Chapter 161 Don’t Think of Good Things
As soon as the skinny Feng family members came out, the onlookers all understood what the Qin housekeeper meant. Asking such a group of old, weak, women and children to walk behind the carriage would be a disaster if they didn't die.
I don’t know what kind of person the master of the Qin Mansion is, to have bought such a slave.
I wonder if the young master has never been to a private school? The age is written on the indenture! How could he buy so many old, weak, women and children?
Jiang Yu, the master of Qin Mansion: "..."
The one who bought the person was the unreliable Qin Mansion steward.
Young master Qin Yue: "..."
I didn't go to private school, I went to public school.
Qin Yue lowered his head and called out the names of the indentures one by one. Those whose names were called had to answer "here".
After calling the roll, Qin Yue waved his hand and said, "Let's go to the state capital."
State capital?
The provincial capital is dozens of miles away. It would be strange if this group of old, weak, women and children could walk to the provincial capital.
"Master, master."
Feng Yudong knelt down in front of Qin Yue, "Please have mercy on my elderly grandparents. We don't need cattle or horses. Just give us a cart and we brothers can pull it."
The onlookers not only agreed, but also praised Feng Yudong for his filial piety.
"Filial piety?"
Qin Yue clapped his hands on the contract of sale, "There are so many people, only one hundred taels of silver, do you want to buy it back?"
The crowd didn't expect the young master to be so angry and started arguing with them.
"Since you sympathize with them, I don't need you to buy anything. I'll give you an old man as a gift. How about you take him home and raise him?
What can so many old, weak, women and children do? Since they can't do anything, can they not eat or drink?
The master of the Qin Mansion is reluctant to separate their family, but who can afford to support all these ancestors?
The master of the Qin Mansion asked me to buy them, and I asked them to walk to the state capital. Am I a bad person?
The master of the Qin Mansion used a magic medicine to save his servant, but what happened? You guys blocked the door.
You have such kind hearts!"
Some people don't take it seriously when being criticized. What's wrong with them just watching the fun?
Some people think that blushing and watching others having fun is a kind of evil, especially watching kind people having fun.
"Would you like to go?"
Qin Yue looked down at Feng Yudong and said, "If you don't leave, I'll kill you on the spot to save you from wasting food."
"Let's go!"
Feng Qinghe gathered the small bag on his shoulders and said, "Yudong, carry your grandma on your back and go."
A family of 22 people, with the young and strong carrying the elderly on their backs and the women holding or supporting the young children, followed the carriage and left.
This time Jiang Yu didn't need to help, the crowd made way for them on their own initiative.
After the group of staggering figures disappeared into the distance, many people in the crowd chose to leave.
After a while, only a small number of people were still holding on.
The 'melon' was snatched away by Qin, and Jiang Yu followed him away.
……
Not far from the city gate, Qin Yue chose an inn and asked for a room upstairs.
After paying the driver, he threw two silver ingots to Feng Yudong after he left. "Go buy a horse carriage and an ox cart, and then go back to the state capital after watching the traffic case tomorrow."
Feng Yudong: "..."
The master is not a bad person?
"Go!"
Qin Yue had a disgusted expression, "You are so stupid, why do I ask you to be my housekeeper?"
Housekeeper? Feng Yudong was pleasantly surprised. If he became a housekeeper, he would be able to take care of the old and young in his family.
"Don't think about good things!"
Looking at Feng Yudong's raised mouth, Qin Yue poured cold water on him, "All the trivial matters in the mansion are handed over to your family. You want to protect them? Then you will die of exhaustion alone!"
Feng Yudong: "..."
Just them? Great!
"Me, the youngest one, and my three brothers, the four of us can finish it."
“You think it’s farming?”
Qin Yue squeezed him, "Can you four brothers cook? Can you four brothers wash clothes and sew quilts?
Everyone should work hard for their own survival instead of attaching themselves to other people and drinking their blood. What's the difference between that and a leech?
What a housekeeper should do is to arrange everyone in the most suitable position.
If you can't do it, I will buy a new housekeeper to take care of your family."
"I can! I can!"
Feng Yudong clenched the silver ingot in his hand and said, "I will work hard, please rest assured, Master."
Qin Yue waved his hand at him, "Hurry up and get to work, and settle your whole family on the big bunk bed."
"Yes!"
This answer was the most powerful one Feng Yudong had uttered since leaving his hometown.
……
Before the county government office opened, there were already crowds of people outside the door.
The four bamboo poles in the middle of the front row are the most eye-catching.
Someone recognized these four people as four young brothers from a large family of servants who were taken away from the Qin Mansion by a young master yesterday.
Didn't these four brothers go to the state capital with their entire family? Why are they still in Nanhai County?
At 6 o'clock, as soon as the gate of the county government was opened, the crowd rushed in.
The four Feng Yudong brothers quickly rushed to both sides of the lobby and each occupied a position with a good view.
Public trials are usually held in the lobby, and the trial time is from 10:14 to : in the middle hall.
Since the master wanted to watch the trial, Feng Yudong brought his three younger brothers to reserve four seats for the master in advance. The master could stand in whichever seat he liked.
When Qin Yue went downstairs to the first floor of the inn, he was told by the innkeeper that his four servants had gone to the county government office to grab a seat.
Qin Yue: "..."
He could control the Feng family just by using bad words to express kindness? How much suffering did the Feng family endure on their journey to find their relatives?
Since someone had reserved a seat for him, Qin Yue was not in a hurry. He ate breakfast and went to the county government office leisurely.
The county government office was surrounded by common people who came to attend the trial. Qin Yue finally squeezed to the door, but was stopped by the bailiffs again.
No matter how he argued with the bailiffs, saying that his servant was occupying a seat inside, the bailiffs refused to let him in.
What should I do? I stayed here specially to wait for the opportunity to see the case, but now I have missed it?
It was already the beginning of the Si hour and the master had not arrived yet. Feng Yudong was getting anxious and asked his cousin Feng Yunan, who lived not far away, to keep an eye on the people coming in while he went out to take a look.
It doesn't matter if one seat is lost. If the master doesn't come, they don't need all four people to be there. Only one person can stay to listen to the trial and go back to explain.
As soon as Feng Yudong came out, he saw the master being stopped by the yamen runner. He hurried forward to hold the yamen runner's hand and took the opportunity to slip him a dime of silver.
"Brother Yamen Runner, there are four of us here to reserve seats. Please be flexible and let my master go in. We will have three people coming out, and you will have two more seats. Isn't that great?"
The yamen runner held a lot of silver in his hand, feeling satisfied, but he said, "This is the only time, you two come out quickly."
"Yes, yes, I'll go call them out right away."
Feng Yudong gently pulled Qin Yue's sleeve and squeezed into the door through the gap made by the yamen runners.
"Master, who will stay with you?"
"You stay."
Qin Yue saw Feng Yudong's little tricks very clearly. He knew that he could get in as long as he stuffed some silver in his pocket, but he didn't bring any because he didn't expect that he would need silver to watch the trial at the county government office.
Feng Yudong is quite clever and has some small change on him, so it would be appropriate for him to keep it with him.
After Feng Yunan took his two younger brothers away, the yamen runner earned two more seats and began to have a good impression of the four bamboo poles.