Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Qingyu continued:

"Miss, I checked. In our warehouse..."

Without waiting for Qingyu to finish her words, Wang Jinyi hurriedly called Qingyu.

"Qingyu, go check. Zhuyu hasn't come back yet. I need to talk to my mother."

Qingyu understood that this meant that she was asked to leave first, so she bowed slightly and walked out.

Then I heard the lady's voice in the room.

"Mother, I gave the nurse two days off. Can I let her go home and see me?"

"How many days?"

"Two days, that means leaving tomorrow and returning the day after tomorrow."

"Well, you can, but why should you give the servants leave? It's not New Year or any other festival, and there's no reward. Why did you want to let the nurse go home?"

Wang Jinyi thought about it and realized that he indeed had no experience in managing servants. He just treated the servants based on his preferences and had no awareness of controlling them.

Yes, there is no reason, why would you just let someone go home? !

I had to make up an excuse, which was to make it up.

"Mother, the nanny has been with me all year round. Jin'er just gave her leave so that she could go home to look after the children."

"This reason is too far-fetched. Now everyone in the courtyard misses their families. Can they all go home to see their children? People feel unfair when they make comparisons, and then they become negative.

This is not acceptable. There won't be a next time. Do you understand?"

The mother held her daughter in her arms and put her on an armchair, so that she was at eye level with herself, and looked into her daughter's eyes seriously.

"You are the lady of this yard, you have to be responsible for everyone in this yard, not just take care of the emotions of the few people in front of you!

You can't let someone rest today and do something else tomorrow. This is wrong. Jin'er, have you remembered this?"

Wang Jinyi raised his head, looking like he was being taught.

"Well, Jin'er has made a note of it. It won't happen again."

"Mother, the nurse has gone to pack her things, what should I do?"

Wang Jinyi is now in a dilemma and doesn't know what to do.

The mother comforted her daughter and went out to deal with the wet nurse's affairs.

Although my mother didn't object to the Tai Sheng Rice Shop, I was unsure about her attitude if I added more staff to the shop. I could only test her attitude through the small matter at hand.

Then decide whether to hide it from your mother.

When Qingyu saw that the lady had left, she returned to the young lady and finally mustered up the courage to speak.

"Miss, my brother has been educated and is more knowledgeable than me. He didn't go to school because our family was too poor. He was able to learn to keep accounts. My brother is very smart, he..."

Wang Jinyi listened to Qingyu's long-winded talk, but he didn't get to the point, and then he said,

"You want your brother to come, right?"

"Well, miss, he can write, he can--"

When Wang Jinyi heard this, he started nagging again and interrupted him directly.

"What is he doing?"

"My brother is a tenant farmer on the second family's farm and has three years left on his contract."

"You said that the indentures for you and your sister are both for ten years?!"

I had to ask about Qingyu's indenture clearly. I wanted to keep Qingyu, so I asked,

"Qingyu, how long will your bond last?"

"Three more years, miss."

"Is your father a scholar now?"

"Miss, my father took the exam for three years and passed it."

"Then the indenture is over. Are you two going to return home?"

"Miss, you can't go back."

Having said that, Qingyu lowered her head, and with her hands hanging by her sides, she grabbed the hem of her clothes.

Wang Jinyi was puzzled.

"why?"

Qingyu lowered her head and said:

"Last year, I was able to go home for the Spring Festival. When I got home, I found out that my father had passed the imperial examination and had a new wife.

Daddy also found a job on the farm.

The new wife gave birth to two children, a boy and a girl.”

"Oh, you came home after a few years away from home and you already have two children."

"Miss, you can usually go home to visit your family after five years. In those years, Dad kept sending me letters saying that he didn't spend the New Year in the city, so I didn't go back. Last year, I missed home, so I didn't bring any letters home.

I wanted to go back and take a look, but…”

Qingyu lowered his head and his voice became even softer:

"As soon as I entered the house, the new wife started asking me for money. I gave her all the New Year's bonus money given by the mansion. She said I secretly hid the private money and didn't give it to the family. She shouted and made a fuss, chasing and beating me.

I had no choice but to go to the farm to see my brother..."

Qingyu's tears fell in big drops, but she did not sob.

