After leaving home, Zhao Kangcheng planned to go to the town's tooth shop. After inquiring about the location of Yaxing from passers-by, Zhao Kangcheng rushed there.

When I walked to the tooth market, I found that it was very lively, and the excitement could be described as "chaotic".

He Zhao Kangcheng is not the only one who comes to Ya City, those Ya people face the guests who come, they let the children of different ages, but no more than eleven or twelve years old, stand in a group like goods, and let the guests choose.

The children were dressed in old and torn clothes, each of them was skinny, their faces were sallow, they looked malnourished, and their eyes were almost as dead as death.

Seeing such a scene, Zhao Kangcheng frowned, a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't say anything, after all, he was also one of them now.

When the sharp-eyed tooth man saw him, he immediately came over with a smile on his face and said to him, "This gentleman, I don't know what type you want?" ”

"Be diligent and willing to endure hardships." As long as he can help his daughter-in-law, Zhao Kangcheng said.

"Okay, please come here." The tooth man motioned for him to go in one direction.

Zhao Kangcheng followed him.

The two came to a row of ten children, and the tooth man introduced him: "Sir, all of my ten are very diligent and can endure hardships, which one do you think you are satisfied with?" ”

Zhao Kangcheng looked over one by one, and three of the ten children were girls, and the rest were boys. The shortest was up to his calves, and the tallest was just above his knees.

Zhao Kangcheng thought for a while and asked the ten children: "Do you have any specialties?" ”

Ten children, you look at me, I look at you, don't speak.

The tooth man was anxious, and urged the ten children, saying, "What do you want to say?" It's all dumb! Don't you want to be bought? If you don't want to, go home! ”

"It's not!" As soon as he heard this, the highest of the ten children was anxious, and hurriedly said, then looked at Zhao Kangcheng and said hurriedly, "I'm sorry sir, we have specialty!" I know a little bit of fists and kicks, and I can read a little bit! ”

The highest word spoke, and the rest of the people also spoke:

"I can read and write, and I can count!"

"I can cook......"

"I can do the laundry......"

"I can do anything!"

……

Rushing to be the first, everyone tried their best to say their specialties carefully, hoping to get Zhao Kangcheng's favor in this way.

It's a pity that even if Zhao Kangcheng has the heart to buy them all, he doesn't have the money, and he just needs someone who can help Cai Xiaoxiao.

He asked the tooth man, "How much?" "I didn't say which one I wanted first, but I asked about the price first.

The tooth man smiled: "One or two." ”

"One or two?" Zhao Kangcheng was amused, "Are you going to send it to a big family to be a maid or a servant?" Although Zhao Kangcheng is the first time to come to Yashi, it doesn't mean that he doesn't understand anything, one or two is the money for big families to buy maids, and the ten in front of him are afraid that if they are given to big families, people will not want them.

Seeing that the other party understood, the tooth man smiled awkwardly and asked, "Then how much do you say?" ”

"Fifty wen, how's that?" I watched Cai Xiaoxiao's bargaining and watched a lot, and now Zhao Kangcheng has almost learned a little bit of Cai Xiaoxiao's essence.

This made Cai Xiaoxiao know, and she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Fifty wen?" Zhao Kangcheng looked like a scholar, still a man, but the bargaining was so powerful, it scared the tooth man, "Sir, are you a little too much?" Is it okay to write eighty words? ”

"It's only fifty yuan, if it doesn't work, I'll go to another house." Zhao Kangcheng was about to leave.

"Hey, wait! Fifty is fifty! The tooth man was helpless, so he could only grit his teeth and agree, "I don't know which one do you want, sir?" ”

"This, this, and this." Zhao Kangcheng seemed to point to three casually.

Seeing that the other party bought three in one go, the tooth man was happy again, asked Zhao Kangcheng to sign the contract, and then handed over the deed of sale of the three children to Zhao Kangcheng.

Zhao Kangcheng accepted the deed of sale and took out ten taels of silver to the tooth man - that's right, these ten taels were the ten taels that he had lent to Cai Xiaoxiao and were returned by Cai Xiaoxiao.

When the tooth man saw the ten taels, he couldn't help but pout in his heart: there are ten taels, and he is still bargaining with him here, it seems that not only this woman is stingy, but this scholarly man is also stingy enough.

Slander is slander, and the tooth man still obediently retrieves the remaining money to Zhao Kangcheng.

Zhao Kangcheng took it, and he felt an inexplicable sense of accomplishment in his heart - he finally used his own money to help Cai Xiaoxiao.

"Let's go." Zhao Kangcheng said to the three children he bought.

The three children silently followed him.

The three children that Zhao Kangcheng bought were the first to speak at the beginning, that is, the tall one, Zhao Kangcheng heard that he could punch and kick, thinking that it might come in handy in the future.

The second is the one who can count, and if he can count, he will also be able to calculate accounts, and he will definitely be able to help Cai Xiaoxiao in business.

The first two are boys, and the third one is a girl, she said that she can cook, she can cook well, and if she can cook, she can help Cai Xiaoxiao.

On the way, Zhao Kangcheng asked the three children, "What are your names?" ”

The three children looked at him and said, "Back to the master, we don't have a name." ”

Master? Zhao Kangcheng couldn't help frowning at this title, and he said: "Just call me boss or master, don't call me any master." "Sounds weird.

"Yes!" The three children answered obediently.

"You just said you don't have a name?" Zhao Kangcheng thought of what Gao had just said.

"Yes." The three of them nodded, and then said to Zhao Kangcheng, "Please give the name to the master!" ”

Zhao Kangcheng: "......" Actually, it's not that you don't have a name, but you have discarded your previous name......

With a silent sigh, Zhao Kangcheng thought for a while and said to a tall one: "Your name is Zhao Wu." Then he said to the child who could count, "Your name is Zhao Jie." Finally, he said to the little girl, "Your name is Cai Yan." ”

"Thank you, Master for the name." Given the new name, the three of them rejoiced.

But then Cai Yan asked suspiciously: "Master, why is the slave's surname different from his?" ”

Zhao Kangcheng explained: "You have the surname of your wife. ”

"The slave and maid understand." And the three of them learned from it that the master's surname is Zhao, the wife's surname is Cai, and the relationship between the lord and the wife should be very good.

After leaving the tooth market, Zhao Kangcheng did not go back, but went to the shop that sold stone bricks, after all, he asked Cai Xiao to see the price of stone bricks before he came out.

There are really all kinds of stone bricks in the stone brick shop, ordinary, bluestone, blue and white, red stone, etc., everything is available, Zhao Kangcheng inquired about it, and found that the more rare or rare the color, the more expensive, or the stronger the more expensive.