Chapter 115

“I will not disappoint Miss!”

Guangchen nodded firmly. A pair of eyes, without blinking, focused on her.

Xi Yue thought for a while and called Ling’er: “You go to the kitchen and let Linglong go back to the room to rest. Don’t worry about that mess. Later, let Guangchen go to the town tavern, order a table of banquets, and send it to the Zhuangzi. Come up. These two days, let’s do this for the first time. After Zhuangzi gets in, we will make arrangements slowly.”

Ling’er hesitated and nodded.

Xi Yue again told Guangchen: “You also go back to your room and rest. When you wake up, I will ask you to get money from Linglong Big sis, and go to the town tavern on horseback. Let them recognize our Zhuangzi road. Let’s make a reservation for three days!”

No longer a meal of noodle porridge, Guang Chen was actually very happy, and immediately agreed: “Then Miss, you? What should I ask them to prepare for you alone?”



“Porridge or soup will do.”

Xi Yue felt that she could eat with the public now, but Linglong and Ling’er felt that she still needed more support. It made her lie weakly on the bed all day long–

She seriously suspected that she was not full!

In the afternoon, Xi Yue slept again, and when she woke up with the lamp, it was dark. Guangzuo waited for her outside for a long time.

To avoid suspicion Linglong accompanied her. Seeing that she was awake, he served her to wash her hands and face, and pulled back her hair, only to put a pillow behind her so that she could sit up and talk. With everything ready, Fang opened the gauze curtain and signaled Guangzuo to enter.

Xi Yue looked broadly at the left: In just a few days, he had clearly reduced a lot, and there was a blue color under his eyes, and I didn’t know how long it took him to sleep well.

Guang Zuo found the chair farthest from the bed and sat down. He glanced at Xi Yue and lowered his eyes, Linglong gave him a cup of tea and let it go.

“Second Miss… Miss, how are you feeling today? Are you feeling better?”

Xi Yue rubbed her own waist: “It’s okay, I feel that the bones are all lying down, Linglong and Ling’er, and they pressed me to keep me from moving.”

Guangzuo couldn’t help but smile: “If Miss feels able to hold it, she can stand up and walk a little bit.”

Xi Yue immediately looked at Linglong with triumphant eyes: Did you hear that? Did you hear me? The butler has spoken! Linglong rolled her eyes back.

Guangzuo continued: “Miss, did you let Guangchen book a banquet for three consecutive days?”

“Four of you, this time is too hard. After busying, I still can’t eat something good. So I tentatively set a three-day banquet to let Linglong have a good rest.”

“Miss, I don’t work hard—”

Xi Yue took up her hand, a pair of delicate jade hands that were well maintained on weekdays, now almost as coarse and ugly as Guang Chen, she sighed and put it down:

“I have neglected you, and I don’t care enough about you on weekdays…Let’s hire a part-time worker if you can’t buy someone for a while!”

“Hourly work?!”

The two questioned at the same time.

Xi Yue smiled and said, “Yes, part-time job. As the name suggests, it means hiring people to do work for a certain period of time. For example, for the Linglong kitchen stall, you can invite a few women to come here for an hour or two every day to help. Buy groceries and cook, you can pay daily and monthly.”

“Sweeping, caring for flowers and plants, running errands and other chores, you can also recruit people according to the time or according to the event. In this way, you can free your four hands. Those who come to our village to work will not feel inconvenience or influence. They have a small family.”

The most important thing is that this feudal era can give their relatives peace of mind.

“Hourly workers…”

Guangzuo thoughtfully: “Miss is a great way to do this. Early tomorrow morning, Guangyi and I will go to the surrounding area to post notices to recruit people. But… how do you calculate the wages?”

Linglong quickly figured it out:

“Please ask three kitchens: ten cents per person per day, including the two meals for Shishi and Shenshi; six sweepers, responsible for the courtyards of the outbuildings before and after the manor, are also ten cents per person per day; in addition, please Three handymen, one carries water and chopping wood, two are responsible for pulp washing and the like…The wages are based on the work of the day.”

“Everyone can pay their wages after I or Ling’er has checked. As for the daily settlement and monthly settlement, it depends on their own requirements.”

Xi Yue nodded. She is very convinced of the sleek methods of housekeeping financial management, and Guangzuo doesn’t care about this kind of housework, so she hired a part-time worker and settled it.

“There are also those sweet potato seedlings,” Guangzuo said: “In the beginning of the spring, I plan to give it to the family of three to help test the planting. If it succeeds, I will give you more money.”

Xi Yue was curious: “Why don’t you have more than 20 people? He has so many family members?”

Guangzuo smiled lightly: “This family of three is a Han Chinese living here. An old couple, with a granddaughter under their knees. Their son and daughter-in-law died in exile. .”

“This old couple is proficient in farming, few words and loyalty, it is very suitable to try the seedlings of Miss. There are more than 20 people, there are many people, and the house is noisy. They are local residents of the Rong ethnic group, so…”

Even if he didn’t talk about the following, Xi Yue also understood. All right, Linglong is in charge of internal affairs and Guangzuo is in charge of external affairs. She is a layman, so she is still less messy.

Guangzuo pondered for a moment, and added: “Miss, this old couple’s granddaughter is ten years old and very clever; I heard that Miss is short of staff now, and the old couple want to send her to the village to serve Miss for two years and learn something. etiquette.”

When Xi Yue heard this, she immediately shook her head——

Ten years old! She uses child labor, or counts on her to take care of her children!

Although this situation abounds in ancient times, she still can’t accept it. Just say: “I’m not bad, I can take care of myself. Besides, there are also Ling’er and Linglong! Then boy, you can give me more money and decline it!”

Guangzuo grinned helplessly. He also understood that this was mostly the result, but the old couple pleaded again and again, and he asked for help.

However, Miss’s side is indeed lacking in manpower.

The three of them discussed some details of Zhuang’s affairs. Suddenly, Xi Yue remembered the important things Linglong had mentioned before, so she asked Guangzuo. Guang Zuo ran out every day, and he was quite clear about the situation in this regard:

“Yield per mu… depends on what to grow? The Han people have a variety of millet and rice, and the yield is about one to two shi per mu; the local people prefer a plant called green wheat to make pasta, and the yield is a little bit per mu. High, at two to three stones.”

“Han tenants generally pay 20% rent, regardless of droughts and floods; Rongmin tenants pay 20% rent. Good years will add 10%, and bad years will get 10% less.”

Obviously, the rent payment method of Rongmin is more humane.

“As for enough to eat, it depends on how to eat. It should be no problem to satisfy the food and clothing. Except for the land on the Zhuangzi, three of the four tenant households, the other three have more or less their own land.”

Xi Yue felt a little relieved, and thought about making a decision: “Well, this year’s rent collection is still 20%. Let’s not increase the rent according to others. We are newcomers, let’s get familiar first.”

Guangzuo nodded: “I will tell the tenants tomorrow.”

Seeing that it’s not early, get up and leave. Xi Yue asked Linglong to go back to her room to rest, consciously not feeling sleepy, and took a look at the account books left by Linglong. Even if you don’t understand, it’s better to recognize traditional characters.

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