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

Miao asked the women to sit down, and then two little maids from the farm came in with teapots and poured hot tea for each of the women.

"The elder sister looks better now."

The women were not wearing very thick clothes, and the wind made them almost stiff after walking all the way. Their hands holding the baskets were also red. They warmed the hot tea in their hands and looked at Miao with envy.

They have lived here for several years. They still remember that when Miao and others first came here, they all looked very sick.

It has only been a short time, and the people on the farm have all become fatter and whiter. It is also the beginning of winter, and the elderly and children have already put on thick cotton jackets and trousers.

"It's all thanks to our host family. Plus, there wasn't much to do during this period of time, so naturally they took care of the person."

Miao was also very grateful to the Xu family. When the broker said he wanted to sell them, the family was very nervous, fearing that they would meet a harsh owner.

Who would have thought that I would be so lucky to meet the Xu family, which led to my stable life today.

"Sisters-in-law, you are visiting us today. What can I do for you? If you need our help, just let me know."

The others were still busy stuffing sausages, and Miao was afraid that these people would notice something, so she thought of sending them away quickly.

"I heard you guys were slaughtering pigs. We'll probably have to wait a month before we can slaughter pigs. Both adults and children are craving meat, so we decided to come and exchange some meat with you guys to take back."

The woman leading the group looked a little sallow. As she spoke, she pulled over a bamboo basket beside her and lifted up the blue cloth covering it. Inside was half a basket of shelled soybeans.

Several other women also opened their baskets. Some of them had a handful of dried vegetables, some had a piece of flowered cloth, and some had some grain...

"If you don't like these things, we can just give you copper coins. We won't make things difficult for you."

Seeing that Miao was a little hesitant, the others took out another string of copper coins. It seemed that these people came prepared and were sincere in exchanging for pork.

In fact, this is not surprising. The farm here is quite a distance away from the capital. These people have to walk into the city to buy meat, which is very inconvenient.

Besides, this is how people usually do it when they slaughter pigs in the village. They either take things from home to exchange, or they use copper coins to buy the pigs. This is nothing wrong and is extremely normal.

It's normal, but Miao has no say in the matter.

Although there is a lot of meat, it does not belong to her, and she cannot exchange the meat with others without permission.

"My sisters-in-law know this. All this meat belongs to our master. If you had come a little earlier, you could have asked him in person."

Miao looked a little embarrassed, but since the people were already here, she asked a few women to sit for a while and ran out to find the manager Bao Laogen and told him about this.

"What's so difficult about this? When the master left, he said that he would give each of our families 20 kilograms of pork to eat. When we kill the pig next time, each family will get 30 kilograms for the New Year."

Bao Laogen was also happy today. Besides, his family had lived here for many years and he had dealt with the heads of those women. He knew that they were all honest and kind people.

"The meat has already been divided up. I'll take some of my meat out and exchange it with them. We're neighbors, so it would be embarrassing if I didn't exchange it."

When she heard that every family would get so much pork, and that the host had said before that the pig heads, bones and other things would also be given to them, Miao was grinning from ear to ear.

"Okay, okay, I'll go talk to them and see how much they want. If it doesn't work, we can exchange some from each family. We can't let you only exchange, and then all the meat will be gone."

Miao went to ask those women again, and they were all tenant farmers. Even if they wanted to exchange meat, they would only exchange a pound or half a pound to satisfy the elderly and children at home.

Several women from the neighboring farm originally thought that they would not be able to exchange pork today, so they were discussing whether to go back later and not to embarrass others. However, they didn't expect that Miao agreed as soon as she came back from her trip.

"Does your boss really give you so much meat?"

The women looked at each other in disbelief.

They also helped their employer raise pigs on the farm, but every time they slaughtered a pig, they would only be lucky enough to have some offal and bones left over. As for the good fat meat, forget it.

"We were lucky to have a good boss, so the original tenants all rushed to sign the indenture. From now on, they will be one family just like us."

Miao was afraid that these people would be jealous, so she told them about the indenture.

Sure enough, the women who were originally full of envy and jealousy put aside their little thoughts when they heard this.

It is true that there is no free lunch in the world, and there is no free pork.

Those who signed the contract to sell themselves became someone else's servant and had to obey the arrangements of their master for the rest of their lives. Even the marriage of their children was not something they could decide on their own.

The women looked at each other and felt sorry for Bao Laogen's tenants. After exchanging some meat, they did not stay any longer and got up to say goodbye and go home.

It's a pity that they would rather be free than do this. If they commit a crime and are beaten to death by their master, no one in the yamen will say a word for them.

The people on the farm were unaware of the women's feelings of pity for them, so they cleaned up the meat and stuffed the sausages. The remaining meat was made into smoked meat and hung on a row of racks in the yard.

As for the meat that each family got, they used the remaining seasonings to cook it in the same way. Then they could also taste what this new food tasted like.

Xu Qinghe didn't know about these things. After entering the city, he thought of the two people he met yesterday, so he asked Zhang Dazhui to drive the carriage, and the two turned a corner and headed towards the north of the city.

"This is a shantytown, full of homeless people who can't even afford to eat."

When Zhang Dazhu saw Xu Qinghe lifting the car curtain and looking around, he didn't understand why his master was interested in this place, so he hurriedly told him everything he knew.

"There are people who made mistakes and were kicked out by their masters, there are street thugs, and there are also homeless people who can't find a place to live..."

Xu Qinghe nodded to indicate that he understood. He was used to living in clean and tidy places like Tianshui Lane and Guihua Lane. Looking at the environment here, it could not be described as dirty and messy.