Chapter 796： Return with a full load

Chapter 796: Returning with a full load

Yeshan and Dongmei received the order, dropped everything and left.

I didn’t expect that things would be done so smoothly.

Ye Shan said: "Princess, the Wu family is the mother family of the queen, and no one dares to provoke her, so the two farms are not strictly guarded.

“This year’s new harvest plus the old grain stored in the previous two years has reached 100,000 dan, but the total number of guards is less than 30.

“The Wang family is a family that has been here for hundreds of years. There are three large farms with twice as much food as the Wu family. Each has a guard of a hundred people, but it’s not difficult to get in.”

"Okay, Uncle Shan and Aunt Mei, you go and rest first. When the time comes in the next few days, I will trouble you to accompany me."

Jiayin’s eyes were so bright that Yeshan and Dongmei both laughed.

This kind of princess is what they like the most.

They are the men left by the Marquis to the princess, and they have followed them loyally in the past few years. To be honest, they know the princess's temperament and abilities better than the Li family!

If the princess takes action, the Wang family and the Wu family will definitely fall hard!

At this time, four carriages came from a distance, and the one leading them was our own carriage.

Jiayin was confused, after all, there was only a carriage when mother left.

Soon, the carriage arrived.

Tao Hongying opened the window and called to her daughter, "Silly girl, why are you drinking here? Let's go home with my mother!"

"Hey!" It was rare for Jiayin to see her mother look so high-spirited. She picked up her skirt and jumped onto the carriage. The carriage ran another dozen feet and stopped in front of Li's house.

Tao Hongying and Nanny He got out of the car, and the three carriages behind them also opened their doors, and a group of maids, women, and boys came out one after another.

Jiayin was surprised. She thought that my mother had bought a lot of things, but she didn't expect that she was actually a slave!

Tao Hongying took her daughter in, leaving Grandma He to greet the maids and women.

Old Mrs. Li was calling Wan'er and Wenjuan to help her. She was calculating the accounts of Gongzhong in the main room. She heard a lot of commotion outside and looked outside the door.

Just in time to see Tao Hongying come back, she smiled and said, "Aren't you so happy playing outside today that you forgot to go home?"

Tao Hongying smiled and stepped forward to salute her mother-in-law, then sat next to her and said, "Mom, I have done a few big things today, and you are counting on your family's money. Please give me a few hundred taels!"

After saying that, she ordered the water spirit at the door.

“Go and see where the third lady is and ask her to speak.”

Shui Ling quickly ran to the backyard and invited Zhao Yuru over.

Zhao Yuru turned the corner gate and walked across from the "large group of people" who entered the courtyard. She was also startled.

When she entered the house and met her younger siblings, she asked, "Hongying, did you bring back all the people outside?"

“Yes,” Tao Hongying said, “I will have to go out frequently in the future, and there is only Shuiyun in the kitchen at home, so I will be a little busy.

“Furthermore, Shuiyun is Fu Niuer’s maid, and the family cannot and will always occupy her.

“So, I went to visit Sister-in-law Liu today and wanted her to introduce some familiar middlemen and buy some people who had no foundation.

“As a result, Sister-in-law Liu’s family just bought a new batch of people. They were taught the rules and could sign death certificates, so they were given to me directly.

“I went to the Marquis Mansion to see the chief steward again, hoping to borrow some of the people in the sewing room. As a result, the chief steward heard that I was buying slaves, so he gave me three embroiderers and a housekeeper..."

Old Mrs. Li is not opposed to adding slaves to the family.

In the past, the family was not used to having to take care of everything, but now that two children have been added to the family, eating, drinking and dressing are a big project, and it is simply too busy to do it yourself.

In addition, there are more people in the family. Not only did Li Zhensheng and Li Laoer have friends and colleagues to socialize with, but the Jiaren brothers also had classmates and friends come to visit.

If Shui Ling and Shui Yun were not there, the family would have to serve tea and snacks in person, which would make the guests surprised and frightened.

Now that we have so many people, it’s not like there is no one available...

But Tao Hongying went out and directly picked the "peaches" from two families. Isn't it a little too rude?

“Mrs. Liu and the housekeeper gave their manpower to you, and you just continued?” Mrs. Li scolded.

Tao Hongying also blushed, but still said: "Mom, Sister-in-law of the Liu family said that our family is special. If someone deliberately squeezes in, it will easily cause trouble for the family.

“She picked these people up for her own use. No one expected that they would be suddenly transferred to our house, so they are safer. As for the housekeeper...

"He said that the Marquis is not at home all the year round, and Fu Niu'er rarely goes there recently. It is really not cost-effective for the mansion to keep staff in vain and to pay monthly payments. Let's split up a few of our families to relieve the Hou's mansion. Burdened.

“And these few people are all doing needlework. Originally, the biggest errand was to help our family, but it saves us the trouble later..."

Mrs. Li couldn't laugh or cry when she heard this.

Jiayin was happy and said with a smile: "Uncle the housekeeper is so kind. Next time you go there, I must remember to bring him more delicious food."

Since both her daughter-in-law and granddaughter are like this, Mrs. Li naturally cannot stop her.

Hence, the steward of the Hou Mansion named Chang was assigned to serve beside the old lady.

Wan'er and Wenjuan each have maids, but they are also assigned a servant to help make the children's clothes and shoes.

Zhao Yuru didn’t want any help, but the old lady persuaded her to hire an embroiderer. From now on, she would have someone to accompany her in Luo’an to do needlework.

Tao Hongying made up her mind to go out frequently in the future, so she left behind a nanny and a maid who were specially recommended by Mrs. Liu.

This grandma's surname is Lin, and the maid's name is Xia Qing. I heard that she comes from a scholarly family in Sichuan Prefecture for a century.

They were all originally serving the wife of the head of the family, but for unknown reasons the main family suffered a disaster and everyone in the family was killed. They escaped because they went out to offer incense for the wife, but were later sold and moved to the Liu family.

Mrs. Liu already had trustworthy women and maids around her. It was difficult to arrange for them, and she was reluctant to bury such talents, so she just gave them to Tao Hongying.

Mother Lin and Xia Qing are also smart people.

Tao Hongying has no one around her to help. As long as they are loyal, they will definitely be able to earn a stable future for themselves!

So, as soon as Mrs. Liu asked them, they quickly followed her.

There are fourteen people left, seven maids and seven boys, all only a little over ten years old.

After seeing it, Mrs. Li felt a little pity for them, so she gave half of it to the princess' mansion.

The rest stay at home and help out with running errands, sweeping the yard, doing laundry, etc.

In this way, the few young wives temporarily hired by the village no longer need to come.

Tao Hongying gave them half a month's extra wages, and another person gave them a piece of material, and they went home happily.

Wan'er named her maid Wanqiu, while Wenjuan followed Xiaoyue and named her maid Xiaodong.

Zhao Yuru's maid was called Qiao'er, and she was indeed very clever, so she didn't change her name.

Tao Hongying, on the other hand, did not have that free time, so she also asked Granny Lin and Xia Qing to keep their original names.

There are suddenly so many people in the house, so we can't arrange to live with the Ye family and the Wen family anymore.

So, Tao Hongying went to see Mrs. Wen at night...

(End of this chapter)