Depressed little landlord

Lin Xuan and the others originally wanted to find two or three of them to help, but with the money rewarded by the county magistrate, they simply picked a few more.

It's just that Lin Xuan didn't expect that there would be a whole family more than expected, so this time, five adults and one child came back with him, and they should be as old as Li Xiaoxia and Stone.

Since the house is not big, last night he was crowded with his father and three other people on the ground floor of the butler Hua, so his mother went to squeeze with Xiaoju.

Maybe it was because Steward Hua and Xu Yang were really good at picking people. When Lin Xuan yawned, he found that the house was tidy and clean.

"Master."

Seeing Lin Xuan, the woman hurriedly stood up and saluted. At that time, she was squatting by the ditch to wash clothes, while Xiaoju was feeding chickens, ducks and geese.

Hearing such a greeting suddenly, Lin Xuan was stunned for a while, and then he remembered who the other party was, and immediately resisted the awkwardness in his heart, and nodded with a smile.

At this moment, he still didn't adjust his mood well, and he really didn't know what attitude to use towards her Lin Xuan for a while.

Those people yesterday were not like the flower housekeeper Xiaoju and the others. Lin Xuan really treated them as family members these days, but when he thought of the time when he took out their deed of sale and returned them, Lin Xuan still remembered their expressions now. Some are uncomfortable.

It’s just that the conversation with Xu Yang before going to bed last night made him a little helpless. He still had some resistance to buying someone, but with the current situation of their family, they couldn’t do it on their own. Renting is also a way, but because the village Most of the people have moved away, and the remaining people don't worry about planting. In this situation, few people come to rent and plant.

It's actually quite good to buy someone back, at least with that piece of paper, as long as the character is not bad, their family will not have to worry about labor, and they will work with them wholeheartedly.

Those few are indeed not bad, and they have already gone to the ground with Xu Yang, even that boy.

"Master, do you want breakfast? This servant will bring it to you right now." The woman stood wiping her hands on the hem of her skirt and said restrainedly.

"That..." Lin Xuan quickly stopped her, "Is that Mrs. Tian?"

The woman was taken aback for a moment, but she still reacted quickly and nodded her head, "Yes".

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Sister-in-law Tian, ​​you don't have to do this, I'll eat by myself later, you do your work first, the water is cold in the morning, and you should pay attention to..."

Seeing the obvious stunned look on the other party's face, Lin Xuan quickly stopped talking, turned to Xiaoju and asked, "Where's Xun'er?"

As soon as he woke up, he was alone in bed, obviously he wasn't the only one who messed around late last night...cough!

"Master Xun went out with Brother Xu and the others."

Lin Xuan was relieved when he heard it, and he was just asking casually, but now Lin Xun is basically familiar with the children in the village here, and sometimes he would take them out to play after getting up early in the morning and feeding the big and small whites (fat geese). As long as he doesn't run around to play in the mountains or in the water, Lin Xuan usually doesn't care about him. Fortunately, every time he goes out to play, he always finds Shitou Xiaoxia and the others. Those two children also know how to behave, and they never take him to dangerous places. .

Lin Xuan stood at the door for a while, and seemed to see Mrs. Tian was a little cautious because of his presence, so he turned and went back to the house, opened the table cover on the table, and sure enough, there were cold porridge and leftover vegetables on the bottom. Smiling slightly, he took the chopsticks and sat down to eat the late breakfast.

When I picked up the chopstick dishes, I knew that the person in charge of the spoon should have changed today. It should be the handicraft of Mrs. Tian. Although Xiaoju can also do it, but it is only fried enough to be eaten, and the taste is much better today.

Sure enough, sometimes skills grow with age, right?Lin Xuan nodded secretly in his heart.

If only Mama Xu was here...

Waiting outside for Lin Xuan to turn around and go back to the house, Mrs. Tian, ​​who sat down to continue washing with anxiety, sneaked a glimpse of Lin Xuan's behavior of picking up a bowl to eat indifferently, just like seeing Lin Xun following Xu Xun before. Yang and the others were as surprised as they were sitting and eating porridge together.

As early as last night when they were about to take a break, they had already been told by the steward Hua that there were two young masters in this family, er, there seemed to be three masters?It's just that it was late at that time, and I didn't have time to meet the two young masters properly, but now it seems that the two young masters are easier to serve?

Thinking of this, I felt a little more at ease.

As servants without autonomy, it is already quite common for them to be bought and sold like this, but they are more or less worried about the new master, and everyone secretly prays in their hearts that they can follow a good master.

The current master's family situation doesn't look very good, but if he can afford so many servants at once, the master's family must be capable.

Suffering is bitter, anyway, they are servants, and the master's family can eat it, so what is this little suffering for them?As long as you take good care of the Lord's house, it will be fine. Compared with being displaced and living without a fixed place, there will be no rush in your future life, but now it is very good.

***

Xu Yang mainly took people to let everyone know the way at home today, so that they can come to work later, so they all came back at noon.

At the moment Lin Xuan is helping Xiao Jutian's sister-in-law to tidy up the vegetable field. Some vegetables are already old, so they are pulled out. Now that the weather is not so cold, Lin Xuan wonders if he can plant another crop, so as to avoid the winter Premature no vegetables to eat.

There is a lot of straw in the house this year, so it should be no problem to plant a layer of straw after planting the seeds.

"came back?"

When they saw Xu Yang and the others came back, they just asked casually. Xu Yang put Lin Xun down, patted him and signaled him to go play by himself, and Douding yelled "Brother" when he got off the ground and couldn't wait to find Xiaobai and the others.

