Chapter 114: The Nursing Home is in place
On the morning of the third day, as soon as Li Xiu opened the door, he saw the fat sister and the black lady standing outside the door, the black lady was the young woman whose husband was seriously ill, in order to treat her husband's illness, the family's land and property were sold, and suddenly fell from a well-off house to the point where she couldn't open the pot, and now she can only rely on the black lady to help people sew and mend to live. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
The situation in the fat sister and the black lady's family is similar, her family was originally from Luoyang, the year before last, the family suffered a drought, the price of food rose all of a sudden, in order to survive, had to sell the family's field for food, but even so, in the end was forced to flee, and later became someone else's tenant near Chang'an, and her husband broke his leg when fleeing, can not do heavy work, all the work is on herself, but also thanks to her stronger than men, otherwise she would have died of exhaustion.
It is precisely because of this that Hei Niang and the fat sister easily persuaded their families to rush to the door of Li Xiu's house early this morning to report, which also made Li Xiu very happy, personally led them into the door, and arranged a place for them to live.
The nursing home was originally going to live in the front yard, but now there are few people in the family, and the fat sisters are women, so Li Xiu arranged for them to live in the middle yard, next to the inner house, so that if there is a situation like Zhang Shiyi's day, it will be convenient for them to rescue.
"Li Xijiu, in addition to you and the little lady, how many servants are there in the family, we want to know them all, so as not to be mixed into the house by someone in the future, we can't find out!" As soon as the fat sisters put down their luggage, they immediately suggested to Li Xiu that since they had promised to be a nursing home, they would do their duty.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this, it turns out that there are only four people in the family plus our brothers and sisters, and the two maids are called Yuechan and Liu'er, I will help you introduce it later, and now I will talk about your responsibilities and treatment!" Li Xiu smiled when he heard this, even if he added the fat sister, there were only six of them, so there was really nothing to introduce.
The fat sister and the black lady heard that there were only four people in Li Xiu's family, and they also looked at each other in surprise at the moment, the sacrificial wine is a five-grade official, and in their eyes it is already a great person, but there are only two maids in his family, and I am afraid that no one will believe it at all.
Li Xiu also saw the surprise of the fat sisters, but he didn't explain too much, in fact, if possible, he really didn't want to have too many servants in the house, because there were too many people, he always felt messy, but now that the family is bigger, he can't take care of it without recruiting more people.
"Li sacrificial wine, didn't Qiu Niang come?" At this moment, Hei Niang suddenly said, Qiu Niang was the first to promise to come to Li Xiu the day before yesterday, but they didn't see her after they came.
"No, I thought she would come with you, is there something at home that can't come?" Li Xiu also said a little strange at this time, but at the same time he felt a little lucky, to be honest, he was really a little afraid of this girl who liked eunuchs, and she seemed to be very interested in herself, which made Li Xiu feel a sense of crisis, it would be great if she didn't come.
"Probably not, when we left together that day, she was still very interested in Li Xianjiu, and said that she would definitely come, but it was the ninth sister who was cowardly and married to a bad gambler, and she usually had to take care of the children, so I am afraid there is not much hope of coming." At this time, the fat sister also spoke, and also showed a puzzled expression after speaking.
At this moment, they suddenly heard a commotion from the front yard, which made Li Xiu and them all stunned, and then walked quickly to the front yard, and when they didn't see anyone, they heard a crisp voice shouting: "Ninth sister, if you want a child, come in!" ”
"Qiu Niang, don't mess around, give me the child quickly, it's not good for Li Saijiu to see it!" At this time, another woman's voice came, and it sounded like it should be the honest ninth sister.
"No, and you ask Xiaoya if she is willing to go back to your house?" Qiu Niang said with a smile, which seemed to be mixed with a child's whispering voice, and she didn't know what she was talking about?
When Li Xiu and the others passed through an archway, they finally saw Qiu Niang holding a four or five-year-old child standing in the courtyard, and the ninth sister was standing outside the door with an anxious face.
"Qiu Niang, what are you doing, why did you bring the ninth sister's child over?" When the fat sister saw Qiu Niang and the ninth sister, she immediately said a little angrily, she has the highest prestige among the four, so she has become the leader of the four.
"Giggle~, fat sister, you can't blame me, just now I went to persuade the ninth sister to come with me, the ninth sister she didn't want to, but the little girl clamored to leave with me, because she was afraid that her father would come back and beat her again, so I brought her!" Qiu Niangjiao explained with a smile, of course, she did this to lure the ninth sister over.
When the fat sister heard this, she also came over to pick up the little girl in Qiu Niang's arms, and Li Xiu also leaned over to take a look, only to see that this four or five-year-old girl was frightened, with a blue on her forehead, and her exposed arm was also blue and purple, obviously beaten, which also made Li Xiu frown, listening to the meaning of Qiu Niang's words, these injuries seem to have been beaten by the bad gambler husband of the ninth sister, this kind of person is simply a scumbag!
