As soon as Lin Jiujiu said this, not only the Lin family members, but even Manager Zhang, who had forgotten about his pipe and returned, was stunned.
He asked, his body trembling with disbelief.
"Lady Lin, what did you say? Aren't they family?"
Manager Zhang remembered clearly that this family had sold themselves to get this kid into the business.
He had checked their household registration documents back then; it showed an elderly father with a son and a daughter.
She said she couldn't make ends meet and wanted him to find her a good family where she could have food to eat and a place to live.
Now Lin Niangzi says they are not a family, so where did their household registration come from?
As a native, and not just any native for generations, he could tell the difference between genuine and fake household registration documents.
If the document is genuine but the person is fake, it's hard for him not to associate it with something unpleasant.
"Could it be that they stole someone else's household registration documents and impersonated them?"
This is a serious crime in the Great Chu, and if this person is sold from his hands and successfully changes his identity, and is discovered one day, he will also be guilty of failing to investigate.
Manager Zhang had almost figured out what to do next.
But then they heard Lin Jiujiu's languid voice.
"Manager Zhang, there's no need to be nervous. I only said they are not a family, but I didn't say their identities are fake."
Manager Zhang was puzzled. If they weren't from the same company, how could their identities be genuine?
Lin Jiujiu explained with a smile.
"They just happen to share the same surname, so they just claim to be family."
As Lin Jiujiu spoke, she looked at the brother and sister, gesturing for them to speak.
The older girl nodded reluctantly upon hearing this.
She seemed to have a problem with her throat, and when she looked at her younger brother, she heard the younger boy say something.
“We are young, and my sister is a girl. We were afraid that bad people would target us, so we begged Uncle Yang to pretend to be our father.”
The man they called Uncle Yang nodded in agreement.
He even bowed and clasped his hands in greeting to Manager Zhang.
"Manager Zhang, I'm very sorry. I was just afraid that if these two were sold separately, they would be bullied. That's why I pretended to be their father, thinking that I could have someone to look after them after the sale."
Manager Zhang felt utterly exhausted, wondering what kind of people he had just taken in.
Why is it so difficult to run a business?
If things are really as they say, then it's not a big deal.
He was just a little worried that if Madam Lin found out about this, she wouldn't want these people anymore.
Just as he was thinking about how to apologize to Lin Jiujiu, Lin Jiujiu spoke first.
"Manager Zhang, take the three of them to get their indentures processed, and also help us hire a carriage and get each of them a set of clothes."
When Manager Zhang heard that Lin Jiujiu still wanted all three of them, his old face beamed with joy.
He immediately agreed, "Alright, I'll get on it right away. Please wait a moment."
He then led the three away and had tea and snacks served again.
Manager Zhang was efficient; all the formalities were completed in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.
His place was close to the government office; in fact, all those indentures were sent to the government office and stamped with the official seal.
Lin Jiujiu took the indenture, looked it over carefully, and finding no problems, stuffed it all into her father's arms.
"Father, I'm leaving these people to you. You can decide how to arrange things when we get back."
Ignoring the troubled expression on Lin's father's face, he exchanged a few more words with Manager Zhang before getting up to take his leave.
On the way back, those who had bought the goods squeezed into one carriage, while their own family members shared another.
Lin's father couldn't help but ask the question he had always wanted to ask.
"Jiujiu, we gave all the wine to Manager Zhang and didn't keep a single jar. Did we come here for nothing? Should we take a few more jars of wine to the restaurant in town tomorrow and try it out?"
There are hundreds of kilograms of liquor at home. If we can't sell it, we'll lose everything.
Lin Jiujiu smiled upon hearing this.
"Father, no need. Just send the wine out. We can go home and continue brewing. People will come looking for us later."
Lin's father was completely bewildered by her words.
This wine hasn't been sold yet, why are you still brewing more? What if it can't be sold?
Lin Jiujiu, however, was not worried at all, not only because of her confidence in herself, but also because of her trust in Manager Zhang.
Although she did not directly ask Manager Zhang to help her promote the drinks.
But from the moment they met, she said that the wine was homemade and asked Manager Zhang to give his opinion. Anyone who wasn't completely stupid would understand what she meant.
She was certain that Manager Zhang would have a result within three days at most.
After all, what Ya Xing does is connect people with others.
Having tasted the world's wines, she was confident that her homemade wine would be wildly popular.
Manager Zhang isn't stupid; how could he not pick up the money if it were right in front of him?
As she expected, Manager Zhang came to her door in person in less than three days.
Of course, that's a story for another time.
Lin Jiujiu and her group are now facing the problem of how to settle the people they bought.
The group of men and women bought a total of sixteen people, which is no less than the total number of people in the Lin family now.
When Lin's mother saw that they had brought back so many people after going out, she was quite surprised. She asked her husband and learned that these were all servants that Lin Jiujiu had bought.
He pulled his daughter aside and asked in a low voice.
"We don't need this many people in our family, how are we going to arrange them?"
Lin's mother was not only worried about not being able to make arrangements, but also worried that with more people, her family's secrets might be discovered.
Lin Jiujiu smiled and said, "It's alright. Don't we still have dozens of acres of land and forests? They need someone to take care of them and manage them."
Father, my eldest brother, and my younger brother all have to learn to read and write, and they're busy with the distillery. They don't have time to manage the fields. Buying more people will be just what we need.
Seeing that she had made all the arrangements, Lin's mother didn't say anything more.
I only asked about the accommodation arrangements for these people.
Lin Jiujiu replied without hesitation.
"When we built our house, didn't we build a ring of small houses along the wall?"
Let's arrange for everyone to stay at Xunbian, two people per room.
We also need to have someone stationed at the main gate; otherwise, if someone comes to our house and knocks for ages, we might not even know it.
Lin's mother agreed with this, and turned to grab Lin's father to make arrangements for those people.
Lin Jiujiu was happy to have some free time, so she went to the study to watch Tantai Yueming teach the children in the family.
Watching him, a dignified prince, being chased by a few little brats asking him bizarre questions, and then scratching his head and blushing because he couldn't answer, seemed quite amusing.
However, she was discovered by Tantai Yueming not long after she started watching. Seeing that Tantai Yueming not only did not help her out of the predicament but also looked gloating, she became even more furious.
But he dared not utter a single word, fearing that Lin Jiujiu might kick him out at the slightest provocation.
What a joke! If he really gets kicked out, where will he find this precious place for cultivation again?
He wanted to experience again the feeling of spiritual energy flowing into his body when the Spirit Gathering Array was first formed.
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