At this time, Hu Shi had already wiped away his tears and hurriedly said: "My sister has taken me with me, and I have to learn, I'm afraid I'm not as good as Hui'er when it comes to this." ”

Bai Shi smiled: "Sister, you are too anxious." ”

Hu Shi said: "It's all because I suffered too much loss, and I almost died in my life." If I hadn't run into you, my sister, I'd be killed by that person in just two years. At the moment, although I have you and Master Chen to take care of me, but I still have Mingzhu, I am going out to live alone now, I have to do everything myself, practice well, I still want to take my parents to live in the future, will it be difficult for my mother to take care of this all the time?"

Bai put away his smile: "My sister is right. So be it, you all come and learn this from me every morning. In the afternoon, I still want to bother my sister. ”

Hu Shi said strangely: "What bother me?" ”

Bai said: "Our pearl is ten years old this year, and she will say goodbye in a few years, but she still doesn't know anything, as a girl from a big family, she must not only know how to do general affairs, but also know poetry and books, etiquette, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc." Although I know some of these, in the end it is not as good as my sister's scholarly family, although my Hui'er is only six years old, but she has been in poor health before, and she has not asked anyone to teach, compared to her cousins in the capital, it is already much worse, so, please teach them this in the afternoon, okay? ”

Hu Shimei, who said this, smiled: "This is just right, I don't have to do needlework to make money now, I am idle left and right, and it is just right to teach them." Actually, my sister is still thinking about me, Mingzhu was really delayed by my useless mother, but fortunately, it's not too late. In this way, Mingzhu and Hui'er both went to me to study in the afternoon. Now we all live in the house, so it's convenient. Even if the house is done in the future, it is also close and convenient. ”

Chen Wenhui and Mingzhu agreed in unison.

At this time, Chen Cai's family came, opened the curtain and came in, greeted the salute, and stood with his hands tied. Bai said: "Mrs. Hu asked you to be in charge of the house and helped buy a house today, but now there is no one in the people, you go to the market to buy a few good ones, you have to be honest." ”

Chen Cai's family agreed, and asked, "Dare to ask Mrs. Hu who she wants?" ”

Hu had no choice but to look at Bai.

Bai pursed his lips and smiled: "Okay, let's teach it from now on." Chen Cai's family, you should first note that you want to buy two personal maids for Mrs. Hu, who are about fifteen years old, so old, just enough to work. Be clean and skillful. I also have to buy four small girls to serve as second-class maids. Sister, there is no one around you now, so you can do the work if you want two of them first, so that you can serve you, but this kind of loyalty and ability still can't catch up with your own training, so you need four small ones, starting from a young age, so that in a few years, your two first-class ones will be released, and these four will be of great use. ”

These words made Hu Shi nod again and again.

Bai Shi also said: "Buy four little girls for Miss Mingzhu, preferably the same age as Miss Mingzhu, so that you can be a dowry maid in the future after training from a young age." ”

Mingzhu's face immediately flushed. Hu Shi was very happy when he heard this.

Bai Shi said again: "I also need a pulp washing mother, a needlework woman, sister, this pulp washing woman is only for you two mothers and sons, and the needlework will be the same." As for the subordinates, let them do it themselves. ”

Hu nodded, and Chen Caijia had already taken the paper, pen and brush handed by the red carp and memorized it.

Bai Shi said: "I also want to buy a cook, a groom, and two rough mothers-in-law, so that my sister will do some rough work in your yard, and these two will have great strength." I also need two little guys, seven or eight years old, just do it, you can train children from an early age first. I also have to ask for a nursing home, because my sister's family has a small population and a small yard, so I don't need too many nursing homes. ”

Bai Shi took a sip of tea, thought for a while, and then said: "As for the housekeeper's candidate, it is really difficult to buy, and you can not worry about it in the market." This is the case for the left and right, and then we will talk about the good ones in the future. ”

Hu nodded. said to Chen Cai's family: "I'm tired of you, you can follow me to my yard to get money later." ”

Chen Cai's family was busy and said that he didn't dare. Hu Shi said: "But after someone buys it back, I don't know how to train, what should I do?" ”

Bai said: "This is easy to do. Your house can't be lived in now, you still live with me for the time being, but people buy it first and train with my subordinates. Actually, there are a lot of affairs in my house now, and many of the good ones before have been released, so I and Hui'er have no one available. So we just bought some and came back, and we're handing them over to the nurse in my house to train them, so let's just go together. Even if you move in the future, you can let them come back every day at noon when you take a nap and learn from their respective masters. ”

Hu was very satisfied with Bai's arrangement. Hurriedly took Chen Cai's family back to get the silver ticket, and gave Chen Cai's family a purse as a thank you.

If you have money, you can do things, and within a few days, the house will be bought, and the craftsmen who will rest the house will also be invited, and the Bai family will hand over the furniture to Hu and Chen Wenhui, and Mingzhu will handle it. Chen Wenhui is the youngest, but because she has studied with the Bai family before, she is the main one. Although Hu Shi doesn't understand housekeeping, he has been a wife for a few years, but he understands these furniture, and he doesn't know anything about Mingzhu, but Mingzhu is very strong and learns very seriously. In this way, the appearance of the furniture will come out in a few days, and the rest will be left to the craftsman.

