When Xiao Mo returned home, it was close to dusk, and the red sunset was all over the sky, which looked very good. As for the craftsmen who were called to dig the cellar, they were naturally gone.

Xiaoya is struggling to move copper to the house at this time, it seems that the cellar should be almost done, Xiao Mo thinks about it, and it is not a high-end basement, just bury the money, this digging a hole is naturally very fast.

Some of the holes in the roof of the hut were gone, and the beams of light that had been shining directly into the hut from the roof had disappeared without a trace.

The tables and chairs in the room had been replaced with new ones, and even the broken kettle had been replaced by a brand new copper kettle, which was not cheap at this time.

Xiao Mo naturally thought that it seemed that he didn't need to use a broken bowl for dinner today.

The small yard is also very clean, some weeds have been removed, and even the wooden barrel used to draw water by the well has been replaced with a new one, instead of the leaky wooden barrel before.

Although the whole small yard is still simple, it is much neat and clean, and it finally feels like home.

Xiaoya was very happy that Xiao Mo would be able to win a restaurant soon after he went out, and she didn't think about it at all, Xiao Mo had actually been thinking about this for a long time.

But when Xiaoya heard that it was a restaurant that was exchanged for Nanzhu, and it was rumored that it was still a place with feng shui problems, she angrily called her young master too loser, and the old man who pouted was high.

Xiao Mo smiled and didn't object, he could see that Xiaoya was actually happy in her heart, as long as she was happy, a Nanzhu was nothing, whatever! It's a big deal that I can go to work for others a few more times.

It's just that Xiao Mo didn't think about it, but there are not big customers like Sihailou everywhere, and there are festivals like "beating drums and picking flowers" every day. “

The next morning, it was the usual exercise time, and Xiao Mo, who took a bath after exercising, closed his eyes and thought about the staffing of the restaurant, especially the staffing of the waiters.

In this era, people are generally precocious, because in this era, due to war, disease, and hunger, people generally have a short life expectancy, and in this limited time, they cannot keep up with society if they are not precocious, and precocious is only a concept given according to the fixed thinking cultivated by Xiao Mo's later generations. So Xiao Mo didn't plan to use handymen who were over 18 years old, because those who were already parents in this era.

Xiao Mo is going to hire some thirteen or fourteen-year-old children from poor families to do relatively easy chores.

In this era, such children have a very simple heart, and they are very hard-working and easy to satisfy. Although this is child labor in the later generations, at this time, giving these children a job and eating a bite of food is better than anything else, Xiao Mo has suffered so many days and feels deeply.

Xiao Mo saw that Old Man Han was throwing some messy things into his bath water again. Then he said, "I said, Uncle Han, what if you throw some messy things, what if you poison me?" Also, I'm going to hire some thirteen or fourteen-year-old children from poor families to be miscellaneous workers in restaurants, Uncle Han, do you know where you can hire these people in large quantities? “

Old man Han paused after listening to Xiao Mo's words and said: "Your mind uncle knows that the children of poor families are indeed hard-working, and you can be regarded as giving them a very good way to make a living, but I don't approve of the old man."

Most of these thirteen or fourteen-year-old girls from poor families are married, some have become child wives, and some have even been sold to Qinglou. You can't use all the brts without girls, can you? There are some small jobs that these boys can't do.

And thirteen or fourteen-year-old poor boys are indeed a good choice for handymen, but these boys can't work in a restaurant for long, and they have to get married early after a year or two, and then pass on the lineage, take over the family's farming, or open up the wasteland by themselves. You can't just change the batch when this person is just becoming proficient, right? “

When Xiao Mo heard this, he found that he had indeed considered something inappropriate, and Old Man Han's words could be said to have pointed out a fatal problem.

Xiao Mo couldn't help but say helplessly: "No matter how young you are, you can't do it, and you can't hire older people, how can this be good, it's not a matter if you don't have enough manpower."

Old man Han waved his hand when he heard this: "You don't have to worry about this, you can go to the slave market to buy some teenage servants, this slave will belong to you alone in this life, as long as you can make them full, these slaves are more loyal than anyone else, the key is that these efforts are cheap."

