Zhou Qi looked at the sky, now that the sun has set, the city has closed the door now!

Before he could tie up the carriage, Su Ling and Zhao Cuihua had already taken Su Yue and the little doll to the gate.

But as soon as they entered the mansion, several women immediately stopped.

Zhou Qi also followed.

"We're not mistaken, are we?" Wu Zhitao was dumbfounded.

Zhao Cuihua also rubbed her eyes, completely unable to believe what she was seeing.

I saw that the original overgrown courtyard was now a new look, although it was a little empty, but it could be regarded as neat and clean, and even the small piece of land and wild vegetables separated from the left side of the courtyard were gone.

The tables, chairs and benches in the main hall are now even brighter, and a few homeless people rolled up their sleeves and carried basins of water past the front door of the main hall, and immediately knelt down when they saw a few people.

"The old lady is back!"

At this moment, the homeless people who were working in the main hall also turned around and knelt on the ground again.

Zhou Qi was a little dumbfounded, coughed twice and beckoned the big guy to get up.

"The old lady is tired, come and rest......"

The old man was talking, leading Zhou Qi and a few women to sit down, and even the little doll was not let go, and was carried to a chair, and then someone fetched water and began to take off their shoes one by one......

Zhao Cuihua jumped up and hurriedly shouted!

Wu Zhitao is very accustomed to it, and it has been soaked now, but Su Ling was stunned and did not react.

Zhou Qi didn't quite adapt to it, and before he could react, his feet had already gone down to the basin, and he suddenly had a sense of déjà vu taking his own women to the bathing center! ……

It's just that what is in front of him is not a female technician with a bewitching figure, but a homeless person who is in tattered clothes and has no food to eat, and in his heart, he suddenly feels a little guilty about what he did before!

"Brother-in-law, this official mansion is different, even the subordinates are so sensible!"

Su Yue grinned, not feeling anything wrong with the "subordinate" in front of her at all.

And next to Su Yue is the little doll, and in front of her is the little girl with yellow hair.

The little girl really poured water on the little fat feet, and raised her head very timidly and asked, "Little Miss, will this water be hot?" ”

Ruxi blinked her big eyes and shook her head, she was already seven or eight years old, and asked in a daze, "Why is your hair yellow?" Are you a foreigner? It's so pretty! ……”

As soon as he finished asking, a strange cry suddenly sounded in the main hall.

Wheel......

The voice came from the little yellow-haired girl.

"Are you hungry?" Ruxi asked the little doll pointing to her stomach.

The yellow-haired little girl nodded, her eyes staring blankly at the pitiful, pitiful one.

At this time, the little girl's mother was waiting for Wu Zhitao on the side, patted the little girl with some disgust, and said, "Didn't you eat wild vegetables?" ”

Zhou Qi saw the movement over there, pulled the handkerchief placed on the table, and just wanted to wipe the water stains on his feet, but found that the handkerchief seemed to be very wrong.

When I looked closely, I realized that this coarse cloth was very similar to the rags of clothes worn by one of the homeless people, but this rag had been washed clean, and it was completely different from the dirty clothes on their bodies.

"Master, I'll ......"

In front of Zhou Qi was a woman in her thirties, with yellow and thin faces, her cheekbones on her face were prominent, her eyes were also very hollow, and a pair of hands covered with calluses were not half good.

"Get up and stand still." Zhou inspired the words.

Everyone had soaked enough, pulled the veils and dried their feet, while the homeless people stood aside.

"What's your name?" Zhou Qi squatted in front of the yellow-haired little girl and asked.

The little girl was very timid towards him, took two steps back, and replied, "Back to the master, my name is Dongcao." ”

"The child was born in the winter on the grass, so he took the name Winter Grass......," her mother explained.

"Born on the grass?"

Su Ling exclaimed, holding his lower abdomen and completely incredulous, someone actually gave birth to a child on the grass?

