Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

The sewer was also completed amidst everyone's frantic digging progress.

Now the infrastructure is basically completed.

After a day's rest, Zhao Yuanzhen prepared to go into the city tomorrow to register the transfer of ownership of these servants and file it with the government office.

By the way, buy a few more maids.

Qian Xiaohui and her colleagues have to prepare three meals a day for nearly 30 people, and both the boys and girls are big eaters.

too tired.

It would be fine if the family conditions were not good, but since they were rich, Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to live a better life.

Pretending to be poor and simple is not her nature.

Qian Xiaohui and her friends have more things to learn and cannot stay around the stove every day.

He took Zhang Xinbai and all his servants to Beijing.

Go to the real estate agency first, and then go to transfer the ownership together after buying the property.

"Ma'am, what kind of person do you want to choose?"

"Pick some honest, hardworking women who can sew, cook, and do rough housework."

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll arrange someone for you."

After a while, the matchmaker came with two teams of people.

There are about 20 or so.

Let them stand still.

Then he signaled Zhao Yuanzhen that she could make her choice.

"The host is from the countryside, and they have to do farm work. The work is tiring, and those who cannot accept it can retreat."

Listening to Zhao Yuanzhen's conversation, three of them retreated hesitantly.

"Is there anyone who can read?"

Four people stood up.

Zhao Yuanzhen took a look and found that none of the four were very good and a little arrogant, so Zhao Yuanzhen asked them to leave.

Then, from the remaining people, he selected 8 who looked okay.

They are all women in their 30s.

The dentist has already been trained.

Because they have been trained and can do many things, they are a little expensive, seven taels of silver each.

Zhao Yuanzhen paid the money, took the indentures, and then took the 29 servants to the government office to transfer the ownership of the servants.

They all lived under the household of Zhang Xinbai, who was the head of the family.

Then I went to buy some cloth and daily necessities.

It was the same set that was given to each servant last time. The new servants also had to have a set.

Zhao Yuanzhen buys more now so that she won’t have to buy more when there are new members in the family in the future.

Then I went to buy some vegetables and meat.

It doesn't matter what it is, I buy whatever is on sale. I bought a lot.

Then he went back.

After a few days of drying, the new house is ready to move into.

The man has already checked in.

There is a room for four people, one for the four captains, and one for each other team.

They arranged it themselves, Zhao Yuanzhen didn't care. It was up to them to do whatever they wanted with such a small matter.

The old women lived in the gatehouse on the right side of the main gate.

It is the same configuration, four people in one room.

Bunk beds.

After leading the person to the main room, Zhao Yuanzhen called her family members over.

I introduced them one by one.

Later, I felt that their names were too confusing and I couldn't remember them, so I decided to rename them.

After thinking for a long time, I still couldn't come up with a solution, so I just used the name of the herb.

Artemisia capillaris, lily of the valley, pinellia, platycodon, water jade, zedoaria, poria, and arisaema.

Arrange them in order starting from the first one.

Then he explained the rules again.

He asked Qian Xiaohui to let them make their own cotton-padded clothes, quilts, cotton shoes, inner clothes, outer clothes, socks, etc.

They are also asked to cook the daily meals. What to do every day, how to do it, how to arrange the shifts, how to divide the work, etc. These trivial matters are all handed over to Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan. Let them discuss them.

Finally, they were allowed to follow Qian Xiaohui to collect daily necessities.

The eight new maids didn't care about the fact that the master had changed their names. After all, they had sold the person to someone else, so it was just a name change.

And the name my wife changed sounds very nice.

Then I heard that there were new cotton-padded clothes, quilts, cotton shoes, inner and outer clothes, etc.

I was extremely happy.

There are a few people here who have worked before and later sold their jobs to their employers when they encountered difficulties. They know that this is already very good treatment.

When I saw tooth powder, toothbrushes, and even towels, I was glad that I had bought them.

Madam said that there is still one or two taels of silver every month.

You don’t spend any money on food and clothing, isn’t this just saving money?

Qian Xiaohui and Li Zhijuan went to arrange them.

Zhao Yuanzhen took out a drawing of slippers and handed it to Zhang Qingyan, asking him to study it and make two pairs of cotton slippers.

It is more convenient to wear cotton slippers in the inner room.

Zhang Qingyan took the drawings and started studying them.

Zhao Yuanzhen went to the warehouse to put things away.

Release all the miscellaneous grains in the space except beans.

5000 kilograms of rice and 5000 kilograms of flour were added.

There are 37 people in the family now, and each person gets half a pound of food per meal, which is 55.5 pounds a day.

It’s also a huge consumption.

Zhao Yuanzhen had nothing to do at the moment, so she decided to go to the village chief and talk to him about the ferry.

"Second grandma, is second grandpa home?"

When Zhao Yuanzhen went there, the village chief's wife was tidying up the yard.

"Yuanzhen, come in quickly. Your second grandfather is at home. Wait, I'll greet you."

"Boss, come out quickly, Yuanzhen is here."

"Hey, here they come, the Qinghe family is here, come in quickly."

