National teacher, your man ran away

Huang Yun went south to flee famine with his family.

This year, their hometown was hit by military disasters. They had to requisition grain three times. Ten rooms were empty. They also suffered a once-in-a-hundred-year drought. The grain in the fields was almost wiped out. Later, there was no water for the livestock to drink. They ate up the whole family The only remaining food, butchered and ate up the family’s livestock, chickens and ducks. In the end, even the dried-up food roots in the ground wanted to be dug out and ground to eat. There was really nothing to eat. I heard that there was no disaster in the south. , I just thought that I was exhausted on the road, and I had to go south to fight for a way to survive!

During this journey, they had almost no extra money to buy food, so they could only use the hemp rope brought by each family to dismantle it, barely weave a few simple fishing nets, and cast nets along the way, relying on the stove that the boatman kindly borrowed, There are a few fish and shrimps occasionally fished up from the river to satisfy our hunger, and we barely die of starvation.

What made them even more desperate was that along the way, they heard that they were refugees from the north, and seeing how hungry they were, how could they still spend money to buy them?If you buy it back and die, wouldn't it be bad luck to lose money?

They finally made it to the pier in Qingjiang County. They wanted to disembark to try their luck. After a few pier, the boatman who transported the cargo would also be docking. At that time, they would have no convenient boats to take, and they would have to disembark if they didn’t want to disembark. .However, no one expected that this time, they would meet a kind-hearted person who was willing to give them enough food and wages!

From eating the first multigrain steamed bun that was not mixed with any grass roots, to being taken into the cart hired by the Yao family, to being sent all the way to the beautiful Yao family village, smelling the tempting smell of meat and bones at the end of the nose When the soup smelled, Huang Yun and the others still hadn't realized it. They were really saved just like that?

"Hurry up and eat while it's hot. My young master has something to order." Bai Shisan reminded kindly.

A group of more than 30 people sat down at a loss, and finally couldn't resist the tempting aroma of the bone soup and pork liver porridge. Fresh and nourishing pork liver, as well as shredded ginger, a bowl will warm up the whole stomach.

Yao Yixin was worried that they would eat too much at one time, so she told Uncle Mu Chai a long time ago to give them two bowls of bone broth and pork liver porridge and stop giving them any more.Fortunately, these people don't know whether they are afraid of eating too much and being disgusted by the host, or because they are really hungry. After eating two bowls of porridge, they put down the bowls and chopsticks. In fact, they want to help clean up. Without orders, they didn't dare to do anything casually, so they could only sit where they were, looking at Yao Yixin eagerly.

"Don't be nervous, everyone. I'm Yao Yixin, the owner of the Yao family village. I hired everyone because our Yao family wants to build a village. We need some people to plant and weed the village, raise some chickens and ducks, and have a group of people. The sheep have to be raised, I think you are probably farmers, and you must be familiar with these tasks."

"We are in the Zhuangzi. We don't do heavy work on weekdays. We just do some farm work for the farmers and help raise the family's livestock. What I want to talk about today is not Zhuangzi. Our Yao family is on the wharf over there. There is also a food shop. I wanted to buy a few guys to put in the shop. If anyone among you wants to work in the shop, you can sign a long-term labor document with our family. There are also rewards during the holidays, and if the business in the shop is good, there will be extra rewards at the end of the year."

"It's just that there is one requirement for the selection of this guy. He must be between the ages of 16 and 40, be in good health, have no disabilities, and have no infectious diseases. He must be diligent in his hands and feet. Those who can cook can be given priority. Moreover, If you want to work in our Yao family's shop, although you don't need to sign a contract of sale, we can agree on a long-term working period, at least you need to sign for more than three years."

"Don't worry about it. Let's stay here tonight. When you go back, you can make up your own calculations. Stay if you want to. Work honestly. The Yao family won't treat you badly. If you don't want to, have breakfast tomorrow morning." , tell the person at the door, and leave on your own.”

After finishing speaking, Yao Yixin asked Uncle Niu to take these people to the servant's room behind Yao's house. There are still a few vacant rooms here, and these people also brought simple bedding and the like. It's hot in summer, so it's enough for one night It doesn't matter, it's good to have a tile to cover yourself when you go out.

"Daddy, I want to work in Yao's shop!" At night, after wandering on the boat for more than ten days, and finally sleeping on the flat ground, Huang Yun looked at his father seriously.

"However, the shop needs to sign paperwork for three years..." Huang's father hesitated. As the saying goes, it is hard to leave their homeland. Although they are fleeing, they still want to go back to their hometown when the drought in the north eases.There is a house and land in my hometown, no matter how hard it is, it is better than wandering outside.

"How about three years? How about 30 years? Our Huang family has lived in our hometown for generations, with severe droughts and minor droughts every year, and military disasters every year. How can we have a good day?" Huang Yun raised his head with a sneer, his eyes Staring fixedly at the two cowardly and old-fashioned fathers, "Grandpa always said that the homeland is hard to leave, and the family is worth tens of millions, but how many generations have those adobe houses in the family been handed down? Our family has the money to build a new house." The few mu of land in the family suffers from drought every year, and after paying rent and taxes, the rest is not enough for our family to eat. Go back? Can I earn [-] Wen a month when I go back? Can I eat three meals a day when I go back? "

"Then, what do you think, Ah Yun?" The Huang family's father has always been very concerned about his big-minded eldest son, but now he heard Huang Yun's repeated questions, and every sentence made his heart hurt. His face was pale.

