The eyes of those who behaved well suddenly lit up, and those who behaved poorly were about to cry.

Zhao Ruxi threw down this sentence and ignored it, returned to the front yard, and said this sentence to Ma Sheng.

Then she realized that the mental state of the two teams was completely different from what she had just been.

"The girl is amazing." Gao Weiqiang couldn't help but praise.

"Qingfeng, you go buy meat with Lu Bo." Zhao Ruxi walked out, "Uncle Gao, Dianjiang and follow me to Zhuangzi." ”

Gao Weiqiang and Dianjiang hurriedly followed her.

After leaving the house and walking a few steps in the direction of the village, several people saw Qian Duoduo standing on the field stalk with a sad face, looking at the mountains in the distance in a daze.

Zhao Ruxi coughed twice.

Qian Duoduo heard the voice, turned his head to look over, and saw that it was Zhao Ruxi, and hurriedly saluted her: "Girl." ”

"What are you doing here?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

"Auntie, girl......" Qian Duoduo didn't know if he had put his hand into the field just now, and his hand was stained with mud, and when he was nervous, he wiped his face with his hand, and a mud mark suddenly appeared on his face.

He didn't seem to notice it yet, and he muttered, "Old slave...... The old slave is pulling weeds here, hehe......"

Zhao Ruxi didn't poke at him, and said: "I haven't seen the Zhuang servants since I took over Zhuangzi, so you can call them all while I have time to meet them now." ”

Qian Duoduo was stunned for a moment, and then nodded violently: "Okay, okay, the old slave will go." As he spoke, he pulled his legs and ran.

"Let's go, go back." Before Zhao Ruxi returned to the house, he didn't go in, but asked Gao Weiqiang to move a stool out and sit down in front of the door.

In front of the door, a road was paved with bluestone slabs that could accommodate a carriage to walk, and on both sides of the road were compacted open spaces, with only sporadic weeds growing.

After a while, a group of people came over one after another. The clothes she was wearing were no better than the Li Po she saw that day, and her body was patched with patches; Most of them are yellow-faced, hungry and thin, and they know at a glance that they are suffering from long-term malnutrition.

Seeing this scene, Zhao Ruxi was in a very bad mood.

Qian Duoduo was afraid that the servants would not deal with it properly, so he ran back quickly after calling someone.

Seeing that Zhao Ruxi's face was not good-looking, he glanced at the servants with some anxiety, but did not find any problems, so he walked up to Zhao Ruxi and said with a shy smile: "Girl, there are still a few children who have gone up the mountain, and the others are here." ”

"How old are those kids?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

"They are all five or six-year-old children, and they can't do things yet, so they help the family go to the mountains to collect some firewood and dig some wild vegetables."

Zhao Ruxi nodded, seeing that the number of old, middle-aged and young people in the crowd was not much different, she said: "I bought a batch of people yesterday, I think everyone knows about it, right?" I want to use people, there is no reason to only buy outside, and not give our Zhuangzi own people a chance. Now people between the ages of thirteen and twenty are coming forward, and I'll see how many there are, and I'm going to pick some of you out and train with them. If you do a good job, you can go outside and help me do business. ”

As she spoke, she added: "Thirteen to twenty years old, whether male or female, whether they are married or not, stand up." ”

The servants probably saw few outsiders, and they were all a little timid, Zhao Ruxi said, except for two who hesitated to stand up, everyone else didn't move. The two who stood up saw that everyone was not moving, and they were frightened, and quickly shrank back.

Qian Duoduo was in a hurry when he saw it.

He has been wandering around the house for the past two days, why? Not for the sake of these children?

He saw that this new master was a kind-hearted man. On that day, he just took three small bamboo baskets that were not worth two pennies, and gave Li Po three coins of silver, which shows that he is a compassionate person.

If Zhao Ruxi doesn't buy people, or he doesn't know if he buys people, that's fine. But seeing that she bought a group of subordinates and walked around in this house, Qian Duoduo's heart moved.

He hopes that Zhao Ruxi can give the children a way out, no matter how many opportunities there are, even if it is one, let the servants see hope, so that they will not live here for generations, and live a difficult life with the end in sight, and people's spirit will be worn out.

But now that the opportunity is in front of him, these people are still grinding, and he is really angry.

He yelled at the crowd: "Why are you stunned? Didn't you hear the girl? Hurry up and stand up. There is a surplus, there is a surplus, a big column, a plug, a cow egg, Lin Shun ......"

He began to call people one by one.

Those who were called were obedient and stood up. Those who weren't called also came forward.

Dianjiang is much more clever than Qingfeng. Without Zhao Ruxi's explanation, she quickly counted the number of people and said to Zhao Ruxi: "Girl, there are fifty-one in total." ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded and said to the fifty-one people: "Who among you is willing to follow me out to do business?" Those who are willing to take a step further and line up in front of the little tree, and those who don't want to stand still and don't move. I will only give you ten breaths of time. ”

Afraid that these people would not be illiterate, she said: "It's one, two, three, four......" She slowly counted ten words and prompted, "Count to ten, if you don't stand up, I will default to your unwillingness." Don't come to me again to plead in the future, I won't be accommodating again. ”

She said to Dianjiang: "Dianjiang, report the number." ”

Qian Duoduo's heart was raised, and he was about to yell at these children, but he was stopped by Zhao Ruxi: "Qian Zhuangtou, you shut up, stand there honestly and don't move." Life is theirs, they don't know how to fight for it, what's the use of you being in a hurry? ”

Qian Duoduo had to take back the words that came to his mouth, his face was flushed, but he was so anxious in his heart. On the cool morning of mid-autumn, he was stunned and sweated.

Seeing this, Zhao Ruxi was very satisfied with Qian Duoduo.

can know that for the sake of the people in Zhuangzi and worry about their fate, this old man is really good, at least he has nothing to say.

Dianjiang reported the number very dutifully over there, not fast or slow: "One, two, three......"

When the count reached four, a young man and a teenager finally stood next to the half-man-high tree, and the others saw that people were taking the lead, and they were urged by their father and mother behind them, and they also hurriedly lined up.

By the time Dianjiang counted to eight, there were still more than a dozen young men and women left in the same place. Most of them are dressed as big girls and small daughters-in-law, and three of them have big bellies. A pregnant woman standing on the edge was anxiously urging her husband to come forward, but the man was very hesitant and finally stood at the end of the line when he counted to ten.

A total of thirty-two people came forward.