Qin Ye usually woke up very early, and so, before dawn, he had already risen from bed.
After freshening up, he purposefully made his way to the courtyard where Rong Yan resided.
Looking at the tightly closed gate...he stood for a while before eventually walking away.
He had not gone far down the corridor when he encountered Housekeeper Qian.
"Master," Housekeeper Qian called out respectfully.
"In a mont...after Miss Rong wakes up, if she decides to leave, tell her...I have matters to attend to today and cannot accompany her to her manor. I’ll definitely visit when I have ti in the future."
As for other matters...after dinner last night, they had a chat, and everything that needed to be said was covered.
No need for anyone else to pass ssages.
"Very well, Master."
With the housekeeper’s response, Qin Ye moved on.
As for breakfast, he would simply go directly to the military camp.
The horse was brought out at the entrance of the residence, and as soon as Qin Ye stepped outside, he mounted it...
On the other side, Rong Yan got up after the sky was bright.
When she stepped out of the room, Rong Jin was already practicing horse stance in the courtyard.
Ever since their ti living in the cave, Rong Jin practiced horse stance every day, even on rainy days, as he would just practice inside the cave.
After all, he was quite small and didn’t take up much space.
Rong Jin, who was originally practicing horse stance, ran up to his sister as soon as he saw her.
"Sister, you’re up! Are we leaving now?"
Rong Yan looked at him, "There’s no rush, we’ll leave in a bit."
At this mont, an old woman approached, "Miss Rong, where shall we set up the breakfast? Should we set it up in this courtyard?"
Hearing this, Rong Yan understood that Qin Ye wouldn’t be eating breakfast.
"Okay."
As soon as the old woman heard the word, she left.
Before long, she and several other servants ca into the courtyard, carrying al boxes.
Once they had laid out all the breakfast items from the al boxes, Rong Yan went over with Rong Jin to have breakfast...
An hour later, Hu Dao helped the siblings reload the packages they had unpacked yesterday onto the carriage.
Additionally, Housekeeper Qian had others pack so dry goods purchased from the residence onto another cart.
It’s just too bad the residence was now poor; otherwise... this little bit would really be too modest.
Quite shabby.
On one side they were loading the carriage, and after Hu Dao finished, he introduced the twenty old soldiers standing by to Rong Yan.
"Miss Rong, these are the n who will be working for you; they can all sign lifelong contracts. Once we get to the manor, you can sign the contracts."
"No need, I’m not interested in lifelong contracts, just a work contract will suffice," Rong Yan replied, not currently interested in lifelong contracts.
Hu Dao was slightly taken aback by her words, then promptly replied, "Yes."
Rong Yan saw that the carriages were ready and, upon seeing the additional one, she knew it was from Qin Ye, her expression flickered.
However, she didn’t voice any refusal, and simply said, "Alright, let’s go!"
"Yes." This ti, Hu Dao personally drove the carriage.
Once Rong Yan and her brother were on the carriage, Hu Dao then said to the n: "There will be soone to lead you to the manor."
After saying this, he drove the carriage off...
Li San’s family had been waiting at the manor gate since early on, as the master had ntioned coming over yesterday.
As they eagerly awaited and finally saw the carriage approaching, they were all incredibly excited.
"Here, it’s coming!"
The entire family imdiately stood respectfully in place.
As Hu Dao’s carriage approached and glanced at them, it went straight into the manor.
Once the yard ca to a halt,
Rong Yan lifted the carriage curtain and jumped down.
Li San had a daughter, who was thirteen this year and nad Li Cao. Her father, Li San, gently pushed her forward.
"Master, this is my daughter Li Cao... Since there is no one to attend to you right now, how about letting this girl serve you for the mont?"
He hadn’t thought so far ahead as to whether the master would take a liking to her and keep her on.
His main concern was that he saw no won among the people the master had brought.
When Rong Yan heard his words, she couldn’t help but look towards Li Cao.
Very skinny, with plain features, the kind that wouldn’t stand out in a crowd.
However, although she wore patched coarse cloth, she still looked refreshing and clean.
And it was clear that she was the honest and straightforward type.
"Alright."
Her nod brought great joy to Li San’s entire family.
Li Cao, gently pushed forward by her father, then approached and knelt before Rong Yan, "Greetings, Master!"
Rong Yan: ...
"Don’t kneel, get up and move my luggage into the room I’ll be staying in."
"Yes." Li Cao responded and quickly stood up, her eyes turning towards the carriage...
Hu Dao directed, "These are the young lady’s belongings, go put them away."
Li Cao let out a silent sigh of relief, then went forward to pick them up...
The rooms here were not too old and seed quite satisfactory, and after so cleaning up, Rong Yan was quite satisfied.
Although Rong Jin was still young, Rong Yan did not let him live in the sa courtyard as her; instead, he lived in the neighboring courtyard.
As for the twenty people who were to co later... There were many rooms on this side, probably where the long-term workers used to stay.
So there was no need to worry about not having enough space for so many people to live.
And what were these twenty people going to do... Weren’t there those two or three hundred acres of land?
They would have work to do.
It was out of the question to keep them fed for nothing.
...
Qin Ye originally thought he’d be free to see Rong Yan after a few busy days.
But he hadn’t expected to be continuously tied up with no ti to spare.
Because the damn barbarians ca provoking again, and he had to lead his troops to thoroughly defeat these barbarians.
This delay ant almost a month had passed.
This day, having finally repelled the enemy, Qin Ye had just returned to his tent when he saw Hu Dao, "What brings you here? Is there an issue with Miss Rong?"
Hu Dao spoke with great excitent, "Master, Miss Rong knew our military camp was short of grain, so she donated thirty thousand catties of grain to our camp..."
Upon hearing this, Qin Ye’s expression beca sowhat uncontrollable, "What did you say?"
"Master, Miss Rong’s benevolence... She donated thirty thousand catties of grain to our camp, and within half an hour, this grain will be in our stores."
He had co ahead to bring this good news.
"Thirty thousand catties of grain... Where did she get so much?" Qin Ye knew Hu Dao wouldn’t spout nonsense, but he still found it hard to believe.
There were grain shortages all over the country! Where did she get this from?
"Master, the grain store run by Miss Rong is doing very well. She is very capable and can obtain a lot of grain that others can’t, and moreover, at a lower price! In addition, Miss Rong has set up sothing called a greenhouse... The vegetables in that greenhouse are lush green, and she has also brought several baskets of them this ti..."
Qin Ye: ...
Although what you are saying is in human language, I haven’t understood a word of it.
In the middle of the winter—how could it be possible to grow green vegetables? Don’t think I can’t tell the difference between grains.
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