Little wealth

So after discussing, they still decided to ask Ren Yazi to see if there is any suitable person, and if there is a suitable person, they will buy two and come back to work.It's just that they didn't know anyone in this industry in the town, so they contacted the official who brought them to see the house last time.

This real estate agent is very young, probably in his early 20s, and his surname is Sun, ranking fourth among his brothers and sisters. Everyone who knows him calls him Sun Asi.

Sun Asi heard from his uncle that someone was looking for him. After asking clearly, he knew that it was the shop of Mr. Zhao, who rented two fronts from him last time. He thought there was something wrong with the rented house, so he came over here Only then did I realize that they wanted to buy someone, so I asked him to ask if he knew anyone in this field.Needless to say, he really knew people.

Since he is a regular customer who has rented a house here, Sun Asi is naturally willing to help out. He is just taking people around, so he said with a smile: "If you ask me, you are asking the right person. It just so happens that I A friend is in charge of these things, I will take you to ask him to see if there is any suitable person on their side."

"Oh, that's good. I don't know if Manager Sun has time today, can he take us there?" Josh asked.

"Yes, I can take you there now." Sun Ahsi replied.

"Then trouble Manager Sun to lead us the way." Josh gave their Master Zhao a look, and explained to their uncle and Chen Yan, asking them to look at the store here, and they went to see if there was any. The right one, bring two back.

After receiving the reminder, Master Zhao took out a small purse from his arms and handed it to the other party.

"Okay, let's go now?" Sun Asi didn't refuse, and put it in his sleeve with a smile. He just squeezed it, and there was a small piece of silver in his purse, which was about a tael. He usually runs several times to earn more errand fees.

What they earn for doing this job is not just an errand fee. Since others are willing to pay, they are of course willing to help run errands.

The three of them went out together, and after asking if the place was not very far away, they didn't go out in a donkey cart, and simply walked over.

The other party didn't take them to the street, but walked through the alleys. This alley crossed that alley, and they turned around before they came to the gate of a yard.

If someone hadn't brought them with them, they definitely wouldn't have been able to find such a place.

Looking at such a small place, Josh was a little puzzled. Could it be that the people traded here are human trafficked by human traffickers?If this is the case, they will certainly not be able to help the evildoers.

As if seeing what the regular customer was thinking, Sun Asi explained: "Don't worry, you two, this is a place under the name of the government. The people who are sent here are all named under the name of the government, and some of them are criminals. family members and domestic slaves, and some who sold themselves as slaves, there is absolutely no population of unknown origin.”

Population trading in Daliang is a gray industry, but there are still some slightly more formal institutions under the name of the government. Most of these places are family members of some criminals or domestic slaves.

"Oh, if that's the case, then take us in and have a look." Only then can Josh be relieved.

**

"Knock Knock-"

Sun Asi reached out and knocked on the door, and a voice from inside asked, "Who is it?"

"Is Lao Zhou there? I have something to do with him."

After a while, the door was opened from the inside, and it was Lao Zhou whom Sun Ahsi was looking for to open the door.Lao Zhou looked much older than Sun Ah Si, short and fat, wearing a blue-gray robe, with only a few sparse hairs on top of his head.

The two met and said hello, and Sun Asi introduced the two people behind him to Lao Zhou, and explained their purpose of coming, "Do you have any good products here recently? My two regular customers want to buy two .”

"Oh, a group of people just came here recently, let's come in and have a look." Lao Zhou glanced at the two people behind him, and when he saw the two standing very close, he knew they were a couple.His eyes swept over the handsome brother next to him, without stopping, he turned and walked in.

"Let's go, let's go in and take a look." Apparently, it wasn't the first time Sun Asi came here, leading the two customers inside.

Before stepping into the yard, I saw some people lying or sitting on the ground in the yard, some old and some young, some old people with gray hair, and some young children who looked like seven or eight years old. .

The sun is good today. These people are basking in the sun outside the yard. Some people are scratching the lice in their hair, and they ate them after they scratched them and put them in their mouths.

There are some thugs guarding these people around the yard, but even without these thugs guarding them, these people have already registered with the government. They are penniless and have no identity registration. Even if they run out of this small courtyard, they will go elsewhere.There are people here who give them a mouthful of food and water to drink, and they may starve to death because there is no food outside.

Inside and outside the door are two completely different worlds.

Zhao He held Fu Lang's hand subconsciously, and the two exchanged a look. Josh gave the man a look of nothing, but he didn't withdraw his hand, and let the man hold his hand inward. Walk.

"Go and bring out the people in the house." Lao Zhou held a whip in his hand, and asked his men to bring out the people in the house, and drove these people sitting outside the yard, making them all stand up and stand up. go aside.

Soon a few thugs brought out a group of people from the house. This group of people looked better than the ones outside just now. There were men, women, and brothers. Basically, they were all in their teens or twenties. Wait, there are a few good-looking ones in there.

Lao Zhou turned his head and said to the people behind him: "This group is new, you can pick and choose if you like it."

"Go ahead, you pick." Zhao He always gave Fu Lang his family's ideas, and he also listened to Fu Lang when it came to buying someone.

Josh looked at the group of people standing in front of him. He was a man in two lifetimes. He had bought many things, food, drink and clothing, but this was the first time he came back to buy someone, which made his conscience a little ache.But at the same time, he told himself in his heart that they took people away to buy them back to work, and they didn't want them to do something that would destroy their conscience and inhumanity. It was better than staying in this dirty and messy yard. , continue to wait for others to choose the good.

So thinking about it this way, his conscience felt a little better again.

