Embracing the ancient times with roses

The family of three left the cloth shop and went directly to the dental shop in the town, where they planned to find a reliable person Yazi to help buy a few people.

When he arrived at the dental shop, Da Zhuang went straight to find old man Wang. It is said that old man Wang is the most reputable in the dental shop. Da Zhuang only found out about this yesterday when he asked the manager of the yamen in the town.

Old man Wang was sitting and talking with some people, when he heard someone looking for him, he felt happy, did he come to work again, looked up and saw a family of three standing at the door, he walked over and asked: "Brother, you What can you do with me?"

Da Zhuang clasped his fists and said: "Tong Da Zhuang in Xia Tongjia Village, today I want to ask Uncle Zhang to help me find some people."

As soon as old man Zhang heard about it, "Oh, it turns out to be Village Chief Tong. It's easy to say, easy to say, what kind of person are you looking for? Buy or hire, brother or boy, how many people do you want?"

Da Zhuang knew it was reliable when he heard it, and Li Xiu also thought that this person was very professional, Da Zhuang thought for a while and said: "I want to be a family, honest and hardworking, character is the most important, good health, my The requirement is to buy more, preferably more kids."

When old man Zhang heard this, he pondered for a while and said: "There are really a few people staying in Renshi. They are refugees from the south, and ordinary people can't afford it. There are several couples, and they are all boys. A pair of father and mother."

Da Zhuang asked, "Why can't it be used?"

Old man Zhang said: "This family is very capable, but those boys are too good to eat. Good people are afraid of being poor, so no one dares to hire them. Besides, the father of those boys has never worked. I used to work as a shopkeeper in a local shop. Because of a disaster, the owner’s family closed the shop. There was no way the whole family came out to escape the famine. It is very neat, and it looks like a loud person."

When Li Xiu heard this, his eyes lit up. These people are not bad, so he pulled Da Zhuang's clothes and expressed that he wanted to take a look. After Da Zhuang understood, he said, "Master Zhang, take us to see it." , if it fits, I'll buy it."

Old man Zhang was very happy when he heard it. From this point of view, he was doing big things, and he handled things neatly without dragging his feet.

Li Xiu saw that Da Zhuang's family was very good at things, he was not the same as when he was at home, he was still very manly, and he also hoped that the person he liked had a manly look, but he did not like it.

Regardless of what Li Xiu thinks, did the group of four leave the dental shop? They went straight to the slave market in the town. To put it bluntly, it is a slave market. There are everyone here, and many of them are refugees. Immediately surrounded him, Da Zhuang was afraid that those people would scare Li Xiu, so he hurriedly kept Li Xiu by his side, while Tong Xiaobao buried his head on his aunt's shoulder and watched them secretly.

Old man Zhang looked at these people and said, "Go and go, I didn't come to look for you, they already have a match."

Those people curled their lips and went back to their positions. Li Xiu let out a sigh of relief. These people are too scary, as if he wanted to eat them. Li Xiu was really afraid of these people and snatched them away. These people are very hungry, can't find work, and really can do anything.

When the four of them came to the farthest corner of the market, Li Xiu and Da Zhuang saw five people sitting in the corner at a glance. The old couple are in their 30s and less than [-] years old, which is a good age in modern times, and what makes Lixiu most satisfied is that their clothes are very clean, even if they are in trouble, they have not forgotten No personal hygiene issues, which shows that Ah Mo of this family is a neat person.

Seeing Li Xiu and the others and old man Zhang approaching, those few people stood up, and when they came to them, they saluted first: "Brother Zhang, hello." The others followed suit.

The old man Zhang said with a smile: "Mr. Qin is very happy for you. These two are the village head of Tongjia Village outside the town and his husband. They want to see if you are willing to follow along to work, but the words are up front. But you have to sign a contract of sale."

The man immediately nodded and said: "All right, as long as there is a place to take us in, we don't choose. Although I was the shopkeeper at the beginning, my three sons helped to do the housework. The few acres of land at home , we don’t have to worry about it at all, it’s all done with the help of my three sons, although they eat more, but they also do a lot.” After speaking, he sighed, it seems that he resigned to his fate .

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "My family doesn't have much land, but I think there will be more in the future. If the two of you can't do heavy work, I can't pay you too much. Think about it, there are a lot of chores in the village. We The reason why the couple came to hire people is to let you help with the care of the home, and to help with the work, but if there is any change in the future, I will give you a raise in wages."

The man thought for a while and said: "Well, although I can't do much farm work now, I can still feed pigs and chickens. As for my wife, you don't need to pay wages. She can help with cooking, sewing, and mending." What, as long as the clothes of the four seasons are enough."

Da Zhuang nodded, "Since this is the case, well, let's make it so. I will give you four people's wages every year. A family of five will get 30 taels a year. The other five people's four seasons clothes, if you agree, go to the Yamen to sign Contract, if not, we will leave."

