Chapter 1295: The Daughter Abandoned During Escape (7)
"Can you make sure they are different from the ones we hired during the day?" Chang Shichu asked, "This batch of food is very important, I don't want to make any mistakes."
Wei Yu'an pursed his lips, then said to her with certainty: "I can be sure of that, because I was begging at the dock once, and someone kicked me into the river. It was Uncle Wang and his co-workers who rescued me."
"Okay, I'll believe you this time." Chang Shichu nodded and said, a person who can jump into the river to save a little beggar should not be a bad person. He is better than those who want to steal food on the way.
"You go find them now. If they are willing, I can pay you double the salary. But we have to leave tonight to avoid those hired workers who had bad intentions towards me during the day." Chang Shichu didn't want to waste time on those evil people. The most important thing was to hurry up and transport the food back to Qing'an City.
After hearing this, Wei Yu'an immediately said, "Okay, I'll go find Uncle Wang and the others now!" Then he turned around and was about to leave.
Chang Shichu looked at his thin figure and remembered that he was a little beggar and was probably still hungry, so he called him again: "Wait a minute!"
Wei Yuan stopped immediately and asked, "Sister, is there anything else?"
"Let me get you something to eat. I can't let you work on an empty stomach." Chang Shichu said, then went back into the house, took out several fist-sized pieces of shaqi ma and handed them to him.
Wei Yu'an hesitated for a while, but finally took it and said, "Thank you, sister. I won't be polite!" After that, he held the shaqi ma in both hands, nodded to Chang Shichu, and ran out quickly.
About thirty or forty minutes later, Wei Yu'an really brought in seven or eight dark-skinned, weathered-looking men, who looked like they were doing heavy work.
"Sister, I brought them here. This is Uncle Wang!" Wei Yu'an was in a hurry and introduced them to Chang Shichu while panting.
"You... are the ones who want us to transport food to Qing'an City?" Uncle Wang asked in surprise when he saw Chang Shichu, a young girl with a childish face.
"It's me. I don't know if Wei Yu'an told you. I had hired another group of people to transport the food during the day, but I received news that the group wanted to murder me on the way and steal my food. So I asked Wei Yu'an to find another trustworthy person for me, and he found you." Chang Shichu told them the reason very frankly.
When several people heard her words, they looked at Wei Yu'an with some surprise and some gratitude. A man in his thirties with a missing ear said to Wei Yu'an, "Little beggar, I didn't expect you to trust us so much and introduce this good job to us. Thank you so much this time."
Wei Yu'an blushed and said seriously, "My sister wanted to find someone with good character and I thought of you. You jumped into the river to save me, and I will repay you for your kindness."
Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard what he said. Uncle Wang asked Chang Shichu again, "Miss, can you make the decision on such an important matter by yourself? Where are the adults in your family?"
"I have no family, I'm alone, and I'm in charge of everything. Don't worry, as long as you can transport this batch of grain to Qing'an City, you will be rewarded. If you don't believe me, I can pay half of the deposit first." Chang Shichu knew that his appearance was not very convincing, so he went back to the house and took out a small bag of silver dollars. When several people saw the bag of silver dollars, their eyes lit up immediately. Anyway, they just wanted to make money. As for who they transported the grain for, it didn't matter, as long as they paid.
So everyone else had no problem, and Chang Shichu really gave them the bag of silver dollars as a deposit, and agreed to give them the rest when they arrived in Qing'an City.
"Master Chang, can I take the silver dollars home first..." Uncle Wang said embarrassedly, "It will take me at least half a month to go back and forth. If we don't have some money at home, we won't be able to make ends meet."
"Yes, yes, we also want to go back and settle our family, and at the same time borrow the horse carriage and ox cart..." others also said.
Chang Shichu agreed, but only gave them three hours. They had to be back here in half an hour because if they delayed any further, it would be dawn.
Uncle Wang and the others gratefully agreed and ran home immediately, excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood. After all, this was a big order, and the money they would earn after completing it would be more profitable than carrying bags at the dock for half a year. None of them wanted to lose this job.
"What about you? Do you need to finish things here?" Chang Shichu asked Wei Yu'an.
"No need, I have no relatives or friends, and there is nothing I need to settle." Wei Yu'an blurted out.
"Then come in, take a shower and change into clean clothes." Chang Shichu treated him as a child, because he was indeed thin and small. He was said to be twelve years old, but he looked like eight or nineteen years old.
Wei Yu'an responded hesitantly. Only now did he have time to feel ashamed of the dirt on his body. However, he was Sister Chang's servant now and could not embarrass her. It was his duty to keep himself clean and tidy.
But... "Sister, I don't have any clothes to change..." Wei Yu'an said with a blushing face.
Chang Shichu pretended to go back to his room, but actually found a set of rough cloth clothes for a ten-year-old child from the space, which was of unknown age, and gave it to Wei Yuan, saying, "Wear this."
Wei Yu'an took it immediately, then boiled some hot water and went to take a bath.
Seeing that Lao Wang was busy working and not paying attention to himself, Chang Shichu took out ten high-intensity mining lamps for head mounting from the space, disguised them, and prepared to give them to Lao Wang and the others to wear on their journey.
Fortunately, flashlights have been invented these days. Although the mining lamp she took out is more advanced, it would not be too out of place if it appeared now. They would probably just think that she bought Western goods.
Sure enough, after Lao Wang and the others arrived, they saw the mining lamp that Chang Shichu had given them. They looked at it in surprise for a while, praised the power of the lamp, and then returned to normal.
It took another half an hour to load all the food onto the cart, and then Chang Shichu rode a horse to lead them out of Shangzhao City.
Because they intentionally kept quiet, they didn't make much noise, and the neighbors around the house that Chang Shichu rented were relatively far away, so no one knew about their actions.
The convoy left the city smoothly. It was not until they left the city that the sky began to brighten. Chang Shichu led them for more than an hour before they stopped to rest.
Because they had to transport food, Chang Shichu did not skimp on their meals. Instead, he was very generous and directly took out a truckload of food as their meals on the road.
"Master Chang, isn't this too wasteful? We don't need so much food to eat. Some dry food will be enough." Uncle Wang felt a little embarrassed. They received so much wages from Chang Shichu, so how could they have the nerve to eat so much of her food?
(End of this chapter)
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