Traveling through the Prosperous Pastoral of Peasant Girls

Chapter 16 Bought Spoils
The spoils bought in Chapter No.17
"Treasurer Jin, I think your traffic here seems to be worse than before?"

"Hey, you can also see that people are weird, and they get tired of eating everything. However, because of your fish and shrimp, the dishes are still much better than the same period last year."

"Treasurer Jin, you don't need to worry, it is estimated that in another 20 days, you will have a good time..."

"Are there any new dishes?" In response to the eager inquiry of the shopkeeper Jin, the two laughed but did not answer.

After the meal, Mr. Xu asked someone to take them to the tooth shop with a name card. He knew that the servants who belonged to his family would not be at ease for the two of them.

The tooth shop deals in all kinds of second-hand goods, even people are also in their business scope. Recently, the imperial army won a battle. In addition to the captives of the foreign domain, they also captured the residents of the foreign domain as spoils of war.Some were kidnapped together by the whole family, and it’s okay to sell them together. If they are allowed to separate, they will swear to the death.Because of this, the people in the dental shop are also angry, and it will be much cheaper to sell them together than to sell them separately.

They were all called out, there were a total of forty people, men, women, young and old, and some obviously belonged to a family, and they all took this opportunity to get together to talk and cry.After reading it, the two discussed with each other, and agreed on the general framework for buying people, that is, buying the whole family, one is to let them work for themselves with peace of mind, and the other is to take care of their families, which is not easy Escapes will occur.

They took a good look at a family first. This family is a middle-aged couple named Ma with two girls, the older one is 15 years old and the younger one is 14 years old.As long as they are properly trained, the two girls will soon be suitable laborers for rice crust making.

Another family is a middle-aged couple surnamed Su. The man is in his 40s and looks quite honest. They have a 17-year-old son and a 15-year-old daughter.A total of eight people only spent 160 taels of silver.Liu Tao sighed: "Brother Jinyang, I didn't expect us to become human traffickers. This world is really crazy, and it's too unfair to treat people as human beings, right?"

"The current world is dominated by the weak and the strong. If the Daqing Kingdom is defeated, maybe we will be bought and bought as slaves of foreign races. Don't feel guilty, as long as we treat them as human beings, we will treat them well." Enough respect, I don't think they will repay kindness with kindness."

They hired a carriage to carry people separately, and when they were about to leave Fucheng, they were given enough meat buns and haggis soup once.These days they went through wars and were captured, and they were resold in bumpy wanderings. They ate pigs and dogs and slept in prison cells. They spent more than two months in fright and anxiety.Just these few delicious meat buns won their favor. At first, the three girls didn't want to take the car separately from their families, so there would be seven people in one car seat and five people in one car seat.This time the three girls got into Liu Tao's carriage and set off towards their unfamiliar future.

Along the way, they were a little shy about Jin Yang, the new owner, but Jin Yang wanted to laugh at the weather-beaten and dark complexion. Seeing Jin Yang's kind face, they felt relieved and began to answer Liu Tao's questions.

The middle-aged man surnamed Ma was named Ma Yu, the eldest daughter was named Maerhua, and the youngest daughter was named Maaran.The head of the other family was named Su Gutong, his elder brother was named Su Xiaoge, and his younger sister was named Su Rui.Although the two families are dark and thin, they are not ugly when you look closely. If outdoor labor is reduced in the future and nutrition can keep up, the developing girl will soon change greatly.

When they got home, the two families had been waiting for them to come back. Seeing that they bought back eight people, they all felt a little too much.Jin Yang explained some principles to them, explaining that if they need to find new people in the future, it is better to buy a few more this time. After they are familiar with it, it will be much easier to use.

For their living, the old Huang family vacated a house for Ma Yu's couple, Liu Tao's house vacated a house for Su Gutong and his wife, Su Xiaoge and Liu Mao lived in the same room, and Liu Tao also gave Su Rui a house. Let them live together on their own big bed.

After arranging the accommodation, the two took them to see the rice cracker making workshop. Huang Ying was still on duty and personally demonstrated the process of making rice crackers to them.Liu Tao told them: "It will be like this from now on. In the future, we will open two ovens and each family will be responsible for one. Every ten days there will be a one-day and one-night rest day. As for the residence, the house we built for you as the owner's backyard is almost the same. ...."

Mom and mother-in-law cooked a few extra dishes, and divided their two families and the newly bought two into two tables for dinner. Liu Tao told them: "You are not restricted from drinking today, you can enjoy yourself..."

After drinking three glasses of wine, their two male parents remembered their homeland that had been raided. Seeing their family members being trafficked to a foreign country, they couldn't help crying, and the four children also cried along with the adults.

Liu Tao saw that they were almost venting, so she and Jin Yang held up the wine glasses and went over: "Hey, Uncle Ma, Uncle Su, sisters and Brother Su, it is both sad and fortunate that you are far away from your hometown and came to Daqing Country. The most important thing is that your family has not been torn apart, and you will return to your hometown after a few years..."

Seeing their surprised eyes, Liu Tao continued: "Your deeds of selling your lives are all with me. Although I bought you with money, we will treat you as relatives. As long as you work hard, we will take care of you." They will be paid according to the number of days, and each person will be given ten or more copper coins a day, and the settlement will be done every half a month, so that you can buy what you need... If you do a good job, it will be counted from today. After one year, I will return the deed of sale to you, and after five years, the deed of deed of sale today will be void, and you can choose whether to go home or not!"

A few words ignited hope in their hearts. Seeing them with their country ruined and their families ruined, Liu Tao deeply felt the value of freedom. If they were allowed to work with concerns and hatred, they would deliberately grind their jobs or Deliberate sabotage, if you go to extremes, God knows what stupid things these unruly aliens will do?If you give them hope and let them see that the boss treats their family members with normal respect, they will give the same in return.

In fact, Ma Su and the others didn't drink very much, even Liu Tao was inferior. Once Liu Tao couldn't find the crutches that Lao Huang was drinking, and several people carried them back.

Lao Huang also came over to toast them one by one. After listening to Lao Huang's self-introduction, they realized that Lao Huang's family was also a hired worker. Almost the same fate narrowed the distance between them. In the end, Ma Yu and Lao Huang supported each other and returned home. To the front yard of the house by the river.

Both Shopkeeper Jin and Young Master Xu wanted to increase the output of crispy rice, so Liu Tao instructed their family to take charge of an oven, and let them arrange their own work and rest time.Later, Mr. Xu discussed with shopkeeper Jin: "Since the output of the two rice crackers is the same, is it necessary to get the goods in such a strict way? The two types of rice crackers are all rationed to increase the color. Everyone is You won’t suffer any disadvantages either….” Facts have proved that this is a good way for both parties to win.Later, Mr. Xu's rice cracker jar was redesigned and made by himself. This time it was changed to a square shape and it was packed in ten catties. A diamond-shaped red paper with "Xu's Restaurant" was pasted on the outside.Not to be outdone, shopkeeper Jin also wrote the golden signboard of "Yushanju" on the crispy rice jar in his home.This advertisement was made, and those who don’t know the details thought that both of them had workshops for making crispy rice. However, their jars are cheap because of the low cost of mass production, so they don’t need to deliberately recycle them. They are used as wine jars or pickle jars at will. .

The two families I bought were diligent, because the parents took pity on their children and arranged for their children to work during the day, while the old couple worked night shifts.As time goes by, the relationship becomes more harmonious.They love to eat beef and mutton, and the cattle farming officials do not allow killing these days, so they can only eat mutton, and Liu Tao will improve their food every now and then.

(End of this chapter)