Farmhouse Golden Phoenix

Chapter 96

Afterwards, Su Jingsen asked someone to bring the news to Song Haoming.Originally, Song Haoming planned to take the imperial examination two years ago, but happened to meet Mr. Shen, so it was delayed.So, he also stayed in the county to concentrate on studying.

Now that he received the letter, he hurried to Su's house.After inquiring about the situation of sweet potatoes and potatoes in detail, he left in a hurry.The Su family wanted to inquire about the situation, but firstly, the threshold of the Sheriff's Mansion was too high, and secondly, Song Haoming was missing, so they could only secretly worry a few times, and they dared not show it on the surface.

However, there was another matter that temporarily distracted the Su family.That was the matter of buying someone that was mentioned before the autumn harvest. Cheng Zhongren finally replied, saying that he had found someone he knew well to come over.

That Ren Yazi and Cheng Zhongren are still related, she is a widow in her thirties, her surname is Ding, she is well dressed, she is of a moderate build, neither fat nor thin, she has a smile on her face, she looks very kind, she is very similar to Su Qinghe The kind of woman with hanging eyebrows, triangular eyes, big red lips and snub nose is not the same image at all.

Probably because she didn't hide the expression on her face, the man said with a smile: "The girl must think that we are all powerful people, right?"

Su Qinghe blushed, and hurriedly shook her head, but before she could speak, that human tooth smiled and said: "Miss doesn't know, even human tooth is divided into three or six grades, the lowest one is those who trade in skin and flesh. Or they are cheating, kidnapping and stealing, and using various methods to get the business. The middle-class ones, like us, buy children from poor families and then sell them to rich families. The higher-level ones also buy children from poor families. They are the children of other people, and then teach them some skills, and then sell them to the families of big families."

"Although what we are doing is human trafficking, we don't violate our conscience. Besides, when today's emperor is wise, we don't dare to do the bad thing of cutting off children and grandchildren. These people are too poor to survive, so they sell themselves own."

The woman pointed her finger, and there were twenty little girls standing in a row in the yard, ranging in age from five to sixteen to seventeen or eighteen.On the other side stood a row of little boys, also from five to sixteen years old to seventeen or eighteen.At the end, there are three or five people gathered in a pile, there are men and women, probably like a family.

Su Qinghe looked at it for a while, then turned her head and whispered to Su Jingsen: "Father, we made a wrong calculation before."

"What's wrong?" Su Jingsen hurriedly asked, Su Qinghe dragged Su Jingsen and Su Zhang into the room to talk: "We just talked about how many servants to buy, but didn't say we wanted to buy a manager. Do you have to work hard every day to take care of it?"

"Hey, that's it? Don't worry, your elder brother and second brother have said it before. They said that the manager can't just buy it casually. The manager is the leader of the servants. What kind of character is the manager? It is related to our family. The character of a servant, so this matter must not be sloppy, I would rather not have it than buy it randomly."

Su Jingsen hurriedly said what Su Zhiping and Su Zhian had said before, and Su Qinghe suddenly realized, she said it earlier, she said that her two brothers would still speak the truth before, but why they didn't say anything when things came to an end.

"Then when will the eldest brother and the second brother come back? At this moment, they are also going to buy servants for them. They don't want to pick and choose?" Su Qinghe hurriedly asked, and Su Jingsen looked up at the sun before saying: "I'll be back in a quarter of an hour Well, didn’t shopkeeper Yang say he wanted to pay for the sweet potatoes? I guess there’s nothing else, they can’t delay.”

Su Qinghe responded, and didn't go out, just leaned on the window to watch the group of people standing outside.Su Zhangshi and Su Jingsen looked at me and I looked at you, both of them were waiting for Su Qinghe to make up his mind.

Mrs. Ding seemed to be quite experienced, she just sat on a stool in the yard with a teacup in her hand, she didn't make a sound or move, her eyes were only on the leaves, as if she wanted to count the number of leaves on that branch. Like a leaf.

Su Qinghe had previously ruled out those under the age of eight. After all, directing children to do things was really too unbearable.But don't command, there is no rule without rules, she can't break the rules.

The two in front are very beautiful. As Mrs. Ding said before, they were all sold by a wealthy family. One is 17 years old and the other is.

After watching for a while, Su Qinghe saw Su Qinglan coming in from the front yard, and was almost not startled when she saw such a big battle in the yard.Staring suspiciously at Mrs. Ding, the woman hurriedly stood up and saluted: "This is the eldest lady of the Su family, right? The mother-in-law's surname is Ding, and the eldest lady is well."

"Get up, just call me fourth girl." Su Qinglan always remembered her identity. In this Su family, she was only a niece, not a daughter, so she never confused her ranking.After walking two steps, remembering what Su Qinghe said before about buying someone, she understood it, and raised her chin to signal: "You brought all this?"

Mrs. Ding quickly responded, Su Qinglan didn't stay long, turned around and entered the room.After meeting Su Jingsen and Mrs. Su Zhang, they got together with Su Qinghe and whispered.Then the two sisters came out hand in hand.Su Jingsen and Su Zhangshi followed behind without making a sound.

Su Qinghe looked at the girl from the beginning to the end again, and then said slowly: "From the first one, tell me what your name is, how old you are this year, where you are from, and what you will do."

"Maidservant Chunxiang, this year, she is from Pingyuan County and can do needlework. This is a purse made by maidservant in her spare time. Please have a look at it." Then, she took out a purse from her sleeve, Su Qinghe raised her eyebrows to look at Su Qinglan, Su Qinglan took it with a smile and looked at it, then handed it back to the girl without saying a word.

