"Keke, let's go to the tooth shop and have a look! In the future, the three of us will definitely be too busy to make more wine, if we invite people, I am afraid that they will tell our secrets, we will buy some people, and in the future, we can use our own people to do things more easily, that is, some confidential things for them to do, there is a deed of sale in our hands, and I am not afraid that they will say it. Even now the land we buy also needs to be taken care of by manpower! After the village chief left, Qingwan said what she thought!

"Buying people?" I have to say that Qingwan has thought about it very thoroughly, but Keke has never thought of buying people like buying things.

"That's right! With Sister-in-law Qian, we are only three people, and now we have so many things to do, and the two of us don't know anything, and my sister-in-law can't do so many things, so we buy some people, so that the vineyard and the land will be taken care of, you just need to manage! Qingwan said.

"You're right, I didn't think about it all, we'll go to the tooth shop now, it just so happens that the aunt I met when I bought the shop before is not bad, let's go to her and ask." Keke said.

When I came to Yaxing, I happened to meet Yang Yapo who came back from outside, and when I saw Keke, she shouted enthusiastically: "Miss Keke!" “

"Hello Aunt Yang." Keke greeted with a smile

"Let's go, let's talk!" Yang Yapo took Keke and Qingwan and walked towards the house. "Who is this girl?"

"This is my sister, we are going to buy a few people this time! We have to trouble Aunt Yang to help us find it. “

"What kind of people does Keke want to buy?" Yang Yapo asked while pouring tea for Keke and Qingwan.

Considering that the vineyard is taken care of and the land also needs people to plant, he said: "Aunt Yang, find me a few who can farm, and I also need people in my shop, you look at it and find me a few, people must be honest and reliable." After thinking about it, he said, "Find a few more girls." "Just buy a few more people, in the future, you will also need people to make handmade soap, and now you can buy it just to train in advance, and you can get started quickly in the future."

"Okay, you sit down for a while, and I'll go pick a few people for you." Yang Yapo agreed with a flowering face, thinking that she could earn some money after it was done, and walked happily to the backyard, thinking as she walked, after filtering all the people who were bought in the backyard, she went directly to a few rooms and picked out some people, and the ones selected were loyal and honest according to Keke's words, and these people were clean. Looking at these people she selected, Yang Yapo also sighed in her heart, they are all poor people, and Miss Keke is not a fierce person at first glance, and she also hopes that they can find a good home.

"Look at Miss Keke!" After Yang Yapo brought the people into the hall, they asked them to stand aside and wait for Miss Keke and Miss Qingwan to choose.

Looking at the men and women standing in a row in front of him, about twenty people, all of them in rags, with withered faces and poor spirits, only their eyes still carried some expectations.

"What are the reasons they were sold?" Looking at these people, Keke couldn't help but feel sorry for them, sad for them to live under the system of this era, like goods that were bought and sold and selected without dignity.

"Hey, they're all poor people!" Yang Yapo sighed, pointed to a man and a woman, the two were about thirty years old, and there was a girl about ten years old next to the woman and said: "This is a family of three, some time ago because of the son's business on the street and people conflicted and knocked down the other party, how do you know that the other party is rich and powerful, immediately recruited someone to beat their son half to death, the son was taken home and sold all the things and failed to save him, all said that the disaster is not a single line, the family spent all the money and owed a lot of debts, the eldest brother had another illness and almost went." , There is really no money for treatment, and he has to repay his debts, and the creditor sees that his family can't afford to pay back the money, so he wants to buy the little girl into that kind of dirty place for money, she is only a few years old, those people have also lost their conscience, and they have to sell themselves to pay off their debts and treat the eldest brother, if the Keke girl wants to sell, the three of them want to be together, and it can be regarded as helping their family of three. ”

After listening to Yang Yapo's words, Keke nodded, and Yang Yapo also gave a general explanation of the rest of the people, so that the Keke sisters could choose.

When Yang Yapo finished speaking, Qingwan on the side was already crying and red-eyed, looking at Qingwan's appearance, knowing that she was also pitiful for these people, looking at this group of people, Keke didn't know how to choose, buy them all, it seems that there are a lot of people, don't buy it, looking at their expectant eyes, I can't bear to refuse. When I was embarrassed, I thought that when Yang Yapo just explained, she said that some of them will have some crafts, if these people with skills are separated, the rest of the vineyard and farming are not much, these people with skills can let them teach the children in the village in the school, like a modern training school to add an interest class for everyone, but this interest class is different from singing and dancing, only the craft is taught here, after all, not everyone can study and take the exam. Since this is the case, then a few more people are fine, so he asked: "Aunt Yang, do you have any women here who are good at embroidery, or who are good at reading and writing, and have a skill!" ”

"There are really two, one is an old grandmother from a big family, this grandmother is good at making clothes, embroidering work, embroidered things like living. There is also a young lady in the middle of the family, because her father embezzled the family, the man was assigned, and the woman was sold, but this girl is still her duty, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, everything, but she doesn't look good! Yang Yapo said.

