Chapter 2318 Light Gate Lintel 119
"Let's stay here for a while. After all, the Holy One hasn't asked the common people to leave yet." You knew that this guy shamelessly wanted to stay here.
"This house is mine." Xining repeated.
Zhao Kang is really capable. Does he still plan to let her enter the palace to ask for the decision and free up the house?
"The things in my palace are not over yet. This place is so close. You also want me to do a good job for the Holy One, right?"
"This house is mine." Sister is a ruthless repeater. You do things for Zhao Kang, what do you care about my sister?
Guo Siyuan inadvertently exhaled through his nose and looked around: "Although this house is not big, it requires at least a dozen people to take care of it, such as sweeping the floor, wiping the tables, pruning the trees, mopping and doing things. There are also cooks, cooks, and stewards. , guard patrols, doorman communication... How about I live here and take care of all these, and also provide you with four maids, which can be used as rent? ”
Unexpectedly, Xining responded immediately: "Deal!"
Now I have money, but if I need so many people at once, I have no choice but to buy or hire them. Whether you buy or hire, you need to take the time to distinguish between good and bad and adjust the time. It doesn't work if you don't use it, especially houses with ancient brick and wooden beam structures. If they are not repaired and maintained, they will soon fall into disrepair.
"But my brothers have settled the accounts and made a rental contract for three months. We will inform you one month in advance before leaving. Come and have tea together. I just got Yunding Hancui. The cook is from Huoyun Villa, I guess. Plum blossom cake. There are also snails soaked in ghee and some fried melon seeds.”
"Okay." Guo Siyuan smiled bitterly, used his cook, and invited him to drink tea. As expected, don't talk about friendship, just talk about benefits. This girl is more shrewd and realistic than him, a businessman.
Sitting on the fire bed, drinking tea and snacks, and chatting. If they weren't talking about major events inside and outside the palace, I would have thought that the young master from a wealthy family was chatting away in their free time.
"The accounts in the palace seem to be clear, but in fact they are exaggerated. Almost all of them have taken bribes and enriched their own pockets." Guo Siyuan was shocked by what he saw: "I'm afraid of the future..."
Xi Ning disagreed: "An egg costs fifty cents, which is pretty good. Sometimes an egg can be reimbursed for five taels of silver. Just ask someone to check all the accounts and hand them over to the Holy One. Ignore the rest and just forget about them." ”
"That's exactly what I ordered. There are so many moths, and the Holy Spirit just lets them go?"
Xining seemed to be wrong in answering the question: "The leaves on the tree include green, yellow, and some with insects. If most of the leaves on the tree are withered and yellow, it is impossible to remove them all, and the tree will die. Only when the green leaves grow out, can the tree die. When the yellow leaves are removed the tree can still survive.”
Zhao Kang has just taken over. If he makes a big move at this time, the situation will inevitably be unstable. Only after things have stabilized and the confidants or newcomers you cultivated can at least take over the position, is it time to pull out the moths one by one.
Guo Siyuan nodded, took a sip of tea, and even though he was used to drinking good tea, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "This tea is really different."
"This tribute tea is only used by the Minister of the Ministry of Industry to entertain guests. There are not many good things in the inner courtyard. It is interesting to say that the rich Ministry of Households is called poor every day. It is really poor. The Ministry of Industry builds houses and roads every day. But he is so rich that he should be taught a lesson this time. If he doesn't restrain himself, he will use an iron roll to save his life once, and there will be no next time."
At this moment, someone outside the door came and said: "Young Master, that woman is here again."
Guo Siyuan frowned slightly: "Didn't I tell you to tell her clearly that the person you are looking for is no longer here, and even if he dies, he may not come back?"
The person outside the door replied: "I already told you, and I gave you a bunch of money. I came here just because I want a place to stay, and I won't leave until I die."
Xining asked: "What's wrong?"
"It's not the fault of your former boss." Guo Siyuan also felt a little headache: "After asking, she was originally the daughter of a scholar's family in the countryside. Her family was pretty good, but Liu Yulang defrauded her of all the family's money and gave birth to a child. After that, there was no room for her in the house. She and her son came here while doing odd jobs, and they had been having trouble for four or five days.”
"How old is the child?"
"About seven or eight months, she is still in her arms." Xining smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Where can she go if you don't want her to come? Which family would want a woman with children to work at this time?" She is still the daughter of a scholar, before. It should also be Xiaojiabiyu, who can't do much work.
Guo Siyuan also has his own worries: "If I don't leave, things will be even more troublesome. A bowl of rice can support a benefactor and a bucket of rice can support an enemy. Now, aren't we just relying on it?"
"Let's go take a look." Xining sat up and put on his shoes.
When I arrived at the door, I saw a woman, about seventeen or eighteen years old. Although her clothes were torn, they were repaired and washed. The same was true for the child she was holding, except that both mother and child were sallow and thin, obviously having suffered a lot.
Liu Yulang was not a thing, but he still had a minimum standard for looking at women. The woman had a pretty face and a pair of big red eyes, revealing unwillingness and a little stubbornness.
Xining walked over and spoke slowly: "Liu Yulang was involved in worldly affairs and felt that he was not qualified to be the head of the Xuanhu Sect. He resigned more than a month ago. If you want to find him, you should go to Widow Liu's place in the west of the city."
"I've been there." The woman's lips trembled. About now she had to believe that she had met someone unkind and a scumbag: "He left long ago. Widow Liu said he still had women and children outside. Call me." Stop looking. But what can I do if I don’t look for it? The child is still young, I, I..."
After biting her lower lip with her teeth, the woman seemed to have made a decision. She knelt down with the child in her arms: "Please buy me, I am willing to be a slave, as long as I can raise the child."
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The steward next to me was also annoyed: "What are you doing? Here you go again. I have already said that you are willing to become a slave, but the child must sign up together. Where is the mother who is a slave, but the child is a commoner. Go out and ask around, who would be willing to do something like this unless you sell your child a racquet? You can’t do much work with a child, and you have to open your mouth to eat.”
The woman held the child and lowered her head: "I can be a slave, but my child cannot. If we are all going to be slaves, I might as well take the child and throw myself into the river and die cleanly."
The people eating melon next to me began to talk, and the words were much unpleasant to listen to.
"Indeed, who wants it! Even if she goes to Chun Nuan Pavilion, she is just a girl who doesn't know how to play the piano or dance or sing. She also has a child with her, so at most she will be a helper in the backyard."
"Hehe, she won't go. I don't see how proud she is. How can she be willing to go to a place like this?"
"You still have a girl's hair combed. No matter how proud you are, you are still unruly. Otherwise, why would you give birth to a child before you get married? You deserve it."
Suddenly someone shouted: "Why don't you get married? There happens to be a man next to my house who is short of a wife."
Immediately aroused objections: "Shit! Not only is that man stupid, he is also short in stature and ugly in appearance. The family relies on his mother to survive, and his brothers help him. This is why he doesn't have a mother-in-law yet?"
"No matter how poor you are, at least you still have food to eat, which is much better than selling yourself into slavery."
The woman bit her lips tighter, as if she would break them if she applied too much force. She suddenly became cruel, her eyes focused, and she raised her head...
"Go in first!" Xining shouted: "Come on, help me up and go to the living room!"
Happy New Year everyone, and all the best next year!
(End of chapter)