Aunt Ou still nodded honestly.
"Yes! Madam and Master are both kind people. They used to treat me well. All the money I earned over the years was exchanged for things and sent to Lingnan for them."
The Ou family has given them a lot of money in recent years, but she is afraid that the master and his wife will have a hard time there, so they have to spend a lot of money every year to help manage their relationship.
Therefore, there is not much money left, and the things that are actually sent to the hands of the master and his wife are also not much!
In fact, more than ten years have passed, so she doesn't need to worry about them anymore.
But she always thought that because of the relationship between the master and his wife, she was spared the pain of exile.
Life is good now in the Ou family, and I hope they can live a better life there.
Her parents had severed ties with her when they knew she might be exiled with them.
After knowing that she did not have to be exiled, he happily said that he would take her back.
When he found out that she spent all her money to smoothen the relationship, just to make the child feel better on the road and arrive in Lingnan safely, he scolded her.
She is so stupid that she is still young. If she wants to have children, she will just give up later.
Given so much money and the child being so young, it would be surprising if he could survive.
He also said that she was penniless and should not go home to play in the autumn wind. It didn't matter the year they sold her, etc.
Later, when she was sold as a slave, she never saw them again.
From then on, she was completely heartbroken and thought that she had no family left in her heart.
Even if there is, it is only the master and his wife!
*
Aunt Ou's contract of sale is now in Li Yuan's hands. She doesn't know about Aunt Ou's past.
After hearing her say that she had connections with Lingnan, he asked: "I heard that the tea in some places in Lingnan is particularly good. I wonder where your former master was exiled? But do you know any good tea makers there?"
"Back to Madam, the old slave's old master is now staying in Baning Mansion. I heard that there are mountains and rivers there, and some places are close to the sea. Most of the official roads are narrow mountain roads, which are difficult even for carriages. The old slave also wrote The letter told the old master where the Ou family was, but there were very few replies. Even if there were, the old slave was advised to have less contact with them, so as not to be troubled by them. As for whether he knew a good tea maker, the old slave really didn't know. "
Xie Yanzhi thought Li Yuan asked Aunt Ou why she was doing this. When he heard that she was helping to find the tea maker, he said, "Mother Yuan, this is not urgent. I told Brother Cao that he will help find him."
When Li Yuan thought about the two big tea mountains, it would take a long time to bloom, and it would also take time to plant the tea trees, so she said nothing.
A good master is hard to find, but within a few years, he should be able to find one, right?
Zhou Caijing, who was silent on the sidelines, had already learned from Zhou Zi and others what the Li family'ao people were doing in Lanxia City.
It's just that she doesn't know who owns those two mountains. Now after listening to the simple conversation between Li Yuan and Xie Yanzhi, she got a rough guess.
Thinking that her mother's dowry seemed to involve tea, she said: "Sister, are you in a hurry to get this tea master? If you are in a hurry, I will go back to my house and ask my mother. She should have such a capable person in her hands."
Li Yuan turned her head and glanced at Xie Yanzhi. When she saw his eyes moving left and right, she knew that he was shaking his head and did not want to get too involved with Zhen Guohou.
"Don't worry, I'll just let people search for it slowly. No need to trouble Madam Hou!"
As she spoke, she was afraid that Zhou Caijing would continue this topic, so she used the cover of her sleeve pocket to take out the drawing of the large greenhouse that Xie Yanzhi helped draw from the space.
"Cai Jing, this is the drawing of the greenhouse. Take a look at it first. Is there anything you don't understand? Also, the weather is getting colder now, so the greenhouse must be built as soon as possible."
The cellar of her space is almost full, and vegetables are constantly being produced on the ground outside the space, and at a fast pace.
She had to build the greenhouse as soon as possible so that she could take out food and eat it at home as a matter of course.
When it came to business, Zhou Caijing became serious.
After she took the drawing, she stood next to Li Yuan.
While reading, ask questions about things you don’t understand.
After understanding the outline, she put the drawing away and said, "Sister, let's go and transfer the property deed now. I'll go back and find the masons. I can see that this drawing is useless. They need to understand it."
"Okay! It just so happens that my third uncle should also know about the greenhouse. Let him keep an eye on this matter when the time comes."
It is said that women in ancient times were not female households before they got married, so they could not have their own property.
Whatever they buy will eventually belong to their parents.
If they want to own it for themselves, they must either set up a female household or marry someone and then purchase it in the name of dowry.
But Zhou Caijing didn't know how. Everything she purchased still belonged to her, and her name was on the deed.
As for the matter of passing the house deed, only two parties are required, so it was Li Yuan and Zhou Caijing who went to pass the deed.
According to what Li Yuan once told the people of Lijia'ao, the money used to buy the house in the capital was the bride price given to her by Xie Yanzhi, which was regarded as her dowry.
Therefore, the name written on the new house deed was Li Yuan's.
Zhou Caijing's house is located in the east of the outer city. It is a second-entry courtyard.
Even if no one lives in it, it is still very well maintained. According to the market price, it is no less than two thousand taels.
Zhou Caijing finally sold it to Li Yuan for 1,800 taels. According to her, the market price was the market price, and there was room for bargaining.
She just thought she was in urgent need of money and sold it below the market price.
For a house in the capital, a house with two courtyards and less than two hundred taels is not too much, so Li Yuan agreed with her.
After the replacement of the house deed was completed, the two of them came out of the Yamen. Zhou Caijing asked: "Sister, I will take you back first. Later, I will take the mason there. By the way, do you want to see Zhuangzi?"
"Okay! You call the mason first. If there is no problem with the mason, we can go to Zhuangzi together tomorrow!"
*
When Li Sanhai came back carrying a bunch of things, Xie Yanzhi stopped him.
"Third uncle, are you free? I have something to tell you!"
When Li Sanhai was preparing to go to Beijing, he was thinking about what he could do by then.
It's just that he thought about it for a long time, long enough to think about his whole life, and finally came to the conclusion that apart from farming, he only had all the energy left.
In this way, he would either go to set up a stall with his wife, or find a job carrying bags.
Setting up the stall is easy, he can help carry water, make fire and knead the dough.
As for carrying bags, either go to the rice and grain store or to the dock in Tong County on the outskirts of Beijing.
The rice and grain shop didn't need anyone, and Tongxian County was far away, and he wasn't familiar with the place.
So after much thought, he decided that setting up a stall with his wife was more likely.
They went out today just to see where they could do business.
Otherwise, they don’t have much money on hand, and they never make any money, so it would not be the same thing if they always live in their niece’s house.
