The girl said that she wanted to be a slave to Jiang Yanyi for ten years. In order to avoid any accidents, she still had to go to the government to register.
The government kept records of how many people were in each household, which was also the basis for the soldiers to check household registration door to door when the whole city was searched. Another point was that the government could distinguish the authenticity of household registration documents to prevent being deceived.
The little girl said she didn't have a name. Jiang Yanyi looked at her household registration document and found that her father really didn't give her a name. The name column on the document simply wrote "Huo Ya".
Jiang Yanyi asked Aunt Guo to take Huo Ya to the government office to transfer Huo Ya's indenture contract.
When the others came back, she asked Huo Ya: "Do you want to change your name?"
Huo Ya was a little puzzled: "I don't have a name."
She had been escorting with her father for many years and had come into contact with slaves in some wealthy families. She knew that once a slave's indenture was signed, if the master was not satisfied with the slave's name, he could directly change the slave's name. She immediately said, "Master, please give me a name."
She heard Aunt Guo and Qiu Kui call Jiang Yanyi "boss", so she started to call him that too.
Jiang Yanyi thought for a moment and asked her, "When is your birthday?"
Huo Ya's face was mostly hidden under her hair. She said, "I don't remember. My father said that people who work on the edge of a knife to make money will die young. I only heard from my father that my mother gave birth to me in a reed field in early spring."
The reeds in early spring are still tender buds. In ancient poetry, newly born reeds are called "jia".
Jiang Yanyi said, "How about calling it Jianjia? Jian means reed."
The reed without spikes is called "Jiang". Whether it is reed or reed, it is full of vitality in early spring.
"Huo Jianjia?" Huo Ya read the name again and nodded: "This name sounds nice! Thank you for the name, Master."
Jiang Yan was happy that she liked the name, but he thought it would be inconvenient for her to wear such dirty clothes to work in the noodle shop, so he said, "Wash yourself up and change into decent clothes before going to the noodle shop."
Jiang Yanyi is tall and Huo Jianjia is petite. She can't wear Jiang Yanyi's old clothes and can only wear Qiukui's.
Qiu Kui was generous enough to want to give her her new clothes, but unfortunately she had gained a lot of weight since the winter. Huo Jianjia was thin and small, and Qiu Kui's new clothes were too big for her. Only the winter clothes that Jiang Yanyi bought for Qiu Kui when they were still in the Xizhou camp could barely fit her.
Jiang Yanyi took Huo Jianjia to Chen Niangzi's shop next door and asked Chen Niangzi to measure her and make two new clothes for her.
Huo Jianjia resisted Chen Niangzi's touch at first, but after knowing Jiang Yanyi's intentions, she cooperated, but she remained silent.
Madam Chen measured Huo Jianjia and naturally noticed the red spots that spread from her left cheek to her neck. She said nothing in front of Huo Jianjia, and only said when Jiang Yanyi paid the deposit: "I know you are soft-hearted, but there are so many miserable people in this world, and the maid you bought still needs to be useful."
In Mrs. Chen's opinion, Qiu Kui is a fool. This girl is as thin as a monkey and she doesn't know what she can do. She is not even presentable to people. If she goes to work at Ruyi Tower, she will probably scare away the customers.
Jiang Yanyi said, "I know. Sister Chen, please make clothes for this girl first."
Otherwise, Huo Jianjia would only have that one set of clothes and would have no way to change them.
Mrs. Chen said helplessly, "I save it."
After leaving the clothing store, Huo Jianjia said to Jiang Yanyi: "I heard everything the boss said. My father said that people should be grateful and repay kindness. I am here to repay my gratitude. The boss does not have to be so nice to me."
It was the first time that Jiang Yanyi witnessed the hearing ability of a martial artist. She was talking to Chen Niangzi in the shop, while Huo Jianjia was looking at materials at the door. They didn't speak loudly, but she heard it all.
Jiang Yanyi said, "I didn't make these clothes just for you. They're for all the guys working here."
Hearing this answer, Huo Jianjia was stunned for a moment, and finally said: "The boss is a good person."
That afternoon, Huo Jianjia was taken to the noodle shop.
Bing Shao had been keeping an eye on people for several days. When he came to deliver the noodle shop's accounts to Jiang Yanyi, Jiang Yanyi asked about Huo Jianjia's situation over there.
Bing Shao's usually expressionless face revealed an indescribable expression, "He's hardworking and strong, but he likes to beat people." He also eats a lot.
Jiang Yanyi paused while flipping through the account book: "Hit someone?"
Bing Shao said: "Except for a few old masters and honest employees in the noodle shop, everyone else was beaten quite a lot."
The noodle shop finally got a little girl, and some of the guys couldn't help but want to tease her. As a result, they were beaten by her and cried for their parents. Now the guys in the noodle shop are scared of Huo Jianjia.
If someone snatched her meat from the big pot, he would be beaten; if someone said bad things about her behind her back, he would be beaten; if someone teased a decent young woman, she would hold him down and beat him.
Jiang Yanyi thought this little girl was very interesting, and asked, "Does she associate with anyone?"
Bing Shao shook his head: "I didn't find it."
Jiang Yanyi nodded, indicating that he understood.
There are only two possibilities now. Either Huo Jianjia really came to her to repay her favor, or he hid it too well.
