Xiao Yuchen was frozen there.
At such a close distance, he saw with his own eyes the suffering of the people under his decree.
The class he grew up in could not see this.
Whether women's schools are allowed to open will not have a great impact on women from noble families.
Because they have ethnic studies, they have teachers at home, and they can receive enlightenment guidance from famous teachers at home without leaving home.
Their parents and brothers are all literate people.
If Xiao Yuchen hadn't come out this time, he would never have seen it because he didn't allow female accountants.
It would lead to three women being sold like animals.
"How much betrothal gift did you receive?" Wen Jin asked the old woman.
"Hey! Don't listen to the children's nonsense. It's their late mother who deliberately caused trouble! I am their biological grandmother, can I harm them?
"The family chosen for them is a wealthy family with a radius of dozens of miles! Let them go to enjoy their happiness!"
Wen Jin said coldly, "You can enjoy this blessing yourself!"
"Eh? Madam, what are you talking about..."
"I happen to be short of servants, please consider it." Wen Jin said.
Yue'er hugged Wen Jin's neck with some fear, "Auntie, will Yue'er also be sold in the future?"
Yue'er's words gave Xiao Yuchen a heads-up.
His psychological defense was completely broken.
Creak, creak, creak...his fist made a terrifying sound.
"I have already received the betrothal gift. If I return it, it will hurt my feelings...at least I will have to compensate others..."
"There are three of us, you make a price." Wen Jin said.
The old woman tentatively stretched out three fingers, "Four, forty taels... no less! They have been eating from our Lao Gao family for so many years! To feed such a big family..."
"You stretched out three!" her granddaughter corrected, "you have to stretch out another finger for four."
The old woman raised her hand to slap her again.
"Deal!" Wen Jin shouted at her, "Sign and sign, the person is mine. If you dare to touch my person again, I will not be polite to you."
Wen Jin returned to the carriage, wrote the paperwork, and took out four silver ingots that were full of gold and gold.
When the old woman saw the silver ingot, her eyes gleamed.
This is much closer than when she saw her own granddaughter.
The two girls, although young, are sensitive.
The two girls looked coldly and quietly walked to the injured woman, supporting her from one side to the other.
The old woman made her finger prints on the receipt, smiled eagerly, and put the four silver ingots into her arms.
"You...you can't go back on your word, can you?" She said, holding the silver ingot.
Wen Jin ignored her and returned to the carriage with his daughter in his arms.
"Come up." Wen Jin said to the mother and daughter.
The woman took her two daughters, knelt down towards Wen Jin's family, and kowtowed three times, "Thank you so much! Thank you so much, madam, you are such a generous official!"
"We are in a hurry, come up quickly." Wen Jin nodded.
Mother and daughter crept onto the carriage.
Seeing the thick fur blankets spread in the carriage compartment, the three of them didn't know where to put their hands and feet.
Yue'er looked at them curiously and said enthusiastically, "Sit down quickly, my dad drives the car very fast! If you don't sit firmly, you will fall!"
Xiao Yuchen outside the carriage coughed heavily, "Everyone, sit tight. Drive——"
"I...slave, slave, go and drive the car! How can I let the master drive the car and the slave ride in the car? No, there is no such rule!" the woman said very awkwardly.
"You sit down. I have medicine here. You can quickly treat the wound." Wen Jin said, "We are also responsible for your injury."
Wen Jin took out a small bottle with white medicine to stop bleeding.
The woman was about to turn over and kneel down to thank him.
"Stop kneeling, your knee is injured." Wen Jin waved his hand and handed the medicine bottle to the older girl.
The woman glanced at her quickly, with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, ma'am."
Although her two daughters look timid, they are very clever.
The two girls knelt down quickly on the floor of the carriage and kowtowed to Wen Jin, "Thank you madam, you are such a good person and a great benefactor to my family of three!"
Wen Jin felt strange...
If she could have dealt with her and Xiao Yuchen's problems earlier... maybe she wouldn't have let them go through today's ordeal.
Thinking about it, after seeing all this, Xiao Yuchen's stubborn heart will loosen up, right?
"Do you have any other relatives you can rely on?" Wen Jin asked.
Mother and daughter all looked at her in surprise.
The eldest daughter cried first, "Madam, you...don't you want us?"
Wen Jin sighed, "Don't worry, if you really have no place to go, I will settle you in. My home is not nearby, and we have other things to attend to, so we can't take you back home."
The mother and daughter looked at each other in panic, then shook their heads in confusion.
"No, we have nowhere to go. Our father is gone, and our mother's place to make a living is gone... We are not afraid of hardship or tiredness. We are willing to do any job you give us!" the eldest girl said eagerly.
The little girl also nodded.
The woman was sensible and pulled her two daughters to stop talking.
"My lady saved us and bought us. From now on, we are her slaves, but we are subject to her arrangements.
"Slave Liu Lan, this is my eldest daughter Gao, Xiaoping, who is eight years old this year. This is my second daughter Xiaofang, who is six years old.
"Thanks to the grace of the Empress, this slave has attended girls' school for three years. She is literate, can do arithmetic, and is proficient in abacus. She used to work as a bookkeeper in a cloth shop. She also works part-time as a bookkeeper in a tea house.
"Xiao Ping has just started enlightenment and can read the Three Character Classic. Xiao Fang still doesn't know a few characters."
Wen Jin nodded, very satisfied with this Liu Lan.
Understand etiquette, know how to advance and retreat, and know what you should do.
Wen Jin smiled and said, "Don't worry, the days will get better in the future. I will also leave after settling you down."
"Thank you, madam! We, mother and daughter, are hard-working and not afraid of hardship. We just want a place to stay and a mouthful of food to live on, so we can live a better life!" Liu Lan said.
Wen Jin nodded. She thought that when she arrived at Qingcheng Mountain, she would settle the mother and daughter in Qingcheng Mountain.
In order to save time, they parked the carriage by the road at noon.
Everyone in the car got out of the car to rest.
Wen Jin pretended to take out many fresh fruits and fried chestnuts from the carriage to make dry food.
The two little girls who were braiding Yue'er's tail grass saw their eyes widened when they saw the fruits.
"Then...what is that?" they asked, swallowing their saliva.
"Melons, peaches, nuts, and chestnuts..."
Just like the two little girls introduced to Yue'er, what kinds of grass are there in the field, those that rabbits like to eat, and those that can be beaten to pigs...
Yue'er also introduced to them what kinds of fruits her mother brought out.
Wen Jin gave the fruit to Liu Lan and asked her to share it with the two little girls.
It was the first time for the two little girls to see this kind of thing. They were a little timid at first, but after tasting the deliciousness of this thing.
They are like two little gluttons, opening their cheeks and showing off with big mouthfuls.
"Well, it's so sweet and delicious, grandma, I've never tasted such delicious fruit before!"
Wen Jin's family of three eat and look very elegant.
"what do you think?"
Wen Jin asked while looking at him while inserting a knife into the peach that Xiao Yuchen had cut for her.