In this way, every morning, the two ladies take their daughters to deal with housework together, and in the afternoon, Hu takes Mingzhu and Wen Hui to learn things together. Hu knows a lot, sometimes they learn flower arrangement, sometimes learn poetry and books, sometimes learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Hu is a very gentle person, and the teaching is also interested, and the two little girls are very happy to learn.

Here, Chen Cai also helped the Hu family buy a Zhuangzi, not far from Lijiagou, about more than 1,000 acres, and also bought four shops on the street, all of which are in a prosperous location. These only used more than 30,000 taels of silver in total, but the Hu family had more than 50,000 taels of silver tickets in hand. Because I bought a house and manpower, there are still nearly 20,000 taels left. Bai asked her to put the money first and see what opportunities she had to invest in a business in the future. Even if it's a share.

It's just that the care of Zhuangzi and the care of the shop stumped the Hu family again. Hu came to Bai again.

Bai Shi thought for a while: "Actually, the shop is very easy to run, just collect rent every month, and you don't plan to run it yourself anyway." Only one Zhuangzi is in trouble, and this one has to find a good Zhuangzi. I'll let Ziyu keep an eye out for you. Now there is no grain in the Zhuangzi. It's all been planted a long time ago. It's going to be a long time before the autumn harvest. But with more than 1,000 acres of land, there are still some things to do early, and this will be harvested soon. You just have to plan what to plant after harvesting, anyway, the fields are tenants for the farmers to plant. ”

Hu said: "Actually, I came to you for another thing, that is, during this period of time, I saw that you Zhuangzi is very good at taking care of it, I have seen the accounts reported by Ziyu and Li Zhuangtou, how to compost, how to raise poultry, etc., I wonder if I can also teach these to the people in my Zhuangzi." And among you, I want to plant soybeans too. ”

Bai Shi was very happy to hear it: "Actually, our method is very good, but it is difficult to promote, if you are willing to follow us, we are happy and in no hurry." This is good, my lord has long wanted to take my family as an example to show the rich families of Anseong, and now it would be better to have more of your Zhuangzi. Let's do it. I'll call Ziyu to do it, but fortunately, your Zhuangzi is not far from Ziyu. ”

Ziyu is very capable, and there are also locals Li Huan and Li Laoshi. That Zhuangzi is called Wanjiazhuang, which is very close to the Li family, and many tenants Li Laoshi knows him. With the help of Li Laoshi, he found a farmer named Wan Liang, who always has his duty, that is, he has many children in the family and is poor, but he is a good hand at doing crop work. Under the persuasion of Li Laoshi, he simply sold the family to the Hu family. The Hu family accepted this Wanliang to be the head of the village. also asked Wan Liang to go to Lijiagou to study, and in the future, Li Jiagou will do what they do with their Zhuangzi.

Wan Liang also has two daughters and two sons, because they have signed a deed of sale, and now the Hu family has brought the two daughters to the house to be maids. Wan Liang saw that the maids beside the Hu family were also wearing muslin clothes, dressed very plainly, and were willing to let their daughter enter the house. The two daughters are ten years old and the other is six years old, and the Hu family gave her two names, Hongxiu, Hongxiang, first put them in the Chen Mansion to learn the rules, and prepare to keep them for themselves.

The two sons are very old, one is sixteen years old and the other is fourteen years old, and the Hu family handed them over to Chen Cai, ready to be cultivated, one to be a housekeeper, and the other to manage the outside industry. Although he is a little younger, he looks quite smart, and there are not many things in the Hu family, so it is estimated that Chen Cai will teach for a few years.

After another period of time, the house was cleaned up, and the Hu family chose an auspicious day to move quietly. The Bai family specially set up a banquet for their mother and daughter in the mansion to practice.

When they left, the Bai family felt better, because the Hu family finally had their own home. In the evening, Bai and Chen Yuanheng talked about this matter. Chen Yuanheng was also embarrassed. Bai suddenly remembered something: "Master, why haven't you heard news from Xu Zhijie for a while." ”

Chen Yuanheng said: "He, now his reputation is discredited, his son and daughter were originally proposed, but now no one is proposing." He is also thick-skinned, and he still goes to the yamen as usual every day, as if he is nothing. Even after getting off the yamen, I didn't come out to socialize, I heard that I was sick a while ago, so I took leave to go to the provincial capital to see a doctor. ”

Bai Shi recognized the truth when he heard it: "See a doctor? I think there's something strange about this, what's wrong with it? Don't hold back bad ideas. Recently, I listened to Sister Hu talk about him, and I feel more and more that he is not a simple person. ”

A sentence reminded Chen Yuanheng, and Chen Yuanheng immediately said: "It seems that I am going to send someone to check on him." "

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