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The next morning, Jiang Weinan was still sleeping soundly, so Xie Jiaojiao got up.

After going downstairs and packing up briefly, he instructed Han Lu: "When Jiang Weinan wakes up later, tell him that I'm out and won't be back until noon."

Hanlu responded, and Xie Jiaojiao ate two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge. She said hello to Sun Ruhua, took her straw hat and went to the warehouse next door.

At the warehouse, Xie Jiaojiao thought that since she had not given any instructions, they must be bored and had nothing to do. However, she did not expect that these people were really restless. From yesterday afternoon until now, they have cleaned up the entire dam as if it had just been repaired.

"You guys cleaned it?"

One of the women replied cautiously, "Young Madam, we were bored and thought of tidying up. Please don't blame us."

Seeing how cautious he was, Xie Jiaojiao patted her on the shoulder and said, "I don't mean to blame you. I wanted to let you have a good rest yesterday."

Several people hurriedly said, "No need, Madam. We are used to doing farm work on the farm. If we suddenly have nothing to do, we will not be able to bear it."

Xie Jiaojiao smacked her lips but didn't say anything to refute.

After thinking for a while, he asked, "You haven't told me your names yet!"

Then he pointed at a woman at the edge and said, "Start with her. Tell me your names."

The woman immediately knelt down.

Xie Jiaojiao hurriedly stopped her: "Just talk, no need to kneel."

The woman glanced at Xie Jiaojiao and saw that she didn't seem to be lying, so she straightened her body and said, "My name is Chunxiang."

Xie Jiaojiao looked at the people around her.

"Little Xing'er."

"Little lotus."

Then came the men.

"Little Chen Ah Da."

"My little one, Chen Azheng."

"Little Wang Long."

"My little one is Chen Aping."

Xie Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows.

Pointing at the three people, he asked, "Are you three brothers?"

The three nodded.

Xie Jiaojiao smiled: "I mean, they have the same name, and they look a bit similar."

The three of them scratched their heads.

Xie Jiaojiao asked: "Among you, is there anyone who can drive an ox cart?"

Chen Ada and Wang Long both raised their hands and said they could.

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Okay, then, you will split into two teams, one group will follow me, and the other group will follow Tian Hu who brought you in yesterday. Today I will take you to another village to collect soybeans."

When they heard this, they immediately became excited. Farmers really can't sit idle, and they felt more relieved when they heard that they were going to work.

Xie Jiaojiao had rented an ox cart from Uncle Li a long time ago, and Niu Er also drove an ox cart to the door. As for their family, Mrs. Wang thought that instead of letting Li Lihua take the money back to support her parents' family, it would be better to buy all the money!

This ox cart was bought by their family a few days ago, Sun Ruhua told her yesterday.

Seeing that they were about to leave, Niu Er asked, "Xie Xiaogu, are you going to do business?"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "The fish you sent yesterday was delicious."

Niu Er smiled when she said this and said, "I will send some to you, Aunt Xie, when I catch some today."

Xie Jiaojiao didn't like what she heard: "Why don't you learn a craft from your father?"

When talking about this, Xie Jiaojiao saw Niu Er's smiling face stiffen for a moment, then he lowered his head slightly, and said without looking at Xie Jiaojiao: "There is no work at home these days."

Xie Jiaojiao didn't know what to say, so Niu Er simply said he had something else to do and left.

At this time, Tian Hu came over, and his grandmother followed him, saying, "Niu Fusheng is not without work, it's that woman Li Lihua who called her brother here and didn't let Niu Er learn. She always ordered Niu Er to do this and that! He is so busy with the work that he has no time to learn."

Xie Jiaojiao asked when she heard this: "Aunt Wang doesn't care?"

"Your Aunt Wang is old, how can she be more trembling than Li Lihua? Oh, don't say it, Niu Er is also pitiful."

Tian Hu patted his grandmother's shoulder and said, "That's enough, grandma. No matter how pitiful he is, can he be more pitiful than we were before? Don't worry, we will get through this."

Tian Hu turned to look at Xie Jiaojiao and said, "Aunt Xie, I'm ready. When are we leaving?"

Xie Jiaojiao pointed at Wang Long and said, "Today, you take Wang Long, Ah Zheng, He Hua, and Xing Er with you."

When Tian Hu heard Xie Jiaojiao pointing at each person, he wrote down their names.

Then he took the baskets and scales prepared by Xie Jiaojiao into the car.

Xie Jiaojiao gave him a bag of copper coins and small change, and also gave him a bag of dry food that Sun Ruhua had prepared that morning, and said, "Eat something when you're hungry, and come back when the basket is full."

Tian Hu nodded, and Wang Long drove the ox cart out.

As soon as they left, Xie Jiaojiao also hurried out, thinking of finishing the work early and coming back early.

Tian Hu took a few people to the next village, while Xie Jiaojiao took people and went farther away.

Along the way, Xie Jiaojiao was chatting with several people in the car.

Only then did they realize that they were all house-born children, and the fate of house-born children was tied to their masters for life. Xie Jiaojiao had seen this on TV before, and house-born children had no freedom. They had to do whatever their masters told them to do, and their masters could sell them out at will...

Xie Jiaojiao thought to herself, fortunately, she used to live in a classless society, and even more fortunately, she traveled through time and space, and not to a status like theirs, otherwise her life would not be controlled by her, and no matter how big her ambitions were, she would not be able to realize them.

After chatting with them, Xie Jiaojiao found out that Chunxiang was actually only eighteen years old. Maybe because she worked in the fields all year round, she looked older than Xie Jiaojiao. She had dark skin and was obviously very short. Her back was often unable to straighten up. The most important thing was that Xie Jiaojiao heard her say that she had been married for a long time and had two children!

Two years ago, her husband was working in the fields and accidentally injured his leg with a tool. Therefore, the family's money-making work has fallen on her in recent years, which is why she was willing to give up her two children and let them go out to work.

Xie Jiaojiao asked her if she wanted to have children, and her eyes became red when she asked this question.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh, Madam."

Xie Jiaojiao shook her head: "Don't worry, as long as you work hard here, I won't treat you unfairly. When you make money, you can treat your husband."

Chunxiang wiped the tears from her eyes, smiled and nodded.

Chen Ada and Chen Aping just wanted to earn some money and marry a wife.

When talking about this, both of them felt embarrassed. In the village, their family was too poor and they really couldn't afford to marry a wife. And there was another point, that is, not many women were willing to marry them if they had children. If they wanted to marry a wife, they would have to give more dowry than others.

Xie Jiaojiao couldn't say anything after hearing this, after all, the indentures of these people were not in her hands yet.

And even if they were in her hands, she couldn't say to return their indentures to them. After all, every era has its own survival rules, and she didn't have enough financial resources and strength to break such rules. She could only go with the flow. The only thing she could do was to give them corresponding rewards. She wouldn't suffer any loss, and she wouldn't let them suffer any loss either.