The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

The next day Zhang Qiu set off for Qingping Town, while Jiang Ziyan went to a tooth shop to buy some servants.There is no shortage of chauffeurs, but there is still a lack of ones who cook and clean the yard.

The tooth shop not only sells houses, but also the servants who want to buy waiters come here. Jiang Ziyan came here once yesterday, and he is familiar with it this time.

The man who received him yesterday saw him coming again today, and warmly welcomed him in without saying a word. To him, this is a big customer who is not obvious, and he has to take care of it.

"What did Lang Jun want to buy when he came here today?"

"Well... my yard still lacks a few people who cook and clean."

When he said this, Yaren immediately understood, and then nodded and bowed his head and said: "I understand, what are your specific requirements?"

Jiang Ziyan specified a few requirements, Yaren nodded enthusiastically and said: "No problem, Mr. Lang will go back and wait, I will send you over after I have selected someone for you to choose."

Originally, Jiang Ziyan wanted to buy it here and take it home, but he thought it might not be that simple, so he nodded.

Han Yuxiu cooked the lunch, everyone just moved here, Jiang Ziyan actually had a lot of things to arrange.He wants to open a paper mill here, and he needs to make a lot of preparations, but there is no rush, in these two days.

It's just that Han Yuxiu was very active every time and didn't let him do any kitchen work, so Jiang Ziyan had no choice but to go inside and wait for dinner.

After lunch, Jiang Ziyan went out again. Today was a cloudy day without a big sun. He took advantage of the cool weather and went out to familiarize himself with the alleys here.

The Hulu Lane where the yard he bought is not in a particularly good location. Most of the people living in the small Hulu Lane with a narrow entrance are merchants, and the shops are open outside.And the big gourd part with the wide alley is occupied by some small merchants, the kind with shops in front of the houses.

His yard is in Xiaohulu Lane, and everyone's business shops are open on the street, which is relatively quiet.Going forward is Dahulu Lane, most of which sell food, such as wontons, Yangchun noodles, buns and the like.If you don't want to cook in the morning, you can eat here directly.

Jiang Ziyan didn't expect the Yamen in the Yaxing shop to be so diligent and quick. He only went there in the morning, but not long after he left, the Yaren came with a few servants.

In Jiang Ziyan's absence, there was a knock on the outer door. Han Yuxiu, a woman, could not show her face at will, so Lin Zhao went to open the door.

After opening the door, the Yaman saw that the person who came was not the gentleman who went to the tooth store this morning, and said calmly: "Hello, sir, these are servants selected according to Langjun Jiang's request."

Lin Zhao nodded and let them all enter the courtyard. He knew that Jiang Ziyan had gone to the dental shop to buy someone this morning, and said, "The one in the morning is my brother. He is not here now. You can introduce him first."

Lin Zhao thought that his vision was not bad when it came to choosing servants, and he didn't know when his brother would come back after leaving the house, so it was hard to let others wait, so he decided to choose the servants.

Yaren has always been winking, and when he saw the extraordinary temperament in front of him, he introduced him very respectfully.

He brought five or six people here today, four women and three men.Ya has a sharp tongue, from the first introduction to the last, he roughly introduced some names and places of origin, who is in the family, and what he is mainly good at.

The family now needs a woman who can cook, clean the yard, do laundry, etc., and also need a servant to do heavy work in the outer yard, and also be responsible for cleaning the stables, feeding the horses, and so on.

The master also needs a mother-in-law to take care of their lives, especially to take care of the children.There is a small kitchen in the west wing room, where you can cook and eat by yourself in the cold winter months.

Lin Zhao observed for a while. Among the four women brought by the Yaren, three were younger, about 35-[-], who were also good at talking, and the other was a little older, forty, but quite silent. After introducing himself, he remained silent.

Both men were tall and strong, and he looked alike.After careful questioning, one of them knew how to drive a carriage and was familiar with the roads in the city.

Lin Zhao chose a fat-faced woman named Liu, who was introduced to her as being able to do needlework, sewing, mending, and other tasks, as well as babysitting.This is the servant woman selected for Mrs. Cen and his west wing room.

And the forty-year-old woman surnamed Sun was also left behind. This person didn't look like the kind of cunning and slippery person, and she answered honestly and truthfully when asked, so she stayed.

