Chapter 5 Sign in Sweet Potato
Chapter 5 Sign in Sweet Potato
Butler Li walked out of the East Courtyard. He did not rush out, but went back to the courtyard assigned to him first.
He told his two sons and daughters-in-law what the master had said, and urged them to stay true to their conscience and teach their children well.
Once the children could pass the imperial examination, they would be able to escape the rest of their lives as slaves.
As soon as Butler Li finished speaking, Li Cheng and Li Ke took the children to pay their respects in the direction of the East Courtyard.
He told them to remember the grace of their master in giving them a new life, and to remember this kindness no matter whether they were slaves or officials in the future.
After giving these instructions, he took his two sons out to do some work.
One went to the jewelry store, one went to the clothing shop, and he himself went to buy rice.
Grandma Liu waited until the sun was setting, then took a guard to the city gate to pick up the children.
Yuan Man looked at the little rascals in front of him, smiled and waved, "Why, you don't recognize me after not seeing me for a day?"
Xiao Yaer usually liked to stick to her the most. When she heard her say that, she immediately ran up to her and asked, "Sister, are we really going to live in this house from now on?"
Yuan Man pinched the tip of her nose and said, "Really."
Then he looked at the others, three boys and three girls, all five of them had fled from famine, and only Xiaoyaer was an abandoned child from Mingzhou City.
Some were separated from their families, some were abandoned by their families. The oldest was eight years old and the youngest was only three years old. They were all so thin that they looked unrecognizable.
There was originally a girl of about thirteen or fourteen with him. One time, she went out to beg for food and never returned. After a while, it was discovered that she had become a concubine in a landlord's house.
"Now that my sister is well off and has this house, are you willing to live with her?"
"If you are willing, whether you are a boy or a girl, I will ask a teacher to teach you how to read and be polite."
The oldest boy's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Will you really ask the teacher to teach us to read?"
Yuan Man nodded, "Of course, sister keeps her word."
"We have suffered hardships and hunger together. We have been together for such a long time as siblings. From now on, you will be my relative."
This boy was the last to join them. When he came, he brought a little boy with him, the three-year-old one. He said the boy was his younger brother who had been separated from his family.
The boy looked at her and asked, "What are your conditions?"
Yuan Man was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What conditions can I have for my brother to study?"
"I said, from now on, we are all family."
"Besides, what can you do for me to cheat?"
The boy stopped talking.
Yuanman knew that this child was quite suspicious. He had been with them for more than half a year, but he never even told them his name and only let everyone call him Hutou.
It can be seen that he is not a child from an ordinary family.
"Tiger Head, you guys took care of me before, now it's my turn to take care of you, okay?"
Tiger Head nodded with red eyes, "Thank you, sister."
Yuanman heard that he was willing to call her sister and nodded with satisfaction.
"We'll be a family from now on. If you need anything or want to do anything, just tell me. As long as I can do it, I'll do my best to satisfy you."
"Do you still remember your own names? You can't just be called by your nickname when you learn to read and write."
Xiao Yaer was the first to raise her hand and said, "Sister, I don't remember. Can you help me choose a name?"
"Okay." Yuan Man looked at her with a smile.
"Do you remember your last name?"
Xiaoyaer shook her head, "I don't remember, I only remember that my name is Xiaoyaer."
Yuan Man rubbed her dirty little head and said, "Then you can take your sister's surname Yuan and be called Yuan Yiqiu, okay?"
Xiaoyaer jumped up immediately after hearing this, "Okay, I'll be called Yuan Yiqiu from now on, and you are not allowed to call me Xiaoyaer anymore."
Yuan Man smiled and said, "Xiao Ya'er is your nickname, it's okay for brothers and sisters to call you that."
"Well, you guys can call me Xiaoyaer, and outsiders must call me Yuan Yiqiu."
Hu Tou thought for a moment and stepped forward and said, "Sister, please give us a new name. We will all take your surname Yuan."
