Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

Teeth line.

When Xiaodouzi came back, the shopkeeper pulled him into a corner and asked him how he was doing.

"Boss, you're still not confident in my help? It's all settled!" Xiaodouzi said with a flattering smile, "In order to get Master Chen to buy that apartment, I knelt down in front of him."

"Who's asking you that?" the shopkeeper said unhappily, "Where's the contract? Have you signed it?"

Xiaodouzi took out the contract and said, "Sign it. I'll take it to the government office later."

The shopkeeper took the contract and saw Chen Lang's signature and fingerprints on it, and he felt relieved.

"Well done, go to the accounting office to collect your reward later," said the shopkeeper.

Xiaodouzi's face was almost broken with laughter, and he said, "Thank you very much, shopkeeper. Thank you very much, shopkeeper."

"Also, the servants selected for Master Chen are waiting in the backyard."

"Send them over later and make sure they can all stay."

"If you get this done, there will be a reward."

The smile on Xiaodouzi's face froze instantly, and he said, "Boss, it's not easy to send chores openly."

"The house is so cheap, Mr. Chen is already suspicious. If we give him free chores, he will definitely think there is something fishy going on."

The shopkeeper pondered and said, "That's true. I'll just charge a symbolic two taels of silver per person."

"Take all these indentures with you and hand them over to Master Chen when you get there."

Xiaodouzi said, "I'll do it right away."

After walking a few steps, Xiaodouzi turned around and walked back, saying, "Boss, who is this Mr. Chen...?"

The shopkeeper glared at him and said, "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about!"

"Go do your business."

Xiaodouzi smiled awkwardly and left with a hunched back.

A quarter of an hour later, Xiaodouzi brought eight servants to Chen Lang's house again.

Chen Lang looked at the eight servants and asked suspiciously, "Is your level of recruiting people in your brokerage business really that high?"

On the way here, Xiaodouzi had already thought of an excuse and whispered, "Master Chen, they are all descendants of the Yan and Liao peoples."

"With impure blood, I'm discriminated against everywhere I go. There's no other way out except to become a slave."

Chen Lang suddenly realized: "Mixed blood, no wonder they look pretty good."

"What about the price?"

"Two taels per person." Xiaodouzi said, "If you want both, I can give you a discount."

Chen Lang said: "Then let's all stay."

Xiaodouzi quickly stuffed a stack of indentures into Chen Lang's hands.

After Chen Lang paid the money, he was about to ask Xiaodouzi a few more questions, but the boy ran faster than a mouse and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Chen Lang called Li Xiuzhi and Xu Mengru over and said, "Miss Xu, these are servants sent by the pawnshop. Please pick two that you like."

Xu Mengru was separated from her original family, and apart from Hong'er, she had no servants.

As for the several embroiderers who followed her to Linshui, they were technical talents and it was impossible for them to do miscellaneous tasks.

This mansion is really too big. The four courtyards in the east, west, south and north are far apart from each other. There is no need for Xu Mengru to find another house outside. Living here, it is also convenient for her to discuss business matters with Chen Lang.

After hearing Chen Lang's words, Xu Mengru smiled and said, "Then I won't be polite."

"Don't be polite. We are business partners now." Chen Lang responded with a smile.

Xu Mengru finally took the two little girls away.

The rest of the people belong to Chen Lang.

After a few brief words, the servants began to clean the house. Li Xiuzhi watched for a while and then joined in.

After all, she was not used to sitting there and watching others work.

The addition of the mistress also made the servants feel that this arrangement was not as bad as they had imagined.

This family is quite easy to serve.

Chen Lang couldn't help much at home, so he changed his clothes and took Xiaoqi out.

"Sir, what are we going to do?"

"drink wine!"

……

County Government House.

Pei Ming came to Zhu Sui'an's study and bowed slightly, saying, "Lord, Chen Lang... has moved in."

Zhu Sui'an asked, "You didn't mention the original owner of the house to him, did you?"

Pei Ming said, "No, the shop assistant said the house was haunted...that's why they sold it so cheap."

Zhu Sui'an chuckled: "Even if there really is a ghost, it won't cause any trouble when it sees Chen Lang."

Pei Ming continued, "The servants selected by the mansion were also taken in by Chen Lang."

Zhu Sui'an nodded and said, "This matter must be kept secret from Madam. Anyone who dares to say a word in front of Madam will have his tongue cut off."

"Also, isn't Chen Lang a good cook? Find a time and ask him to make a meal and send it to the mansion."

"As for the reason, you can figure it out yourself."

Pei Ming bowed and said, "I understand."

……

On Linshui Street, Chen Lang took Xiao Qi for a leisurely stroll.

Chen Lang had no interest in the restaurants and inns that were packed with customers, but was very interested in the shops that were deserted.

After walking around, we arrived at the door of a tavern called "Guhonglou".

This shop is very interesting because the two shops next door are crowded with customers, but this shop has no customers at all.

Chen Lang snapped his fingers and said, "That's him. Let's go."

Xiao Qi was very puzzled. If the young master wanted to drink, why didn't he choose those with good business, but had to find a deserted tavern.

There are no customers, which means the wine sold in this store is very bad.

But the young master always has his reasons for doing things, so just follow him.

After the two entered Guhonglou, the waiter didn't even come up to greet them. He was still lazily lying on the counter and said weakly, "Guests have arrived, two of you."

Chen Lang looked around and found that although there was no one in the shop, it was decorated very elegantly and the walls were covered with various calligraphy and paintings.

Regardless of whether these calligraphy and paintings are authentic or forgeries, and regardless of the quality of the content written and drawn on them, the person is dead.

Chen Lang randomly chose a seat and said, "Waiter, bring up the strongest liquor in your store."

The waiter took a pot of wine from the wine cabinet, walked up to Chen Lang with his head hung low, and said, "Two coins for a pot."

"Pay first."

Chen Lang gave the other party two coins and said, "Fill it up."

The waiter poured a glass and said, "Sir, this wine is very strong, you..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Lang drank the glass of wine.

"Waiter, did you add water to this wine?" Chen Lang pursed his lips and said, "It has no taste at all."

The waiter frowned and muttered, "Wrong one? That shouldn't be the case."

Then he opened the lid of the wine flask and sniffed it carefully.

That’s the taste, for sure.

"Sir, this wine is really strong, please don't force it." The waiter said cautiously.

Chen Lang took the wine pot, poured himself three drinks, and then said, "I've confirmed it, it's water."

"Waiter, even though your shop is not doing business, you can't pass water off as wine and fool people, right?"