EBE Chapter 105 Naming
Chapter 105 Naming
The housekeeper handed the thick stack of indentures respectfully to Li Youran. Li Youran took them carefully and put them carefully into a small and exquisite cloth bag.
Then, she turned her gaze to the timid little girl and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid. Tell me what your name is?"
The little girl seemed to be very frightened, and her voice was so low that it was almost inaudible: "My...my name is Yan'er." She kept her head down, not daring to raise her eyes to look Li Youran directly.
Seeing this, Li Youran had no choice but to look at the two adults standing behind the little girl and asked kindly, "You should be a family, right? So what are your names?"
At this time, the man named Bai Zhenghai finally mustered up the courage to speak: "In reply to your question, my surname is Bai, my given name is Zheng, and Hai means the sea. The one standing next to me is my wife Shi Lanzhi, and our daughter is Bai Zhiyan."
Li Youran nodded slightly to show that he understood, and then continued: "In that case, you will follow me in the future. I want your daughter to be my personal maid. I wonder if you are satisfied with this arrangement?" After all, this matter still needs to seek the opinions of the girl's parents.
Bai Zhenghai didn't dare to disobey the young master's wishes, and quickly nodded and said, "Satisfied! Satisfied! It's an honor for our family to follow the young master!"
Li Youran was quite satisfied with the result. After nodding slightly, he turned to face the three siblings in front of him and asked slowly, "Do you have your own names?"
The girl standing in the front shook her head gently, indicating that she didn't have a name. "Your name is Ting He, and your two brothers are Ting Wu and Ting Xuan." Li Youran thought carefully and pointed at them one by one.
The three of them nodded and silently memorized their names.
Li Youran's eyes then fell on the older woman, then looked at the middle-aged man standing next to her and asked softly, "What's your name?"
Nanny Fang quickly replied, "Young master, you can just call me Nanny Fang. The person next to you is Si Feng." As she spoke, she did not forget to introduce the people around her to Li Youran.
Hearing this, Li Youran couldn't help but mutter to himself, he originally thought that the two were husband and wife! Unexpectedly, it was a misunderstanding.
"In that case, I'll call you Butler Feng. From now on, all the family affairs will be left to you to take care of." Li Youran said to Nanny Fang with a smile.
"As you wish, young master." Butler Feng bowed his head respectfully and replied.
Then, Li Youran turned his gaze to the eight servants in front of him again.
She first pointed at the four maids, and then read out their names in turn: "Xiaochun, Xiaoxia, Xiaoqiu, Xiaodong. Very good, you four girls..."
Then she shifted her gaze to the other four servants and continued, "And you, Lin table, Lin chair, Lin board, and Lin bench." Li Youran nodded with satisfaction, thinking that this way, it would not be easy to confuse them.
Hearing their master calling their names, the eight people responded in unison, indicating that they understood.
"Xiao Ran'er, how do you plan to accommodate them?" Song Nanyao, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. He thought to himself, after all, so many people can't all be crammed into Xiao Ran'er's space!
"Hmm..." Li Youran replied after a brief thought, "Then let's buy a mansion, but it must be spacious enough."
She knew in her heart that she was not short of money, and could even be said to be wealthy, but she just had no place to spend the money.
"In that case, let's go see if there is a suitable house. We must arrange everything today." Song Nanyao knew that there were so many people this time, and it would not be easy to handle it all in just one day.
Without saying anything, Li Youran took out ten taels of silver from the small cloth bag he carried with him and handed it to Butler Feng: "Take this silver and take them to change into clean clothes, and then have a good meal. Then gather in front of Pinyou Pavilion. I will go ahead to choose a mansion."
"As you wish, young master." Butler Feng took the money respectfully.
However, when Li Youran heard the title "Young Master", he felt inexplicably annoyed.
"From now on, you can just call me 'Miss', and call Brother Nan Yao 'Master Song'." Li Youran said, trying hard to suppress her displeasure.
"Understood, Miss." Everyone responded in unison.
Li Youran smiled sweetly. She specially wore a pair of black contact lenses today, which were suitable for children to wear. Otherwise, everyone would be scared when they saw her pink eyeballs.
Since the lotus mark on the forehead is not covered, everyone must have thought it was made-up.
"Brother Nanyao, let's go." Li Youran turned around and prepared to go out, pulling Song Nanyao's sleeve.
Song Nanyao followed Li Youran out of the pawnshop. Song Nanyao took Li Youran to the pawnshop that sold courtyard shops, which was very close to the one that sold slaves.
The real estate agents here specialize in selling houses, shops and courtyards, just like modern real estate agents.
As I stepped into the dental clinic, a waiter quickly came up to me with a warm smile on his face.
After he saw that the visitors were two children, his attitude did not change. Instead, he greeted them more politely and introduced himself, "Hello, two young guests! I am a waiter in our store. I didn't know you were visiting our store today. If you need any help, please let me know."
Li Youran was not at all nervous and stated her needs straight away: "We want to buy a courtyard, preferably a very big one." After saying that, she deliberately gestured with her hands, as if describing the size of her ideal courtyard.
The servant understood what he meant and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, please follow me." Then he led Li Youran and Song Nanyao into the carriage and drove towards the unused courtyard in the town.
Arriving at the first courtyard, Li Youran looked around and couldn't help but frowned, muttering to himself, "This courtyard is still too small."
Then, they came to the second courtyard. This time, Li Youran was not satisfied with the number of houses. He shook his head and said, "There are too few houses here. There are not enough for everyone to live in."
"So, is there a courtyard that is both spacious and has many houses?" Li Youran expressed his expectations to the servant again.
The servant looked embarrassed, and after hesitating for a moment, he said, "There is such a courtyard, but the price may be quite high. I wonder if you can accept it?"
Li Youran patted his chest and answered confidently: "Don't worry, money is not a problem. As long as there is a courtyard that meets the requirements, we will definitely buy it."
Hearing this, the servant was secretly delighted and quickly responded, "If that's the case, I'll take you over to have a look."
Then, he whipped the horse whip and drove the carriage towards the largest courtyard. After a while, the carriage slowly stopped.
Li Youran jumped out of the car lightly without any help from others.
Her eyes fell on the super huge courtyard in front of her, her heart filled with joy and satisfaction.
This yard is actually much more spacious than the house he built, and it has at least twenty rooms.
"That's it!" Li Youran nodded without hesitation, expressing great satisfaction.
However, when the servant quoted the price in a trembling voice, she couldn't help but be shocked: "What? Six hundred taels?" Li Youran's originally excited expression instantly turned into a little depressed.
"My dear guest, this courtyard is not ordinary. It was originally what was left after a wealthy family was ransacked.
The cost of building this villa was much more than six hundred taels! Look, there are many rooms here, and the front and back courtyards are very spacious. It's a pity that this courtyard is too big and it's hard to find a buyer, so the price has been reduced a lot. "The servant introduced the situation of this courtyard to Li Youran in detail.
"So that's how it is..." Li Youran looked thoughtful after hearing this and turned to look at Song Nanyao who had been silent the whole time.
"Brother Nan Yao, what do you think?" Li Youran asked softly, looking forward to his opinion.