It was also the first time that Shen Qing realized that having too much meat at home also has its disadvantages! The rich young man from the county town hasn't been seen for a long time, and the captain of the new supernatural team in the apocalypse is nowhere to be seen either. Who would have thought that he was trapped in the kitchen chopping meat!
After working for a whole day, Shen Qing felt his arms were so tired that he couldn't lift them. This was no more tiring than chopping wood and hunting wild boars! After capturing Miao Xing and Miao Wang as soldiers for a day, Shen Qing watched Miao Xing and Miao Wang fleeing in panic. However, there were indeed two large basins of meat filling in the kitchen. Suddenly, she had an idea: "Mom, how about we buy some servants?"
Miao was startled: "What?" She couldn't help feeling guilty, wondering if she had been too complacent recently and had made the child tired: "If you don't want to chop the meat filling, don't chop it. I'll smoke some more bacon and we can stir-fry some dried radish."
What does it mean to buy some servants? Their village has always been about selling children to be servants. How could anyone buy servants? Those are things that only rich people can do! Even if their family has some money now, they can't be so wild.
"It's not about chopping the meat." Shen Qing paused: "...it's not just about chopping the meat."
Shen Qing thought a lot more. Now he is trapped in the kitchen chopping stuffing every day. In the final analysis, it is just that the poor Miao family has suddenly become rich, and suddenly they have so much meat, which makes them feel good. It will be fine after a while. However, Shen Qing was not like that. For example, he often asked Miao to steam some buns and steamed buns before. If the team becomes bigger in the future and more tasks are needed, does he have to let Miao do these jobs? Is this to let his mother live with him and enjoy the good life, or to let her do odd jobs for him?
Furthermore, the story of his two uncles selling wild boars gave Shen Qing an idea similar to that of forming a team in the last days: that is, he must have people on his hands! Having more people can not only help you share a lot of work, but if these people have their own ideas, they can also bring surprises.
In addition, buying servants has another advantage: he needs to worry that Qu Weiwei and other people he will win over in the future will be disloyal, leave him or even betray him in the future, but the servants who have signed a death contract will not, or cannot, do that.
Shen Qing often walked around the county town some time ago. He was interested in buying a house and a shop, so he came into contact with some brokers and heard some of the tricks involved.
Let's talk about the recent events. Miao invited many women and men who were on good terms with her to come to her home to help smoke bacon and make sausages. However, because her family had too many secrets and there were many treasures from the end of the world hidden in the room, she only dared to let them stay in the yard, the main room, and the kitchen. This was even a bit rude to say, because in the middle of winter, who wouldn't invite guests to sit on the kang first?
What if it was one of your servants who signed a death contract? There is no need to worry so much, and there is no need to explain to a servant if you are discovered. Because these servants cannot even leave the house unless their master allows them to.
This is also the reason why many wealthy families will not sell servants who have made mistakes at will: if you let him out of the house, how can you control his mouth? There are so many secrets in the family, and it is possible that these servants who are not treated as human beings know them best. What if it is bought by the enemy again, wouldn’t that hand over a lot of evidence to others?
It would be better to send him to the farm and not allow him to leave for the rest of his life. No matter how many secrets he knows, they will have to rot in his stomach.
Miao thought Shen Qing was right, but she had lived in the village all her life, and she didn't feel happy when she thought about having someone to serve her in the future. Instead, she felt uncomfortable all over. She murmured, "This has never happened before in this village. When my family made some money from hunting wild boars, many people gossiped about me. If I buy servants, I don't know how they will look at me."
Recently, when she walked in the village, many people looked at her strangely!
Shen Qing also understood Miao's concerns, and after thinking for a while he said: "Then let's wait until we buy the house in the county and arrange the servants there, to look after the house and do some chores at the same time." By then, Miao wouldn't have to do anything else, such as making clothes or quilts herself.
"Okay then," Miao immediately stopped objecting. Even if she was trying to cover up the truth, as long as it wasn't done in front of her, she would just pretend nothing happened and let Qingge'er do whatever he wanted!
The mother and son chatted for a while. Tomorrow morning is the day that Shen Qing and Song Kaiji have agreed to meet at the end of the world. I haven't seen them for five days, and I don't know how they are doing with the tasks I assigned to them. "When my team over there becomes strong and no one dares to make any plans, I will take you over to stay for a few days." Shen Qing said, "They have a magical ability over there. As long as people do this..." Shen Qing gestured with his hands a few times to perform supernatural powers, "white light will appear at the fingertips, and the wound will heal quickly. I asked the doctor there, and he said it's not an injury, but can cure some diseases. Let's stay there for a few days and cure your illness."
Miao's heart was very excited when she heard this. Her illness had troubled her for a long time. Because it was a women's disease, it was hard to explain: "That's great! From what you said, it's like a magic trick!" She was thinking about her mother: "If it really works, I'll treat your grandma's legs. Your grandma's legs are swollen like a big radish when the weather gets cold. She can't even stand up!"
Shen Qing supported his chin and thought, he had to think about how to do this. Should he bring his grandma to that world as well?
The mother and daughter were just imagining their beautiful future life when they suddenly heard a long voice calling from the door: "Sister Chunlei~~~Is Sister Chunlei at home?"
Wei Chunfang is considered a well-known matchmaker in the surrounding area. Not only is she good at matchmaking, she also has excellent midwifery skills, so she is very popular in the village: which family doesn't have a marriage, which family doesn't have children? You never know when you might need them!
Every year, the money she received as a matchmaker and the red envelope she received for delivering babies was equivalent to another family's annual harvest. Therefore, she had a high status in the family, and her son and daughter-in-law all relied on her for their livelihood.