The strong man who said he could drive a carriage was also left behind.The brawny man's surname is Wang, and his name is Wang Daqiao. He is very burly. It stands to reason that a man of his physique who can drive a car should not worry about finding someone.However, he has a big appetite and looks a bit simple and honest, so he was reluctant to ask for him after going to several houses.After learning that I was left behind, I was still a little apprehensive, for fear that I would be sent back in a few days.

He told Lin Zhao the truth about these situations, and Lin Zhao felt that it was nothing to eat, as their family was not short of a few mouthfuls of food now.This person can completely serve as a nursing home, and it is very cost-effective to hire a nursing home with the money of a servant in the outer courtyard.

Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Sun are paid one tael of silver per month, while Wang Daqiao has to do heavy work, clean the stables and drive the carts, and they are paid two taels of silver.

After choosing a person, Lin Zhao went to the house to pay the intermediary fee of the dental firm, and got the contract from the three of them, and the matter was considered finalized.

The three of them came here not long after they went back, and since they had already negotiated, they took the bedding rolls and came over to sleep in the inverted room.There are several inverted rooms, and one room for three people is quite sufficient.

The two women worked very neatly, and the price of one tael of silver a month was not low. The most important thing was that they felt that their work was very easy. Unlike the people they had stayed with before, they naturally worked harder.

The three of them packed up the bedrolls in their house and went to report to Lin Zhao.It stands to reason that this matter should be referred to the mistress of the family, but the dental man said that the brothers lived in this house and there was no mistress, so they came to find someone who could make the decision.

Lin Zhao gave them a brief introduction to the population situation of the family, and assigned them specific tasks, which were the main responsibilities, and let them all go down.

Mother Liu didn't need to go to the kitchen to do any work, she went directly to the west wing of the courtyard to help Han Yuxiu take care of the child.And Mama Sun went to the stove to boil some hot water for preparation.Wang Daqiao went to the front yard to do some heavy work such as chopping firewood, and then cleaned the stables.

Jiang Ziyan didn't come back until dinner time. As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the yard was cleaned up, and there was a big stupid man busy cleaning the outer yard.

He went up to ask and found out that this person was sent by the dentist. Jiang Ziyan was very envious of the person in front of him, who was 1.9 meters tall and had a muscular body.

He asked, "What's your name?"

Although Wang Daqiao's brain is not very good, but at this time he also knew that it was the other owner of this house who was asking the question, so he replied honestly: "Back to your lord, my name is Wang Daqiao."

Fortunately, Jiang Ziyan didn't drink water at this time, otherwise he could spit out a sip of water. The tall, 1.9-meter tall man in front of him told him sincerely that his name was Wang Daqiao.He could hardly look directly at the name of the bridge.

He asked too much: "Which bridge?"

"Oh, it's the bridge over the river. My mother said she was on the bridge when she gave birth to me and was preparing to cross the river, so she named me the bridge."

Fortunately, it's not Da Qiao's Joe, Jiang Ziyan thought to himself.

Lin Zhao heard the movement from the outer courtyard and got up, put down his book and came out. Seeing that it was Jiang Ziyan, he went up to meet him, and told him about the dental practice that came to give him away this afternoon. Jiang Ziyan nodded and said, "I always feel at ease when you do things. As long as there are people."

And Zhang Qiu didn't delay here. He set off to Qingping Town in the morning, and it took two days to rush back, and it took four days to go back and forth. On the fourth day, he closed the city gate and entered the city in the evening.By the time Jiang Ziyan bought the new yard, it was already the top of willows on the moon.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the road was full of dust.After Zhang Qiu went back, he only rested for one night. Feng Ke and the others were very active. They took advantage of this day to pack up the rest of the things, and the next morning they packed up the bedding and set off like this.

Jiang Ziyan didn't expect Zhang Qiu to be so fast, and the time card was just right, but he didn't expect Zhang Qiu and the others to come back so soon, so he didn't ask anyone to leave a meal for them at night.

Fortunately, they invited servants at home, so they asked Mama Sun to go down and make a special meal for them.Zhang Qiu was very hungry, so at noon they ate a few dry steamed buns and ate them with water, and at night he ate several bowls of the rice cooked by Sun's mother.

Zhang Qiu went back this time to deal with the aftermath, and brought back a few more bags of grain by the way.These grains are the rent paid by the tenants on the farm, and they don't have to buy grain in the prefecture city when they get some from time to time.Food in Fucheng is much more expensive than in the town, which can save a lot of money.