The man surnamed Qin nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, okay, but we have to sign a deed of living, and when we have money in the future, we can redeem ourselves."

Da Zhuang glanced at Li Xiu and said, "Yes."

So a group of people left the market, ran to the town's yamen, and found the person in charge to explain the situation. The Tong family is a slave. When everything is done, the man of the Qin family took the lead in signing the contract of selling himself, and the whole family put their hands on the pledge. Under the witness of everyone, the sale and purchase agreement was completed. From now on, the Qin family is their family It's my servant.

Then Da Zhuang thanked the steward, gave the man two taels of silver for drinking, and finally took the family and old man Zhang out of the yamen, and gave Zhang old man two taels of silver for matchmaking at the door. The Zhuang family left.

Seeing that everyone had left, Li Xiu discussed with Da Zhuang to see if he could buy winter clothes for a few of them, Da Zhuang nodded and said, "Brother Qin, let's go to the cloth shop in the town first and buy winter clothes. I think it’s going to be freezing this day, so make it early to save time, and it’s too late to make it now.”

Qin Hongchang is the man of this family, and said: "Don't bother, my husband can do it. Let's buy the fabric and cotton first, and let him do it slowly. We all have winter clothes."

Li Xiu looked at Da Zhuang and nodded, "That's fine, just follow what Brother Qin said."

So the family came to the cloth shop again, and the shopkeeper Wu saw that Da Zhuang's family had come back, followed by several people. Da Zhuang saw his thoughts and said, "Treasurer Wu made some clothes for a few people. Cotton cloth, two sets per person, and cloth and cotton for making cotton coats and trousers.”

Shopkeeper Wu heard that he couldn't agree with the purchase of so much music, so he immediately asked the little guy to come over to measure a few people, choose clothes and shoes and socks, all of which are double, and when they are all done, it is already noon , Shopkeeper Wu gave him a [-]% discount, which cost more than four taels of silver. Li Xiu didn't feel bad this time. He thought that he would definitely earn it back in the future. Now it's the stage of early investment.

After bidding farewell to the cloth shop, a few people went to Wang Zhang's grocery store. The donkey cart was still there. When they arrived at the place, Li Xiu waited at the door. Da Zhuang went in to say goodbye to Wang Zhang. Before leaving, Wang Zhang sent it out. Li Xiu thought for a while and said, "Brother Wang, do we still have paraffin here?"

Wang Zhang shook his head and said, "It's gone, why do Brother Xiu still want to use it?"

Li Xiu nodded and said, "Brother Wang, when you are free, you are getting me some of those things. I want as many as I want."

Wang Zhang nodded and said: "There are all those things, don't worry, next time those businessmen from the Western Regions come again, I will pay attention to you, and I will keep them for you."

Li Xiu smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Wang."

"Thank you, I'm not an outsider." He turned his head and glanced at Da Zhuang again: "Your family is really capable, you don't know that the few jars of side dishes you brought over just now are almost sold out, next time I will be there I’m sending more back before the market. I’ve asked the little guy to clean up the jars for you, and I’ll take them back later. There’s still some left over, so I’m going to keep them for myself. This is the two taels I just sold. Silver, take it."

Li Xiu took a look and was amused, "Is it so easy to sell?"

Wang Zhang nodded and said it was very good.

Li Xiu took the money and handed the six coins inside to Wang Zhang, "Brother Wang, you take care of the six coins, as we agreed at the beginning."

Wang Zhang took it with a smile: "Okay, then I will take it, but you wait for me to bring back some candy for Xiaobao, and keep it for eating." After speaking, he raised his hand and put a bag of candy and A bag of snacks was handed to Da Zhuang.

Da Zhuang accepted it with a smile, and put it in the basket, Tong Xiaobao's eyes lit up when he saw the candy, but at Li Xiu's request, he still smiled and said: "Thank you Uncle Wang, Xiaobao likes candy. "

Wang Zhang patted Tong Xiaobao's head and said, "Good boy, if you run out of food, come here. Uncle Wang will get it for you then."

Tong Xiaobao couldn't keep his mouth shut, and even waved his hand at Wang Zhang when he said goodbye to Wang Zhang. Li Xiu glanced at Tong Xiaobao, and said contemptuously, "Just like your father, he's a foodie."

Comrade Da Zhuang was also shot while lying down. Seeing the two of them making a fuss there, he shook his head.Let a few people get in the car and prepare to go home. Seeing that it is a donkey cart, the Qin family members are embarrassed to get in the cart. They are afraid that the donkey will be exhausted. It's not good to tire the donkey to death.

When Da Zhuang saw that the Qin family didn't get in the car, he finally made up his mind. A few men were walking on the ground, Li Xiu carried Xiaobao and Qin Mengshi in the car, and put the luggage brought by the Qin family on the car. Now no one has an opinion.

