Huai'an is very satisfied with this young man, thirteen or fourteen years old, honest in appearance, and literate, very suitable for Uncle Hao as an apprentice.

Chen Yong asked him to report his name, age and place of origin, and make a record in his notebook.

After a while, a man in his thirties came over with two female babies and asked, "I'm here to be a buddy, can I take two babies with me?" They are very well-behaved and don't eat much. ”

Chen Yong glanced at Huai'an, and Huai'an said, "Yes!" ”

Rong He then took out the text and read it to him, stumbling, even guessing, but barely read it.

The man was a little embarrassed and said, "When I was a child, I secretly learned outside the private school, and I didn't write well." ”

"What's your name?" Chen Yong asked.

"Sun Dawu." As he spoke, he reported his age and place of origin.

Chen Yong asked him to go to Xiwa and wait for them. Sun Dawu was overjoyed and greeted the two children: "Big girl and second girl, go with your father." ”

"Huh? Wait a minute! Rong He suddenly stopped him: "Have I seen you?" ”

Sun Dawu froze in place like a nail.

Huai'an also felt that he was a little familiar at this time: "That...... That purse! ”

Both of them don't have good memories, and only then did they remember this Sun Dawu, the man who robbed Ronghe's purse by the lake that day and was knocked to the ground by Huai'an.

Sun Dawu also remembered at this time, and knelt on the ground with a plop: "It was the villain who was confused for a while and collided with the nobles!" ”

"You get up first." Rong He ordered someone to help him up and stand aside.

Have a criminal record...... This is a bit of a dilemma.

Huai'an proposed to order someone to go to the homeless people to do a background investigation and investigate this Sun Dawu's personality. The little eunuch went for a long time, came back and whispered: "This person has a good reputation, he has not done anything to cheat and abduct, he used to do a lot of odd jobs in the city to support his two daughters, and he was driven out of the city by Shuntianfu before he got paid." ”

Huai'an pondered for a moment, and then asked Sun Dawu: "Since you want to stay in the capital, why don't you go to Tuntian, a homeless village?" ”

Sun Dawu said with some hesitation: "Once we go to the homeless village, the land of my hometown will be taken back by the village, and if the court regrets and takes away the land of the homeless village, we will have nothing." ”

It turned out that the imperial court was changing its order overnight, and it was not trusted by the people.

The three of them put together a lot, and Huai An felt that he couldn't deny a person because of one thing, who hadn't been cornered, if it weren't for Rong He's theft of King Qi's treasure and causing the clan to donate silver, it was a question whether these people could survive.

Rong He blushed and glanced at him: "Which pot is not opened, which pot is not mentioned." ”

Huai'an admires Sun Dawu because he doesn't wait or rely on him to any extent, and desperately tries to find a way to survive, instead of selling his sons and daughters.

Seeing the two little girls with big eyes flashing, the three of them decided to keep him anyway.

They recruited ten men in one go, two long-term workers, and a Xiwa, plus nearly twenty of their families, and hired a big cart from outside the city to pull them back to the city.

The maid took the men to the bathhouse to bathe to prevent lice and fleas from being brought into the new house, and the mother-in-law took the women and children to wash them in the back cover room, and gave them new clothes, all of which were old clothes that had been temporarily taken from home, and the pulp was very clean, although it did not fit well, but it was their best clothes all year round.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, Changxing led everyone to the front yard to eat. The stove room had not yet started the fire, and the steamed bun shop at the corner of the street sent ten drawers of steamed buns, including meat and vegetarian dishes, and a pot of rice porridge that had been boiled into flowers.

The limited supply of steamed buns is not because Huai'an is stingy, but because he is afraid that these people who have been eating porridge for a long time will eat too much at one meal and cause an emergency.

Everyone slept in the open for a year, relying on the government's soup soup to not starve to death at most, and the white bread only appeared in a dream, and they devoured it when they landed.

While adding porridge to them, Changxing advised: "Eat slowly, eat slowly, there will be at night, it's enough." ”

The well-fed children ran around the yard like crazy, and the day was like the New Year.

Changxing explained to everyone: "Those with their families live in the three courtyards, and those who are single live in the front yard through the shop, and the task of everyone today is to clean the house, ventilate it in time in the future, and wash hands before and after meals, we are a bookstore, a place of Sven, no foul language, no fighting, no ......"

After all, it is a dormitory, and most of them still make requirements around health and safety.

Huai'an, Rong He and Chen Yong cheered in the ear room, which was transformed into a tea room by Huai'an as a negotiation area for future reception of guests and business negotiations.

