Cao Suo said: "This is easy, just ask Chen Cai's housekeeper directly." ”

Liu Lin and the others are all rough people who do work, they have a straightforward temperament, they just do what they say, and they immediately got up and went to find Chen Cai's housekeeper. Chen Cai listened to their questions, and said with a smile on his face: "The regulations in our house stipulate that as long as you become the leader of ten people, you are a housekeeper, but you are a small housekeeper, and the monthly salary is not very high, which is five taels of silver a month." ”

Liu Lin and the others immediately became happy, now they are the small leaders of eight people, and the next two people are the stewards of the five taels of silver and the monthly salary, and the five taels of silver are almost the same as their original salaries in the Internal Affairs Office. Don't forget that they still have the monthly money in the house, it may not be high, I heard that it is only one tael of silver, but together it can also have six taels. They are not in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they do not get five or six taels of silver a month.

Chen Cai continued: "If there are twenty people, you can become a medium steward, and you will have ten taels of silver a month. ”

At this moment, Liu Lin and the others became excited. Twenty people is almost not difficult for them at all. Now there are eight people, and if you get all the people in the family again, you can get twenty people out. Ten taels of silver a month, this is much better than in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Liu Lin hurriedly asked: "I just don't know how many people are needed in the house, and how many stewards are needed?" ”

This is a question that everyone is concerned about, so they all hold their breath and wait for Chen Cai's answer.

Chen Cai said: "The girl is going to Nanyang, where there is a lot of manpower, so there is no limit to the number of people, the more the merrier." Usually, it is not like this to recruit craftsmen in our house, and we need to have very good craftsmanship, because our monthly money and treatment are very good, which can be said to be the best in Beijing. Many craftsmen rushed to enter, but they were not allowed to enter. This time it's different, this time because I'm going to Nanyang. Therefore, there is a lot of manpower, and the more the merrier. There is no limit to the number of stewards. ”

Now Liu Lin and the others are happy, in this way, these eight people can hope to become stewards, these three people are originally very righteous people, and they can't be in the same stream with those in power in the Internal Affairs Office, so they were squeezed out, and at this moment, when they heard that they could have the opportunity to become high-income stewards, they suddenly became happy. What could be more joyful than being rich together?

Liu Lin and the others hurriedly told Chen Cai their thoughts and wanted to take everyone in the family to Nanyang, Chen Cai was very happy and said: "That's good, if that's the case, you can be regarded as a meritorious service to the girl, and the girl will definitely be rewarded separately." ”

Cao Suo asked: "May I ask the chief butler, do you need other craftsmen in the house besides us carpenters, goldsmiths, and porcelain craftsmen?" ”

Chen Cai said, "Of course, stonemason." Cooks, embroiderers, and even farmers need it. It's just that if there is technology and high technology, after the test in the house, the monthly money will be higher, and ordinary people will give less. For example, the craftsmen in your family can set monthly money and arrange work according to the level of skill. As for women without skills. There can also be work to do, such as pulping and washing clothes. Cooking, weaving. Being a female celebrity, etc., you can have a job to do anyway, and you can get money. Even children, don't worry, we go to Nanyang and scholars, and there are classrooms to build that can teach children to read and write for free. What a great opportunity this is, you will go to Nanyang for a few years, and you must have made a lot of money when you come back, established a foundation, and cultivated the children. ”

Liu Lin said this, and their hearts were hot, and Cao Suo said: "That's really good, we want to go home and settle down now, and discuss with our families whether to go to Nanyang together." My brother-in-law is a stonemason, and I want to bring him to the house as well. ”

As soon as Cao Suo said this, Liu Lin hurriedly said: "My brother-in-law is a carpenter, and I want to bring it over too." ”

Chen Cai said: "This is not busy, and the settling-in allowance of 500 taels can only be issued in the afternoon." Now go back and talk about this with your companions, and then go back together in the afternoon. ”

Liu Lin's face turned red, why did he become so anxious for quick success, he actually forgot about his companions who were still waiting in the yard, hurriedly said goodbye, and went back to talk to his companions, they were very excited, one said, I already have four or five apprentices, plus my brother and father's apprentices, I will definitely be able to be a little steward. One said that my family has a small number of children, and they are worried, so it is a good thing to be able to teach literacy and reading for free together, and the other said that I have relatives at home who are blacksmiths, and I will also bring them and go to Nanyang together.

Everyone is talking about it here, full of expectations for the future, and sweeping away the decadent atmosphere that came out of the Internal Affairs Office before.

These craftsmen were excited, and the embroidery girls in the inner courtyard were also excited, and they were pulling Gui Yuxia, who was flushed, and asked.

