Zhao Laohan and Zhao Pozi saw that Qiao Xiaoru was generous, and these three people each bid eighteen taels of silver, while the other three also made up two taels each.

And those three people are not bad, ask the big families in the city, it is not difficult to get out. After calculating the money he earned, he immediately complimented him with a smile on his face, signed the contract of sale at the time, and sent it to the government for the record.

These three originally had names, and Qiao Xiaoru didn't bother to take them again, so they were still called Fang Shan, Guan Wei, and He San according to their original uses.

After leaving Mrs. Zhao's house, he led them to the proud building.

Fang Shan's three people originally only thought that the new master was a family with an average family background, and they were muttering in their hearts, and they didn't know what the three of them were going back to do?

Came to the backyard of the proud building, and saw that the courtyard was impressive, and the pattern was full of delicacy and exquisiteness, which was obviously not something that ordinary families could have, and the doubts in my heart were even worse for a while, but I couldn't tell the origin of the new master.

In the back hall, the blue shopkeeper had already received the news and was waiting, and when he saw Qiao Xiaoru, he stepped forward and said with a smile: "Lady Qiao, I have arranged the place!" How should these three people be arranged, and ask Mrs. Qiao to explain. ”

Qiao Xiaoru nodded and thanked him, and said with a smile: "In the future, I will have to bother the blue shopkeeper to take care of it!" ”

The blue shopkeeper laughed, bowed his hand and said, "It's nothing, it's nothing!" Mrs. Qiao doesn't dislike it, it's just a convenience. ”

Qiao Xiaoru smiled and said, "Then please wait for the shopkeeper Lan, I will explain to them and go back." ”

"Cheng, Qiao Niangzi, please feel free." The blue shopkeeper was smiling, Qiao Xiaoru didn't drive him away, so he pretended not to know and stayed. He was a little curious, wanting to see what Qiao Xiaoru would say to these three people.

Qiao Xiaoru glanced at the three of them, and said: "I think you also know, Mrs. Zhao specially went to the provincial capital, and picked and chose to bring you back, I bought you, not to do rough work, but to let you read and write, plan to settle accounts, and be a steward in the future." ”

Fang Shan's hearts jumped when they heard this, and they raised their heads and glanced at Qiao Xiaoru in surprise, each with joy and disbelief in their eyes.

Is there such a good thing?

Qiao Xiaoru said with a smile: "There is nothing to doubt about this, I started from scratch, and I don't have anyone to use in my hand, so I can't say it, so I have to use this stupidest method." You are all wise people, otherwise you would not have been picked. ”

She raised the deed of sale in her hand and continued: "Although this is a death deed, it is not impossible for you to redeem it in the future, it depends on your own performance." If you do a good job for me, I will not be disadvantaged, and if you want to deceive the master, with this, I can also make you never turn over. ”

The hearts of the three of them jumped, and they hurriedly lowered their heads and said, "The slave doesn't dare!" "Don't worry, master! and so on.

Qiao Xiaoru said with a smile: "With this, I naturally let go of most of my heart." Let's talk about the rest later, for now, you first learn to read and write, and plan to calculate accounts, I will take the school exam twice a month, if I can't meet my requirements twice, then I can't do it, so I have to still return people to Mrs. Zhao, where will I go in the future, that is your own creation. If you are willing to stay with me and become a steward, and you may be able to gain freedom in the future, and even accumulate a lot of family business, so that future generations will be blessed with endless blessings, then you must work hard from this day on! I don't need incompetent people! ”

The hearts of the three of them were excited, they were full of energy and blood for a while, and their young eyes were shining brightly, which was the desire and expectation for the future.

No one is born willing to be a slave, and no one doesn't want to be free.

Just thinking about the infinite blessings of future generations is enough to make them angry!

People are most afraid of despair, and there is no hope for the future, what fighting spirit can they have? But it's just a matter of getting by, going with the flow, and living one day at a time.

However, once hope is born, and it is a hope that can be seen and achieved with hard work, it will build up endless confidence and stimulate unlimited potential.

These three people, Mrs. Zhao, have been picked by two people, Sister Fat has also seen it, Qiao Xiaoru herself has also seen it, and she thinks that it is okay, she thinks that it should be more than enough to cultivate as a steward.

She didn't want genius.

"Does the master really, really let us read and write, and learn to settle accounts?" Fang Shan muttered. Guan Wei and He San also couldn't believe it.

In this era when ordinary families are still unable to support a scholar, it is not easy to read and write, and they really can't believe that their luck will be so good.

Besides, this kind of ability can't compare to anything else, and after learning it, it has completely become its own thing, and the master's family can't take it back if they want to.

Qiao Xiaoru smiled calmly and said: "I asked people to teach you to read and write, and I plan to calculate accounts, in order to better manage things, and not to enter the examination room for the sake of reciting poems, these are two different things, do you also need to be suspicious?" ”

Fang Shan and the three of them understood, and then they felt a little credible.

"Does the master really let us do the stewardship? Can I really redeem myself in the future? Guan Wei asked again.

Qiao Xiaoru glanced at him and said, "What I said is true, naturally, it is true, but if you ask me for a certificate, it is not!" Either you choose to believe me or not, and now I can still send you back to Mrs. Zhao!" ”

The person she wants to pick must be someone who has the same heart as her, and she is suspicious all the time, so it's better to leave as soon as possible.

The three of them felt a pang in their hearts, and bowed down in unison and said, "Don't dare!" ”

If you send it back to Mrs. Zhao, you can't escape the fate of being a slave, God knows who the next buyer will be? Can the next buyer offer such a condition?

In any case, the hostess did not look like a duplicitous person, and besides, as the master, there was no need for her to make up a set of lies to deceive people. When she had spoken, why did she not believe?

Qiao Xiaoru nodded and said, "Since you have all decided to stay, then remember that from now on, my husband and I will be your new masters." Needless to say, what I will never tolerate is an unfaithful subordinate, no matter what day, once you find infidelity, don't complain about my ruthlessness, you need to remember this! ”

"Yes, master!" The three of them are respectful, where can they dare to be disrespectful?

Qiao Xiaoru nodded, and then arranged this month's learning tasks: knowing five hundred words, knowing ten numbers, and using an abacus to make simple additions and subtractions.

The three of them suddenly changed color when they heard this, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they all felt the pressure. I know 500 words a month, and I have to plan for it, this-

Is this really possible? You must know that before this, they had never even touched the pen, ink, paper, inkstone, or abacus.