The pier picked up Cui Yingying and the others and went ashore, and took a bus to Xiangyang City.

The backyard of the Xuanfu Envoy's yamen on the east road of Shannan in Xiangyang was quite small and could accommodate Li Chao's family. However, the court did not stipulate that officials' families must stay in the backyard of the yamen, after all, it was not Zhu Ming.

Li Chao bought a large mansion in Xiangyang City. He entered a deep mansion and a back garden with a back garden. The red doors, white walls and green windows are very beautiful. Such a large mansion is expensive, but for people like Li Chao who are not short of money, it is not a problem to solve it with money.

The original owner of the house was happy to sell the house to his favorite minister today, and even was willing to give it to him for free. However, Li Chao did not accept this gift and added 10% to the owner at the market price.

Everything at home was already neatly cleaned up. When Li Chao and his friends took the bus to the door, there were already two rows of servants standing under the plaque of Li's mansion that had just been replaced.

Most of these were originally working in the house. After Li Chao bought the house, these people stayed and resold the contract to Li Chao. The hired workers who did not have the contract were also transferred to the Li family's employment and re-signed the contract.

Cui Yingying looked up at the door of the mansion, very satisfied.

"Uncle Zheng, I will leave it to you to manage here in the future." Cui Yingying said to the housekeeper Zheng beside him. Manager Zheng is Hongshi's father and an old man beside Cui Yingying. When he came to this new home in Xiangyang, although all the servants and managers in the house were available, Cui Yingying immediately changed to Hongshi's father to be the housekeeper.

Li Chao has never been very involved in these housework. He just needs a housewife to take care of the house. Too much interference is sometimes not a good thing, not only to add trouble, but may also affect the authority of the housewife Cui Yingying.

Cui Yingying cared about these things very much. She would not interfere with the outside affairs, but she would be the one who was in charge of the matter in the house. Even if it was Hongxian, a close sister or Wanyan, a cousin who was good at her, she could not go over to her and go directly to Li Chao to discuss matters.

This is the rule of a wealthy family. With such a big family, there are so many masters and servants. Without rules, you will be confused. The status of a wife and concubine cannot be messed up, the status of a legitimate and illegitimate, and the status of a master and servant cannot be messed up. Cui Yingying was born in a famous family, and she became accustomed to these things and was able to do it with them with great habits.

Under Cui Yingying's management, the Li family is indeed very rich and does not look like a nouveau riche in many military upstart families. Those who have been to the Li family praised the rules and tastes of the Li family.

Entered the house.

Cui Yingying did not rush to wash, but asked Li Chao to sit in the hall with her, and then asked the people at home to come and pay their respects. First, they followed the servants from Chang'an and came up to pay respects one by one.

First introduce yourself, and then Cui Yingying will comment on a few words, such as someone's strengths and weaknesses, and finally send a red envelope. Li Chao sat there, listening to Cui Yingying's conversation, and then at the end he also handed a red envelope to reward him.

Li Chao discovered that he actually didn't know most of the servants and managers who came from Chang'an. He thought about it, so he was traveling outside every day, and even when he was in Beijing, there were only a few managers who came into contact with him.

There are more red envelopes, more managers and fewer servants. An ordinary servant is only one hundred cents. The manager is always in charge, and the money is not much, but this is the reward of the master.

The servants who received the red envelopes all thanked them very much.

Li Chao couldn't help but admire Cui Yingying's methods. He sent a red envelope on the first day, which was to show kindness and was also an opportunity for everyone to know each other. Through this meeting, she could have an impression of these new servants, and she could also understand each other from Chang'an and Xiangyang local servants.

"Butler Zheng, go and ask the kitchen. Today we will cook more food and everyone will have a meal. In addition, let's go back and give each servant a bucket of corn. In the future, everyone will work hard, and the Li family will not treat everyone badly."

After Li Chao and others sent the red envelopes, they called Butler Zheng and added some kind reward to everyone.

Have a good meal and give it another dou of food.

This reward is even more surprising than a hundred cents. Although these servants work in the Li family and do not lack food, they also have family members. Sometimes they live by receiving relief grains. Although relief grains can barely fill their stomachs, they lack nutrition and are not delicious. There are also some fine grain transactions on the black market now, but they are very expensive and have no market price.

Li Chao rewarded his servant with a bucket of grain, which really surprised the servants.

"I'm not grateful to you, Mr. Lang!" Cui Yingying said on the side. She did not object to Li Chao's reward for everyone.

"Thank you, Mr. Lang!"

Li Chao waved his hand and asked everyone to retreat.

There was only one family left in the hall, so it was easier and more comfortable.

Cui Yingying, Zheng Hongxian, Zheng Wanyan, Du Caiwei, and two Hu Ji, Qi Niang, Lian'er and Lan'er, and Zhao Siniang, the female housekeeper of the inner courtyard.