Xu Yang came over and saw that Lin Xuan was putting away the vegetables one by one. Apart from the yellowed or wilted ones, they looked good, but the very old leaves were still well preserved, so he couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

After a while, Lin Xuan saw that he was still standing outside the fence, so he called in to help: "If you are not hungry, come in and help. Look, I still have use for those leaves."

Xu Yang didn't say anything, went around and entered through the small door, and helped pick out the dishes that Xiao Jutian's sister-in-law had ordered as Lin Xuan said.

"How about it?"

Knowing that they were going to see a place, Lin Xuan asked while he was busy, Xu Yang also knew what he was asking, and answered without avoiding Mrs. Tian.

"Well, it's all pretty good. I plan to take them to dig out the canal tomorrow, and it just so happens that it's not frozen yet."

Lin Xuan nodded: "Okay, you can make up your own mind. But don't rush too much, you can do it next year."

"I know." Xu Yang responded, wiped his hands on his body, and then reached out to help him brush his hair behind his ears.

Lin Xuan didn't even move, and turned his head slightly naturally. Xu Yang smiled and helped him wipe the sweat off his face.

The two of them acted like no one else, which rarely surprised Mrs. Tian who accidentally caught a glimpse, and seemed to understand the meaning of what the housekeeper said at this moment.

But thinking about how the young master got along with this man named Xu Yang, he felt that he was making a fuss. Isn't this obvious, even if he didn't know the identity of this man, the housekeeper didn't say anything.

After finally waiting for Lin Xuan and Xu Yang to leave, Mrs. Tian hesitated for a long time, and just wanted to ask Xiaoju who was still busy, but Xiaoju spoke first.

"Sister-in-law Tian, ​​let's come here first. It's noon, and I'll cook some vegetables for Master Xuan and the others first. This time I'm going to trouble Mrs. Tian."

"Ah? Ah, that's right, I'll go right away." Sister-in-law Tian hurriedly agreed, and she and Xiaoju chose a few trees to wash in the bucket.

When the men came back, the older ones happened to stir fry them to eat together.

***

After lunch, Lin Xuan hugged Douding and sat on the stool, while Xu Yang stood behind them.On the right side, Xiaoju was standing next to Steward Hua, facing Lin Xuan and the others, who were newly added yesterday.

From left to right, there are three young people, and then there are three members of Mrs. Tian's family.

"Master," Steward Hua pointed to people one by one and introduced them to the Lin Xuan brothers, "This is Xiao Qi, Mu Mu, Qiang Zi, um, tell your family yourself."

Mrs. Tian's man seems to be a very honest person. When he heard the words of Butler Hua, he was at a loss, but he still stammered and replied: "Reply, if you are young master, small, small...you can call Xiao Lao Tian just... , this is the youngest daughter-in-law and her son Tian Hu."

Lin Xuan looked at the faces of several people, and finally said with a smile: "Since you are here, you can work here with peace of mind in the future. As long as you don't steal or play tricks, I will never treat you badly."

"The conditions at home are poor now, so everyone will squeeze together first. After the house is built, it won't be like it is now, so I have to bother..."

"cough!"

Lin Xuan paused, didn't look back, but looked at Steward Hua. He didn't correct the previous address of Steward Hua. Now that there are more of these people, it's not easy for him to speak in the same way as before. behind people.

"Grandpa Hua, you should arrange their work."

"Yes, young master." Butler Hua bowed slightly and said respectfully. "Young master is tired, let's go back and have a rest, and leave this place to the old slave."

"..." Although he said he didn't care about it, but seeing him as an old man calling himself like this, Lin Xuan still felt a little awkward, so he got up and left.

Even if he kept building in his heart that this place was not modern, it was common to buy and sell servants, and the wealthy people in the town had countless servants in their homes, but he still couldn't accept it all at once.

It doesn't matter if you say he is hypocritical, in short, he still can't calmly face this kind of different identity and title.

"Am I capricious?"

Back in their room, Lin Xuan asked in a low voice, and he knew that the man must have followed without turning his head.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a big hand fell from the top of his head and touched it twice gently.

Lin Xuan didn't dodge, turned around to look at him in this posture, Douding in his arms also looked up with big eyes, Xu Yang couldn't help smiling slightly, changed the position of the big hand, and rubbed the small one too.

"Xiaoxuan just needs to remember that you are yourself, and they are just hired by us to help with the work. The servants are still ordinary farmers, will Xiaoxuan treat them specially?"

Lin Xuan stared: "You think I'm a pickpocket? I just said that as long as they work hard, I won't treat them badly."

"That's fine. You don't have to care about their identities so much. The servants are still tenants, and your identity is their master. It's just a matter of the length of the contract."

Lin Xuanding looked at Xu Yang, and suddenly smiled, "Yes, you are right, I always hire them anyway, but some are permanent permanent workers and some are short-term workers."

Turning around abruptly, not caring that Douding was still in his arms, he just lay down on the bed, causing Douding to giggle.

"Let's hurry up and build the house. It's too crowded, and there's no place to put some important things."

"Well, it just so happens that the village won't be so busy afterwards, maybe we can get up before the Chinese New Year."

"That's right! I still have some money in my hand now..."

"Brother, Xun'er is rich."

Douding struggled to get down from Lin Xuan's stomach, and slowly crawled to his sleeping position. He felt under the pillow with his little hands, and finally found a small cloth bag, and happily ran back and handed it to Lin Xuan.

"Give."

This is the money given to him yesterday to sell chickens and eggs. Hearing the two talking about the house and money, he immediately thought of his, and immediately thought that he could help.

Xun'er has money, so I can help my brother~