‘Bang!’

A crisp sound came from the yard, which immediately woke Fanning up from his sleep. He opened his eyes in a daze. The sky was just dawning. Who threw things into the yard? Could it be that he had sent breakfast again? Didn’t he stop ordering? Or was a wild cat making trouble?

Fan Ning suddenly remembered something and quickly sat up. He just remembered that there was still a little lady living in his yard, and he actually forgot her?

Fanning quickly put on her clothes, opened the door and walked into the yard. She saw the little girl squatting on the ground to clean up a broken clay pot. This was the large clay pot used when buying water outside, and there was one in each room.

Seeing Fan Ning come out, Xiaodong quickly got up and bowed his head to admit his mistake, "I was accidentally."

"It's okay! There are several other clay pots like this. Why do you get up so early?"

"I've been up for a while, and I'm like this every day. I'll get up before dawn to boil water."

Fan Ning then discovered that a stove had been lit in the yard, and water was boiling on it, and it was about to boil. The basin beside the well water was filled with washed dishes and water cups.

"I wanted to give tea to Xiaoguanren, but I couldn't find where the tea was?"

Fanning turned around and took out his tea pot from the study, and asked with a smile: "You can still sen tea?"

Xiaodong nodded, "I know how to sing tea, but I don't know how to order tea!"

Fan Ning thought about it, then put the tea jar on the table in the yard, took another 200 cents and handed it to her, "The water quality of this well is not good, so I won't cook tea today. You go out to buy a pot of tea and two more breakfasts. I'll tell you something about it later?"

A glimmer of hope arose in Xiaodong's heart and asked timidly: "The little official will not send me back?"

"You stay here for the time being! Let's ask your little master before talking about it."

Fan Ning also considered this matter last night. After all, Zhu Pei had good intentions and immediately returned the maid. It was obvious that he would not give Zhu Pei face and would definitely anger her. There was no need to offend her in this matter.

Xiaodong suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, at least she didn't have to go back today. Although she didn't want to leave the Zhu family, she was even more afraid that this little official would return her, so she would really be ridiculed by the people in the Zhu family.

"I'll buy breakfast and tea now!"

She took the money, took the food box and teapot, and ran out in a row.

Fanning washed with hot water and put on a headscarf. At this time, Xiaodong came back with a pot of tea and food box.

She brought the breakfast and tea to Fanning and smiled and said, "Little official, it's very convenient to buy things here, there are everything outside!"

"Sit down and eat together!"

"I'll go back to the house to eat."

Xiaodong ran back to the house with two buns.

Fanning shook her head, sat down and poured himself a cup of hot tea and started breakfast.

The breakfast was very good, a basket of fresh meat buns and a bowl of meat porridge. Fanning has eaten the breakfast from Xiao Wangji Food Shop. It was cleaner and tasted very good. This little girl still knows how to buy things.

Apart from breakfast and tea, the remaining 150 cents were also placed on the table.

Today Fanning plans to go to the Imperial College for a look. After all, he didn't go yesterday. Although he will be officially recruited tomorrow, he will at least say something.

Then he planned to go and see the house. He now has 24,000 taels of silver, which is enough to buy a good house.

Fan Ning originally wanted to send a vote with Zhu Yuanfeng, but found that the market for transfer was actually controlled by big players, so he was not very interested.

Fanning was worried that after he tasted the sweetness, he could not stop his desire to get rich. He fell in and was afraid that he would lose his pants in the end. There were many opportunities to get rich, so there was no need to get involved in areas that he was not good at.

After breakfast, Xiaodong walked in timidly, "What are the instructions for the little official?"

Fan Ning then looked at her carefully and could only say that she was very average, with neither white nor black skin, nor big nor small eyes, but she looked more pleasing to the eye, barely considered pretty, little girl! She was more delicate and could be called pretty.

I guess Zhu Pei would not find a beautiful little lady to serve him. Fan Ning didn't care much about the maid's appearance, as long as he was diligent and capable.

"What's your surname? Where are you from? Where are your parents?" Fanning still needs to understand these most basic situations clearly.

"When it comes to Xiaoguanren, my surname is Jin, Xiaodong is my nickname. My family is from Zhongmu County, Kaifeng Prefecture. Both parents work in the Zhu family. My father is a gardener, my mother is a cook. I also have an older brother who works as a cook in the Zhu family restaurant."

Fanning nodded. This is a typical family servant for generations. Several generations have been doing things in the same wealthy family. There are many such situations in the Song Dynasty. Although they are civilians in law and only have employment relationships with the Zhu family, in fact, they signed long-term contracts, and several generations have relied on living in wealthy families.

Of course, compared to the Tang Dynasty's selling one's body as a slave, the situation of the Song servants was much better. At least they were free and the master's family was not allowed to abuse the servants. If a woman was violated by the master's family, she could sue the official. Once the employment contract expired, the woman could get married smoothly.

This kind of civilian thought has penetrated into the bones of the people of the Song Dynasty. Even the servants who are engaged in low-cost work will not regard themselves as slaves, but are just their jobs.

