Southern Song Dynasty small landlord

Chapter 152 Zhong Han
As Qin Shou guessed, Ji Ling, the newly appointed magistrate, has received the emperor's order to renovate this place into an imperial palace, and the person above him has made up his mind to move here. Apart from the good environment in Lin'an, the last The important thing is that it is convenient to escape, and it will not be frequently harassed by pirates.

Qin Shou looked at the crowd in front of him with his hands behind his back, and saw Niu Ben squeezed into the crowd from a distance, protecting a white-haired old lady on his chest, looking forward anxiously, wishing he could step over to the table, but There are so many people in front of you that it is hard to find a gap.

Sensing Qin Shou's gaze, Niu Ben blushed, smiled a little embarrassedly, and protected the old man in his arms even tighter.

Withdrawing his eyes, Qin Shou looked at the few people lined up at the table, and suddenly Qin Shou's eyes focused on a young man with a fair complexion. There is no impurity in it.

Seeing Qin Shou staring at his hands, he quickly withdrew his outstretched hands, his eyes flickered, and he turned his head to one side, not daring to meet Qin Shou's gaze.

Zhao Yulin looked at the people standing in front of him and asked loudly, "Are you a family? Why do you have six elderly people in your family?"

Hearing Zhao Yulin's question, Qin Shou also turned his eyes. Standing in front of the table was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy with bronze-colored skin, straight eyebrows, and calloused hands. The grizzled old man.

Standing next to the old man were four middle-aged men and women who looked to be in their fifties, and their faces were covered with years of weather. Qin Shou carefully observed that the actual age of these people should be younger than the appearance, with chapped lips and black fingers, like It looks like it hasn't been washed.

Beside them were a few half-grown children in scantily-clothed clothes, and two women. They looked pale and stared anxiously at Zhao Yulin.

When the young man heard Zhao Yulin's question, he became anxious, pointed at the old man and shouted, "That's right, these are my grandparents, my grandparents, and those two are my grandpa and grandma. We fled from Bianliang all the way to this place." , have never been separated, please raise your hand and buy us."

The boy was about to kneel down as he spoke, but was stopped by Zhao Yulin, and then he turned to look at Qin Shou. Zhao Yulin couldn't make up his mind about this matter, but Zhao Yulin knew that Qin Shou also wanted to help these refugees.

Qin Shou met Zhao Yulin's gaze, stepped forward and asked, "Do you have proof?"

"Yes, yes!" The young man replied excitedly, turned his head to look at the two middle-aged men, and shouted: "Father, uncle, take out your account, hurry up."

The two middle-aged men looked at each other with joy on their faces. They walked together just to play a side-kick. If Qin Shou softened his heart and bought them, the family would have a way of life, so he immediately took out his family account and put it on at the table.

Huguan belonged to three families. The young man's grandfather and grandmother had no children. They were forcibly taken away by their daughter and grandson. They had made up their minds to die in their hometown, but they couldn't let go of their daughter.

At this time, seeing that Qin Shou did not object on the spot, and her mind was alive, the old lady put her hands together and begged Qin Shou: "Mr. Qin, we are really a family. The old lady only has one daughter in this life. Fortunately, the daughter and son-in-law did not abandon them. I beg Qin Langzhong to hold us high and accept us."

Qin Shou smiled and asked the boy, "What's your name?"

"My name is Zhong Han, I beg Qin Langzhong to accept us." The young man cupped his hands and begged, his eyes were full of pleading.

Qin Shou asked again: "I took a few old people along the way, and the journey was very hard, right?"

Zhong Han nodded, recalled the road, his eyes turned red, and said: "With parents and grandparents, no matter how hard it is, it's worth it."

Well, Qin Shou nodded, and said to Zhao Yulin, "If there is no problem after checking, I will accept them all."

"Yes." Zhao Yulin got up to answer, then sat down again, looked at the door, pointed to the door and asked, "Where are Zhong Shi, Zhong Tie, and Zhong Lin?"

Hearing Zhao Yulin ask about these people, Zhong Han and his family's eyes turned red, and the old man wiped away his tears. Zhong Han responded, "They died while fleeing! They died to protect us."

Zhao Yulin was slightly startled. The three people he mentioned were all young men in their early twenties. Unexpectedly, these people all died on the road. Zhao Yulin can imagine the situation at that time. They must have tried their best to protect their families before they died. Well, otherwise, how could these old people have the ability to escape here.

Sighing inwardly, Zhao Yulin smiled, registered the names of these people one by one, and at the same time asked them about their previous job types and specialties, and wrote them down one by one. Then he took out the deed of sale and asked them to draw a pledge, as long as they put their fingerprints on it. , Since then, he lost his free body and became a servant in turn.

Seeing Zhao Yulin registering their names, Zhong Han cried excitedly, and bowed to Qin Shou and Zhao Yulin incessantly to thank him, saying that men do not shed tears lightly, but it is not time to be sad.

Qin Shou waved his hand, turned his head, his eyes were reddish, suppressed his tears for a while, turned around and said to the big man beside him: "Arrange the people who sign the paintings and pledges, don't be confused, there are young people who can be selected to maintain order."

"Yes." The big man agreed, turned around and walked towards the refugees who had signed the signatures. He pulled out more than a dozen young men and told them to look around and not allow anyone to get in. Then he stood at the front of the line and looked around vigilantly.

Qin Shou looked around, just as Qin Shou thought, the conditions he raised did make some people retreat, but these people did not leave, but gathered around to watch the fun, and some people said sour words .

Soon the clean young man that Qin Shou noticed before also came to Zhao Yulin, and he heard Zhao Yulin ask him: "What's your name, how old are you this year? What jobs did you do before? What are your specialties?"

"My name is Fu Bao. I'm [-] this year. I haven't worked. I'm a scholar!" Fu Bao raised his chest proudly and squinted at Zhao Yulin.

Zhao Yulin frowned, with displeasure on his face, and asked again: "Then what can you do after you sell yourself as a slave?"

Fu Bao was taken aback by the question, flicked his sleeves, turned and stared at the short old man beside him, and did not respond to Zhao Yulin's question.

The old man straightened up half-bowed, cupped his hands to Zhao Yulin, and said, "My shopkeeper, my son entered school at the age of three, and has been studying for eighteen years. He can read and write, and he can also work as a bookkeeper."

Zhao Yulin raised his eyes and looked the old man up and down, snorted, turned his head to look at Fu Bao, and asked, "A little maid bought vegetables, three pennies and two catties of cabbage, five catties of cabbage, and a pheasant." The pheasant costs 13 renminbi a catty, and the chicken weighs [-] taels per catty, how much did the maid spend in total?"

After Fu Bao listened to Zhao Yulin's question, he stood there for a long time, moved his mouth several times, kept moving his hands, and didn't say a word for a long time. Zhao Yulin shook his head and said to Fu Bao: " You two please."

(End of this chapter)