Qingyan muttered something and walked to the edge of the pool and touched the water inside. It was about forty degrees, which was the right temperature.
He quickly took off his clothes and stepped in, sitting on a reserved stone step, just above his shoulders.
She soaked for a while and felt that the temperature had dropped a bit, then she got up and started washing her hair and applying shower gel. After rinsing it, she wrapped her hair before putting on clean clothes.
She dried her hair with a dry towel and walked out of the cave directly. It was still early and she was going to take a stroll in the valley.
Chou Chou was outside the cave, sitting face to face with a black bear.
Qingyan looked at the black bear who was almost as tall as herself even when seated, feeling a little frightened.
He didn't dare to come forward directly, but sent a message to Chou Chou: "Chou Chou, isn't this the bear that destroyed Guan's family? What is it doing here? Will it attack me?"
Ugly Scandal looked back at her and said directly: "Don't be afraid, this is not that bear, it's another one. I took in a total of four bears yesterday."
I don’t know if it’s because of the spiritual energy in it, but this bear has become a little wiser.
It told me that I could help grow vegetables. It had gone to the edge of the village and secretly watched the villagers farming. All I had to do was give it some honey as a reward every day. "
Qingyan looked at the bear in surprise, and saw that the guy understood Chou Chou's words and nodded towards her.
This naive look made her put down her guard and walked over involuntarily.
When the bear saw her coming, he patted the stone next to him with his fat bear paw, as if to ask her to sit there.
"It's really smart. Can it talk? Where's the sound transmission?"
Qingyan walked to Chou Chou and asked repeatedly.
Chou Chou shook his head and nodded, "If it can't speak, it can use voice transmission, but you can only give it voice transmission. You may not understand its reply. The communication between us still belongs to beasts.
There is still a difference between it and Yuanbao. Yuanbao is now a monster. It is a fusion of Qiongqi's essence and blood and Xunfeng Leopard's inner elixir. It has their memories and inheritance to some extent, so it can communicate with you without any hindrance. "
Qingyan nodded, "I understand, then just take your time. You should be able to communicate after being in contact for a long time.
So did you agree to it? If it really knows how to do it, it will save us the trouble and we can just eat ready-made food. "
Is this considered free labor? Of course, it’s not completely free, after all, they still need honey.
Chou Chou: "I agreed. Let's buy seeds tomorrow and let him try it when we come back. If it works well, I will leave the vegetable garden to it. It can also take the other three with it. Since it can enlighten the other three, Not necessarily.
When the time comes, we can open a few more pieces of land and grow some food. There is spiritual energy in it, and the food grown will definitely be better than what is grown outside. "
Looking at Chou Chou's capitalist face, Qingyan felt a little sympathy for the Four Bears. She really didn't miss out on squeezing out every ounce of value.
Qingyan couldn't help but reached out and touched the black bear's thick paw. Seeing that it didn't reject it, she touched its head again.
Well, it feels like the hair on Fenfen’s body, thick and hard, not as fluffy and soft as it looks.
Fenfen is a panda that her parents picked up in the mountains of Sichuan Province. She was abandoned by the panda mother because she was born weak.
Later, his parents brought him back to Xiangxiang Space and fed him little by little. He was several years older than Qingyan’s brother and often carried them around in Xiangxiang Space.
"Let's give these bears names, otherwise it will be difficult to distinguish them in the future."
Chou Chou nodded, "Then let's call them Xiong Da, Xiong Er, Xiong Three, and Xiong Si according to their ages."
Qingyan: "...a good name."
"This bear is the largest of the four bears. It is four years old and has reached adulthood. The other three are two, three and three and a half years old respectively.
The age of a bear is generally around twenty years old, and it can live up to thirty years old. Of course, this is not necessarily the case in space. It has become wise. If there are no accidents, it should live up to at least fifty years old. "
Xiong Da obviously understood. He stood up and turned around several times with his mouth open. He looked very happy.
After staying inside for a while, Qingyan went out after her hair was dry. She had to get up early tomorrow.
It's always a bit embarrassing to sleep in at someone else's house, so it's better to go to bed early.
She asked ChouChou to collect the water in the bathtub outside into the space, pour it into the vegetable patch, and then put the water from the pool into the bathtub, so that it could be seen that she had taken a bath.