Su Qinghe looked at the second one again, but didn't do much about the first one, just bit her lip, lowered her head and retreated back to the original place.

Just as the second one was about to speak, Su Zhiping and Su Zhian came back.These two, one is just right, a young man as gentle as jade, and the other is 16 years old, a young man as bright as the sun, both of them have inherited the Su family's big eyes and thin lips, and their looks are not vulgar.In addition, after studying for many years, he has a certain temperament, which is very attractive.

Every time the two brothers go to school, they always meet several girls on the street.And from time to time, there is always a matchmaker coming to the door.Fortunately, Mrs. Su and Zhang had said earlier that the two brothers would not marry for the time being without fame, which saved a lot of trouble.

Su Qinghe paid attention to the expressions of the girls in the courtyard, and immediately saw that there were two or three of them with flushed faces, stealing glances at Su Zhiping and Su Zhian from time to time.Su Qinghe pointed her finger: "These three, no."

One of them immediately turned pale, and silently lowered his head.Although the other was a little annoyed, he didn't say much.There was only one, and he immediately raised his eyebrows and asked: "The girl hasn't asked us yet, why did she say no? But she doesn't like the maid? The girl said that the maid did not do well at all, and the maid changed it immediately." .”

"Tsk, Aunt Ding, although you said before that you are an average person, not as good as that high-level one, but you can't live without these basic rules, right?" Su Qinghe raised her eyebrows, and Mrs. Ding hurriedly saluted: "Girl What I'm saying is, I will take this kind of people back and discipline them strictly, and please don't get angry, girl."

Su Qinghe sneered, and looked at the girl who spoke before: "Just because of the two words you asked me, I can't see you."

After saying that, she turned to look at Su Qinglan: "Fourth Sister, did you see it?"

Su Qinglan nodded: "Those two are not too old or young. I just happen to be in charge of them for two more years. Otherwise, it would be inconvenient to suddenly change them just after getting used to them. If you want me to say, you should choose two more Well, two big ones and two small ones, so as not to buy them in the future."

"Then you don't want to be older?" Su Qinghe was puzzled, and Su Qinglan nodded with a smile: "Hongyuan said, there are two maidservants in my hometown who served Hongyuan's mother before, and they are considered loyal. I will bring them here this time. .”

Su Qinghe nodded knowingly, then turned her head and continued to look at it.Su Zhiping and Su Zhian are not as particular about her, they just need to be clean and neat.The second question is age. It is best to be able to read and write. If you cannot read and write, you must be smart and obedient.

So before Su Qinghe finished asking, they had already selected two servants.Then, he went to help Su Jingsen and Su Zhang choose the woman who cooks and the driver who drives the carriage.

Su Jingsen muttered again: "I said before, let's buy some more fields, and then buy some tenants. This will save a lot of trouble than spending money to hire short-term laborers. Our family now has a lot of land, and we have to hire short-term laborers for everything. We have to hire short-term laborers every year." More than a dozen times, this year's money can buy several tenants."

"Father, don't worry about this. Didn't the county sheriff resettle the refugees in the west of the city before? Let's go there and buy them later, let Cheng Zhongren accompany you to see them, and buy some strong ones." Su Zhiping said with a smile, Su Zhi'an nodded at the side: "That's right. Before, I was worried that the refugees might cause a plague. I didn't expect the governor to handle them so well. Out of the thousands of refugees, only one out of ten fell ill."

"Stop talking about that, and ask these women what kind of dishes and snacks they can make. In the future, Xiaohe wants to invite the little sisters to play, and our family must have decent snacks." Su Zhang muttered Mrs. Ding accompanied her, and hurriedly said: "Mrs. Su, do you want to find someone who can make dim sum? Just right, this Mrs. Wang can make dim sum. There are sweet and salty ones, and she can make many kinds of dim sum."

"Then can she cook?" Mrs. Su Zhang asked, and Mrs. Ding's smile was a bit forced: "Well, yes, but the cooking is very ordinary."

Ask several women, some are good at cooking, some are good at dim sum, and no one can cook both.But Su Zhang is so worried, he can't wait to pinch two people into one.

In the end, it was Su Jingsen who made the decision and bought two directly. Su Zhangshi kept saying that it was a waste.Su Jingsen patted her on the arm with a smile: "What are you afraid of, our family is not short of money now, and the two take turns to take care of it. If one of them gets sick, it won't delay the cooking."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mrs. Ding said hesitantly: "Master Su, these two people are both family members. Look..."

Su Jingsen took a look, and sure enough, one was in her thirties and knew how to make dim sum. She brought her husband-in-law, seven or eight-year-old son, and five or six-year-old daughter.One was in her forties, with a young couple, probably her son and daughter-in-law, and a child of two or three years old.

At this moment, Su Jingsen also hesitated a little. The husband in his thirties could say that he could learn to drive a carriage or something.Then the young couple can also arrange, one sweeps the yard and the other does laundry.

However, these three children are a bit difficult to arrange.

"Master Su, please buy us. Both my son and daughter can do work. My son can sweep the floor and fetch water, and my daughter can wash clothes and choose vegetables. They are all very capable." A woman begged, As soon as this one opened his mouth, that one followed suit.

Su Jingsen turned to look at Mrs. Su, Mrs. Su also hesitated. The three children couldn't work right now. If they bought them, it would be equivalent to buying three children for nothing.But don't buy it, these two women are really suitable, and they can't do anything to leave children alone.

"Father, let's buy it. Just in a few years, the servant girl next to my little sister and the servant girl next to us will be replaced. I am familiar with these and it is convenient to use." Su Zhian said on the side, and Su Zhiping nodded in agreement: "It's better to know the basics than to buy from outside."

(End of this chapter)