47 Decor

For the slaves who had never even touched a silver coin, the thought of that gold coin being theirs lifted them up. A golden coin for each of them?

"You will get paid every month, and food will be provided. By the time I pick you guys up, please have a name for yourself already."

"Yes master!"

"Oh, right, and I'm a girl. Call me Xuanmei."

"A-Ah? Y-Yes, Mistress Xuanmei."

"Just Xuanmei would be fine. We are equal, after all."

Heading back to the first village she came from, she sought out Bluey and Ming as she checked the sales for today.

"Hm. Not bad."

Two days flashed by as they renovated the two auction houses, making sure to pay great detail to make them the same design as the same hotpot shop to create familiarity.

The biggest auction house, however, was renovated differently. Xuanmei installed many rooms into the auction house. It was done in an efficient way that made it possible to comfortably fit more than a hundred and twenty people in it.

It was not too small, yet just the right size so that it was a shared room that was bigger than the size needed for four people to fit. This area fit for a hundred and twenty people were divided into three separate corners.

It was, not very creatively, named the inner regions, the outer left, and outer right regions. It was accessible on the fourth level of the refurbished auction house.

Level three was for management, any complaints would be lodged there, as "The staff's rest shouldn't be disturbed", or so Xuanmei says. Through a pretty well concealed plywood door, though, was where Xuanmei apparently rested before she headed off to check her shops.

It wasn't very luxurious but it was cozy. That was good enough for her anyway.

After placing unwritten name plaques beside each room, Xuanmei fitted the rooms itself with luxurious furniture, and two bathrooms, for shorter waiting times when the staff had to shower in the morning.

The room was connected to two bathrooms, and was large enough to fit four single beds, a huge vanity mirror and drawer on which the mirror was placed on, a table and four chairs near the middle for chatting or eating inside if sick, and a few bottles of wine on the table.

The inner region was made into a dining room, and level three was the common room, which was filled with chairs, entertainment options, and snacks.

When the slaves-turned-staff came back, they were shocked by the change of furniture and interior.

"Split yourselves into three groups, there should be around thirty of you in each group."

"If your friends are not here and still in slavery, go get them here. I hope I can raise this number to about fourty or fifty in each group."

After saying that, Xuanmei sent everyone off. They were to meet back in the dorm in the evening.

"But first... All of you, I have already prepared your ten pieces of clothings."