This is also obvious in Xiaodong. Zhu Pei first got the consent of her parents before she asked her to serve Fan Ning. Her wages increased from 80 cents a day to 120 cents a day. This is the wage standard for the maids in the Zhu house. Of course, her wages belong to her parents and she saved them for her brother to marry a wife.

"How much do you know about my situation?" Fanning asked again.

Xiaodong shook her head. She knew nothing about Fanning's situation. She had thought she was here to serve such a fierce man. When she found out that the other party was just a gentle boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, she immediately felt much more at ease.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "My surname is Fan. My surname is Fan. I am a fellow countryman from Mr. Zhu. I am a Jinshi in the Boy Certificate this year. Now I am an official in the Imperial College. You can just call me a small official from now on. You can continue to live in the house there, but I guess I will move in one or two months. Of course, I will still be in the capital, just a different place."

Xiaodong was shocked. This little official was actually a Jinshi master. Dad said that they were all Wenquxing and the most powerful scholars. She immediately felt awe of Fan Ning.

"If you have any special requests from the little official, you can tell the little maid!"

Fan Ning was amused. Special requests were another meaning in later generations. He pointed to the study room and said to her: "You can go anywhere in this room. Please help me clean my dormitory, but the study room is not possible. Without my permission, you can't enter my study room in the future."

"I know, the Zhu family is also the same rule. You can't enter the master's study."

Fanning nodded. The maid from a wealthy family knew the rules and was more worry-free. He continued: "I don't need you to cook here. You are responsible for cleaning my room, washing clothes, boiling water, cooking tea, going out to buy food, etc. You are responsible for your food, clothing, and other things. Of course, there will be a separate room. By the way, I'm prone to oversleeping. You wake me up every morning. I can't think of anything else for now. Do you have anything to ask?"

Xiaodong hesitated and said, "If Xiaoguanren is not here, can I go to Zhu's mansion to see my mother?"

"Of course, I won't come back at noon. Most of them go out early and come back late. However, you'd better come back early in the afternoon."

"I remember it!"

At this time, Fanning remembered something again and asked her: "How do you make your salary?"

"My wages are given to the Zhu family, so the little officials don't have to worry about it."

"That won't work, how much is your monthly salary?"

"Report to the little official, the little maid originally received the ninth-class wage in the Zhu family. This time, when I came to the little official, I was promoted to the fifth-class level, 120 cents a day, which is two levels higher than my mother, just like my brother."

Fan Ning was also shocked. The monthly wage was 3,600 jin per month, and the amount of food and clothing cost. It costs at least 5 jin per month, which is almost 30% of his monthly salary. No wonder most people can't afford a maid. Forget it, the Zhu family should bear the wages!

In fact, Fan Ning didn't know that it was cheap to hire a maid in the capital. Many middle-aged families invited maids from their hometowns and would never hire maids from Kaifeng Mansion. The cheapest maids in Kaifeng Mansion started at 80 pm, and even local maids in the capital were even more expensive.

The maids in my hometown give up to fifty cents a day, and even thirty to forty cents a day, so they can’t spend much money on food and clothing. It’s just that because the Zhu family has a strong financial resources, they pay more money.

Fan Ning smiled and said, "The Zhu family has the rules of the Zhu family, so I won't break them. In addition, I will give you the usual money every month as your pocket money."

Xiaodong was overjoyed. Her money was taken away by her parents and she never had any pocket money. She didn't expect that she would still have pocket money when she came here. At this moment, she began to be glad that she had come to the right place.

Xiaodong quickly gave a blessing gift, "Thank you little official!"

Fanning took ten cents of money from the box and put them on the table, and said to her: "Yichen money is your pocket money this month, and the other nine cents of money are daily expenses, including daily water purchases, toilet cleaning, food money, firewood money, etc. You just work. If you don't have enough, ask me if you want it, you don't have to save me thrift, I can afford it."

After pausing, Fanning asked again: "Do you know where to buy water?"

Xiaodong nodded, "I asked when I bought breakfast. I went to Duan's grocery store diagonally across the street to order water and toilets. I don't know the others, but I can ask."

Seeing that she was quite clever, Fanning was still quite satisfied. Seeing that it was getting late, he stood up and said, "I'm leaving. Today you can clean up, wash what should be washed and dry, and deal with all the chores. Go to have dinner by yourself at noon. If I come back late in the evening, you can also eat by yourself."

"Little official, how much is my fixed salary for dinner?"

Fan Ning frowned, "What is the Zhu family?"

"There are cooks in the Zhu family, and they usually don't eat outside. However, my father will pay 80 cents a day when he goes out to do things, and the butler will give 100 cents a day. I don't know about the butler."

Fan Ning smiled, "You are my little butler, so I will give you the rules of the little butler. You will make a reservation by yourself, but I want to tell you not to lose money on yourself in terms of food, otherwise you will be pale and thin, and the Zhu family will say that I am stingy."

Xiao Dong was moved and pinched the corner of her clothes and whispered: "I understand."

Fan Ning made arrangements and left his residence and hurried to the Imperial College.

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