Xiao Mo couldn't help frowning when he heard this: "Huh? And the slave market? Can this man still buy and sell? I won't do such a miserable and inhumane thing. “

Old man Han said very usually: "There is war, there is crime, there are naturally slaves!" If there are slaves, there are descendants of slaves, and slaves have not gotten rid of the identity of slaves, and their descendants are naturally slaves. This is a normal thing, you really feel that these slaves are miserable, and you are saving their lives by buying them to eat, and it is much better than not caring about them. “

Xiao Mo was said to understand that this was a very realistic problem, but he was deliberately ignored by himself. In such an era, what powerful person does not have some slaves in his family? This was not a later generation, and this was the time when slavery was prevalent.

Even in private, many powerful people will compare with each other who has more slaves and whose slaves are better.

These slaves had no human rights to speak of, and their status in the eyes of the people was even inferior to that of pigs and dogs. In the homes of the powerful, these slaves do all the dirty work, and it is a great thing for them to be fed.

In this era, it was not illegal to kill slaves, and there was no difference between killing slaves and killing pigs and dogs. Therefore, some perverts often take pleasure in the torture and killing of slaves.

The existence of this kind of slavery in the Great Sui era, although it cannot be taken out and said on the surface, but in private, everyone acquiesces to this system, and in the eyes of the people of the Great Sui, it is as ordinary as eating and drinking.

The saddest thing is not so much the people who were enslaved by war, disease and hunger, but the descendants of these people, who were born slaves.

Those first generation of slaves, at least living individuals, they became slaves because of forced reasons, they still retain their own thoughts, and they still have the heart of resistance, and they have pursuits.

But the descendants of these people, who have been slaves since birth, have lived in slavery since childhood, and the only thing they know is to obey orders. You can give up your life for a bite of food.

Xiao Mo was reluctant to come into contact with this darkest social phenomenon from the beginning. But because of the restrictions of the times, slavery could not be eliminated. Xiao Mo was also powerless about what the whole world recognized at this time.

Old man Han's words are very reasonable. You don't buy slaves, for fear of seeing the miserable scene, slaves are still slaves, they exist the same, they don't change, someone buys them.

If you really think that these slaves are miserable, you are saving them by buying them for food.

In fact, Xiao Mo also knew that if he bought some young slaves, it would be very beneficial to him. After all, these slaves are very loyal, they will not reveal the secrets of their own dishes in the restaurant, and these slaves will not leave the restaurant because of time problems, they will only become more and more loyal to themselves and loyal to the restaurant, which will make Xiao Mo's own safety well guaranteed, and all they need is to be fed and clothed.

If Xiao Mo was really a concubine who was kicked out of the house by the big family and was good at forbearance, then he would not hesitate to do this at this time.

But as a person born in a quiet, peaceful, democratic and equal country, Xiao Mo really couldn't do such a thing as human trafficking, although he knew that buying some slaves was a good thing for slaves. But Xiao Mo always felt uncomfortable in his heart.

Old man Han looked at Xiao Mo with an uncomfortable look, patted Xiao Mo's shoulder and said, "You kid is pure-hearted, for those slaves, a well-hearted family master is better than anything else."

In fact, you don't have to be like this, anyone can become a slave, and when a person is faced with the choice of death and becoming a slave, most people will choose the latter. If the Great Sui is defeated one day, you and I may become other people's slaves, this is a basic law of this world, there is no such thing as being miserable or not miserable. “

Xiao Mo was a little sad when he heard this: "No one is born a slave, even if he is a slave, why should he harm his descendants?" You want me to buy those kids, what's wrong with them? Birth doesn't determine life! “

Old man Han nodded and said, "The words are reasonable, but the rules of this world are like this." Don't you understand? This is a world where life is decided! Aren't you a good proof of that? Now you can only live under these rules, and if one day you have the ability to defy the rules of this world, you can break them.

Since you say so, isn't it better to save the child in your mouth? Follow you, old man, I believe they are lucky. At least you treat them like human beings, don't you? “

Xiao Mo nodded vigorously, he can only do this at present, but for the future, Xiao Mo believes that he can change these.