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In the end, in addition to the first choice of Teng Yu, Yang Yuyao also picked a boy named Shen Ming and a maid named Huang Ya. Shen Ming once studied in a private school, but suddenly his family fell into decline. Unable to continue studying and even in order to bury his parents who died of illness one after another, he had no choice but to sell himself as a slave and was bought into the general's mansion.

And Huang Ya is actually not the real name of this maid. She only knows that her surname should be Huang. Her parents have never given her a formal name at all. They have always called her "big girl" because she was asked when she needed to register her name. She just temporarily gave herself such a name. Her family was very poor and she had five younger siblings, so in order to help her parents support these younger siblings, she had to find ways to make more money. Fortunately, she was good-looking and smart, so she became a maid here.

"Okay, now I have a general understanding of your information," Yang Yuyao said after dismissing the other unselected servants, leaving the three of them behind. He was still holding the painting drawn by Teng Yu in his hand. At this time, Teng Yu looked towards The look in his eyes had changed from fear at the beginning to inexplicable admiration.

"For now, you three are more in line with my requirements, so I picked you. So now, it's your turn to choose." Yang Yuyao looked at the three people one by one, and they faced him Will take the initiative to lower his head and not look at him, which allows Yang Yuyao to observe them with peace of mind, "First of all, I want to explain that the person who finally decides to follow me needs to go to Yugui with me. But there will be no danger to his life , but I won’t return to the summer capital for a long time.”

"After that, I will arrange some special work based on your abilities. Based on the quality of your work, I will pay you extra wages. This is not included in your monthly salary." Yang Yuyao continued. Upon hearing this, the three of them My eyes lit up instantly.

As slaves, they were bought into the general's mansion and received very little monthly money. Unlike those who were long-term and short-term workers, their lives were equivalent to being bought out. Therefore, many wealthy families only provided food and lodging without wages. Unless you particularly please your master, you will be rewarded with some money. Those who treat their servants well, like the Yang family, will give them some monthly money, so that they can slowly accumulate it so that they can survive starvation when they are old and can no longer work, and even have some money for marriage.

Now that they have been selected by the eldest young master, it is equivalent to being promoted to first-class and second-class servants all at once. The monthly salary has doubled several times. If they have more wages, it will of course be a better thing.

"I am willing to follow the young master!"

"I am also willing to follow the young master!"

Teng Yu and Shen Ming immediately expressed their wishes, while Huang Ya seemed a little hesitant. She seemed to want to speak, but she didn't dare to make a sound.

"You can tell me if you have any doubts or concerns." Yang Yuyao said to Huang Ya.

"Master, please tell me, if I go to Yugui, how will I be paid monthly?" Huang Ya asked with courage.

"How do you get your monthly payment now?" Yang Yuyao asked.

"Butler Zhou will calculate everyone's monthly money and distribute it to them. Some people will not take it themselves, but their family members will collect it. Therefore, when the monthly money is distributed, a shed will be set up outside the house to distribute it one by one to those who come to receive the monthly money. Family members." Hong Wan answered for Huang Ya.

"Huang Ya, did you come to collect it as a family member?" Yang Yuyao asked.

"Yes, my father is back. He works as a long-term worker in Xiadu. If it is in Yuguifa, then my father will not be able to come and collect the money." Huang Ya replied awkwardly.

"Every time you let him take the monthly payment and you don't keep any of it?" Yang Yuyao continued to ask, and Huang Ya nodded.

"In this case, your monthly salary will continue to be paid by the government, and your father will continue to collect it on time. As for the extra wages I paid, I will pay it to you directly, and you can keep it for yourself. Girls You should leave some money for emergencies.”

Huang Ya had never thought that someone would say such a thing. This sentence caused an unprecedented impact on her heart. She was so surprised that she couldn't even speak. She covered her mouth with both hands and nodded vigorously.

"That means you are also willing to follow the young master, right?" Shen Ming asked, and Huang Ya nodded vigorously again.

Yang Yuyao's statement is actually a bit unreasonable to people in this world. Huang Ya gave all the monthly money she earned to her father. In people's eyes, it is filial piety and it is appropriate. But Yang Yuyao persuaded her to keep some for herself, which was contrary to what some people thought was filial piety and was wrong. But Tao Yulian looked at Yang Yuyao and felt deeply pleased.

