Manager Ma looked sideways at Grandma Qiaozhi's back, watched her leave the courtyard, and spat on the ground.
"This woman is so crazy that she dares to risk her life. If she wants to leave, tell her whole family to get out." Manager Ma's wife poured a cup of tea and handed it to Manager Ma.
"Am I the one who can decide this matter?" Manager Ma said angrily.
"That's true. What should we do?" Manager Ma's wife sighed and became worried.
They are all slaves.
"Let's talk about it. I'll go to the weaving workshop to have a look."
Manager Ma was already troubled, but now he was even more troubled. He stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back.
After looking around the weaving workshop, Guanshi Ma was about to go back when the boy next to Master Shi Liu, the owner of the weaving workshop, ran in. When he saw Guanshi Ma, he hurriedly waved and shouted: "Master Liu asked you to come over quickly!"
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"Yes, yes, yes!" Manager Ma agreed repeatedly, and followed the boy, walking and running to Master Shi Liu's house.
Two of the four stewards have arrived. Mr. Shi Liu was sipping his tea and looking very unhappy.
Manager Ma held his breath and stood with his hands down.
After a while, the last steward hurriedly walked in. Shi Liuye threw the cup on the table with a bang and said with a sullen face: "We have more than a thousand people in the weaving workshop, and you just picked out nine people? There are more than a thousand people,
Just a few idle people?"
"Sixth Master taught me a lesson, I made a mistake." Steward Ma, together with the other three stewards, bowed their heads and admitted their mistake.
Although the selection of nine people was ordered by Master Shi Liu, no matter what Master Shi Liu said is right or wrong, he is right and there must be no argument.
"Looking for trouble for nothing will only cause trouble for me!" Mr. Shi Liu slapped the table.
The four stewards all lowered their heads and held their breath in silence.
"What the hell! You keep shouting in front of me all day long!" Mr. Shi Liu slapped him again.
Manager Ma remained respectful and felt slightly relaxed.
Shi Liuye's temper is not because of them.
Yelling five and drinking six... Xiangyunfang?
Only Xiangyunfang dared to yell at their sixth master.
"... Damn it, you guys should pick some more people, ten of them. They need to be over twenty years old. They have to be both good and useless. Bah! Damn it, he thinks I have the weaving workshop with him.
It’s like a home, a whole nest full of rubbish!”
"Please tell me, Lord Six, when will this head be reported?" the steward standing on the far right asked cautiously.
"Damn it, when did you say? Now!
"What? You are in charge of two to three hundred people each, and you still can't remember to recognize them all? What's the matter? You still have to go back and look at the booklet to identify each person's face?" Mr. Shi Liu's saliva sprayed on the four people.
On the forehead.
"Give them the roster! Right here, tell me one by one! If there is one you can't explain, I will sell you!"
Shi Liuye is full of evil fire.
The Shi clan was distributing the money to various families to offset taxes and build new connections. However, the Silk Federation sent a message to suspend the work. This suspension was said to be at least two months.
These two things will cost him half of his net worth, but after these two things, who knows what else will happen!
For example, right now, the Federation is forcing them to sell weavers!
Several stewards held the brochures and talked quickly about their manpower. It was steward Ma's turn. Steward Ma stepped forward half a step and said with a heartfelt smile: "There happens to be a family of three here. The man's name is Wang Quexi. He is forty this year.
Years old, doing carpentry."
Shi Liuye frowned.
"Master Liu will know it after listening to the younger one!" Manager Ma hurriedly explained.
Shi Liuye snorted and motioned to Manager Ma to continue.
"This Wang Quexi was bought from outside, and he doesn't have a very bright mind. Master Liu knew it just by hearing his name, A Quexi.
"Wang Quexi officially became a carpenter when he was ten years old. Other carpenters started working in five years, and the more stupid ones only started working in six or seven years. But this Wang Quexi barely started working after fifteen years of training.
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Shi Liuye's expression relaxed.
Manager Ma felt relieved, and then said with a smile: "Wang Quexi has been working on woodwork for another fifteen years from the time he started working as a teacher. His monthly salary is the lowest among all woodworkers. It's really hard to get through.
wall.
"Wang Quexi's wife's surname is Zhang. She is thirty-four years old this year. When she was an apprentice, Wang Quexi's wife was also quite handy, but before she even started training, she lost her right thumb and index finger by a scroll, and her middle finger was also broken in half.
..."
"If your fingers are smashed, can you still call it dexterity?" Mr. Shi Liu snorted coldly.
"Yes, yes, it's a little better than Wang Quexi. In recent years, Wang Quexi's wife has been working as a handyman in the weaving workshop. Her right hand is disabled and she can't do much work. She can only live for half a person.
