Chapter 283: New Customs and Old Rituals (5)
The gentleman is in service, I don't know the period, what is it?
The chickens perched on the ridge, the sun and the night, the sheep and cattle came down.
A gentleman is in service, so why not think!
A gentleman is in service, not day or month, why do you have a fortune?
The chicken perches on the bar, the sun is shining, and the sheep and cattle are bracketed.
A gentleman is in service, and there is no hunger and thirst!
The mother also sang a song, stretched out her hand to stroke her daughter's hair, and said softly: "Mother, how can you not hurt your child?" ”
"That kid is good, and I believe in your vision, but he is a man in the army, serving every day, and it is difficult to stop."
"Child, when you get married, you will know the pain of longing. What kind of day is it? When the time comes, you will have to endure hardships for half your life, how can a wife not miss her husband? Your father is not in the army, he is selling goods all the year round, I still miss it, and those soldiers in the Mo family are often not at home for three or five years......"
"I've been young and I know what it's like to like it, but it's just like that in the past, and living a stable life is really good for you. Can being a mother still hurt you? ”
The girl got up indignantly and said, "Now Takayanagi, who doesn't serve?" Even if my brother is also in the army, is it possible that I will not marry in this life? ”
The mother pointed to her daughter and said, "Service is service, nothing more than three years." After three years, they will be able to return home. These of them, especially those who have become company commanders and sergeants, will be in the army for the rest of their lives. Can this be the same? ”
"The family is not short of money, but wants to find a poor family, so that he needs to rely on our family, so that he will be good to you for the rest of his life, if I want to say that the poorer the better, as long as people are down-to-earth and willing to work, so he will not dare to treat you badly. The Mo family often says, what is it called...... What determines who's on top and who's down what......"
The speaker has a heart, and the listener has no intention.
When the girl listened to the words who was above and who was below, she couldn't help but blush, thinking of those beautiful things, and wondering in her heart: How does this still matter who is above and who is below?
She blushed, and when her mother immediately saw something, and then thought about what she said, she suddenly understood, and clapped her hands and said, "You Nizi, what must you have done, what are you blushing?" ”
The girl didn't answer, but bowed her head and said, "The Mo family said that between men and women, you can fall in love with ...... on your own."
Before he finished speaking, he was scolded by splitting his head and covering his face.
"Fall in love on your own? Fart on your own! You can spin a yarn, know a few words, what can you do? When the time comes, if people are really 'women', they will not be happy, and they will do it. Scholars are also reckless, two or three of their virtues', what should you do? Can you live a lifetime by spinning? Can you feed yourself? Won't you come back then? ”
"At that time, even if our family had some money, but then it was not good for you to marry outside, even if someone wanted it, it was looking at our family's money, how could it really be good to you?"
"Since he said it, he was a sergeant in the army, and his family is said to be not bad, and he will not worry about food and clothing for the rest of his life. What about you? Why are you on your own? When the time comes, I will be far away from home, and I will eat and drink according to others, and I will be obedient today, but what about tomorrow? When your father was a merchant, I followed, step by step, not only to love each other, but also that he couldn't leave me and I couldn't leave him, what do you have? ”
After speaking, he picked up the small glass tin mirror and said, "If you are on your own, how long will it take for you to have such a mirror?" ”
The girl was a little weak-hearted, but stubbornly whispered: "I told him that I can teach me to be Mr. Mengtong of the village community in Sishang, and there are also spinning yarns in Sishang, so I may not be able to pass." Besides, he just needs to treat me well......"
"How are you?"
The mother sighed and persuaded: "Don't you hear that 'Qi has a shore, and Xi has a pan.'" The banquet of the total horn, smiling and smiling. Swear by it, don't think about it. But if you don't think about it, you're already gone'? When the young man hugged the cloth trade silk, was it difficult for her to achieve it? ”
"Then I said, "Stay close to home, and if you are insulted, you still have your parents and brothers." If I don't treat you well, you will go home, and it will be nothing more than one more mouth to eat......"
She had other plans in her heart, but it was inconvenient to say it in front of the child.
Even if there are still many things that have not been said, the atmosphere is already a little dull, and the joking and laughing "Bai Zhou" just now is about to change to the original taste.
Just as the atmosphere was about to change from dull to crying, the door opened, and the head of the family, who had been away from home, returned.
The two of them were also stunned, and then asked, "Why are you coming back?" But what happened? ”
Although the place where he traded with the Hu people was not far from the city, he needed to sell for half a month on weekdays before he could return, and he didn't want it to be so quick this time, and his wife couldn't help but wonder if something had happened.
The man looked hurried, but he hurried back, but he didn't have that panicked or corrupted look, and said to the woman: "You hurry up and prepare the family's money first." ”
"What's wrong?"
The wife obediently wanted to go to the inner room, but she couldn't help but ask.
The man's tone became a little excited.
