Duan Ling'er and the four got off the carriage in Liangnu Lane, generally speaking, men bought to be small servants, women bought to be maids, civil and military officials competed to buy good people as slaves, and even bought more gifts to relatives and friends.

Duanfu is a big businessman, and there are many small servants and maids in the mansion itself.

But Duan Ling'er decided to find a few that he liked.

She first picked a girl who knew kung fu, but the others did not find a suitable one, and was about to leave, when she suddenly found an old servant sitting under the tree, this old slave had new and old cut marks on his hands, his fingers were dexterous, and his movements were fast, and he quickly made up a delicate basket, and the sun made his wrinkles full of sweat, he wiped a handful of sweat, stopped his hand, and rested on his lap with his palms for a while.

This old servant, named Geng Liang, is in his fifties, a husband and wife, and also gave birth to a son, who is only in his teens.

Geng Liang was originally born to a peasant family on the border of Yangzhou, but because his parents were lost, he could not afford to bury him, so he sold himself.

He was loyal and careful, slept in the morning, and was diligent in planting. Who knew that now the master is also dead, and after the master's son separated, he was old because he disliked him, so no one was willing to want him, and their family fell into the hands of human teeth again.

He was a lean man, and when he saw that he was getting older, he felt a little disgusted. From time to time, he shouted at the old servant, and sometimes flattered him with a few fists.

But Geng Liang didn't say a word, sitting under the tree and weaving bamboo baskets.

The human tooth snorted at him: "I don't know what kind of sin I have created, I bought your family of slaves, and I can't sell them, we have worked hard day and night to earn it, but we have raised you to eat dead food in a nest." I see that you and your mother-in-law are two old immortals, and they will soon be unable to do it, and when they are alive, three people will eat dead, and when they die, they will have to pay two coffins, phew! ”

Geng Liang said angrily: "These days I have also made a lot of bamboo baskets for you, my daughter-in-law can also embroider, who doesn't know that my mother-in-law is a good embroiderer, the delicately embroidered plum blossoms, the petals are stacked, the color is gradually dyed, and the branches are strong, like flowers slanting out of the corners of the wall in early spring." You have also sold these embroidery, even the child is also a good cooker, what you eat and drink these days, which is not from the hands of the child? Although our family is a slave, we have not eaten you for nothing, how can you say this so unauthentically? ”

Renyazi has not opened recently, and he is angry, when he saw Geng Liang talking back, his face suddenly changed, and he was about to go up and hit someone, but he waved his fist, but he only heard a sound to stop: "Slow!" ”

Ren Yazi turned his head, glanced at Duan Ling'er, and immediately laughed: "Master and uncle, are you here to pick someone from my house?" ”

Duan Ling'er nodded: "How much does this uncle cost." ”

Geng Liang was stunned for a moment, looked at the little girl who seemed to be buying himself, and then looked at the woman and young master with a good temperament behind her, and said in a deep voice: "This master, I still have a daughter-in-law and a son, if I want to buy it, I'm afraid I have to buy it together." ”

The human tooth went up with a punch and scolded: "There is still room for you to speak, you can sell your old flower son for a few taels of silver, and your daughter-in-law and son can sell them casually, and you need to pick and choose." They really couldn't sell it, so I sent it to Xiuchun Pavilion, where there are always people! ”

As soon as Geng Liang heard about the Xiuchun Pavilion, he immediately grabbed the people's teeth: "No, you can't sell it to the Xiuchun Pavilion." ”

Ren Yazi kicked him away: "It's up to you, your old woman is old and decrepit, what else can you do except embroider the spring pavilion to burn the fire?" But your son is white and pure, and it's not impossible to be a little turtle slave. ”

"I want them as a family." Duan Ling'er stepped forward: "This uncle can weave baskets, aunts can embroider, and your children can cook, right?" ”

Geng Liang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looked at Duan Ling'er who was holding a silk fan, and nodded: "Yes, little master, our family will earn their own money, not for nothing." ”

Duan Yu also nodded, and said to Renyazi: "Tell me, how much does their family cost?" ”

Renyazi looked up and down at the group of people in front of him, a woman with two children, and a mother-in-law.

It's good to wear, but it's not luxurious.

The people's hearts turned, I don't know if they are really rich, and give it a try.

He turned his head and said to himself behind him: "Give the masters some hot water."

That means you're going to have to give you some money.

Duan Ling'er threw over the money, Ren Yazi caught it, Ren Yazi touched the copper coin and smiled, thought about it and replied: "Three people fifty taels of silver." ”

An Niang was suddenly so angry that she stood upside down: "You just said that no one wants this big brother, and a few taels of silver will be sent away, why do you want our master fifty taels now?" ”

Ren Yazi's eyes stared at An Niang, and she purred: "Just now, now is now." Fifty taels is fifty taels, and not a single point is low. ”

"You man!" An Niang stomped her foot.

Duan Ling'er waved her hand: "Written note, after we pay the silver, give us the deed of sale of the three of them." ”

Only then did he nod his head busily, and quickly went to collect the money and set up a note.

Ren Yazi entered the house, thinking about how to knock again, he removed the teapot lid, symbolically added a little hot water, and then put the teapot lid, and then saw the name of the buyer Duanfu.