Huang Yun turned his head and couldn't bear it, but the current situation forced him to be hard-hearted and use this cruel reality to wake up everyone in the Huang family, and also to those who were still hesitating in the Huang family village. A wake-up call.

"I think Mr. Yao's family is kind-hearted. If he was really cruel-hearted, he bought us all at the pier, but paid a few dozen taels of silver, so why bother to bring you back with him under the pretext of hiring a worker? It’s just that we can’t bear to be separated from our family.”

"Mr. Yao's family is benevolent, but we can't be ruthless. Although it is a long-term contract for three years, but the salary of five hundred Wen a month includes food and lodging. Even if there is no New Year's reward, after one year, You can also save a few taels of silver for three years, maybe you can also buy two acres of thin land here, and the family will have a place to stay."

"Then, Ah Yun, what do you mean, do you want our whole family to move here? My hometown, my hometown won't go back?" Huang's father turned pale with shock.

"What are you going back to do? Are you starving to death while guarding those acres of dry land?" Huang Yun smiled angrily, looked at his father, and said coldly, "Eat bran and swallow vegetables in harvest years, and eat soil to escape famine in severe drought years. Dad, if this is the life you want your children to live, then your son should stay here with his younger brothers and sisters, so that if one day our hometown suffers from another drought, you and your father will at least have a place to go to Son……"

"Oh! Stop talking, listen to A Yun, let's stay here!" The other father of the Huang family had been silently listening to his son and husband talking, and now, as if he had made up his mind, he spoke He decided, "Ah Yun is right. I also believe that Mr. Yao is a good person. He is willing to take us in. That is our blessing. It's time to kowtow to thank you for your great kindness."

"Besides, Ah Yun's calculations are reasonable. The salary paid by Mr. Yao's family is higher than the monthly salary of the big family in our hometown. Our family has worked hard here for a few years. I think Yao's village is surrounded by three sides. Mountain, at that time, if you can’t afford good land, you can open a few acres of wasteland in the mountain, or buy a piece of mountain land to build a few adobe houses, wouldn’t you be able to settle down?”

"Yes, Dad, the mountains in the Yao family village are all green. There must be a lot of wild vegetables. If there is no food at home, I will take my younger brothers and sisters to dig wild vegetables in the mountains. It is much better than eating grass roots in my hometown." The second brother of the Huang family I also really want to stay here. Children are simple-minded, and they are willing to stay wherever they can eat, and they don’t have any hometown complex.

Hearing what the members of the Huang family said, other people in the room started talking about it. Although everyone was very reluctant to part with their hometown, what Huang Yun said was right. , in the end, it is just a tragic ending of gnawing grass roots and swallowing chaff. This time, they can go down by boat and meet the kind-hearted young master of the Yao family to take them in. They have accumulated virtue in countless lifetimes. What about the next time?

In the dead of night, in the servant's room in the Yao family's backyard, few people really fell asleep. The longing for their hometown and fear for the future made these people almost sleepless all night.

However, the next day, when the sun rose again, everyone put on their neatest clothes, stood in the courtyard of the Yao family, and kowtowed three times to the main courtyard where the young master of the Yao family lived. Yun came forward and said to Bai Shisan who came to register: "We have discussed it, and we both want to stay and work in Yao's house. From now on, I will ask Mr. Bai to take care of me."

"It's easy to say, you are still good citizens, and I am still a criminal slave bought by the young master." Bai Shisan smiled slightly, but no one dared to look down on this man who called himself a criminal slave.Being able to sign employment documents with them on behalf of the host family is originally a status symbol.

After completing the employment paperwork, they pressed their fingerprints one by one. Bai Shisan put away the employment paperwork and called them to have breakfast first, and arrange the work of these people after dinner. Yao Yixin left all these things to him. Bai Shisan Thirteen is also willing to help, who let him hide his identity as the young master's secret guard?It is also his job to use the opportunity of hiring workers openly to investigate the details of these people.

Today's breakfast, Uncle Muchai, according to Grandpa Zhu's intention, replaced it with yam, red dates and glutinous rice porridge, which has the effect of nourishing the stomach and nourishing qi. It doesn’t need so much, Grandpa Zhu simply gave it to Uncle Muchai to cook. The cooked yam, red dates and glutinous rice porridge, the yam is soft and rotten, the red dates are sweet, and the glutinous rice and japonica rice are mixed and cooked together. It will not be too difficult to digest. The sticky rice is used to increase the viscosity of the porridge, which tastes very sweet and delicious.

Where has everyone in Huangjia Village eaten such a fine medicinal porridge?It's just that Director Bai said that their bodies are suffering too much. If they don't pay close attention to recuperation, if they get sick, they will spend a lot of money to see a doctor. Seeing a doctor is much more expensive than eating porridge. Everyone in Huangjia Village wants to understand this truth. Immediately, I felt that I was still looking at the extravagant glutinous rice porridge with yams and red dates, and it was not so difficult to accept.

"Brother, this porridge with yam, red dates and glutinous rice is really delicious. Is it for gods?" After eating a big bowl of porridge, Huang Yun's youngest sister licked her lips, raised her head, and looked expectantly at the most trusted one. Big brother, "Big brother, will we live here in the future? Will there still be jujube porridge?"

"Yes! When my brother saves money, I will buy you red date cake!" Huang Yun smiled and touched the two buns on Yaomei's head.

"Okay, since everyone is full, let's all come over, let's divide the work during this period of time first." Bai Shisan clapped his hands, looking like an old accountant of a landowner's house. I don't know where the high-cold burden has been dumped by him.