After dressing as a widow

Ren Yazi said with a smile: "I ask someone to help Boss Lin deliver these servants to the mansion. They are dishonest. Be careful not to hurt you."

Lin Zhen looked at the iron chains on the hands and feet of the seven young and middle-aged men, as well as the men, women and children who hadn't eaten for two days, and was even more afraid that these people would faint from hunger in the street, so he nodded: "Okay, you can ask a few people to follow and send them off. Let's go to Guangshun Lane, the courtyard with the sign of Lin's Water Fenfang."

"Okay, you guys, take Boss Lin's servants to Lin's gouache shop in Guangshun Lane!"

Lin Zhen bought the young and middle-aged men who were good at martial arts, and wanted them to form a horse-drawn convoy to escort goods between the state capital and the river mouth of Dongyang County. He hadn't told Niu Da about this.

In order to prevent Niu Da from confusing this group of people with the ones he bought yesterday and treating them as nurses, Lin Zhen simply followed them.

Just coming out of Renyazi, one of the young and middle-aged men who became slaves looked around from the corner of his eyes as soon as he got out of the yard, holding the iron chain tied to his hands with both hands.

Standing next to him, a man who was older than him covered the back of his hand: "Don't do anything for now, the family members can't take it anymore. We can run, but they can't."

Thinking about it, the young and middle-aged man who never wanted to be a slave gritted his teeth resentfully, looking at his family members who were sallow and emaciated, shivering from the cold wind from Lizhou, he could only let go of the iron chain.

Advised him: "Don't worry."

The place where Ren Yazi lived was not far from Guangshun Lane, and it took only ten minutes to arrive. The men who were carrying rice from the yard saw Lin Zhen coming, and hurriedly said hello: "Boss Lin!"

It so happened that a man walked up to Lin Zhen with a bag of rice on his shoulders, his foot sprained, and the bag of rice on his shoulder slid down and smashed towards Lin Zhen.

The man carrying rice, Niu Da who was in charge here, and other workers exclaimed, and all rushed towards Lin Zhen.

Among the seven young and middle-aged men bought by Lin Zhen, the oldest one grabbed Lin Zhen and kicked towards the rice bag, which relieved Lin Zhen.

"boss!"

"Boss, are you okay!"

"How do you do things? Can you afford the responsibility for smashing the boss?!" Niu Da was so frightened that his face turned pale, and when he saw that Lin Zhen was fine, his legs went limp, and he scolded the man who smashed the rice bag .

The man was also frightened. The strong man and the child who committed the crime were at a loss and hesitated: "Old...boss...I didn't do it on purpose...don't fire me..."

Lin Zhen glanced at the young and middle-aged man who rescued him, and looked at Niu Da and the person who almost hit him: "It's a blessing that he didn't hit anyone, but this kind of thing is not an exception."

According to what he meant, he didn't plan to pursue this matter any further, because he almost smashed his man because of his carelessness. Lin Zhen bent over again and again: "You know, I must be careful in the future, and I will never do it again."

Niu Da, who witnessed the scene just now, still frowned tightly. He was the first batch of servants bought by Lin Zhen. In his eyes, everything he owns now was brought by Lin Zhen. Loyalty, but he really didn't dare to imagine what would happen if the one-hundred-jin bag of rice fell on Lin Zhen just now.

But Lin Zhen had already said that, so it was impossible for him to say anything more.

And the man who gave Lin Zhen a hand looked at Worker Niu getting along with Lin Zhen, and something flashed in his eyes.

"They are new people I bought. You can make arrangements later and let them stay here." After the incident, Lin Zhen didn't think about anything other than lamenting his tattered body with no strength. .

While talking to Niu Da, he brought Lulu and the newly bought servants in. As for Ren Yazi's subordinates, he sent them and left.

It has been accepted yesterday, and eight people have been arranged. Niu Da nodded: "Yes, boss, are these people also the nurses of the gouache workshop?"

"No, I have other things for them."

This courtyard is about a hundred steps away from the two courtyards, but the layout is not bad. It is also a main house in the middle and wing rooms on both sides. Because it is the yard where I live, I rented a room to Lin Zhen and his family. The two smaller houses are convenient for him to house people now.

Leading the people into the yard, Lin Zhen turned around and looked at the 22 people whose iron chains on their hands and feet had just been taken away by Ren Yazi's men: "I have a lot of things to do here, and I am in a hurry, so I will explain everything to you now."

"I am the owner of Lin's Gouache Shop, named Lin Zhen. I bought you to escort my goods. If you do things for me in a down-to-earth manner, I will not treat you badly."

"Of course, if you feel that the work of escorting the goods is too tiring and you don't want to do it, I will replace the people I bought before and fill it in, and let you be the nurses." Lin Zhen saw the identities of these people before, In my heart, I still prefer to let them escort the goods. After all, after systematic training, they are familiar with each other, and their family members are in the state capital. They will definitely do their best for themselves.

