Chapter 140 Chapter 140 “We need to find…
"We need to see a doctor." Chen said with concern.
Mrs. Wu didn't push Chen's hand away. "I found it. The doctor said it's fine."
Chen looked at Old Man Su standing beside her, and only felt relieved when she heard Old Man Su say, "That's exactly what he said."
As the two old people get older, their health becomes worse and worse. Sometimes they always say it's okay for fear of spending money. She can't be at home to watch over them all the time, so there are times when she can't take care of them.
Su Li also thought of this, and after dinner that evening she went to find Chen, "Mom, let's invite a few people."
Chen was a little confused, "Who do you want to invite?" She thought Su Li was talking about the restaurant, but didn't the restaurant have enough staff?
After Su Li finished explaining, Chen finally understood that they were not looking for a servant, but to hire one or two old women and maids to help with the housework.
Chen was a little hesitant, not because she was reluctant to spend money, but because in her inherent thinking, maids and servants could only be hired by officials or wealthy families like the Cao and Wang families. Are they necessary?
But then she thought again, she really needed to hire someone to do the housework, such as sweeping the floor and cooking, and another thing was that her parents-in-law were old and needed someone to look after them.
"Well... okay..." Chen said.
"But where can we find this person?"
Where to go? Of course, to the pawnshop. After obtaining Chen's consent, Su Li went to the pawnshop early the next morning and found the pawnshop agent she knew before. After listening to Su Li's words, the pawnshop agent said,
"It's not cost-effective to hire too many people. Madam Su, why don't you listen to me and buy a few back? The price won't be much higher, and you can still hold the indentures in your hands."
The broker said this out of consideration for Su Li. If someone is hired for three to five years and the other party runs away with the money at the last minute, it will be useless to report to the police. However, it is different for the purchased domestic slaves. If they dare to escape privately, it will be a serious crime.
Su Li naturally knew about it. She had actually inquired about it before, but as a person who had received modern education, she always felt that human trafficking was illegal, and she could not get over it, so she thought of just hiring someone.
"How about this, we just had a new batch arrive here not long ago, Madam Su, why not go and take a look."
Seeing that Su Li was not very willing, the broker said, "Actually, buying people is also a good deed. Madam Su doesn't know that most of those who have fled here are poor people who can't even afford to eat."
Only after hearing this did Su Li agree to go and take a look.
The backyard of the dental clinic,
"Madam Su, take a look at these. How do you think they are? If they don't work, I'll get you another one." The broker brought out a dozen people, including men, women, young and old. The youngest was only two or three years old. However, most of these people had one thing in common, which was that they were extremely thin, with a dull look in their eyes.
He was not very happy to see Su Li. He looked dull and helpless, just like the refugees Su Li had seen in videos.
"These are all refugees. There was a heavy snowstorm in the north this year, which destroyed many farmlands and crops." The broker sighed as he introduced the situation. The world is almost the same in the north and the south. It is either natural disasters or man-made disasters. How many people have lost their homes and relatives, and how many people have sold themselves to bury their parents and sold their children just to exchange for food.
The broker himself had children, and he couldn't help but feel some sympathy when he saw them. However, his personal abilities were limited after all. How could he take care of others if he couldn't even take care of himself? So he could only force himself to be harder.
"Is the blizzard in the north very serious?" Su Li couldn't help but feel a little worried when she heard this. Her father and brother were both in the north and would be returning home soon. She didn't know if anything unexpected would happen.
"It's quite serious. I heard that all the official roads are blocked." These are what the brokers heard.
When Su Li heard this, her heart suddenly felt heavy, but she didn't show it on her face. She just wanted to ask around when she got back.
The broker then asked, "Is there anyone among these people that Madam Su likes?"
Su Li then looked over. What she was actually thinking of was to hire about four or five people, mainly to clean the courtyard, then to serve tea and water when guests came, and also to cook and take care of her grandparents.
She looked at the people in front of her, and although she felt very sympathetic, she still asked them what they did, how old they were, and so on.
Most of them were originally farmers who only knew how to farm. However, there were two brothers who worked as servants in wealthy families. They were not very old, about seventeen or eighteen years old. Su Li took a liking to them at first sight, just because they had a serious look in their eyes. Also, she heard that they were willing to sell themselves for their parents and sisters. Just this one reason made Su Li decide to take them.
"Madam Su has good taste. These two brothers are named Awen and Awu. If Madam Su wants 10 taels of silver, she can buy them."
Ten taels of silver was indeed not expensive for Su Li at that time, but after some bargaining, he finally bought the person for 9 taels of silver. Then Su Li looked again, but did not find a suitable person, so he had to give up.
The broker took the money and handed the indenture to Su Li, then said to the two of them, "You will follow Madam Su from now on."
The two brothers then realized that the man who bought them was surnamed Su. They also learned that the girl in front of them, Su Li, was actually the owner of a restaurant, and would also be their boss in the future.
"Boss, would you allow my two brothers to send the silver to our parents?"
