Zhang Lan pinched the back of Mrs. Cai's neck, invited her into the room, threw her on the stool, and almost sat on her buttocks, grinning in pain.

Chao Gai sat on the chair with a golden knife, and behind him stood the tall and mighty Jiao Ting and Li Kui, Mrs. Cai was a little scared, knowing that these people could not be provoked.

"Mrs. Cai, the matter of soup soup soup will not affect your family's business, they are all homeless people who can't afford to eat your porridge shop, do you think the people who buy your porridge will come here to rub a bowl of porridge." Chao Gai said faintly.

"You're right, I'm mistaken, mistaken, then I'll go back." Mrs. Cai bowed her head and said.

Although this guy is hateful, Chao Gai can't bully others, and said: "That's it, let's not mention it." Now let's talk about another business. ”

"What business?" Mrs. Cai asked.

Chao Gai pointed to Pan Jinlian not far away and said, "Your maid, I think it's good, give her to me." ”

Behind Li Kui and Jiao Ting were snickering, this brother has fallen in love with other beauties, and he wants someone directly.

Mrs. Cai was like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, and jumped up and shouted: "You think of beauty, I haven't sold my maid for 200 times." ”

"Sit down." Zhang Lan pressed Mrs. Cai, who had just jumped up.

Chao Gai said: "What are you excited about, since you are looking for you, there must be a reason to find you." You maid with a long flower and moon appearance, can the lord of your family not be tempted, and be tempted to change the maid into a lady, do you, a genuine lady, still have a good life. ”

Chao Gai stepped on Mrs. Cai's sore feet with a word, slapped the table and said: "That's right, my lord is a little interesting to this little hoof, but I found it early and take it with me every day." ”

"That's right, deal with it as soon as possible, the night is long and you have many dreams. Hurry up and ask your family to go back and get the deed of sale. Chao Gai said.

Mrs. Cai didn't dare to say no, next to her was a black girl with double knives hidden in her waist, not to mention these three big men, she couldn't afford to provoke them. had to obediently send Pan Jinlian's deed of sale.

Mrs. Cai smiled and pulled Pan Jinlian over, pulled her to Chao Gai's side, and said to Pan Jinlian: "I sold you, you will follow this Chao official in the future." As he spoke, he threw a cloth package at Pan Jinlian's feet, which was Pan Jinlian's daily necessities.

Pan Jinlian was like a lightning strike, although she knew that it would be a matter of time before she was sold again, but she didn't expect that this day would come so soon, thinking of her duckweed-like life, two lines of tears couldn't help but flow. But she was powerless to resist, she was just a slave without personal freedom.

Madame Cai went away as if she had been pardoned, and took the remnants of her defeated army with her.

Chao Gai took Pan Jinlian's deed of sale, handed it to Pan Jinlian, and said, "Look at it, is this your contract?" ”

"Yes." Pan Jinlian said.

Chao Gai raised his hand and tore the contract apart. Pan Jinlian was overwhelmed and at a loss.

Chao Gai said: "I didn't spend any money, then Mrs. Cai was afraid of beating, so she gave you to me after a beating." But from now on you're free. Go wherever you love. ”

Happiness came too suddenly, Pan Jinlian was psychologically drunk for a while, but soon it was not beautiful. Said: "I'm a weak woman, even if I am free, where can I go, I still follow you." ”

"Follow me, the maids in my village are all hired, they are completely free, they get paid monthly, and if you don't want to do it, just say it in advance." Chao Gai explained.

Pan Jinlian was overjoyed, she didn't think that she had become a free person, she was happy.

The soup kitchen was carried out for another two days, Chao Gai and Jiao Ting also wandered around in the small Qinghe County for two days, and the big ones were not collected, but the carpenters, blacksmiths and even stonemasons collected hundreds of people. Even Wu Dalang was moved by Chao Gai's words, and followed Chao Gai back to Yuncheng County to open a shop selling cooking cakes in Yuncheng County, so as not to be bullied every day in Qinghe.

On the morning of the third day, everyone had breakfast, and the mighty team was organized. More than 100 craftsmen of all kinds, as well as bald Qiang, Cheng Lin, Pan Jinlian, who planted trees, and more than 50 children who volunteered to do small jobs, were all about thirteen or fourteen years old.

Chao Gai saw that the craftsmen were fine, all of them were sticks, but the children couldn't keep up with the team. So he bought ten carts and mules in the county seat, and selected ten people from the craftsmen to catch the car, so that the children, Cheng Lin and Pan Jinlian could all ride in the car. Even so, the team walked for more than ten days when they got home.

When I returned to Chaojiazhuang, the weather was new, the basic completion of the construction of Zhuangzi's security building, on the basis of the original east and west village walls, a low wall was enclosed, only three meters high Zhuang Wall, and other Zhuangzi compared with nothing outstanding, even worse, but there is a wooden watchtower every two hundred meters. Of course, this is not a guarantee of safety, any passive defense is always not good, and the security lies in the elite soldiers trained by Chao Gai.

When I came to the entrance of the village, dozens of Chao Xun in the village came out to greet dozens of Zhuang Ding.

Chao Gai stopped the team, turned around and said, "This is our destination, everyone get out of the car and bring their belongings." ”

The children got out of the car one after another, and the craftsmen took their belongings.