Zhou Zhengchu, the oldest among the young and middle-aged, about 28 or [-] years old, said, "Okay, let's escort the goods to Boss Lin."

They were all headed by Zhou Zhengchu, and when he opened his mouth, no one else had any other ideas.

They were all sold as slaves, what else could they do besides doing things for Lin Zhen?

Lin Zhen said: "Okay, you are living here these few days, and you will be needed soon."

"Niu Da, you divide the place for them. Later, buy some cloth and some needles and threads. Let the husbands and daughters among them get clothes for their families. The food is still the same as the people who bought it yesterday. , Today at noon, at night, and tomorrow morning, make three meals of rice porridge, don’t hurt your stomach and cause trouble.”

"Good boss."

"Also," Lin Zhen looked at the baby who was hoarse after being hugged and cried all the way by the young woman, "tell the kitchen staff to see if I can scrape a bowl of rice oil for the baby first."

After finishing his work, Lin Zhen went back. The production of Yurong powder was in full swing, and the porcelain box and vase containing the jade powder and toilet water were still being fired. He wanted to go and see the progress in person. Hualu, try to get the first batch of goods from Lizhou out as soon as possible.

Lin Zhen walked hurriedly, the corners of his robe fluttering under his feet, and it seemed that only those who couldn't stop could walk out.

As soon as he left, Niu Da said to Zhou Zhengchu and the other 22 people: "You also saw just now that our boss is a generous person, as long as he works under his hands, he will get a lot of benefits."

"I think you should be a family, and you will live in the two wing rooms and the small room on the right. As for how to allocate it, you can decide by yourself."

"Wait until the cloth is bought and then make the clothes, and that's all."

Lin Zhen said just now that these people were going to escort the goods, and Niu Da didn't let them get acquainted with the other two houses and this place like he told the people he bought yesterday, but let them arrange it by themselves after speaking.

After being allowed to have a place to rest, Zhou Zhengchu turned around and said to the woman behind her who had been coaxing the child, "Chun'er, you go in with the child to rest first, and I'll ask... the boss just said to give me a bowl of rice oil." thing."

"Yeah." The child cried hoarsely, and the young woman's heart was about to break, but they only had one meal in two days, let alone milk, and even the saliva was gone, so they could only watch the child cry Method.

If it is still there, it will take another two days to eat, and the young woman does not know how to endure it.

Zhou Zhengchu asked the others to take the family members to sit in the room first, and quickly walked a few steps to chase after Niu Da who seemed to have forgotten about it: "Steward, the boss just said to bring a bowl of rice oil to the child, I don't know where it is take."

The big-boned Zhou Zhengchu was good at martial arts, but he ate once every two or three months, and his body was already weak from hunger due to his large appetite.

Niu Da stood still: "My memory, if you hadn't reminded me, I would have forgotten it."

"Ah Chen, take him to the No. [-] Shui Fen Fang to find a bowl for the child to eat." Niu Da and the people below followed Lin Zhen's instructions and called the combined yard the No. [-] Shui Fen Fang. This is number two, so it's easy to remember when you call it.

The person named Ah Chen agreed, and said to Zhou Zhengchu, "Come with me."

Zhou Zhengchu and Niu Da bent slightly, and walked behind Ah Chen out of the courtyard gate of No. [-] Shuifenfang. After walking a few dozen steps, they heard lively voices not far away.

The sound of pouring water, the sound of rubbing things, and the sound of stone grinding things all merged into one.

Ah Chen, who brought him here, said, "It's my fourth time to come to No. [-] Square, but Manager Niu said that from now on, I and four other people will be responsible for the defense of this side, so we have to live here."

"It's more leisurely than you guys running outside." Just now when Lin Zhen was talking to Zhou Zhengchu and his newly bought servants, Ah Chen and the people who bought them yesterday also heard it.

Regarding the fact that Zhou Zhengchu and the others were going to escort the goods outside, some people thought it was better than being a nursing home here, and some people thought it was not bad.

Ah Chen is the one who thinks it’s okay. He worked as a guard for officials’ families for more than 20 years, and he was also very popular. .

Zhou Zhengchu was very observant, and after just a few meetings, he deduced that he was the one Lin Zhen said was bought yesterday, and he couldn't get much useful things out of it, so he didn't say anything else, just said: " We have just arrived, and we don’t know what business the boss does? What is the cargo to be escorted.”

Shuifenfang, I really can't hear the name.

Ah Chen said: "The boss is in the rouge and gouache business, and there are quite a few people working under him."

The distance of dozens of steps was quickly reached for the two of them. The person guarding the courtyard door saw the person being led by Ah Chen and asked, "Who is he?"

Ah Chen said: "The boss's new servant came to the kitchen to find a bowl of rice oil for the child."

"Oh, let's go in." Humane, who was sent to guard the yard this morning, said.

Ah Chen and Zhou Zhengchu walked in.