Chapter 157: Buying People
The outer home of the Four Princes?
Jiang Zhiyue asked, "Is it the Lin family?"
Li Wendao: "Yes, it's the Lin family, this matter was told to you by the master."
Jiang Zhiyue didn't explain, Ou Yangming hadn't told her about these things, these were all based on his memories before coming here.
But for Li Wen to say that Ou Yangming had no money, Jiang Zhiyue still had some doubts in her heart. Ou Yangming is naturally not the kind of person who has money in his hands and can't even eat well for his soldiers.
So there can only be one possibility, and that is that there really isn't enough money.
However, in the original book, it was said that after Ou Yangming escaped from the pursuit of the court, he secretly took over a lot of money-making businesses after almost recovering from his injuries.
Although the fate of this life is different, this person's mind should not change much.
In addition to the bookstore she knew, Ou Yangming should have many ways to make money. So what's going on?
Without waiting for Jiang Zhiyue to ask, Li Wen explained to himself: "Actually, it's not that the money is not enough, Miss Jiang doesn't know where she stays in this stable place, now there is little food on the market, and the price of food is also soaring, even if you have money to buy it, you can't buy it."
"Miss Jiang also knows that there are a lot of us, so in order to keep the brothers full, we can only buy old grain, as for vegetables and meat, we can save them, anyway, we can eat enough."
Jiang Zhiyue nodded and asked, "What is the price of all kinds of grain on the market now?"
Li Wen told all the news he knew in detail, and Jiang Zhiyue only wrote down what Li Wen said in her heart.
After a while, the three of them arrived in the town, and Jiang Zhiyue first took them to the town's grain store to check the situation.
The situation is just as Li Wen said, the price of grain is rising.
Jiang Zhiyue didn't buy any food, and walked out of the grain store after asking the price.
The guy in the back muttered behind him, "Hey, the clothes are decent, and I didn't buy a pound of food after asking the price."
Li Wen followed behind Jiang Zhiyue and asked, "Miss Jiang, where are we going?"
Jiang Zhiyue walked in the direction she remembered, and said, "Find someone to buy a few people to go back."
Li Wendao: "Miss Jiang is going to buy someone to do things? You can send as many people as you like on the mountain."
Jiang Zhiyue glanced at him and said, "Buy a few people to go back and help cook and wash clothes, and by the way, buy a few more people to take care of the home, you don't need the manpower on the mountain."
Her mother, second aunt and third aunt all arranged things to do in the workshop, and they worked in the workshop for a day and waited until they went back to do laundry and cooking, which was really tiring.
Therefore, it is easier to buy a few people to go back.
Seeing Jiang Zhiyue say this, Li Wen didn't say anything more.
However, San Lang, who had been silent, heard Jiang Zhiyue say about the people on the mountain, and he had some doubts in his heart.
It's just that he didn't ask much, Jiang Zhiyue warned him before leaving, don't make mistakes outside.
However, he still asked, "Sister, where do you go back to live after buying someone?" Although there are many houses in our family, there are few empty houses. 「
As soon as Mr. Bai came, the last empty room left was gone.
Jiang Zhiyue thought about it for a while, the idea of buying people suddenly came to her, and she really didn't prepare a place for them to live.
She said, "Now that it's the hottest day, buy people back and build a few thatched houses, and then build a yard next to our house for them to live in."
This time, Jiang Zhiyue plans to buy two mothers-in-law who cook, and then look at buying a few that look like they can take care of the home.
Passing by a place selling vegetables, Jiang Zhiyue first asked San Lang to buy some vegetables and meat.
While a few people were talking, they had already arrived at the tooth shop.
Jiang Zhiyue walked in with the two of them, and there was a middle-aged man guarding inside, looking shrewd.
The tooth man hurriedly greeted him and said enthusiastically, "A few guest officers, but I want to buy people."
Li Wen answered, "Yes, quickly bring out your people and let our girls see them."
"Okay
, the guest officer invites him inside."
The tooth man happily took the people inside, and then brought out a courtyard of people, these are the people who signed the deed of sale.
They all had a look of defeat on their faces, as if there was no hope for the future.
"This girl will see if she has taken a fancy to it, many of them have worked in big families before, and when they buy it, they can start doing things directly, so you don't need to bother to train them."
Jiang Zhiyue looked at the people standing in the courtyard and asked, "Do you think you have good cooking skills?"
The people standing in the courtyard look at me, and I look at you.
Think you're good at it? Isn't it up to you to say it with your own mouth! It's better to be bought and stay in this tooth shop.
Immediately, several people stood up, a total of three women and one man.
There were a few women whose eyes were rolling, but Jiang Zhiyue didn't make a sound.
She looked at the tooth man and asked, "Do you have a kitchen?"
The tooth man said, "Yes, yes! Girl, do you want them to show their hands on the spot?"
Jiang Zhiyue looked at the women with fluttering eyes and said, "There is no basis for what they say, so it's better to let them all show their skills, and it saves me from buying them back and selling them again."