Keke: "What's the trouble for Aunt Yang to bring the two of them out too, I'll take a look." ”

Soon, Yang Yapo took the two to the hall, the woman looked a little thin, lowered her head so that people couldn't see clearly, the other woman was about forty years old, her face was pale, her eyes were deep-set, her cheekbones were prominent, and she looked like she had been hungry for a long time. Little Green? ”

Keke looked at the person in front of him and was stunned, did this person recognize himself? After thinking about it carefully, I had some impressions, but in the end I didn't remember who it was, so I looked at Qingwan next to me, and saw Qingwan staring at the woman with a look of disbelief, "Mama Cui?" ”

"It's me." The old woman replied sadly and excitedly.

"Why is Mama here?" Qingwan asked.

"Back then, the Feng family wanted to occupy the master's dowry, and found an excuse to drive me to Zhuangzi and forced me to tell me where the dowry was hidden. Thinking of the torture, Mama Cui wiped her tears as she spoke.

"Mama, don't be sad, I won't let you be wronged again in the future." Qingwan said, and after speaking, she said to Keke: "This Cui Mama is the princess's upbringing grandmother. ”

After Keke listened, she also understood that all the people who came to marry the original mother were gradually sent away by Feng's stepfamily, and it was a kind of fate to be able to meet Cui Mama here. said the same thing as Qingwan, "Mama, don't be sad, I won't let you be wronged again in the future." After speaking, he said to Yang Yapo: "Aunt Yang, I want all these people, but you have to give me a cheaper price!" ”

"Miss Keke, you buy so many people, will it be too much?" Yang Yapo asked with some uncertainty.

"It's all poor people, but fortunately, the family just bought the land, and they also need manpower!" Keke Road.

"That's okay, there are twenty-five people in total, the man counts you ten taels of silver for one person, there are seventeen people, and the woman counts eight taels of silver, there are seven people, this old woman, since she is your acquaintance, she can meet you here, and you are fate, I don't make any money from you, I spent six taels of silver when I bought her, you just give me six taels of silver." Yang Yapo calculated.

"Okay, seventeen men, seven women, plus Mama, a total of two hundred and twenty-four taels." After speaking, he took out the purse hanging on his side, took out two silver tickets of one hundred and three silver pieces of ten taels and five taels of silver and handed them to Yang Yapo and said, "Thank you Aunt Yang, even if you invite Aunt Yang to drink!" ”

"Thank you, Miss Coco!" Yang Yapo said with a grateful face, and handed the deed of sale to Keke as she spoke.

Looking at these twenty-five people, all of them are in shabby clothes, so at least two sets of clothes for each person to prepare, as well as a quilt for sleeping at night, thinking that sleeping at home now can only let everyone sleep on the floor for the time being, but fortunately it is not cold now.

"Aunt Yang, I'll take a few people to buy some things first, and the rest will wait for me at you, and I'll pick them up after I buy the things!" Keke said to Yang Yapo.

"Okay, there you go! A few of them have a lot of strength, so I can help you get some things after you! Yang Yapo pointed to a few men next to her and said.

The three men who were pointed at by Yang Yapo hurriedly said, "Miss, we have a lot of strength and can help with things." ”

"Okay, then you guys come with me to buy some things." Keke Road. After speaking, he said to Mama Cui, who was still wiping her tears: "Mama is waiting here, we will come to pick you up when we buy something!" After speaking, he asked Yang Yapo to take care of it, and then he Qingwan walked out of the house with the few people Yang Yapo just pointed out.

After Keke left, Yang Yapo said to the people in the house: "You are also bitter and happy, Miss Keke is kind and generous, and it is your blessing to be able to follow her." Whoever can be like her, after seeing you, feels pitiful and doesn't say anything, she buys you, come to me, you have also seen how many of those who are masters can treat you as human beings, and think you are pitiful, so they buy you back and give you a way out. There are many poor people in the world, who can help them, and it is luck for you to meet Miss Keke today. After a pause, he continued: "I have been here for so long, I probably know what you are, I think about you, I just hope that you can treat your master wholeheartedly, and she will not pity you once, if anyone does not do well and is withdrawn, I will not show mercy." ”

After Keke and his entourage came out, they first bought a carriage, there were more people in the family, there were more things, there was a carriage to do things conveniently, and then two sets of clothes for one person, cloth, quilts, food, etc., and bought a lot of steamed buns. Thinking that it is noon now, people have already bought it, and from now on all the food, clothing, housing and transportation will have to be solved for them by themselves. When I returned to Yaxing, it was already full of a carriage, and each person took some in their hands, and they went out of Yaxing after letting everyone eat steamed buns in Yaxing, and a group of people walked towards Fengxiang Village.