I was killed by domestic violence, and I went crazy with barrage

Chapter 197 I think I've seen her somewhere

"...or if there are people who want to transfer to another position."

There weren't any decent pawnshops in the town, but during the slack season, some wealthy families would occasionally send their security guards and farmhands out to do some work and earn some money to support their families.

Occasionally, during the busy farming season, if the masters of these people are not too busy, they will rent out or hire out the idle labor.

This is also because buying a person or signing a ten or twenty-year indenture contract with someone is not very expensive.

All you need to do is pay a certain head tax every year.

In your free time, you can also send people out to do work and earn money.

But if it is sold again, a tax will have to be paid to the government.

Often the money earned from selling a person is not enough to cover the tax.

Therefore, some families who really cannot afford to support so many guards and farmhands, or who originally wanted to make money by sending out the guards and regarded buying people as an investment, ended up not only failing to make a profit but losing money instead. Those families who are unable to make ends meet would then transfer the guards or farmhands to other families for use.

In this way, it is not considered a sale and there is no need to pay taxes to the government.

The government mostly turns a blind eye to this.

It is a tacit way of transaction between the upper and lower levels.

"This……"

The waiter was a little stumped by the question for a moment.

"I've never heard of any family in our town hiring a security guard or a long-term worker."

He sighed, "When the Wang family was still the landlord, we could afford to buy a few guards."

"But since the Wang family met with disaster eight years ago, there has been no such wealthy family in our town. Of course, we can't be considered extremely poor, but few can afford to hire guards."

"Not to mention buying it at a high price."

"Even the only escort agency in our town was preparing for a farewell dinner a few days ago."

The waiter sighed: "Times are tough these days! Money is hard to make!"

Jiang Anning's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Escort agency?"

"Yes!"

The shopkeeper was busy with his feet and his mouth was also busy. He started talking to people like beans pouring out of a bamboo tube.

"It's not really an escort agency! We just help the merchants passing by and escort them for some time. If we're lucky, we might get a job as a trader on the ship."

"But most of the time, I'm idle at home."

"It's called an escort agency, but in fact it's just two thatched houses outside the city, a wall built outside, and a wooden sign hung on it, and that's it."

"In fact, it is not registered with the government."

The waiter covered his mouth with his hand and lowered his voice: "I heard that they are a group of gangsters with blood on their hands. Now they have retired and become escorts."

"But they didn't choose the right location. Even in our town, if you want to find a few jobs, you have to rely on luck."

"Not to mention the desolate places in the suburbs. Who would go there for fun?"

Jiang Anning seemed to be thinking about something.

The waiter chattered a lot and felt his mouth was dry.

He looked at Jiang Anning and said, "Sir, can I get you some water?"

Jiang Anning came back to his senses, smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Just as the waiter turned around to get the kettle, Jiang Anning said, "Please cook me one according to the menu, little brother!"

"Hey, okay!"

The waiter responded subconsciously, then his eyes widened in suspicion: "Ah? Stir-fry, stir-fry, stir-fry one?"

He even thought for a long time what the dish was.

"Yeah!" Jiang Anning nodded with a smile: "Just follow the menu and cook me a portion of everything!"

"what?"

The waiter was shocked again.

His mouth opened wide in surprise.

He stared blankly at Jiang An Ning, as if wondering how likely it was that this man was playing tricks on him.

He must have been saying this to tease her.

It must be so.

"Sir, it doesn't matter if you don't order anything. There aren't that many rules in our restaurant. It's a small place, so everyone can be casual. You can just sit there and drink some water, eat some peanuts and sunflower seeds. It doesn't matter how long you sit."

He thought Jiang Anning was just embarrassed, so he was kind enough to try to comfort her.

Jiang Anning said seriously: "I'm not joking with you, little brother."

"I'm serious. Please help me cook up a portion of all the dishes on the menu."

The waiter saw that she didn't seem to be joking, and he was even more afraid to do as she asked.

"Sir, you can't finish all the dishes you ordered. These dishes should be cooked and eaten right after cooking. Otherwise, the taste will change even if you just reheat them."

He was sincere and made a sincere suggestion: "If you are serious, why don't you let me recommend a few of our signature dishes to you? You can just try them first to see if they taste good..."

Jiang An Ning hummed, "That's fine, but it has to be enough for more than ten people."

