"Mr. Bookkeeper?" Yan was puzzled, "Yan'er, the scholar is okay to say, why does Mr. Accounts buy it in the dental store, can't you just hire one?" ”

"Mother, you can't just hire one in the accounting room." Xia Yan patiently explained, "We orphans and widows have no backers, what should we do if someone tries to do something wrong, it is better to buy an account house with a deed of sale, at least we are steadfast." ”

"But......" Yan glanced at the little guy hesitantly, "but I haven't heard of any bookkeeper who is willing to sell his body, I'm afraid I can't buy it in this tooth shop." ”

"This lady, you are really in a hurry." The little servant smiled flatteringly, "If you had come a few days earlier, we really didn't have a tooth shop, but in the past few days, there are families in this county who have sold a lot of people because of difficulties in capital turnover, and there happens to be a bookkeeper here." ”

Before Yan's question, the little guy smiled as if he could see Yan's thoughts: "Madame must be curious, why Mr. Bookkeeper can be sold as a subordinate." ”

Yan nodded, and the little guy continued to explain, "It sounds strange, but the answer is very simple. This gentleman was originally just an ordinary subordinate of that family, but because he was diligent and studious and clever, he learned a lot of bookkeeping skills from the bookkeeper of that family. So he was appreciated by his master and was promoted to Mr. Bookkeeper, but before the master could help him get out of slavery, he encountered this incident. There was really no way, the family could only reluctantly sell him, after all, a subordinate with a skill can sell him for a good price. ”

"I see, then we're really in time." Yan smiled slightly, "Then please bring everyone over to us as I said." ”

"Okay, please sit down first, and I'll go and ask our shopkeeper to come out." The little guy hurriedly invited the three of the Yan family to sit down, poured tea and water for the three of them, and hurriedly ran inside.

His face showed a joy that could not be concealed, not to mention how happy he was. This is a big business, and if it is done, his salary this month will be much more.

After a while, a middle-aged man with a kind face led a large group of people over.

"I don't know if the guest comes to the door, and I miss the welcome, please forgive me." The middle-aged man arched his hand towards Yan and said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter." This is just the shopkeeper's professional courtesy, Yan didn't take it to heart, and looked at the people behind him, "I think the shopkeeper already knows which people we need, there are so many people here in you, I'm dazzled by it, can you recommend it?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and beckoned, and a group of teenage girls stepped forward to stand in a row.

"Madam, these are all the suitable candidates for maids in my shop." He pointed to a few little girls in the first row, "These people, whether they are good-looking, talented, or able to serve people, are all superior, can Mrs. take a fancy to them?" ”

Yan Shi looked at the women carefully, but just smiled and shook his head.

"It seems that Madame does not like this." The shopkeeper understood, asked the girls in the first row to step back, and pointed to the ones in the second row, "These people are all nimble with hands and feet, and they are never ambiguous when they work." ”

Yan Shi looked at the girls carefully, and suddenly said, "You all spread your hands out for me to see." ”

The girls in the second row obediently spread their palms, and Yan looked over one by one, but shook his head in disappointment.

"Madam, those are all girls from big families, and they have experience in serving people, if the lady is not satisfied, there are only some little girls who have just been sold. This kind of girl is to buy it back, and she also needs to be retrained by you, so why bother? ”

Yan just smiled and didn't speak.

The shopkeeper was helpless, so he could only beckon and let the girls in the third row take a few steps forward.

Seeing these girls who came forward, Yan couldn't help but appreciate in his heart, this shopkeeper is quite good at doing business.

The girls were arranged in an arc from the middle in order of appearance, and the most conspicuous ones stood in the middle and the closest to her, while those who were ordinary and featureless were arranged to the very edge, and if you did not look closely, you could not even see them, because there were so many people in the third row that they stretched almost a whole room.

According to the method just now, Yan first observed carefully, and then asked them to spread their hands once, got up and looked over one by one.

Finally, he stopped beside the two ordinary-looking girls on the far left, observed for a long time, and finally pointed to the two of them: "That's it." ”

"Madame, you don't choose again?" The shopkeeper looked at Yan with some embarrassment, "These two are just ordinary country girls, they were sold to me because there are too many children in the family, they have no experience in serving people, they are also wooden, and their temperament is extremely boring, do you really want them?" ”

"How?" Yan chuckled, "Since you brought people out, it means that you want to sell them, why do you always want to persuade me to change to something else, is there any reason why these two girls can't be sold?" ”

"No, no, if you like it." The shopkeeper waved his hand, and the girls who were not selected retreated with joy or disappointment, leaving only the two girls who had been selected.

