Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 232 Good Boss

Although he has a strong backing and is not afraid of those villains deliberately smearing and slandering him, it would still be bad luck if that happened.

Shopkeeper Shen signed the contract with Hua Lei without hesitation. Both parties agreed that the deposit would be 1,000 taels. The teahouse would report the quantity of goods two days in advance and settle the monthly payment at the end of the month. The cycle would be repeated over and over again. Hua Lei happily received the 1,000 taels of silver note and went to Sifangyuan's dental shop with Uncle Fu.

Because there are many chickens, ducks, geese and pigs in Yuanying Manor, there will inevitably be some dust and hair flying in the air sometimes. The flour is also in Baihua Manor. In addition, Aunt Zhao’s baking skills are excellent, so snacks such as egg yolk pastries and fresh flower cakes, and flower buds are always baked in Baihua Manor.

This time, we signed an agreement with Mingxiang Pavilion, and we need to deliver goods every day. It would be too late to let Aunt Zhao bring a few women to make snacks, and the women in Baihua Manor are indeed very busy. Although Yuanying Manor has recently added a group of women as crew members, they have all been put into the down jacket group by Hualei. Therefore, Yuanying Manor cannot transfer people to Baihua Manor. In this case, Baihua Manor is a little short of manpower. Hualei is going to go to the pawnshop to buy some servants with indentures.

The "Sifangyuan" brokerage not only bought and leased houses, but also bought and sold farmland and farms, and also bought and sold people. In the Great Sheng Dynasty, human trafficking was legal, which sounds a bit scary, but it was the reality. Some people sold their bodies for less than the price of a mule or a cow.

While Hualei sighed, she would sometimes feel lucky that she did not travel back in time to be a slave who sold her body, otherwise it would be too tragic. Although she is having a hard time now, she has her personal freedom after all.

If I were to be reborn as a slave without any personal freedom, being beaten and scolded by my master at any time, and being sold at will, I wonder if I could bear it after receiving equal education for more than 20 years.

If she couldn't bear it and resisted, she might be beaten to death by the master. Hua Lei felt a little scared when she thought about it. Fortunately, she was lucky and she would be a good master in the future.

Uncle Fu and I arrived at the "Sifangyuan" dental clinic. As soon as we got off the carriage, Brother Youdi came out quickly, and Manager Chen followed us out with a smile on his face.

Having known each other for so long, we are all old friends. Hualei did not beat around the bush and told Manager Chen her request straightforwardly. She wanted to buy some slaves, thirty or forty, fifty or sixty would be fine, but she hoped they would be in good health and not too old. If she really didn't have any, she could just buy a few less first.

In addition, please help me see if there are any farms for sale in Shangjing City. If not, some poor mountainous forests and hills will also do. Because Hualei knows that good farms in Shangjing City are really hard to buy, it can be said that they are hard to find, so Hualei is no longer limited to Dongcheng District, as long as it is in Shangjing City.

Yuanying Manor itself has spent a lot of effort to make it what it is today, but as more and more people come to the manor, the daily food intake is also increasing, so it is necessary to buy another farm and plant some rice and wheat. If there is really no such thing, some poor mountain forests and mountains will also do.

Also, I would like to ask Manager Chen to keep an eye out for houses for me, those close to the eastern district of the imperial city, preferably ones with three courtyards or so, with a good location, newer buildings, and a better environment. It would be best if it has a garden.

Yes, Hua Lei felt that the house in Qingyun Lane was still too small. Ever since the Chinese New Year, when Ruyi Zhenzhu and her family came to visit Qingyun Lane, there were so many people that the house was crowded, so the male relatives had to sit in the study to drink tea and talk.

At that time, Hualei had the idea of ​​buying a house. However, in the first half of the year, she was busy with various businesses, and she forgot about buying a house. Later, she went to Yongjia Prefecture for a tour, which took almost two months, and it has been delayed until now.

After the new year, Hualei will be fifteen years old. Although the coming of age date is not until the end of November after the new year, there is still nearly a year away, but she should slowly prepare to buy a house. The requirements for buying a house by herself are relatively high and it is not easy to buy one.

Say hello to Manager Chen first, and if you come across a suitable one, take action. If not, just be patient and wait. Buying a house is a big deal, and you won't get a good one if you're impatient.

Manager Chen was very happy to hear this. Seeing Hua Lei now was like seeing the God of Wealth. Since Hua Lei came to Shangjing City, he had been in charge of buying houses, shops, and farms. He had also been in charge of buying servants several times, so he was very clear about Hua Lei's requirements.

After carefully recording Hualei's request to buy a house, he promised Hualei that he would keep an eye out for her. Once there was any news, he would let Brother Youdi pass on the information.

Then he took Hualei and walked through an alley next to Sifangyuan. There were several private houses on this side, where slaves for business lived.

Because she had experience in buying slaves, and the slaves this time were pretty good, Hua Lei quickly selected seven families. Couples in their 40s and 50s, with sons and daughters-in-law in their 20s, were Hua Lei's first choice.

Hualei always buys families by family, because she doesn't want to cause others to be separated from their wives and children because of her. So if it's almost the same, Hualei always buys by family.

Even if the family brought a relatively elderly person or a baby, Hua Lei would buy both of them. This time, in order not to make others feel uncomfortable, she even bought a pregnant woman who was more than six months pregnant.

When Manager Chen was selling Baihua Manor, he knew Hualei was soft-hearted. At that time, he was the only male dependent in Xiaoge Kong's family, and the rest were elderly, weak, pregnant and young female dependents, so Hualei bought them as well. During the Chinese New Year, when he heard that Kong Xiaoya was getting married again, Hualei even prepared a red wedding dress and dowry for her. This young master who was not yet an adult was really generous.

When he bought Yuanying Manor, he also bought a large group of old, weak and female relatives. He also hired doctors for them and prescribed herbal medicine to regulate their bodies. He never treated these servants harshly in terms of food, clothing and shelter.

I heard that before the New Year, they also accepted a group of disabled retired soldiers. Even those who were missing limbs were assigned suitable jobs, provided with food, clothing, and monthly wages, without any neglect. Later, they also found the women of disabled soldiers who were in financial difficulties to work on the farm.

So Hua Lei didn't know, but the pimps and many prostitutes knew that although Hua Lei was only a 14-year-old girl, she was kind and sincere, and never beat or scolded the servants. As long as they worked hard on the farm, they would never deduct food, clothing, or monthly salary for no reason.