"Okay!" The waiter responded happily subconsciously when he heard that Jiang Anning was quite receptive to advice.

Then he slowly tasted it and was shocked again: "Huh?"

"How many people?"

Ten people!
Big customer, this is it!
The waiter could no longer conceal the joy on his face. He danced with excitement and even wanted to jump up and shout.

"About ten people, right?"

Jiang Anning was not very sure: "I am not very sure either. After all, this is the first time I have invited these people to dinner."

The waiter calmed down and nodded, saying "Oh" twice: "I understand."

He didn't think too much.

"Besides, I'm afraid you, my second brother, will have to help me invite this person." Jiang An Ning looked at him with a smile.

The waiter still didn't think too much about it.

He nodded happily: "Of course, of course, no problem, no problem, just tell me the address and I'll be there right away..."

“I don’t know the exact address.”

"what?"

The waiter looked at the man with a blank expression.

Jiang Anning smiled and said, "I just heard from my second brother that the escort agency in our town is planning to have a farewell dinner."

"It's just that the weather is not good. We just booked a table and it rained for a long time. We have been delayed for a few days and cannot go for the time being."

"I guessed that since we didn't have time to have the farewell dinner, we probably haven't gone our separate ways yet."

She looked innocent and kind: "I just need a few people to help take care of things at home. I just heard what the second brother said, so I thought of asking you to help make some connections so that I can treat them to a simple meal."

"It would be even better if we could successfully invite them to join us and help."

The waiter hesitated for a moment: "This..."

He looked at the little girl in front of him and she definitely didn't look like a bad person.

I carefully digested what the person just said in my mind, and I didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

So he quickly breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh, I thought it was something else? So this is it!"

"But do you want to invite only those who are in charge, or do you plan to invite all of them?"

The waiter kindly advised: "Don't think I'm too nosy. If you only want to discuss business with them, why not just invite the head of the family, heat up two pots of wine, and explain the matter in detail, that's it!"

"There's really no need to spend so much money..." He paused, "You don't know, they have so many people in the escort agency."

"We only prepared enough for ten people. I'm afraid it's far from enough."

"And they can all eat!" "Even if they are just ten people, they can eat as much as twenty people."

The waiter was afraid that Jiang Anning would go bankrupt from one meal.

Jiang Anning was indeed surprised: "So amazing?"

In her opinion, people who can eat are capable!

The more you eat, the stronger you will be!
She thought about it and said to the waiter, "Then I'd better trouble you to go and ask them how many people they are willing to come."

"We'll prepare as many portions as they want. If it's not enough, we can just add more!"

Jiang Anning's generosity really shocked the waiter.

He thought Jiang An Ning was young and didn't understand the pros and cons, so he simply advised him in a not-so-tactful way: "Sir, inviting so many people to dinner at once, even if we prepare it at the cheapest standard, it will still cost a lot!"

He can make the decision and give people the lowest cost price.

But even at cost price, it wouldn't be that cheap.

He was worried that the girl wouldn't be able to afford it and would be scolded by her family.

Jiang Anning blinked, realizing what the man was worried about, and took out two silver coins from his purse: "This is the deposit for the banquet."

"If that's not enough, I can always stay at home."

The waiter was even more shocked when he saw the two silver coins.

Good Lord, I was wrong!
At first, he saw Jiang Anning wearing a gray outfit that looked dirty and old, and thought she was short of money...

Unexpectedly, this young lady is actually a hidden talent.

The waiter's smile immediately became brighter: "That's enough! That's enough!"

"I'll be right there to help you find someone!"

He hurriedly put down the rag in his hand and didn't even bother to add water for the person.

She ran to the door and then hurriedly ran back: "But, sir, please don't think I'm too nosy. You have to be on guard against others. As a girl, you should be careful and don't show off your wealth!"

Jiang Anning smiled and thanked him for his kind reminder.

The waiter felt a little embarrassed by being stared at. He scratched his head and ran away as if he was trying to escape in panic.

Jiang Anning sat in the small restaurant and waited for about two incense sticks.

While I was peeling peanuts, a burly man suddenly came towards me. He had a messy curly beard and looked ferocious.

"Who? Who is it?"

"Who is looking for us to guard the house?"

As soon as the strong man entered the door, he started shouting at the top of his voice.

