After entering the book, he stole the heroine's charming attributes

"So many? How many of them can work?" Shen Li guessed that among these people, there must be women and children, and people who cannot work. She had to find out first.

"There are about ninety young men who can work, fifty-six women who can work, fifty-three old people and children, and the rest are disabled or sick. Beggars are not included. They have no fixed residence. Some of them just come to stay for a while and then leave."

Shen Li thought about it. She didn't need so many people for now, but she might need them in the future. "Mr. Meng, when they come out, please help me count how many people want to work here, who wants to sell themselves, and who wants to settle down."

"No problem, I'll record it when they get here."

Shen Li nodded: "Then I will wait for Mr. Meng's result."

She wanted to see how many people wanted to work in the workshop. If there weren't that many people, she wouldn't have to worry about the number of people.

"Third brother, please take a look at the situation here quietly." Shen Li said to Shen Xing on the side.

Shen Xing nodded in understanding: "Go to Luo Qi."

Shen Li looked at Su Huai sitting on the steps beside him. The four people who came with him were standing next to him. Luo Qi was talking to those people, so he walked over and said, "Luo Qi, do you know all of them?"

"Yes, I knew them, but not when I was here before. At that time, the four of them were not here yet."

Shen Li was confused: "We didn't meet here? Then where was it?"

"They are from the same village as me. We are all from the beggar village."

As soon as Shen Li heard the name, he knew that the village was definitely not a normal village. Like their Pingjia Village, no one was stranded outside and lived such a miserable life: "It's really a coincidence that we can meet here."

"Yes, there are only a few families left in the village. It's a coincidence that we meet here." Luo Qi said sadly.

Shen Li listened to his somewhat sad voice. It seemed that their village was indeed unusual: "Luo Qi, was your village hit by a natural disaster? Or did something else happen?"

After asking this question, the four young men and Luo Qi fell silent.

Shen Li felt that he might have exposed someone's scars, and apologized quickly: "Um, should I ask this? It's okay, you don't have to say it if you don't want to."

"There's nothing I can't say. Our village is in the Miasma County of Nanzhou. The mountains there are full of miasma. Although the village is not within the range of the miasma, because it is close, people who live there for a long time will still be affected by the miasma. Some people are born with deformities, and some people don't live past thirty. Because of the miasma in the mountains, even though we rely on the mountains, we can't eat from them, so life is very difficult." Having said this, Luo Qi glanced at the four teenagers who looked a little sad.

He continued, "Gradually, all the young people in the village left, leaving only some elderly people and children who were left unattended. When the children turned ten, they would also leave, so there are only a few people left in the village now."

Shen Li could imagine how difficult it would be for these children to survive after they were released. They would either become beggars, or become slaves of other people, or die somewhere unknown. Luo Qi should be one of these children.

"Okay, don't be sad. From now on, just follow your sister like Brother Luo Qi, okay?" Shen Li said softly.

One of the boys with a long face said, "We believe in Brother Seven. If he says you are a good person, then he can't be wrong."

"Then you should go to Mr. Meng to sign up." Shen Li watched the four people leave, and then looked at Su Huai who was sitting there: "What about you, don't you want to go to my place?"

"Forget it, I don't want to be someone's slave."

"Then you can register as a resident."

Su Huai looked at Shen Li as if she were an idiot: "Miss, you are so naive. Do you think someone like me has no criminal record?"

Shen Li thought about it and agreed. As the boss here, managing so many people, how could he not have a criminal record? She also knew that she had made a mistake. In fact, she just admired him and didn't want to let him go. "Then don't you want to work with brother Luo Qi?"

She put it more tactfully, but what she really wanted to say was that he should sell himself and follow her like Luo Qi did.

"Him?" Su Huai stood up from the steps and glanced at Luo Qi: "He is a traitor. Why should I work with a traitor?"

"Brother, please consider..." Luo Qi was interrupted before he could finish his words.

"I'm not your elder brother. When you sold yourself and left here, we were no longer brothers. I let these people leave today just to give them a way to survive, not for your sake. As for my future whereabouts, don't worry about it." After saying that, Su Huai left.

Shen Li looked at the two men. They were obviously good brothers and kind people. Even now, there was affection in each other's eyes. Why did he have to talk to them like enemies?

"Are you okay, Luo Qi?"

"It's alright Miss. I had guessed that it would be like this when I saw him again."

"I don't think he hates you as much as he pretends. Let's find some time to have a good chat. This will help to untie the knot. But why didn't you tell me that you lived here before?"

"I just found out on the way that you were coming to the slums, but I didn't know how to say it for a while."

Shen Li took two steps and sat where Su Huai had sat before. The broken steps were uneven and only this place could accommodate a person. "No hurry, come, sit down, and we'll talk slowly."

Luo Qi walked over and sat down two steps away from Shen Li. "It's not that complicated. When I left the village, I ended up in Xiezhou Prefecture. I kept begging, but was bullied by other beggars. Then it was Su Huai who saved me. He brought me here. We supported each other, and our lives became better."

"At that time, we agreed that no one would sell themselves and become slaves of the rich. It would be better to starve to death than to live without dignity. Later, we had a fight and Su Huai was stabbed in the shoulder to protect me. In order to raise money to save him, I took the initiative to go to the pawnbroker and sold myself."

Shen Li listened to him talking about the past, and fearing that he was too sad, he stood up and patted his shoulder.

Luo Qi nodded calmly: "It's okay, Miss."

Shen Li sat back down.

"At that time, I was twelve years old. I was quickly sold at the pimping shop. The man who bought me was a young master. He took me to brothels, gambling houses, and Yueye Tower every day. When the master found out, he would blame everything on me. He would beat me half to death every time, or say that I didn't behave like a humble servant. In short, he beat me for all kinds of reasons. Later, I was always injured. The young master saw that I was useless and couldn't accompany him to support the scene, so he sold me to Yueye Tower. You know what happened later, young lady."

"Then Su Huai used the money you earned from selling your body to heal his wounds?"