Chapter Ninety-Four: Receiving People (and Clan's Bijiachang!) )
When I set off, there were a lot of people around.
"Little Miracle Doctor! Are you leaving? ”
"Regardless of our fellow villagers in Liangzhou?"
"Yes! Oh, yes! Let's stay, I can't say that Liuzhou will accept us in the spring next year, so why take the risk of moving south? ”
"Little Miracle Doctor! Our old man's illness hasn't cleared up yet! ”
Everyone was chattering and talking, and many people stared at the rice and grain on their carriage, and they couldn't take their eyes off it.
Zi Du rested her elbows behind her head, leaned against the flour bag, and pouted, "Greed and selfishness are really human nature. ”
slapped him on the forehead, Yang Zixi scolded with a smile: "How old are you?" Don't learn to speak in an adult tone! ”
Twilight: "......"
Seeing that there were more and more people surrounding him, Yang Zixi also felt that the situation was not good. At this moment, the three minors openly went on the road with a wagon of food, and in the eyes of this group of hungry and half-dead people, it was fat! Now it is because there are officials watching from the side, and her reputation is still there, they don't dare to rob, but it is difficult to say if they leave Liuzhou, and it is possible to rob halfway.
glanced at Wang Xiaoshi, and Xiaoshi also had a solemn expression on his face.
"Well," Yang Zixi began, "I need to recruit some servants, and if someone signs a deed of sale, I will take him with me." ”
As soon as these words came out, they immediately caused an uproar. The refugees stranded outside Liuzhou are all poor and can't leave, and a few people still have concerns about the deed of sale, but the vast majority of people are willing as long as they are given food. So the crowd began to shout.
"It's all quiet! It's all quiet! Yang Zixi said, "I also have requirements for accepting people." Over 20 years old, under 40 years old, in good health. Able to travel long distances. If you don't meet the requirements, you don't have to apply.
Hula rushed over the donkey cart with a large crowd of men, women, and children. Among them, there are obviously a few dolls with pigtails, and some old men with gray beards, who are desperately shouting, saying that their faces are tender or old, but in fact, they are compound with the above age requirements.
Yang Zixi: "......"
Wang Xiaoshi: "......"
Twilight: "......"
Speaking of the era when there is no ID card proof, these people really dare to say anything!!
In the end, Yang Zixi picked five honest strong men and three neat and capable servants, a total of eight people, all of whom were deceased and had no worries, and they were also in relatively good physical condition. Yang Zixi took advantage of the relationship of the young servant. The contract documents were obtained, and all eight of them pressed their fingerprints.
If the rest of the people don't do it, take eight with them? So what do we do?
A middle-aged woman desperately squeezed out of the crowd, dragging a young girl and a teenager from left to right. She fell to her knees with a thud and cried, "Please do a good job of the little divine doctor and sign my two sons and daughters!" My man is starving to death, I can't feed them all alone, and following me is a dead end, and I ask the little doctor to show mercy. Take them with you! ”
I saw that the boy and the girl were about ten years old, and they were a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, and they looked almost identical. The two of them were unkempt, yellow and thin, and they only kept their heads down and did not say anything. The girl burst into tears, but the boy gritted his teeth and endured.
Seeing this, a few more onlookers hesitated for a moment. also dragged out their own children, all of whom were half-sized. It's the time when the food is the greatest, where can you feed it at the moment?
Yang Zixi was unconsciously very entangled. She pondered for a moment and said, "My ability is limited, and I can't bring too many people with just such a cart of rice grain." ”
When the woman heard this, she bowed down and kowtowed vigorously, saying, "Be merciful!" Yes! Take them away! Be a slave, be a servant, and be beaten and scolded! As long as they live, I can close my eyes in peace! ”
The girl pulled her mother to comfort her, while the boy straightened his back and clenched his hands into fists.
Yang Zixi hadn't spoken yet, Wang Xiaoshi couldn't stand it anymore, and he whispered to Yang Zixi: "Or...... Take them with you, and I'll look at them for their wretchedness. ”
"When we run out of food, everyone will blame the pitiful." Zi Du closed his eyes and said in an old-fashioned manner.
