Jade Space of Rebirth

Chapter 52
Tang Zhi nodded with clear eyes, "I believe it, because I understand that not everyone is willing to be a beggar, just like my mother and my brothers and sisters back then, we also wanted to live a good life, but we were isolated and helpless. There is no way to help them, and they can only suffer from the cold wind and starve, so I want to help them!"

Mrs. Cao didn't expect this little girl to have such a good heart, but she didn't expect that her words would remind her of the past, so she gave her a slightly apologetic look, and then nodded, "If you want to help, please help, anyway, Tang There is no shortage of those few mouthfuls of food at home!"

I have to say that these beggars and Tang Zhi are really destined, because when Tang Zhi and Cao walked to the ruined temple according to what Mrs. Xu said, they found that this ruined temple was actually the one Tang Zhi and the others lived in, but now there are many ruins outside the temple. Some of the straw covering the windows should have been made by these outsiders.

When Tang Zhi just entered, the little girl Bai Nennen made the dozen or so people in the temple unable to move their eyes away. Tang Zhi originally had something to say, but seeing those timid eyes, she didn't know what to say, she could only look at her as if asking for help. Cao's.

Cao stepped forward to comfort Tang Zhi's head, and then walked into the beggars. As soon as she approached, she saw a dozen beggars backing away, as if they regarded the two of them as scourges.

"You don't have to be afraid, I won't do anything to you!" After several times in a row, Mrs. Cao didn't move at all, and just stood there and said to a group of people.

Looking carefully, the group of people really consisted of big and small people, big ones in their forties or fifty, small ones and babies who were still in their infancy. I thought it should be a group of hard-working people.

"Madam, please give us something to eat. My son is starving to death. When people see us, they will either punch or kick us or drive us away. We are desperate. I beg you, Madam!"

Perhaps seeing the kindness in Cao's eyes, a middle-aged woman suddenly came out and kowtowed violently to Cao. She was holding a two or three-year-old child in her arms. The child was extremely thin. Words are unable to open eyes.

"Aunt Cao!" Tang Zhi looked distressed at the side, and reminded Cao Shi, wanting her to make a quick decision.

Mrs. Cao nodded, looked at the woman, and said in a gentle voice, "Get up, I'm here today to help you, that's it, our lady is the owner of the Tang family's orchard, because the orchard has just been built and there is a shortage of manpower. You escaped from other villages, thinking that you are not careful, the lady asked me to accept you, and I will sign a contract of sale for you, and those who are willing can come here, our Tang family will not treat you badly!"

As soon as Cao's words fell, a group of people began to discuss, probably because they had never encountered such a situation before, and they obviously flinched back when they heard the contract of sale.

"Don't worry, our young lady is kind-hearted. This contract of selling herself is only for five years. After five years of one tael of silver, there is still wages every month. The food and lodging are all from the Tang family. When the five-year period arrives, you can You can decide to stay three months in advance!"

"I am willing, please take me away!" The woman in front of Cao's eyes flashed and said to Cao.

With the beginning of the woman, the rest of the people also agreed. After all, it was only five years of prostitution, and there was still wages. How could such a good thing not be agreed?So in a short while, more than half of the people in the ruined temple agreed.

The rest of the older ones were also very moved, but they knew that most people at their age would not want it, so they looked a little sad.

Mrs. Cao obviously noticed it too, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Forget it, since you are all in the same place, I will make the decision for my lady!"

As soon as Mrs. Cao finished speaking, the eyes of those old people lit up instantly. As Mrs. Cao said, they are all in the same place, and those who just spoke out also have some relatives. They will be very happy to hear that they can go too, but However, Mrs. Cao put the ugly words in front again, "But there is one thing to explain, I don't care what you did before, as long as you come to the Tang family and become a Tang family member, you must do your duty and keep your own duties, otherwise don't blame me Tang The family is ruthless in doing things!"

More than a dozen people nodded one after another. They are honest and responsible country people who usually farm and raise chickens. They can do what Cao said.