For girls like Huang Ya, their flowering period is very short. They are mortals to begin with, and they work extra hard, which accelerates their aging. Huang Ya is eighteen this year, so she still looks young and beautiful, but she has been in the General's Mansion for more than six years. In fact, even if she is not selected by Yang Yuyao, there is a high chance that she will be mentioned as a second-class maid. It's just that she has been unlucky in the past, and the position of senior servant has never been vacant, so she has not been able to be promoted. Although her current monthly salary is indeed very low compared to first-class servants and second-class servants, if compared to the entire Xia Capital, the money she receives is not small.

Logically speaking, her selling herself to become a maid in the General's Mansion means that she has completely severed ties with her original family and has completely become a member of the General's Mansion. Her family has no right to interfere with her affairs. But Huang Ya still provides her family with her hard-earned monthly money.

In the past six years, Huang Ya has received monthly money, and her father works as a long-term worker in Xiadu. Even if she has more than a dozen younger siblings to support, the money she and her father earn is more than enough for their family to live a good life. , but over the years, her father has taken so much money from her, but their family's situation has not improved at all. Is there any problem in this?

There must be a problem. Someone took advantage of the information gap to deliberately deceive this girl who entered the general's mansion early and didn't know how much she spent outside and how much others earned. It's just that this was her family matter, and it was hard for them to investigate or interfere.

But Yang Yuyao was able to say such things. It was obvious that he was aware of the problem with this little information. Huang Ya may have realized her predicament or not, and Yang Yuyao's proposal gave her a chance to protect herself. Her father comes to collect her monthly salary on time every month, so he knows very well how much she pays every month and her work situation in the General's Mansion. Even if she is promoted to a second-class or even a first-class servant, her father can quickly Asked.

But only Yang Yuyao and Huang Ya know how much future they will have with the wages given by Yang Yuyao. So she could keep it without worrying about her father finding out. If something happens to her family in the future and she happens to be unable to work, the money can at least protect her.

Tao Yulian is very happy that her child has been away from home for so many years and still retains kindness to others after experiencing so much. Even though these slave servants may not be treated as human beings at all, children who are kind to their servants are definitely not that kind of bad people.

"Well, Huang Ya..." Yang Yuyao said again. Huang Ya looked at Yang Yuyao in confusion and expectancy, wondering what else Yang Yuyao had. "Would you mind changing your name a little bit? For example, change your girl's Y character to the elegant character Ya. Others can call you Huang Ya or Xiao Ya. It sounds more concise and has better meaning."

Yang Yuyao suggested this because he felt that the pronunciation of "Huang Ya" was too easy to sound like "Yellow Duck". He didn't know the origin of the name Huang Ya, but he just felt that the name was not very formal. So he was just proposing. But in fact, it is normal for the master to give these maids and servants other names. The Yang family just has too many servants, and it is too troublesome to name each one, and they don’t want to sort them like 1, 2, 3, or A, B, C, and D like other powerful people. To give them names, they were allowed to keep their original names. Only those personal servants who had reached the first or second class were given other names.

"Thank you, thank you, young master. I like this name very much!" Huang Ya accepted the name with great joy. From now on, she will also have a serious name.

"Young master, we two, ah no, where is the younger one?" Shen Ming wanted to ask him and Teng Yu if they had new names, but thinking that he and Teng Yu were not familiar with each other, Shen Ming immediately changed his mind and thought that he might not want to be given a name. Just ask himself.

"Isn't your name quite normal?" Yang Yuyao asked confusedly, not understanding the origin of Shen Ming's wish for him to give him a name. Hong Wan quickly covered her mouth to hide the smile that came to her lips.

"Young Master, for servants like us, receiving a name from the master means gaining a different status. I think Shen Ming hopes that you will also give him a name because of this," Hong Wan explained.

"Yes, that's exactly what I hope." Shen Ming immediately nodded in agreement.

"Me too...so." Teng Yu also said.

"...I actually chose the wrong name." Their expectation made Yang Yuyao embarrassed. "It's better for you two to be called by your original names. In the first place, identity and name are not necessarily linked, otherwise you have to change it every time." I have to change my identity." Yang Yuyao still decided to refuse to give him another name.