Someone will come tomorrow to carry the water out and dump it.
When she got up the next morning, the Fang family's maid came over to invite her to have breakfast.
When she passed by, Hui Niang was already feeding the children, one by one, and they cooperated quite well. Qingyan finally felt relieved.
"Dad, second brother, sister Heng Yue, you use it first, I will finish feeding it soon."
Seeing them come in, Huiniang greeted them with a smile.
Fang Zhengyi said: "I'm going to the garrison mansion with Dayou after dinner. I don't know when I can come back. Miss Yang will be well entertained by Huiniang.
Miss Yang, if you have any orders, just tell Hui Niang and she will arrange it. "
Huiniang nodded in agreement.
Qingyan waved her hands and said: "No, no, Sister Huiniang has to take care of the children, so there is no need to greet me. Besides, I have been to Yunzhou before, so I am not unfamiliar with it. I can just go shopping by myself."
Just buying some local specialties and things for later use on the road is not that important, I can do it alone. "
Huiniang said with a smile: "Sister Hengyue, you're welcome. It just so happens that I'm going to buy some things for the child, and I also need to go to the dental shop to find a nanny for the child. Let's go out together."
Although there is goat milk, it can be used as an emergency or as complementary food. It is more convenient to find a wet nurse, and the hiring time does not take too long. You can wean it off after one year old.
Boys are not like girls. If you are a girl, you can just buy a nanny to bring the child up. After getting married, you can also follow the child to your husband's house. After all, it is a child with your own breasts, so it will always be better to take care of it than others. The maid and mother-in-law are more dedicated.
It's different for boys. When they grow up, having a wet nurse around them won't do much good, and it's easy for them to get into trouble.
Especially those who have milk brothers. They have been together since childhood, and they once drank the milk of one person. Their relationship is better than that of their own brothers. When the time comes when the milk brothers cause trouble outside, it will be their own children's. Drag, this should be avoided.
The simple employment relationship can be terminated when the time comes, which is simple and hassle-free.
After eating, Fang Zhengyi and his son went out. Huiniang left the child, who had eaten and drank enough and fell asleep, to her mother-in-law to take care of.
The maid is still a little girl after all. She has never given birth to a child and has no experience in taking care of children.
The mother-in-law is different. She has raised children by herself and is patient even when she is older.
There were three servants in the Fang family, and the mother-in-law was alone. Her husband died when she was young, and her son died on the battlefield. In the end, she was the only one left. She had no relatives and no one to rely on, so she sold herself and paid for her future. Have a roof over your head.
Da Fei, the concierge, was also injured on the battlefield. He was a soldier under Fang Dagui. He could no longer go to the battlefield because of his injured leg. Fang Dagui saw that he had nowhere to go, so he stayed with him as a concierge and paid monthly If you earn some wages and save some, you can get married and have children later.
The little maid was a beggar picked up by Hui Niang on the road. Her parents died and she was an orphan. When Hui Niang saw her, the food she had begged for was robbed. Because she could not rob other beggars, she was beaten half to death. .
Hui Niang saw that she was pitiful, so she took her home. She originally wanted to give her a job so that she could have a roof over her head. Unexpectedly, the little girl insisted on signing a death contract and wanted to serve Hui Niang all her life to repay her kindness.
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Because Qingyan had already seen the entire Yunzhou City with her spiritual consciousness before, even if it was her first time here, she already knew the layout of the city.
So when I talked to Huiniang about the shops in the city, I knew which shop was in which place. They were very familiar with each other. Even if I had never gone in, I would still know what was inside.
Huiniang was convinced that she had been to Yunzhou before, and she was more familiar with them than the locals. She didn't even know where some shops were.
Because Yunzhou City is very big, they came out in a carriage and went to Yaxing first. There were few people there in the morning. If they were lucky, they should be able to find it right away.
It is not easy to find a wet nurse like a maid or a servant. First of all, it must be a woman who has just given birth to a baby and still has breasts. Generally speaking, such women rarely go shopping.
In some cases, the child died in infancy, or the family was in dire straits and had to find a job to survive, so they could only try their luck.
