novelhk Chapter 132 New Home
Chapter 132 New Home
After a few people went out, Yuxiu took a quick look and saw that everyone in the yard had indeed arrived.
In just one night, the mental outlook of these people has changed greatly. They are no longer as numb and confused as they were yesterday. It seems as if they have regained their vitality.
"This servant has seen the master..."
Seeing Yuxiu and the others coming out, everyone knelt down tactfully.
Cui was fine. After all, she had seen many big scenes, so even though she was a little uncomfortable at this moment, she still kept in mind what Yuxiu said. She didn't need to smile at others much outside. When she didn't know how to react, she just kept a gloomy face and didn't say anything.
Xu Qinghe was indeed a little uncomfortable. Although he was mentally prepared, the habits he had developed over thirty years could not be corrected in a day or two.
He looked up at Cui, then followed suit and remained silent.
According to what had been discussed before, Cui was not feeling well now and Xu Qinghe was a grown man, so Yuxiu would be the one making decisions and arranging the household affairs.
"Everyone, please stand up. We are not familiar with each other yet. Today is the first time we meet officially. You don't have to be shy. Come over and introduce yourselves so that the master and the mistress can get to know each other."
Yuxiu looked at the servants who were lowering their heads and looking obedient, pointed at Zhang Wentang and asked him to act first.
"My name is Zhang Wentang, and this year..."
After receiving Yuxiu's instructions, Zhang Wentang quickly stepped forward, bowed to Xu Qinghe and the other man, and then told them about his situation.
Then everyone came forward one by one and introduced themselves in the same way as Zhang Wentang did.
There are only three masters in the mansion now, so the arrangements are very simple.
There was a family there. The man was called Yu Erniu, and his wife was called Erniu's family. The eldest son, Yu Guicai, was thirteen years old, the youngest son, Yu Guifu, was eleven years old, and they had a youngest daughter, Yu Lanlan, who was only eight years old this year.
Since Zhang Wentang became the housekeeper, Yuxiu arranged for his wife Chen to take care of the kitchen affairs with Erniu's family. As for the little maid Yu Lanlan, she was also asked to follow her and run errands in the kitchen.
Yu Erniu could drive a cart, so Yuxiu arranged for him to take care of the affairs in the stable first. When the master was going out, he would help drive the cart.
Yu Guicai and Yu Guifu were guarding the gate, helping Zhang Wentang run errands and doing some handy things.
The eight little girls' previous names were no longer used and were replaced by Yuxiu with names chosen by them.
She also ordered Zisu and Furong to serve Cui, while Qingdai and Qingzhi were to serve her.
One of the two women was called Mother Wen and the other was called Mother Feng. They were both said to be good at needlework, so Yuxiu arranged for them to take the remaining maids to make clothes for everyone in the room.
Finally, the only one left was Zhang Wentang's son Zhang Dazhui, a young man who looked strong and healthy. Yuxiu asked him to stay with Xu Qinghe for the time being.
After making these arrangements, Yuxiu asked Cui and Xu Qinghe for their opinions. Seeing that they had no objections, she let everyone go and do their own things.
The next thing was to deal with matters like purchasing in the mansion. Yuxiu was not short of money now anyway, so she did not use the things in the space. She directly gave money to Zhang Wentang and asked him to take a few people out to purchase.
After everything was arranged, Yuxiu brought Cui and Xu Qinghe into the main courtyard, which had already been cleaned. Since the previous furniture and furnishings were all new, they didn't plan to replace them and could just set up the place directly.
"It is said that a home is worse than your own. Now that I have my own home, I feel really different."
After walking around the yard for a long time, Cui sat down in a comfortable chair very comfortably and couldn't help but sigh.
Compared with this place, the life they had lived in Xujia Village before was really unimaginable. Even these servants who had signed indentures to sell themselves did not know how much better they enjoyed than they did at that time.
"It's all my fault that I'm useless. That's why you and your mother have to suffer so much."
Xu Qinghe also thought of his days in Xujia Village and couldn't help feeling extremely guilty.
The Xu family lived in one yard with all their members, so it was naturally very crowded. This was especially true for the second branch of the family, who were not favored by Old Lady Qin.
According to what Old Lady Qin often said, the first and third wives both have sons, so they will naturally inherit the Xu family's property in the future. As for the second wife who only has a little girl, there is no need for her to live in such a big house.
"We are all family, why are you still saying those foreign words?"
Seeing her husband looking depressed, Cui immediately interrupted his thoughts and said comfortingly:
"What happened in the past is in the past, so don't dwell on it anymore. We have severed ties with that family now anyway, so we should just live our lives well."
Yuxiu didn't want to watch the couple comforting each other, so she said she wanted to go to another house to take a look and arrange things there before coming back.
I had originally thought of letting Cui and Xu Qinghe rest at home, but when they heard that we were going to another house, they decided to go over there together to take a look.
"We don't need to do anything. There's no such thing as being tired. We can all go together and feel more at ease."
Although Cui was pregnant, she was in good health and didn't feel tired at all. She must have wanted to get familiar with the environment.
Xu Qinghe just followed whatever Cui said and had no intention of objecting at all. Yuxiu had no choice but to take them with her.
This is good too. Since they are going to open a pharmacy for Cui in the future, it would be a good opportunity for her to go over there and get familiar with it first.
Hearing that they were going out, Yu Erniu hurriedly harnessed the carriage that had just been unloaded. Yuxiu still led the way, and the group arrived at another house with two entrances very smoothly.
Lin Er had already made preparations for his masters to arrive at any time. When he saw the carriage coming, he quickly had the threshold removed and let the carriage go directly into the yard.
Dashan's family just happened to be carrying out a bowl of black medicine soup. When he saw Yuxiu and the others, he couldn't help but feel a little scared. For a moment, he didn't know where to hide the bowl of medicine in his hand.
Her daughter was sick. There was nothing they could do in the dental clinic before, so they could only put it off day by day. She was settled here yesterday, and her daughter was really seriously ill. Her husband Wei Dashan had no choice but to ask Lin Er to take her to the doctor to prescribe some medicine, intending to stabilize her daughter's condition first.
But now, by chance, she was caught by her master. She was afraid that people would look down on her daughter for being unlucky. If she were to be sold again, her family would have no way to survive.
"Is this medicine for your daughter? Then don't drink it yet. Bring her here first."
Yuxiu meant to bring it here for Cui to see, but Dashan's family didn't know that. They only felt their legs becoming uncontrollably weak and their eyes were filled with despair.