"Okay, if you need money, ask me."

Zhang Tao really doesn't care, anyway, making money by herself is also for everyone's better life, she is also very casual, if others don't want to be with her, then don't be together, let each other be happy is the most important thing.

Today's harvest greatly exceeded everyone's expectations, Zhang Tao happily bought some steamed buns and took them back for others to eat.

However, Zhang Tao never expected that when the three of them returned to the gathering place of the dilapidated house, the only thing waiting for them was the pair of brothers and sisters Dalong and Xiaohua who brought them here.

"Dalong, Xiaohua, come on, we went to the mountains today to pick a lot of good things, sold them in the Jade Building, and bought buns and steamed buns for everyone, you can taste them, and they are still hot."

Zhang Tao didn't notice the abnormality of the brother and sister, and happily took out the buns and steamed buns from Li Chengshou's back basket and stuffed them into Dalong's hands.

But Dalong didn't take it, but stuffed the paper bag with steamed buns to Zhang Tao again, and then Zhang Tao realized that Dalong had a serious look and Xiaohua's red eyes.

"What's going on?"

Zhang Tao pinched the bun in her hand, and sighed in her heart, so many people were gone, only these two brothers and sisters were there, and they still had this expression, which really couldn't make her think in a good direction.

"This house was sold by a trading house, so we can't live here."

Dalong said a little difficult, and his eyes gradually turned red, they had lived here for several years, and they thought it was an ownerless place, but they didn't expect it......

"So where are you now? Let's just go to them, why are you doing that? ”

Looking at the appearance of Dalong and Xiaohua, Xiaoman didn't understand.

"Is there anything else?"

Looking at Da Long's expression, Zhang Tao knew that there must be something else, and what really made him unable to say it should be something else.

"Liu Dashan from Xunyang City took us in, the man is a housekeeper, and the woman is a maid, although he sells his body, he can eat enough, and he doesn't have to beg along the street."

"Everyone thought it was good, and they all passed."

"We're here to wait for you to come back, will you come with us?"

Dalong said a little cautiously, although they brought it back by themselves, they didn't know much about it, and they were familiar with it. They didn't go out with them to beg for food, and they didn't know what they thought about it.

"Family, maid? Is it a death contract? ”

If it's just a temporary maid, Zhang Tao is acceptable, isn't it just a part-time job? Although it is a child labor, it can also solve the problem of food and clothing, earn money, and have a place to live.

But if it's like she saw on TV, she signed a death contract as a slave, she can't accept it, she will be a maid for the rest of her life, and she will not be able to make decisions for herself for the rest of her life.

It is better to die than to be free.

Dalong nodded, he thought that everyone knew that the maid was like this, but he really didn't think about it.

"If we don't go if we don't go to the death contract, do you want to go?"

got a positive answer, Zhang Tao didn't even think about it, and made a decision directly.

What are you kidding, a dignified modern person crossed over and let her be a maid, but she has no free body, and she is willing to be a slave, it is really better to die.

Li Chengshou didn't want to be a slave either, "I won't go either." ”

Zhang Tao and Li Chengshou didn't go, Xiaoman felt that she didn't need to go, in just a few days, she had become seriously dependent on the two of them, so naturally she would go wherever they went.

Dalong was not surprised by their decision, he felt that it was all a personal choice, if it wasn't for the fact that the days of begging were too hard, he didn't want to take his sister to be someone else's.

Xiaohua looked at Zhang Tao with tears in her eyes, "Brother Xiaotao, are you really not going with us?" ”

Yes, another one who treats himself as a boy, Zhang Tao suddenly wondered if everyone thinks they are a boy?

"Xiaohua, I still want to go back to my home, if I sell myself now, then I can't go back at all. You and Dalong keep these buns to eat, and we thank you for taking care of them for the past few days, and we will definitely see you again in the future. ”

Zhang Tao stuffed the bun in her hand into Xiaohua's hand again, although she didn't like children very much, but she couldn't see the little girl looking at her with tears in her eyes, and she still had this bit of gratitude, but her ability was limited now, and what she could do was limited.

Xiaohua glanced at her brother Dalong, a little overwhelmed, she didn't want Brother Xiaotao's buns, but hoped that Brother Xiaotao could go with her.

"It's better for you to keep it, we went to Liu's Mansion, and we won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future, but you better hurry up and find another place to live."

Dalong handed the bun to Zhang Tao again.

"You can keep it, we still have it, and we will have a chance to play with us again in the future."

Zhang Tao said so, but he also knew that the possibility of them seeing each other again was already very low. If you are a subordinate, you will not be free, and it is not easy to come up with it again. What's more, where the three of them live next hasn't settled yet, and I'm afraid they won't be able to find out if they want to see them.

