At this time, it was close to the end of the year, and the business of the tooth shop was not good. The man named Cai Wulang was also very happy to see the business, so he cheerfully invited them to his home, and kept introducing them.
Lian Fangzhou listened indifferently. She still had an instinctive aversion to this kind of people.
"I don't know what kind of person Master Jian and Miss Lian want to buy? I'm not bragging, I have what you want here!" Cai Wulang assured, patting his chest.
Ah Jian smiled and said, "Can we see everyone?" While talking, he handed over a piece of silver worth about three or four dollars, "I'm sorry!"
Cai Wulang saw that they were not big families in the city, nor were they rich men and gentry officials in the township. He was not very happy to hear A Jian's request, but before he could say the reluctance words, A Jian stuffed them into his hands. After taking out the silver, he squeezed the weight with his hands and was satisfied. He swallowed the words he didn't want to say, nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, okay! Wait a minute, I'll call everyone Come!"
There are two people in Yuhe County, with Cai Wulang as the oldest, and he also recruited three apprentices to help manage affairs. It also has the largest population.
Not long after, Lian Fangzhou and the others heard chaotic footsteps in the courtyard outside. Looking out, they vaguely saw many people of different heights standing in the courtyard, about thirty or forty people. Both men and women were dressed in white-washed indigo clothes, with their heads down, looking a little bleak.
After a while, Cai Wulang came in, and asked with a smile: "Master Jian and Miss Lian don't know what they do when they buy people back. It just so happened that a group of people came here two days ago. There are men and women. A servant or a girl, both are clever and capable!"
Lian Fangzhou and A Jian looked at each other, then said with a smile: "We in the country don't have any maids and servants at home, we are short of farming! If there are suitable ones, I will pick a dozen or so to go, if there are no suitable ones, I will go with them." I have to forget it!"
"That's it!" Cai Wulang nodded, then smiled again: "Anyone can do such a simple job as farming as long as they are strong! Call it five or six, what do you think?"
"Call me!" Lian Fangzhou smiled.
Cai Wulang said "Hey", got up and went out, waved his hands at the apprentice outside and gave instructions, and still came back and sat down with a smile to accompany him.
After a while, another apprentice of Cai Wulang led five or six people in a line, and lined up in the hall in order of height, with hands down and eyes down, looking very regular.
"Master Jian, Miss Lian, these young men are all in their twenties, they are strong and work hard, what do you think?" Cai Wulang smiled, and glanced at those people, He shouted in a low voice: "Raise your head up! Keep your chest up and be more energetic!"
Lian Fangzhou and A Jian didn't say anything, Lian Fangzhou turned to Qin Feng and Su Ziji with a smile and said, "Go and see if it's suitable or not."
Qin Feng and Su Ziji agreed and went forward.
Cai Wulang frowned slightly and was dissatisfied, but he didn't say anything.
Qin Feng and Su Ziji circled around those people, asked a few words, "What did you do before?", "How long have you been doing it?" Yunyun ordered them to stretch out their hands to have a look, and then walked back.
Cai Wulang hurriedly asked with a smile: "How is it? Are they all good?"
Qin Feng glanced at Lian Fangzhou, then smiled and said, "It's good, but it's not suitable for farming."
Cai Wulang let out an "oh" and sighed: "Forget it, let's look at the next batch! In fact, you pay too much attention to it. As long as you are in good health, there is no one that is not suitable for farming..."
If it wasn't for the reward of the money, and there were more than a dozen people when they bought it, Cai Wulang would really be a little impatient.
Qin Feng and Su Ziji didn't directly respond to his words, but smiled and said that they would definitely choose carefully.
Among the six people just now, two of their eyeballs kept rolling around, and they were not honest people at first sight, how could they get it? The remaining three, one is a concierge, the other is an errand runner, the concierge is too lazy, the errand runner is too active, so it is not suitable, and the other has too slender hands, I am afraid that he does not have a few pounds of strength, let alone farm work!
Qin Feng slowly explained the reasons for not picking them, Cai Wulang was secretly taken aback, and couldn't say anything anymore.
After more than an hour, they selected all the people in the yard, and finally Qin Feng and Su Ziji picked out fifteen suitable people. Lian Fangzhou said that there were only twelve, and the two of them picked out three more.
However, with just twelve, Cai Wulang was very happy.
Afterwards, a family of four was selected, a couple in their thirties with two children, a son and a daughter. The man was named Zhang Xiaojun, and the woman was Li Sumei; the daughter was about the same age as Lian Fangzhou, named Zhang Xiuer, and the son was two years older than Lian Che. , called Zhang Liang.
This family just happened to be able to do some chores such as cleaning the yard and cooking, otherwise the problem of feeding the twelve workers would not be easy to solve. You can't let Sangu grandma do it every day.
Sending out these many people at once can save a lot of rations. Cai Wulang is in a particularly good mood, and the price he offered to Lian Fangzhou is also very fair—the main reason is that Qin Feng and Su Ziji's picky eyes are too sharp, which makes him feel uneasy. I have no foundation, and I dare not ask for prices.
The final transaction price was 8 taels of silver for each of the twelve people, and the family of four had a total of 33 taels of silver—as long as it was Zhang Xiuer, it was worth 14 taels of silver.
Looking at Zhang Xiu'er's beautiful face, fair skin, and slender figure, Lian Fangzhou secretly scolded Cai Wulang for being dark-hearted, and knew what he was up to without asking.
Zhang Xiu'er's mother, Li Shi, and father, Zhang Xiaojun, turned pale with tension, fearing that Lian Fangzhou would not want Zhang Xiu'er.
Hearing Lian Fangzhou's nod in agreement, the couple and Zhang Xiuer let out a big breath, and Mrs. Li collapsed on the ground with a low "ah", and without thinking about getting up, struggled to kowtow to Lian Fangzhou, and said repeatedly: "Thank you!" Miss! Thank you Miss for your kindness!" Lian Fangzhou felt sad for a while.
After the buyer came out, it was time to apply, so Lian Fangzhou asked Qin Feng and Su Ziji to lead the group to the tea shop at the gate of the city to wait. He, Lian Ze and A Jian called Li Shi and Zhang Xiuer Go buy daily necessities for these people.
Clothes, shoes and socks, quilts, blankets, etc., as well as buckets, basins, etc. must be prepared. Otherwise, how will these people live when they go back? Coming out of the Renyazi gate, except for the clothes on his body, he has nothing but his hands!
There are also pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, grains, rice noodles, etc. I have to buy them together. If it’s too late tonight, forget it. I’ll buy some steamed buns, cakes, etc. from the street for dinner, and tomorrow I’ll have Li. Get up and make breakfast!
These things are trivial and trivial, and there are all kinds of things. Even if there are two more people to help, it still took a lot of time to buy them all.
The donkey cart brought by the family couldn't fit it at all, so Lian Fangzhou hired two more donkey carts to barely fit it.