Tong Wenyao signaled for silence before continuing to lead them to the backyard. That house was where the Xionghu Gang had imprisoned the woman they had captured, and there was no sound from inside.
After Goudan stepped forward and broke the lock on the door, a scream came from inside. The door was pushed open by Tong Wen Yao, and the disheveled woman in the room dodged everywhere.
Dirty! So dirty! The first impression is one of filth and stench! The only light in this room comes from the two-meter-high skylight. Min Zhi's eyes are red. He had stepped on their shoulders to escape from there that year because he was small enough to get out.
Among the people following behind, some of them couldn't help but say, "Beast, what a beast." Their village had never imprisoned women or abused them. If someone in the village beat his wife, he would be despised.
But the people in Xionghu Village don’t treat them as human beings at all!
Tong Wenyao didn't go in. Instead, she stood at the door and shouted, "You are all free! We killed the people from Xionghu Village. You don't have to worry about them bullying you anymore."
"Goudan, take some people to their village to boil some hot water so they can wash up."
Tong Wen Yao stood at the door and stared at it silently. After half a minute, no one came out. After a quarter of an hour, still no one came out. Min Zhi couldn't wait any longer. He wanted to go in, but was stopped by Tong Wen Yao.
"Let's wait for them to step over!" Min Zhi didn't understand, but he didn't go in. He knelt at the door and kowtowed, shouting inside, "Aunt Gui, Aunt Ma, Aunt Ping... You little monkey are so unfilial. You've been escaping for so many years, only to come and rescue you."
Min Zhi's kneeling action shocked everyone. After seeing this, Tong Wen Yao had to say that he was a man of affection and righteousness.
Just as he finished speaking, he heard footsteps from inside, but he asked tentatively, "Is it really a little monkey?" Min Zhi was very excited after hearing this.
"Yes! I'm back to save you!"
There was a hint of disbelief but also a hint of hope.
"Little monkey, little monkey is here to rescue us. Sisters, we, we can go out!" The moment Aunt Gui stepped out of the door, she saw so many strong men outside, and her body trembled a little. The memories of being beaten and forced before were vivid in her mind, but when she saw the sunshine outside the door and the lush green scenery outside the door, tears welled up in her eyes.
Goudan came over and said, "Boss, the hot water is ready." Tong Wenyao nodded and said, "Go wash up first. If you want to go down the mountain to find your relatives, we will let you go. If you don't want to go home, just follow me and I will take care of you."
She thought of women's reputations. In this world, women's reputations were like foot binding in the past, strangling them to the point of suffocation. If a woman was kidnapped by bandits and taken to the mountains, she would either commit suicide to prove her innocence, or be shunned by her entire family, or even refused to let her go home. Because to them, being kidnapped by bandits was already a death sentence, and no one would care that she was innocent.
Better-off families might move their entire family to an unfamiliar place to live with their daughters, but this kind of thing is so rare that Tong Wen Yao didn't dare to take the risk, so she asked them if they would follow her.
Seeing that some people in the crowd were hesitant to speak, Tong Wenyao stopped them and said, "You don't have to answer now. Go wash up, get a good night's sleep, and tell me tomorrow."
Tong Wenyao planned to go to Cangzhou after finishing her business here tomorrow. "Goudan, go get Xing'er and the two women. We'll go down the mountain early tomorrow morning."
"Min Zhi, call everyone in the village, including your brothers." Min Zhi took a look and then asked, "I wonder why the boss called them here?" Min Zhi thought to himself, could it be that the boss wanted to detoxify them? But it seemed unlikely.
Tong Wen Yao took out paper and pen and sat at the table, "Min Zhi, come here and sit down." Min Zhi pulled over the stool next to him and sat down feeling a little uneasy.
Tong Wenyao didn't look up, so she didn't see him like this. "Min Zhi, what are you good at?" After hearing this, Min Zhi unconsciously clasped his hands together, then clenched them tightly and said, "I don't know." Tong Wenyao frowned and guided him, "What do you like to do?"
When Min Zhi heard this, he thought it was bragging.
The brothers behind him laughed loudly after hearing this, and someone in the crowd shouted, "Boss, the second-in-command really likes to brag." Tong Wenyao thought about Min Zhi's personality and asked, "Are you interested in doing business?"
After hearing this, Min Zhi asked, "Can I brag?" Seeing the interest in Min Zhi's eyes, he couldn't help but say, "Of course you can. The more you brag, the more products we will sell." It is not impossible to let Min Zhi sell lime. When the time comes, he can also lead his brothers to do cement work and directly build houses for people.
After recording it, Tong Wenyao asked the next person to come up.
"What's your name and what are you good at?"
"Danniu, he's very strong and can carry things." Tong Wenyao nodded after hearing this. He was very strong and could move cement. "Not bad, you should follow Min Zhi in the future."
Fortunately, after recording a few people, Xing'er came back with Goudan, and even the two women followed.
"Dad, what are you doing?" Tong Wenyao said hurriedly when she saw Xing'er coming back, "Xing'er, record what these people are good at. I'll assign them to work when the time comes."
Before, Qian's mother required the maids around her to learn calligraphy according to the standard, so Xing'er also knew how to read. After hearing the young lady's instructions, she took the young lady's pen and asked them.
The girl on the side said, "We can read too, and are willing to come and help." Tong Wen Yao was not surprised at all. Even they said they were fat sheep. As long as they were wealthy families, their girls would learn to read. Since they asked for help, Tong Wen Yao asked them to prepare a table for them.
"Thank you very much."
After finishing, the women took a bath and dressed themselves and came out. Although the new boss told them to rest, how could they dare to do so?
Seeing that they didn't look tired, she didn't urge them to rest. "Auntie Gui, take them to line up, and we'll do a count here."
Tong Wen Yao asked the two girls to write down what the women were good at, make a statistics and then give it to her. After looking at it, she would arrange where they would work.
"Min Zhi, take me to their warehouse to have a look." After hearing this, Min Zhi quickly stood up, pulling Goudan with him.
The storehouse of Xionghu Village was locked with a large stone door. Min Zhi didn't know how to open the stone door, so Goudan went to ask someone from Xionghu Village for questioning.
"How do I open this stone door?"
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