"Wang Quexi's wife has an old lady, who is neither stupid nor disabled, but she is turning sixty this year."
Manager Ma raised his head slightly and looked at Mr. Shi Liu carefully.
Shi Liuye squinted his eyes, and for a moment, he hummed, "Change Wang Quexi's name to Wang Dagui. Change the sixty-year-old one to fifty, and let Wang Quexi's wife wrap up her hands."
"Yes, yes, yes! Don't worry, Mr. Liu."
Manager Ma felt relieved and agreed repeatedly.
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Qiao Zhi followed Chang Sui into the inn, her heart pounding nervously as she felt dazed for a while. She blinked hard from time to time, eagerly looking for Li Xiaonan.
Li Xiaonan was standing in the corridor reading Wan Qing's report letter for the day. She subconsciously raised her head, met Qiao Zhi's eager eyes, and hurriedly raised her hand to signal her to come over.
As soon as Li Xiaonan raised her hand, Qiao Zhi rushed forward like an arrow from a string.
Li Xiaonan pulled Qiao Zhi and took a few steps to the side, "What happened?"
"No, it's girl..." Qiao Zhi's nervous cheeks turned red, and there was a thin layer of sweat on the tip of her nose.
"Don't be impatient. Speak slowly. Eat a candy first. I brought it from Jiaxing. It's delicious." Li Xiaonan touched a piece of lion candy, peeled off the oil paper and brought it to Qiao Zhi.
"Girl, I..."
"Eat sweets first." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
Qiao Zhi took the candy and put it in her mouth. A sweet smell spread from the tip of her tongue into her throat, and Qiao Zhi's pounding heart soothed.
Li Xiaonan turned her head and glanced at the other two people. Yuting had already asked them to sit down for tea and snacks.
"Girl, my mother-in-law, father, and my grandmother are all among those who are being sold this time. Can you buy them all back?
"My father is a carpenter and he is very dexterous. There is no carpentry work in the weaving workshop that he cannot do. He is very dexterous. Look, this is the balm box that my father made for me.
"Although my mother's hands are disabled, my mother is very smart. She can do all the work in the weaving mill. When she was my age, she was originally going to be a flower puller, but she later broke.
My hand is broken, no, no! Either my hand is broken or my hand is not broken, but these two fingers are missing.
"My grandma is literate, there is no word she doesn't know. No one taught her, she learned it on her own. I am also literate, my grandma taught me.
"And my grandma. My grandma is old, but when she was young, she was the best flower-roller in the weaving mill.
"Girl!" Qiaozhi looked at Li Xiaonan expectantly and nervously.
"You are a family of four? Is there anyone else?" Li Xiaonan listened attentively and asked with a smile.
"No more."
"Okay, we made an appointment with Yahang to see someone early tomorrow morning. Let's go together tomorrow to avoid the second uncle picking the wrong person." Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
Qiao Zhi kept blinking. The girl agreed too easily and too quickly. She felt that she heard wrong, or was the girl joking?
"What's wrong?" Li Xiaonan raised her hand and waved it in front of Qiao Zhi's eyes.
"Young lady, you didn't lie to me, did you? What should I do if the second master fails to choose?" Qiao Zhi lowered her voice and expressed her worries.
"Let me ask you, your father is so good at craftsmanship, and your mother-in-law and grandmother are both flower-winders, how come the weaving shop is willing to let them out?
"Last time, the people they released from Ruifufang, Xiangyunfang, etc. were all selected from among the apprentices. Is it different this time?" Li Xiaonan approached Qiaozhi and asked in a low voice.
"My grandma's story is useless this time." Qiao Zhi also lowered his voice, "My grandma went to Ma Guanshi's house to make a fuss and said that if our family was not released, our family would die in Ma Guanshi's house.
Home.
"Let it out!
"By the way, they changed my father's name to Wang Dagui. They said it was the name given by Mr. Liu, and they also called my grandma..."
Qiao Zhi stopped talking suddenly, looked at Li Xiaonan, blinked, and sighed.
"Let me tell you, my grandma is sixty this year, but they changed it to fifty, and asked my mother-in-law to wrap her hands so that you don't see her."
"Really, I don't care about this. How many people will be released on this trip? How about the others?" Li Xiaonan took out two more lion candies, gave one to Qiao Zhi, and ate one for herself.
"There are ten in total. How do you think I knew it?" Qiao Zhi bit the candy and narrowed her eyes with a smile.
"Were they looking for you to inquire?" Li Xiaonan said with a smile.
"No! They all pick people up in secret and are not allowed to tell anyone about it.
"It was Manager Ma who came to my house and told me that there were only ten people in total. He had a hard time cramming three of our family in." Qiao Zhi curled his lips, "I don't know who there are."