"Where's your dad?"

"He just stayed in the room and didn't say anything."

"His wife beat you, and he didn't say anything?"

"He didn't say a word, nor did he come out to look at me."

"How old were you when you entered the palace?"

"Miss, I'm probably 5 years old, maybe just 5 years old. I remember that the old lady said that she didn't want children under 5 years old, so Dad said I was exactly 5 years old."

Thousands of beasts were roaring past in Wang Jinyi’s heart.

Is this a human being? Selfish. First, his ex-wife died of exhaustion in order to support this man's schooling. Then, in order to teach him a lesson, or to put it more nicely, in order to continue to strive for success, she sold her two children.

Although the indenture was only for 10 years, he also exchanged his children for money, got the money, and passed the imperial examination. He was not grateful to his two children or anyone else. But now he got married and had a child.

Why didn't he tell his children who were sold? He didn't let them go home, and even lied to them that they were not in the capital. What kind of person is this? He is definitely not a human being.

I really don’t know what will be waiting for these two people who were sold and earned money for their families when they return home after the 10-year contract is over?

Just thinking about Wang Jinyi makes my teeth ache with anger.

"Where's your brother?"

“It wasn’t until I arrived at the farm that I realized that the money my brother paid every year was withheld by my father.

My brother, apart from the clothes given to the servants by the mansion, he has nothing else.

In fact, the Wang family treated the tenant farmers very well. Every year, the tenant farmers paid rent according to the lease, and they were given a piece of clothing for four seasons of the year. The remaining grain from the land was also theirs to keep.

But my father took away most of the food, and the remaining food was only enough for my brother to eat. That was all."

"Qingyu, is this your biological father?"

Qingyu looked up in surprise and looked at the young lady suspiciously.

"Miss, he is not my biological father?"

"I don't know. I just don't think this is something a real father would do."

Wang Jinyi thought about it, made up her mind and spoke.

"Qingyu, have you ever thought about selling yourself and becoming a slave in the palace?"

"Miss, I want to, but my personal indenture is in my father's hands. I can't sell myself. I don't have a household registration."

Wang Jinyi remembered that here, the only people who could sell themselves were good citizens with registered permanent residence in the government. Without permanent residence, they could not transfer their permanent residence and could not change their slave status (here it refers to servants, not slaves).

Wang Jinyi asked Qingyu formally,

"I am your master. I am asking you now, do you want to sell yourself and follow me?"

Qingyu stared at her young lady without moving her eyes.

"Yes! I just want to stay in the Wang family, even as a servant girl."

"What does your brother think?"

"What can he do?"

Seeing Qingyu exhaling a long breath.

Wang Jinyi nodded. There were still three years left, so there was enough time to resolve the issue of the Jade Body Contract.

With Qingyu's determination today, I can safely hand over my private accounts to Qingyu.

Qingyu will stay with me, and as for Qingyu's brother, you can help him, but it depends on his own wishes. If he just wants to be a filial son, you can't interfere.

Wang Jinyi felt that Qingyu's problem was basically resolved.

Of the three people around him now, the wet nurse was a relative of the Wang family, Zhu Yu was a slave registered with the government and was following him, and Qing Yu's problem was basically solved too.

The three people around me have been dealt with. Hey! After traveling here for so long, I have finally managed to deal with something.

But now I am in urgent need of manpower.

There is no need to be as professional and capable as those people around Ouyang Wenche. At least they should be useful when going out. They cannot be surrounded by a bunch of people who are worse than themselves!

The main thing is that I need an assistant who can understand me. Zhu Yu is not good enough.

Zhu Yu, I'm afraid it will take a few years to train you. Even if it is possible, it will take some time. But every day of my life is very important and I don't have time to waste.

Zhu Yu should be his own internal affairs manager first!

As for external assistants, Wang Jinyi stretched out his tender little white hand, clenched it into a fist, and then stretched out his fingers one by one. He had to find someone to help him publish a book and someone to help him run the rice shop. These two people were urgently needed.

Wang Jinyi counted with two fingers repeatedly in the past two days, and it seemed that God could see her anxiety.

The nanny came back early. She brought three boys and two girls, a total of five people.