After traveling through time, I led the whole village to become rich!

Zhao Guoliang said, "You are the most promising person in our village. Everyone is counting on you to lead them to a good life. They will definitely want to come and congratulate you and share in your joy. As for those who are jealous of you, why do you care about them?"

Xiang Chunhua also said, "Sister, I think we should have a banquet too, and make it a lively one, to piss off those who are upset."

"You all think we should do it?"

Xiang Chunhua nodded repeatedly, "Yes, yes, yes."

Li also nodded, "Yes, sister, such a big happy event should be celebrated."

"Since you all said you want to do it, then let's do it. But Uncle Village Head, please tell everyone that they can just come to the wedding and drink, and don't bring any gifts."

Zhao Guoliang smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, I'll go tell him. When do you plan to do it?"

"Let's do it when the kids are on vacation."

"Okay. I'll tell them later." Zhao Guoliang nodded and then said, "Hu Lan, once you're done cleaning up today, just have someone clean the house tomorrow. I won't be coming over tomorrow."

Zhang Hulan asked, "What's wrong? Does the village head have something to do tomorrow?"

Zhao Guoliang said, "It's alright. Your house is already built, so I have nothing to do. I can't just sit here and take your wages for nothing."

"Of course it's okay," Zhang Hulan said, pointing to the yard. "I'm also going to plant some flowers and plants in the yard, and pave the road in front of the door with stone slabs to prevent it from turning into mud when it rains. I'm also going to plant trees on both sides of the road. You've taken care of all this for me."

Hearing Zhang Hulan say there was still work to do, Zhao Guoliang happily agreed, "Okay, I'll come again tomorrow."

Zhang Hulan smiled and said, "Uncle Lizheng, don't worry about not having work. I still have a lot of work to do. Unless you don't want to do it anymore, there is plenty of work for you."

Zhao Guoliang smiled and nodded, "Okay, as long as you have work, I will keep doing it.

So what flowers and trees are you going to plant? Do you go to the city and buy them or do you find them somewhere else?

"Just go to the mountain and dig them. There are so many flowers and plants on the mountain. Just dig up some nice ones and plant them. I can't bear to spend money to buy flowers to plant."

The main thing is that Changning County is a small place, not a big city. If it were a big city, Zhang Hulan would specialize in growing flowers and selling them for money. The ladies of those wealthy families all like to grow flowers and plants.

"Okay, then I'll take people up the mountain tomorrow and dig up any beautiful flowers and plants we see. You can choose which ones you want to plant then."

Zhang Hulan then said to Madam Tao, "Madam Tao, please bring the silver and pay the carpenter's wages."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Now Zhang Hulan has handed over some things to Nanny Tao, and there is also a company account book with her. Nanny Tao is responsible for daily expenses.

Zhang Hulan then instructed, "There's a banquet coming up in a few days, and you'll be in charge of it. If you need help, go find Uncle Luo and ask him to arrange some for you."

"Okay ma'am!"

Now Zhang Hulan just talks about most things, and she will only do things herself if others don’t know how to do them. She now looks a bit like a local landlord.

The next day, Zhang Hulan took Zhang Xinyao, Zhang Xinyi and others to the county town to buy some things for their new home.

The two sisters were allowed to decorate their rooms themselves, however they liked.

Don't think that buying these decorative items is a waste of money.

Especially some things like vases, porcelain, and ornaments are very expensive.

Anyway, she spent more than fifty taels of silver and bought two donkey carts full of various things. In the end, Zhang Hulan didn't know what she bought.

Zhang Hulan also bought three servants, all women who knew how to cook. They would be responsible for cooking, washing clothes, and other miscellaneous tasks.

It took a day to set up the new home. Zhang Hulan naturally lived in the main room, Tao Mama lived in the east wing, and the west wing was where Zhang Hulan kept her things, which was considered a storage room.

The east and west wing rooms are where Zhang Xinyao and her two sisters live, and there are two guest rooms.

There are two small rooms next to the east and west wing rooms, which are where Chuntao and Zhuer live.

At the gate location, there are five back rooms and a gatehouse. Zhang Hulan plans to let Luo Changqi and others live there.

Although it was just a courtyard, there were quite a few rooms, including several that were used as kitchens and woodsheds and where the servants lived.

There were also Xiaohua and Xiaohui. The carpenter built their nests under the eaves, one on each side, not together.

After the rooms were tidied, Zhang Hulan called Aunt Tao and the others together and said, "Aunt Tao, I'll leave all the affairs of the courtyard to you from now on."

"Yes, ma'am!" replied Nanny Tao.

"Chun Tao, Zhu Er, your main job is to teach the eldest and second young ladies how to write and read. If there is any work in the yard that is too much for you to handle, you should also help."

"Yes, ma'am!" Chuntao and Zhuer also quickly responded.

Zhang Hulan then looked at the three people she had brought back today and said to them, "You will be responsible for cooking, washing clothes, and cleaning the yard. We only have these people here, and there's not much work to do on a regular basis, so you can arrange it yourselves."

"Yes, ma'am!"

Zhang Hulan then said to everyone, "I bought all of you, so I don't have to pay you monthly wages.

But it is fate that we can get together. I also know that you must all be miserable people, otherwise you wouldn’t be reduced to selling your bodies.

So I will give you two hundred coins a month, and as for rewards, it depends on how well you do your work.

If you do a good job and work for me sincerely, I can consider returning the indenture to you and giving you freedom.

But if you don't do your job properly, or if you are disloyal, don't blame me for being rude.

I don't have so many rules here. Just do what you are supposed to do.

And there’s…”

Zhang Hulan paused before speaking again, "Also, if you find someone you like, who would you like to live with?

You can tell me that if that person has no problem, I can agree.

As I said before, as long as you do your job well, I will not treat you unfairly, and everything will be easy to negotiate."

After Zhang Hulan finished speaking, Nanny Tao took the lead and they all knelt on the ground. "We servants will do our best to serve Madam, and we promise to be loyal and unwavering. We will never do anything that betrays you."

"You all get up."

Zhang Xinyao and Zhang Xinyi looked at Zhang Hulan with admiration. They realized that their mother was very powerful now. She could make these people kneel down and kowtow with just a few words.

In fact, Zhang Hulan was also teaching her two daughters how to manage servants.

After getting up, Nanny Tao asked, "Madam, when will the banquet be held? How many tables will be set up? What standards will the banquet follow? I want you to be prepared."

"Tomorrow the Third Miss and her family will be back so we can move and have the wedding banquet the day after tomorrow.

As for the number of tables, you can ask Zhao Lizheng how many people from the village came. He should count them again.

Then add in the people in Zhuangzi, all of them."

Aunt Tao asked again, "Should the banquets for the people from the farm and the villagers be held separately, or all together?"

"All together. As for the standard... let's set it at 500 wen per table."

"Yes, ma'am!"