The next morning, just after breakfast, Uncle Hong came back with the manager of the dental clinic.

At the same time, the manager of the pawnshop also brought a group of people over. Hong Bo placed them in the front yard to wait, and then went to the main courtyard to report to Song Ning.

When Song Ning followed Uncle Hong to the front yard, he saw a lot of people standing in the yard, queuing in an orderly manner.

"Madam, this is Manager Zhao from the dental clinic."

When the manager of the pawnshop saw the host coming, he quickly stood up and saluted.

Song Ning also returned the greeting with a smile, invited the other party to take a seat, and had someone serve tea before getting down to business.

Manager Zhao introduced to Song Ning one by one the people he brought with him this time, explaining each person's abilities, skills, social connections, and every detail clearly.

Song Ning was very satisfied. He took the initiative to talk, so she didn't have to ask one by one.

After having a general understanding of the situation of these people, Song Ning stood up and walked over to take a close look at them.

When she is looking for someone, she attaches great importance to first impression. The first impression left by the person she sees is very important to her.

What concerned her a little was a mother and daughter. The woman was in her early thirties, and she had a little girl in her teens.

It is said that the woman was fleeing famine and passed by her husband's village. She fainted from hunger and was picked up by the old woman of that family. The woman was forced to marry the good-for-nothing son of the family in exchange for saving him.

The man was lazy and idle all day long, and he loved drinking. He would beat the woman if he was not satisfied with her. In her early years, the woman's first child was beaten to death by the man.

Later, when they had a daughter, they became even less welcomed, and all the hard, dirty and tiring work at home fell on them and their mother.

Later, the man hung out with a group of bad friends, became addicted to gambling, and owed a lot of debts. He then sold his wife and daughter to human traffickers, intending to use the money from selling his wife and daughter to turn his life around. As for what happened to him afterwards, no one knows.

When Song Ning heard the tragic story of this mother and daughter, he felt sad. It was because of this backward era that there were loopholes in the criminal law, so these people who did bad things could act so blatantly.

But from another perspective, leaving that home may be a relief for the mother and daughter. At least they no longer have to go through the days of endless work and not having enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear.

Although they were slaves in the pawnshop, at least they had food to eat and a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Song Ning walked up to the mother and daughter and stopped, looking them up and down. The cotton coats they were wearing were very worn out, with many patches on them. They were probably patched up for many years and were no longer warm! This could be seen from the little girl's red face and hands.

"Little girl, what's your name?"

A gentle voice sounded above her head, making the little girl feel unreal. She raised her head and stared blankly at the beautiful lady in front of her.

Manager Zhao had been following Song Ning. He saw that this usually clever little girl was dazed when she shouldn't be, so he reminded her in a serious tone, "Girl, what are you dazed about? Didn't you hear the lady asking you a question?"

On the side, the little girl's mother also reacted, pulling her daughter and kneeling down in front of Song Ning: "Madam, please calm down. The child is young and has never seen such a scene. If you are not satisfied with anything, you can punish me. Please don't argue with her."

Song Ning held her forehead with her hand. She didn't say anything! She just asked a name, how could she scare people like this?

She turned her head and glanced at the serious-looking Manager Zhao, and suddenly understood, "Manager Zhao, you are too strict. Look how scared you are."

Manager Zhao was a little embarrassed, and he laughed dryly twice, explaining, "Excuse me, Madam. I manage many people under me. If I am not strict, they will not obey me. In fact, I am not a strict and harsh person in private."

His stern image is all pretended, yes, he is pretending.

Manager Zhao defended himself in his heart and gave himself affirmation.

Song Ning knew that what he said made sense, so he didn't say anything else. Instead, he turned to the mother and daughter who were still kneeling on the ground and said, "You two should get up! The ground is quite cold."

The mother and daughter kowtowed to Song Ning in gratitude, and then supported each other up.

"Now you can tell me your name!"

This time, the little girl answered: "Madam, my name is Zhaodi."

"Zhao Di?"

Song Ning couldn't help but hold his forehead with his hand again. What kind of feudal and superstitious name is this? Just hearing the name tells you how unpopular it is.

The little girl was already old enough to read people's faces. She saw that this beautiful lady was gentle and kind, which made her feel safe.

This was the first time she had seen such a gentle person since she could remember, and she felt that the lady must be a very, very good person.

The little girl knows how to fight for herself and takes the initiative to talk about the things she is good at.

"Ma'am, don't look down on me because I'm small. I can do any job. I'm very strong and can do a lot of jobs. I can also carry heavy objects. And, and, and my mother can do any job too..."

When she finished speaking, she saw that Song Ning had not expressed his opinion, so her voice became lower and lower.

Not only did she promote herself, but she also brought her mother along. The little girl felt a little nervous and guilty, but she didn't want to be separated from her mother.

Song Ning laughed after hearing this. When Manager Zhao introduced the child just now, he also mentioned that the child was very strong. But in her opinion, how strong could such a young girl be? Even if she really needed to move heavy objects, she could not really let such a little girl do it.

"It sounds like you are quite capable. In that case, you two should come out and wait aside!"

When the mother and daughter heard this, they knew that the lady was planning to keep them, and they were so excited that they knelt down and kowtowed.

"Thank you ma'am, thank you ma'am."

"Get up! Go wait aside first."

Next, Song Ning asked a few people she liked one by one, and finally selected six girls and five boys from among them. She asked Manager Zhao to take the rest back to the pharmacy.

When only his own people were left in the mansion, Song Ning asked them to go to the main courtyard. He first introduced them to the male host and the young master, then introduced the identities of Shuisheng, Hang Shuyun and Master Liu to everyone, and finally began to assign work.

"Uncle Hong, choose one of these guys to follow you. If you need any errands or news in the future, just let him do it."

Uncle Hong knew that this was because his wife was considerate of his age and disability, and he was very touched: "Thank you, Madam."

The lady was kind and considerate, and he didn't want to let her down, so he randomly picked one of the young men.

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