Liu Gui directly let the servants invited by the county magistrate go away, leaving only Mrs. Shao and old man Fei who the county magistrate had hired for them.
They have a lot of things and a mixed population, so they tend to be troublesome.
After everyone had left, Liu Gui asked old man Fei to close the door, and then led his people to check the entire backyard, and also looked at the small door leading to the county government in front, "Who has the key to this door?" ?”
Old man Fei immediately said, "Little old man has it here."
After all, he handed over a key.
Liu Gui took it, opened the door, walked a few steps over there, looked at it, stepped back, closed the door again, but didn't lock it, but beckoned the guards who followed, and ordered: "Go and get a Lock it."
The guard went.
A lock and key were presently brought.
Liu Gui directly changed the lock, and then gave the key to the guard, "You guard the door."
Old Man Fei: ... Isn't this his job
He was a little worried for a moment.
Liu Gui smiled at him and said, "You still need to guard the main entrance, but there is no rush right now, let's go to the warehouse first."
There was nothing in the warehouse, it was empty. When the county magistrate Lu left, he took away what he could take away, and gave away what he couldn't take away.
After all, I don't know who the next county magistrate will be, and leaving old things will cause trouble for the other party, so most county magistrates will dispose of their own things as long as they don't leave too quickly.
Liu Gui was very satisfied with the vacant warehouse. He looked at the room next door and saw a bed frame inside, so he asked, "Who is this for?"
Old Man Fei said: "The people who guard the warehouse live here."
Liu Gui frowned, pointed to another small room next to him and asked, "What is that room for?"
"It's vacant. When it's cold in winter, it's packed out to warm up and drink tea. It's not used for other purposes."
Liu Gui nodded, and then said to the guards behind: "Clean up this room as a storeroom, and put the bed in that small room, where the returnees will live."
Liu Gui searched for it bit by bit, while Zhou Man and the others in the main courtyard were also busy.
The servants carried their luggage to the main room, Man Bao turned around and said, "The room has been scrubbed."
But Wuyue still disliked it, rolled up his sleeves and said, "Lady, you go and sit in the study, we will clean up here."
Then called Jiulan and Xibing to take out the wooden basin to fetch water.
Sister He, who followed outside, stood a little cautiously, and when she saw them, she hurriedly said: "I went to the kitchen to look, and the pot and the like are still there, but there is no such thing as firewood. I need hot water for a while…”
Wu Yue said: "Don't worry, my sister-in-law will take Xiao Kou to put down my things first, and I'll send someone to buy firewood and fetch water, and boil the hot water first."
When Bai Shan and the others took office this time, Mrs. Liu was afraid that they would not be used to Qingzhou's food, so she wanted Aunt Rong to come with them.
It's just that Bai Shan considered that the old lady and the others were also used to Aunt Rong's craftsmanship, so he didn't bring Aunt Rong along, but chose Sister He who they brought back from the Western Regions.
In the past two years, she has learned a lot of crafts from Aunt Rong and Xiaoqian. She did not leave the Bai family, but signed a five-year contract after working for one year.
Now that her skills are good, Bai Shan decides to take her to Qingzhou.
Mrs. He only brought a girl named Xiao Kou from the kitchen. She was only twelve years old and was a servant of the Bai family. She was only elected from Longzhou Zhuangzi for two years and has been helping in the kitchen.
Sister-in-law He likes her very much, and has already accepted her as an apprentice. If there is no accident, Sister-in-law He will stay in Bai's house in the future, and then let Xiao Kou take care of her.
Wu Yue handed the wooden basin to Xibing, and turned to find Mrs. Shao.
When Mrs. Shao saw so many people in the new county magistrate's family, everyone was busy, and she was at a loss for what to do.
Wu Yue called her with a smile: "We need to buy some things, we are the only ones here, and we are not familiar with this county, please ask Granny Shao to show us the way."
Seeing that she had a place to use her skills, Mrs. Shao let out a sigh of relief, and immediately took them out to buy things.
May ordered a guard to set up the car and left. Along the way, he bought rice, noodles, grain and oil, and went to the vegetable market to buy a lot of vegetables and seasonings.
Wuyue thought about it, it would be troublesome to go back and do it now, so she took out her money bag and counted it, so she let Mrs. Shao lead her to a street, saw a family selling steamed buns, so she went up to eat one, thinking It's okay, so I ordered a hundred with a wave of my hand, "I don't want it now, and you can send it to the backyard of the county government office while it's hot in an hour."
She took out 20 Wen and said: "This is the deposit, the remaining 80 Wen will be given to you when you deliver it."
The stall owner obviously had never encountered such a big customer before, and was a little at a loss for a while, but he saw Mrs. Shao standing beside Wuyue. He recognized him, so he asked, "Is this from the Xin County Magistrate's family?"
When Mrs. Shao saw that he was asking in front of people, she didn't know how to avoid it, so she gave him a sideways look and nodded, "Yes, it belongs to the Xin county magistrate's family. Don't be fooled, the steamed buns should be tighter."
The stall owner bowed and nodded repeatedly, feeling excited and sad at the same time.
The excitement is that he has ordered a hundred more steamed buns in a short while, and the worry is, will he really get the final payment for the steamed buns
Wu Yue didn't know that the stall owner suspected that they were going to miss the 80 Wen payment, and after ordering something, he boarded the car and went home contentedly.
And in the backyard, everyone has almost cleaned up.
Old man Fei had only served one county magistrate, and it was the first time he had seen such a wealthy county magistrate, so he hadn't recovered until now, when he saw the carriage coming back, he hurried forward to remove the threshold.
The carriage entered the yard, and Wu Yue had someone send the two bundles of firewood tied to the back of the cart to the kitchen, as well as the rice, flour, grain and oil on the cart...
When she returned to the main courtyard, she saw that Jiulan and Xibing had already removed the mosquito net curtains in the main room and replaced them with the ones they brought.
There were no supplies on the bed, but it was simple. I spread the mats they brought, and took out the quilts and spread them out.
Then I started to open the cage, took out the clothes and put them into the cabinet one by one, and Xibing took out the incense to smoke the cabinet first.
Unable to find anything to do for a while, Mrs. Shao followed Wuyue in and saw all this.
Wu Yue seemed to think of her after walking around, and said with a smile, "Grandma Shao, you can help in the kitchen. Sister-in-law He is in charge of the kitchen, just follow her orders."
Mrs. Shao nodded blankly, and went out of the main courtyard to the kitchen at the back.
The servants and guards all live in the inverted seat by the edge of the garden in front. There is a row of houses there, and two people can live in one room. It is not too spacious, but it is still very comfortable after careful tidying up.
Behind the yard is the room and kitchen where maids and servants live. There is also a well there, which makes life very convenient.
Man Bao and Bai Shan were busy in the study room. They opened their bookcases, picked their respective bookshelves, and put the books on them one by one.