Sometimes the countryside that Zhou Lang wanted to go to was far away and he was not very familiar with the place. He was afraid of being bullied when he arrived in the village, so he would occasionally take two people with him to go to the countryside with them.
Zhou Lijun knew that those people usually squatted on the street begging for food, but as long as a job came to them, they would do it no matter how hard they worked.
Zhou Lijun was not surprised at all that Zhou Lang would find them.
She found a child in front of a restaurant on Kangxue Street who was familiar with the place and asked, "Where is San'er?"
The kid also recognized Zhou Lijun. He thought about it carefully and said, "He was at Ganxiang Tower last night. Why don't you go there and look for him?"
Although beggars all have a certain territory, they are also mobile.
So when Zhou Lijun found Saner and brought him home, Manbao had already returned from the drug store.
Sanzheng was holding a bowl of noodles and eating it with gusto. When he saw another person coming into the small courtyard, he turned around slightly uncomfortably.
Zhou Lang immediately introduced him, "This is my younger sister."
Man Bao waved to greet him, then put down his backpack and sat next to Zhou Lang. He glanced at his hand before looking at San'er, "I recognize you, I've seen you before."
San'er was stunned.
Zhou Lang was afraid that she would tell them about the unpalatable meals they cooked for them before, so he immediately interjected: "I know you have a good memory and remember people you meet. I called San'er here because
There is something urgent."
Zhou Lang took the opportunity to bring up the matter of hiring people to transport food. He told Man Bao and San'er, "I haven't seen Dachong and the others for a while, so I want you to call Dachong and the six of them for me.
If you want to hire them to drive a car, it only takes one or two trips back and forth."
San'er asked: "How much is the salary?"
Zhou Lang said: "Eighty cents, we've covered all the food for the round trip."
San'er's eyes lit up and he said: "Brother Zhou Zhou, can you look at me?"
Zhou Lang looked at the eight or nine-year-old San'er and was speechless...
San'er said: "Brother Dachong and the others didn't get any land this time, so they followed a group of merchants and left. They said they couldn't live as homeless beggars in Yizhou City for the rest of their lives. We are young, and we can't get any land."
He said: "But Brother Zhou, don't look at our young age. We can do the job of driving trucks and moving goods. At worst, we only need half the wages."
Zhou Lang didn't want to agree at first, but when he heard that he only wanted half the salary, he couldn't help but ask: "Who else besides you?"
"There are also my eldest brother, second brother Quanzi and the others. If you want six people, we will have six people."
Zhou Lang frowned at San'er.
Man Bao also looked at San'er and asked, "Are they as old as you?"
San'er straightened his back nervously and said, "Brother Zhou has seen them before. They are a little older than me, they are already fourteen years old."
"She's fourteen years older," Zhou Lang said, "How did you calculate that he's fourteen years old? The oldest among them is only twelve or thirteen, so it's no problem to drive a cart. Anyway, it's just an ox cart or a mule cart. It's easy, but it's very difficult."
When you encounter a robber, do you expect these little brats to rush forward and fight them to the death?"
San'er immediately said: "Brother Zhou Zhou, don't underestimate us. We are very good at robbing things. If we are really robbed, we might be better than the coolies you hire on the street."
Seeing them all looking at him suspiciously, San'er said anxiously: "Really, I didn't lie to you. We are very good at robbing things. Even the adults are not our opponents. When we returned to Yizhou City,
I snatched food from others all the way back."
Zhou Lang hesitated, but Man Bao finally said, "Okay, it's up to you."
Zhou Lang glared at her.
San'er looked at Zhou Lang cautiously.
His sister has agreed, can he still take it back?
Zhou Lang could only nod his head.
San'er cheered, put down the bowl and shouted: "Then I will go and tell my elder brother and the others now."
After that, he ran away.
Zhou Lang then stared at Man Bao and said, "Why did you agree?"
Man Bao said: "As long as you can drive a car, you don't have to worry about people robbing you."
"Why?"
Man Bao chuckled and said, "I'll go find Magistrate Tang. If he hasn't caught you yet, I'll ask him to send someone to pick you up halfway. With so many of us, I don't believe you can do it."
A thief dares to rob you."
"You are so powerful, how can you ask Magistrate Tang to send someone to pick us up?"
"Originally it was not possible, but now it is possible," Man Bao said with a smile: "Today we picked up a person with an injured arm in the pharmacy. Do you know who he is and how he was injured?"
"Who? How were you injured?"
"Brother, a government official, I don't know who spread the news about you being robbed on the road. The merchants passing by on the official road in the past two days are very worried. Among them are several medicinal material merchants who donated medicinal materials to the county government this time. They
When they went to the county government office, Magistrate Tang sent someone to escort them halfway, so there were often government officials on the official road during this period."
Man Bao said: "Since there are always government officials, please ask Magistrate Tang to take care of us. After all, this business is done with their county government. If we are safe, so will their affairs, right?"
Zhou Lang was very curious, "How did that yamen servant get injured? Did they bump into a robber?"
"No, it was because he didn't look at the road while walking and stepped on a small stone on the side of the road. His foot slipped and fell. As a result, he pushed it with his hand and injured his hand."
Thursday Lang:......
Man Bao said: "As long as they can drive a car, the wages are cheap. It only costs forty cash a day. If you think about it, you can save forty cash a day. It takes three days to go back and forth, so each person will save one hundred and twenty cash."
Wen, those six people are..."
Zhou Lang counted on his fingers and found that he couldn't figure it out, so he looked at Zhou Lijun.
Zhou Lijun: "Seven hundred and twenty articles."
Zhou Lang's eyes widened, he patted his thigh and said, "Okay, let's use them, no one can stop me."
Zhou Lijun ignored him, hugged Man Bao's arm and asked, "Grandpa, they should have received the letter. It has been three days since the letter was sent."
As a result, not long after they finished speaking, they heard a knock on the door next door, and then heard a particularly familiar voice saying: "Excuse me, is there a family nearby who came here from Luojiang County to study?
The husband’s surname is Zhuang, and he has two students with the surname Bai and one with the surname Zhou…”
Man Bao was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and rushed out to open the door. When he looked outside, he saw that his neighbor had just come out, and the two dusty men standing in front of the door were slightly bent over and looking at their neighbor.
Man Bao shouted happily: "Second brother, sixth brother!"
Zhou Erlang and Zhou Lang immediately turned around and couldn't help but smile. Man Bao rushed out and hugged the two of them, shouting, "Second brother, sixth brother, why are you here?"
Zhou Lijun rushed out and called out, "Dad, Uncle Six!"
He also rushed up to them, but he didn't hug them, he just stood and laughed at them.
Zhoulang also walked out cautiously with his right hand on his waist. Zhoulang and Zhoulang were shocked when they saw Zhoulang. He was still a little bruised and swollen at this time, especially his tied hands, which seemed to be seriously injured at first glance.
Zhou Erlang hurriedly went up and looked at his hands carefully, "Fourth brother, are you disabled?"
Zhou Lang was also about to cry, his eyes were red and he said: "Fourth brother, don't worry, we will take care of the fourth sister-in-law and the child from now on."
Zhou Lang: "...I'm just disabled, not dead. No, I'm not disabled either."