Chapter 170: Others for Yourself
To be honest, Xu Hao has not had much contact with the 'lesbians' and has no experience in dealing with them.
The top priority is to find out to what extent these two 'aiqing' are loyal, perhaps just out of curiosity among the girls, occasionally doing it.
This kind of thing was the norm in ancient times, and there were too many lonely women in the boudoir who comforted each other out of physical and psychological needs. It seems that the palace compound is the hardest hit area, and it is very common for palace maids to form pairs of food, and eunuchs to form vegetable households, Xu Hao doesn't think this is a disgusting thing, everyone has needs, and if there is a cause, there is an effect.
Early the next morning, without waiting for Xu Hao to give them psychological counseling, Zhulan took back a wedding card.
Xu Hao, who has been frequently rushing to give gifts recently, was a little tired, so he picked it up and took a look, it was actually sent by Jiang Song, and after thinking about it, he wanted to get up and go to the outer house.
The Li family is a big family among the Xu family, and as mentioned above, the second housekeeper, Father Li, has four sons, all of whom are Xu Qingtang's henchmen. Li Qiu is the eldest son of Li Laosan, and the second son Li Dong is fifteen years old, and he has recently made up for the lack of guards, and Qiu Xiang is the daughter of Li Laosi, married to Xu Hao's former guard, and the younger couple are now far away in Hangzhou to manage the property.
It is also now that the Xu family has too much land, and Li Qiu's cousin Li Chun and Li Xia follow his father Li Lao and his wife to take care of the industry in Fengyang's hometown all the year round.
Li Lao's eldest son died at an early age, and the current only son Li Hao is eight years old this year.
As a big family, the Li family is not short of money now, and they were originally qualified to build a big mansion to live in and live a large life of slaves. Because Daddy Li's wife died early, he has not continued the string, and his sons are not at home all the year round, so he has always lived in Xu's house.
There are no less than twenty or thirty houses around Xiaojia Village, among which the area of the houses is large and small, rich and poor. Most wealthy families will not take the initiative to redeem their identities, so they have no master-servant relationship with the Xu family, and they cannot rely on the Xu family to make money relatively easily.
Most of the poor have reverted to civilian status. In order to get ahead for future generations, it is a great burden to support a student, and they cannot do business, so they can only get fields from the government and make a living from farming. This is accustomed to the life of a wealthy family, the initial must be very uncomfortable, after a few years of family savings will soon be left, thrifty family is an inevitable choice.
Families who can't make ends meet will choose to return to their old jobs, or work long and short jobs for wealthy families, or sell their daughters to large families as slaves, and use the hard work and sweat of the whole family to support their children's education.
For the girl who sold it, the death deed is not said, and it depends on whether the owner's family is kind and has a certain amount of luck. And most of the living deeds have grown with prices, and they can't redeem themselves after a long time, after all, not everyone can become an official and gain fame.
In short, since the Tang Dynasty, the common people have been circulating back and forth in this strange circle of worldly red dust, with ups and downs.
It was precisely in view of this that Xu Hao did not think that the guards would be loyal to him, and except for a few people, the rest did not intend to be reused. If the Xu family loses power, it is guaranteed that the tree will fall and scatter.
Li Qiu in order to take charge of the manor as soon as possible. is busy looking for a wife candidate everywhere, and the most haode candidates are naturally the beautiful maids around Xu Hao, the husband and wife are both young master's henchmen, and the benefits are innumerable. But he knows Xu Hao's personality too well. Because of the experience of Noble, he did not dare to make any moves in private.
As soon as Xu Haoren came out, he was seen by the little guys waiting under the wall, and they all stepped forward to laugh and say hello.
Now the imperial court does not allow the use of copper coins. Xu Hao took out a big cowhide wallet from his arms very angrily, and handsomely pulled out a stack of small treasure bills, probably a total of money. It was given to the little guys.
The patent of the wallet was naturally given to the local tyrant of Hongye for free, and Xu Hao did not ask about the related manufacturing process, but only knew that the first batch of wallets that came out were quickly sold out.
It's not easy for anyone, the little ones didn't arrange their duties when they were minors, so they relied on the young master to get a few rewards to get by, and just took the red envelope from the big boss of Red Leaves, Xu Hao is willing to be a boy with money.
Immediately, Li Hao, the half-eldest son of the Li family, ran back with the treasure money to inform him, and Li Qiu immediately greeted him, followed by a group of men, women and children.
"Little conscienceless, I haven't come to my house for so long. Go into the house with your mother, there's something delicious. ”
Qiu Xiang's mother Li Si's family suddenly blossomed, and she couldn't help but say, she stepped forward and grabbed Xu Hao's hand and walked to her house.
Xu Hao was helplessly half-pulled and half-dragged into the house. Blatted sitting on the kang eating melon seeds and chatting, four or five girls who didn't leave their heads hurriedly stood up and wanted to avoid it.
Li Sijia scolded with a smile: "This is the third young master, what is there to avoid?" You talk about people every day, but this person is ashamed and useless when he comes. ”
The girls didn't dare to dodge, they stood quietly on the kang with their heads down, curious, and secretly looked at Xu Hao from time to time.
As soon as Xu Hao came in, he first looked at the furnishings in the house, the windows were bright and festive, the walls were as bright as snow caves with white paper, and all the furniture was there, wiped clean, much better than ordinary people's homes.