An embroidery lady asked, "Mama Gui, did you tell the county lord everything about you?" What did the county lord say? ”

Gui Yuxia's affairs, these embroiderers all know, they are all anxious for her, and they are all moved by her. Gui Yuxia said: "Don't call me Mama Gui in the future, we have left the palace and are no longer palace maids." The county lord gave me a name, called Yuxia, and in the future, you can call me Sister Yuxia. ”

Only then did everyone remember that it was no longer in the palace, and an embroidery girl named Cuixi said: "The name Yuxia is good, my sister is not very old, and she is also good-looking, she looks like a person in her twenties, and she is called old when she is called Mama, and we will all call you Sister Yuxia in the future." Sister Yuxia, say it quickly, did you tell the county lord everything about Brother Da Niu, what did the county lord say? ”

Gui Yuxia's face turned even redder, and said, "Well, I told the county lord, the county lord, the county lord agreed, and said that he would marry me off according to the example of the big girl in the house." ”

The embroidery girls cheered. This is the real feeling, it's really out of the palace, no longer a palace maid, don't you see that your companions are going to get married? Can a palace maid get married? The fate of the palace maid is to die of old age in the palace, and if one of the ten thousand can get the emperor's favor, it will be considered lucky.

Gui Yuxia continued: "The county lord is really a good master, he is young, very assertive, and kind-hearted, not only agreeing to my marriage with Brother Da Niu, but also asking me to bring the doctor of the Black Family's Alchemy Hall when I go home in the afternoon to see if Brother Da Niu's injury can be treated." ”

At this moment, the embroidery girls all quieted down, and Cui Xi said: "We slaves and maids, where does the master really care about us?" The county lord is really a good master, and he even cares about Brother Niu's injury. ”

The embroidery girls are not girls, they have been in the palace for so many years, they have seen too many things, where do they not understand the difference between the master and the slave, like this, they care about the slave and the maid, and even the slave's family cares about the master is too rare, it is so lucky, not only out of the palace, but also with a good master.

Gui Yuxia couldn't care about being shy, and hurriedly told Wen Hui all the conversations. Now these embroidery girls are even more excited, this is a matter related to her future life. What a great prospect. Cui Xi said: "My family is from the capital, there are many sisters in the family, and they have all married in the past few years, how can they follow me?" ”

Gui Yuxia said: "My younger siblings are all married. What's this, just take it with you. The county lord said that the more people, the better. I thought, I saved all the five hundred taels of silver given by the county lord, and when I arrived in Nanyang, I would buy the land, and I wouldn't have to hire anyone, so our family could open up wasteland and farm, wouldn't we be able to save money and buy more land? When you make money in the future, you will buy slaves and become rich again. ”

When Cui Xi heard this, he also became happy and said: "Yes, I don't spend it anymore, the five hundred taels of silver are all in the village, and it is good to buy land in Nanyang." However, our family lives in the capital and has never farmed, so what should we do? ”

Gui Yuxia said: "Fool, you haven't planted the land, can't you work?" Won't you not buy so much land? It will not be like the county lord said, buy 500 acres of land, save half of the money, buy slaves, and let the slaves farm. As for those who can work in the house, they all go to work. The construction of a city, there is still less work to do? If men have skill, they will do the skill, and do you not see that those who have been rewarded with us are carpenters, goldsmiths, etc.? If you don't have the technology, but you have the strength to build a city wall or something, won't you build a city wall or something? It's better for women, isn't there still us? We used to be in the palace, we couldn't see our families, and we couldn't pass on the skills of this body, but now we can be with our families, and we don't teach them to our own people? Haven't you brought the little palace girl to learn embroidery? Can you still be hungry with this? We are the most skilled people in the embroidery room. ”

This is a reminder to everyone.

Cui Xi smiled: "Look at me stupid, what a fool, I can teach even the stupidest little palace maid well, can I teach my mother, sister, sister, niece, sister-in-law to learn needlework?" These are what women would do, but no one really teaches advanced things, can I still hide my own secrets? When everyone in the family learns it, will there be no work to do? Can't make any money? If you have money, you can't hire someone? Won't you be able to be the lord? ”

Everyone was very happy, and they were all looking forward to it, so they hurried home to see. When I was a child, I left home and never went back for so many years, and I may not be able to remember the faces of my relatives. Thinking of this, everyone began to shed tears.

Cui Xi said: "I don't know what happened at home? When I left that year, I was only six years old, and my mother's health was no longer good, so I don't know what to do now. ”

This sentence aroused everyone's sorrows, and they all began to say, don't you know that the sister-in-law married at home is virtuous? The one who said that he didn't know how the sisters were married, and those who were worried about their parents' health, those who were worried about not being able to find the door, and even those who missed the big willow tree at the door. (To be continued)