Chen Yong asked puzzledly: "You can also recruit people in the city, maybe it is more reliable than the homeless, why do you have to recruit people outside the city?" ”

Huai'an said: "No matter how bad the people in the city are, they are still at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and they can always find a livelihood to do." These homeless people are about to rush back to their hometowns, and they don't know how many people will starve to death and die of disease on the way. ”

Chen Yong suddenly realized, he thought that they ran away from the city because of playfulness, but it turned out to be because of this.

Rong He said: "It's a pity that there is only so much that can be done. ”

Huai An patted him on the shoulder: "One day we can help more people!" ”

The two found a new purpose in life, shook hands and nodded solemnly.

Looking at the satisfied smiles on the faces of the new recruits because of a meal - all they asked for was three full meals.

Chen Yong was moved to tears, don't look at these two people who are usually unreliable, in fact, they are both pure-hearted children, kind-hearted, and help the weak and alleviate poverty......

"Doujin, I think you set your salary high, and my father's long-term entourage is only two taels a month." Huai'an Road.

"Sanduo, take a good look, it's obvious that you have set the meal too high, two meat and one vegetarian are like words...... My grandfather was only a vegetarian. Rong He said.

"Huh?" Huai'an exclaimed: "The imperial food in the palace doesn't even have meat? ”

Rong He nodded, in fact, he was not familiar with his grandfather, and he didn't know how much a vegetarian meal in the palace costed, and he thought that there was really only green vegetables and tofu.

Huai'an silently crossed out his wish to "check in the imperial meal" in his heart. Looking at the monthly fixed expenses, it seems that it is indeed a little higher.

"Eat better than the emperor...... Trespassing, trespassing, trespassing! Then he drew it with a pencil notebook: "Then change two meat and one vegetarian to one meat and two vegetarian, white flour bun to mixed noodles, and white rice porridge to miscellaneous rice porridge." ”

Chen Yong: ......

"I think it's doable." Rong He went through the accounts again: "Good money, what do you think?" Good Money...... Good money? Why don't you speak, Shancai? ”

Chapter 85

Chen Yong was moved for a moment, and saw that the two black-hearted little bosses were calculating to deduct the guys' food, and they also named him Shancai without authorization!

The name of the scholar is very valuable, and when he has a weak crown, he has a table word, in addition to the elder can call him by his name, as long as the peers are not enemies, they all have to call the table word, in order to show respect for the other party's parents, in the future have a certain status or prestige, but also take a number, peers can only be called "number", no longer called the table word, in order to show respect for the other party's teacher.

Font size, "word" is taken by the teacher, "number" is given to himself after having a certain status, how can there be a random name between friends? Is it still called good money? Once upon a time, their big yellow dog names were more elegant than this.

Insulting Sven, insulting Sven!

But because they're young, they don't have the same knowledge as them. Then he closed his eyes and pretended to be dead, and ignored them.

Both of them are two-skinned faces, accustomed to being blinded, giggling twice, and studying the main house with the courtyard wall demolished, how to design the process flow in order to achieve more efficient printing. This point needs to be discussed by Uncle Hao, and Changxing went to call the old man who had moved to the wing room to come over for a meeting.

Uncle Hao has long passed the age of retirement in later generations, In this era, he has been called a long life, his spirit is still strong, but he is deaf and dazzled, and the magic is that as soon as he hears the topic related to engraving and printing, he immediately becomes deaf and clear, and he does not speak easily, and his speech will hit the nail on the head, which is more powerful than Huai'an imagined.

After talking, Huai'an came to his conclusion: "Selective deafness does not affect rehiring." ”

There is such a "Dinghai God Needle" in the bookstore, why worry about making money?

Huai'an ordered Changxing again: "Call Xiwa in." ”

Changxing turned around and went out and came in with Xiwa. Xiwa was at the age of the strip, malnutrition had caused her to be skinny, and she was carrying a short shirt that didn't fit well, like a slender stripper.

Timidly grabbed the corner of his clothes, bowed down and said, "The owner." ”

"Uncle Hao, this is the apprentice I found for you." Huai'an said loudly: "Serve your food, clothing, shelter and transportation." ”

"What? The young man is not good at drinking? Uncle Hao said: "It's not very good to practice......

With peace of mind, here it is again.

Rong He leaned on the back of the chair with his arms folded, and snorted: "I see that this old man is not very sober, why don't he go to see the gate and find a new engraving master." ”

Before Huai'an could respond, he saw Uncle Hao's curved spine suddenly stand up: "The apprentice is so wow, young and capable!" ”

Huai'an tilted his head and snickered.