My father is working in Yuliangzhou. He is now serving as the General of the Right Yulin. He is actually quite relaxed. The old man has no ambitions and does not form gangs with others. In addition, his son is also the prime minister, so he actually has a very outstanding position in the army. Even his boss, General Zhang Liang, of the Right Yulin, had a bit of a feud with Li Chao, but he did not dare to mess with his father.

Today, my father asked Zhang Liang for leave and said that his family had arrived. Zhang Liang criticized him without saying a word and even gave him some gifts to his father.

"Carry my sons and daughters here and let my dad see if the little guys have gained weight." Li Chao felt a little embarrassed. I don't know how Li Xiuning's incident ended.

The nurses carried all six children up. The children over half a year old, from Chang'an to Xiangyang, were nearly a thousand miles away. They walked on the road for half a month, but they looked very good.

"A few guys are very good and they are very strong." Li Chao said with a smile.

He reached out and hugged the eldest Da Pinglang. His hair was very dark and thick. Most children had very thin hair, but he was quite thick. However, the hair on the back of his head was worn off on the pillow, making it bald.

"It seems that Taipinglang hasn't forgotten his father. I didn't cry when I hugged him. Hey, look, I'm still smiling at me. This kid is laughing very happily."

As soon as Li Chao finished speaking, Taipinglang sucked a boy's urine at his father. When Li Chao felt a sense of enthusiasm, it was too late.

He handed the child to his nurse in a mess, looked at his robe with a large map drawn, and smiled helplessly.

Cui Yingying smiled happily.

"This kid is quite bad. He dares to attack his father suddenly!"

"Who wants you, the father, to leave for several months, and leave him at home and ignore him."

Li Chao smiled and said, "I'll go change clothes. You guys have worked hard all the way. You have a bathroom at home and have prepared hot water. You guys will take a bath first. I'll cook for you later."

"Your husband doesn't have to work so hard. Just let those two girls Qiuyue go to cook." Zheng Wanyan said as she was pregnant for more than five months now, with a bulge of abdomen. Fortunately, when she came this time, her belly was not big, but she was very tired. But she hadn't seen her for a few months, and she missed her husband quite a bit.

"It's okay, I'll get you some specialties."

Everyone went to wash up. Li Chao changed his clothes that were wet by his son's urine and took a shower. After changing his clothes, Li Chao went to Cui Yingying's room.

Thirteen Niang is a big wife, so she naturally lives in the main house.

The main room is also Li Chao's bedroom, but Li Chao took a shower in the study just now. When he opened the door, Cui Yingying was still packing her clothes.

Seeing him come in, Cui Yingying called the girl in the room out.

"Yingying."

Li Chao called out, and Cui Yingying continued to pack her clothes, but she didn't respond.

Li Chao opened his mouth, stopped again, and reorganized his thoughts, "Thirteen Niang, I'm sorry for you about Pingyang. I didn't want to hide it from you, but I didn't think about how to tell you, so I just delayed it for a while."

Cui Yingying turned around and looked at Li Chao, folded the clothes in her hand and put them down, walked to him and sat down, and replied, "I have figured out this matter long ago, and I have talked to you a long time ago. As long as you don't take people home, don't put out the house outside, and don't take the property at home to the outdoor room to the illegitimate child, I don't care about anything else, and I don't want to care about it."

Li Chao grabbed Cui Yingying's hand and said, "What should I say between me and her? Don't worry, you will always be my wife. She and I will not have the things you said."

"Sanlang, don't say this. I've been traveling thousands of miles apart for half a month. I finally saw you and don't want to hear you talk about other women. I don't care what you are about with Pingyang, and I don't want to know. Anyway, just don't take her to the door in the future. I'm not upset. As for how you are outside, I can't control it. I'm your wife, the eldest wife of the Li family. I'll do housework, take charge of family affairs, and take care of my husband and children."

Li Chao felt a little upset when he said this. It would be better to cry with him. However, he knew that he was not a saint, so it was impossible to break up with Pingyang. The two of them were just a little ambiguous when they broke up before, so they just broke up. But now, after so much, it is impossible to talk about breaking up again.

"I feel bad when you do this."

Cui Yingying burst out laughing suddenly, and the atmosphere in the room changed suddenly.

"Don't say that, it makes me feel even worse. I'm not that kind of jealous woman. I'll take care of what should be taken care of, and I won't take care of what should not be taken care of. You are a prime minister, an important minister of the court, and having a lover is not a strange thing."

A laughter resolved the embarrassment. The two sat there, holding each other, and no longer mentioned Pingyang. They just talked about the lovesickness when they were separated, talked about the changes in the family, and talked about the growth of their children.

"There is still hot water in the room, and it will be cold in a while. I'll go take a shower first." Cui Yingying pushed Li Chao away and kissed him, and stood up with a smile.
Chapter completed!