Boy No. 8 said frankly, "I don't want to be a slave either, but I'm young and weak. The broker said they won't buy me unless I sign a death or living contract. Seeing my nephews and nieces starving to death, I can't sell them. I'll just sell myself to thank my brother and sister-in-law for raising me all these years." To his brother and sister-in-law, he was always an outsider. When there was no disaster, they raised him. No matter what, they always gave him food to eat. Although his sister-in-law complained a little, she still gave him food and didn't drive him away. On the way to escape from the famine, she didn't abandon him, so he had no regrets.
Yang Haiyan looked at him differently. No matter how precocious he was, it was unexpected that a boy of only nine years old had such a broad mind. Not to mention that he is only nine years old, even if he was a few years older, he would not sell himself like this. This child is very rare. However, she did not say anything, but nodded and asked the matchmaker to continue introducing.
Next, the matchmaker introduced the boy No. 9: "This boy No. 9 is eight years old this year. This boy No. 9 is a little beggar, raised by an old beggar. The old beggar was seriously ill and dying. In order to treat the old beggar, the boy No. 9 also sold himself. Later, the old beggar still died."
The boy No. 9 saluted Yang Haiyan: "Meet the madam, meet the young master." His eyes were full of sorrow. The old beggar had just passed away, and the pain in his heart had not subsided yet.
Yang Haiyan was a little curious: "You were raised by an old beggar, how do you know how to read?"
The little beggar said: "I went to school and knew how to read when I was a child. Later, I was kidnapped by traffickers. I took advantage of the chaos to run away, but I was young at that time, and I didn't know where my home was. Later, my grandfather took me in. After my grandfather took me in, he took me to the government office to report the case, but there was no news about my parents. Later, I followed my grandfather until a month ago, when he fell ill..."
Everyone knows what happened later.
Yang Haiyan nodded: "Do you have any other advantages? Or your own special skills?"
The little beggar was a little discouraged, and then shook his head: "Madam, I am a beggar, I don't know any skills, I am... I am familiar with the roads in the capital, because I often beg in different places in the capital, and I know which streets are the shortest."
Yang Haiyan said: "Okay, matchmaker, continue to introduce the remaining boy."
The matchmaker said: "Hey, this boy number ten was sold by his stepmother. Although it is forbidden by the laws of Qi Kingdom, It is allowed, but if the person agrees, it is OK, and this child agreed by himself. "
The No. 10 kid said: "I have met the lady and the young master. My stepmother is not good to me. She makes me work every day, beats me, and does not allow me to eat more, so I would rather be sold than go home." The father of the No. 10 kid is an ordinary villager. His mother is the daughter of a poor scholar. Because everyone in his family died, his mother found an honest man to marry. However, she had no idea that the man she found was too honest and also harmed her son.
After his mother gave birth to him, she was in poor health and passed away when he was seven years old. Later, his father married another wife. The reason why he could read was that his mother taught him before he was seven years old. After the stepmother came in, she
treated him well on the surface, but bullied him behind his back. His father was honest and did not take care of the family. He complained, but his father didn't believe it. His stepmother convinced his father that he had wronged him because he hated her.
Later, his father believed him less and less until his stepmother became pregnant and sold him. But his stepmother didn't know that it was illegal for parents to sell their children unless the children agreed. And he didn't want to live in that family anymore, so he agreed.
Yang Haiyan sighed. She felt that the stories she heard today were more than the previous few years here.
Matchmaker: "Madam, do you have any boys you like?"
Yang Haiyan thought about it, and looked at boy number one to boy number ten: "Keep them all."
The matchmaker was stunned: "Keep them all?"
Yang Haiyan had no shortage of money. She thought that her son would need people to be around him when he grew up. Instead of buying more people when the time came, it would be better to buy more at one time and train a few confidants for her son. In the future, her son's yard would need someone to take care of it, and if she trained them from a young age, they would be more loyal to her son. "Keep them all, but before that, I will ask the doctor to check their health. If the children are not in good health, I will not buy them."
The matchmaker had no objection when she heard this: "Everything is up to you, Madam."
Yang Haiyan turned to the maid and said, "Go and ask Dr. Li."
The maid said, "Yes."
Dr. Li came quickly and checked the health of each child. The children were fine, but they were more or less malnourished and weak.
As long as they were not sick, the matchmaker went out happily after buying these boys.
The ten boys who were left behind looked at Yang Haiyan nervously. They were bought by the master, which was definitely better than when they were in the matchmaker's shop, but they were also nervous in their hearts, not knowing what the future would be like. So at this moment, they looked at Yang Haiyan somewhat helplessly, but they did not dare to look directly at him, and they all looked at him secretly.
