The others were doing the same, each shoveling large mouthfuls of noodles into their mouths.

The white noodles are delicate and smooth, the hand-rolled noodles are chewy, the aroma of meat and eggs, the appetizing chili peppers, and the refreshing green vegetables make everyone so engrossed in the meal that they forget to talk.

After finishing a large bowl of noodle soup, everyone felt full and warm all over, as if they had finally come back to life.

After a while, a man in the crowd suddenly said, "Master Bai, I want to stay here."

"Me too."

"I want to stay too."

One voice after another echoed, heartfelt and sincere.

They had grown up in the village and had never eaten such a delicious meal!

The noodles were made of wheat flour and served with cured pork and a poached egg. The oil on the poached egg was clearly visible, showing that the new owner hadn't skimped on the oil at all.

They only needed to make a bowl of white noodles for Master Bai, or they could have cooked a pot of porridge for them, but they were given the same food as Master Bai.

After the flood, the old landlord only thought about selling the survivors to raise money and reduce losses. Master Bai bought them and found them a new landlord, who was also kind. It seemed that they could make a living from now on.

Bai Manshan looked at the group of people he had brought and asked one last time, "Have you thought it through?"

The twenty-three people nodded in unison.

Bai Manshan understood, beckoned to Shui Qing and Fan Jin, and the three of them entered the tea room.

Bai Manshan sighed and explained, "I redeemed their indentures with the intention of setting them free, but they said they had been living on the estate since birth and were used to working as servants for so many years. They only knew how to do farm work and didn't know what to do elsewhere. Going out would only lead to their deaths."

“My Bai family has no casualties, so it’s fine if we don’t add any more people. I just thought of you guys. How about you? Let’s make it clear first, they all grew up in the same village, and now that they’re the only ones left, it’s best not to separate them.”

Shui Qing understood; if they wanted it, they would take it all.

She immediately nodded happily: "Sure! We're short-staffed!"

In the past, she might have had to consider whether it was too much, but after acquiring the fields and forests, she immediately felt that it was not too much at all!

Bai Manshan was still a little worried: "Twenty-three people, and the food expenses alone will be considerable. Now that the flood has severely damaged the fields, the harvests for the next few seasons will be affected. Do you have enough food?"

Without the shopping mall, Shuiqing would definitely worry about how to support these people until the next season.

But there are still millions of yuan in the shopping mall balance, and with so many people picking mushrooms, the earnings are enough to eat well every day!

Shui Qing remained calm: "That's enough. We stocked up on plenty before the flood!"

Bai Manshan thought she was referring to potatoes, and upon thinking of potatoes, she immediately said, "We almost got robbed several times along the way!"

My plan is to transport a batch of potatoes to Baijiazhuang tomorrow; otherwise, if things get even more chaotic later, I'm afraid we won't be able to get them there.

The Bai family village has several hundred people, and all their crops have been destroyed. This season's harvest is completely lost, and the grain they have stored up will only last until next spring at the latest.

If potatoes aren't planted by August or September, the livelihoods of these hundreds of people will be at risk when food is scarce next year.

Fan Jin knew the importance of grain to farmers, and replied, "Alright, I'll go to the village later to borrow a cart and a wheelbarrow." His family only had one oxcart and one donkey cart, which was far from enough.

Bai Manshan breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "You'll have to lend me these people for a few more days. Also, Jin Di, go to the village and ask around. I'll pay 100 coins a day to hire people to pull a cart and deliver potatoes to Zhulin Village in Nanning Prefecture. Anyone who's willing to go, wear your most tattered clothes from home."

He was targeted by the disaster victims because of the good quality of his clothes!

Fortunately, the others in the group looked like poor farmers who were doing manual labor, so those people didn't make a move.

He will change into tattered clothes and set off tomorrow.

He then turned to Shui Qing and said, "Little sister, here's the money I left with you last time..."

Shui Qing immediately understood, "How much do you want? Or should we bring it all out?"