Chapter 967 Set a Date (1)
The house that was rented out by the eldest wife for fifty taels of silver was rented back by Caiwei for sixty taels of silver. Caiwei got ten taels of silver for nothing. The tenant was almost overjoyed. The whole family worked together and it took only one hour to move out of the house.
As soon as the tenant left, people from ‘Yaoji Carpentry’ came to deliver furniture. Caiwei asked them to put the furniture in place and agreed with them to come back here in three days to get a batch of excellent wood and to customize two sets of furniture according to the style of this set!
In the woods of the space, there are hundreds of years old golden nanmu, huanghuali, red sandalwood and other high-quality woods. Because she was afraid that Yaoji’s craftsmanship was not good and would waste good materials, Caiwei did not directly let them make these high-grade woods, but asked them to make a set of rosewood furniture to test their craftsmanship. After passing the test, she was willing to use the wood in the space.
Now, she decided to order two sets of luxurious furniture as dowry for herself and Feier.
She and Fei'er were born in humble families. Fortunately, she had the space artifact as a backing, so she would not suffer any loss or bullying wherever she went. But Fei'er was different. Although the people in the Duke of Liguo's Mansion were all very good, Fei'er was born in humble family and did not know how to control people. If she had a few more decent dowries to save face, she would inevitably be looked down upon by those servants who flattered the powerful and bullied the weak. Therefore, it was necessary to prepare a few blinding dowries!
After arranging many matters in the old house, Caiwei locked the door and went directly to the government-run pawnshop.
In a while, she and Fei'er would get married. As the future princess, she would not be able to have only two maids, Huanqiu and Chunliu, around her. At least four big maids were needed to be able to serve her. Fei'er did not have anyone to serve her, so she wanted to take advantage of today's free time to go to the pawnshop to pick a few good maids.
The pawnshop is now overcrowded. A few days ago, after the Wuchang Marquis's Mansion, Guangling Prince's Mansion, Anguogong Mansion and several other palaces of the imperial court were raided, the women were demoted to slaves and sent here to be sold at a high price.
When the pawnshop's maid heard that Caiwei wanted to buy seven or eight maids, she was so happy that she respectfully invited this big customer to the place where the women were imprisoned and asked her to choose by herself.
Caiwei followed the pawnshop's maid to a basement that looked like a prison cell. As soon as she entered, she was hit by a strange smell of mold and filth mixed with the smell of feces and urine, which almost made her vomit.
Caiwei took out her handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose. She followed the steps and went down step by step. In the narrow and dark basement, a few oil lamps were burning half-dead, illuminating the cells separated by wooden fences. In the cells, the former daughters of the imperial family were crowded together with dishevelled hair, crying and wailing, making a lot of noise.
The matchmaker frowned and shouted: "Cry, you know how to cry, if you cry again, I will sell you to the brothel as a whore!"
Some young and beautiful ladies were frightened and immediately shut up, timidly lowering their heads, fearing that they would really be sold to the brothel; but the older ladies didn't care about this. Anyway, they were old, and no one would want them even if they were sold to the brothel, so they just cried even more happily!
The old woman was furious and yelled: "Shut up, you old pigs and dogs, you still think you are the ladies of the imperial family. If you don't behave, I will give you a nut to eat later!"
The old woman's voice was much louder than these delicate ladies, and after a roar, they really quieted down a lot.
After yelling, the old woman turned around and said to Caiwei with a smile: "Miss, don't blame me, these guys rely on their past experience in the mansions of marquises, and they think they are more precious than treasures. After you buy them back, give them a few good beatings and they will behave themselves!"