"I want to tell you in advance that when we come to buy people today, we buy them back to work at home. They have to do all kinds of rough and heavy work. They are not brought back to be young ladies and masters, so you have to think about it later. Stand up." Although they are here to buy people, but this matter still has to be based on your own wishes, Qiao Xu does not want to buy someone who is weak and unable to do any work, so as to save time and take him back If they don't work, they don't beat or scold them, and they are the ones who have a headache.

"You just take it away if you think it looks like, why tell them so much." It was the first time that Lao Zhou saw someone come to them to pick someone, and he said so many rules.

"Show me your hands." Josh coughed and asked everyone to show him their hands. He looked over one by one, and he sifted out the first batch of hands without calluses. .

At the end, this one was even standing in a lazy posture. Although the other party had a scar on his face, he could still see the original beauty of this face, but it was severely destroyed by a scar on it.

Under his gaze, this person reluctantly stretched out a hand to him for a look. These hands are beautiful, with slender fingers, and there is not even a callus on them. Hands that have worked.

However, Josh still noticed such a guy with a scar on his face and a bit of personality. After seeing it for the first time, he already had someone in his heart to choose, so he asked, "Are there any of you who can read and count?" ? Or those who are good at cooking and sewing? Or those who know other things, you can also tell me.” Since they are here to buy people, of course they have to choose carefully.Although they are here to buy people to go back to work, it is even better if they have other additional talents.

"Slave can cook."

"... Nunu can do needlework."

"Slave knows a few words."

"..."

Josh's eyes swept over these people, and fell on the thin figure standing at the end.It happened that the other party also looked up at him, and the eyes of the two met. How should I put it, they were a pair of calm and world-weary eyes.But he didn't expect that he would hear that person say, "I can read and do arithmetic."

"..." For some reason, at this moment, Josh saw that this person wanted to go with him.

After asking around, only the world-weary brother standing at the end is literate and able to do arithmetic. He is short of someone who can help him and manage affairs. There is no second better choice. Now, he chose this person, "Then you."

"And the two of you together." Later, he picked two more girls, one of whom was the girl who said she could cook just now, and the other was not outstanding, she was literate, and she had calloused hands. Girl with working hands.

Originally, he wanted to pick a few brothers, but he didn't like the few brothers here, and the other party didn't seem to want to go with them, so he didn't have the idea of ​​forcing the other party.

"Would you like to go over there and pick two children to go back?" He said to Master Zhao after he finished picking people on his side.

Zhao He was also looking at the children here just now. These children did not look much older than their sons, but they were sold here as slaves at a young age. He felt a little pity for these children in his heart, so he said : "Then pick two and go back."

"Go and have a look, the small ones are over there. Just take away the ones you like. These small ones are cheaper than the big ones." Lao Zhou was just like this, what to do with these small and old ones, these old and small ones The food has been sent here for more than half a year, and no one wants it. They have to give them so much food every day. How much food is wasted day by day.

It will be cold soon, and these old and young people are prone to illness, and if one dies, the other will lose. At that time, they may not even be able to get back their capital.

Now when he heard that the other party wanted younger ones, Lao Zhou's attitude suddenly became very enthusiastic, "I didn't say that, these little ones can help you work after taking them home for a year or so. The ones raised since childhood are also loyal to you, and they can work for you when they grow up, how wonderful it is.”

Josh thought I believed your nonsense, this child who doesn't seem to be much older than their son, can work after taking it home and raising it for a year or so?You thought it was raising pigs, after half a year, they would be ready for slaughter!

But it's true that they were raised loyal to them.

Thinking that their Master Zhao is short of two apprentices, instead of looking for them in the village, it is better to just buy two here and take them home. They have the deed of sale in their hands, and they don’t have to worry that those who buy them back will betray them. He pushed Master Zhao out to pick someone, "You go pick someone."

"Only these two." Zhao He is not as particular about picking people as his husband, as long as they are eye-catching, he casually pointed to two people he seemed to like.

"Why just pick two, pick two more, I'll talk to the yamen about these two, and I'll give you a cheaper one." Lao Zhou pulled two small ones out and forced them to the other party, "Bring two more. Bring two more, it’s so small, you can feed yourself with just a steamed bun and drool.”

"..." Josh looked at this bald-headed act of forced selling, and wanted to pull him out, but seeing the two children in ragged clothes, starving and skinny, he couldn't bear it, so he had to keep him.

In the end, after some bargaining, they took the three older ones and the four younger ones and left together. The four younger ones were eleven or twelve years old, and the two that were forced by old Zhou looked only seven or eight years old. Years old, the youngest one, who was next to an older child, looked ignorant and didn't understand anything else, and didn't know if he was seven or eight years old.

Forget it, let's just think that there are two more cats and dogs in the family. These children look really pitiful, so let's take them home.

Later, they took people to follow Lao Zhou to the yamen to go through the formalities, and after paying the silver taels, they held these people's contracts of sale in their hands.

After completing the formalities and saying goodbye to Lao Zhou and Liu Ahsi, they took their people back to the store.

When passing by the cloth shop, Josh dropped in to buy some ready-to-wear clothes, and took these people back to their shop, and made people line up to take a bath and wash their hair, otherwise they would all be full of stink and lice , he himself was the first one who couldn't bear it.

Seeing that his son and daughter-in-law brought so many people back this trip, Zhao Amu couldn't help but asked a little worriedly: "Why did you bring so many people back?" Four children, can they work at such a young age?

"It's okay, I bought everything back, these little ones are apprentices with Lao Zhao, and I will leave them to work in the shop here in the future, serve tea and pour water, and put one to help at the barbecue shop. I will bring two It's almost time to go back." After bringing them back, Josh also felt that they were a little overheated at the time, and brought so many children back.

But now that they have brought all the belts, they can't sell them again, so they can only keep them in the shop. The two bigger ones can serve tea and water, and the two smaller ones can serve them. As an apprentice, you should be able to learn something after a few years of study, and you can help with work.