Great Yan Dynasty

Li Xiaotao, formerly known as Yang Xiaotao, was recruited by Li Hu into the Li family as a maid ten years ago. Now she is in her 20s and has not married. In the past two years, she has been very close to Fu Sheng. Live alone in the inn in the city.

After Yang Xiaotao entered the Li family, she took the surname of the master, her parents were still alive, she had a younger brother who was married, and a younger sister who was waiting to be married.

Knowing that their daughter was coming back, Yang Laoer and his wife, with their daughter and daughter-in-law, waited at the entrance of the village early.

There are nearly 200 people in Yang Village, regardless of adults or children, all of them are dressed in sackcloth, and many of them are tattered. They all stand at the entrance of the village and wait, looking into the distance from time to time.

The crowd tightened their waist ropes, and tightened their stomachs that hadn't eaten breakfast.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I finally saw two figures walking towards the village carrying big and small bags.

The villagers of Yang Village were all gearing up, waiting for the two to approach, so they could go up and show their courtesy.

"Little Peach!"

"Miss Peach!"

"elder sister!"

Seeing their daughter, Li Xiaotao's parents, younger brother, younger sister-in-law, and younger sister ran to Li Fusheng and Li Xiaotao, followed by other relatives and villagers.

The villagers looked at the two of them. They were dressed in good fabrics, and Yang's second daughter, who used to be beautiful, is now even more graceful and elegant. One can tell at a glance that the living conditions are good. .

Looking at the young man next to him, he also has a handsome face, a strong body, and the appearance of a rich family.

They also looked at the villagers in the same village around them. They were all yellow and thin, with white spots on their faces and hands, and they looked malnourished.

Everyone looked at the two with envy, and said that their lives were good.

"Sister Peach" Li Xiaotao's sister-in-law stepped forward to take the package from Xiantao, her face was full of smiles and she was very affectionate.

The name of the village is even more enviable. The daughter-in-law of the second son of Yang is a girl from Huangjia Village. ! !

Li Xiaotao glanced at the other party and knew that this sister-in-law was good-looking and good-natured, so she nodded and handed her the package.

"Father and mother, this is Brother Fusheng, the old lady has agreed to my marriage with him, and we have already registered with the government.

Taoer is also... happy." With a blushing face, Xiaotao pulled Fusheng to the family, and introduced her relatives and relatives again.

Although Fusheng was also a little shy in his heart, his expression did not change, he greeted Xiaotao's family, and punched the villagers again.

"Fellow folks, this is a wedding gift from my sister Xiaotao and me."

As Fusheng said, he untied a big black package hooked on his wrist, and took out a large stack of red envelopes. Except for Li Xiaotao's relatives and relatives, everyone who saw them gave one, even the baby in his arms.

The villagers happily took the red envelopes, thinking that the weight must be dozens of copper coins, and each of them smiled happily and secretly opened the red envelopes.

When they opened it and looked at the contents of the red envelope, their eyes widened and their breathing was short.

In the red envelope is not a copper plate, but five pieces of broken silver, each piece of broken silver is worth 100 copper plates, which is equivalent to 500 copper plates.

They have almost no savings, and they are all masters who have eaten the last meal and never made the next meal. How much are these five pieces of silver?I can't even imagine it.

And some people came with their parents and children, number seven or eight in the family.Each of them got three pieces of silver, which could buy two pigs.

What kind of concept is this? Most of the villagers in Huangtu Township only buy two or two taels of meat during the Chinese New Year. In normal life, almost no meat is seen.

Although there will be some wild game in the mountains, they can't catch them, and even if they can catch them, they dare not catch them. Mountains have their own belongings.

In addition, when pumping water, fish and shrimp may be caught, but those caught are reluctant to eat them, and they will sell them in the town to subsidize their families.

As for the fish in the reservoir, it is said that they belong to the elders of the town. Only the head of the village, Huang, dares to catch some fish occasionally. If ordinary people go there, if they don't beat you to death, they will also punish you and ruin your fortune.

There are also some ponds in each village, and there are no fish in them.People from generation to generation went to arrest them, but they didn't make any supplements, and all of them were arrested long ago.

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The villagers in front snatched the red envelopes from their own children and carefully put them in their arms. All of them stepped forward to congratulate them with excitement, and they stuttered a bit.

As for the people behind, when they saw that the people in front had received the money, they became even more anxious and wanted to rush forward.

"Folks, please line up, otherwise you won't get any red envelopes at the front." Seeing this, Fusheng yelled out as a warning.

When the villagers heard it, they struggled for a while, and lined up honestly. It’s okay to give you red envelopes. If you dare to grab it, the surrounding villagers will beat you.

Seeing this, Xiaotao's parents felt distressed and reluctant to give up, so they wanted to talk, but their daughter stopped her by clapping her hands.

Other relatives hurried forward to help maintain order. Although they don't have it now, they all know that as relatives, they will definitely give more later.

The reason for going forward to maintain order is that one is afraid of being stolen by others, and the other is to identify these people, so as to save them from coming over to collect them many times.

