After the check was completed, Gao Qing returned to the hall and handed over the house account again. [Full text reading] Xiao Zishan didn't look at it much and just accepted the matter. The three of them gathered around the table and started sketching. Wang Luobin studied drawing. Although he only had a notebook and a ballpoint pen in his hand, he could easily draw a sketch of the architectural plane.
"Zishan, you are so stingy," Wang Luobin said while painting, "Do you still care about this little bacon and rice? It's not easy to feed a family. If you just give it to them, it will be over. It can also increase their loyalty... "
Xiao Zishan laughed: "Wang Gong, the glazed rice on this gift list is forty shi. According to the price of rice in the last years of Tianqi, it is forty taels of silver."
"So what? Do you want to sell the rice for silver?"
"Forty taels of silver is equivalent to four years' wages of Gao Qing and his wife. We can get forty taels of silver now, how much is the appropriate reward in the future?"
"If you give more, their expectations will be higher in the future. Is that what you mean?" Wen Desi said.
"That's right, Mr. Wen." Xiao Zishan nodded, "The Gao family is indeed in a difficult situation, but it's getting along well at the moment. And we don't know who he is, so there's no need to rush to be a good person and win people's hearts." He lowered his voice, " I conclude that Mr. Gao definitely has some instructions for him, asking him to pay attention to our movements."
"Yes, very likely."
"So it's still difficult for us to win over him now. He doesn't understand us, and he's even more afraid of our bad intentions. Besides, it's just the first time we've met him. He has no credit or hard work. He's been rewarded with so many things at once. What will you think? I will definitely report it to Mr. Gao immediately. We have been giving things for free for a long time, and nothing is left."
"That's true. But it would be best if we could pull him over."
"Favors have to be given, but they can only be small favors. Gradually let him feel our benefits. As time goes by, he will naturally like us. And since he is not Mr. Gao's confidant, it will be easier to win over."
"Not a confidant? This house is where Mr. Gao saves his life. How can the person guarding it not be a confidant?"
"Didn't you listen to what he said? He was called here less than half a month ago. And the real confidant, Mr. Gao, will not give it to us."
"Maybe he said it on purpose. Maybe those things he said were all fabricated?"
"This is also possible. But after observing it, I don't think it looks like it. Gao Qing has a sad look on his face, a dull expression, and his eyes are unfocused. He is not a smart and capable person." Xiao Zishan glanced outside and said, "To say the least, Mr. Gao is not a smart person. Our attitude is nothing more than prevention and exploitation, focusing on exploitation. So it is unlikely that we will spend too much money on monitoring us."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"You still have to give some small favors. What do you think of this arrangement..."
While they were talking, the lady of the Gao family came to ask for instructions on how to arrange dinner. Xiao Zishan looked at his watch and realized that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon.
"There's no need for dinner. I'll ask your whole family to come over."
"Actually, I really want to taste what Ming Dynasty's food tastes like." Wang Luobin looked fascinated.
"It is said that the spices are very rich..."
While talking, the whole family came. The lady of the Gao family looks quite upright, but she is dark and thin. She lowers her head and does not speak. She looks like a person who is clumsy in speaking. Looking at the pair of children, the boy is plain-looking, but his eyes have not lost their sparkle. Although he acted serious, he was always looking at them secretly. The girl is very different from this family. Her skin is much fairer than the family, her eyes are big, her nose is small and straight, and she is taller than the boy. Xiao Zishan is estimated to be over 1.6 meters tall, and he can't help but wonder in his heart. asked:
"What is your name?"
The girl didn't expect that she would be asked first. She glanced at Xiao Zishan in surprise and was speechless.
"The master is asking you a question!" Gao Qing shouted, bowing again, "The girl has never seen the world, she has no famous name..."
"Let her speak for herself. You are her father. You can replace her for a while, but you can also replace her for a lifetime."
"Slave...um...my name is Sister Gao..."
Xiao Zishan almost spit out the tea in his mouth, and Wang Gong and Mr. Wen both couldn't help laughing. Sister Gao, this name is really impressive. Having said that, if you look closely, this girl looks a bit like Michelle Yeoh, with a slim body and long legs.