Early that morning, Wei the matchmaker had just finished her breakfast and was sitting on the kang sewing a cloth tiger for her grandson when she heard her eldest daughter-in-law come in and say, "Mother, there is a family in Xiaoji Village who would like to ask you to discuss marriage!"
Matchmaker Wei was stunned. Xiaoji Village was not close to their Lantang Village. It was a village far away from the county town. Apart from Xiahe Village, there were two other villages between them. Just by looking at the names, you can tell that Shiqu Village, Lantang Village, and Xiahe Village are all villages close to water sources with good water and soil. It is easy to get water and the crops grow vigorously. But this Xiaoji Village is not like that. It is far away from the water source and close to a valley. The land there is three times thinner than that of other places! With a poor harvest, life was naturally difficult. They could only raise some chicks and sell them to supplement the family. That’s how the village got the name Chicken Village.
When Matchmaker Wei heard that the man was from Xiaoji Village, she was not very willing to meet him. Although the divisions among these matchmakers are not so clear, they do have some territorial concepts. For example, she lives in Lantang Village, and she mainly does business with people from Lantang Village. At most, when a boy from Lantang Village marries a girl from another village, or a girl or boy from Lantang Village wants to marry someone from another village, she will go to other villages to mediate.
This family chose to look for her instead of the matchmaker from their own village, probably because they wanted to marry someone from Lantang Village.
It's not that she looks down on people, but that's the way the world is. Who doesn't want to find a relative with a wealthy family so that their children can suffer less? If someone from Xiahe Village came, she could still negotiate, but if someone from Xiaoji Village came, she would have to spend all her time persuading them and would probably end up getting spit on the face.
Matchmaker Wei shook her head and didn't even ask whether the visitors were from the man's or woman's family. She said to her eldest daughter-in-law, "Let them go back. I remember there is a matchmaker named Li in their Xiaoji Village who is also very good at matchmaking. Why do they have to go to such a far place and look for me? Let them ask Matchmaker Li instead."
The eldest daughter-in-law has been serving Matchmaker Wei for a long time, so how could she not know what her mother-in-law is thinking? She was not an ignorant person. She had just rejected this family at the door, but the price they offered really tempted her. She was reluctant to refuse and came in front of Wei the matchmaker: "Mother, this family said that if the marriage is successful, they are willing to give you one or two taels of silver as a thank you fee!" The eldest daughter-in-law secretly raised a finger.
Matchmaker Wei then put down her needlework and asked, "How much?"
You have to know that she could usually get six hundred coins at most for matchmaking, or one or two taels of silver from a very generous family who wanted to find a good omen! More than twice as high!
The eldest daughter-in-law nodded vigorously. Matchmaker Wei lowered her head and pondered for a while, knowing that if someone was willing to pay this price, it must be a matchmaking that would be extremely difficult to accomplish. But considering the price, who wouldn’t be tempted? I was also curious about who could make the people in Little Chicken Village invest such a huge amount of money. Thinking of this, Wei the matchmaker was also a little tempted: "It may be a tough battle, let them in."
The visitors were a mother and son, the woman in her fifties with a boy in his early twenties. Both mother and son looked quite decent, but the woman had a downturned mouth, and did not look like someone who was easy to get along with. The boy had a gloomy face, and did not show any joy of the marriage proposal.
Moreover, the way these two were dressed did not seem like they could afford to pay a tael of silver as a matchmaker’s fee. Matchmaker Wei was a little nervous. She had seen so many people and felt that there was something strange about the mother and son. She was afraid that they would deny their debt later.
But now that people have come in, I have to deal with them a few words. Matchmaker Wei showed her festive smile as a matchmaker and ordered her daughter-in-law to make the tea: It is called tea, but it is nothing more than barley kernels stir-fried over a low fire until they have a burnt aroma and then brewed with hot water. It has a unique flavor and is considered quite sophisticated in the village.
"I wonder which lady you are planning to marry, elder sister?" Matchmaker Wei said with a smile, and looked at the two people in front of her calmly: "I know a few people in this village. Tell me, I will see if I can help you."
Having waited outside for a long time, how could this mother and son not know that Matchmaker Wei looked down on them? Her face looked a little bad, but since they had to ask for help, they had to suppress their unhappiness and forced a smile, saying, "My husband's surname is Wang, and this is my third son. We are not asking to marry him, but...but..." This was a bit embarrassing, and Mrs. Wang gritted her teeth and simply pushed her son over: "There are too many boys in the family, and we really can't afford to marry a wife. I heard that a family in Lantang Village is planning to recruit a son-in-law. I am very reluctant to let him go, but there is really no other way, so I can only send him over."
Although she was talking about her family's difficulties, the more Wang Lao Niang spoke, the higher her chin rose: "My son is not the most outstanding in our village, but he is also very good among the boys of the same age. He is also smart, intelligent and capable. Sister, just help us to mediate a little, and this matter will definitely be successful!"
The boy who was pushed out by her had an unhappy look on his face, but because of his mother, he could only purse his lips and remain silent.
"Marrying a son-in-law?" Matchmaker Wei was stunned for a long time. She stayed in the village every day, and she hadn't heard of any family wanting to marry a son-in-law recently. "Which one are you talking about?"
After saying that, he looked at Wang San calmly: He is of average height among men, and has a decent appearance. He should just listen to the compliments from Old Lady Wang. But if you want to marry into the family, you must marry someone of lower status, and Wang San is not that bad looking. In this way, although it is from Xiaoji Village, there is still some possibility that it is correct.
Old Lady Wang clutched her sleeves. She had inquired carefully before coming here: "It's the family that killed the wild boar. I heard that the boy's surname is Chen, and he lives with his old mother. His mother's surname is Miao."
Matchmaker Wei almost spit out her tea! She finally knew where the one or two taels of silver as a thank-you gift for matchmaking would come from. So this was the idea!
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