Chao Xun came over and pulled Chao Gai aside and asked, "What's the situation, how did you bring back so many craftsmen, dozens of children and two women." ”

Chao Gai said: "The adults are all carpenters, blacksmiths, and one who can plant trees, what is called a bald head." One of the two women was named Cheng Lin, who was wandering with a child, and she was pitiful and brought back. The other is a maid from a big family named Pan Jinlian, let the two of them go to our village clinic to be nurses. Do what you can. ”

Chao Xun hurriedly shook his head: "The child with the child Cheng Lin is so young, how do you let her work." In addition, Pan Jinlian's appearance is as beautiful as a flower, didn't she distract those men when she went to the hospital. In my opinion, the woman with the child found a small room in our house and lived casually. Then Pan Jinlian asked her to be a maid and get paid monthly. ”

"Okay, it's still Uncle Xun's thoughtfulness. In addition, there are fifty-five children, Uncle Xun first arranged for them to take a bath and change clothes, and then asked the doctor in the hospital to check them well, isolate them if they have infectious diseases, and find a courtyard to live in healthy. Chao Gai said.

When you get home, it will be easy to do, these things are just to ask, the carpenter's own carpentry workshop Lu Tamping came to lead the people, and the blacksmith arranged to go to the iron factory. As for the management of Liu Youtian, he cultivated millions of mulberry saplings this spring, and he was worried that no one knew how to manage them, so he led ten people to manage the saplings, and then increased the number of people when planting trees in the autumn.

Chao Gai didn't have time to manage these trivial matters, so he didn't care about rest and Jiao Ting, and went straight to Liangshan Island, where there were new military horses from the Daimyo's Mansion.

On Chao's house, Cheng Lin held her three-month-old child and went to the backyard under the leadership of a middle-aged mother-in-law. This house is about 20 square meters, a little dilapidated, and the furnishings are very simple, only a bed and a table. There are also several old spinning wheels stacked in the corner.

The middle-aged mother-in-law took a quilt for Cheng Lin, and some other daily necessities, and said: "The housekeeper has arranged it, your child is still young, you don't have to work for the time being, the kitchen is in the east courtyard, and you will go over to cook when you order the meal." There are nothing else to do, there are no detailed rules in the house, but try not to walk around. If you need anything, just ask me. ”

"It's already very good, there's nothing needed anymore." Cheng Lin said.

"Alright, I'm going to get busy. You clean up the house yourself. Saying that, the middle-aged mother-in-law left.

The house is a little dilapidated, but secluded, not to mention that it is much better than wandering around. Cheng Lin walked back and forth with the child in her arms, put the child to sleep, and then began to clean the house. The spinning wheel in the corner was actually good, Cheng Lin couldn't help but fiddle with it, but unfortunately there was nothing to spin, a bag of sheep wool was found in the corner, and Cheng Lin was overjoyed.

Although it is said that Cheng Lin has not been arranged to do anything, it is not good to eat for nothing and not work, when the child is asleep, Chen Lin will go to the kitchen next door to help, help wash vegetables, clean and other work.

Speaking of Pan Jinlian, Chao Xun arranged him to be a maid in Chaogai's yard, it turned out that there was a maid in the yard, and the old lady at home was sick recently. Chao Gai lives in a large place, with three main living rooms, two study rooms, and two bedrooms. Pan Jinlian lives in the small ear room in the west, and the house in this location is generally reserved for maids to live in.

Pan Jinlian put the package on the bed, sat down and rested for a while before getting up and pulling her hair and washing her face with a basin of water. Then I took a feather duster and went to clean up. At this time, the middle-aged mother-in-law came over and arranged: "The owner of Chao Zhuang rarely comes back, but the hygiene must be kept clean, and the living room and bedroom are cleaned once a day." Do not go in when the owner of the study is no longer there. There are three days off every month, and if you want to go out at other times, you need to take leave, and if you don't take leave, your salary will be deducted. ”

"Got it, old woman, sit down and I'll pour you a glass of water." Pan Jinlian pulled the middle-aged mother-in-law to sit on a chair and poured water for her with a kettle.

The middle-aged mother-in-law said: "The Zhuang family is not interested in this. "That being said, I'm happy to enjoy it and sit comfortably in the chair.

"You've been in this house for a long time, is there anything special about this house?" Pan Jinlian asked.

The middle-aged woman said, "Seeing that your mind is very detailed, I'll tell you about it." The owner of our village is a good person, and he generally has no strange temper, but he likes to make friends with people in the rivers and lakes, and you must not eavesdrop on things when talking about things. The owner likes to be thrifty, no matter what food and clothing is very simple, plus he rarely comes, so your position is very leisurely, do it well. ”

The middle-aged mother-in-law drank tea after speaking, chatted with Pan Jinlian for a few words and went to get busy.

Chao Gai rushed to Liangshan Island to see the military horses, passed by the military camp, and suddenly saw Wu Yongzheng and Zhu Wu together. Take two steps and pass.

The two said, "Brother, it's good." ”

Chao Gai said in surprise: "When did Mr. Zhu arrive, what about the two brothers Chen Da and Yang Chun." ”

Zhu Wudao: "We just arrived the day before yesterday, and the team is walking slowly on this road, and I hope my brother will forgive us." Chen Da and Yang Chun have gone to the boot camp for training, and only twenty of the people brought with them are qualified to serve as soldiers according to Mr. Wu's selection, and the rest have been arranged to the farm."