After arranging for the five households, the other girls and boys built dormitories in a yard adjacent to a three-acre land in the valley.
The dormitory model is single rooms and townhouses. Three 60-square-meter rooms are reserved for management staff. The rest are 20-square-meter rooms for their dormitories, which are only as big as a master bedroom, but they are still It was a lot of fun for these kids.
To the north are three rows of male dormitories, with ten rooms in each row, and two east wing rooms, one of which is 100 square meters in size. One is used as a conference room and classroom, and the other is used for storing sundries.
To the south is a row of girls' dormitories, also with ten rooms. Although the girls only bought six, the villa will definitely not be built this year. Xie Yushu plans to leave the composer Xiaodie and the others to rest temporarily and settle the woman.
By the way, the woman's name is Su Hong, and now she has been arranged by Xie Yushu to be the tutoring aunt of the villa. She is temporarily responsible for teaching these people the rules and etiquette, recognizing some common words, and managing the general affairs.
The land boundaries were divided for them, the house types were specified, and drawings were drawn for them. Then they were told that the main task this month was to build the houses they needed to live in now.
The walls were made of stone and lime, and the roofs were made of tiles. He also drew them a drawing of an earthen kiln and taught them how to make an earthen kiln according to it. He also taught them how to roll out the soil embryos of the tiles, leaving five more Twelve taels of silver are used for necessary expenses such as buying lime and building earthen kilns. If there is insufficient food, buy food.
Wang Wu is in charge of the money, Aunt Su is in charge of the accounts, and they both manage the accounts together.
As for wages, naturally we won't start paying them yet. We won't make much profit this year, so it would be nice to be able to feed and clothe them, so we plan to start paying wages next fall.
They didn't have any objections to this, because the slaves raised by the landlords had no money, so they only needed food, clothing, and a place to live. They didn't have any hope that Xie Yushu would give them money!
It’s satisfying to know that a person can have two sets of clothes and shoes, one set of cotton-padded clothes and shoes, and one set of quilts and pillows!
Slaves in ancient times really had no human rights at all. They were basically treated as commodities and were treated the same as donkeys in the production team. Although it was impossible for Xie Yushu to treat them like this, she had heard stories told by the old man when she was young.
For example, Zhou Papi would go to the chicken coop before dawn to wake up the chickens and let them crow, and go to work in the fields to fool the long-term workers.
There is also the steward of the Heshen family. The couple who exploited the slaves in the village wear a pair of trousers. If one wears trousers and goes out, the other has to be covered with a tattered quilt at home!
Of course, it is impossible for all slave owners to be like this, but there are certainly a few, so Xie Yushu said with all her heart that she had no wages for a year, and she felt very sorry in her heart. However, this group of people had enough food, clothing, and a house. Stay grateful!
It can only be said that perceptions are different and expectations are different!
Xie Yushu also asked Aunt Su to take a few women to make the clothes to wear first.
Let Wang Wu take the men to clean up the place and build a temporary shelter first, and told them not to save money on food, and to eat as much as possible without wasting it. After the explanation, Xie Yushu left Nan Xing here to learn the rules first, while she took care of herself. Qu Xiaodie went back first.
It was already evening by the time Qu Xiaodie and the others returned to the inn, so they stayed overnight, and Qu Xiaodie drove the donkey cart back early the next morning.
However, to Xie Yushu's surprise, when passing by Yonghe County, she discovered that Xiao Yuanhang, who was supposed to be studying at the county school, wandered into Cuixiang Tower with two libertines in satin brocade robes.
Qu Xiaodie obviously saw it too, and asked suspiciously
"The one who was wearing a blue robe just now followed the two others who were wearing brocade robes and entered the Tianxiang Tower. It couldn't be Xiao Yuanhang! Shouldn't he be studying in the county school?"
"Who knows! Maybe I'll have a rest today."
"Xiu Mu went to Cuixiang Tower? He borrowed money from you!
Borrow money to visit a brothel! The old man and lady of the Xiao family still expect him to honor his ancestors! Don't they know what kind of virtue Xiao Yuanhang is outside?
Each one is really weirder than the last! "
"I lent him money to silence the village in the future and prevent him from acting like a monster again and again. With his virtue, I will have to charge interest on this money sooner or later!
As for what he is doing outside, what does it have to do with me?
But, by the way, is this flower shop open so early? This is what it looked like at the end of the third quarter! "
"Perhaps the business is not going well this year, so we opened the business early!"
"Do you think Xiao Yuanhang is really such a talented person?
Judging from the way he acted just now, it was obvious that this was not his first time there. How could he be admitted as a scholar if he often visited flower houses? "
"Maybe it's just bad luck, who knows! Just watch! We'll see the results at the end of next fall's exam!"
However, this was not the only thing that surprised Xie Yushu. Now that it had drenched with rain, the government distributed relief food again. The families who had originally fled were returning to their hometowns one after another. The Liu family next door to Xiao Yi's house also came back.
However, the man of the Liu family died on the way to escape, and now only the wife of the Liu family and her two sons and one daughter have returned.
The Liu family also has seven or eight acres of land. Their two sons are ten and six years old, and their twelve-year-old daughter is useless. Along the way, the Liu family has relied on the wife of the Liu family to get a piece of land from the east and a piece from the west. Starved to death and reluctantly returned.
Now that Mrs. Liu has become a widow, it is not easy for her to raise three children alone. When she came back, she saw that Xiao Yi's house was prosperous and she was hiring people to build houses and renting kilns to burn tiles. She immediately made up her mind.
At first, Mrs. Xiao couldn't bear to see Xiao Dayong and Mrs. Li visiting Xiao Yi every day, so she forced Mr. and Mrs. Li to follow Mr. Xiao to weed Xiao Yuanhang's land. Without Mrs. Li, there was no one to do the work. The man who built the house cooked the midday meal.
Widow Liu volunteered to cook for Li, and begged Xiao Yi to just let her and her three children eat!
Although it was unreasonable for one person to work and four people to eat, Widow Liu talked in a low voice about how difficult it was for her to raise three children by herself after her husband died, and how much hardship she suffered. Xiao Yi, for the sake of her neighbors, I agreed
Now the hero Liu Widow had a place to play. Not only did the rice cook quickly and deliciously, but the dirty clothes that the three Xiao Yi masters had changed were rushed to be washed, and Xiao Haitang's hair was braided in different ways every day.
Xiao Haitang, a child with a casual mind, said something
"The double bun that my second uncle gave me is so beautiful, but it's a pity that my second uncle went out and I don't know how to do it myself!"
After washing her clothes, Widow Liu immediately gave her a fairy bun. She also praised Xiao Haitang for looking like a little fairy! Xiao Haitang was so coaxed that he became very involved with her within a few days, calling her Aunt Liu.
Although Xiao Yi watched closely and failed to coax Xiao Jinyu, she also gained good popularity with the Xiao family.
When Xie Yushu and Qu Xiaodie arrived home, Widow Liu was joking with Xiao Haitang and preparing lunch. Her daughter Liu Ye was helping to light the fire. Xiao Jinyu, who was standing next to Xiao Yi, saw Xie Yushu pulling Xiao Yi's clothes from a distance. Jiao shouted
"Donkey, and car, mother is back!"
