With a snap, the paper full of words was slapped on the table, and the girls surrounded angrily, and half of Xiao Letian's mouth was still exposed, and he didn't know how to deal with these women who changed their faces.

"Hello master, you say one thing and do another with your hands, and you hate us so much? What do you dislike about us?

"What's going on with this contract? When did we become your hires? Are you going to kick us out of the house?"

The girls know more or less Braille, and they can understand this contract, and what is on the table is actually an employment contract that Xiao Lotian wants to give them.

The contract is written very clearly in black and white, since the day the contract was signed, Qingwen and others have become free people, all identity contracts are returned to me, and women work for a year to earn a year's money.

The contract is for a period of three years, and if there is no objection from both parties, it will be extended for three years, and the girls have the right to unilaterally terminate the contract, which means that they can leave Xiao Letian's house at will.

This is just a draft contract, Xiao Letian's price is very generous, and the annual salary of 300 Yingyang is 300 Yingyang, which has reached the level of the high-level shopkeeper of Lotte Foreign Bank in Tanggu City, and the Manchu Dynasty cannot find more generous conditions than this.

"You ...... Why are you crying again......" Xiao Lotian spit out the bones in his mouth and muttered, "Isn't it good for you?

"Freedom, sir, you just said you wanted to drive us away...... Spend money to hire us for a few years while we are young, and then kick us away when we are old and decrepit, don't you mean that......?

A group of women surrounded Xiao Lotian and cried their noses, you pushed her and twisted it, and after a while, Xiao Letian was tossed and grinned.

"It's not...... Listen to me... No...... Amber, don't screw me...... You all listen to me......" Xiao Letian jumped onto the chair in anger at the end.

"Let's be quiet...... Isn't it okay to listen to me? This so-called contract is just a matter of the predecessors scattering dirt to deceive the eyes of the future generations and deceiving the foreign devils...... Your deeds of sale are all with me, so the foreigners and the Protestants will think that you are all my concubines, which will not help me in diplomacy with them......"

"Now that you have signed this contract, I will return the deed of sale to you, in fact, it is just for show...... Of course, if you really want to leave, I won't stop you, and it's not impossible to pursue your own happiness like Fang Guan?"

"As for what you are worried about, there is no need at all, I Xiao Lotian can support you for a lifetime, as long as you don't leave, this will always be your home......"

Xiao Lotian said this, pointing to the lamp and candle and said, "I swear to the lamp, everything I say is true, not a single lie..."

It wasn't until Xiao Lotian began to swear that the women stopped crying, thinking about it carefully, if what the master said was true, it was not unacceptable, anyway, there was still money to get after the same days.

Seeing that the girls were all calming down, Xiao Lotian finally breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly said in his heart that he really didn't look at the yellow calendar when he went home this time, this group of tigresses is really amazing.

Just when Xiao Lotian had just taken half a breath, a cold voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Master, can you guarantee it?"

I saw Qingwen's little face cold, and her tone was full of ice, "I'll just ask my master, do I have to sign this contract too? Do I also get an annual salary of 300? In your eyes, am I a prostitute you bought with money?"

"No, no, no...... I'm not even as good as a prostitute, I'm just a wild prostitute hired for money...... That's what you promised me? Just a few hours later, you're going to give me a basin of ice water..."

"I, I, I......" Xiao Lotian made Qingwen dumb in a few words, he really slapped himself in the face, what should Qingwen do?

Qingwen saw that Xiao Letian couldn't say anything, so she verified what she thought in her heart: "Sisters, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, we all follow the eldest lady to marry, to put it bluntly, we are concubines, and we are the big girls who have a room...... To put it mildly, we're just a bunch of domestic prostitutes......"

"But sisters, don't forget, as long as we are in the Lord's house for one day, we are members of this family, and we must be supported by someone in birth, old age, sickness and death...... And after signing this so-called contract, we have nothing to do with the master's family, the master has a conscience to support us for ten or twenty years, but what about the future?"

"In the future, maybe there will be a young master in charge, and then sweep us out of the house, when the time comes, we are a group of old ladies, what else can we do to survive besides jumping into the river?"

"Sisters, you can't sign it... Once we signed it, we really didn't have any hope at all...... Woo woo woo ..."Qingwen actually cried when she said this.

By now, Xiao Letian has suddenly realized, he has not calculated the power of habit, the Qing Dynasty people have lived in the tradition for two hundred years, and many traditions have even been passed down for thousands of years, which is not something that Xiao Letian can change in a few words.

