Since she couldn't make any decision for the time being, Xie Yushu simply put it down. Seeing that Xiao Yi's legs were getting better day by day, Xie Yushu said that Xie Tianqi had contacted them about a job in Fucheng, helping a wealthy family to collect land, and she and Qu Xiaodie went to do one. After a few months, I thought I would earn some money to add to Xiao Yan’s dowry.
Xiao Yi didn't interfere too much with her whereabouts. He would be able to throw away the crutches in a few days, so he didn't use her much. He only told her "be careful on the road" and let her go.
Xie Yushu and Qu Xiaodie sorted and put away the dried medicinal materials, packed their clothes, the thousand-year-old ginseng, snake venom, and gold and silver jewelry, and then went to the villa with Qu Xiaodie.
If nothing else, she really couldn't trust Mrs. Xiao and her family! Simply take everything valuable with you.
Nearly two months have passed, and the once barren land has become popular. Houses have been built on the land that Xie Yushu designated for them two months ago, with limestone tiles, which are both strong and neat.
Not only have the houses been built, but a road has even been opened from the valley to the mountains!
A boy came over when he saw Xie Yushu. He greeted him first, and then ran to inform the people inside. After a while, all the adults and children in the mountain came over.
They automatically divided into two groups and stood in front of Xie Yushu. One group was the slaves of the five families headed by Wang Wu, and the other group was the 16- or 17-year-old girl headed by Aunt Su. The two groups stood neatly and faced Xie Yushu. He bent down to salute and said in unison:
"I've met the master!"
"Get up! Come with me in!"
"yes!"
Aunt Su and Wang Wu are worthy of being in charge of things. Not only did they get the work done, but they also taught etiquette very well and everyone behaved very well!
Before noon, Xie Yushu gathered everyone in the conference room next to the dormitory. The 100-square-meter conference room was quite spacious. There were already more than a dozen rows of tables and chairs in it, which was similar to a student classroom.
Xie Yushu sat down in front. Aunt Su and Wang Wu reported to Xie Yushu the work during this period, and then handed the account book to Xie Yushu for inspection.
In fact, it's not a big deal. The place was all drawn by her, and they built it according to the drawings. Now they have moved in separately. Wang Wu can lead them to open the road from the mountain to the outside, which is considered to be an overfulfillment of the task.
Aunt Su taught them the rules and etiquette of slaves during this period, all in the same way she taught the new maids in the palace.
She also instilled in them the idea of loyally protecting the Lord every day. She also emphasized the consequences of betraying the Lord and cited many examples she had seen.
Nowadays, these people have been trained by Aunt Su, let alone serving Xie Yushu, they can even enter the palace to serve nobles!
Xie Yushu looked at the slave rules and regulations handed to her by Aunt Su. There were more than 60 rules, covering things as small as dressing and eating, treating others, and as big as accompanying others when going out. There was also an article about observing words and expressions, and even how to pay attention to the speech patterns of outsiders.
A fool will have three more eyes after undergoing Aunt Su's training!
Xie Yushu said that she had made a lot of money!
The accounts are also clear. For the tables, chairs and benches that were later added, each of the five families added two cupboards, and the girls and boys added a 1.5-meter wardrobe in each dormitory.
I bought another batch of cotton, and Aunt Su and the girls have already made everyone's autumn quilted jackets and trousers, winter cotton clothes and trousers, cotton shoes and quilts!
At the same time, I went to Jinyang to buy grain and salt for the winter. The money that Xie Yushu left behind at the beginning was only eight or two or three yuan and a few copper coins.
After buying all these things, there is still fifty taels of silver left. According to the current prices, Aunt Su and Wang Wu are indeed calculating carefully.
Xie Yushu was very satisfied with this, and immediately praised Aunt Su and Wang Wu for their seriousness and responsibility, and rewarded each of them with one tael of silver. The others also learned the rules well and did their work well. Those over thirteen years old were each rewarded. He received one hundred copper coins, and those under the age of thirteen who had done less work were rewarded with fifty coins each.
He also gave them a half-day holiday, allowing them to have lunch and go to the market. After so many twists and turns from famine to being sold, they have now settled down and have their own rooms. They see what is missing or what they like and buy some themselves.
Everyone was very happy, thanked them happily and left.
In the afternoon, Xie Yushu and Qu Xiaodie went to the lime yard outside the west city of Tai'an Prefecture and ordered thirty carts of lime for them to deliver to the villa. They spent a total of twelve taels of silver and bought two donkeys and two boards. The car cost thirty-six taels, and a five-hundred-tael silver note was opened. Four hundred taels were exchanged for silver notes and hidden in a hairpin, leaving fifty-two taels.
She gave fifty taels to Qu Xiaodie, planning to keep Qu Xiaodie here and Aunt Su by her side.
Now that the rules are almost taught, she will consolidate them in more than a month here, and at the same time let Aunt Su and Qu Xiaodie transition their positions. After the rules are settled, she plans to focus on martial arts training in the next year!
So Qu Xiaodie is more suitable to manage them!
At night, everyone came back, chattering so happily!
Most of the women bought needles and thread, the girls bought rouge or snacks, and most of the boys bought all kinds of food, including meat buns, roast chicken, and wine!
Fortunately, they were sensible and didn't drink too much.
After dinner, Xie Yushu called them together again and held a second meeting.
Seeing that everyone was looking at her cautiously and curiously, Xie Yushu cleared her throat and said
"The morning meeting is a summary of everyone's work in the past period. Everyone has done well, and we have rewarded what we should reward. Even if the previous things are over, what I want to talk about next is the future plans of our villa.
The first is our short-term plan for the next five to seven days, which is for everyone to work together to pave the roads in the villa. Not only the main road, but also the roads leading to your respective entrances, the canteen, and the dormitories are all paved with lime roads. , to facilitate future actions.
The second is the long-term plan for the future. As you have seen, our villa is not very big, with a total area of only fifty or sixty acres, so we will definitely not be able to support people like us just by farming. So I plan to open a new plant around the village in the future. Factory, doing business.
Therefore, in the future, our villa will develop a development model with planting as the supplement and business as the mainstay. In the future, your income will be divided into two parts, one is fixed monthly money, and the other is year-end bonus from business. In other words, except for you From the monthly salary you usually receive, at the end of the year, you will receive one cent more in dividends than other servants!
This dividend will be distributed based on the income of the villa and your respective performance. Good performance will be rewarded, and those who do wrong will be punished. Every year, our villa will also evaluate five outstanding servants and one outstanding contribution award.
Monthly money will be paid out starting from next year when the villa makes a profit. It is expected that the general manager will receive one tael of silver per month and the worker will receive 300 copper coins. I'll talk about the escort later.
However, outstanding domestic servants and outstanding contribution awards will be distributed from the end of this year. The bonus for outstanding domestic servants is tentatively set at 666 copper plates, and the bonus for outstanding contributions is tentatively set at one tael of silver.
This is the part about your income. Do you understand? "
"I understand! It's just like the reward the master gave us in the morning! If we do a lot of good work, we will be rewarded with more money, just like Aunt Su and Manager Wang. The master rewarded us with a tael of silver. We are obedient, although He didn't do as much as Aunt Su and Manager Wang, but he still did a lot of work, so he wasn't punished and was even given a hundred copper coins as a reward and a half-day off!
Master, you are kinder to me than my parents. I work at home every day and I don’t have enough to eat, and sometimes I get beaten! "
A naive boy stood up and said.
