Seeing Ye Zi’an give the word, the line of people stood up again.
Then Ye Zi’an said, "Madam, won’t you say a few words?"
Yang Chuxia pondered for a moment and said, "What needs to be said will be said later. First, let’s standardize our titles. It’s all disorganized now. Although our family is small, it isn’t necessary for everyone to have their own title, is it? Also, stop addressing us as the Old Master and his wife. An eighteen-year-old old master? Unnecessarily making yourself sound older."
"As long as the madam makes the decisions, they will be followed in our family."
Mingcui, who seemed to be a bit more daring among the people I met last night, stepped forward and asked, "What should we call you?"
Yang Chuxia thought for a moment and said, "For now address us as the Young Master and his wife."
Yang Chuxia nodded and carefully examined the people back and forth, then asked, "How do you currently run household affairs?"
They all shook their heads.
Only two maids stepped forward and said, "Previously, the Young Master assigned us to serve the madam."
Yang Chuxia nodded, and then asked, "Who among you cooks well?"
Seeing what she was going to do, Zi’an pointed to the rightmost old lady and said, "That Old Lady Li is a good cook, and the one next to her, Old Lady Li Junior, knows a lot about women’s affairs."
Upon hearing that they have the same surname, Yang Chuxia asked, "Are you relatives?"
Old Lady Li stepped forward and replied, "No, madam. I used to work in the prefecture, while my younger sister came from somewhere else."
Yang Chuxia took a closer look at the two Old Lady Lis and found that they both had noteworthy demeanors.
Seeing Old Lady Li speak, Old Lady Li Junior stepped forward and said, "I served in the capital city, madam. After my former masters fell on hard times, I ended up here."
Yang Chuxia nodded and said, "In that case, the two of you will take charge of our kitchen for now. There’s just Zi’an and me in our family. And there are also a few guests staying with us. Two of them are long-term residents. We must not treat them poorly. Seriously, with so few people, there’s not much to manage, the main responsibility is the three daily meals."
She continued, "Mingcui, I remember your name is Mingcui, what is the other one called?"
"Madam, my name is Ming Liu, I am Mingcui’s sister."
Hearing this, Zi’an said, "Madam, these two sisters are Old Lady Li Junior’s granddaughters, those two boys are Old Lady Li’s grandsons. They are two families, coincidentally sharing the surname Li."
"What a coincidence?" Yang Chuxia was surprised, "What are their names?"
The two boys stepped forward and said, "My name is Li Wen" "My name is Li Wu."
"Well-rounded in both civil and martial arts?" Yang Chuxia nodded, "Good, you two will keep company with the Young Master from now on. Mingcui and Ming Liu, you follow me. I also have a maiden named Xiu’er by my side. You should all get to know each other later. As for the children and daughters-in-law of the two Li mothers, for now, they will be in charge of cleaning and miscellaneous tasks around the house. After a few days, I will arrange for you all to go elsewhere."
Old Lady Li Junior, upon hearing Yang Chuxia changing the title from old lady to mother, couldn’t help but glance at Yang Chuxia, thinking that the people in this rural area are not as ignorant as they seem.
Then the group of people bowed their bodies and left first.
Zi’an then curiously asked, "Aren’t you going to give them a lecture?" He vaguely remembered that every time the Yang Family bought people, Yang Chuxia always admonished them. Why not this time?
Yang Chuxia said, "Didn’t you hear what a few of them just said? They have all been servants before. If that’s the case, they wouldn’t be missing the basic manners they should know. Unlike the people we used to buy, many of them were not originally servants, so they didn’t have a deep understanding of the rules. These people know the rules. Even if I don’t tell them, they will know what they should know. But if they should know but don’t when they come to our house, then they have to leave."