Farm Girl's Manor

"This row of backseats is where you’ll be living, two people to a room. Discuss amongst yourselves how to arrange it," Mo Yan led the sixteen people straight to the backseats on the south side of the courtyard and pointed at the row of vacant rooms, addressing the ten maids and rough servant women.

Before deciding to buy servants, their residences had already been prepared. Initially, she had planned to purchase two big maids, four young maids, and four rough servant women. Now, with the addition of five elderly people and a child, she had to make additional arrangements for their accommodation.

The doors of the rooms were open, allowing a clear view inside. To the ten servants who saw that the rooms were as good as new, with two small wooden beds opposite each other, a table and chairs, and wood cabinets by the beds, the bedding even seemed brand-new, and the floors were spotlessly clean. This was many times better than where they had stayed in the dentist, which gradually settled their hearts.

Mo Yan let these people settle in on their own. Once they were done, they were to come to the main hall. She then led the remaining five elderly individuals and the child to the backseats on the north side, pointing at three of the rooms and saying, "From now on, this is where you will live, also two people to a room. I didn’t know you would be coming, so the rooms haven’t been cleaned or furnished. You will have to tidy up yourselves later, and I’ll have someone send over bedding and tables."

The layout of the backseats on the north side was the same as on the south side; one faced the light while the other was to its back. With doors and windows, it didn’t affect the light. A few years ago during a snow disaster, villagers took shelter in these rows of houses. The Li Family of three, including Liyu, used to live in the backseats close to the courtyard entrance, but once they planned to buy servants, they had them move to a few rooms across from the courtyard in advance.

"Thank you, Miss," a few of the elderly people knew that Mo Yan had bought them out of pity, and they couldn’t help but feel immensely grateful. They bowed deeply to Mo Yan to express their thanks.

Compared to the maids and servant women, these six were much calmer. Being bought out of pity and given such nice rooms to live in proved that their new master was truly a benevolent person. At this moment, their once restless hearts finally settled.

Mo Yan gave a slight nod and waved them away to busy themselves. Until she had a better read on their individual personalities, she couldn’t treat them with the same closeness as she did the Li Family of three. It was necessary to let them know that there were distinctions between master and servant. Otherwise, if they grew too self-important, who knew what unforeseen troubles might arise.