Chapter 36: A Handmaiden Who Belongs to One Man
When he approached the house, Song Yi saw the bright candlelight in the house, and a figure standing in front of the door waiting for him, she was the maid Qiao Yun.
"Young Master Song Yi, you're back. Seeing Song Yi come back, Qiao Yun bowed slightly.
Song Yi also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, facing the maid Qiao Yun, he felt that it was really much better than facing those Song family elders seriously in the council hall.
"I'm a little hungry, you go and get some food. Walking into the house, Song Yi waved his hand at Qiao Yun, and he asked again, "By the way, have you eaten?"
Qiao Yun was slightly stunned, and then replied: "Not yet..."
"Then prepare two servings, and we'll eat them together. Song Yi smiled, he didn't think about it that much, so he commanded.
"Young master, this..."Qiao Yun was stunned again.
"I don't mean anything else, I just don't think it's tasteful to eat alone, don't think about it, go and prepare." After Song Yi finished speaking, he walked to the table in the room and poured a glass of water to quench his thirst, and Qiao Yun could only prepare the meal as instructed.
Putting the cup back on the table, Song Yi's eyes were on the room, he walked to the second window, touched the clean frame with his hand, nodded with satisfaction, and looked around, Song Yi confirmed that Qiao Yun was still very serious about cleaning, including the previous dirt marks, which were basically wiped clean at this time.
Then Song Yi walked to the cabinet in the corner, he opened the drawer to see what was there, first the top two layers were his own change of clothes, and as soon as the third layer was opened, Song Yi was a little interested in the dazzling array of things inside, such as some boxes of different shapes, Song Yi casually opened a few boxes, and found that there were a thumb-sized pills inside, he sniffed before taking it to his nose, and found that these pills did not have the medicinal taste he expected, but in his hand, there was some warmth.
"Yuan Qi..."Song Yi immediately understood that these pills contained the ingredients of Yuan Qi, and they should be auxiliary items for people in this world when they were cultivating, in addition, Song Yi also found a large ginseng plant, and weighed it in his hand, it weighed at least half a catty, Song Yi's knowledge of botany was relatively one-sided, but he was sure that this ginseng was definitely worth more than 10,000 yuan when placed on the earth.
"It's... The base currency of this world?" Song Yi noticed something at the bottom of the cabinet again, he reached out and took it out, this is a metal coin, the surface reflects the golden light, I think it is the kind of gold coin that everyone mentioned before, from the point of view of specifications, the diameter of this gold coin is larger than the Kruger gold coin, at least 30-40 grams of weight, according to the price of gold on the earth, such a gold coin is worth at least tens of thousands of yuan, of course, Song Yi also understands that gold coins in this world are probably one of the ordinary currency in circulation, the value is far less high than that on the earth, as for how much value it can be used to mark, Song Yi does not know at presentγ
Just looking at such a gold coin, Song Yi remembered what Song Puppet said before, it was a debt of 30,000 gold coins, and it was a little scary to think about it.
Next, Song Yi took out all the metal coins in the cabinet, he pocketed them in his hand, and brought them all to the table to count them, Song Yi wanted to see how much wealth he had at his disposal now.
After counting, all the coins were divided into three categories by Song Yi, one is gold coins, one is silver coins, and the other is copper coins, and interestingly, in gold coins alone, they are divided into several patterns.
"Fifty-two gold coins, sixty-six silver coins, twenty-nine copper coins..."Looking at these metal coins neatly stacked in front of him, Song Yi suddenly had a sense of accomplishment, if he had so many gold coins on the earth, then he would already be a millionaire, but... This is not the Earth.
When Song Yi counted her disposable wealth, Qiao Yun walked in from outside the house with food, she was also a little surprised to see the hundreds of metal coins placed on the table, but some thoughts in her heart were immediately dispelled by her, she knew her identity, some things have always been distant to her, at least she will not be able to have so many gold coins in front of her in her life.
"Young Master, please eat. Qiao Yun brought the meals to the table one by one, and she also brought two pairs of dishes and chopsticks according to Song Yi's instructions, one for Young Master Song Yi and the other for hers.
Song Yi saw that the meal he had been waiting for for a long time had arrived, so he directly pushed aside all the gold coins on the table, ready to finish eating first, and in order not to be arrogant, Qiao Yun first helped Song Yi serve the rice, and then he took a bowl of rice and stood aside to eat.
Song Yi, who was hungry, picked up the bowl and ate it, he didn't like the food in this world very much, but now he tasted it with relish, because he hadn't eaten two meals, according to some legends in his previous life, it seems that cultivators can use a health preservation method called Bigu to do without eating, Song Yi felt that maybe his own cultivation in this world was not enough now.
And as soon as he ate a few bites, Song Yi found Qiao Yun who had been standing next to him, and the latter's appearance of eating rice without even sandwiching meat dishes made Song Yi speechless, he could only say: "If you want to eat, sit down and eat, I'm embarrassed by you like this, okay?"
"Young Master, I... It's good to stand. Qiao Yun was still a little afraid to do so.
"Sit down, I have something to ask you. Song Yi pointed to a stool in front of her, and then continued to eat her own food, and Qiao Yun could only sit helplessly opposite Song Yi, she ate and occasionally raised her eyes to look at Song Yi.
