After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

"Didn't Li Qingshi come and say that they also wanted to sign a contract to sell their bodies? Let's take this opportunity to ask other families. If everyone is willing to sign, then we can sign."

Yuxiu thought for a while and said, because last time she brought people here to distribute cotton-padded clothes and quilts to these people, the tenants took the set of cotton-padded clothes in their hands, and then she looked at the families who signed the indentureship, each of them not only had two sets of cotton-padded clothes, but each family would also be given several thick new quilts according to the number of people.

The tenants' eyes were red with envy, and they all clamored to sign the indenture contract and become servants of the Xu family in the future.

However, Yuxiu was also afraid that they were blinded by the immediate benefits and would regret it after a few days of calming down, which would be a bad thing. So she asked them to go back and discuss it with their families. Once they were sure to sign the indenture, they could sign it when the time came.

"If these tenants become our servants, then I won't feel bad if I give each of them some of these bones and internal organs, or even just carry two pigs to share them."

Xu Qinghe looked at the busy people and said that tenants were outsiders after all, and only those who signed a contract to sell themselves were considered their own people. If they dared to betray their master, it would be only natural for the master to beat them to death on the spot or tie them up and sell them.

Seeing her father being so generous, Yuxiu smiled knowingly.

Indeed, this is not the modern world. No one dares to assign important tasks to outsiders. Otherwise, they will be exposed and known to the whole city in a matter of minutes. Even if you have many ways to make money, you cannot withstand such a situation.

Just like when making the kang this time, Xu Qinghe chose people like Boss Yang who had signed a contract to sell themselves to do it.

Although there was too much work to handle later, and he asked some men from the tenant farmers to do the work, they were just helping with irrelevant tasks.

As for the most important point, only a few people know the trick.

The father and daughter discussed it and saw that the meat had already been prepared, so they called a few women in charge over and asked them to wash a few pig heads and bones and stew them in a few large pots, and then get some meat and offal to make a few tables of pig-killing dishes.

The days are very short in winter. By the time these people have finished preparing the pig-slaughtering dishes, the men who have gone out to build kangs for others should have returned.

When they heard that their boss wanted them to prepare the pig-killing dish, the women couldn't hide the joy on their faces. They kept thanking Yuxiu and Xu Qinghe. When they went back and told others about it, the crowd burst into cheerful laughter again.

The happiest ones among them were the servants who had signed the indentures, while the tenants were somewhat dazed.

Seeing that the new employer was getting better and better, those who had signed indentures were doing similar work as them, but their treatment was very different.

Not only can I receive my monthly salary on time every month, but I can also receive some subsidies from time to time.

It is said that during festivals and so on, there will be extra rewards given out, which makes people really envious and wonder how great it would be if they also signed a contract to sell themselves.

Although signing a contract means you become someone else's servant and have no control over your life and death, your children and grandchildren, no matter how promising they are, cannot take the imperial examinations to become officials.

But they were originally the lowest class of the poor people. Even though they were free now, they lived a hard life. Not to mention taking the imperial examinations, their children could not even recognize a few big characters. It was good enough for them to remember the way back after going out.

The tenants were all eager to try. Fortunately, both bosses were here today, otherwise the weather would be getting colder and colder. There would be no work to be done in the fields, and it was not known when the bosses would come next time.

So the tenants gathered together and began to whisper. Finally, each family chose a head of the family, and followed Li Qingshi to come in front of Xu Qinghe.

"Boss, Miss, we all want to ask, can we also sign the indenture?"

Li Qingshi actually had this idea a long time ago. His sons all had large families, and when he built houses on the farm this time, he also allocated several rooms to their families.

In all the years they had been tenants, they had never lived in a new house like this.

The tenants often said that being able to meet an employer like the Xu family was a blessing that they had cultivated for many lifetimes to obtain.

With such a good master, of course you have to hold on to him tightly. It seems that there may be even greater fortunes in the future.

Apart from anything else, just like this time when they were helping people build kangs, they could also go out and earn some money. As the New Year is approaching, they would have some extra money to buy some snacks for their wives and children.

"Is this your own idea, or have you discussed it with your family?"

Both Xu Qinghe and Yuxiu were a little surprised. They didn't expect that this matter would be talked about so much. Just now, they, father and daughter, were still talking about this matter, and now someone really came to find them.

"Don't worry, Boss. We have already discussed this. We are all willing to be servants of the Xu family. We will do our duty in the future and will never betray the master..."

Seeing that Xu Qinghe did not disagree, Li Qingshi immediately led everyone to make a guarantee.

"We will also work loyally for our boss..."

"As for me, I will do whatever the boss asks me to do from now on. My whole family will follow you..."

"We all want to follow the boss..."

A group of people wanted to swear to the heavens to express their loyalty, but they were all honest country men. They talked over and over again for a long time, but they kept repeating the same few words.

"Dad, I think everyone signed the contract voluntarily, so please fulfill their wish. From now on, we are all a family, and we can think and work together if there is anything to worry about..."

Yuxiu chuckled and gave some advice, which attracted the people gathered around to agree.

"Yes, yes, yes...we are all volunteers..."

"We want to sign a contract now..."

“I’ll sign too…”

So while everyone was arguing, Yuxiu went to the carriage and rummaged around for a while, and quickly took out a large stack of indentures.

"I won't hide it from you now. We may buy another farm next year, so we plan to sell more servants back to help. If you don't mention this today, I guess next year..."

Yuxiu waved the stack of indentures in her hand and said something meaningful.

The noisy tenants suddenly quieted down, and when they realized what Yuxiu had not finished saying, they were frightened and broke into cold sweats.