The Road to the Imperial Examinations of Farmers in Ancient Times

After Li Shanshan and the others moved to live in the new house, the cooking was also moved to their kitchen.

Every morning before dawn, Li Lao Er took his wife to work at his elder brother's house.

It was only now that Li Dahua belatedly discovered what was different after they separated from their uncle's family.In the past, the two of them did business together, no matter how much money they earned, it was the money of the two of them, but now that the two families are separated, many things are completely different from before.

The prescriptions for making food are in the hands of his uncle's family, and it is said that the business is still in their uncle's family.Now their second room is mostly to help with work, and they can only get their share, and it is impossible to want more.

It's too late for Li Dahua to regret it now.

After the house was built and the family had a spare house, the matter of buying someone was brought up again.After the family made arrangements, they still decided to buy two people and come back to work.This day, after Li Shanshan sent his son to the academy to study, he went to the town to find someone to buy. After seeing the people, he bought three people.

It was a middle-aged couple with a half-grown boy who was eight or nine years old.

They used to work in a rich family's house, but because the boy was slandered by the master's young master and stole things, he beat up a family of three and sold them out. The child almost died of illness on the way, but fortunately he survived. Life should not die.

Generally, people who come to buy people like to ask for young and strong people, like their family of three, the youngest and the youngest are too young, so no one has been asking for it, not to mention that when they hear that they have stolen things and their hands and feet are not clean, they will be even more so. No one dared to buy them anymore, so the family of three moved to Qingping Town.

"Master, please buy us. We will work hard when we go back." The family of three knelt on the ground and begged the elder to take them back.

They have been unable to sell, Ren Yazi only gives them one meal a day now, if this continues, they will not even have a meal.The children are still so young, they cannot follow them to starve to death.

"If you want these three people, I'll charge you two big ones, and I won't ask you for the small one. It's a gift for you. You can take the young one home and raise it for a year or so so that you can do any job. "When Ren Yazi saw it, it was not easy for someone to want these three people. The little one looked sick and didn't know if he could support him. If someone wanted it, he could just give it away, and save wasting food here.

"Okay, let's take these three." After understanding that they did not steal from the master's house, but were slandered by the master's house, Li Shanshan actually took a fancy to the fact that they did things in the rich family's house.

Seeing the children snuggled up beside their parents, I thought of the boy in his family. The two children were about the same age, and they happened to be bought back to be his family's three treasures as book boys, so I decided to have them.

"Okay, okay, let's go to the yamen to go through the formalities and get a seal, and you can take these three people away." Ren Yazi smiled when he saw the deal was completed.

They went to the yamen and signed a deed at the yamen, and Li Shanshan held the deed of sale of the three of them in his hand.

"Before I do this, let me make it clear that our family is just an ordinary farmer's family, and we do rough work. As long as you work hard, you will have to eat. As long as you have no faults, we will not punish you casually." "They are not a big family, even though their lives are better now, they are still living in poverty, Li Shanshan made it clear earlier.

If they want to take them back to steal away from work, he will never spare them.

"Yes, sir, this slave can do any kind of work, the heavy work and the hard work are handed over to the slave, as long as the master gives the slave a bite of food to keep him from starving."

"When the slaves are sold to the master, they are born as members of the master's family and die as ghosts of the master's family. Even if you beat the slave to death, the slave will never dare to say that the master is wrong." The family of three knelt on the ground, dressed in rags , can not see the original appearance.

Li Shanshan didn't despise them either, but frowned imperceptibly, and said, "Get up, there's no need to beat them to death, as long as you work hard and don't do anything wrong, I won't beat you casually." .”

"Yes, yes, yes." The man pulled the old woman up, and the family of three stood up.

They are slaves, even if the master beats them to death, they still deserve it, the government will not care about their life and death, and it is their fate to follow the evil master.Originally, they were still worried that the one who bought them would be a bad family, but after hearing what the master said, the couple glanced at each other, feeling at ease.

On the way back, Li Shanshan took out a copper plate and bought a few buns for them, "Eat, we will go back when we are full."

"Thank you, sir."

The family of three grabbed the buns and started to eat, all looking very hungry.

Li Shanshan turned his face away, and waited until they finished eating and gave them a little water before taking them back.Seeing that the younger one could not walk too far, he lifted the younger one onto the donkey cart, let the woman and child sit on top, and the two of them walked underneath.

After walking a long way before returning to Lijia Village, Li Shanshan asked someone to stand in the yard, went in and brought out some clean old clothes, and said, "Go over there and take a shower, change into clean clothes before come over."