Tang Zhi watched everyone accept her. She breathed a sigh of relief and walked forward. Mrs. Cao introduced to everyone by the way, "This is the young lady of our Tang family. Remember to recognize her in the future!"

"Yes, thank you Miss!" A group of people said in unison, they didn't expect such a young girl to have such kindness, and they were very happy for this new owner.

Cao looked at the respectful eyes of the crowd and felt very satisfied. She checked the number of people, a total of 22, young people accounted for most of them, so she randomly clicked to recognize them, and asked him to go back first. After all, since more than 20 people bought it, they must not be able to I will live in a ruined temple again, but fortunately it is not too late at this time, just to buy a house and settle people down.Following Cao and Tang Zhi was a young man who had just turned [-], called Hou Qing, and his two cousins ​​were Hou Ying Hou Jie in the ruined temple.Mrs. Cao bought a room behind Qiguofang, negotiated the price, and asked Hou Qing to go to the ruined temple to bring everyone over.

The newly bought room is not big, anyway, I plan to let everyone make do with it for one night. After the distribution between the two sides tomorrow, most of the people will go up the mountain. Then I will buy some daily necessities for everyone, and then it will be almost done.

When Hou Qing brought a group of people over, the sky was already dark, and the people nearby were having dinner at home. Seeing that Hou Qing was flexible, Mrs. Cao asked him to arrange for them to stay, and then took Tang Zhi to the nearby area. I ordered some steamed stuffed buns and rice porridge, and sent them to the yard for Hou Qing and the others.

This was the only hot food that everyone ate in the past few days. Looking at the white steamed buns, their eyes lit up, but they didn't make any movements. They didn't move forward until Mrs. Cao said that it was ready to eat. Going to get it, there is no looting scene as imagined, which greatly improves Cao's impression of the group of people.

Tang Zhi watched everyone eating, and felt that she was hungry too, so she said to Mrs. Cao that she might as well eat something here, because she would have to write a deed of sale later, and she might not be able to go back until late at night.

Cao Shi nodded, and dragged Tang Zhi to the table to sit down.

When those people saw that the young lady of the future had dinner with them, they looked at Cao Shi and Tang Zhi sizing up in surprise, and it seemed that they realized that the two of them seemed to be kind people, so the meal was even more delicious. Fragrant.

After the meal, the young girl in the group took the initiative to stop the dishwashing work, and was not afraid of the cold well water to wash the dishes. Then Hou Qing's cousin returned the dishes, and Cao Shi left with an excuse, In fact, it was Tang Zhi who went to prepare the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Because of the large number of people, it took a lot of time to write the contract, so Tang Zhi helped to transcribe it. The two of them wrote in the room for less than half an hour before they were finished. In the end, Tang Zhi and the wooden box containing the silver, Cao Shi held the pen and ink, The two came to the room where the crowd gathered.

A group of people waited for a long time, and when they saw the two coming in, they were a little breathless, so Mrs. Cao laid out the contract on the table, and each of them timidly didn't know what to do.

As expected, Hou Qing was valued by the Cao family. He was the first to take the initiative to come over and report his qualification information, "Hou Qing, age [-]!"

Then came Hou Qing's two cousins, "My name is Hou Jie, and I am nineteen years old."

"My name is Hou Ying, and I'm also nineteen"

"My name is……"

... After all 22 people signed the contract, Mrs. Cao folded the contract, put it in an empty box and handed it to Tang Zhi, while everyone was holding the one tael of silver they just got, feeling like a dream .

"Tonight, you will stay here for one night, and tomorrow you will be assigned a place to stay. There are quilts in each room, so go to bed early!" Cao Shi watched everyone finish speaking, and then took Tang Zhi left.

With Hou Qing as the representative, he watched Mrs. Cao leave. After the two left, he turned his head to look at these fellow villagers, and began to allocate rooms one by one. In less than half an hour, the courtyard fell into silence. This is when they fled to Teng County. It was the first time I slept soundly, and even my dreams were warm.

