Being rejected by a scholar? She is so rich, what is she afraid of?

Chapter 114 Servant

Yun Xi continued, "As for the fields at home..."

Speaking of the fields, Xi quickly took over the conversation and said, "Don't worry about the fields. Leave it to me and your father."

Yun Huaiyuan also agreed, "Yes, we will take care of the fields."

Yun Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Mom and Dad, our family now has two or three acres of farmland. Are you sure you two can handle it?"

The couple was stunned and thought of this question. They were suddenly happy and worried.

"Yes, what should we do with all these fields now? We can't just leave them empty, right?"

"Don't worry. I have already made an agreement with Chen Tian. He will help call back the people who used to farm the farm. Then all the fields will be handed over to them to take care of. You just need to give them instructions."

After a pause, she continued, "The same goes for your eldest uncle and fourth uncle's families. Your fields will also be handed over to them to take care of."

Yun Huaian naturally had no objection. He wanted to manage the shop, and there was only his wife at home. She didn't like to work in the fields, so it would be best if someone could farm the fields.

However, Yun Huaishan was a little hesitant. His family only had one and two acres of land, and he could take care of it by himself. As long as he worked hard, he would be able to do it. He didn't need help from others.

"Xi girl, forget about our family, I can do it myself."

Yun Xi said, "Uncle, listen to me. You let those people take care of the land. If you can't stay idle, you can help out in the workshop. The workshop can pay you monthly, which is more cost-effective than farming."

Yun Huaishan didn't agree immediately after hearing this, "But what can I do in the workshop? I'd better forget it. I'm afraid I might not be able to do anything good for you."

Yun Xi advised, "Uncle, don't worry. No one knows how to do it at the beginning. We will learn it first before we can start working."

Hearing her say this, Yuan Huaishan felt relieved and agreed.

Everyone thought she had arranged everything, but she looked at Li again.

"Aunt Four, it's your turn next."

"Me? What can I do?" Li was surprised.

"Of course it's your specialty. We have to ask you to make clothes for our whole family. Tomorrow I'll get some cloth and you can make two sets of clothes for each of us."

"As for Sister Yunfang, you can follow Fourth Aunt to make clothes, or follow my mother to manage the trivial affairs of the family, and you can also learn arithmetic from Yunyi. If you can do simple accounting and bookkeeping, you can work in a workshop or a shop in the future."

Yun Fang was stunned for a long time before she waved her hands and said, "I, I can't do it. I can't read and I can't learn to keep accounts. Also, my hands are rough and I can scratch the fine fabrics for making clothes. I think I'd better forget it. I'll just do the laundry and cook."

Everyone looked at her with pity. Yun Xi said helplessly, "Sister Fang, you should learn from Yun Yi for a while. If you really can't learn, we can talk about other things. But I have given you the opportunity. It's up to you whether you want to seize it or not. Whether you want to give it a try or give up before you even start is up to you. You have to decide and think it through. There is still a long way to go. How you live depends on you."

Yunfang was silent, her eyes slowly turned red, and then gradually became determined.

No one said anything and waited quietly.

After a while, Yunfang looked up, her eyes full of determination.

"Sister Yunxi, I will listen to you. I will learn how to count from Xiaoyi first."

She forgot the word arithmetic and stuttered for a long time.

Yun Xi smiled and nodded, "That's right."

After that, she looked at the old man again, "Grandpa, I will find a teacher tomorrow to set up our village school first. Later, you can talk to the clan leader and let the children in the village go to the martial arts training ground to practice martial arts with Yun Yi and others, and then go to the village school for classes after it is set up."

"Okay, okay, this is a big deal. I'll go talk to him tomorrow."

"Also, when we were in Xiemu County, we picked out a lot of people and said we would train them well. You told the clan leader about this, so it still counts. Let them think about whether they want to work in a shop or a workshop."

Yun Songlin paused while stroking his beard and said, "Just ask your father to tell everyone about this matter. There are people from other families among those who need to be trained. This matter should be handled by your father as the head of the village."

Yun Xi slapped her forehead and said, "Oh, right, Dad is the head of the village now. I'll leave this matter to you."

Yun Huaiyuan naturally agreed with pleasure.

Seeing that everything had been arranged and everyone had nothing else to do, they prepared to disperse.

At this time, Butler Cao came in and asked Yun Xi if she wanted to meet the new servant who was bought today.

Yun Xi just got up from the chair and sat back down again.

"Okay, bring them in and get to know them so that you don't end up not knowing who's at home."

Butler Cao responded and walked out, and soon came back with a group of people.

Yun Xi looked around and saw that there were no men, women, young or old. The oldest one looked to be only in his early 30s.

The youngest one looks younger than Xiaoyi and Xiaoshuai.

Yun Xi looked at these people one by one and felt satisfied. It seemed that these people were quite well-behaved.

After entering, they greeted each other and saw so many people from the host's house. They didn't look around. They lowered their heads slightly, waiting for the host to ask questions.

Yun Xi opened her thin lips slightly, and said in a calm tone, "Please introduce yourselves in turn. If you are good at something, please tell us what you are good at. If you can read and do accounting, please tell us."

Everyone respectfully said yes, and then the introductions began with the first one on the left.

Yun Xi listened quietly and took notes silently. After listening to the introduction, she had memorized the basic information of these twenty-one people.

Among them, there are 7 people who can read and do accounting, 5 boys and 2 girls.

Four of them were families, a couple with their two children. The daughter was twelve years old and the son was seven years old, one year older than Yunyi.

I don’t know if it’s because of poor nutrition, but he doesn’t look tall and looks smaller than Yun Yi.

This family used to work as servants in a wealthy family, but later the master fell into poverty and sold them. This time they were lucky enough to meet housekeeper Cao, who bought them back after their earnest requests.

The man can drive a carriage, the woman and the little girl can do needlework, but as for the little boy, forget it, he is too young.

Yun Xi planned to let him drive a carriage and raise horses like Guo Wei in the future. When he had nothing to do, he would go to the mountains to collect firewood. As for the woman and the little girl, they were temporarily arranged to follow Li to do needlework.

The little boy just became his younger brother's servant.

Apart from the seven people who could read and the family of four, there were ten people left.

Three of the women were good cooks, and today's two tables of meals were prepared by them. The rest were responsible for cleaning the yard and doing laundry.

Yun Xi briefly explained the family rules, gave them a few words of encouragement, and let them leave.