Upon hearing this, Su Li naturally agreed and even drove a mule cart to take the people to their destination - a dilapidated City God Temple.
"You guys are going to live here?" Su Li said, looking at the dilapidated and leaky City God Temple. "Is it possible to live here?" Especially in such cold weather.
However, the boy replied the next second, "Yes, Boss."
Su Li felt inexplicably uncomfortable for some reason, and she didn't say anything else but let the two of them in. But as soon as they went in, they learned that their mother had caught a cold while they were away, and was now lying on the straw, not knowing whether she was alive or dead. Awen and Awu's two younger sisters were lying on the woman and crying.
It was Su Li who reminded, "Let's send him to the clinic first." Then they hurriedly helped the man onto the mule cart and waited until everything was done.
In the clinic, Awen and Awu said gratefully, "Thank you, Boss."
The brothers' father and sister also came to thank Su Li. They already knew that their sons had been bought by Su Li. They were sad, but there was nothing they could do.
Moreover, it was Su Li who had just helped send his wife to the clinic. Song Da knew that this was a good person and would definitely treat his son well in the future. Thinking of this, he looked at his two daughters beside him, made a decision in his heart, and said, "Boss, are you still short of people at home? My two daughters are 14 years old this year. They can cook and do needlework. I don't ask for anything else, as long as they can have something to eat."
"father!"
"Father!"
Awen, Awu and the two little girls looked at Song Da in surprise, but Song Da didn't look at them, but only at Su Li.
At this moment, one of the little girls suddenly said, "Dad, don't you want us anymore?"
"It's not that Dad doesn't want you, it's Dad, Dad is useless..." Song Da burst into tears, "If you follow this boss, at least you can have enough to eat."
The two little girls shed tears after hearing this, "We don't want to, we want to follow you and mother..."
"I don't want it either."
For a moment, the Song family father and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly. Su Li felt a little sorry for them when she saw this. She remembered what the doctor had just said, that the woman was just infected with a cold and would be fine after recuperation. An idea suddenly came to her mind. She had to hire someone anyway, so why not hire this family.
"Do they really know how to cook?" Su Li asked after the situation was under control.
Song Da quickly wiped away his tears and said, "That's right, boss. They can do it. They can make clothes and cook."
Su Li nodded after hearing this, "Okay, then what did you and that lady do in the past?"
Song Da didn't know why Su Li asked, but he still said, "I'm a coachman, and my wife works in the kitchen."
"In that case, I wonder if you would be willing to go back with me?" Su Li said.
Song Da didn't expect that the other party would let him and his wife come together. He was a little surprised but also a little sad, "But my legs..."
His leg was injured while he was fighting to protect his children while fleeing, and he had no money to treat it, so it was completely broken. Now he could only walk with a limp. Moreover, his wife was sick, so he couldn't do any work for the time being.
However, Su Li said she didn't care. Firstly, it was a good deed, and secondly, she really needed people.
Seeing this, Song Da immediately knelt down to express his gratitude. Not only that, he also asked his son and daughter to kneel down together, which made Su Li panic for a moment. Why did this man kneel down at every turn?
She quickly helped the person up, and then waited for Wang to wake up before Su Li took a few people back to the Su family.
After returning, she first told Chen about the situation of the Song family. Mrs. Wu did not agree to hire anyone at first, but after listening to the family's story, she and Chen felt that the family was quite pitiful. In the end, they did not say anything else. Instead, they cleaned up the spare room for several people to live in and gave them food to eat. They were so moved that they knelt down to thank them again.
Chen couldn't help but ask Mrs. Wu, "What's wrong with them? Why do they kneel down to others at every turn?"
How would Mrs. Wu know?
Not only that, the next day before dawn, Awen, Awu and his family started working, as if they wanted to repay the Su family as soon as possible. When Su Li saw this, she had to find a few people and told them not to rush to work and to take care of themselves first.
However, although they agreed on the surface, they still did their own thing and did what they had to do. In short, since they came to the Su family, the snow in the yard has never appeared in Su Li's eyes again. In addition, after Wang felt a little better, she started to go to the kitchen and cook with her two daughters.
It turned out to be quite delicious. After asking carefully, I found out that their previous owner was from the south. Their taste was spicy, which was just what the Su family liked.
In fact, Su Li and Su Hong should both be able to cook, but for some reason, they really don't want to cook after returning home. Now that there is someone to cook at home, it is really a lot easier. Chen and Wu Pozi feel the same way. Now there are people to make clothes, feed the horses and mules, and clean the ground. Even if they want to drink tea, two little girls will bring it to them, and they just need to feed it to their mouths. Even Hei Hu is fed by someone, which makes them so much less worried.
The father and son of the Song family were good people, so Su Li naturally would not treat them unfairly. She gave each of them a monthly allowance of 300 coins in the first month and promised to increase it later. In addition, she also bought them more clothes and bedding, which were the big expenses.
"Boss, how can we thank you?" Wang's face turned much redder.
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