Chapter XXVIII
Jiang Zhixia took this grateful family to his home in a hired carriage.
In the guest hall of the General Assembly, Zhixia sat on the throne, and the family knelt down to kowtow to her in order to recognize the Lord.
"Get up." Zhixia asked them all to get up, and then said slowly, "You all know it too. As for me, I was released from the palace by the grace of the emperor and the queen mother and the queen mother. I didn't have a lot of money on hand, and I was only going to buy one person. Now that there are more people, I can afford to buy you, so I can naturally afford to raise you. I won't treat you harshly, but I won't be able to live a rich life for a while. ”
"I don't dare to talk about any rich days. The master has a kind heart and bought our family, so that our family does not have to be separated. We should repay our masters as cattle and horses. Rest assured, we will be faithful to the Lord. The man, who seemed to be the head of the family, hurried back.
"That's good, of course. You have been in the tooth shop for so long, and you naturally know what kind of punishment will be imposed on fugitive slaves and slaves who betray their masters. Therefore, as long as you are faithful in the future, I will not treat you harshly. ”
There was suddenly an extra male subordinate in the family, and Zhixia was also worried that he would bully the master, so he knocked on the road first.
After speaking, he said: "In the future, we will live here together." In the future, you don't have to kneel down to me at every turn, and you don't have to call me master, just call me a girl. It's okay to do your own thing, the family population is simple, Xiaoman follows me to serve closely, and Uncle He and Aunt Zhang watch and run the house. But there is one thing I want to say first, the house is small, and there are two girls living in the backyard, me and Xiaoman, so Uncle He should not go into the backyard if he has nothing to do. ”
Jiang Zhixia finished a shot, gave another date, and said slowly.
"Yes, do as the girl commands." The family hurriedly saluted and said.
Jiang Zhixia watched the lecture and arranged for Uncle He and Aunt Zhang to live in the wing room opposite the kitchen, so that if someone knocked on the door, she didn't have to rush over the corner door from the main room and run over to open the door.
Little Man was supposed to sleep on his pedal for the night.
Zhixia himself was not so hypocritical, so he let Xiaoman live in the east wing of the backyard.
After Jiang Zhixia arranged the accommodation, he remembered that everyone hadn't had lunch, so he arranged for Aunt Zhang to cook.
Because there is a living person in the family, although it is a subordinate who sells his deed in his own hands, Zhixia does not dare to trust it completely, and he does not tell them that everyone is equal, and they eat together or something.
Therefore, Zhixia's lunch was brought over by Xiao Man with a food box. The family had lunch in the kitchen.
After lunch, Zhixia locked the door of her room, and then called Xiaoman to accompany her to the street to buy things.
Uncle He and Aunt Zhang were at home tidying up the room and cleaning.
On the street, I bought a few beds and ready-to-wear clothes, made an appointment with my buddy to deliver them to my home, and went home.
Zhixia walked to Aunt Li's door, and saw that Aunt Li's door was open.
It is estimated that she heard the footsteps of Zhixia and them coming back, and Aunt Li opened the door after confirming it.
"Miss Jiang, listen to the movement in your house, who else is this?" Aunt Li looked at the thin and small Xiao Man next to Jiang Zhixia and asked in confusion.
"Uh, here's my new one." Jiang Zhixia replied hesitantly.
"Oh, I bought someone. That's a lot of money. Aunt Li looked at Zhixia in surprise and said.
She thought that Zhixia was just a little palace maid, and if she bought this house, she would be embarrassed, and she actually had money left to buy people.
"I was scared by today's events." Anyway, I've already said it, and Zhixia simply said it more clearly, "I'm really scared to live alone." So I bought a vigorous subordinate to take care of the home. ”
Aunt Li sighed.
Jiang Zhixia said goodbye to Aunt Li and went home.
When I entered the house, I found that it was refreshing.
Zhixia was a person after all, and he could only scrub and scrub occasionally.
Now I see that the kitchen and the side room are wiped clean. The fallen leaves on the ground were also swept clean.
"The girl is back?" Aunt Zhang, who was wiping the window frame with a rag, looked up and happened to see Jiang Zhixia, and hurriedly stepped forward with a smile to say hello.
"Hmm." Zhixia responded.
"It's already sorted out in the kitchen. That pantry was cleaned up too. The old slave is now wiping down all these window frames. Mrs. Zhang said neatly.
Before Zhixia went out, let them clean up the original bathroom in the kitchen and use it as a storage room.
After all, they lived in the front yard, so it was impossible for Zhixia to come over to take a bath again.
Fortunately, the bath water in the future was also delivered.
"Girl, if you buy firewood in the future, the old slave will come and cut it. This will also save you some money on chopping wood. Uncle He came out of the kitchen with a smile and said.
"Well, you can look at the arrangement later. There will be a guy who will deliver the goods, you can just collect it. Zhixia said simply, and took Xiaoman to the backyard.
When she arrived in the backyard, Zhixia entered the main room by herself, and then asked Xiaoman to call her mother to clean her room.
The mother and daughter in the courtyard diligently cleaned up the east wing, and then after asking Zhixia, they also scrubbed the west wing.
When he was cleaning up, Uncle He stood at the door of the corner gate and prayed that the things sent by the grocery store had been collected.
Zhixia asked them to put all the bedding in their own rooms, and let them all take their own clothes to wash and change into.
"It's too much time today. I bought a ready-to-wear garment and put it on first. The size may not be right, go back and buy the cloth, let the people in the cloth shop tailor it. Zhixia was happy to see them, and he also felt that his house was lively.
"Girl, the old slave can also make clothes, but he doesn't do it very well, so he doesn't dare to do it for the girl. However, it is still possible to make clothes for the slaves. It's still quite expensive for cloth shops to make clothes. Mrs. Zhang knew that Zhixia exceeded her budget in order to buy them, and she unconsciously wanted to save her money.
Zhixia is still quite happy.
It's better to buy a family that knows how to be grateful than to buy that kind of white-eyed wolf, right?
"Okay. Then wait until tomorrow when you buy the cloth and you will make it. Although it is autumn now, the autumn tiger is still quite powerful. So in order not to eat bad things, try to buy some fresh fruits and vegetables every day. Wait for the weather to be cool, and then go shopping and store it. Zhixia arranged it in detail, "For the matter of purchasing, I will bother Uncle He to run errands outside, and after buying, remember to report the account every three days." I don't have enough money, so you come to me and withdraw it. The affairs of the family are handled by Aunt Zhang. Let's wash up and rest early today. ”
"Yes, girl." Uncle He hurriedly responded.
Zhixia took out five taels of silver from the money bag and handed it to Xiao Man, who hurriedly took it to her father.
Uncle He's eyes widened, and he quickly and carefully took the silver, not knowing where to put it.
Zhixia was helpless, so he had to take one of the money bags he bought and give it to Uncle He.
Uncle He took it and quickly installed it.
However, I touched and touched it uneasily, after all, I hadn't received so much silver before. This is silver, not copper.