Chapter 21 Recruit Soldiers
Mingqiao was infected by the aura emanating from Shen Yanjiao's body, and his heart was also boiling with blood, he clenched his fists, as if he had made an important determination, and said to Shen Yanjiao firmly: "If you don't give up, we will definitely follow us in this life and never betray!" ”
"Good!" Shen Yanjiao said hello loudly, then turned to the person behind her and said, "Uncle Wu, you can come over and choose your favorite disciple." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info”
It turned out that Shen Yanjiao was fully prepared for this trip, although this Uncle Wu had lost his previous memory, but his skills were still there, it was a memory engraved in his bones, although his mind had forgotten it, but his body still remembered it, and it was already part of his instinct. Just after Shen Yanjiao saw Milu the night before, he then found Uncle Wu, although Uncle Wu was silent, he had lost his memory, he had always been alone, when he heard Shen Yanjiao ask if he was willing to accept apprentices and help her train people, he agreed without hesitation, he didn't know if he still had a family, and he didn't know if he still had a wife and children, he was too eager for the warmth of his relatives, apprentice, and he would also be a relative-like existence! Uncle Wu thought, his heart was full of anticipation.
Uncle Wu walked out of the crowd, Mingqiao's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly gathered the children together, lined up in a row, and stood in the last position. The children are no longer as scared as they were at the beginning, they fully trust Brother Mingqiao, and Brother Mingqiao trusts these people, they know that Brother Mingqiao will not harm them, so they also trust these people in front of them, and they are no longer afraid. And Milu also received Shen Yanjiao's signal, and walked into the queue next to Mingqiao, which was the last position.
In this way, there are a total of seventeen children here, Uncle Wu asked the children to remember their numbers, and they started to look at each other from the first child, he occasionally pinched the children's shoulders, and patted the children's arms and legs for a while, and it didn't take much time to walk down all the way, just roughly looked at it, he walked back to the front of the children, closed his eyes and slowly thought about something.
The children knew that this person was going to teach them martial arts, the kung fu that had been longing for a long time in their hearts, and they were all concerned about whether their qualifications would be selected, and they all looked at Uncle Wu with tense faces and nervous hearts, but with expectations.
Uncle Wu closed his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were like torches, and he opened his mouth and said: "No. 1, No. 3, No. 4, No. 6, No. 8, No. 10, No. 11, No. 11, No. 13, No. 16, No. 17, out of the ranks." The children who heard Uncle Wu count their numbers were overjoyed and walked out of the queue to the side, fortunately, Mingqiao and Milu were among them. The remaining children stood there with a look of loss on their faces.
Will they be abandoned? Mingqiao also had a worried expression on his face.
Shen Yanjiao saw that Uncle Wu had finished choosing, nodded, came to the rest of the children, and said, "You are not suitable for martial arts, this does not mean that you have no merits, my next question, you must answer it well." When the remaining children heard Shen Yanjiao's words, they swept away their previous loss and looked up at her excitedly, and their eyes lit up with hope again.
"The question is: if you only have one egg, what can you do to feed both of you? Raise your hand to answer, the answer can't be repeated, there is only one chance, but I have other questions behind me, don't be frustrated if you don't answer correctly, but you must think carefully before answering me. Shen Yanjiao said.
The children are all fluted, one egg, so that two people are full? How can we do that? They all thought about it.
At this time, a child weakly raised his hand, and after getting Shen Yanjiao's approval, he said: "If you sell the eggs, you can sell them for two pennies, and the steamed buns will be one penny, and one person will be full!" ”
Shen Yanjiao nodded with satisfaction and let him stand up, the child was happy to come out, great! He's not the one left to be picked! When the rest of the children saw that some of them had successfully answered correctly, they all ignited their fighting spirit and rushed to raise their hands.
"Boiled the eggs, and the two of them ate them in half!" Shen Yanjiao shook her head and motioned to the next one, "Hatch the eggs, raise the chicks and slaughter them to eat ......" "...... the eggs"
"Boil a pot of water, crack the eggs in it, and find some wild vegetables to put in it, and both of them will be able to eat and be full. Wild vegetables are everywhere and you don't need money, you can add them, right? One child said with some trepidation, he was afraid that his answer would be unsatisfactory and he would be eliminated.
Shen Yanjiao smiled and nodded, and let him out, this round of questions and answers, only two boys were picked, and the remaining five children were all girls, with a slight loss and nervousness on their faces, waiting for Shen Yanjiao's next question.
"So, any of you can sing, dance, or play?" Shen Yanjiao then asked, this round of two children said that they could sing, and also sang two folk tunes on the spot, both of which were hummed to them when their mother was still alive when they were children, and they learned it, their voices were ethereal, like a yellow warbler singing, Shen Yanjiao nodded with satisfaction.
The remaining two of the children are twins, saying that they can dance, and they also showed a dance, they said that their deceased parents were folk artists, and often took them around to perform for a living, because they planned to train them from an early age, so they taught a lot of dance, but there were unforeseen circumstances, because they offended a certain big person, their parents went out to perform one day, and never came back, and overnight, they became orphans. Shen Yanjiao saw that they danced well and their bodies were soft and delicate, so she signaled that they had also passed.
