If it is the latter, the friendship will be deeper and the person will be missed, or the family may come to redeem the person in a few years, and the heart will be unstable.
But if a family works together, takes care of each other, and feels at ease, it will be more difficult to think about running away, and it will be able to live in peace for a period of time.
The waiter smiled when he heard this and said, "What a coincidence. There really is such a thing. The little one looks pretty good. The one who just arrived yesterday was cleaning up in the backyard. Why don't Mrs. Jiang and Song Langjun go and take a look?" Bar."
"I won't let the steward go and sort them out anymore. Madam Jiang can just see the real thing, which makes her feel at ease."
Ya Xing has been dealing with Jiang Michia for a long time, and now he is willing to show his confidence.
"become."
Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun followed the work to the backyard of Yahang.
The backyard of Yaxing is huge, with a row of low houses specially designed to temporarily house these people who sold themselves into slavery.
At this moment, some people in shabby or even ragged clothes were busy washing and sweeping in the backyard.
The waiter said a few words to the steward, and the steward brought the person over.
There were four people, two in their thirties, who looked like a couple, and two in their teens, a boy and a girl, who should be their children.
From the waiter's mouth, Jiang Michia learned that the man's name is Ding Fu, his wife is Ma, and the eldest daughter is named Ding Cuihua. She is thirteen years old this year, born in the first month of the year, and will be fourteen after the new year. The youngest son is called Ding Mao. The month has just turned twelve.
My home is in the west, and I am a tenant in a village. Originally, my grandparents were still there, and they farmed ten acres of land every year, and the family of six could have enough to eat. However, there was a locust plague, and there was no harvest. Even Zhuang Touren Shan, there is no need to pay rent, just pay land tax, but still can't come up with so much money.
The family of six worked hard here and there, selling all their strength, and finally managed to collect enough money to give the village head. However, due to the hard life, the children's grandparents fell ill one after another.
The family was poor, but they were also filial. They didn't want to see the old man get sick without treatment, so he went to pay for the doctor.
After watching it for half a year, my grandparents passed away one after another, and the family owed a lot of money.
With no land, no land and no real estate, the creditor failed to collect the debt, so he persuaded him to sell his children. Ding Fu and Ma thought for a long time and agreed to sell themselves.
But instead of selling Ding Cuihua and Ding Mao, all four members of the family were sold into slavery to pay off their debts. The only requirement was that the family of four must work together in one place and not be separated.
For this reason, the person who bought Ding Fu's family of four previously moved to several places without making a move until they arrived here.
Jiang Michia roughly understood the situation, nodded slightly, and then looked at the four people again.
The four members of Ding Fu's family were quite cramped at this time and just lowered their heads again and again.
"What will you do?" Jiang Michia asked.
Ding Fu was originally the head of the family. When he saw the buyer asking questions, he hurriedly responded, "I..."
"The younger one can farm. He can also do simple carpentry and masonry work. He can make a bench or build a stove. He can cook and make clothes."
"The two children are still young and don't know much. My daughter can embroider lace and handkerchiefs."
Seeing that Jiang Michia was silent, Ding Fu said hurriedly, "If this lady is willing to buy us as a family of four and let us work together, we will definitely work hard and not let her down."
"The four of us don't have much to eat..."
Eat less and work!
Ding Fu was not a particularly good talker, and he was a little nervous at the moment. He kept saying these few words over and over again.
Seeing that Ding Fu, the head of the family, was an honest man, Jiang Michia nodded slightly, and then asked, "Are you all in good health?"
"They are all very strong and have no major problems." Ding Fu was a little embarrassed, "It's just that my eyesight is not very good at night. I used to make clothes for people and earn a lot of hard money. I stayed up late at night and my eyes were tired."
"But there's nothing wrong during the day. Don't delay your work. If there's a lot of work, she should be faster and try to finish it during the day."
Jiang Michia nodded again and looked at the four people again.
After a moment, he nodded, "This is the one."
"okay."
The clerk responded and hurried to prepare the paperwork and the deed of sale.
The imperial court stipulated that all deeds of sale should be recorded in the Yamen to facilitate future management.
The procedure was not too troublesome, and the clerk was familiar with it. After Jiang Michia paid the silver, the clerk called the document with the Yamen's seal into Jiang Michia's hand.
After buying the slaves, Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun didn't waste any time and directly hired a carriage to go home.
Seeing Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun come back, Jiang Youcheng and Mrs. Liu were very happy. They specially picked the fattest chicken from the backyard to kill, and prepared to make braised chicken nuggets.
Since you were bought back and became a servant, you must have the duty of being a servant.
Seeing this, Ding Fu rubbed his hands and said, "Sir, madam, let me do the killing. I used to do the job of killing chickens and geese in a restaurant, so my hands are quite familiar."
The daughter and son-in-law were filial and specially bought someone to help with the work. Mrs. Liu did not refuse, "Then come on. The knife was sharpened yesterday. It is very fast. You should be careful."
Then he smiled and said, "What are you talking about, sir or madam? We are farmers and we don't have so many rules. The head of the family and I are older, so we can just call us big brother and sister-in-law."
"Sister-in-law, let me boil some hot water." Ma quickly changed her tune and brought some firewood from the side into the kitchen.
Two siblings, Ding Cuihua and Ding Mao, one went to get the wooden basin, and the other got a shovel, preparing to bury the dirty things later.
Jiang Youcheng looked at this appearance and nodded, "It doesn't look bad."
"Yes." Ms. Liu agreed and asked Jiang Michia, "What arrangements are you planning for these four people?"
"Mom, that's what I think." Jiang Michia said, "Uncle Ding and Aunt Ma will stay at home and help parents with chores around the house. Cuihua and Ding Mao will follow Jingyun and I to the county seat. Go inside.”
Mrs. Liu nodded, "Cuihua will follow you. Ding Mao happens to be a boy, and he's not too old. It's appropriate for him to follow Jing Yun and become a servant boy."
"I saw that the clothes they were wearing were a bit shabby. I have clothes at home that were used before, so I went to look for them."
Jiang Michia and Song Jingyun were wearing small clothes before, which were just suitable for Ding Cuihua and Ding Mao to wear. As for Ding Fu and Ma Shi, they are about the same height as Jiang Youcheng and Liu Shi, but they are much thinner, and the clothes may look a bit fat. .
Ma knows how to make clothes, so I can just change them in the next two days, it's not a big deal.
Mrs. Liu made this calculation and told Mrs. Ma that she even brought some shoe soles and fabrics and asked Ma to make two pairs of new shoes for Ding Fu and the others to wear interchangeably on weekdays.
Suddenly, I discovered that the same plot as the one in the outer room contains the plot of buying someone... What a coincidence.
(End of chapter)