Giving them names is, in a sense, a manifestation of the master's desire to control these servants as personal belongings. Being given a new name actually reminds the servant that they are no longer a complete person in the sense of the word and no longer enjoy the rights that a person should have. Their lives, their life and death are entirely determined by their master. But Yang Yuyao didn't like this. He didn't choose them just to treat them like other servants. If so, he could choose anyone. He chose them, of course, for other reasons.

"That's it, you guys, please retreat first." Yang Yuyao, knowing that they didn't dare to pester them shamelessly, decided to drive them away.

"Young Master, don't you have anything to arrange for us to do now?" Huang Ya asked. They were a little overwhelmed by being selected but not being assigned work. Although the superior servants would tell them what they needed to do, the young master had been away from home for so long that no one knew what special requirements Yang Yuyao had. And a good servant, of course, needs to do things according to the master's likes and dislikes.

"Well, Teng Yu and Shen Ming, you two will teach Huang Ya how to read and write these days." Yang Yuyao said. As soon as these words came out, the three of them were stunned.

"Madam, the eldest young master, the eldest young master's companions are ready to arrive." Zhou Xie'an, who originally wanted to go to the credit office to pick up Yang Yuyao, was called back and arranged for someone to pick up Li Fengzhi and the others. Now they are almost at the gate of the general's mansion. , Zhou Xie'an came over to inform.

"Uncle Zhou, thank you for your hard work. This is for you." Yang Yuyao, who felt that Zhou Xie'an needed Xunlian the most, gave him a box of Xunlian. Fortunately, he had prepared more Xunlian before coming. He didn't have as many relatives as he expected, so he could spare Xunlian for him.

"Xie An, this is a good thing, you should make good use of it." Tao Yulian said with a smile.

"Thank you for the gift, young master!" Zhou Xie'an happily accepted the Xun couplet given by Yang Yuyao, and then guided them towards the door.

"Hey, brother, are you going out?" Yang Yuwei, who was playing shuttlecock with a few maids, saw Yang Yuyao and Tao Yulian walking towards the gate of the General's Mansion, so she threw the shuttlecock to the maids who were playing with them and ran over curiously. asked.

"No, my companions are here to greet them." Yang Yuyao replied.

"I'm going too, I want to see what your anonymous disciple looks like, big brother!" Yang Yuwei said, immediately following him.

"You mean Fengzhi? He is actually my investment target." Yang Yuyao explained.

"Is the investment object a special kind of anonymous disciple?" Yang Yuwei's question confused Yang Yuyao. He didn't understand how Yang Yuwei connected the two together. His expression should be nothing. Problem? At this time, they were almost reaching the gate of the General's Mansion, and heard the sound of carriages driving in the distance.

Since Yang Yuyao told Li Fengzhi before leaving the inn early in the morning that he might go to see his family living in Xiadu today, Li Fengzhi and the others did not feel any emotion when Yang Yuyao asked if they were willing to visit his home. Accident.

Today is different from a hundred years ago. Young people who want to become monks are not required to completely sever their ties with the world. Therefore, it is common for some monks to still maintain contact with their mortal relatives, to mourn the death of their elders, and to continue to care for their younger siblings until they reach full adulthood. If the relative is in the Xia Kingdom, especially in the Xia Capital, the possibility of a monk among the blood relatives is higher, and there is no need to sever the relationship.

Yang Yuyao and Li Fengzhi said that he had just met his relatives. It happened that his original home was in Xiadu, so he came to Xiadu this time to go back and visit. Therefore, Li Fengzhi and three others believed that Yang Yuyao's background should be quite good, at least he would not be from a poor family.

Although it is not absolute, it is difficult for poor families to give birth to very beautiful children. Only with good-looking parents are the chances of having beautiful children. However, innate beauty alone is not enough. Children from poor families will lose their innate beauty due to various reasons. of beauty. Without enough food and clothing, beauty will either be regarded as worthless consumables, or else it will be sold directly as a commodity.

But Yang Yuyao obviously doesn't seem to have lost his beauty. If he has lost his beauty like this, that would be outrageous! And if his relatives can live in Xia Capital for a long time, the conditions of his relatives will obviously not be too bad. But even Li Fengzhi, who blindly thought about everything about Yang Yuyao in the most powerful way he could imagine, could not imagine what Yang Yuyao's real family background was.