"What's the matter? Meddlesome! Takayanagi's policy is about to change again, isn't this a migration of some people? It is permissible to hire long-term female workers for four years, just to eat and drink, and to give a little less money, and I have hurried back for this to prepare a deposit. ”
"It's not just me, a lot of people who do stuffed yarn and woolen work have been invited to the banquet tonight, and there are some things to discuss."
When his wife heard this, she exclaimed, "That's a big deal." Before, it was not allowed to hire permanent workers, but isn't this long-term worker like a subordinate servant? ”
Gaoliu is not Sishang, and the Mo family has been tepid in doing things here, and it has not been too irritating to Zhao State.
For example, when it comes to concubinage, women are just organized, and when some people who get rich first want to take concubines, they will take turns to bomb them, but it is not like Sishang, which has a clear civil law that strictly prohibits this.
This is a long-term job, it has never been said that employment is not allowed, but it is difficult to hire, and it has always preached that everyone is equal and there are no slaves, which is already an unwritten rule.
Unwritten rules are not rules after all, Takayanagi is a city that relies on people who have fled, and it is impossible for a single woman to escape.
And all those who fled must be young and strong, and the Mohists would organize them to carry out production and reclamation, so this unwritten situation arose: some of the workshop employees were only women, because their men generally had land, and relied on rough land to work, and women worked as weavers for some money.
When the man heard the word "subordinate", he scolded: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not like this." This matter has been debated by the Mo family for a long time, don't make a mess. It's not a servant, it's just a long-term job for four years, during which we have to take care of food and housing, and we only need to give the least amount of money every month, and then talk about it after four years. ”
"Isn't that what we have to talk about? At the beginning, it was said that it was two years, but it was not good, two years had just become hands, and they were all those who couldn't spin wool yarn, and they would earn a fraction in two years, so we had to talk about it, at least four years. Four years and some earn. ”
"This time, there are a lot of female slaves coming, mainly to solve the problem of more men and fewer women here, but the Mo family must first let them adapt to the identity of human beings. But for a while, Takayanagi's side really couldn't control these people, so he could only borrow our strength. ”
"If you want to use us, then you have to let us benefit, two years is not enough......"
Businessmen are heavy on profits, and they are all about money, especially in the matter of two or four years.
But there are some things that the man didn't say completely, I heard that it seemed that the negotiations with Zhao Guo were not going well, and the Mo family was worried that things would change over time, so they temporarily decided to move the needed population at one time, so the arrangement of these populations was a big deal.
If it is divided into four or five years, it will definitely not be the turn of the businessman to come forward, but since it is moved at one time, it will be difficult to accommodate and indigest only by relying on the strength of the Mo family.
This time, the Mo family came forward to feast, including all walks of life in Gaoliu City, basically including all the industries of hired workers, and this bit of manpower in his family can be lined up, especially now that Mao is good to sell, he handed over the groceries that went to the Hu people to sell to others, and returned in a hurry.
When the woman heard this, she hurriedly said, "In this way, there are a lot of people who want to move here at once. If you speculate on food......"
Before he finished speaking, the man scolded: "Speculating on grain? I think you've lived a long time. Is it true that the Mo family doesn't kill people? The gentlemen of Zhao killed one after another on the battlefield, and the noble women were thrown into the wool washing workshop, who dared to speculate on food? The new order has been issued, and there is a reason for today's banquet to discuss this matter. ”
"What were you two muttering here?"
The wife said angrily: "You ask your daughter!" actually fell in love with the people in the Mo family's army, and he wanted to make a private agreement with someone for life. A few days ago, it was reported that the prisoner of the Gongzi Dynasty was forced to death......"
The man was pleasantly surprised: "Good thing! He is a young man from the Mo family, and many people in this city are his classmates, and he is also in Sishang, so it will be convenient to do things in the future. If nothing else, a little bit of news is worth ten gold, let alone anything else? ”
The wife scolded: "Money, money, money! You've been a businessman for a long time, you know money, and there's nothing else in your eyes. That's your own daughter, what do you think of your daughter? Even when your daughter gets married, you have to think about profit, profit, profit! ”
"Besides, what kind of character is that young man? He forced Zhao Gongzi to kill, and in the future, if the Mo family is defeated, their family will be punished by the whole clan! The law of the Mo family does not punish the clan, but the orders of the princes belong to the clan, and when the time comes, it will implicate us......"
When the man heard this, he sighed, "What a woman sees." Back then, I went deep into the Hu people with a little goods and people, and it was ten times more dangerous, so I made ten times the profit, how did our family get up? Didn't you exchange your life for that time? ”
"This matter is not only ten times the profit, three times the profit, you can work hard, ten times the profit, even if you gamble your life?"
"The situation is ...... You still can't see through it, if the princes really killed the Mo family, would it still be used until now? Which of the Mo family's remarks should not be punished, but who dares to punish them? ”
"Besides, there is only one thing, all the farmers and industrialists under the Emperor are equal. Since they have been equal, who still wants to be a slut? I love myself, but before right and wrong, I also know what is wrong. ”