The mansion on Baochang Street bought dozens of people in half a month, from sweeping the floor in front of the door to guarding the door, all of them were the criminal slaves carefully selected by Yu Shu from the courtyard, and they spent nearly a thousand taels up and down, even those officials and eunuchs with rich backgrounds were not as extravagant as her, and they were willing to waste silver on a few slaves.

Xin Liu heard that Yu Shu's big house was cleaned up, and without waiting for her to send someone to invite, she went to the door by herself, and felt a little puzzled from the moment she entered the door, the porter ran errands and introduced her into the living room, and then two maids came in with tea and cold dishes, and retreated quietly, and waited until the front yard reported to the backyard to invite Yu Shu over, and she realized where it was strange -

The subordinates in the lotus house are too regular, neither the stumbling strength of the small door, nor the timid people who have just bought it, and the orderly reception of people, which really makes people mistakenly think that they have entered the old house.

Xin Liu said to Yu Shuna, only to know why Lu Dao was like this.

"Are you saying that all the people in your house were bought from the place where the black heart nest in the courtyard was found?" Xin Liu was surprised, "How much did it cost?" ”

Like the door of the Xin family, every year to replace the slaves, buy new and sweep the old, it has always been the outside of the Ya Po to bring people to the house to choose for them, never ran to the courtyard to be slaughtered, that is, her brother added a scholar last year, only to make a special trip to the courtyard, spent the usual price can buy four or five boys, bought a boy who can read and read.

Yu Shu calculated the general ledger and probably told her a number.

"Who gave you a bad idea, it's not such a waste of money to have money? You told me earlier. I'll ask my mother to find you a few official tooth wives, you bought too many maids and gave you rough ones! Xin Liu painfully educated Yu Shu, she could take flowers from her father and grandfather every month, and she also had her own small treasury, seeing that Yu Shu spent so little, she was anxious for her.

said that Yu Shu wasted but wronged her, in the final analysis, the concept is different, other people's families usually buy slaves and then train them well, but she is willing to buy them well.

This psychology is like most modern company recruitment, compared to the stunned young who have just entered the society. Prefer to hire people with qualifications and experience.

For the sake of efficiency. It's worth a few extra bucks.

What's more, when she is not short of money, not counting the debt she won in the Cui family's big gambling house, Jubaozhai's crystal trading still has her profits of tens of thousands of taels.

"That's not how accounts are calculated," Yu Shu explained to Xin Liu, "I used to be a poor and white-headed ordinary person. How do you know how to discipline your subordinates? Rather than buying it back, it gives me a headache if I don't know what to do. It's better to buy ready-made. ”

Xin Liuxin said that this was also the case, so he didn't mutter to her anymore, and then asked her about the housewarming banquet.

"Grandfather asked me yesterday. Did you pick a good day? ”

Yu Shu has not appeared in the Taishi Shuyuan since the water and land conference, and there is no response to the post handed to her house, and Si Tianjian is not a place where people can squat, how many people want to see her, but there is no way to beg, there are not a few people who come to Xin Liu to inquire, and they all see when she will open the door.

"I have chosen the day, just on the twelfth of this month, I am afraid that everyone will be busy when the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, don't let me invite you to come, and it will be a joke to set up an empty table."

When Xin Liu heard her words, he rolled his eyes and said, "As long as you invite it, who dares not to give face." ”

Yu Shuha smiled and didn't mention it. She had the idea that this time she was going to make a big show, to drive the housewarming banquet and the thanksgiving banquet together, the golden seal of the Ministry of Rites was all over, and Emperor Zhaoqing wanted to make a fuss about her title, she should always cooperate with Zhang Yang.

Next, Yu Shu proposed to take Xin Liu to see her big garden, Xin Liu was dragged by her, I thought it was nothing to see, nothing more than rockeries and fake water, flowers and green trees, but through a moon gate, a green mist in front of me, not a dozen steps, there was a sika deer with its horns high and small steps, stepping on the falling flowers, passing in front of their eyes, glanced at the two of them, and continued to scatter its steps, not afraid of life at all.

Xin Liu glared, walked further, and saw the monkey cubs squatting on the mountain wall, the big-tailed squirrel shuttling between the branches, and a row of delicate bird cages hanging under the corridor, in which there were thrushes, larks, parrots, and wrens, all of them, the most eye-catching thing for her was a pair of white jade canaries, exactly the same white feathers and red eyes, melodious crying, her grandfather liked to tease birds, she occasionally listened to him chant a few words of bird scripture, so the canary like this is not an ordinary rarity.

She has seen a lot of gardens, and she has even entered the imperial garden in the palace, but like Yu Shu, she has put her own garden into a battle of mountains and wild gardens, and raised such a group of psychic and lovely birds and beasts, but it is the first one in her impression.

In this way, Xin Liu's interest in the garden suddenly increased, and he dragged Yu Shu to walk here and there, pick flowers and grass, and tease birds and foxes, which was very happy.

