20, Chapter 20

When Fan Cuiliu was sold, she was already married and had a daughter, and her daughter was also married. Originally, when she sold it to people in the dental industry, her family could redeem it with money. Of course, if she has money, she can also use the money to redeem it.

But it is a pity that she has no money, and her husband is the head of the house. Seeing that she has been sold, and that she is no longer young, the husband does not want to use the money to redeem her. Her daughter wanted to borrow money to redeem her, but before she could get the money, she was sent away by Yahang. So far, she has not had the chance to contact her daughter, and has no way to do so.

After Yang Haiyan learned about her situation, she didn't know how to describe them. Whether it was Hong Xuexi or Fan Cuiliu, they were both pitiful people.

In fact, here, many masters rarely sell their servants. They usually only release the servants after they die of old age. Because the servant will know more or less the affairs of the master's family, and only by holding the servant's contract of sale can the servant's mouth be controlled.

Yang Haiyan: "You will live here from now on. I plan to do business in the shop in front. Aunt Fan will help me manage the shop from now on, while Uncle Hong will drive the car and take care of the yard." Hong Xuexi is thirty-two and Fan Cuiliu is thirty-eight. So there is nothing wrong with Yang Haiyan calling them uncle and aunt. After all, she comes from modern times. Even in this imperial society, the politeness of modern people is engraved in her bones.

Uncle Hong and Aunt Fan: "Yes, madam."

Uncle Hong: "Madam, after we finish cleaning the yard, can I go back and see my family?"

Yang Haiyan: "Okay." As she said that, she took out a couple of silver coins and said, "Aunt Fan, take the silver here and make up for whatever is missing here. You and Uncle Fan will take care of lunch by yourselves. After this place is cleaned, you can Come find me in the family room of the military camp, I live in..."

Fan Cuiliu: "Yes, madam." She was a little nervous holding a couple of silver, but she also knew that this was Yang Haiyan's test of her. How can someone who has worked as a cook in a wealthy family be stupid? She also just wants to work hard with her master and hopes to contact her daughter if there is a chance.

Yang Haiyan spent a lot of time following her grandmother to look at the yard and buy it. It was already noon, and she returned to the family room. Although I eat alone at noon, I can't be vague. Unfortunately, there is no food at home. So, she bought broccoli, pork belly and a tomato directly on the platform. She made a stir-fried pork belly with broccoli and a tomato scrambled egg. What she buys is a vegetable portion, because there is no broccoli and no tomatoes in this world.

However, it may not be possible to plant them if they are not available. As for the seeds, they were bought from traveling merchants or found in the mountains. This is a border area, and there are many merchants from different countries, so there are seeds of different vegetables, which does not arouse suspicion.

After lunch, Yang Haiyan went to Tang's house and told her that she no longer needed to come to wash quilts or fetch water. This kind of thing would be left to Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong.

Yang Haiyan does not feel embarrassed about the existence of the status of a servant. She has lived in a society ruled by imperial power, and she also talks about the equality of everyone in modern society. She is not a fool. So she adapted very well. Of course, she would not treat the servants as real slaves like the powerful people of this era.

For Yang Haiyan, the relationship between Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong is that of subordinates. She is the boss and they are employees.

Some time ago, I was busy adapting and making money. Now that Yang Haiyan has adapted and has money, she has to think about how to make her life better and safer in this era.

If you want to live better in a place, you naturally need to have a deeper understanding of this era. What I learned from the novel is too one-sided, and it only relates to the heroine Yang Dahua. However, the author outlined this novel, and now she has become a person in the novel. For her, this is a world, and this world will be automatically generated if the author did not write about it.

It’s not so much about understanding the world as it is about understanding the country. To understand this country, it is natural to understand its history and its laws. Even in a society ruled by imperial power, where the power is greater than the law, the law can sometimes protect people.

So after leaving Tang's house, Yang Haiyan went to the study again and bought the History of Qi Guo and the Code of Qi Guo.

This country is called Qiguo. The Qiguo Code contains all legal provisions that have been issued by Qiguo. Although it is a thick book, it is actually incomparable with modern legal books. You must know that in modern times, there are too many different laws, such as criminal law, civil law, constitution, intellectual property law, etc., but Qiguo only has one code of law.

Yang Haiyan came back from buying books and saw Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong at the door of her yard.

Seeing her coming back, Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong were about to call out, but Sister-in-law Lu came out of the yard: "Haiyan, are you back? These two people have been here for a while and said they were looking for you. Do you know them?" She didn't. Maliciously, two strangers suddenly came to the family room. She was also worried that something would happen to Yang Haiyan, so she deliberately came out to stop Yang Haiyan.

Yang Haiyan: "I know them, they are the servants I just bought from the dental shop. Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong, these are the wives of Centurion Lu." Yang Haiyan said that they were the servants bought from the dental shop, and she did not mean to insult them. Rather, state the facts.

