At the gate of the city, two groups of people from the government and the barracks saw a small shed set up not far away, with an old man and a young boy sitting inside. Everyone burst into laughter.
"It's really funny that the old and the young don't even have anything to eat themselves, yet they have to recruit people, including the old, weak, women and children."
"That's right, when I get back to the camp, I will definitely tell the other brothers about this joke."
"That guy was shouting very energetically. It was really funny."
In front of the city gate, many people became lively because of this strange shouting. Many people pointed at the tent set up by Chang Zhong and Fu Manman. Everyone laughed at these lunatics who spoke so brazenly.
"Girl Manman, you won't attract people like this." Xingping Lida touched his goatee, shook his head and sighed.
If he hadn't looked so miserable now and no one would have recognized him, he would have wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into. It would be so embarrassing.
Fu Manman held his chin and said calmly, "I know!"
"Yeah! You know, then why are you recruiting people with such a big fanfare!" Xingping Lida was puzzled.
Fu Manman smiled slightly at Xingping Lida, pretending to be mysterious and said: "I am Jiang Taigong fishing. Anyone who wishes will take the bait."
Since she wants to provide two meals a day, she naturally needs to recruit people who are sincerely willing to join her instead of taking advantage.
"Who is this Jiang Taigong?" Xingping Lida asked curiously.
He is rich in knowledge and knowledgeable about the past and present, but he does not know who Jiang Taigong is?
"He is a very smart man, a great saint." Fu Manman said. It seemed that the culture of this world had no intersection with what she knew.
Xingping Lida touched his goatee and smiled, thinking that this girl might have made up this character, but it was really interesting for this volunteer to take the bait.
"Girl, you are such a wonderful person. I admire you so much!"
Fu Manman was originally worried that he wouldn't be able to recruit anyone today and might have to wait until tomorrow, but he didn't expect someone to come soon.
It was an old man in rags, carrying a wooden box on his back, and limping over. He looked at the shed in front of him, and then looked at the old man and the young man sitting inside.
"Do you really include two meals a day?" the uncle asked.
Fu Manman nodded, "That's true, uncle, do you want to join our Xingyue Gang?"
"Then, do you have any other requests?" The uncle looked confused, obviously he didn't believe it, but he still wanted to ask.
"Yes!" Fu Manman said.
Xingping Lida looked at Fu Manman curiously, why hadn't he heard of the request before?
When the uncle heard the request, he flinched a little. He wouldn't want anything from him! Or maybe he was sold into slavery or something?
He was old and selling himself into slavery meant he had to do the lowest, hardest and most tiring work. He didn't want to sell himself into slavery, and he didn't want to give up his medical skills.
The uncle touched his wooden box and said with a sad expression, "Excuse me!"
"Uncle, don't you want to know what my request is?" Fu Manman called out to him.
"I will not sell myself into slavery," the uncle said.
Fu Manman's dark and thin little face raised a bright smile, "Uncle, I don't need to be sold as a slave here. I only need to be loyal and courageous. I need your absolute loyalty and trust. This is what I ask for."
When the uncle heard this, his face lit up with joy, "I can do this. I promise I will not betray you. I will be absolutely loyal."
"You are not betraying the organization. The Xingyue Gang welcomes you." Fu Manman clasped his fists at the uncle.
The uncle nodded happily.
Next is the routine registration.
Fu Manman took out his notebook and pen and asked while registering, "Uncle, what is your name? How old are you? Where are you from? Who else is there in your family? What skills do you have?"
"My name is Luo Duzhong. I am in my forties this year. I am from Shili County, Maozhou. There is no one at home. My husband was killed by Da Zibing on the road. My parents also passed away long ago. I have no children. Now I am alone.
I don’t have any skills... Oh, no, I know some Qihuang skills. In my hometown, I worked as a doctor in a medical clinic."
"Are you a doctor?" Fu Manman was overjoyed. This was a talent he had recruited!
What is most lacking in this world today! Apart from food, it is talent!
"Ah, yes! I am a doctor." Luo Duzhong said timidly. In Tiansheng, being a doctor is a humble job.
They are no different from those blacksmiths and carpenters.
Those great officials from families with the same surname are the best.
And these doctors with a single surname only deserve to be called doctors.
"Doctor Luo, welcome, our Xingyue Gang is in need of talents like you." Fu Manman happily reached out to grab the other person's hand and shook it vigorously. Great, she has hired a doctor.
Whoever feels uncomfortable after this, there is a doctor who can save his life.
Seeing the little girl so happy, Luo Duzhong felt very anxious. The girl also said that he was a talent! This... I couldn't bear it!
And the handle was too enthusiastic, which made him even more embarrassed.
"Girl, I'm just a doctor. Doctor is the title of doctor with the compound surname." Luo Duzhong corrected.
"What a compound surname! In my place, there is no hierarchy like compound surnames and single surnames. You are the doctor of our Xingyue Gang." After paying full registration, the uncle was asked to go into the shed to take shelter from the rain.
Xingping Lida looked at the full notebook and the pen with which she wrote carefully. He was very curious. What made him even more curious were the strange words she wrote.
What characters are written horizontally and vertically? Some of them are familiar and some are not.
"Girl, what did you write? Is it your own creation?" Xingping Lida asked curiously.
Fu Manman had seen the characters written by Fu Qiang before, but she didn't recognize many of them. They seemed a bit like the traditional Chinese characters from the Warring States Period, which had a complicated structure and were difficult to write and read.
"Yes, this is my own creation, in simplified Chinese." Fu Manman said without hesitation.
In the future, she will promote simplified Chinese characters in her Xingyue Gang.
Xingping Lida touched his goatee and nodded, neither agreeing nor denying it. Untouchables with a single surname were not allowed to enter the officialdom, so many common people were illiterate.
This girl, Manman, must have created some symbols of her own to record content that she can understand.
After an old man came, a mother and daughter came together.
Before paying for the full photo, she made a request and after the other party agreed, she registered.
The aunt is twenty-four years old, the girl is ten years old...
"You gave birth to a baby when you were fourteen?" Fu Manman couldn't help but asked in surprise.
The aunt nodded, "Yes, I married my child's father when I was thirteen. The girl I gave birth to when I was fourteen later gave birth to two more children, both of whom died in infancy."
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Fu Manman was stunned, oh my God! When she was thirteen years old in her previous life, she didn’t understand what love was!
This ancient man was too precocious.
The mother and daughter registered their numbers, entered the shed, and waited...