The shopkeeper sighed softly, he thought that he was a big customer, and he could sell a lot of girls who received at a high price, but he didn't expect to buy the cheapest girl he had here, which was really disappointing.

However, the shopkeeper who has been in business for many years still knows that he can't underestimate anyone's reasoning, so he can only cheer up, wave his hand again, and beckon a second group of people to come up.

"Mother." In the interval between the second group of people queuing, Xia Yan couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and asked in a low voice, "Do you want to save money for your family?" Our family has money, so we don't need to save it. How good it would be to buy some eye-catching girls like Anzhi Tinglan to go home, watching them every day, my mood has improved. Although the girls in the first row are not as good-looking as Anzhi and Tinglan, they are already very good, and those in the second row are ordinary but at least they are diligent and experienced, why should we buy those two girls who look ordinary and have no special features? ”

Yan glanced at Xia Yan dotingly, and said with a smile: "Silly boy, we are buying maids, not beauty pageants, and of course appearance is not important." Aren't your Anzhi and Tinglan enough, don't you see? She took Xia Yan's hand and patted it gently, "Buying people is no different from others, you must have that kind of pure mind, honesty and reliability." The ones in the first row just now, although they are good-looking, but all of them have a hint of charm, don't you see that there are still flattering eyes at your brother? This must be the one that failed to seduce the master and was re-sold. ”

"If you think about the ones in the second row, when the shopkeeper talks about their quick hands and feet, there are a few of them who don't have panic in their eyes, and I don't even see many calluses on their hands. You know, this kind of girl can't be a big girl. Since they are not big girls, they are bound to do some rough work, but there is no trace of work on their hands, presumably they must have annoyed the master's family because of laziness. ”

"But that's not what the shopkeeper said." Xia Yan was puzzled.

If he doesn't say that, how can he sell people? Maybe there are really girls with quick hands and feet, but no matter what, just a trace of panic in their eyes is enough to show that these people can't calm down immediately when they encounter something, so this kind of person can't be wanted. Yan seemed to want to teach Xia Yan how to choose people today, and before she could ask again, she continued, "Let's talk about the girl in the third row." The ones standing in the middle, although they looked good, all of them had a hint of arrogance, and their eyes were full of unyielding. Presumably thinking that he has a bit of a posture, sooner or later he will be favored by the master to fly on the branches and become a phoenix. If this kind of person buys it home, maybe one day the family will have a bad thing about the girl climbing into bed. For your brother's sake, you can't ask for this kind of person. ”

Yan smiled and looked at Xia Huai, who was blushing next to him, and continued: "Besides, the two girls I selected, their eyes are clear and flawless, and there is a thick layer of calluses on their hands, but they are still calm and calm when they are carefully looked at by me, without a trace of panic. This shows that they are either bright and upright and do not have any second hearts, or they have a strong heart and can hide their thoughts well. No matter which of these two people is, they are all good seedlings who have been cultivated to become henchmen. ”

Listening to Yan's tireless words of saying so much, Xia Yan couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Mother, there are a lot of ways to choose people, you are so powerful." ”

Being praised by his daughter, Yan felt a little embarrassed, pursed his lips and smiled: "My mother also learned little by little from your grandmother, and my mother will slowly teach you in the future." ”

"Okay." Xia Yan had never heard Yan mention her mother's family, and when she was suddenly mentioned at this time, Xia Yan was very curious, and when she wanted to ask carefully, she was interrupted by the shopkeeper.

"Madam, this batch is the best candidate for the young master as a scholar, please take a look."

Although Yan never said who the scholar was for, according to the shopkeeper's experience for many years, the young man next to the lady had already reached the age of entering a private school, and this scholar must have been given to him, so when he was preparing the candidates, he naturally picked some children who were about the same age as the son.

"Madam, rest assured, these children are literate." Seeing that Yan couldn't stop looking at them, the shopkeeper hurriedly added.

Yan nodded and looked at the row of children.

In this world, there are not many children from poor families who have read books, and those who can afford their children will not sell their children easily, so this group of literate children is not like the maid in front of them, full of spanning a room.

There are only five children in this batch.

"You all look up."

Following Yan's order, the five children all raised their heads obediently, and after Yan's careful observation, he pointed to the one with the most tattered clothes inside: "It's him." ”