The members of the Gao family looked at the new owners in stunned silence, unable to think of anything funny about this name.
Gao Qing apologized and said with a smile: "I made the gentlemen laugh...a country girl has never given a proper name..."
"Nothing, nothing," Xiao Zishan laughed, "Even if you don't have a name, just pick one." His bad taste came out: "Just call it Colgate."
Wen Desi: "Our goal?"
Wang Luobin: "No cavities!"
The three of them laughed wildly together without caring about their image.
Gao Qing's family saw that these three people had been laughing crazily since they learned their daughter's name. They couldn't help but become frightened and just laughed apologetically.
Wen Desi thought that this girl was a beauty according to modern standards, but people in the Ming Dynasty did not like such women. It's a pity that my body is still a little thin and my capital is limited. I don't know if I can improve it if I take good care of it.
"How old is this girl?"
"Reply to the master," Gao Qing's words were all lost. This master Wen's eyes were wandering, and he kept looking at his daughter, with a bad feeling in his heart, "It's ten...fourteen."
fourteen? She is a standard little loli. It's a pity that there are so many business matters at the moment that I can't care about training Loli anymore.
Xiao Zishan practiced calligraphy for a few days when he was a child. He still hadn't forgotten how to write traditional Chinese characters, so he found a piece of accounting paper with rough edges and wrote in big words: "Colgate", which was considered a name.
"Thank you, Master, for the name." Gao Qing led his daughter and kowtowed in thanks.
"When you get up, you are a master and servant, and you are a family. No need to be polite." Xiao Zishan said, "The monthly payment for you and your wife will still be as per the old rules."
"Thank you, Master." Gao Qing felt relieved. He was originally worried that the new owner would cut his monthly payment.
"It's not easy for your family to be tired. In this way, I will give your family half a stone of rice every month. This will save your family the cost of chewing grain."
"Master is kind!" Gao Qing burst into tears of gratitude and almost knelt down. Half a stone of rice is enough to feed the whole family for a month. The old man's words were equivalent to a five-cent increase in silver.
"This is twenty taels of silver. We are out of sea and it will be difficult to come and go. I will advance your monthly payment for a year. The rest will be counted as the daily maintenance expenses here. As for the monthly rice, you can also get it yourself." Xiao Zishan suddenly After a moment, "Can you read?"
Gao Qing gave an embarrassed smile, but his son said: "The little one is literate."
"Oh?" Xiao Zishan didn't have much hope at first.
"He is not a errand, he is always messing around in the accounting room, and he knows a few words." Gao Qing hurriedly came to explain, glared at his son and cursed in a low voice: "What are you showing off!"
The boy didn't know much about literacy, and could only be considered semi-literate in modern times. However, because he learned it from the accountant, he knew how to do accounting and abacus, which was considered rare in ancient times.
When asked about his name, he called him Gao Di. Xiao Zishan thought that the names of the working people in ancient times were really simple and clear.
"Even if you can read and keep accounts, you will be responsible for keeping the account expenses here in the future. You must remember each transaction clearly, understand? I will also give you a monthly payment of one yuan."
"The little one will save it." Gao Qing was overjoyed and led his son to kowtow again and again.
Asking him to keep accounts is not about money, but to remind the family that every plant and tree here belongs to them, so as to avoid the idea of a magpie occupying a dove's nest over time - if you have such an idea, you can do anything. . Although ordinary people seem to be honest, he has seen too many people whose temperament changes drastically in the face of interests.
After examining the terrain, the traveler decided to set the study room in the first courtyard as the crossing point, and then told Gao Qing to clean the first courtyard every three days and not to enter it during normal times.
Although Gao Qing didn't understand why he did this, he understood that it was better to ask less about his master's affairs. The only thing he found strange was that Mr. Wen had clearly specified the start date for cleaning.
After it became completely dark, the traveler opened a wormhole at a new location. Fortunately, the location on the opposite side did not change. The hydraulic trailer was pulled over and several high-stacked pallets were pulled over one by one.
The next day, when Gao Qing got up, the first courtyard he entered was already empty. He hesitated for a moment, then walked out the door and walked towards the back door of the high house.