Yaxing is in the north of the city. Yunzhou Fucheng is like other big cities. The west of the city is where military households live, the east of the city is where merchants gather, the south of the city also sells agricultural products, and the livestock market is there, and the north of the city is This is the office location of the Yamen.
They went to the north of the city first, and then went shopping after looking for the wet nurse.
When they arrived at Yaxing, Huiniang told Yaren her needs, and then Yaren began to look through the book he had recorded, and found two in total.
A young man, just eighteen years old, whose child died two months after birth and whose milk had not returned yet, wanted to find a job because he did not want to cause trouble at home.
Madam Hui frowned, not satisfied with this, not because she was worried about the bad luck if her child died, but because she felt that the other party must be very sad when her child was gone. She probably wouldn't have enough milk, and might even be in a bad mood. , and couldn’t see the child in a daze.
After all, when a mother whose child died in infancy sees other people’s children, she will think of her own lost child, and she will definitely be in a trance.
Huiniang asked Yaren, "Is there anything else?"
The tooth man then turned back and replied: "The other one is older. He is thirty-three years old this year and has given birth to five children. The fifth child is more than half a year old and can be weaned because the family is really short of money. , I just want to come out and find a job."
Hui Niang's expression lit up when she heard this, "Then this is fine, but I don't know what his character is like?"
Yaren shook his head and said, "We're not sure about that. After all, we're only responsible for recording. As for his character, it's up to the lady to investigate by herself."
Madam Hui nodded, that's true. The job of the Yaren is to record the family background and age of the person looking for a job. I definitely can't check this character for you.
However, this person does meet the conditions. He already has five children, and the children are still alive, which means that this person must be very experienced in raising children. When the time comes, he will not only help nurse the children, but also help take care of them.
As long as the children are taken care of well, it will be appropriate to pay them more wages when the time comes.
Qingyan listened for a while and felt that this was appropriate. She and Huiniang thought the same thing. Her child was gone. Even if she had breast milk, she probably wouldn't have much milk. He was depressed every day. Children are not good either.
Faced with a crying face every day, not to mention the children, even the adults are uncomfortable, so it is better to have a family with all the children, just because of the lack of money.
As for the employment relationship, you only need to pay enough. If the other person's character is not good, it's not too late to find someone else. Anyway, it's not a long-term employment. It doesn't take long to wait for the child to be weaned, only a year and a half at most. It passed in a flash.
After the decision was made, Hui Niang left Yaren her home address, and Yaren promised to take someone there in the afternoon. When the employment relationship was finalized, she would just pay the agency fee.
After finishing their work, the two of them headed directly to Dongcheng. Huiniang was going to Cloth Village to prepare some clothes for her children, but she was stopped by Qingyan.
I told her that she had already made several cotton coats for the child, which would last for two years, and even three small quilts.
Huiniang gave up the idea as soon as she heard this. The child was still young and almost looked the same every day. There was no need to buy too many clothes. Her family was not rich in money, so Fang Dagui had money, so it would be better to save the money to buy other things. .
As for the crib, there is no need for it now. In cold weather, you have to sleep on a heated bed to stay warm.
So they went directly to the eastmost street not far from the city gate. There were not only shops on that street, but also many stalls.
Huiniang said to Qingyan: "There is a big market on the Heng Street in the east of the city on the 15th day of every lunar month. Today happens to be the 15th day of the lunar month. We can go shopping there and see if there is anything we want to buy.
People from some villages and towns around here will bring things produced at home to sell, and many merchants passing through Yunzhou will also go around and buy some local things. "
Qingyan perked up as soon as she heard it, "Then let's go to that street and have a look. It must be very lively."
She had just seen it when she used her spiritual consciousness to look at it. She didn't know it was a big market. She thought it was like a pedestrian street, with stalls set up during the day, so it would be so lively. It turned out that it was just in time for the big market. "
The two of them sat in a carriage and soon arrived at the east side of the city. They parked the carriage outside and gave some copper coins to a nearby shop to take a look at. Then they walked in.
There are many pedestrians coming and going on this street. It is really lively. You can see many small stalls selling food, toys, and juggling.
Qingyan first bought some knickknacks that she was interested in, such as bracelets, hairpins, silk flowers, etc. These things did not take up much space, so she bought a lot of the ones she liked.
(End of chapter)