There is nothing wrong with the people who come to pick them up calling Yang Yuyao the eldest young master. As for the title young master, the children of wealthy families who can afford servants can be called young master. The scope of being called young master is too wide. When they were about to leave to settle the room bill, things started to go wrong. They booked an inn room for three days, because they originally expected to stay in the summer capital for at least three days, and it would be more cost-effective to book a few more days at once. But in contrast, if they check out early, they need to pay a small default fee.

But instead of charging them a breach of contract fee, the shopkeeper of Wankelai even discounted the room rate for that day on the grounds that they were special guests. But shouldn't this have been explained at the beginning? After getting on the carriage, you can immediately feel that this is not an ordinary carriage. Compared with those that can be rented, it is so comfortable! You Shuangjiang is sure that this carriage is definitely better than the carriage in Prince An's Mansion.

The roads in Xia Capital are extremely well paved, flat and wide, and riding a carriage is particularly comfortable. However, you Shuangjiang, who is used to riding in carriages, can tell how well a carriage is made without being affected by the road conditions. The carriage took them out of the busy city and toward a quiet area.

They originally thought that the carriage would drive to the suburbs, and wealthy businessmen generally would not live in busy cities. However, the closer to the center of the capital of Xiadu, that is, close to the palace, not only the housing prices are extremely high, but non-rich people cannot buy it no matter how much money they have. . But the carriage drove towards the center of the city, ruling out their original speculation that Yang Yuyao was born into a wealthy businessman. It is quite reasonable to be born into a family of officials. Courtiers who can serve as officials and live in the capital are powerful and wealthy.

But as the houses passing by became more and more luxurious, they were still shocked, especially when the carriage stopped and they saw that the name on the plaque was the Zhenguo General's Mansion, they were stunned. A person with this title can be regarded as a high-ranking official in a country's court, not to mention that he is the general of the Xia Kingdom.

"It's really Yu Yao!" Li Fengzhi got off the carriage and didn't pay attention to the appearance of the other people who arrived with Yang Yuyao. Only Yang Yuyao's appearance remained in his eyes, and he trotted towards Yang Yuyao without hesitation. past. As anxious as him was Suzaku, because Yang Yuyao was worried that if she was made things difficult for her, and Suzaku's sudden outburst would cause trouble, she left her in the care of Li Fengzhi.

"Fengzhi, Senior Zhu, Shuangsheng," Yang Yuyao greeted the three of them with a smile, "Welcome to my home."

Just as Yang Yuyao was about to make an introduction, Yang Yuwei tugged on his sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Yang Yuyao lowered his head and asked. Tao Yulian also lowered her head and looked at Yang Yuwei. Apparently, she had tugged on both of their sleeves.

"The beautiful senior in the green dress has a weak blood relationship with us." Yang Yuwei said in a low voice.

"Well, you mean Senior Zhu?" Yang Yuyao said doubtfully. The only woman here who wears a green skirt and likes to wear green is Zhu Molan.

"Xiaoyao, is she named Zhu?" Tao Yulian suddenly asked with concern.

"The one with two characters below the word bamboo." Yang Yuyao replied. Before he said Zhu Molan's full name, Tao Yulian patted Yang Yuwei's shoulder gently.

"Weier, you go find your grandmother. She should be with your grandmother to help your eldest brother's master choose a room. You tell your grandmother to come over and see your eldest brother's guests."

"Okay." Although there was doubt in his eyes. But Yang Yuwei agreed without hesitation, "Brother, let me leave first!" Yang Yuwei said hurriedly to Yang Yuyao, waving her hand and running over.

"Yu Yao, is that little girl your sister?" Li Fengzhi asked in surprise when he realized that there were others around Yang Yuyao.

"I know you kid can't always only have Yu Yao in your eyes!" Zhu Molan, who had just walked over, raised her hand with a smile and tapped Li Fengzhi's head with her knuckles. The carriage hadn't even stopped yet, and this kid was so stupid. He jumped out of the car anxiously, as if he hadn't seen Yang Yuyao for a long time.