In the end, there was only one child left, Shen Yanjiao walked directly in front of her, squatted down and asked gently, "Little sister, do you have anything you are good at?" When the child saw Shen Yanjiao squatting down and talking to her so gently, he saw that she was the only one left, and his full panic and frustration gradually calmed down.
She timidly said, "Go back...... Back to the master's sister, Xiao Dye can sew clothes, Xiao Dye's family used to be a tailor, Xiao Dye also learned some, everyone's clothes are repaired by me. ”
Shen Yanjiao didn't speak yet, the neon behind her lit up, she walked in front of Xiao Ran to observe the clothes she was wearing, and sure enough, she saw that the patches and stitches were all fine and neat, and she couldn't see the craftsmanship of a five-year-old child at all, Neon looked at Shen Yanjiao feverishly, and before she could open her mouth, Shen Yanjiao smiled, nodded and said: "I know, I know, I understand!" Then he pointed to the neon and said to Xiao Ran: "Xiao Ran, you will follow this big sister in the future, okay?" Her name is Neon, and you will be called Ni Dye in the future! ”
"Ni Dye, thank you, master, sister!" Nizen saw that he was recognized and got a new name, and his previous worries were swept away, and he immediately thanked him happily.
Shen Yanjiao saw that the children were all selected, so she gave them new names one by one, Fang Cai's twin sisters Hua took Jingyan and Jinghong respectively, and the two little girls who could sing were called Fanyin and Fanle respectively, and then walked to the two boys who had just answered the egg question correctly, gave them a plan and a strategy, and finally came to the ten children who were suitable for learning martial arts.
Excluding Mingqiao and Milu, the remaining eight children are exactly four boys and four girls, Shen Yanjiao pondered for a while and said: "The names of Milu and Mingqiao don't need to be changed, the remaining boys are called Mingfeng, Mingji, Mingxiong and Mingyi, and the girls are called Mimeng, Mihan, Miman and Miwei respectively." ”
The children were given new names and thanked them in gratitude.
The names and everything were chosen, Shen Yanjiao looked at these children, her heart was full of softness. These people will be her right-hand men in the future, like a family member.
The carriage was big enough for a group of people to sit down, Uncle Wu went out to sit with the coachman, while Shen Yanjiao and Neon were crowded in the carriage with the children, and the children had let go of their initial vigilance and chattered excitedly in the car. Shen Yanjiao shook her head and smiled, lifted the window and looked at the deserted village behind her, thoughtful.
The Shen Mansion is now becoming more and more magnificent, but with the gradual increase in personnel, the already small courtyard has become slightly crowded, Shen Yanjiao asked the children to settle down well, looked up at the early sky, and went out with neon.
"You want to buy land?" Rong Shuyu asked in surprise. It turned out that Shen Yanjiao ran directly to the restaurant as soon as she went out, and heard that Shopkeeper Liu said that Rong Shuyu did not come over in the mansion, so she had to ask for the address and find it.
Rong Shuyu invited Shen Yanjiao into the inner hall, and after asking the maid to serve tea to Shen Yanjiao, she heard Shen Yanjiao's intention and asked.
"Yes." Shen Yanjiao nodded and said: "It is a deserted village on the outskirts of Beijing, and the surrounding area seems to have been deserted for a long time, and the fields have been abandoned for a long time. It's just that I didn't know how to buy it, so I thought you should have some way, so I came over. ”
Rong Shuyu thought about it for a while, he did have a way, but if he negotiated in his capacity, I was afraid that he would ...... It's just that Shen Yanjiao has also helped him a lot in business, and he doesn't want to refuse her.
After hesitating for a moment, Rong Shuyu still planned to tell Shen Yanjiao the truth: "Miss Shen, I do know a person, he is Li Xun, the secretary of the household department of the dynasty, and he is in charge of taxes, land and servitude in this world, but my Wanshang Alliance has had a lot of dealings with him, and I know this person over the years...... More and more insatiable, if I go to negotiate this matter for you as the Wanshang Alliance, I am afraid that he will open his mouth and raise the price for no reason, so as to fill his own pocket. ”
Hum! Another corrupt official! It's just that...... How do you seem to have heard of this book somewhere? Shen Yanjiao thought about it hard, but she couldn't think of it.
Shen Yanjiao understands Rong Shuyu's scruples, it's not that he doesn't want to help himself, it's just that if he helps, although it will be easy to get the land, but the price will also increase several times because of him.
Shen Yanjiao felt Rong Shuyu's heart and just wanted to say thank you, but suddenly remembered something, so she didn't bother to talk to Rong Shuyu, and lifted her skirt to take off her shoes. Rong Shuyu's face turned red, and she quickly looked away, stretched out her hand to block her eyes, and asked with a puzzled face, "Miss Shen, what is this doing?" ”