Chapter 198: Buying People
Everyone got to work, it was really neat, and the backyard was cleaned up in a blink of an eye.
There are eight rooms in the backyard.
There are three main houses, and their family is a farmer, so they are not so particular, and these three main houses are of course lived by old ladies.
said that the old lady lived, but in fact, to put it bluntly, Wang Xiaoqing lived with the old lady.
Liu Xiu'e lived in the East House.
There are two rooms in the east house, and the remaining three rooms are naturally for a few girls to live in.
The little girls didn't think that they could live in such a big house now, even if two people lived in one, it was scary to see that the house was empty.
Climbed up and down excitedly one by one, and when they cleaned up, they were full of energy.
Wang Xiaoqing and the old lady went out to shop.
After all, there are so many things missing in this room.
Although there is simple furniture, it has been worn down a lot, and the paper on the window is rotten enough.
The weather is not warm now, and the windows are full of dirt.
The most important thing is that today I will get the settlement money from the shopkeeper Bao and the shopkeeper Wei.
Wang Xiaoqing had silver in her hand, and she wondered if there were some old ladies and women and children in this courtyard.
Just my father's small body is weak.
You still have to have a nursing home at home!
Of course, she can also transfer some people from the Han family here.
But after all, they were the men of the Han family.
It's not very convenient to mingle with the women of the Wang family here.
Besides, now the paper mill can't be driven directly to the city.
It's also not appropriate to get people over and influence them to work and earn money.
The Han family is their friend, and they have no obligation to protect them.
Wang Xiaoqing pondered about buying two people, at least one janitor.
Get another one that can help with chores and tidy up the house.
Of course, it's better to buy one, plus a boy, you can be a little boy by your father's side.
It's perfect.
She had already seen the bottom of the Hongdu city wall, where many passing refugees were staying.
There are many children on the market with grass stickers on their heads, waiting to sell themselves so that they can bury their parents.
Or give your younger siblings a chance to live.
To put it bluntly, it's too cheap to buy someone now.
She'd heard about it a long time ago.
Four catties of millet can buy a big living person.
Incredible thing in modern times.
But in ancient times, this was the norm, after all, no one had any doubts about this system.
No one thinks it's a denial of human rights, but you think you're saving someone's life by buying her.
If you don't sell yourself, how will your family live, how can they survive themselves.
Compared to starvation, this does not seem difficult to accept.
The two of them found Han Dazhi and Zhao Laosan first, after all, they had a lot of things to buy, and they also had to buy people.
If there are no two men to follow, one old and one young are easy to be bullied when they go out.
And it's too dangerous.
Don't think that refugees are all good people.
Wang Xiaoqing is very self-aware, and with his small body, he can't beat others.
When the time comes, if someone robs the money on the road, it will be troublesome.
The gains outweigh the losses, so it's better to be honest.
She's not too much money to have.
Although she pretends to be a man, her men's clothes are not a big deal.
When facing the villain, he just treats him as a child.
Han Dazhi nodded when he heard that he was going to buy someone.
That's as it should be.
They all know now that there is a shortage of people in their homes.
If it weren't for the fact that the grain hadn't been beaten down yet, it wouldn't have been.
In fact, the village should buy some people to go back.
It's not just that there is a shortage of people in the workshop.
Their business is thriving now, and they want a lot of goods, but there are a lot of goods they can make.
Wang Xiaoqing had already discussed with them, and was ready to let Han Chengkui and each of them buy a few apprentices.
Someone needs to be right in this field, too.
Each of them would love to use one person into several people, but the problem is that it doesn't work either.
At least the work of the paper mill is not something that can be replaced by just one person.
Now there are more shops.
Wang Xiaoqing if he really got a medical center.
More people are needed, and paper mills also need manpower.
Only money buys people.
Wang Xiaoqing felt that he was really corrupt.
Completely reduced to the slave of feudal thinking.
But it doesn't mean to follow the local customs.
She can't help it.
Relying on her, she has not yet had the ability to change the tradition of thousands of years.
She's a butterfly! But her wings can't be so big in the world.
The four of them went outside the city.
As soon as you get out of the city gates.
The peaceful scene of singing and dancing disappears.
Especially when it comes to the south side of the wall.
It's densely packed with people.
The ragged refugees dragged their families under the walls.
The broken sheds one by one are sad to watch.
As soon as I saw them coming.
Many people immediately understood that this was an important person.
Many people immediately pulled their children together.
"Young master, old lady, uncle, my girl is smart and capable, hard-working, she is already thirteen, and she will be a daughter-in-law in two years. Three catties of millet will do. ”
"Uncle! Uncle, my boy! Look at it, you are clever, you can do anything, don't look small, in fact, you are already twelve, you can work! I also ate less. ”
"Uncle! Our family of three doesn't want millet, buy us, just give us food, you see, we can all work, we are two neat hands and feet, the child is half the size, can also work in the field.
No loss guaranteed. ”
All of a sudden, they were surrounded by a sea of people.
No matter how many people are willing to sell their bodies for nothing.
As long as the family can be together, they can live.
Wang Xiaoqing's heart was heavy.
Although this is a matter of famine.
But she was still sad.
She watched as these children, who were almost the same age as her, were pulled over and pushed in front of others like goods with their parents.
looked at them with anticipation, and begged to give them a way to live.
They can get all the way here, and in fact, many refugees can get here, but they die more along the way.
There are even more people who can't walk here.
The imperial court did not issue a so-called pacification policy, nor did it provide disaster relief.
After all, this is not a disaster in the real sense, and many people are caused by a famine caused by a shortage of soldiers.
It is not a natural disaster in the true sense of the word, but a man-made disaster.
It's a pity that she can't do anything, here she is just a little ordinary person like an ant.
Even if there was a warehouse full of grain, she couldn't take it out.
They went all the way.
I have seen the porridge shack in Hongdu City.
There are Hongdu government officials, and there are some big families in Hongdu.
The problem is that if they dare to come out to give porridge, I'm afraid that the suspicious eyes of others alone will be enough to make them die eight hundred times.
The paper mill has only been open for two or three months.
The dilapidated house where he still lives dares to jump out to give porridge.
If you don't die, who will die?
Wang Xiaoqing sighed.
I want to help people, but I can't do anything, it's really powerless.
It's also sad.
Mrs. Wang also sighed when she looked at these people.
It's hard for people to be anywhere.
When I first went to war, I was just like that.
It's a great famine of '42.
It's miserable.
Han Dazhi saw that it would not be possible to go on like this, they had been surrounded by so many refugees for a long time, and it was inevitable that there would be some snacks mixed in them.
Once there is a stampede and pulling incident, the old lady and Wang Xiaoqing will not be able to stand at that time.
A roar in his voice.
"Stop it! We're here to buy people today, and if we want to sell people, we have to honestly line up to the side. Come one by one. If it's so crowded, then no one will want to sell it. ”
This voice immediately dispersed the people around him, and they all wanted to get food as soon as possible, who would dare to offend the God of Wealth in front of him!
Naturally, what people say is nothing.