion.

Waiting for the night, the inside and outside of the pavilion were lit with lanterns, and the family accompanied Mr. Lu to the moon, Mr. Lu saw the layout inside and outside the pavilion, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and praised a few words.

Tables and chairs had already been set up in the pavilion, and everyone sat down. The table in the evening is very simple, except for mooncakes, a few fresh fruits, and puff pastry, which is steamed crab.

This meal in the evening is to eat crabs and admire the moon.

Because there were crabs on the table, even Shouxin specially opened a jar of Shaoxing old wine. Xiaoxi lit a small charcoal stove outside the pavilion and hung a copper cho on it. Sift the rice wine, pour it into Choshi, warm it, and serve it again. Han Zhong waited outside the pavilion, listening to the master's call at any time, Han Zhong's daughter-in-law stayed in the kitchen, and Xiaofu was responsible for sending the crabs and snacks that came out of the pot one after another to the outside of the pavilion, and then served by Xiaoxi.

Lian Shouxin and Wulang naturally wanted to accompany Mr. Lu to drink, and Zhang's could also drink a few cups, and she also made the decision, and also set up a wine cup in front of Lian Man'er, Lian Zhi'er and Xiao Qi, so that the three children could also eat two cups.

"I'm happy today, besides, eat this crab without drinking some hot wine, be careful to go back with a stomachache." Zhang said.

The crab is naturally produced by Lian Man'er's fish pond, and Lian Man'er picked the largest umbilicus to stay, just to eat it for the festival. Thanks to Lian Man'er's attention, he kept crabs for his family in advance, otherwise, all the crabs that could be eaten in the lotus pond would have been sold out.

In the days leading up to the August Festival, even the fish, shrimp and crabs in Man'er's fish pond are selling very well, among which crabs are the most. According to the growth of crabs in the pond, Lian Man'er divides the crabs into three grades. The first class is the kind that Lian Man'er's family eats at home now, and it costs 50 yuan per catty. The second-class silver is forty wen yuan per catty, and the third class is thirty-five wen yuan per catty.

Before the festival is the peak season of consumption, as of today, Lian Man'er has sold more than 1,000 catties of crabs, a total of 45 taels of silver. Coupled with the fish and shrimp sold in the past few days, lotus roots, etc., in just these few days, Lian Man'er's family has earned one hundred and twenty taels of silver. There are still a lot of shrimp and crabs in the fish pond, which are estimated to grow and sell out in August, and the income is estimated to double by then.

During the banquet, the topic of the family inevitably talked about the fish pond and lotus pond in front of them.

"Yes," Lian Man'er nodded, "next year we will dig another one in the lotus pond and add four more fish ponds." Make use of all the land here. ”

Seeing that the income from the fish pond and lotus pond this year is so gratifying, it is natural to go further next year and dig up all the riverside land they bought. This is the result of the family's discussions in the past few days.

After August 15, even Man'er's family was busy packing up their mood and devoting themselves to the autumn harvest work.

Several long-term workers in the family vigorously signed a death deed with Xiaoding. Lian Shouxin saw that he was a little older, loyal and capable, so he promoted him to the head of the work in the field. Sometimes I go to work in the field, and I can't even go if I am trustworthy, so I am vigorously leading, which is very safe and reassuring.

In the autumn of this year, Lian Shouxin still personally went down to work with people, and Gorou also wore coarse cloth clothes, cloth shoes with mille-feuille soles with Xiao Qi, and brought a straw hat, dressed like a farmer, and followed Lian Shouxin to work in the field every day.

The three of Zhang's mothers and sons don't have to work in the fields, they only do some housework at home every day, and prepare meals for Lian Shouxin and others. Zhang is used to doing work, and she is also worried about the inside, even if she doesn't even let Shouxin and Gorou go to the ground, sometimes she will still go down to the ground to have a look, or send some tea, or send two watermelons, or send a basket of melons, etc.

Lian Shouxin took Wulang and Xiaoqi not only to work in the fields with the long-term and short-term workers, but also to eat the same meal when they came back to eat. Zhang's arrangement of meals is very kind, so whether it is a long-term worker in the family or a short-term worker hired temporarily, they are full of praise for the people of the family...... Send an update, Chinese New Year's Eve the night, to everyone New Year's greetings, I wish you all good health and success in the Year of the Snake...... Ask for red envelopes, pink o(n_n) orq!!