She put aside her suspicions for the moment and handed a written visiting card to Bing Shao: "Go to the porcelain kiln and ask them to make 100 pieces of colored and blue-and-white porcelain. Then find out which caravans travel outside the Great Wall all year round."
If she wants to do the porcelain kiln business, she still has to try to see if there is a market. If the caravan can sell these 100 pieces of porcelain, then she can start talking to the owner of the porcelain kiln about cooperation.
***
Before she knew it, she had been at home for more than half a month. Even though Chu Yangui was slow-witted, he still noticed something unusual.
When Jiang Yanyi brought him some crucian carp soup that day, he asked, "Sister, is there something wrong?"
After recuperating for so long, his face finally had some flesh on it, but his body was still thin, and because he had not been exposed to the sun for so long, his skin was so pale that it was almost transparent.
The most similar part between him and Jiang Yanyi is their lips, but Jiang Yanyi's mouth corners are always slightly raised, and even when he is not smiling, he still has a smile on his face, which is bright and attractive. However, his mouth corners are flat, with an indescribable sense of indifference.
Jiang Yanyi sat on the embroidery cushion beside her, holding the embroidery frame in one hand and the embroidery needle in the other, trying to save her embroidery work: "What can go wrong? I won't go to Ruyi Tower anymore, and I'll stay at home all day. Do you think I'm annoying?"
Chu Yangui felt a little embarrassed after hearing these words. He tried to explain: "Sister, that's not what I meant..."
Jiang Yanyi said this deliberately to stop him from talking. She interrupted Chu Yangui and said, "Ruyi Tower is under the supervision of Yang Xiu now, so I will take care of the accounts. We will have to open many more shops in the future. Can I still keep an eye on it every day?"
In the past, when Madam Jiang managed the shops she brought as a dowry, she just asked the shopkeepers to hand in the account books every quarter. Chu Yangui temporarily dispelled his doubts. He saw that the auspicious cloud pattern embroidered on Jiang Yanyi's embroidery frame was a common pattern on men's robes. His eyes fell on it and became a little cold: "Sister used to hate sewing the most. Why not let the servants do it?"
The thread Jiang Yanyi used was too long and got tangled. She slowly untangled the tangled part with some headache, "When I get better at embroidery, I'll embroider a pair of knee pads for you, your uncle, and your grandmother."
After the knot was untied, Jiang Yanyi raised her head and said, "Look at the purse that Jiabao embroidered for us. It's so beautiful. If my embroidery is too ugly, I won't be able to show it off."
Chu Jiabao also embroidered a purse for Chu Yangui, but no one knew where he had thrown it.
Chu Yangui suddenly asked: "Do you also want to make knee pads for the King of Liaonan?"
Jiang Yanyi had already embroidered one for Feng Shuo on his birthday, so she decided not to embroider a kneepad for him during the New Year. She wanted to see if she could make him a piece of clothing. Jiang Yanyi shook her head and said, "I won't make him a kneepad."
Chu Yangui loosened his grip and said, "I don't want my sister to marry him."
Jiang Yanyi raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"
Chu Yangui pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid he's betraying my sister. He has his own grand plans and ambitions, and he has very little time to spend with you. Any man in this world who doesn't treat my sister well with all his heart is not worthy of her."
Listening to the words of the half-grown boy, it was impossible for Jiang Yanyi not to be touched. She stopped her embroidery and said, "Thank you, Yan Gui. He has treated me well enough, and I believe he will not let me down."
Chu Yangui was silent for a while, and then said, "He has done favors for me and the Chu family, but if he does you wrong in the future, I will not let him go."
The shadow cast by Minister Jiang was too great for him. In the Jiang family, Mrs. Jiang and Minister Jiang almost always had quarrels.
In this life, the most important people in his heart are his relatives. Even if he will be called an ungrateful person in the future, as long as anyone hurts his relatives, he will retaliate at all costs.
Jiang Yanyi knew that he was sensitive, so he touched his head and said, "Yan Gui, you can also trust the people that Sister trusts."
Chu Yangui hesitated for a while before nodding, "Can I meet him?"
Jiang Yanyi was a little surprised by Chu Yangui's request, but thinking that he had not met Feng Shuo yet, he said, "I'll tell him when he's free."
***
Feng Shuo had heard Chi Qing and Duke Chen talk about Chu Yangui, and was a little surprised that he made such a request, but not too shocked.
He would naturally not refuse if he could go to Jiang Yanyi's place to have dinner openly.
However, for the sake of his sister's reputation, Chu Yangui would not let him visit, but instead set the place at Ruyi Tower.
Chi Qing found out about this and made fun of Feng Shuo, successfully taking on some of the tough jobs for himself.
Jiang Yanyi had been staying at home for so long and wanted to take this opportunity to visit Ruyi Tower, so he hired a carriage and took Chu Zhong and Aunt Guo with him to go to Ruyi Tower together.
Feng Shuo followed them alone in an inconspicuous carriage.
Although there were many refugees pouring into Xizhou City, after the government registered them, many strong and healthy people went to build city defenses. Although the wages for building city defenses were not much, they were provided with food, so many young and strong people went. Most of those still in the city are the elderly, the weak, women and children.
As they were passing through an alley, a carriage suddenly rushed out from the alley and crashed into Jiang Yanyi's carriage.
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