coobybook Chapter 459: Red Deed
Chapter 459: Red Deed
When the shopkeeper saw that they had reached an agreement, he quickly took out the house deed and the indenture.
Lu Chuan paid the money, and several people signed the contract on the spot. The shopkeeper said, "It's not the time for the government to close yet. Why don't we go and get the red deed now so that you don't have to make another trip in the afternoon."
Xu Han nodded and said, "Okay, I'll trouble you, boss."
"Mrs. Lu, what are you talking about? This is what we should do."
In this way, Lu Chuan and Xu Han followed the shopkeeper to the yamen, while Wei Yaren took the group of people selected by Xu Han and went directly to the newly purchased courtyard.
After arriving at the yamen, the shopkeeper took the two of them directly to find the person who processed the red deed. The official was in this kind of business, so of course he had people in the yamen, and these relationships had been established long ago, making it convenient to get things done, so the few people did not need to wait and processed it directly.
The person who processed the red deed might have seen someone buy so many properties at once for the first time, so when he looked at the two people, he couldn't help but look them up.
Finally, Lu Chuan put on a very ferocious look, which scared the man so much that he didn't dare to look and immediately withdrew his gaze.
Finally, he trembled and asked, "Whose name do you want to put these shops under?"
Xu Han was stunned when he heard this. He had been thinking about buying a shop before, but he had never thought about this question. Just when he wanted to ask Lu Chuan, Lu Chuan said directly, "It's written for my wife, Xu Han."
Xu Han wanted to say something after hearing this, but then she thought, forget it, after all, they are husband and wife, and now they both have two sons, and they have not thought about divorce at the moment, so forget it, it doesn't matter whose property is written. After all, it is the common property of the couple.
After confirmation, the red deed was quickly completed. After walking out of the yamen, the two said goodbye to the manager of the official yamen and turned to walk towards the newly purchased house.
Xu Han said, "The clothes worn by those people we just bought are all tattered, especially the little ones. What are they wearing? There is barely any cloth left on their clothes, and their shoes are in a state of disgrace. Why don't we go buy some cloth and bring it back so that each of them can make two sets of clothes to change into."
There was no way. The price of ready-made clothes was too expensive at that time. To be honest, Xu Han was a little reluctant to do so. After all, it cost a lot of money to buy so many shops and houses. Moreover, she had to go to Si Ya to buy more shops in the afternoon. She also needed to build a house for the newly bought servants to live in. Everything required money.
Xu Han’s main focus now is to save where necessary and spend where necessary, and not spend a penny more than what can be saved.
If there were not many people, it would be fine. It wouldn't cost much if each person bought two sets. But the key is that there are many people! Twenty-one people, two sets per person would cost forty-two sets, which would cost a lot of money.
The more Xu Han thought about it, the more reluctant she felt. However, when she thought about the clothes they were wearing, she really couldn't bear it. After all, these people would follow her in the future, and she would need them to work hard. How could she not give them some benefits?
Besides, as a modern person, Xu Han doesn't have the idea of looking down on the subordinates. It's not easy for everyone to live in this world. Xu Han is not a saint, but she doesn't want to be a sucker either.
After hearing what his wife said, Lu Chuan said, "I remember you said that there are still a lot of fabrics at home. And the batch of linen and defective fabrics we bought before, we can give them directly and let them make clothes by themselves, so we don't have to buy them again."
Xu Han thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true. Moreover, when she packed up her things before, she put them all in the space. Now she didn't need to go home to get them and could just take them out and give them to them.
But then he thought, those were all defective cloths, there wasn't too much linen, and it would be a shame to give someone a defective piece, so he said, "That's not good!"
"What's wrong with that? We are just ordinary farmers. We don't need to act like wealthy families.
Moreover, our own family is using this kind of defective cloth, so why can't they use it? They are servants bought by us, are they more noble than us?
No matter how bad it is, it is better than what they have now. In this day and age, it is hard to survive. If there are a few people who can wear new clothes, it is good enough. Who would be picky? "
Xu Han thought about it and realized that it was indeed true. It seemed that she was wrong. And it was just as Lu Chuan said, they were servants, and the bedding in their own home was made of defective cloth, so why couldn't they use it?
The key point is that the batch of defective cloth is not really bad. There are a lot of fine cotton cloth in it, but the color is faded, which does not affect its use. The bad ones were used by Xu Han to make soles, and now the ones left are of better quality.
After thinking this through, Xu Han stopped worrying and said, "Okay, let's give them these. There's still a lot of cotton in the space. I'll ask them to make some new bedding when the time comes."
"Well, just make the arrangements for you. If they are not enough, just go buy some. We buy them back. Although we ask them to work, we won't treat them harshly. We still have to give them what they deserve."
Xu Han asked again, "Do we still need to pay them monthly wages? I think everyone should pay them monthly wages."
"If others give out gifts, we should give out gifts too. If we have money, we give out more. If we don't have money, we give out less.
I remember that the servants in the wealthy families I had contact with before received monthly wages.
But there are also some families who do not treat servants as human beings. Not only do they not pay them monthly wages, they don’t even allow them to have enough food, and they exploit them severely.”
Xu Han really didn't understand whether servants who signed an indenture contract in this era should be paid, so she asked Lu Chuan.
Since Lu Chuan said so, then we should just follow the times, so he said, "Then let's give it out, but give a little so they can have something to look forward to. It's not much money anyway."
Lu Chuan grinned and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my wife."
After the two of them finalized the matter, they were almost home. Xu Han and Lu Chuan went around to the corner door at the back. Because they needed to get something, there were a lot of people coming and going at the front door, which would definitely be inconvenient, so they sneaked around to the back door.
Lu Chuan looked around but didn't see anyone.
It was around eleven o'clock, the hottest time of the day, so it was normal that there was no one around, otherwise the two of them would not dare to be so blatant.
After Lu Chuan confirmed, he nodded to Xu Han. Xu Han understood and immediately started to take things out of the space.
Defective cloth, linen, cotton and some grain, including black flour, white flour, brown rice, sweet potatoes and potatoes were taken out.
We even took a lot of eggs and vegetables. There was no other way because there were so many people. We had to eat these two days. Since they were already in the space, there was no need to buy them. It would cost a lot of money to buy these things.