Seeing Xiwa standing in place at a loss, Chen Yong reminded: "Xiwa, hurry up and kowtow to the teacher." ”

Xiwa knelt on the ground and bowed: "Kowtow to the master." ”

Uncle Hao scratched his head, a little overwhelmed. Fifty years ago, he came to the Hao family as an apprentice, signed a ten-year living contract, life and death, illness, and listened to the destiny of heaven. But when he picked up the carving knife, it was fifty years. When he was young, he was poor and couldn't get his daughter-in-law, but later he had a skill and his salary increased, and the girl he liked had already married.

The engraving technique is difficult, and it takes five to ten years to learn lettering, not to mention the more difficult prints. In his opinion, a child like Xiwa might as well learn other crafts, striking iron or being a cook, and he can become a teacher in three or four years.

However, Uncle Hao has been dealing with wooden carving knives for most of his life, and he is only interested in studying his skills, and he is panicked if he doesn't carve something in his hand, he is not happy to let him accept apprentices, and he is even more unhappy to let him look at the door!

If you do two evils, you can only harm your apprentices.

Chen Yong saw that Uncle Hao didn't speak for a long time, thinking that he was stingy with his stunts, and he was afraid that the apprentices of the church would starve to death of the master. said to Uncle Hao: "Don't worry, even if Xiwa is out of school, she will still give you a place in the bookstore." Isn't that right, Xiwa? ”

Xiwa didn't even understand which master she worshipped, and the atmosphere was rendered to this point, so she could only kneel on the ground and swear loudly: "I will give you a pension and send you to the end!" ”

Uncle Hao covered his ears: "Why are you shouting so loudly?" ”

Chen Yong handed the tea in front of Uncle Hao to Xiwa and asked him to toast the tea.

Uncle Hao was silent for a long time, until Xiwa's arms were sore, trembling, and the turquoise tea was splashing in circles, and he took it and muttered, "My hand is unsteady." ”

Chen Yong took him as if he agreed, and said to Xiwa: "In the future, you must listen to the master's instructions, let you do whatever you want, and you are not allowed to be disobedient or contradictory." ”

Xiwa responded timidly. He still didn't quite understand where he came, anyway, among the three owners, only Chen Yong looked like a serious person, and he was right to listen to him.

Among the common types of work in building houses, the bricklayer has the greatest temper, but because of the reward of a dime of silver promised by Huai'an, the craftsmen are very positive, and the completion is fast and good, just after the afternoon, the floor tiles in the main house and the yard are replaced, the carpenter has done the doors and windows, and the stucco has painted the wall, and only a batch of suitable furniture is missing.

With the reward given by Huai'an, the craftsmen happily said goodbye and left, discussing cutting two taels of meat and selling half a catty of wine...... The busy servants and mothers-in-law also have their own silver rewards, all of them are happy, and they recite the Buddha with their palms together.

The guys went to their respective residences, settled themselves by themselves, and asked Changxing to greet them if they had something.

……

Chen Yong reminded Huai'an to go home before Shen Shi, and the prince should return to the palace as soon as possible.

Huai'an was right to think about it, when Dad came back and saw that they were not at home, he didn't know how to interrogate them at night, so he explained to Changxing and the little maids-in-law, packed their schoolbags, and went home.

Rong He took a group of entourage guards to get into the carriage, Haojia Hutong was less than two miles away from Shen's house, and the two came on foot, and they had to walk back at this time.

Talking and laughing all the way - Huai'an kept talking and talking, Chen Yong just laughed and laughed - they walked through the streets and alleys, traveled around, and also wrapped Xu Tinglan's favorite snacks by the way.

Taking a shortcut through an alley, Chen Yong saw that there were still yellowed old notices on the whitewashed walls of the street, which were the notices that Shuntianfu had ordered to drive the displaced people out of the city a few years ago.

He suddenly thought of a question: "These guys are all homeless, and there is no official guide issued by the local government, what if the imperial court orders to be driven out of the city again?" ”

Huai'an was stunned, indeed, I have to find a way to solve the problem of employees' household registration, and there is no residence permit in this era, so we can't let them sign a deed of sale, right?

"This matter has to be solved by the county government, right?" Huai'an asked.

"Hmm." Chen Yong said: "But not everyone who is an official is as easy-going as his uncle, and we two children are afraid that we won't even be able to enter the yamen room......

Huai'an thought that he could even enter the palace, and the county government must have a way to enter.