"Yes, sir, let's go now."

The family of three went to take a shower, changed into clean clothes, and washed their faces to reveal their original appearance. They looked upright, and it could be seen that working in a rich family's house was different.

Li Shanshan looked at the person, nodded, and said, "Come with me."

In the room, Mrs. Li Wang and Sun Yi were sitting inside.

"The servant has seen the old lady, the young lady^"

"Well, let's get up and talk." Li Wang looked down at the three people kneeling on the ground. Just now his son came in and told her about buying someone back.Now that she saw the man, Li Wang was quite satisfied, and said, "From now on, you will work hard in our house, as long as you are not lazy and treacherous, you will have a bite to eat."

"Yes, old lady, the servants understand."

Women who have given birth to a child can tell at a glance that the young lady is pregnant with a child, at least six or seven months old

Sun Yi looked at them with a smile on her face and asked, "What's your name?"

"In the words of Young Madam, the names of the slaves are all given by the master, please give them names from the master and madam" said the woman.

Sun Yi raised her eyes and looked at Fu Lang. Li Shanshan, the head of the family, couldn't think of a name, so he said, "Let's talk about this matter when Sambo comes back."

Dad is an uneducated, illiterate, and can't choose a name. Fortunately, his son can read. Even the husband praised him, and he will let his son pick it up when he returns home. That's the deal!Li Shanshan didn't think there was anything wrong with leaving this trivial matter to his son.

When Li Wen came back from the academy, he saw three extra servants at home.

As soon as his father came back, he asked him to name the three servants. Li Wen's eyes twitched. Doesn't his father know that his son is also a waste of names?After asking their original names, Li Wen simply left it to Liu Tian to change their surnames.

Liu Tian was changed to Li Tian, ​​and the woman's name was Du Lanqiu.

As for this kid who is going to be his book boy in the future, his original name was too ugly, so he simply changed his name to Li Tong. "Slave, thank you young master for giving me your name."

Seeing the three people who knelt down for him with a "snap", Li Wen's eyes twitched, and he said with a headache, "Get up, our family kneels every now and then, you guys first get rid of the knelt The bug has been corrected.,,

He is a child who grew up under the red flag. He has never kneeled before anyone since he was a child, let alone let others kneel down to him.Now give him a few people who kneel down for him with a "snap" every now and then, this picture is really...

After asking, I found out that Li Tong was the same age as him, and looked two or three years younger than him. He was skinny, with only a skeleton left.

After knowing the kind of life they used to live, and then want to buy them to work at home, give them a family of three to eat, and not mistreat them, thinking about the guilt of human trafficking in Li Wen's heart Feeling a little lighter.

He told himself in his heart that the times are different, the times are different, just buy it if you buy it, and if they have a bite to eat at home, they will have a bite to eat.

So Li Tian's family of three settled down in their home.

Just the two small houses at the back were used by their family of three.

Boss Huang's business was good, and they also got dividends in their hands. After they had capital in their hands, the Li family father and son discussed the matter of opening a bakery shop.After he sent out cakes on Mrs. Lu's birthday last time, many people are now asking about the cakes, and they want to open the shop while it's hot.

In another month, it will be the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and they have to open the shop before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so as to sell this year's mooncakes.

Li Wen thought that after the shop opened, he would study more flavors of mooncakes, and he would not worry about not having business.In the past few years, their family has made a lot of mooncakes and made word of mouth. Basically, those who bought mooncakes from them last year will find them to buy mooncakes next year.

"Father, you can ask Boss Huang about finding a shop. Maybe he has a good introduction." Li Wen asked his father to find Huang Wanli. Huang Wanli has opened a shop in the town for more than ten years. He knows that the pavement is better

of.

"All right, this matter will be done by daddy. You can read your book with peace of mind." Seeing that his son is so keen on these things, Li Valley is really worried that it will affect his child's study, so he only allows him to read his book. As long as he likes to study, let his father handle these things at home.

"Hey, I got it, Dad will thank you for your hard work."

The relationship between father and son has become closer in the past few years, and Li Shanshan will discuss with his son about anything.

Knowing that his father can handle the business of the shop well, Li Wen doesn't care about these things. He reads when he should study every day, rests when he should rest, and sometimes comes back to accompany his mother, who has only a few months of belly. will be able to give birth.The first time he felt the little brother in his mother's belly moving, he still remembered the surprise to this day, and he ran to touch his mother's belly when he had nothing to do.

After the family bought someone back to work, many things have been done. Now his mother only needs to rest assured to raise the baby. Probably this is one of the benefits of buying a family back.