A bag of buns was pushed back and forth several times, and Dalong was embarrassed to refuse any longer, so he handed the buns to his sister Xiaohua.

"Then you take care of yourself, the Liu Mansion is still waiting for us, so we'll go first."

I stayed and waited for the three of them to ask the housekeeper of the Liu Mansion for a long time before agreeing, so naturally I couldn't stay longer, so as not to make the master's family even more unhappy, and if I let myself be in a difficult situation in the Liu Mansion in the future, the gains outweighed the losses.

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After Dalong and Xiaohua left, the three of them sat on the ground in a somewhat depressed mood.

"Can we still live here today?"

Xiaoman is the youngest child, her thoughts are very simple, she will go wherever Zhang Tao and Li Chengshou go, so the two of them can decide where to go.

"I think we can stay one night today, right?"

Zhang Tao looked at Li Chengshou with some uncertainty, thinking about where they would go next.

"If you can live, we will definitely leave tomorrow."

Li Chengshou saw that it was already dark, and it was impossible for the people from the business house or the buyer to come again, so there would definitely be no problem to stay for another night today.

"Why don't you understand that we should also go to the trading house?"

Now I have some silver in my hand, even if I can't buy a house, it's better to rent one first, but I can't find another broken kiln and temple to live in, right?

"Two days ago, when we were walking around the street, I saw that some houses were posted for rent, we can go and see first, and if it is appropriate, we can save the introduction fee to the commercial house."

Li Chengshou also plans to do so, with a fixed residence, they can do more, and life will gradually get better.

Zhang Tao agreed with Li Chengshou's proposal, or she agreed to all the ways to save money, it is not easy to make money.

Unfortunately, the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Zhang Tao felt that he would definitely be able to rent a good house with thirty taels, but the houses that were posted for rent were all courtyards with two or three entrances, and the rent for a month was thirty taels, and they couldn't put all their family money in order to live.

In the end, they had no choice but to go to the trading house, and finally spent three taels of silver for the introduction fee, and they found a suitable small courtyard in the south of Xunyang City.

The yard is not big, clean and neat, it is far away from the city center, to put it bluntly, it is the suburb of Xunyang City, but it is still in the gate of Xunyang City. However, there is an advantage, that is, the house is fully equipped, there are tables, chairs and benches, and even the stove house even has pots and pans.

Although the money earned yesterday was almost spent, the three of them were still very happy, especially Zhang Tao, since then she has her own room, and she can take a bath and wash her face, she has traveled over for more than ten days, and she has not washed a bath, and she feels itchy and dirty when she thinks about it.

"I thought about it for a while, let's go to the mountains first to find some mushrooms that can be sold for money, white fungus or something, and get some wild vegetables to eat, and when the money is almost saved, I will continue to make rouge, so I don't have to go to the mountains all the time."

The three of them are still young, and they don't dare to go too deep into the mountains, in case they encounter tigers or wolves, they will be finished, and those things in the vicinity are always picked about the same, not to mention that the white fungus and bamboo sunflower that make them make money are not easy to find, and they grow everywhere.

"Well, you're right, you can't all point to the mountains, when the time comes, you can raise some chickens and ducks in the yard, and you can sell them for money."

Li Chengshou remembers that there are chickens and ducks in his yard, and his mother also raises two big fat pigs, which are very lively and festive when they kill New Year's pigs every year. Thinking about it, Li Chengshou felt a little lost, and he didn't know if he would be able to return home and see his family again in this life.

"Xiaoman, what do you think?"

Zhang Tao asked Xiaoman symbolically, and didn't expect her to say anything, but if the affairs of the three of them were decided by her and Li Chengshou, she was afraid that Xiaoman would be dissatisfied.

"I listen to you, and I used to listen to my brothers and sisters at home."

Xiaoman smiled very happily, although this yard is not as big as her own home, but it is very clean, and only the three of them live, she also has her own house, she feels that it is much better to follow Zhang Tao and Li Chengshou than to return to her own home.

I have many brothers and sisters, and I am not favored, so I have to do a lot of work every day, and I still squeeze into the same bed with my sisters.

The answer was completely expected, and Zhang Tao didn't say anything.

Early the next morning, Zhang Tao got up early in the morning, cooked a pot of porridge with the miscellaneous rice he bought the day before, and baked a few pancakes along the way.

There is not much money, but you can't be too bad for your stomach.

When Li Chengshou and Xiaoman got up, Zhang Tao made another soup with eggs and cucumber shreds, which was completely her modern breakfast method, and I don't know if the two of them can adapt to it.

"This, this, this breakfast is too much, isn't it?"

Looking at the breakfast on the table, Xiao Man stammered a little in surprise.