Yang Haiyan said gently: "This is my son, Qin Linyang. From now on, he is your master. Your responsibility is to protect him and be loyal to him."
The ten boys: "Yes."
Yang Haiyan: "I will ask someone to teach you martial arts, and I will also ask a teacher to teach you to continue studying. Whether you can be valued by the young master depends on your ability. However, no matter whether you can be valued in front of the young master, I don't like you to hurt your own people, and your own people fight each other. "You are suppressing your own people. If this happens, I will sell you out."
Ten boys: "Yes."
Yang Haiyan asked: "Do you have names? You can use your previous names."
Boy No. 1 said: "My previous name was given by my original master. Because I am a family-born child, my surname was given by my previous master. Now I follow the young master. Please give me a name and a surname, madam and young master." He was originally a servant who was close to his former master, so he was quite smart.
Boy No. 2 also said: "I also ask madam and young master to give me a name and a surname." He used to be a waiter, so he was naturally quite smart.
Yang Haiyan said: "Then let's call him Qin Yi, Qin Huan. Yi means perseverance, Huan means soaring."
"Qin Yi (Qin Huan), thank you madam for the name."
Yang Haiyan looked at the remaining boys: "What about you? Do you have any ideas?"
Boy number three said: "My surname is Wu, and my name is Wu Qiyuan. It's the name given to me by my father." For a child of an official family like him, even if something happened at home, he knew that his family had committed a crime, but he was unwilling to change his name.
Boy No. 4, Boy No. 5, Boy No. 6, Boy No. 7: "Please give us a name and surname, Madam." Their names were also given by their original masters. They don't know who their parents are, so they have no concept of ancestors. For them, the most important thing is to please their masters and be favored by their masters. It is also a good thing for the servants if their masters are willing to give them names and surnames.
Yang Haiyan said: "Then you can call each other Qin Shi, Qin Wu, Qin Liu, Qin Qi. Shi for teacher, Wu for martial arts, Liu for leaving, Qi for our Qi country."
Qin Shi, Qin Wu, Qin Liu, Qin Qi: "Thank you, Madam."
They all knew now, and the names were in the order of the introductions just now. The number three boy was called Wu Qiyuan, so there was no name Qin San.
Yang Haiyan looked at the number eight, nine, and ten boys.
The number eight boy said: "Madam, my name is Wang Youhang, which was given by my father before he died." Although he sold himself for his brother and sister-in-law and his nephews and nieces, he did not want to change the name given by his father, nor did he want to forget his roots.
The number nine boy, also known as the little beggar, said: "Madam, I don't have a surname, because I remember that my parents used to call me Xiaojiang. Therefore, after being adopted by my grandfather, I have been using this name. Therefore, I don't want to change my name. But I don't have a surname either, please give me a surname." The little beggar was also very smart and could read people's faces. He knew that he had to keep his master's surname, so he asked for it. The
number ten boy was bullied by his stepmother and was not trusted by his father, so he didn't want to use his original name, but said: "Madam, I want to use my mother's surname, her surname is Gu, can you give me a name?"
So, the number nine boy was called Qin Jiang and the number ten boy was called Gu Shi.
After naming him, Yang Haiyan said to her son, "Linyang, these ten little brothers will live with you and play with you in the future. When you grow up, they will study and practice martial arts with you. Do you want to play with the little brothers?"
Qin Linyang blinked his black and white eyes and looked at the ten little brothers in confusion. Although he didn't understand what his mother meant, he knew that he would have someone to play with in the future. He was very happy: "Yes." He answered crisply.
Qin Linyang touched his son's head: "You go play with your cousins first. Wait until the ten little brothers get well, then play with them."
"Okay." Qin Linyang happily went to play football with his two cousins.
Yang Haiyan turned to Nanny Lian and said, "Mammy, take them to Linyang's yard, they will live there from now on." The son's yard has been empty because the son is still young, but when the son grows up, he will move in. Moreover, the ten boys will grow up with the son in the future and may become his right-hand men, so it is not a bad idea for them to live in the servants' room in the son's yard. "Ask Doctor Li to adjust their status, let them rest for a day, adapt, and report back tomorrow."
Nanny Lian: "Yes." She took the ten boys to the young master's yard.
After arranging things for the ten boys, Yang Haiyan went to find Qin Fang. Qin Fang had nothing to do, and was working with the craftsmen in his son's small park, making a small park for his son.
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