Chapter 149 Buying People (4)

"come over."

Shen Xiangwan smiled and waved at him. The little boy hesitated a little, but still walked up to her and said in a baby voice, "Husband, Madam."

"Haha... Don't be afraid. I won't eat you."

Not at all disgusted by his dirtiness, Shen Xiangwan reached out and rubbed his head: "What's your name, and how old are you?"

"Dongzi."

Before the boy could answer, a choked call was heard. Soon, a group of four people came running over quickly. The woman in the lead had tears in her eyes, and the middle-aged man with her and the young boys and girls behind them all had red eyes.

"Father, mother!"

Seeing them, Dongzi turned around and ran over.

"Dongzi!"

The woman squatted on the ground, hugged him and cried loudly. The middle-aged man came forward and hugged them, with tears flowing in his eyes. The boy who was about sixteen or seventeen and the girl who was twelve or thirteen also cried. It was almost, almost, their family would be broken up.

"Why are you crying? Madam is going to buy your whole family, why don't you thank Madam quickly?"

Steward Sun, who followed behind them, looked ferocious, but was actually giving them some advice. After he was done, he turned to Shen Xiangwan and said, "Madam, they were originally helping a wealthy family look after their farm. They were implicated because the farm was stolen, and were sold out by the owner."

"is it?"

Raising an eyebrow, Shen Xiangwan looked at them again. Although they were covered in dirt like everyone else, they looked physically fit and must have lived a good life. They must have been sold not long ago.

"Thank you, ma'am, for buying our family."

The middle-aged man who came to his senses first let go of his wife and children, knelt on the ground and kowtowed to her several times.

"Thank you, thank you ma'am."

Seeing this, the woman also brought her children to kowtow to her. God knows how excited they were when they found out that she had chosen their children and was willing to buy their entire family. Their pretended strength collapsed in an instant, so they lost their composure.

"Don't thank me in a hurry."

Leaning back in his chair, Shen Xiangwan continued, "I said I would buy you if it's suitable, but I didn't say I would definitely buy you. Let me first tell you what you can do."

"what?"

The whole family could not help but be stunned, and then the man quickly said: "Madam, my name is Wu Youfu, I am thirty-six this year, I can do all the work in the field, and I can also drive a horse carriage and an ox cart. This is my wife Wu Lixiu, thirty-five, she can do all the work in the field and at home. This is my eldest son Wu Shuisheng, seventeen years old, he has been working with me since he was a child, and he can do everything I can do. This is my daughter Wu Shuiyu, in addition to housework, she can also embroider. And my youngest son, his name is Wu Shuidong, we all call him Dongzi, he is five years old this year."

Wu Youfu finished speaking in one breath, and the whole family looked at her eagerly. As long as she was willing to buy them, their small family would not break up.

"Okay."

Facing their gazes, Shen Xiangwan nodded: "Manager Sun, I have bought all of their family members. You don't have to help me choose a maid. I think Shuiyu is quite suitable."

"Okay, ma'am, as long as you're satisfied."

Manager Sun quickly agreed, and then said in a deep voice: "Why don't you thank Madam quickly?"

"Yes Yes."

After coming to his senses, the man kowtowed to her again with his wife and children: "Thank you, thank you, ma'am."

Waving her hand, Shen Xiangwan signaled them to stand aside, as she would continue to select people. Wu Youfu's family did not dare to hesitate, and quickly supported each other and stepped aside. Although tears were still hanging in the corners of their eyes, they had smiles on their faces.

Without Shen Xiangwan's urging, Steward Sun quickly led more than a hundred people forward. There were both men and women, and their ages were between fifteen and twenty years old as required by Shen Xiangwan. Everyone lowered their heads, seemed a little nervous, and their thin bodies trembled uncontrollably. Because of the maid's previous mistake, this time Steward Sun chose people who were really capable of working.

"Ma'am, what do you think of these people?"

Coming up to them, Manager Sun pointed at the hundred or so people he had led out.

"Okay."

Shen Xiangwan nodded nonchalantly, leaned back in his chair, and looked at those people: "Is there anyone among you who can read?"

More than a hundred people looked at each other, and one of them, a thin and small boy, raised his hand and stammered, "Slave, I know a few words."

"I also know a little bit."

With him taking the lead, several more young people raised their hands.

"Any more?"

Shen Xiangwan waited for a while, and after making sure that no one spoke anymore, she couldn't help but sigh deeply. Although she didn't hold out much hope, out of more than a hundred people, only four or five could recognize a few words. This ratio still fell below her psychological expectations. It was too difficult for ordinary people to read and write.

"Okay."

Standing up with the help of the chair armrest, Shen Xiangwan walked towards them. He first looked at the literate teenagers carefully, and then looked at the others: "Look up and look at me."

"what?"

Everyone was stunned. Some looked up reflexively, some shrank back in fear, and most of them glanced at her and immediately lowered their heads. If their necks were not long enough, their heads would have been buried in their crotches.

Shen Xiangwan frowned barely noticeably, but said nothing. She raised her hand and pointed at the boys and girls who were still looking at her despite their fear: "Manager Sun, I only want these people."

"···good."

Out of more than a hundred people, she only selected eight. Manager Sun was a little slow in reacting.

"Don't they want it?"

The chosen people had already stood aside. Before Manager Sun took the rest of the people away, he pointed at a few literate people and asked.

"No, I can teach someone to be illiterate, but I can't teach someone to be naturally timid."

She bought them to train them to be surgeons. They would go to war with the army in the future. How could they succeed if they were as timid as mice? In addition, she did not choose those whose eyes were erratic and not firm enough. In addition to being surgeons in the future, they must also be loyal to them. She could not afford those who were not firm in their will.

As if he had vaguely guessed her selection criteria, Manager Sun stopped talking and turned around to take those people away. Not long after, he brought the second group of people, also about a hundred people. This time, Shen Xiangwan did not ask them whether they could read or not. She just asked them to look up at her and selected another ten people based on her own criteria.

The third and fourth batches were almost the same. Shen Xiangwan finally selected only fifty people, including thirty-five boys and fifteen girls.

"Madam, is there anything else you need to buy?"

Although she only selected fifty people, Manager Sun was not discouraged. Compared with others who only bought three or five slaves each time, her purchase was already quite generous.

【End of this chapter】

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