Before leaving, Xin Liu was reluctant to lose a fluffy rabbit that he picked up in the grass nest, Yu Shu simply asked people to go to the garden to catch another one, and made up an even number for her to take away

In the evening, Yu Xiaoxiu came back from school and went straight back to the room, there are several independent small courtyards in the mansion, the big guy doesn't have to squeeze under one roof, Yu Shu asked Yu Xiaoxiu's opinion, and allocated him a separate courtyard, in addition to Bai Ran, a scholar, and a small guy to call him, named Chun'er.

There are many benefits to the sin slave who came out of the court, the first point is the duty, it is not dark yet, Chun'er is guarding the grass road of the second gate, seeing Yu Xiaoxiu coming over, shouting the second young master in his mouth, he ran up and took the bookbag on Yu Xiaoxiu's shoulder.

Now that the two families have come together, it is inevitable that it will be chaotic, Yu Shu and Zhao Hui and his wife have discussed, and re-established the rules, so that the subordinates call her the eldest lady, Yu Xiaoxiu is the second young master, He Xiaochuan called the third young master, Mrs. He is the old lady, and Aunt Cui is no longer the little wife of others, but is called Mrs. Yu.

"The second young master came back early today, didn't you go to the hospital?" Don't look at Chun'er is one year younger than Yu Xiaoxiu, but he is like a bamboo pole, half a head taller than Yu Xiaoxiu, he holds the bookbag in both hands, hunched over and follows Yu Xiaoxiu, like a shrimp, quite funny.

Yu Xiaoxiu wanted to laugh when he saw him, but he didn't tell him to straighten up and walk, "I didn't go, the master has more homework to write today." ”

A few days ago, many slaves were bought in the mansion, and the day after Chun'er came, his sister called him alone and taught him a lesson, so that he really found that his identity was different from the past.

His own sister became the chief official of Si Tianjian, and even the emperor was given the title, and the family lived in a mansion that was more magnificent than the old mansion of the Ji family, and dozens of subordinates called him young master with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, and lived the days of stretching out his hand for food and opening his mouth, although Yu Xiaoxiu had not yet adapted, he clearly knew that he was no longer the oil bottle that slept on the board bed and ate leftovers in the courtyard of the Ji family in Yiyang City, but changed from half a slave to a master.

The master and servant entered the small courtyard with two front heels and back feet, and Bai Ran, who happened to be wearing a new silk shirt, came out of Yu Xiaoxiu's study with a stack of red and gold papers, and when he saw them, he stopped there to greet them.

"The second young master is out of school."

Yu Xiaoxiu nodded, walked over and picked up the top invitation card in his hand, looked at it, and asked, "Have you finished copying the list that my sister gave you?" ”

Yu Shu had already sorted out the list of guests to be invited on August 12, because Bai Ran's handwriting was the most eye-catching, so he also handed over the matter of copying invitations to him. So Bai Ran didn't follow Yu Xiaoxiu to Baichuan Academy to accompany him in the past two days, but stayed in Yu Xiaoxiu's small study early in the morning to copy the posts, and did the things that the eldest lady explained as soon as possible.

"I'll send it to the eldest lady after I've copied it." Bai Ran is much darker than when he was first bought, and his originally weak little white face is a little more heroic.

"Then go and go back quickly, don't delay dinner." Yu Xiaoxiu patted him on the shoulder affectionately, even if there were many more servants in the family, Bai Ran was different to him, this young man who was smarter than him and could read, and had also been the son and young master of a rich and noble family, he couldn't be called by him as a servant.

Bai Ran sighed lightly, glanced at Chun'er, who was hunched over and following Yu Xiaoxiu, wearing the same short shirt that he had just sent to Xiaowu, slightly bitter in his heart, and left quickly with his head down.

Yu Shu sent Xin Liu'er away, Bai Ran sent the post over, she casually took a few to check, and was very satisfied with the neat and beautiful font on it, so she asked the kidney beans on the side to take a piece of silver and reward it to Bai Ran.

"It's a good job, I'll add more paper and ink to the small repair room in the future, you still have to practice more when you have time, don't delay."

Bai Ran's slightly restrained face showed a touch of joy, and he quickly thanked Yu Shu, and withdrew from the reward without staying for a moment.

It was dark outside, lanterns were hung under the eaves on all sides of the courtyard, Bai Ran walked out along the porch, and saw two people coming out of the opposite corner door, the one in front he recognized, it was the new maid next to the eldest lady called Lin Er or Xin'er, the one in the back hung his head, only to see half of Bai Shengsheng's neck, Bai Ran looked at it, hurriedly withdrew his gaze, silently recited the indecent look in his heart, and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard door.

Xin'er led the recovered Abe Aoiko to see Yu Shu, and didn't pay attention to Bai Ran's departure from there, but Abe Aoiko was a little more sensitive, and was walking, suddenly stopped, turned his head and stared at the direction of the empty courtyard gate, with some doubts in his eyes.

"What's wrong?" Xin'er saw her stop and look around, pulled her, and called her back to her senses.

Abe Aoi hurriedly shook his head and said timidly: "It's okay." ”

She must have been dazzled, and there are no dead people here, how can there be ghost light. (To be continued......)

PS: (2014 is coming, in the new year, Guozi wishes everyone a happy and happy family.) ）