The life I gave to these girls was too comfortable, even the maids of the princely family may not have such good living conditions, not only did they have no worries about food and clothing, but also gave these girls a sense of security and belonging from the heart.

They already regarded this place as their home, even warmer than home, because there was a sense of security that no one in the entire Qing country could give.

Which of the girls from the Teaching Workshop Division has never seen the tragedy of a broken family? Which one is not Miss Jiao who came out of the door of the mansion? Moreover, in the Teaching Workshop Division, they have seen enough of countless political tragedies, so they say that the Xinyou coup d'état six years ago, how many people died... How many daughters have been sold...

Qingwen and the others are all very smart, knowing that once they leave this home, it will be impossible to find a better place at all, and this Qing Dynasty can respect women and protect women except Xiao Letian, and there is no one else.

It is under this psychology that a strong sense of personal attachment appears, they are afraid of losing this life, and the freedom that Xiao Lotian wants to give is abandonment in their eyes.

"Hey...... I still can't open my horizons, my vision is always limited to the Qing Kingdom, and I will always struggle to survive in tradition...... It seems that Fang Guan's bravery is not innate, but just an epiphany after crossing half the world......"

"That's right, it is precisely because of this trip to Europe that Fang Guan and his family have broadened their horizons...... It can be said that the world in the eyes of Fang Guan and the world in the eyes of Qingwen have long been completely different...... Their life paths have long since parted ways......"

Xiao Lotian kept muttering in his heart, he was complaining about why he understood so slowly, why did he forget to empathize?

Just when Xiao Lotian blamed herself and thought, Qingwen was angry, she didn't understand, the old man was still tender to herself just now, why did he suddenly not even bother to say anything now? Even if you make up an excuse, it's okay? Aren't girls just going to cheat? You don't even have the interest in deceiving me?

Silent... Silent... What the hell are you silent...

"Good, good...... The surname Xiao is considered ruthless...... This is my life..."After saying that, Qingwen stomped her foot and rushed out of the garden.

"It's not good, Qingwen is going to commit suicide...... "The house exploded, the older girls and the old mothers chased after them, and the younger girls were scared and cried.

A scream finally woke up Xiao Letian, he was so frightened that he almost didn't sit on the ground, "Stop her......" After speaking, he chased after him like a gust of wind.

Qingwen's personality is quite strong, even a bit extreme in modern terms, the tragedy of her childhood made her self-esteem extremely sensitive, the so-called little pepper temper, in fact, because of the fear in his heart, the fear of the world.

And today, she was just taken away by Xiao Letian, and she was in the most sensitive moment of love, when she suddenly came such bad news, this extreme woman collapsed all of a sudden, and it was inevitable that she would rush into the blood.

In the courtyard where Xiao Lotian is is a small garden, a Taihu Lake stone was just erected here half a year ago, Qingwen lowered her head and aimed at this Taihu Lake stone, if she hit it headlong and didn't die, she would have to be stupid.

Qingwen ...... I promise you, I won't let you sign a contract...... Sir, I was wrong...... Isn't it okay to be wrong..."

But now it was too late, no one in front of Qingwen could stop her, and her head was only less than three meters away from the stone, and now even she couldn't stand it.

Just at the last moment, suddenly a black shadow flashed on the Taihu Lake stone, and a familiar voice came: "Oops...... Little girl, why do you bother..."As she spoke, a pair of heavy hands played a Tai Chi trick, and holding Qingwen's shoulders dissolved her forward momentum.

Qingwen was carried around three times on the spot to stabilize her figure, and at this time, the people in the courtyard finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Oh, Master Long is back...... I'm glad you're here, otherwise we'd be in big trouble..."

The figure rushing down from the rockery was Xiao Letian's personal guard Xiang Shaolong.

Xiao Letian hugged Qingwen, he wanted to give her a few mouths, but looking at the bloodless girl, Xiao Letian couldn't be ruthless at all.

Qingwen opened her eyes and saw Xiao Letian's handsome face, looking at his worried eyes from the bottom of her heart, the girl's tears fell straight down.

"Woooooooooo......oo Sir, I haven't had a home since I was a child...... If you don't want me, I'm really nowhere to go...... Don't want me, I'm homeless......"

Xiao Letian's eyes were also rosy, "I want it, I want it, master, if you don't leave, we won't leave... If the contract is not signed, no matter how he scolds me, even if he doesn't cooperate with me, what can I do? Master, I can make a fortune without their help......

"You all give me a good life, my lord, I will support you and raise you for a lifetime......"

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