Shen Yingniang just thought the same thing, nodded, and the husband and wife returned to the town.

After a busy morning, the two of them were also hungry, so they casually found a wonton stall and ate a bowl of wontons, satisfying the Five Organs Temple, and then went to find someone to buy someone.

Because Shen Yingniang is now famous in Huaxian County, she knows a lot of people from the three religions and nine streams, and this person also knows Yazi.

Mrs. Li happily introduced her new arrival to Shen Yingniang: "Shopkeeper Shen, you have come to the right place this time, I was thinking about whether to take the initiative to find you, but I didn't expect you to come." ”

"You mentioned to me before that if there are twelve or thirteen-year-old children, whether they are male or female, they will be kept for you, no, there are only those who have been transferred from other places above your hand, and they are all poor children."

As she spoke, Mrs. Li had already pointed to the children standing in the row with cowering eyes and said.

"That's it, a few of them here were sold by their parents, there is no way, the family is so poor that they can't open the pot, so they sold these children, these two are a family, these are sold by different families."

"Here, the family is gone, either they are sick and dead, or they have an accident, all in all, they are lonely, they sell themselves, and then they are transferred to me, Shen Shopkeeper, see if you have picked it."

After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she stood next to her with her hands clasped and waited respectfully, letting Shen Yingniang pick it herself.

Mrs. Li has dealt with Shen Yingniang a few times, and she knows Shen Yingniang's temper, and after introducing her, she won't talk much.

Shen Yingniang kept nodding her head when Mrs. Li was talking, and when the other party finished speaking, her eyes swept over the rows of teenage children who were standing, and after a quick look, they all looked quite right, and there were no crooked melons and cracked dates.

These children's eyes were either blank or empty, and none of them had light in their eyes anyway, and they did seem to be poor people who had suffered a lot.

Shen Yingniang couldn't help but sigh, the world is like this, she can't do more, she can only say that if these people are brought back by her, they are all lucky, because Shen Yingniang will not treat people harshly.

As long as these people have been loyal, not to mention eating and drinking spicy food, but worry-free food and clothing, and mixing food and clothing, it is definitely not a problem.

So Shen Yingniang took a few steps forward and began to ask.

Although these children seem to be quite honest, Shen Yingniang has no more energy to discipline the already crooked seedlings, these children are brought back, but they have to be handed over to others to be trained.

If you have good skills, you have to be transferred to the escort team, even if you have no talent and can't dance swords and swords, you have to be arranged to become a domestic servant, and then you will be the first batch of veteran servants in their family, so you must choose the best of the best.

Loyalty is certain, and if you misbehave, you are prone to big problems, so it's best to pinch off this sign at the beginning.

When Shen Yingniang asked, her face was expressionless, she looked a little serious, and some timid people were slurring when they spoke.

For the timid, Shen Yingniang has no opinion, courage can be practiced, bad conduct, but there is no way to reverse it, because Shen Yingniang knows that some people are crooked from the root.

So Shen Yingniang asked some questions, knowing that several children had a black history of unclean hands and feet before, so she singled out those people individually, and said the rest directly to Mrs. Li.

"Except for those few, I want all these children, let's make a price."

Mrs. Li was stunned, she originally thought that Shen Yingniang would have to ask more words, but she didn't expect that it was not half an hour, and she would finish picking them all?

However, she was naturally happy to be able to shoot so much at once, and said immediately.

"Shopkeeper Shen, I'll quote you a real price, there are a total of eight children you just picked, since it is a death deed to buy, then ...... Twenty taels for a child. ”

Shen Yingniang raised her eyebrows, this is indeed a real price, after all, these children were brought from other places by human teeth, not to mention anything else, there are a lot of carriage and horse fares along the way, so Shen Yingniang said.

"Okay, that twenty taels is still the previous request, if there is such a suitable child in the future, continue to keep it for me."

Mrs. Li suddenly smiled so much that she couldn't see her eyes, and at the same time she was a little glad that she didn't offer a high price, otherwise she was afraid that she would not be able to do this long-term business, so she nodded and took the silver ticket handed over by Shen Yingniang.

And Shen Yingniang took the children away directly, but did not take them home directly, but took them to the dock and handed them over to Wang Wu directly.

"Shopkeeper Shen, these children are ......"

Wang Wu looked at Shen Yingniang suspiciously, not understanding where the shopkeeper Shen got these ragged children.

Shen Yingniang said directly: "These are the ones I just bought from Renyazi, I already have the deed of sale, let's put these children here first, aren't the docks busy?" Let them follow along. ”

"But they are young now, and their strength is not enough, they don't have to force them to work, they can do it, you take it with you and watch it first, and when I have my hands freed, I will personally discipline them."

Shen Yingniang didn't know if these children were illiterate, and Shen Yingniang, the guard of other people's families, couldn't care about it, but Shen Yingniang's own guard must be literate.

But before that, let these children follow Wang Wu on the dock for a few days.

It may not be necessary to carry a big bag, but looking at the looks, adaptation can be learned, too wooden, if Shen Yingniang teaches, it will be a little difficult, so let Wang Wu smooth the temper of these children first.

Wang Wu has been with Shen Yingniang for so long, and he probably knows the temper of the shopkeeper Shen, so he nodded.

"Okay, don't worry, shopkeeper Shen, I will definitely take care of these people."