"By the way, did you see Xu Pang today?" Song Yi asked aloud as he ate.
"Afternoon... I went out to see him once while you weren't there. Qiao Yun replied.
"Then did you tell him what I asked you to bring last night?" Song Yi asked.
As soon as she heard Qiao Yun, she knew what Song Yi was talking about, but she actually didn't help Song Yi bring the apology to Xu Pang, because she knew that there was a gap between the two identities, although she liked Xu Pang very much, but she still didn't dare to break this gap between the upper and lower relationships, so she didn't think that Xu Pang could really accept Song Yi's apology.
Qiao Yun muttered for a moment and didn't say a word, Song Yi immediately understood, he could only sigh helplessly: "Tomorrow you go out with me, I'll go and apologize to him." β
"Young Master, this is really not..."Qiao Yun wanted to stop it, she felt that Young Master Song Yi was getting more and more wrong in the past two days, but if Song Yi was asked to apologize in front of Xu Pang, wouldn't it mean that the two could already sit on an equal footing? If this was known to other people in the Song family, then Xu Pang and she would be in trouble.
"Don't say it, it's rude to talk while eating. Song Yi interrupted what Qiao Yun was about to say, and the latter could only say 'oh', but he actually complained a little in his heart, it was obviously you who spoke first just now...
Soon the two finished eating, Qiao Yun was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, while Song Yi continued to sort out his disposable wealth, at this time he asked Qiao Yun with some curiosity: "If you are in the Song family, how much salary does a month have... Oh no, how much money do you get?"
Qiao Yun replied, "The housekeeper will give us five silver coins every month. β
"Then Xu Pang's family is a blacksmith shop, right, how much can he earn in a month?" Song Yi asked again.
"This... I don't know, but there must be dozens of silver coins. Qiao Yun's answer was a little vague, because she really didn't know what Xu Pang's monthly income was, and she could only estimate it.
"Dozens of gold coins... In this case..."Song Yi calculated in his heart, compared to when he was on the earth, a blacksmith technician's monthly income was basically more than several thousand, of course, this profession would basically disappear on the earth, because of the development of artificial intelligence, a lot of coolie work was replaced by machines.
Through the comparison between Xu Pang and Qiao Yun, Song Yi roughly concluded that what Qiao Yun got every month was equivalent to a few hundred yuan in the country in his previous life, although the slaves were all covered with food and shelter, but this money basically limited many things they could do.
"From now on, I'll send your coins, and I'll explain to the butler later. Song Yi made a decision and said.
"Young Master Song Yi, this doesn't match..."Qiao Yun was shocked, is Young Master Song Yi going to control even her meager income?
"I mean, from now on, you're only going to have to serve me alone, you don't have to worry about the butler, you just have to tell me you're willing... Still unwilling?" Song Yi gave Qiao Yun a choice, because in this matter, he was not like force.
After Qiao Yun heard the choice that Song Yi gave her, countless conjectures had sprung up in her heart, what did Young Master Song Yi do? Why did he do this? Did he do anything to himself? From good to bad conjectures, Qiao Yun basically thought about it, and it can be said that since she entered the Song family, she had never thought about it more than now.
"Have you thought about it?" Song Yi asked again.
"I..." Qiao Yun still seemed a little hesitant, but in the end, she still chose to nod: "I am willing to serve you all the time." β
Song Yi showed a helpless smile on his face, he could see that Qiao Yun was worried and afraid of him, and in the end, this choice was mostly due to some pressure in his heart, such as not daring to say the word 'no' to a young master like him, but Song Yi didn't think about it so much at the moment, he would let Qiao Yun know that his choice was right.
Thinking of this, Song Yi picked up a gold coin on the table, and then a finger popped out and fell on Qiao Yun, who also hurriedly caught it with her hand when she saw this, and then she heard Song Yi say, "This is your first month's salary." β
Qiao Yun was shocked, she looked at the gold coin in her hand, this is a wealth that she can't save in a year and a half, and Young Master Song Yi actually gave it to her directly, she was still guessing just now that after serving Song Yi alone, her monthly income would be reduced to three or two silver coins, or even not, but Song Yi gave her twenty times her previous salary.
Isn't this really a dream, or is it that Young Master Song Yi has something more terrifying to do to her?
A gold coin was too unreal for Qiao Yun, making her more and more scary.
"Don't think about it so much, you'll know right away that serving me alone is hard work. Song Yi said to Qiao Yun: "There is something for you to do now." β
"Please... Please command. Qiao Yun's heart was full of apprehension.
"Go and get me hot water ready, I'm going to take a shower, and then... Go find some paper for me, and remember to bring a pen and ink, which are on my desk and will be useful when I get out of the shower. Song Yi commanded.
Qiao Yun was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and said, "Yes, I'll go and prepare." β
Half an hour later, Song Yi lay in the steaming big wooden barrel, there is no bathing artifact in this world, he can only take a bath before the water cools, and while taking the first bath after coming to this world, Song Yi also sighed again, I don't know when this kind of somewhat backward life will be the end.
After taking a bath, Song Yi returned to the house with a refreshing night breeze, and Qiao Yun had already prepared all the paper, pen and ink for him according to his instructions.
This night, Song Yi took advantage of the flickering candlelight to delve into the endless drawings alone until late at night.
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