A car accident, our family of three crossed

When Song Ning and his companions arrived at the brokerage shop, the broker greeted Zhou Huan warmly upon seeing him.

"Manager Zhou, I'm sorry for not welcoming you in person. Are you here to buy a shop or to buy servants?" He invited people to take a seat and ordered them to serve tea.

Zhou Huan didn't beat around the bush and pointed at Hang Shuheng and Song Ning and said, "These two are my distant nephew and his wife. They bought a house in the county town. The couple doesn't plan to live in the county town for a long time. They want to find someone to look after the house. Do you have any candidates for this?"

Finally, he specifically instructed, "You must be upright and have good character. Don't find some ugly people to deal with us."

The broker got a little angry when he heard this, and patted his chest and said, "Look at what you are saying, Manager Zhou. We have been dealing with each other for so many years, don't you know how I, Old Gong, handle things? How can I destroy my own reputation?"

Lao Gong...husband...this homonym is really...

Song Ning and Hang Shuheng looked at each other, almost unable to hold back, and pursed their lips.

The broker named Gong turned to look at Hang Shuheng and the other man, not realizing that his surname being called out like that tickled their funny bone.

"Do you two have any special requirements for the candidates? Do you want a living contract or a dead contract?" He seemed to be worried that they didn't understand the difference between a living contract and a dead contract. "A living contract is an employment relationship. You hire someone to look after your house and pay them a salary every month. A dead contract is a contract to sell your body. From then on, that person is yours, and you have the final say over his life and death."

"However, the price of this death contract is naturally not a small amount, so I wonder if you two would like a living contract or a death contract?"

Hang Shuheng said: "Since we are looking for someone to look after the house, it is natural to use a death deed to make people feel more at ease."

From the beginning, they had not considered a living contract. People's minds were unpredictable, and they did not come to the house often, so they could not guarantee that the man would not have other thoughts. It would be more reassuring to buy a servant with a death contract, at least his life was in the hands of the master, and even if he had other thoughts, he would not dare to go too far.

"Yes, yes, yes, young master has foresight. Although the price of this death contract is not a small amount, once you buy it, you will be your own person and you will be of one mind with the owner. You can use it with confidence." Gong Ya Ren started praising Hang Shuheng when he caught him.

It is hard to say whether they are of one mind or not, and they will not force it. As long as they can do their job well, they will not have too demanding demands.

"Don't talk nonsense. Bring the person out quickly so that the young couple can choose carefully." Zhou Huan couldn't stand his fawning and obsequious mouth, so he sent him away to do his business.

"Hehehe! Shopkeeper Zhou is still so anxious."

Soon, after a screening, the Gongya people brought out about a dozen people, both men and women, ranging from teenagers to middle-aged people.

Gong Yaren carefully introduced the details of each person. When he talked about the last two people, he paused obviously, as if he didn't know how to start.

Song Ning noticed it and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with these two?"

"Madam, you have good eyesight. These two are indeed a little special." Gong Yaren sighed and gave a brief account of the two people's situation. "They are a couple. Their original surname is Chen. They were originally an ordinary farmer in a town near the county town. They have many brothers in the family, and they are the second oldest in the family..."

From Gong Yaren's introduction, Song Ning learned that the couple were both honest and hardworking people, and they worked hard in their original home. However, their parents were partial to each other, and the bowl of water was not only uneven, but completely tilted.

The other brothers in the family were all lazy and good-for-nothing, so all the work in the fields fell on the couple. Even though they worked day and night, they never got a good word from their parents. Sometimes, when they took a break from work, they would be scolded for being lazy.

Until one day, Chen Laoer's wife fell ill due to overwork, but her sisters-in-law said sarcastically that she didn't want to work and was pretending to be sick.

The head of the household, Old Lady Chen, was instigated by her sister-in-law. Not only did she not give her money to buy medicine, she even beat and scolded her, dragged her off the kang, and forced her to work in the fields despite her sick body.

Chen Laoer worked hard in this family and endured the tyranny of Old Lady Chen for many years. After getting married, his wife and children also suffered together.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law had fallen ill from exhaustion, but still received no forgiveness or understanding from her mother-in-law, and her sisters-in-law had no respect for her, Chen Laoer could no longer bear it and rose up in resistance, demanding a separation.

The couple are the main labor force in the family, and all the work in the fields depends on them. But the Chen family is not stupid. If they let them go, who will do the work in the fields in the future?

However, once Chen Laoer rose to prominence, he was determined to split the family. Old Lady Chen disagreed and threatened to leave the family with nothing. Unexpectedly, Chen Laoer and his wife agreed without hesitation and even invited the clan leader to be a witness.

With the clan leader joining in, the Chen family had no choice but to let Chen Laoer and his wife leave, no matter how reluctant they were. But even though they left the Chen family, they still couldn't escape the Chen family's entanglement, and they would come to their house from time to time to make trouble, either asking them for filial piety money or asking them to work in the fields.

Finally, Chen Laoer and his wife could not stand such a life anymore and left the village with their children to find work in the city. Life was OK at first, but it didn't last long. Their son got seriously ill and the cost of medical treatment and medicine was far beyond their means.

In desperation, in order to save their son, they had to sell themselves into slavery, but they had two conditions: one was that they did not want the family to be separated, and the other was that their son would retain his good status and not sign the indenture.

However, many buyers were unwilling to buy both the couple and the child. Therefore, the couple sold themselves into the pimping business, but no one has taken a fancy to them yet.

The Gongya people were soft-hearted at the time and agreed to their conditions and signed them. As time went on, they began to worry that the consequences would be a disaster for them.

When he learned that Hang Shuheng and his wife were looking for someone to guard their house, he immediately thought of Chen Laoer and his wife, but he didn't know whether the customer today could afford to buy two people at once. He wanted to test the waters, but was seen through by the shopkeeper Zhou, who he had dealt with for many years, so he could only give up the idea for the time being.

But he still held on to the hope that they would be chosen and brought Chen Laoer and his wife out together. It would be great if they could be picked.

Zhou Huan, who was watching from the side, knew what Gong Ya was planning, but after dealing with him for so many years, he still knew the other person well.

What's more, he didn't dare to do anything cunning to the person he brought to his door personally.