Wang Xiaoshi glanced at him and was silent.
Yang Zixi looked at this group of young boys and girls who were pushed out by their parents, and began to think in his heart. She only has a cart of food, which is enough for a dozen people to eat for half a month, and the route she planned is also twenty days away from the nearest town in Liuzhou. So the number of people must not exceed fifteen.
Now there are eleven of them, that is, three or four more people at most.
How to choose in a hurry?
"You ...... Are you really willing to leave with me? She asked.
The young people next to him all shouted, some said they were willing, and some shouted to take me, but the pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses did not say anything.
Yang Zixi's gaze stayed on the two of them, and asked again: "Are you willing to go with me?" ”
The girl wiped her tears, pinched the young man, the young man's forehead bruises burst out, he was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "No! We don't want to go with you! My sister and I are going to follow my mother! Even starving to death together is better than being separated! ”
The woman was anxious when she heard this, and she pulled the boy a few times, took off the soles of her shoes, and beckoned him to the head. The boy did not hide, but listened to his mother's patting on his back, and the woman hit her twice, and then suddenly wailed and cried, pulling the child into a ball.
"Mother! We will die together as a family! The girl whimpered and reassured.
There was silence for a while, and most people were moved to tears by this deep feeling.
Yang Zixi glanced at the teenagers who had just spoken, sighed and said, "I can only bring three more of your mother and daughter, and there will be no more." But in the future, all three of you have to sign a death contract with me. ”
The so-called death deed is a deed of buyout and sale, and if it is signed, it will be a slave for the whole life of children and grandchildren.
The mother and son thought that there was no hope, but they didn't expect that Yang Zixi was not only willing to take the two children away, but even the woman was willing to take them. The woman nodded hurriedly and replied, "Yes!" Anything you can sign! Although I can't read, I can still cook and cook, and I can do other things! ”
The young servant brought the deed of sale and death, and the mother and son signed it one after another. The other boys and girls who were watching shouted, "We're all willing to go along!" Why don't you bring us with you? ”
Yang Zixi sneered: "Your parents let you go just to let you live, and you would rather leave them behind in order to survive." How can I trust someone who can even be abandoned by my parents at this moment? ”
Without waiting for everyone's reaction, Yang Zixi waved his horsewhip. In the middle of the cold winter wax moon, the two horses pulling the cart spewed out clouds of white mist, and the horses began to trot.
Wang Xiaoshi, who had just recovered from a serious illness, and the young Ziwei sat in the carriage, and Yang Zixi walked by the carriage with his entourage. The vast majority of the refugees only watched them go, while a small number followed behind without giving up.
Yang Zixi didn't reply, but only said to a strong man beside him: "How many people are following behind?" ”
The strong man looked back for a moment, and then replied, "There are about fifty, and there are quite a few of them." ”
Yang Zixi pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "If I give you a full meal, can you bear these fifty people?" ”
Hearing that there was food to eat, everyone's eyes changed, and the strong man took the lead and replied: "Naturally, there is no problem, those people are all hungry, and I can settle ten alone!" ”
"Good!" Yang Zixi nodded, "Then I'll eat first!" Eat with your belly open! ”
After saying this, everyone became more and more energetic, and when they left the boundary of Liuzhou City, Yang Zixi chose an open space and began to make rice. The bonfire was lit up and millet was thrown into the pot, giving off a unique aroma of rice. She didn't even have to do anything, and for the first time she enjoyed the treatment of her master.
After the small rice was cooked, everyone was about to salivate out even if they were hungry, but no one ate it first, but gave it to Yang Zixi and the three of them first. Yang Zixi motioned for them to move together, and everyone gobbled it up.
The dozens of people who followed behind smelled from afar, but they didn't dare to step forward, after all, it was still dawn at the moment, and these people just spontaneously followed the grain cart, and they had not yet been effectively organized.
The stone in Yang Zixi's heart was half lowered, and she gathered people to prevent robbers. As long as the people who followed her recuperated and strengthened, the starving ghosts that followed behind were not enough to fear, they missed this moment, and there was no chance to win! (To be continued......)
PS: Three more to !!! It's just over!! I'm tired of dying of couples.