All the members are good people, only the host is a pervert

The next morning, Lin Ruan arrived at the pawnshop. With the system's help, he quickly selected twenty-two servants: a pair of wives, eight maids, four servants, four servants, and four boys. After signing their death contracts, he led the group back to the mansion.

She stood before the crowd, pointed at the wife and servants, and said, "You can read and do arithmetic. From now on, you will be called Lin Zhong, and you will be the steward of the Lin Mansion. You will receive a monthly allowance of two taels of silver. The Lin Zhong family will follow the old lady, receiving one tael of silver per month. There are two side rooms in the southwest courtyard. One will be the accounting office, and the other will be reserved for your wife and servants."

According to the laws of Fengwu Kingdom, married male slaves cannot have their own names and can only be named by their wives. Although the master can give a name to an unmarried male slave, he cannot be given a surname.

So the four servants were named Jixiang, Shengyi, and Yiyi, with the character "A" added in front. Lin Ruan said, "Aji and Axiang will be in charge of the kitchen, earning eight hundred coins a month; Asheng will follow the mistress, earning one hundred coins a month; and Ayi will watch over the back door, earning three hundred coins a month. The four of you will live in the north wing of the west wing."

Lin Ruan also arranged the remaining servants one by one, and determined their monthly wages and accommodations. Finally, the distribution was completed. Lin Ruan was tired and unwilling to say more. He just said with a cold face: "You are all life-indentured, tied to my Lin Mansion for the rest of your lives. I will not be short of servants, but you only have one life. You know what to do. In addition to the monthly allowance, two sets of clothes and one cotton coat per year. Okay, your things are placed on the beds. If you find anything you need, go to Lin Xiao to register. You will start your duty tomorrow. I will go to pick up the old lady and the lady these days. They are not in the mansion. Lin Jing and Lin Yi will come with me. You just follow the rules."

Everyone quickly agreed, and only after seeing Lin Ruan take Lin Jing and Lin Yi out of the door did they dare to disperse.

Lin Ruan bought a carriage for the two of them, and asked Lin Yi to drive to Songyang Academy to pick up the luggage, and then left the city and headed towards Qingshan Village.

The day after Lin Ruan's results were released, the messenger arrived at the Lin family's home. Lin's father and Chi Wenning were naturally delighted. Lin's father quickly took the reward and thanked the messenger. They had been waiting for Lin Ruan at home for the past few days, but for some reason, he hadn't returned.

"Dad, Wen Ning, I'm back." Father Lin was talking to Chi Wen Ning about Lin Ruan when they heard a familiar voice.

"Daddy, it's my wife's voice. My wife is back!" Chi Wen Ning said happily.

Lin Ruan asked Lin Jing and Lin Yi to park the carriage outside. She walked into the yard and saw Lin's father and Chi Wenning. She smiled and said, "Dad, Wenning. I brought two maids with me. Where do you think they can live?"

"Mother-in-law? Then let them live in the side room next to the ancestral hall first. It used to be a guest room. When your mother was still alive, guests would stay there." Father Lin said as he was going to take tools to clean the room.

Lin Ruan quickly stopped them and raised her voice, "Lin Jing, Lin Yi!" After they came in, she quickly handed them the things and said, "You two will stay in that room for the next few days. Clean it up first, and then ask the old lady for bedding."

After Lin Jing and Lin Yi took their things and left, Lin Ruan took her father and Chi Wenning back to their room. She sat down, took a sip of the tea Chi Wenning offered her, and said gently to her father, "Dad, you know I got first place in the exam, so I can go to Weizhou Prefecture School without paying tuition. So, I bought a house in the prefecture, right next to the school, and hired servants to serve you. Let's pack up and move in over the next two days."

Father Lin almost lost his composure. He hurriedly said, "Houses in the capital aren't cheap. Daughter, where did you get the money? Did you win it from gambling again? Didn't you promise me not to go to the gambling house?"

Lin Ruan said gently, "I didn't gamble to get it. Last year, when I was tired of studying, didn't I also go for a walk in the mountains? I found a clump of ginseng in the back mountain. At that time, my mind was completely focused on studying. After digging the ginseng out, I forgot to tell you. I only remembered it when I saw it in the closet while packing my luggage before the exam. I took them with me when I went to the provincial capital for the exam this time, and I sold them for a lot of silver."

How should I put it? After hearing Lin Ruan say this, Lin's father finally breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't about the gambling, but rather that ever since his daughter stopped gambling, sometimes he felt like she was still his daughter, and sometimes he didn't. But his daughter had always been so carefree and forgetful when studying, so this showed that she was still his daughter, a daughter whose luck had finally turned.

Naturally, Father Lin wouldn't blame her. He just smiled and said, "Forgetting to tell me isn't a big deal. Just because you didn't go to the gambling house is fine. Daughter, is it true, as I said, that your luck has changed? How come I found ginseng after just a few trips to the back mountain?"

Father Lin wasn't short, about 1.80 meters tall, and he was strong and robust. Lin Ruan gently patted his arm and coaxed him softly, "Good luck, isn't it? The exam this time was all about subjects I'd studied well, otherwise how could I have gotten first place? I said I'd quit gambling and never went again. My dear father, aren't you always worried that not having land is not a long-term solution for us? When the owner of the house in the capital sold me the house, he also included a farm of 100 acres, and the tenants on the farm were also transferred to me."

"Then what about your mother? What about this house?" asked Lin's father.

Lin Ruanyao had already made plans. She smiled and said, "I plan to go to the county tomorrow to buy a family of servants and have them live here to look after the house. This will also provide a place for us to stay when we return to pay our respects. The ancestral hall here only has a few tablets. Before I leave, I will burn some incense and tell them to move the ancestral hall to the city."

"Your arrangement is good, then I will follow your instructions." Father Lin nodded. He was very satisfied with his daughter's arrangement.

On the second day, Lin Ruan went to the county and bought a pair of slaves who had signed a death contract. Lin Ruan didn't know the details of the pair of slaves, but the system said that they were both honest and decent people.

Slave women generally didn't have children until they found a master. Firstly, raising a child was expensive. Secondly, if a boy was born, he would be taken away and raised by the slaves. After he grew up, he would be sold to a pimp's shop as a servant, which was fine, but they feared he would be sold to a prostitute's house. Women had long lifespans and could bear children before the age of fifty, so they weren't in a rush. Therefore, neither Lin Zhong nor this family had children around.

Lin Ruan gave the old woman the name Lin Shou. They both received one hundred coins a month. Every year during the sacrifice, he gave her the next year's allowance directly, along with three sets of clothes.

Lin Ruan handed over the household affairs to them and asked them to move into the room in the ancestral hall. After Lin Ruan finished burning incense, the ancestral hall tablets had been packed into a box, waiting to be displayed in the capital.

With Lin Shou's wife, Lin Jing and Lin Yi around, the house was cleaned up quickly. After all, the original owner had lost all his real assets in those two months of gambling, and all that was left in the house was what Lin Ruan had bought in the past six months.

They loaded the household items into a donkey cart and let Lin Jing drive it. Lin Ruan took his father and Chi Wen Ning on a horse-drawn carriage, and the two carriages headed towards the provincial capital.