For these two people, they didn't feel insulted. They were indeed bought servants. This thought was deeply rooted in their bones.

Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong: "Hello, Mrs. Lu." The centurion is also an official in their hearts.

Sister-in-law Lu was so shocked that she almost couldn't remember it. Yang Haiyan actually bought someone? This...this...for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Yang Haiyan added: "Sister-in-law, I bought a shop in the downtown area. I plan to sell snacks and subsidize the family."

Sister-in-law Lu: "This...that's it. I wish your business will prosper." She hadn't come back to her senses and didn't know what to say.

Yang Haiyan: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

On the other side, Mrs. Zhang, who was eavesdropping, originally wanted to watch a play. She thought Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong were poor relatives of the Qin family because they looked so downtrodden. But when she heard that they were servants bought by Yang Haiyan, she He was stunned for a moment, and then snorted again. A prodigal woman actually bought a servant, this kind of daughter-in-law is undesirable. But then I remembered that the snacks made by Yang Haiyan were really delicious, but I felt sour at the same time. I prayed in my heart that the business of her shop would not be good.

Naturally, Yang Haiyan didn't know what she was thinking. She took Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong into the courtyard and asked them to go to the study: "My husband and I live in the family courtyard of the military camp. My husband's name is Qin Fang, and he is a centurion in the military camp. From now on, the courtyard in the downtown area will be used for you to live in. The shop will be used for the snack business, and the courtyard behind will be used for you to live in. You will be given two hundred coins per month. "The servants who signed the contract of sale will have food and housing included. For clothing, two hundred cents a month can save two and a half taels of silver a year, so this monthly rate is not low. At least in this kind of town, this monthly rate is not low.

Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong had no objection to this.

Yang Haiyan continued: "Aunt Fan's daily job is to make dim sum. I will teach Aunt Fan how to make dim sum. When Aunt Fan is familiar with it, she can make it herself, just a little. If the recipe is leaked, I will not show mercy."

Aunt Fan immediately expressed her loyalty: "Madam, don't worry, I won't reveal the recipe."

Yang Haiyan nodded. In fact, she didn't really care whether this recipe would be leaked, but she couldn't say it like that. She still wanted to establish her authority. She added: "In addition, my yard work has also been handed over to Aunt Fan. Aunt Fan also does the grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, etc. every day. I will continue to look for suitable servants."

Aunt Fan: "Yes."

Yang Haiyan asked Uncle Hong again: "Can Uncle Hong drive a donkey cart?"

Uncle Hong: "Go back to my wife, I will."

Yang Haiyan: "Then go buy a donkey cart later and put it in your yard. From now on, you will have to deliver meals to my husband every day at noon. I will also buy two milk-producing sheep. Eat grass, let Uncle Hong take care of the sheep and cut the grass, that’s all for now.”

Uncle Hong: "It's my wife."

Then, Yang Haiyan took Aunt Fan and Uncle Hong to buy a donkey cart, and bought daily necessities for the yard where they lived. Then she bought them two sets of clothes each, spending a total of ten taels of silver.

This shop is empty, but it was originally a food business, so it needs to be renovated inside. Yang Haiyan called someone to decorate it. Her decoration was very simple and was decorated according to the modern milk tea shop. There are four long tables inside, two on each side, and four stools on each long table. Half of the counter is a counter. On the counter are cakes, biscuits, soybean cakes and other snacks. Milk tea can be prepared inside the counter. Next to the counter is the cashier.

This kind of decoration is very simple, just clean the inside and whitewash it with lime again, and then put in the tables, chairs and counter.

After coming out of the shop, Yang Haiyan took Aunt Fan to the market. Uncle Hong gave him leave because the shop hadn't opened yet, so Yang Haiyan went home to see his wife and came back in two days. Because the tables and chairs were made to order, it was not so easy to open. quick.

We bought vegetables at the market, and Yang Haiyan asked Aunt Fan to cook in the evening. I made a braised fish, stir-fried pork belly with potatoes, egg drop soup, and paired it with my own kimchi. The staple food was brown rice and sweet potatoes. Looking at Aunt Fan's skillful movements and the amount of oil she pours, you can be sure that she is a cook from a wealthy family, because only cooks from wealthy families are willing to use oil. Anyway, the oil they use is not their own. Not distressed.

At dinner time, Qin Fang came back and was stunned for a moment when he saw that there was one more person in the house. After Yang Haiyan explained to him, he said nothing more. First of all, this is his wife's own money, and he will not interfere with it. Secondly, his wife is good at craftsmanship, so he thinks it would be good to use the money to buy a shop and start a small business.

Although the status of merchants is very low, the imperial court has a definition of merchants. Only when the business value is higher and the tax is higher can one be designated as a merchant. People like his wife have nothing to do with businessmen.