Zhao Yuanzhen followed into the house, and the village chief asked her to sit down. The village chief's wife was busy pouring water.

"Second Grandfather, I came here today to talk to you about the ferry on the Yellow River. My eldest brother bought that piece of land and plans to open a ferry. From now on, our village will no longer be able to make money by ferrying across the river!"

Zhao Yuanzhen directly carried Zhao Yuanlan out, so that it would be more convenient to recruit workers and do things in the village in the future. If there were some things that she was embarrassed to say, she could use her eldest brother's name.

"Well, okay, I'll make a note of this. We were able to cross the river thanks to you, and we are all very grateful to you. Who would have thought that we could also make a lot of money thanks to you? We are all very satisfied. We didn't expect that pie in the sky would fall from the sky every day."

"Well, I just came to tell you that the people in our village are of first-class character. I know it all. And then there are those bamboo rafts."

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted to take them all by herself, otherwise it would be troublesome to make more.

"You were the one who taught us how to make those bamboo rafts. Later, your brother bought them. So, on behalf of the whole village, I'm going to say that I'm giving them all to you, brother."

"Okay, then I'll thank you, Second Grandpa."

"Why are you being polite? You've been good to the village, and we all remember that. Recently, everyone has just finished building their houses, and they're busy cleaning up their homes. I was thinking of building an ancestral hall and a school tomorrow, and I was thinking of asking you for any suggestions, and here you are."

"We're going to start construction tomorrow?"

"um, yes."

"As for the ancestral hall, I don't know much about it, but as for the school, we can build a courtyard-style house. There are children of all ages in the village, and there are students enrolled every year. We can build more houses, and courtyard-style houses are best, so that each house can accommodate a group of students enrolled at a certain time. What do you think?"

That's grade one, grade two, and grade three.

"Well, you are very thoughtful. Let's build it according to what you said. I will contact the person later and build the school tomorrow."

"Okay, then, Second Grandpa, you go ahead and do your work. I'll be going back first."

"Okay, then come over and stay here if you have nothing to do!"

"Yeah, okay, no need to see me off, come up to the house, I'm leaving now."

After returning from the village chief's house, Zhao Yuanzhen went home.

It's mid-October now, and the temperature has dropped to more than 30 degrees below zero. The Chinese New Year is just over two months away.

There is still no news from Zhao Yuanlan. I don’t know how long it will take to deal with it!

I am still waiting for him to come back and prepare to meet with the third prince to discuss business.

The main thing was that even though there were heated beds and fire dragons in the room, she was still cold.

The biggest reason is this window, which is made of paper and does not keep warm on one side, so hot air cannot be retained.

She missed the glass windows so much.

But the profits from glass are just too great.

She can't eat at all now.

I have just arrived in this capital city, and a falling plaque can overwhelm several officials of different ranks.

I have no foundation now, so it is not advisable for me to get involved in business with too much profit.

If someone gets jealous or touches someone else's cake, you won't know how you will die, so you can only find a big backer to cooperate with.

As for other businesses, we can only wait until we understand the situation slowly and Zhang Xinshuo graduates from high school before we start.

The business at the ferry is a little different.

First, using Zhao Yuanlan's reputation.

Second, other people generally don't care about the few coins of money for crossing the river. When Zhao Yuanzhen becomes successful and makes money, when they want to get involved, the Zhang family will have figured out the situation and will be on their way. So they won't be afraid anymore.

During lunch, I told Zhang Xinbai that a school would be built in the village the next day and asked him to bring a few people to help.

Zhang Xinbai said he understood.

Speaking of schools, it’s time to find a good school for Zhang Xinshuo to study.

As for Zhang Zijin, we need to ask for his opinion.

"Zijin, grandma is planning to send you to school. Do you want to study in the village school or in the capital?"

"Grandma, uncle and you won't teach me anymore?"

"Grandma is too busy to teach you. Your uncle has to go to school too, so he can't teach you either."

"Well, then I will study in the village school."

"Okay, then we'll probably have to wait a few days until the village builds a school and hires a good teacher."

"Okay, I understand. Then grandma, if I regret it in the future, is it okay to go to the capital school again?"

Phew, this kid still knows how to find a way out.

"Of course, you can study wherever you want."

"Okay, thanks grandma. Grandma is the best."

This kid.

Zhao Yuanzhen thought about going to the capital tomorrow to ask around and see which one is good. Or should she wait for Zhao Yuanlan to come back and recommend a good one to Zhang Xinshu?

"Xin Shu, do you want us to go to the capital to inquire about schools tomorrow, or wait for your uncle to come back and recommend a good school?"

"When will uncle be back?"

"Not necessarily. Maybe he won't even come back for the New Year."

"Then let's wait for our uncle to come for the New Year. If he still hasn't come back after the New Year, we can go and ask around ourselves. The school will be closed for another month anyway."

"Okay, I'll listen to you then!"

"Thank you, mother."

My mother is really nice. Whenever she encounters something concerning themselves, she will ask for their opinions.