"Ninth sister, the children are like this, are you still obsessed?" When the fat sister saw the child injured like this, she also yelled angrily at the moment, she is also a mother, and she can't see the child injured the most.
"I ......" The ninth sister outside the door seems to have no master, although she has also been a personal guard, people like her husband, three or five are not her opponents, but the flaws in her character are very obvious, thinking that men are their own heaven, they have long been obedient to it, and they dare not resist at all, which is also the main reason why she has fallen to this point.
At this time, Hei Niang walked out of the door directly, pulled the ninth sister into the door and said: "Ninth sister, don't hesitate, if you two continue like this, sooner or later you will be beaten to death by that rotten gambler, it is better to break it now, and find a better father for Xiaoya in the future!" ”
"Yes...... But he'll find it! The ninth sister was also a little moved when she heard this, but at the same time she said worriedly, her gambler husband is a scoundrel, if she stays here and doesn't go back, the other party will definitely come to the door, and everyone will not look good.
"If he dares to come, the old lady will slap him to death!" The fat sister said very domineeringly at this time, she was not a particularly impulsive person, but the scars on Xiaoya's body completely angered her.
However, as soon as the fat sister's words came out, she immediately looked at Li Xiu with some embarrassment, after all, Li Xiu is the master here, if the husband of the ninth sister comes to make trouble, Li Xiu is the most embarrassing one, so it is useless for them to say anything, the key depends on whether Li Xiu is willing to take in the mother and daughter of the ninth sister?
"Ninth sister, you can stay here with confidence, Xiaoya will also stay, just enough to be a playmate with my sister Qi Niang!" Li Xiu said with a smile at the moment, he was also very sympathetic to the mother and daughter of the ninth sister, not to mention that there were indeed fewer three nursing homes, although the ninth sister was a little honest and did not dare to do anything with her husband, but she would definitely not be soft on the enemy, otherwise she would not survive the battlefield.
"Great, thank you Li Saijiu!" The fat sister saw that Li Xiu agreed, and immediately gave a deep salute to Li Xiu excitedly, Hei Niang and the ninth sister also saluted him gratefully, but Qiu Niang threw a flattering eye at Li Xiu, which made Li Xiu very depressed, he really had no interest in this Qiu Niang who liked to cut people's ******!
"Okay, since everyone is here, then I'll talk about the rules in the house, in fact, there are no people in the house, so there are not many rules, our housekeeper Yuechan of the Li Mansion has formulated some rules, and she will tell you about it in person, as for your treatment, it is very generous, in addition to the salary of two times a month I said before, you can also take a day off every ten days, as for which day to rest, you can arrange it yourself, but the house must keep two nursing homes on guard at all times......"
Li Xiu told him about some of his requirements for the nursing home and the benefits he gave, and after listening to the fat sisters, they all felt that the treatment given by Li Xiu was too generous, so no one expressed any objections, and then Li Xiu took them to arrange the room, at this time Yuechan also came from the inner house, and explained to them the rules in the house, which are actually very ordinary rules, such as no stealing, swearing, fighting, etc.
With the arrival of the four women's nursing homes, Li Xiu finally felt a little more at ease, and the four women's nursing homes also gave him a big surprise, after they were hospitalized, they didn't just do the work of the nursing home, they usually started cleaning and doing housework as soon as they had free time, and even the fat sister also cooked a good dish, so he didn't even need to invite a cook.
However, the four female nurses lived in the middle courtyard, but the front yard was still empty, and they were all nurses after all, and they couldn't always be used by people, so in the end, Li Xiu decided to recruit some servants, Yuechan had been officially tasked by him as the housekeeper in the house, Liu Er was appointed as the second steward, and the two little girls had been looking forward to a few more subordinates to let them be in charge.
If you want to recruit people, you have to go to the human market, where there are special human traffickers, and there are also desperate people who voluntarily sell themselves as slaves, and this kind of human market is generally together with the mule and horse market, thinking about the scene where people and livestock are clearly marked together, Li Xiu feels a little uncomfortable.
However, as the so-called local customs, some of the dark sides of society have to be seen sooner or later, so in the end, Li Xiu took Yuechan into Chang'an together, Yuechan is the housekeeper in the house, and she also needs to worry more about choosing servants, not to mention that Li Xiu has no experience in this area.
The most prosperous commercial area in Chang'an City is in the West Market, and there is also the largest people market in Chang'an, so he and Yuechan came to the West Market directly by car, because there were too many people, and the carriage could not enter the market, so Li Xiu and Yuechan had to get out of the car and walk, but they didn't expect that just a few steps, suddenly there was a commotion in the crowd in front of them, and then everyone began to desperately flee to both sides! (To be continued.) )