Chapter 171, Employment
"Rice flower?"
"Rice flower!"
Qin Xiaoliu looked at Daohua with a puzzled expression at first, then as if remembering something, his eyes bulged as he looked at Daohua in surprise: "Are you the little Daohua who beat up human traffickers?!"
When Daohua saw that he remembered her, she nodded quickly.
"Wow~"
Seeing Daohua nod, Qin Xiaoliu cried out "Wow" and burst into tears.
She cried as sadly and hysterically as if she was a child lost in the dark who had found her relatives and wanted to vent the panic and fear in her heart.
Looking at Qin Xiaoliu crying like a child, Daohua was silent. She just stood beside him, watching him motionlessly, without urging him or asking any questions, silently waiting for him to vent the emotions suppressed in his heart.
Behind him, Wang Man'er looked at Qin Xiaoliu, who was beaten black and blue, with a look of empathy. Back then, his father lost the goods and was beaten half to death by his employer. She still remembered the despair of having no way out.
Later, her father died, leaving her all alone. With nowhere else to go, she had to sell herself.
Thank God, she was lucky enough to meet a kind-hearted girl who not only gave her a place to settle down, but also provided her with enough food and clothes, and she no longer suffered from hunger and cold.
Li Xingnian and the other two who got off the carriage felt bad seeing Qin Xiaoliu crying so sadly.
Qin Xiaoliu cried for a while, and her voice gradually became smaller, and then she started to sob.
Seeing that his face was covered with tears and snot, Daohua took out her handkerchief. Just as she was about to hand it to Qin Xiaoliu, Wang Maner reached out to stop her.
"Girl, use mine!"
How could a girl give her handkerchief to outsiders? As she said that, Wang Maner stuffed her handkerchief into Qin Xiaoliu's hand.
Looking at the handkerchief in her hand, Qin Xiaoliu blushed a little, sobbed, wiped the tears and nose from her face with her sleeve, and then looked at Daohua with an embarrassed expression.
Seeing that he had calmed down, Daohua asked, "Little Sixth Brother, why are you here? Where are Uncle Qin Wu and the others?"
When Qin Wu was mentioned, Qin Xiaoliu couldn't help crying again, and said in a sobbing voice: "Fifth brother and the others were arrested and are now imprisoned."
Daohua frowned: "Tell me in detail, what happened?"
Qin Xiaoliu sobbed, "The goods we were transporting were robbed, and our employer sued us. Because we couldn't compensate them for their losses, Qin Wuge and his men were arrested by the government. If they can't pay the ransom, they'll be exiled to the border to do hard labor."
Hearing this, Daohua looked at her uncle and two brothers behind her.
Li Xingnian nodded: "The government does have such a rule."
Daohua turned around and looked at Qin Xiaoliu: "How much silver do you owe?"
Qin Xiaoliu said with a bitter face, "The goods plus the compensation will cost a total of one thousand taels of silver! One thousand taels, so much silver, where can I get it?"
As he said this, he looked at Daohua with tears in his eyes, then looked at Li Xingnian and the other two behind him, and then knelt down in front of Daohua with a "thump".
"Little Brother Daohua, no, Little Sister Daohua, if... if you can help us get through this difficult time, I, along with my fifth brother and the others, will work like slaves to repay you."
Qin Xiaoliu mustered up the courage to say this, but he didn't have much confidence in his heart.
First, they were not very familiar with Daohua, and they just escorted them for a while; second, one thousand taels of silver was not a small amount of money. Although they looked well dressed, could they come up with so much silver at once?
Moreover, he also knew that it was very abrupt for him to ask for it so rashly.
But now he really has no other choice. Brother Qin Wu and the others are the pillars of the family. If something happens to them, how will the whole family survive?
In this case, he could only ask for help shamelessly.
Daohua reached out and helped Qin Xiaoliu up: "Let's talk it over. Stand up first."
Qin Xiaoliu glanced at the rice flowers, stood up carefully, his eyes full of anticipation.
Daohua was silent for a moment, then turned and walked towards Li Xingnian, Yan Wenxiu and Yan Wenkai.
Seeing Daohua like this, Yan Wenxiu knew what she meant: "You want to help them?"
Daohua nodded and said, "If they hadn't seen us off, my grandmother, my third brother, and I might not have made it to Linyi County safely."
Li Xingnian frowned in disagreement. One thousand taels of silver was not a small amount.
Daohua immediately added: "I don't just want to help them."
Li Xingnian raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Oh? Do you have any other ideas?"
Daohua: "I want to hire them."
"Um?"
Li Xingnian, Yan Wenxiu, and Yan Wenkai looked over at the same time.
Daohua: "Brother Xiaoliu and Uncle Qin Wu are escorts and deliverymen. They are both very good at martial arts. I want to hire them to be bodyguards for our family."
Upon hearing this, Yan Wenxiu's eyes suddenly lit up.
Although the family bought some servants one after another, almost none of them knew martial arts and could take on the responsibility of security.
The longer he spent with the young prince and Dong Yuanxuan, the more he realized the importance of having useful people around him.
Then I heard Daohua continue speaking.
"My eldest, third, and fourth brothers are studying at Wangyue Academy. Although they have servants around them, they are not as safe as people with martial arts skills. Every time they go out, my grandmother and mother are actually a little worried, fearing that something might happen on the way."
"Also, there's my father. He's the governor of a state now, and he's exposed to a wide range of things. It's hard to guarantee that he'll touch upon the interests of some people. He needs a few people who know Kung Fu to protect him."
Listening to Daohua's slow analysis, Li Xingnian really began to look at his ten-year-old niece with new respect.
As for hiring bodyguards to look after the house, he thought that even his younger sister and brother-in-law probably hadn't thought of this yet.
Daohua looked at her eldest brother, who was clearly interested, and asked with a smile, "What do you think, eldest brother? If you think it's feasible, then I'll go ask Xiaoliu brother if he's willing."
Yan Wenxiu looked at Li Xingnian: "What do you think, uncle?"
Li Xingnian was very pleased that Yan Wenxiu consulted him before making a decision, but he shook his head and said, "It's not my place to interfere in your family's affairs. Of course, if you need money, I still have some."
Upon hearing this, Yan Wenxiu knew that his uncle agreed. After thinking for a moment, he asked Daohua, "Sister, what are their personalities like?"
Daohua thought about the behavior of Qin Wu and others: "They don't take the initiative to cause trouble, but they still have a kind heart."
Yan Wenxiu: "In that case, I'll follow your elder sister's wishes."
Daohua smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go ask Brother Xiaoliu right away."
When Qin Xiaoliu saw Daohua coming back, his heart tightened and he looked at Daohua with a nervous face.
"Little Six Brother, my family wants to hire you to do some work, are you willing?"
Hearing this, Qin Xiaoliu was stunned: "What are you doing?"
Daohua pointed at Yan Wenxiu and the other man. "Those are my two older brothers. They're studying away from home and need an escort to go back and forth between home and the academy. And then there's my father."
Qin Xiaoliu nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Yes, of course I am."
They originally made a living as bodyguards, but now they have simply switched from escorting goods to protecting people.
Escorting goods, going through wind and rain, is not as easy and stable as protecting people.
Daohua asked again, "Can you be the leader of Uncle Qin Wu and the others?"
Qin Xiaoliu nodded and said, "Of course. Actually, Fifth Brother and his friends had also tried to find a job as a houseguard before, but they weren't chosen. If they could settle down, who would want to be out escorting all year round?"
"Okay, then we'll go to the government office to redeem him."
(End of this chapter)
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