Feng Ke lived next door to Zhang Qiu, also in the East Wing.Changlin Changhua also lives in the East Wing.Jiang Ziyan didn't want the two of them to do menial work. After all, he was still young, so he didn't want to hire child labor.Usually let them serve tea and water, and Changlin can learn a few more words by being a book boy with Lin Zhao.

After eating, Feng Ke didn't go back to the house, but came to Jiang Ziyan's place, he said: "Mr., this is the profit of this month brought by Qingshan."

Feng Ke handed over an account book, as well as a bank note and broken silver.

Jiang Ziyan checked, it was the income from the supermarket shop last month after deducting the cost of the brewery.Their brewery is small in scale, and the brewed wine is only sold on the shelves of supermarkets, which is basically the big profit of supermarkets.

"Well, you are tired after driving for two days, go and rest!"

Before Jiang Ziyan came to Fucheng, he had explained the matter to Qingshan, and from this month onwards, he would report the situation of the shop to him every three months.This time the account book was from June, and he just asked Feng Ke to bring it over.

At this point, the family's relocation and resettlement are considered to be over.

Counting the days, Lin Zhao was about to take the exam in less than a month. Jiang Ziyan saw that his ink was running out, so he took him out to a bookstore on the street.

Baishi Bookstore is the nearest bookstore to their yard, and it is also the largest on this street.After entering the shop, the helper inside greeted him, "My lords, you can pick whatever you like. The price of our bookstore is affordable, and there is nothing wrong with anyone."

It was still early, and there were not many people in the bookstore.The reason why Lin Zhao came with him was because he still wanted to buy some books.

Master Cen has a lot of books, but many of them are not suitable for him to read at this stage of study.It's as if he is still in junior high school and needs knowledge about junior high school, and the books from Mr. Cen are basically suitable for high school and university.

It just so happened that Mr. Cen recommended a few books that can be used now, and these books may not be sold in every bookstore, so I came to take a look today.

Lin Zhao reported the title of the book, there are four in total, and Baishi Bookstore happens to have them all.As expected of a bookstore in Fucheng, he didn't have these books in the bookstore in the county before.

These books are printed and handwritten. These days, paper is expensive and ink is expensive, but everything used for reading is expensive.Especially this kind of bound books are more expensive, so many beautifully written books are copied and sold for money.

A printed book costs two taels of silver, and a handwritten book only costs one tael, which is directly half the price. Most people who study in poor families will come to buy handwritten books. Broken.

Jiang Ziyan looked at several kinds of ink, and the best ink among them was pine smoke ink, and the price was more expensive than other inks.While he was looking at ink, when he turned his head, he saw Lin Zhao holding a few books, as if he wanted to buy them.

The guy next to him was eloquent, selling all kinds of printed books.Said how clear the printed book is, using the latest printing technology in Beijing.Handwritten books not only have ink dots but also are prone to typos. No matter how you look at it, printed books are better.

However, Lin Zhao didn't buy it, and said, "These four books have to be copied by hand."

The buddy wasted a lot of talking, he sold four handwritten books for only four taels of silver, if the printed books cost eight taels of silver, then the shopkeeper will definitely pay him a lot more wages this month.

Jiang Ziyan picked up the print on the side, looked at it, compared the manuscript, and said: "Take the print, you can see that there are ink dots in many places on it, and if there is a wrong word in it, you can't write it." I don’t know, let’s get the printed ones!”

Jiang Ziyan looked at the hand-copied book, and the font was not bad, but there were some ink dots in it, and most importantly, if there was a mistake in some place, it would not be obvious at all.

To learn, books are very important.What's more, for him, other places can be saved, but Lin Zhao can't save a single copper coin for the money that should be spent on studying.

"But the four books add up to [-] taels of silver, which is too expensive. I feel good about these hand-copied ones, and they are all the same to me anyway."

"It's definitely different. The accuracy of printing is high. Let me take care of that."

After speaking, Jiang Ziyan said to the clerk: "Don't copy by hand, these four copies must be printed."

Lin Zhao couldn't resist him. Although he was in charge of the money, it was because of his affection for him. Looking at Jiang Ziyan's wet eyes looking at him, he really couldn't refuse.

"Ok."

In addition to these few books, Jiang Ziyan picked out two pieces of pine smoke ink and two Langhao brushes, spending a total of 13 taels of silver before leaving the bookstore.

The price of paper is also very expensive, but they did not buy paper. Apart from making money in the paper mills opened in the town, another advantage is that it is convenient to use paper.