Shen Yingniang didn't say more, glanced at the sky, and Yue Lingjun bought a lot of ingredients on the street, preparing to go home and cook a big meal.

There are still guests at home, although the purpose of this guest is not very fond of Shen Yingniang, but the person who comes is a guest, so she has to be entertained.

……

"You're back!"

After Lu Xuanqing heard the sound of the carriage, he had been standing at the gate of the courtyard.

Shen Yingniang got down from the carriage and said, "Prime Minister Lu, why are you waiting for us at the door?" I'm really sorry to be so polite and leave one of your guests at home. ”

Yue Lingjun came down with a large bag and a small bag, glanced at Lu Xuanqing and said, "If you are bored, you can go directly to the Huaxian Guest House, which is more comfortable than my house, and you don't have to rely on my house." ”

Lu Xuanqing shrugged helplessly, looking at Shen Yingniang as if she was complaining.

"Shopkeeper Shen, the person who came is a guest, are you a little too polite? And I also helped you watch the children for a day, and it was just a good thing that I didn't fall behind half a sentence, and I still had to open my mouth to let me go, it's really ......"

"Thank you Prime Minister Lu, my father-in-law is like this, don't be like him, besides, you are friends, don't you know his temper? I bought a lot of good food today, let's go in quickly, I'll make a good meal, treat you, thank you for watching the children for us. ”

Shen Yingniang interrupted Lu Xuanqing's words and walked directly into the courtyard.

The complaint was interrupted, and Lu Xuanqing naturally didn't know what to say, he looked at Yue Lingjun and said, "Your lady is really powerful." ”

Yue Lingjun said angrily: "What I just said is true, if you are really not used to living, go find an inn to live, I told you to stay with your family for three days, not just casually, you are here to rest, it will disturb me." ”

Lu Xuanqing felt that he had been hit by an arrow in his knee.

Is he so annoying?

How much risk did he take this time, and how much pressure did he bear before he came to ask Yue Lingjun to go back in person?

It doesn't matter if Yue Lingjun doesn't appreciate it, he still dislikes him? Can't wait to get him away?

Lu Xuanqing opened his mouth and wanted to complain a few words, but Yue Lingjun ignored him and went to the kitchen with his things.

Lu Xuanqing pursed his lips, he could only swallow his stomach of resentment, just that, he has known Yue Lingjun for so many years, and he doesn't know the temper of this stinky boy, forget it, don't say it.

Chang'an and Changle had been looking forward to their father's return for a long time, but now that they really saw their father's figure, the two little beans hurriedly ran out of the house, one holding the other.

Changle hugged Shen Yingniang's waist, lifted his little face, and said with a sad face: "Mother, you can be regarded as coming back, if you don't come back, my hand will be broken!" ”

"Mother, don't let Prime Minister Lu Cheng stare at us and write the three-character scripture anymore, I have memorized the three-character scripture, I don't want to continue copying it, my hands hurt to death."

As Changle spoke, he raised his hand and coquettishly towards Shen Yingniang.

Shen Yingniang squatted down, picked up Changle and said, "Ouch, let my mother see how much our Changle's hands hurt." ”

Chang'an also hugged Yue Lingjun and said: "Dad, I have also cooked the rolling melon on the back of the three-character scripture, so there is no need to continue copying, Lu Xuanqing is doing this redundantly." ”

Yo, it seems that he is really angry, he doesn't even call his uncle, and Prime Minister Lu doesn't call him, but calls him by his name.

Yue Lingjun took out a hand and touched Chang'an's head and said, "You are your elder brother, and I have already asked you to memorize the three-character scripture, you are not skilled in reciting it yourself, so you can only say that you should." ”

Lu Xuanqing stepped forward at this time, looked at Chang'an and Changle with a smile and said: "It's okay if you don't want to copy it, if you can completely don't copy the three-character scripture, then you don't need to copy it, after all, I found that the words you wrote are either missing arms or broken legs." ”

"At your level, going to the capital is a joke, although you are not in the circle of the capital, but your father is very popular in the capital."

"Other people's children are as old as you, don't say anything about the three-character scripture, the disciple rules, the mean, the Analects, it's all backwards, and there will be absolutely no typos, I'm already very tolerant of you."

Lu Xuanqing said as he spoke, and suddenly had a new idea: "By the way, since you are talking about the middle of the Analects, or you ...... it."

"We don't!"

Chang'an and Changle screamed, and rushed back to the house hand in hand, directly avoiding Lu Xuanqing's words, as if they couldn't hear it.

Shen Yingniang also said helplessly to Lu Xuanqing: "Prime Minister Lu, don't scare the children so much, what kind of argument you said is modest, it is all learned by people who have to participate in the imperial examination, Chang'an and Changle are a little older, it's too much." ”

Shen Yingniang is still very short-sighted.

Lu Xuanqing was just scaring the two children, although he did have this idea for a moment, after all, he felt that if Yue Lingjun went to the capital, Shen Yingniang would definitely be hard to take the children here alone.

In order to reduce the burden on Shen Yingniang, I arranged a task for these two little beans, so that they could spend all their time learning the Mean Analects, and there should be no energy to make trouble for Shen Yingniang at that time.

However, this kindness is just his own idea, before leaving, he can mention it to Shen Yingniang, but he can't overstep his bounds, after all, this child is not his.

Lu Xuanqing smiled: "Yes, yes, what Shopkeeper Shen said is true." ”