The people of Yangcun who had finished receiving the gifts all had smiles on their faces and talked one by one.
"Congratulations, Xiaotao!"

"Congratulations, you two!"

"I wish Xiaotao's son a great fortune in the future" and other words.

Some women who just got married and had children, after receiving the red envelopes, hurried home, carried out the infants who were still breastfeeding, and went forward to line up to receive the red envelopes.

Those old people who couldn't walk were also carried out by their own sons, and they were a little dizzy at first. They didn't know why their sons ran away with their backs. Could it be that Huang Village called in?

Later, when I heard that the second daughter of Yang's family was back, when she was giving out red envelopes, and there were five pieces of silver, she hurriedly told her son to put himself down, and ran wildly, running fast, not at all like, panting when walking normally .Leaving the stunned son in disarray.

It took Fusheng more than half an hour to send out more than 200 red envelopes, more than 100 taels of silver, before they were all distributed.

Li Xiaotao's parents, as well as the little hearts of these relatives, are almost broken from heartache. With this money, their whole family can live a prosperous life.

And Yang's second daughter-in-law also went from joy to heartache. The joy is that what her parents said is true. His family really has a daughter who works as a maid in a rich family. She has a lot of money, and her heartache is the same as that of the Yang family. , the heart is bleeding.

"Tao'er, come to my house for lunch, I killed the old hen at home," a neighbor invited, he knew that the other party would not come, but he still had to ask politely.

When the red envelopes were first distributed, Li Xiaotao saw that she had good friends with her before, so she gave them big red envelopes, which contained two taels of silver.

"Uncle Ya, there's no need, Xiaotao will have lunch with her parents at home." Li Xiaotao smiled slightly.

People around heard that although they expected the result, they were still a little disappointed.

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"Fellow folks, Xiaotao and I will invite the whole village to a banquet tonight. You don't need to give gifts, you just need to help prepare!"

After Fusheng finished speaking loudly, he paused for a moment, then continued to shout, interrupting the drooling villagers.

"There is even better news for everyone:
My young master said that three days later, maids and servants will be recruited in Lijia Village. Girls who are over 10 years old and have not left the court, and sons who are under 30 years old and have not married can come to sign up at that time.

All those who pass will be provided with food and housing, 2 ingots of silver per month, and a tentative quota of 100 people. The quota will be increased according to the situation. If there are outstanding ones, they can enter Li's house as an exception.

There are also maids and servants who have been dismissed before. Those who are not married can also return to the Li family. The treatment is the same. Those who are married can go to the young master to get money as compensation. "

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Fusheng yelled at the excited villagers in front of him, pulling his neck.

Before coming out today, the young master called them together, talked about it, and gave each of them 500 taels of silver and some jewelry, so that the maids and servants could go home and settle down.

In addition to these, there are also those given by Liu Xianzun and the He family. In addition to the previous ones, these servants are now very rich, especially this couple. double.

According to Li Zheng's thinking, the Li family will grow bigger and bigger in the future, and those maidservants are simply not enough, and they must recruit many more.

For the villages near the ancestral home, help if you can. Lijia Village is the first, and other villages are behind, so that they will no longer be hungry.

The regular money has also increased several times compared to the beginning, and the old man mentioned 5 taels.In the future, newcomers will be handed over to the elderly.

Li Zheng has no shortage of money. With his ability, if he wants to earn hundreds of thousands of silver, he can do it casually.

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After the villagers heard this, their hearts were shocked, and then they all looked uplifted, discussing there.

2 taels of silver?Isn't that as long as one person passes, the whole family can live a good life?Every meal has meat?
The villagers all stared at their daughter and son, imagining the scene where they would be recruited as servants.

There are also some people who, looking at their married sons, regret it a lot. If they knew this, they would not want you to start a family, and they even spent all the 100 copper coins saved at home.

"Tao'er, is it true? Your master's family is so rich? 2 ingots of silver? 100 people? Can you break the rules and enter Li's house?" Several villagers asked cautiously. They were not familiar with Fu Sheng, so they had to ask Li Xiaotao.

Ordinary people recruit servant girls, although they are all for food and housing, but they are paid several hundred coppers every month, like the Li family who pays so much, with so many servant girls, the monthly money for food alone costs hundreds of taels of silver.

"Uncle Ya, it's true, my young master said it himself." Li Xiaotao said with a slight smile.

Seeing that they still didn't believe it, he went on to say, "My young master is a powerful man, and he can easily earn tens of thousands of taels of silver. Even the county lords talk to him, and they have to be polite."

Speaking of this, Xiaotao's eyes were a little obsessed. Any woman would be fascinated by the young master's natural appearance.

After thinking about it, he tilted his head to look at Fusheng, and quickly put his mind on it. He and Fusheng had already married, so he couldn't think about anything else.

Fusheng also noticed Xiaotao, but he didn't think much about it. In his heart, the Eldest Young Master is an eternal god, and no one can replace him. If the Eldest Young Master told me to sacrifice my life, I, Fusheng, would not frown.