The family went back to Tongjia Village in a mighty way. As soon as they entered the village, they met Li Da who was delivering tofu to the town. When Li Da saw the people following Da Zhuang, he asked, "Who are you, Da Zhuang?"

Da Zhuang stopped the car and said: "These are the people I hired in the town. You know, didn't the last one break into the house? This time, I hired some workers to help take care of the house. "

Li Da nodded: "That's right. Your home is at the foot of the mountain and at the head of the village. The yard is quite big, so it attracts people's attention. It's good to hire a few people. It's good to help out when nothing happens. By the way, there are still people at home. What about the tofu you left, remember to pick it up later, I’m going to town now, so I won’t tell you more.”

Da Zhuang nodded: "Let's go, come back early, don't make your Jiang Feng wait in a hurry, be careful on the road, there are many refugees now, pay attention."

Li Da nodded and drove the car away. He knew what Da Zhuang said was right. He saw the bandits caught by Da Zhuang's family yesterday. They must have caught them. If they didn't catch them, they went into the village. , who might be unlucky!

Da Zhuang and the others went back to their home. As soon as they entered the door, the Qin family was taken aback. They didn't expect Da Zhuang's house to be so big, the yard was spacious, well-kept and well-organized, and he fell in love with it just by looking up. Here, my heart is very happy.

Several people helped Li Xiu and Da Zhuang pack up all the things they bought, and moved into the main room of the house. Li Xiu put down Tong Xiaobao, led the family to sit in the main room, and waited for Da Zhuang to come back after unloading the car, discussing How to live.

When Da Zhuang came back, Li Xiu spoke first: "Brother Da Zhuang, how do you think our house lives?"

Da Zhuang is also worried, there is a kang in the west room of their house, and the east room cannot be used by people. First, it was converted into a washroom by Li Xiu and him, and there is a tunnel there, so no one can let people into the house.

Vegetables were just planted in the east courtyard yesterday, and finally Da Zhuang patted his forehead and said, "Well, let's clean up the warehouse and turn it into a wing room. That room is a one-and-a-half room, and there is a big kang in the room. In order to keep the dry food, let them live in this time, let them live in the winter first, and wait until the spring to clean up the east courtyard. They are moving there. As for the things in that house, move them to the warehouse in the east courtyard first. , anyway, the basement of the house is very spacious, and things can be accommodated.”

On the bright side, Da Zhuang was the head of the family, and if Li Xiu had no objections, the Qin family even had no objections.Just do what you say, Da Zhuang took Qin's family master and four to clean up the warehouse, Lixiu took Qin Mengshi to the kitchen to cook, Tong Xiaobao was a little sleepy, so Lixiu put him on the kang in the west room, let He slept by himself, and the child was very obedient and fell asleep obediently.

When Lixiu finished the meal, Da Zhuang and the others came back, and the two families sat at the same table to eat. Qin Hongchang disagreed and said that they were servants, how could they sit and eat with the master.Finally, Da Zhuang said, "It's nothing, let's eat together, there are no outsiders, and we just want to hire you to work with us. There is no other purpose, and there is no one in the family. It's just us, so be polite."

Finally, Qin Hongchang sat down: "Since master, you don't dislike us. I won't say anything else. From today on, we will work hard and never be lazy."

Da Zhuang nodded, "Okay, remember what you said, I am the most honored person to be cheated by others, if I find out, you can go back and forth."

Those people nodded repeatedly, expressing that they would not be lazy.When Li Xiu saw that it was almost done, he said, "Okay, let's eat. What's the matter? I'll talk about it after dinner." People only ate two bowls, and the family ate the rest. Lixiu thought, I'm afraid I can't always make fine grains in the future, let's mix it with coarse grains, otherwise, the family will be ruined.

The Qin family eats most of the three boys, which may be the reason why the food cooked by Li Xiu is delicious, and it is also because they have not had a serious meal for a long time, anyway, they are very full, but seeing Li Xiu and everyone With strong eyes, he lowered his head in embarrassment.

Li Xiu smiled: "It's okay, it's not enough for us to do, you live here, don't be surprised, you can eat well, there is food at home, besides, if you don't have enough to eat, you can't work, right?"

Da Zhuang nodded and said: "It's all right, as long as you do a good job, you should have enough to eat and drink. Today is the first day for you to come here, and you will not have to paper the windows of that room beforehand to save ventilation. Burn the kang to save the tide of the kang, and in the afternoon I will go to the village to get you a bathtub, and you can take a bath to stop the lice from growing."

Qin Hongchang immediately nodded and said, "Thank you so much, master, you are really good people, we will definitely do our best and never cause trouble for the masters."

Li Xiu and Da Zhuang nodded, expressing their satisfaction. . . . . .