Song Wangyue was in the front and the twelve beggars were behind her, among them there were also injured ones, walking along the way, attracting many curious people to follow and look behind.
The magistrate at the entrance of the county court saw it from a distance and rushed in to report it.
Zhang Sheriff happened to go out, saw the magistrate panic, stop him to ask, heard is Song Wan Yue with a group of beggars over, immediately welcome out.
“Miss Song, is there something wrong?”
Zhang Shoutu’s reputation in the county is very loud, these beggars usually see him go around, now see him very polite to Song Wangyue, the more they dare not breathe.
“The family workshop needed someone to guard it, so I bought them and brought them here to do the deed of sale.”
He didn’t know what Song Wangyue was thinking, these people not only had no kung fu, but also had unclean hands and feet, so buying them back was a scourge.
He kindly suggested, “Miss Song, you should reconsider, if you want to buy someone, I can take you to a manservant.”
It is better to buy some strong men than these beggars.
“Thank you very much, I’ll take them, and I’ll ask for your help.”
Seeing that she had made up her mind, Sheriff Zhang took the men inside, had the master write the deed of sale, had all twelve beggars put their fingerprints on it, and looked at them with authority, “Now you are Miss Song’s people, if you dare to do something shameful like before, she has the right to beat and kill you.”
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From the magistrate’s office, Song Wan Yue led the twelve people to the clothing shop and called out to the shopkeeper, “According to their figures, each one of them should get a piece of clothing, ordinary ones are fine.”
The shopkeeper was very strange, but did not delay, after looking at them one by one, he turned around and went inside, and in a short time brought out twelve pairs of clothes.
Song Wan Yue paid the silver, let the beggars each take their own clothes that fit, and took them to the cotton shop, after buying twelve single quilts, took them back to the backyard of the Song family residence, pointed to a hut, “This is the bathing room, there is well water over there, give you an hour, wash yourselves clean.”
When she had gone, the beggars were still a bit overwhelmed looking at the clothes and quilts in their hands.
Song Wan Yue went to the old gentleman’s house and told him about the people she had bought, the old gentleman nodded his head after listening, “It is time to buy some people.”
“They’re all still young, I’m going to have those few guards train them, and in two or three years we’ll have our own men.”
The old gentleman nodded again, he was also going to suggest that Song Wangyue buy some men, so that they could be trained to protect the family.
“Twelve men is a little short, we should buy more.”
Song Wangyue answered and accompanied him for a while, and an hour later, she asked Xu Liang to go to the backyard and tell the men to carry the quilts to the door.
She went out first, got into the carriage and had the coachman drive the carriage directly after the beggars came out.
The beggars followed the carriage all the way out of the city gates and followed it to the place where the workshop was built.
It was still early, the people working had not yet dispersed, and the Song family had not left, seeing Song Wan Yue with people, Song Shen trotted over, “Little sister, this is ……”
“The people I just bought, from now on they will be responsible for guarding the workshop.”
Song Shen sized them up, seeing that they were not too old, about the same age as herself, and was a little worried that if someone really wanted to destroy the workshop, with their small bodies, three of them would not be able to beat one of them.
“Second Brother bring the register, put them on it and pay them for their work by the month.”
Song Shen brought the register over and was just about to ask the beggars their names when Song Wan Yue said, “Let them be called Song Yi and Song Er according to their age ……”
Song Shen was dumbfounded.
The rest of the Song family also saw it and came over, hearing that it was Song Wangyue who bought the people, but they didn’t say anything.
Several village chiefs also came over, and when they saw that Song Shen was registering the names of several people, Village Chief Gu said, “Don’t worry, Miss Song, I’ll arrange accommodation for them in a moment.”
“No need, you prepare some straw for them, they can just sleep on the foundation.”
Village Chief Gu, ……
Grandma Song felt that it was inappropriate, although these were people who had bought them, they could not be allowed to sleep on the foundation, and was just about to persuade her when Song Wan Yue took her arm and walked towards where the foundation was being laid, “When is Grandma planning to go and see Grandma?”
Grandma Song was instantly sidetracked by her, “I’ll go over tomorrow.”
“Grandma will measure their figures later and get some women to make two outfits for each of them when we get back.”
Grandma Song responded.
As it grew dark, the people working dispersed one by one, and the Song family got into their carriages and went home. The six guards also went back to the Gu family village where they had been staying for the past few days, and the place where the workshop had been built cleared out.
“Motherf*cker!”
The beggar who had been kicked with a stone by Song Wan Yue was now called Song San, and he threw the quilt in his hand viciously on the ground.
The other three also threw the quilt.
The rest of them took a look and backed away a bit.
Song Wangyue had not only bought them new clothes and quilts, but also paid them for their work every month, which was much better than expected.
“We can’t just give in like this!”
Song San said with anger and hatred.
The remaining three nodded, “What do you say?”
Song San looked around, there were foundations dug up everywhere and nothing else, “We have to buy wood to build a house, let’s give her a fire and set it on fire.”
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Song Wangyue went to Song Shen’s house and gave him the 15,000 taels of silver cheques that came from Black, “Tomorrow let second uncle and grandfather go with some village leaders to see the bricks and wood.”
Song Shen took it and wrote it down carefully before putting it in his arms. Thinking of the people he bought, he couldn’t help but ask, “Little sister, aren’t those people you bought a bit young? If someone really stole something, three of them wouldn’t be able to beat one.”
“That’s not necessarily true, Second Brother underestimated them, before they were bought, they were all beggars.”
“Beggars?”
Song Shen was surprised.
“They are not yet ordinary beggars, they are specialized in stealing, both their reaction and judgment are sharper than ordinary people.”
Upon hearing that they were thieves, Song Shen tensed up and subconsciously touched the silver tickets in his arms, “They wouldn’t steal from the family, would they?”
“No, they don’t have the guts to do that, don’t worry, second brother.”
Song grandmother got off the carriage and went to find some women to come over and bring out the coarse cotton fabric given by the Gu family and gave them the measurements, so that they could all cut up a second pair of clothes and take them home to be made.
“Yue’er said it would cost twenty yuan for a piece of clothing.”
The women took the clothes with joy and left, one piece for twenty, two pieces for forty, and they could make them in half a night.
Dinner was cooked by Xu and Liu Cui Lan, who had not seen her for a long time, and Liu Cui Lan had much to say to Xu.