When they returned to the Tang family, Mrs. Li had already fallen asleep, but Xiao Tao and Lan Er were waiting for them in the right wing room. After hearing the movement of the door, they came out of the room at the same time, and Xiao Tao hurriedly went to Tang Zhi's room to light up. As the main lamp, Lan'er planned to boil some hot water for the two of them first, and then heat up the meals left by his wife.

Tang Zhi and Cao Shi had just eaten in the small courtyard, and they would not be hungry at all. In addition, Tang Zhi planned to get some spiritual water for the two to wash their faces, so she stopped Lan'er who was about to go to work, and told the two to just go Just rest, they have already eaten.

"Go, don't wait!" Seeing that Lan'er and the two were still hesitating, Cao made a sound, and the two returned to the room, but the light was still on after closing the door, presumably they wanted to wait until they both had a rest Make sure you don't need to wait to sleep again.

Tang Zhi pulled Cao Shi into her room, quickly took out a basin of water, the two of them washed their faces with one basin, then Cao Shi went back to the room, and asked Tang Zhi to close the door before leaving.

After Tang Zhi closed the door, she went into the space and took a shower. After her body was clean, she slept in the space directly. She thought that there were still many things to do tomorrow, so she was afraid that she would not have enough time to rest outside.

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The next day, Cao Shi and Tang Zhi got up early as usual, and this time they left the Tang family before Xiao Tao and Lan Er got up.

When they went to the small courtyard, everyone seemed to be still resting. Mrs. Cao knocked on the door for a while, and then the door opened, and then Hou Qing was still rubbing his eyes, but it could be seen that he was in good spirits.

Because I still have to go to the shop later, Mrs. Cao had to tell Hou Qing some things to do, and gave him a few dozen taels of silver, asking him to prepare more clothes, shoes and quilts for everyone to wear, saying At noon, she will come over and arrange the whereabouts of everyone.

Immediately, the two of them rushed back to the store, and while it was still early, they hurriedly replenished the fruit on the shelves, then lowered the door panel, and started today's business.

Because the servants of the big family started shopping very early, and there were not many vegetables in Tang Zhi's shop when they came to buy things yesterday, so the two of them had just cleaned the shop before some customers came to the door, and they were still repeat customers. .

It's almost mid-December, the snow has just parted these few days, and the weather is a bit colder than when it snowed. I was greedy and bought a lot of vegetables from Tang Zhi yesterday, but I didn't keep them well. When I looked up, it was still covered with ice, so when the mothers came to choose today, they didn't buy as much as yesterday, only about one day's quantity.

Tang Zhi was still curious at first, but after hearing what the mother said, she realized for a while that the vegetables would freeze if left overnight in this weather, so she put the leftovers from the night before into the space every night, including the fruits. It's a bit of a hassle to take it out every day.

From what the mother said, it seemed that she didn't really want to come out every day. After all, it was such a cold day, and I really wanted to sleep for a while when I had time.

Cao Shi frowned when she heard the words, and then looked at Tang Zhi, only to see the little girl squinting her eyes and touching her chin with her little hand, as if she was paying attention to something cleverly.

"Ma'am, wait!" When the mother was about to leave, Tang Zhi suddenly called her down.

She bent down to grope in the cabinet, and actually took out a small drawing book in the space. The mother was suddenly called to think that there was something wrong, so she couldn't help but look at Tang Zhi. For the little girl from the boss's house, she was so cute. And well-behaved, most of these shoppers like them.

Tang Zhi ran forward, holding charcoal in one hand, walked up to her mother, looked at her and said, "Ma'am, our vegetables are all grown on the mountain, and the family members say it's troublesome to transport them every day. I heard Ma'am It is said that there is not enough time to buy vegetables every day, how about this, you tell me the amount of vegetables you need every day, I will write them down, and I will ask my servants to deliver them to you every morning in the future, how about no labor fee?"

(End of this chapter)