As soon as Jiang Zhiyue said this, sure enough, there was a woman who was a little depressed.
In this world, there are no women who can't cook, but the food they cook can't starve to death, and it must not be called delicious.
Jiang Zhiyue motioned to San Lang and asked him to take out the prepared vegetables and meat, and the tooth man also led everyone to the kitchen.
In addition to vegetables and meat, on the way here, Jiang Zhiyue also bought a lot of seasonings like San Lang, and now they are all neatly placed on the table.
Jiang Zhiyue said to the four people who stood up, "The ingredients are all there, you just look at what you are good at, and the seasonings are enough, so you don't need to save them."
There were three pots in the kitchen and one pot in the yard, just enough for the four of them. The man and one of the women cleaned their hands before taking the ingredients, and rolled up their sleeves.
The other two people directly picked up the ingredients on the table and started to move.
Jiang Zhiyue looked at the two people who knew how to clean their hands before cooking, and she had already added points to the two of them in her heart.
The woman's hands were still dirty, and the other woman's hands were clean, but her dusty sleeves rubbed against her when she picked up the meat, and her nails were dirty.
Seeing this, Saburo wanted to open his mouth to remind them to wash their hands first, but Jiang Zhiyue stopped them.
Then no one spoke, and they all watched the four of them cook intently.
In fact, in the end, everyone's eyes were attracted by the man who stood up.
His cooking movements are smooth, and the cut vegetables and meat slices are also thin and even, and the movements are fast, just looking at the movements feel that he is a good cook.
The other three were not slow to cook, and two of the women were cooking at a similar pace, and they couldn't find anything wrong with their movements.
On the contrary, the woman whose eyes were rolling wildly, saw that there was meat on the table, and grabbed a large piece directly to her own board, and looked at it as saliva was about to flow out.
She took a knife and cut it a few times at random, the meat was big and small, it looked messy, and then she poured it into the pot in one go, and put some spices on the table into the pot no matter what.
After a while, the dishes made by the four of them were served out and placed on the table in front of Jiang Zhiyue. The last woman who brought out the dish drooled at the smell of the meat on the plate.
But fortunately, she didn't forget that Jiang Zhiyue was coming to buy someone, so she endured the meat and brought it over, but her eyes stared at the fragrant meat and vegetables and salivated.
The tooth man, looking at her humiliation, walked around behind her and struck her with the whip in his hand, glaring at her as she looked past to warn her.
Jiang Zhiyue took a bite one by one, and when she tasted the food made by the man, her delicious eyes narrowed.
One of the women saw Jiang Zhiyue's look when she tasted the man's dish, and guessed that the food she cooked was definitely not as good as that person's
In line with this girl's wishes, her expression darkened a little.
Jiang Zhiyue only tasted one chopstick and then stopped, looked at the man and said, "You have good craftsmanship, what is your name?"
The man arched his hand at Jiang Zhiyue and said, "Villain Chen Quan." After speaking, he stood quietly aside. Jiang Zhiyue said, "This one is called Chen Quan, and that one I want, what is your name?"
Jiang Zhiyue pointed to the woman with a gloomy expression.
Although the woman's cooking is not as complete as this, she is also full of color and flavor, and there are many people in the family, and it is not enough to buy only one cook.
The woman was stunned for a moment before she realized that Jiang Zhiyue was talking about her, and hurriedly replied, "My name is Tian Qiu."
"It's Chen Quan and Tian Qiu, do you have any skills, you can also take the initiative to stand up and recommend yourself."
Hearing Jiang Zhiyue's words, Tian Qiuxin knelt in front of Jiang Zhiyue and said, "Please buy our family."
Before the tooth man could react and stop it, she added very quickly: "My man is good and can drive cars, although my son is young, he used to be a scholar of the master of the house, he knows a lot of words, and he is also fast in chores."
The tooth man wanted to speak and stopped, Jiang Zhiyue looked at him and said, "What do you want to say?"
The tooth man was afraid that if Jiang Zhiyue agreed to Tian Qiu's request, he would not even want Tian Qiu to ask for it after a while, so he could only say, "Tian Qiu's man is injured, it's hard to say whether he can survive or not."
Tian Qiu knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and after a while, blood was seen on his head.
"Miss Please, buy us all, our family will be loyal to you."
The tooth man was a little embarrassed, he looked at Jiang Zhiyue and asked, "Girl, look? Otherwise, you will take the man with you, and I will give it to you for nothing, but their son is indeed a clever man, and if the girl wants it, she will have to pay according to the price."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhiyue said, "Why don't you see the child, take me to see it first and then make a decision." The tooth man leaned over and made a gesture of please, and took Jiang Zhiyue to the firewood room in the back yard. "The man was wounded and sick, and I was afraid that I would give the others too much sickness, so I took him here first."
Jiang Zhiyue was noncommittal, and only motioned for him to open the door.