Now the Li family has a separate courtyard, and when I came, I noticed that the entire courtyard had been renovated. The area of the yard itself is not small, in addition to the main room of the resident, three new ear rooms and two rooms, a beautiful flower garden has been built on one side, and potted plants are placed everywhere in the house.
There is a swing between the two trees, a grape trellis is built in the corner, and a small pavilion is built on the other side with a stone table and stone benches.
Xu Hao still remembers a year ago, when several families were crowded in a courtyard, full of messy sundries, and the house was also overcrowded, and the old things that had been used for many years were reluctant to throw away, and a group of girls wore new clothes that didn't fit well, smeared with cheap rouge gouache, and were ready to go into the inner house to be maids.
After only a year and a half, the Li family has completely changed. By analogy, the family in the second room is probably much better than before, and the Xu family suddenly became rich due to the arrival of their sister-in-law, and with money in their hands, the father and mother will naturally not treat the following badly.
Xu Hao was very happy, raised his head and asked with a smile, "Whose daughters are they?" ”
"Take off your shoes and sit on the kang." Li Sijia urged first, and pointed to one of the girls who looked very much like Qiu Xiang, Qingqing Xiuxiu was about eleven or twelve years old, "This is our niece, Li Qiu's own sister." Xiaoyue, you give your quilt to the third young master to warm your legs and feet. Forget it, you take out a new quilt and put it in the cabinet on the kang. ”
Without waiting for Xiaoyue's reaction, Xu Hao said, "No need." I'll leave right away. ”
"That's not good, it's not too late to leave after a meal, don't you dislike your mother?"
"No, no." Xu Hao hurriedly shook his head, Li Si's family was the old lady's dowry girl back then, and she couldn't afford to offend.
Xu Hao was sitting on the kang at the moment, and he wanted to take off his shoes by himself, but Li Sijia quickly bent down and took off his shoes for him.
Several girls woke up from a dream. Hurriedly opened the wardrobe and came over with a satin quilt together, Xu Hao habitually stretched his legs, let the girl kneel around with a red face, and covered his legs tightly.
Li Sijia smiled with satisfaction and glanced at the children. Xiao Yue then placed two pillows behind Xu Hao, and some girls took the initiative to stuff their hand stove into Xu Hao's hands, and the other two pushed a few plates of melon seeds and dried fruits in front of Xu Hao, and served a good cup of tea.
Xu Hao sighed and said, "Thank you." ”
Xiao Yue on the other side smiled shyly: "It should be." ”
"Alright, alright." Li Sijia smiled: "You all sit down." Chatting with the young master, I went to prepare the meal. ”
Xu Hao had long been accustomed to getting along with girls, without the slightest embarrassment, and asked, "Xiaoyue is Qiu Xiang's cousin." What about the three of you? ”
His thick skin doesn't mean that people are not embarrassed, they all lower their heads and are embarrassed to answer, covering their mouths and chuckling from time to time.
Seeing this, Li Qiu, who was standing below, pointed at them and introduced, "They are my eldest nieces. She is the niece of the fourth aunt, and she came to live for a few days after the Chinese New Year. ”
Xu Hao looked at the two twins of twelve or thirteen years old and was very surprised. smiled: "It turned out to be Li Da's twin daughter, according to the seniority, you two have to call me uncle." And you are Qiu Xiang's cousin, and everyone is not an outsider. ”
The girls blushed and laughed, and Li Qiu said: "It's not that exquisite, even if the young master takes in all four of them, it's not a mess of identity." ”
Xu Hao listened awkwardly and didn't answer. But what Li Qiu said is true, feudal society is like this, how many daughters and granddaughters of the minister's family, aunts and nieces gave to the emperor as concubines?
Now Xu Hao understands a little, this is to vaccinate himself in advance, it seems that the four of them will be sent to the bamboo garden in a few days.
Come on, come on, Xu Hao is not so narrow-minded, and he will not become stingy because of the departure of vanilla and others. It is a good thing to be able to let Xiaoyue and other girls live in the bamboo garden for a few years without worry, make money to support their families, and do it for themselves.
The girls saw that the young master, who was both familiar and unfamiliar, only moved his mouth and did not move, thinking that he was used to being served, so they communicated with each other with their eyes, and began to peel the melon seeds together, and put the melon seeds on the plate in front of Xu Hao.
Li Qiu frowned and said, "Stop, the young master thinks you are dirty." ”
"Get out of the way." Xu Hao scolded, and said to the girls who were at a loss, with a pleasant face, "There are many rules on weekdays, but it is in the inner house, and it is not so particular when it comes out." ”
After speaking, Xu Hao picked up the plate, ate all the melon seeds in one bite, and said with a smile while eating: "It's so fragrant." ”
Li Qiu smiled smugly and was about to speak. Xu Hao suddenly waved his hand and said, "You don't have to beg me, as long as you can pass the wife's level, I will accept as much as I come." By the way, you can tell everyone in our second room, if there is a girl of appropriate age who wants to be a maid, you can send it to your wife for a look. In addition, it is strictly forbidden to sell children in the future, even if they can't be a maid, the wife will arrange an errand to do, which is suitable for both men and women. Our family doesn't talk to each other, but as long as the Xu family can eat porridge, it won't make the people below hungry. ”
"Okay." Li Qiuhuan strode away happily.
Xu Hao smiled and said to the four girls with a look of surprise on their faces: "After entering the bamboo garden, keep your duty, and no one will embarrass you." (To be continued......)
PS: I overslept last night and didn't have time to update.
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