He was stunned at first, and then rushed out with the note, handing over the deed of sale of Geng Liang's family to An Niang. patted Geng Liang on the shoulder: "You are lucky, you meet Duan Mansion, don't forget me when you become rich in the future." ”

Geng Liang shook his shoulders and shouted, "Lan Niang, Xiaozhu." ”

Soon a woman in her fifties came out from behind, and a boy of fifteen, sixteen, or nineteen years old next to her.

The woman had a round face and almond eyes, an honest look, a wrinkled face but delicate hands.

The boy was tall and black, looking quite shy, and his hands were covered with scars.

The two of them called out to the Shen family, and after glancing at the cloud hairpin and green hairpin inserted between the Shen family's buns, they were so frightened that they immediately lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at it again.

Duan Ling'er smiled slightly: "After today, you will be from the Duan Mansion." This is my mother, and your master in the future. ”

Geng Liang led his wife and children to kneel in front of the Shen family, and kowtowed a few times: "Madam, although I am not young anymore, but it is not useless, I want to fight for the master, earn a career, and never let you accept us for white rice." ”

Duan Ling'er nodded: "Uncle Geng, the reason why I fell in love with you is precisely because you are still indomitable in such a desperate situation, living by your ability, and your hands and feet are diligent and the whole family has the ability to earn money, which is rare." My family happens to be a businessman, so when I saw you, I thought it was a good fit. ”

Geng Liang's eyes flashed with tears and said: "If you talk about the old slave, although you are old, your energy is not declining, you can still walk the road, and you can endure the hardships." Even though he has not done business, he understands it. Even my mother-in-law, who used to be diligent in weaving, can also help with the cost of salary. As for the children, not only do they have strength, but they can also cook on the fire and replenish the stomach for the masters, which is no worse than that of the restaurant. ”

Shen personally pulled Geng Liang up and said sincerely: "Lao Chen, in the future, our master and servant will still need to take care of each other." ”

Where had Geng Liang seen such a gentle master, and immediately fell to the ground again, tears in his eyes.

In this way, Duan Ling'er bought a maid and Geng Liang's family, and was going to tell her mother and brother to get into the carriage and go to the Grange.

However, Duan Yu clenched his fists, as if he had something in his heart.

Shen also sighed, as if he didn't want to leave.

Duan Ling'er thought about it, so she had to give one hundred taels of silver to Uncle Geng, ran at both ends, and bought the mother and son of the Wen family and Xiuzhu, the woman of the family who was beaten half to death.

Uncle Geng is worthy of being a good hand, bargaining with those two people, and the matter was done for fifty taels of silver.

Duan Ling'er and Shen glanced at each other, their eyes full of appreciation.

So a total of 100 taels of silver, spent cleanly, and added the maid Ruyi, Xiuzhu, the original proprietress of the dyeing workshop, Sister Wen, Xiaowen and Geng Liang's family.

These servants, who were originally humiliated at the hands of the people, were now full of tears, sat firmly on the second carriage of the Duan Mansion, and followed Duan Ling'er to the Grange together.

The carriage ran on the road for two hours, and finally came to the vicinity of the Grange.

Suddenly, I heard a heart-rending cat meow and the reprimands of the mothers-in-law not far away.

Duan Ling'er ordered the carriage to stop, and she and Duan Yu took An Niang and Ruyi to get out of the carriage first to see what was going on.

I saw three mothers-in-law under a tree with crooked necks, holding a long bamboo pole to hit a long-haired white cat on it.

"This cat dares to steal the dried fish I dried, I have to slaughter it today, make a mountain delicacies to taste, they all say that cat meat is sour, I don't believe it, so I peeled it and cooked a pot of cat broth!"

Another round-faced mother-in-law nodded violently: "I can't even eat meat all year round, so I just want to try it, and I beat my teeth with it." ”

Another slender and tall woman said impatiently, "You poke that bamboo pole up, I just hit it in the leg, and it can't run away." ”

The white-faced mother-in-law raised the bamboo pole in her hand, and saw that there was a half-fan sickle tied to it, and she was about to swing it down.

Duan Ling'er clearly saw the sickle tied to the wooden stick, and the light of the knife shone in the sunlight, which made people feel cold in their hearts.

Duan Ling'er glanced at Ruyi, and just tried this girl's skills at this time.

Handed her a look.

Ruyi moved his finger slightly, only to see a stone flying by like a meteor, and hit the back of the head of the sharp-faced woman with a "bang".

"Ouch!" The sharp-faced woman snorted in pain, and looked around angrily, "Who?" Who did this to you?! As she spoke, she looked at the other two mothers-in-law suspiciously.

The two mothers-in-law waved their hands again and again, and said in unison: "It's not me, it's not me." ”

The tall woman pointed in one direction and said, "I seem to see a stone flying out of that direction." ”

When the sharp-faced woman heard this, she looked over, and saw the corners of the linen cloth behind a tall willow tree, as if a figure was shaking, and she suddenly shouted angrily: "Who, sneaky, don't let the old lady ...... roll."

Before the words fell, I saw a gray figure burst out from behind the willow tree, and then countless stones flew towards the three mothers-in-law like heavenly maidens scattering flowers.

The three mothers-in-law dodged left and right, but they were still beaten to the ground.

At this time, Duan Ling'er also walked out from behind the willow tree and looked at the few mothers-in-law in front of him.