Jiang Anning was so frightened that she even paused for a moment while peeling peanuts.

She blinked her eyes, put the peeled peanuts into her mouth and chewed them gently.

These fried peanuts are very fragrant.

The sturdy man soon noticed the little girl who was ignoring him and still eating peanuts.

He frowned slightly, and seeing that the person was actually ignoring him, he glared at him angrily.

Jiang Anning blinked innocently, peeled another peanut, hesitated for a moment, and asked quietly: "Do you want to eat some too?"

“The store owner fries it himself, it’s quite fragrant.”

The sturdy man said "Hey" and asked curiously: "Little girl, you are not afraid of me?"

"Why should I be afraid of you?" Jiang An Ning blinked: "Are you planning to rob me?"

"That's not it."

The sturdy man kicked a stool over, stepped over and sat down, unceremoniously picked up the coarse porcelain bowl beside him, poured himself a bowl of water, and drank it all in two gulps.

As if his thirst was still not quenched, the strong man gulped down two more bowls.

With a clang, the empty bowl was put down, making a loud noise.

The sturdy man let out a comfortable "Ha" and then burped.

"I heard someone say that someone here wants us brothers to go back and be the housekeepers."

He sounded fierce as soon as he opened his mouth.

Jiang Anning listened and thought he was unwilling.

Thinking about the people in the martial arts world, perhaps they have their own pride and disdain to do such things that put them under the guise of being inferior to others.

Just as I was about to say something, the waiter came running in, panting, and held onto the door frame. He groaned for a long time before he finally caught his breath.

"Hey, Captain Cai, you're walking too fast. I was chasing you from behind and I almost died of exhaustion."

The waiter took a few deep breaths and fanned himself with his hands, trying to dispel some of the heat.

Seeing that the person had already sat at Jiang Anning's table, he hurriedly introduced her, "This is the girl I told you about. She wants to hire a few guards."

Clang!

The sturdy man called Cai Biaotou slid down from the bench and sat on the ground.

The stool was flipped over and hit the man directly on the head.

But it didn't elicit any reaction at all.

Cai Biaotou was shocked, and then he seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly got up: "Oh, hey, so this young lady is the sponsor, I'm so sorry, so sorry."

"I, I..."

Cai Biaotou was so nervous that his tongue was tangled and he couldn't even speak clearly.

The contrast between his fawning and ingratiating appearance and his ferocious look when he just entered the room was too great.

Jiang Anning found it interesting.

After talking with others, I learned that the people in their escort company are all brothers from the same sect.

The truth is that the sect is already struggling to make ends meet. After the death of the leader, they could barely afford even the money for burial.

In the end, they had to sell off everything they had in the sect and barely scraped together enough money to buy a thin coffin and bury the leader with dignity.

But afterwards, the sect was completely unable to make ends meet.

They had no choice but to sell off the sect’s real estate and exchange it for a few taels of silver.

Originally, everyone planned to divide the money among themselves and go their separate ways to pursue their own future.

how...

The money is really too little, not enough to share.

Finally, one of the fellow apprentices suggested going to his hometown, using someone else's old house to set up an escort company, and only then was they able to make ends meet.

But now, the escort agency can no longer continue and has to disband!
When they heard that Jiang Anning was willing to hire them as security guards, they even considered selling themselves.

What is the matter of backbone or not, freedom or not.

Nothing is more important than having enough food!
On the one hand, they will do it if they are paid, while on the other hand, they have no shortage of money at all.

The communication between the two sides was particularly pleasant.

There was no need for Jiang An Ning to say much, as Escort Leader Cai happily returned to the escort agency and asked everyone to pack up their bedding, ready to go home with Jiang An Ning.

Jiang Anning still insisted and treated them to a meal.

However, I don’t know whether the waiter’s words were too exaggerated or these people had already eaten in advance.

However, it did not happen as she had imagined, with one person eating several kilograms of rice.

Fortunately, I can afford it.

But after everyone left, the waiter couldn't help but grumble: "Normally, these people would eat at least 50 or 60 steamed buns when they come here to eat. But today, they seem to have small stomachs and only ate one steamed bun each."

"How strange, how bizarre."
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On the road.

The thin man at the end of the team couldn't help but say to the senior brother dressed as a scholar next to him: "Do you think this young lady looks familiar?"

"I always feel like I've seen her somewhere."