"Okay." Yuan Man thought for a moment and said, "Hu Tou, from now on you will be called Yuan Jinnan."
"Yuan Jingxi, Yuan Xixue, Yuan Sixia, Yuan Yanbei."
Spring, summer, autumn and winter, east, south, west and north, it's almost all here.
Yuan Man tapped the tip of Xiao Yanbei's nose and asked, "Xiao Yanbei, do you like your name?"
Little Yanbei tilted his head and said, "I like it. Brother Nan, I'm Bei."
Yuan Man laughed, "Haha, as long as you like it."
"This house is divided into four courtyards: east, west, south, and north. I live in the east courtyard. You can choose any courtyard you want to live in."
"After you've chosen, tell the housekeeper and ask him to help you pack."
"Master, please wait until we are settled."
Only after arranging them did Yuanman relax.
A month flies by.
Yuanbao is one month old now. She is no longer the cat-sized baby she used to be and she can go out now.
This month, everyone finally gained some weight and is no longer as skinny as before.
The children were all changed greatly.
On the day of Yuanbao's full moon, a new plaque was finally hung on the house, Yuan Mansion.
The full moon banquet was also held on a small scale, and the family just gathered at home to have fun.
It's not a big event. First, I just moved here and I'm not familiar with the neighbors on Yonghe Street, so I'm afraid it would be awkward if I invited them.
The second is that food is now extremely expensive. A pound of coarse grain costs five hundred coins, and slightly better fine grain costs one and a half or even two taels of silver.
You can't use coarse grains when holding a full-month banquet. You have to use fine grains, which you may not be able to buy even if you have money.
Last time I bought 200 kilograms of fine grain, I paid the other party 50 taels of bribe to buy it, and I’m almost done eating it now.
Everything that needed to be purchased had been purchased, and the people that needed to be invited had been invited. The children are now learning to read at home with their teacher.
I spent almost all of the 1,100 taels I received for signing in this month.
Money is not worth spending.
Money spent in years of disaster is even more difficult to spend.
So Yuanman asked Butler Li to find out where Baihu Mountain was and prepare to sign in. After all, it had been delayed for a month.
After a month, all the arrangements were on track and it was time for her to flex her muscles a bit.
After giving the ingots to the old lady, he led the horse out and headed towards Baihu Mountain.
After leaving the city, Yuan Man sped up and made the horse gallop.
She didn't know how to ride a horse originally, and thinking that she might have to go to a far place for signing in in the future, she secretly learned it for a few days without telling her grandmother.
I also secretly practiced a lot of moves, otherwise it would be useless to have internal energy without knowing how to use it.
Arriving at the foot of Baihu Mountain, Yuan Man was a little confused looking at the small hill in front of him.
Is this Baihu Mountain?
What can I sign on this mountain?
But she still led the horse and climbed up. When she stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the scenery of the village not far away, the voice of the system rang in her ears.
[Ding, you can sign in at Baihu Mountain, do you want to sign in? ]
"Sign in."
[Ding, congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. The sign-in reward is 10,000 taels of silver, 100 acres of land, a farm, 10 farmers, and 100 kilograms of sweet potato seeds. The relevant items have been placed in the backpack, please check them. ]
Yuanman was stunned when he heard the series of rewards.
The reward silver is added based on zero, one hundred taels, one thousand taels, and now ten thousand taels.
Is this the rhythm of becoming rich?
But finally I have money again.
Having money in hand gives you peace of mind.
"Master System, are the farmland and farmland farmers the ones mentioned above?"
[Yes, there are no sweet potatoes in Xiayuan Continent. ]
As soon as the system finished speaking, Yuan Man immediately looked at the 100 kilograms of sweet potato seeds in his backpack.
Huiguo had just experienced a famine and was facing a food shortage. Once she could grow high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, it would bring benefits to the people of the world, and she would also be able to harvest what she wanted.
She doesn't care about fame, but if it's profitable, why not? It's just a matter of moving her mouth.
Thinking of this, Yuan Man immediately led his horse towards the farm below.
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