Traveling through ancient times, I led my family to prosperity

The family discussed it for a while, especially Shengxuan and Zhang, who were a little resistant to the idea of ​​buying a person. After all, their family had lived a hard life.

In the past two days, Sheng Xuan asked the farmhand to pick up a cart of fish, lotus roots and lotus seeds. Then he and Xiao Wen sent them to the capital.

When the two returned from the provincial capital, they brought back a family of five.

It turned out that the father and son had arrived at the Shen family. When Xiaowen was chatting with He Mingyu, he accidentally mentioned the family's plan to buy servants. He Mingyu was a warm-hearted person, so he told Shen Liu about this matter. Shen Liu actually took it to heart and instructed the housekeeper at home to find a few suitable people and send them to them when they returned to Shengjia Village.

This family of four used to work for a family. Because the family was going to be transferred to the capital, the servants and maids in the family were idle, and they were originally planning to sell or give them away. This family had some dealings with the Shen family, and they knew each other well, so the Shen family's steward picked out this family of five.

"Were these five people given to our family by General Shen?" Xiao Lan asked.

"Second sister, I spent money to buy them, and the indentures are here." As he spoke, Xiaowen took out the indentures from his purse and handed them to Xiaolan.

Xiao Lan checked the indentures one by one and found that what was written on them was consistent with what Xiao Wen said. The total price of the family of five was 20 taels. Su Ye and his wife were both in their thirties this year. They had three children, a son and two daughters.

Su Ye used to be a housekeeper. His wife can cook, and Su Xiaoxi, Su Xiaoqing and Su Xiaolu can also work.

Xiaolan was very satisfied with the family of five, and their wealth was also suitable.

Xiao Lan had asked Zhao about the market for buying people these days, and knew that such a well-educated and useful slave was hard to come by. This price could buy out a family of five. I'm afraid that family sold it half-sold and half-given it away to give the Shen family a face, Xiao Lan thought.

"Xiao Wen, General Shen knows that our family wants to buy someone, but he didn't say that he would pick someone from his family to give to us?" Xiao Lan asked.

"Second sister, what are you thinking? General Shen did not show up in this matter. It was all arranged by Lord He. He knows everything." Xiao Wen said.

Xiao Lan nodded secretly. It must be said that she was judging people by her own meanness. If the person was really sent by the Shen family, would her family dare to use him? I'm afraid they would have to be cautious even when they say a word to him at home.

But now their family has spent money and has the indenture contract in their hands, and the family they bought it from is also an ordinary official family, so they can use it with confidence.

At this time, Xiao Lan let Su Ye and his family of five in.

After the five people came in, they kowtowed to the master first. Xiao Lan asked them a few more questions. She saw that they were neatly dressed, had decent faces, and spoke and behaved in an orderly manner. They were indeed servants taught by a wealthy family.

After the family discussed it, they arranged the tasks for each of them. Su Ye was the housekeeper, Su Ye's wife was in charge of the kitchen, Xiao Xi was mainly responsible for serving Xiao Wen, and Xiao Qing and Xiao Lu were mainly responsible for serving Xiao Lan and Xiao Ting.

These five people are paid monthly wages, and also receive clothes for four seasons.

There have been a lot of happy events in my family recently. Once everything is settled, it will be the August Festival.

This year is the last August Festival that Xiaoting will spend at home before she gets married, so the family dinner is especially sumptuous.

This time, Zhang personally prepared the food, but she was much more frugal this year. Su Ye's wife was very capable and could cook several good dishes, especially the duck, which made Zhang very satisfied. Although Xiao Lan's family raised chickens, ducks and geese, they didn't eat duck very often because they didn't know how to cook it.

In the evening, Xiaolan's family set up a table in the pavilion next to the pond, and the family gathered together to admire the moon.

The things placed in the pavilion at night are simple, just moon cakes, fruits and other fruits.

The main meal in the evening is eating moon cakes and appreciating the moon.

Su Ye was waiting outside the pavilion, ready to take orders from his master at any time, while Su Ye's wife was in the kitchen, and Xiao Qing and Xiao Lu were responsible for bringing the freshly cooked fruits to the pavilion.

Sheng Xuan and Zhang have been living a comfortable life recently. Just a few days before the August Festival, the fish in Xiaolan's fish pond were selling very well. Before the festival is the peak season for consumption. As of today, Xiaolan's family has sold more than 2,000 kilograms of fish, earning nearly 30 taels of silver. In addition to the lotus roots and lotus pods sold in the past few days, Xiaolan's family has earned nearly 100 taels of silver in the past few days. There are still many shrimps in the fish pond. When they grow up one after another, the income will increase.

When admiring the moon, everyone can't help but talk about the fish pond.

"We'll add a few more fish ponds next year. Now that there are more people at home, we'll dig them in the winter and make use of the land around here."

Seeing that the fish pond has such a good profit this year, they naturally want to go a step further next year. Xiaolan wants to dig out all the riverbank land that her family bought.

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Xiaolan's family began to busy themselves with harvesting the crops.

During the autumn harvest this year, Xiaowen no longer had the pressure of exams, so he changed into working clothes and went to the fields.

Xiaolan, Xiaoting and Zhang naturally did not have to work in the fields. They only had to take care of the accounts and do needlework at home every day. Of course, they also had to prepare meals for the family's permanent workers and temporary workers.

Zhang was used to doing hard work. Although Sheng Xuan didn't let her work in the fields, she was worried and sometimes she would go to check on him, or bring some tea, fruits, etc. for everyone to eat and drink while they rested.

Although the farm work was hard, the meals Zhang arranged were very generous, so both the permanent workers and the temporary workers praised their family.

When the corn, soybeans, peanuts, etc. are harvested one by one, the drying area is full.

These days, Xiao Lan has to take care of the fish pond, the shop, the workers' wages, and other things. Although she doesn't have to work in the fields, she is busy every day. She can fall asleep almost as soon as her head touches the pillow at night, and she has to get up before dawn the next day. This pattern of hers is also the work and rest pattern of the whole family.

The family's hard work naturally brought them due rewards.

"Dad, after we store the grain in the warehouse, we have to start preparing firewood for the winter." Xiao Lan said.

"We have to stack the firewood carefully to prevent it from catching fire. It's best if it's a little further away from our yard." Xiao Wen said, "It's best to choose a downwind direction."