"When we came to the south, we walked for a year, and it was in that year that Winter Grass was born, and after she was born cold, and there was no child's mattress, so I had to stuff her in my clothes, but the child was angry, and drank enough milk in her clothes, and gnawed my flesh, and she survived, and I thought she was going to starve to death......"

As she spoke, Dongcao's mother wiped away her tears.

At this time, Su Yue slowly realized that this was not an ordinary subordinate, and she had a feeling of regret on her face, and Zhao Cuihua had already shed tears, and even Su Ling's face was very bad.

Zhou Qi exhaled a long breath, he couldn't imagine the life of this homeless person, but when he heard this, he was also depressed in his heart, how could he go on like this, even if he took in these homeless people, he couldn't let them mention these things in the future.

As soon as he wanted to speak, Su Ling trotted around, took out the two baked cakes he bought in the afternoon from the package and handed them to them, and said, "Wait, we bought some rice noodles, and I'll go to the stove room now to make some ...... for you."

"How can a lady do her work!" The homeless people were flattered.

Su Ling also stopped and asked, "Where is the stove room?" ”

In the end, a few homeless people carried rice noodles to the stove room, and Su Ling shook Zhou Qi's arm and said, "Lang Jun, they are so pitiful......"

"Zhumen's wine and meat stink, and there are frozen bones on the road." Zhou Qi couldn't help but speak.

When he came to this world, he thought that the farmers in the village were already miserable for half a bucket of rice, but he didn't expect that there would be even worse, and sure enough, this world is very unbearable.

"So brother-in-law is planning to keep them?"

Su Yue had also been in contact with the homeless people, and now she had guessed their identities.

Zhou Qi nodded, so what can be done now? If he really kicked them out, he couldn't do it, anyway, he said that the man would go out to sleep first, and he had nothing to do recently to stay in this mansion to recuperate, and he didn't have to worry about who would make a bad heart.

What's more, now that he sees these people in his eyes, the work is neat, and such a big house does need some people to do things, and it's good to stay.

"If you really want to stay, you still have to teach the rules."

Wu Zhitao interjected and said: "How can there be a master who washes his feet as soon as he enters the door, at most he washes his hands, if he lets outsiders see it, he has to say that we have no discipline." ”

In the end, she is from an official family, and she is very clear about these things.

Zhou Qi also felt that this was reasonable, but now that this is an official residence, there must be rules, so he did not object.

After a while, the homeless people had prepared their supper and put it on the table one by one.

"Old ladies please use ......"

It was the old man who said this, and he swallowed his saliva twice, and when he saw that he had just finished it, he brought it to them, but he was still hungry.

"Eat."

Zhou Qi greeted, but no one came, standing on the side and looking at each other, how can there be a reason why the master does not eat first if the people at the table are not served?

Even if they come from humble backgrounds, they still understand the basics.

"If the master tells you to eat, you will eat."

Wu Zhitao said, and brought a bowl of rice to the yellow-haired girl.

"I didn't buy any meat today, you eat first, and tomorrow my sister will buy you some chicken drumsticks and come back!"

"And the drumsticks?" The yellow-haired little girl asked while gobbling it up......

Zhou Qi smiled and said that he wanted to teach the rules, but it turned out that there was no one who didn't follow the rules first......

One made an exception to eat, and the others were no longer awkward, and under the warm greeting of several women, each brought a bowl of rice and nibbled wildly.

Zhao Cuihua is very kind-hearted, and a few bowls of rice will naturally not be stingy.

But thinking of the silver they have in their hands now, and then counting the food of more than a dozen people, as well as daily necessities such as clothes and bedding need to be added, I can't help but worry in my heart.

"Son, we have to feed so many people in the future, do we have enough money?"

Zhou Qi didn't speak yet, and Su Yue didn't hear it too clearly, only heard the latter words, turned around and asked, "What does my brother-in-law want to do, isn't the money enough?" I brought it with me when I came out, so I'll give it to you first! ……”

Su Ling also poked his head when he heard this, and asked, "By the way, sister, why did you come here so late today?" ”

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