"Yes!"
Seeing Ye Ziāan give the word, the line of people stood up again.
Then Ye Ziāan said, "Madam, wonāt you say a few words?"
Yang Chuxia pondered for a moment and said, "What needs to be said will be said later. First, letās standardize our titles. Itās all disorganized now. Although our family is small, it isnāt 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."
"Yes, madam."
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, Ziāan 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 womenās 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. Thereās just Ziāan 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, thereās 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 Mingcuiās sister."
Hearing this, Ziāan said, "Madam, these two sisters are Old Lady Li Juniorās granddaughters, those two boys are Old Lady Liās 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 Xiuāer 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, couldnāt help but glance at Yang Chuxia, thinking that the people in this rural area are not as ignorant as they seem.
"Yes, madam!"
Then the group of people bowed their bodies and left first.
Ziāan then curiously asked, "Arenāt 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, "Didnāt you hear what a few of them just said? They have all been servants before. If thatās the case, they wouldnāt be missing the basic manners they should know. Unlike the people we used to buy, many of them were not originally servants, so they didnāt have a deep understanding of the rules. These people know the rules. Even if I donāt tell them, they will know what they should know. But if they should know but donāt when they come to our house, then they have to leave."