The whole family traveled through the hidden mountains, and the general always came to get the wool

"Dear guests, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." A middle-aged man in a gray shirt entered the room and apologized.

Behind him followed the young man from before.

"No problem." Su's father replied.

"I don't know what your name is, sir?"

"My last name is Su, and this is my wife and daughter."

"So it's Mr. Su, Mrs. Su, and Miss Su. My last name is Li, you can just call me Li Yaren."

"Well, buddy, I should tell you what we are going to buy today." Dad Su went straight to the point.

"I just heard from my waiter that you are planning to buy a farm and some servants. Do you have any specific requirements?" Li Yaren realized that Su's father did not want to be overly polite, so he replied according to Su's father's words.

"The farm should be bigger, and it would be best if it has more land. As for the servants, ma'am, you decide." Su's father thought that Su's mother would be the one to choose the servants, so he let her decide.

"I wonder what requirements the madam has for the servants?" Li Yaren asked at the right time.

"We need a porter, two grooms, two guards, two page boys, two maids, an accountant, a housekeeper, an embroiderer, and three or four maids."

Before coming, they had already discussed how many people would be needed, so Su Ma just told them the number of people she needed.

Then he repeated whether the child needed to learn to read and his approximate age.

"Then I wonder if the master and the mistress would like to visit the manor first or the servants? If they want to visit the manor, do they have to go to the manor and check it out in person?" Li Yaren asked.

Dad Su looked at Mom Su and let her decide.

When Su Ma heard the broker's words, she remembered that Zhuangzi still had to leave the city, so it might be too late today.

"Let's look at the servants first. Do you have anyone suitable?"

"It's a coincidence today. We just got a group of people here recently, and some of them happen to meet Madam's requirements. Madam, would you like to meet them first?"

"Just arrange it."

"Okay, Fugui, go and call them over."

After getting permission, Li Yaren gave instructions to the waiter.

Less than a moment later the young man went out and brought a group of people with him.

A dozen men and women, young and old, dressed lightly, stood in two rows with their heads lowered and their faces submissive.

"Madam, look, these three used to be responsible for guarding the house, and they all have some basic skills. These two used to be responsible for feeding the horses and driving the carriage, and they are both veterans with many years of experience."

Su's mother felt that she didn't quite understand the jobs of a security guard or a groom, so she let Su's father make the decision.

After testing the skills of three security guards, Su's father selected two suitable ones, and these two people happened to be cousins.

The two grooms also made the decision after asking some questions about feeding and driving.

Dad Su also selected a gatekeeper and two servants, a grandfather and two grandsons.

Their hometown was hit by a disaster, and only the grandfather and two grandsons were left to make a living, so they sold themselves. The only requirement they had was that the three of them had to be sold to the same family.

Then Li Yaren began to introduce the other people waiting on the side.

"Madam, these five people are from the same family. They used to work for an official in the capital. When something happened to the master's family, these family members were sold by the government."

The family introduced by Li Yaren was a middle-aged couple who had worked as stewards in their previous employer's household.

My daughter-in-law is good at needlework and used to be an embroiderer in the master's family.

The two daughters are relatively young and have not been assigned any work in the master's house, but they have all learned the rules.

"The master was sold out because he committed a crime?" Su Ma frowned slightly, not wanting to get involved in complicated matters.

Li Ya Ren worked in a dental office, so he naturally understood the clients' mentality. When he saw that Su Ma had some concerns, he spoke up immediately.

"Madam, rest assured. The fact that they were sold by the government means that they have nothing to do with the previous crimes committed by the master family. All procedures are in compliance. Moreover, they were only small stewards before and could not access the master family's confidential matters. Madam, rest assured."

After getting repeated assurances from Li Yaren, Su Ma asked some questions, all of which met her requirements.

And seeing that although they had worked for an official family, they did not think highly of themselves, he decided to buy this family.

Afterwards, with the introduction of the broker, Su Ma selected a nanny and a maid, and prepared to pay the broker to handle the formalities.

"Madam, please save my granddaughter and buy her as well."

It was the old woman from the family of five. She was now kneeling in front of Su Ma. Her family members also knelt down and begged Su Ma to buy the granddaughter the old woman mentioned.

Especially the daughter-in-law who was the embroiderer, was in tears at this moment.

"What are you doing? Have you thrown all the rules you learned into the dog's stomach? Fugui." Li Yaren saw the family's behavior and immediately stopped them.

"Li Yaren, what's going on?" Su Ma looked at Li Yaren with displeasure.

Later, after Li Yaren's explanation, the three members of the Su family understood the whole story.

It turned out that the family's little granddaughter fell ill during the long distance from the capital to this border town. Although she survived, she is now very weak.

Those who come to buy people are basically wealthy families. The purpose of buying servants is to serve their masters. No one is willing to buy such a patient back home.

And this family always does this every time someone wants to buy them.

Although they are not like the three grandfathers and grandsons who can sell themselves to the same store and can buy and sell separately.

But the owner was afraid that if he didn't buy the little girl, these people would not work diligently in the future, or even worse, they would have evil intentions of taking revenge on the owner, which would be unacceptable.

Therefore, this family has not been sold recently.

"Master and Madam, please, my daughter is already well. She just doesn't have enough to eat every day, and she is traveling with a weak body, so she looks weak. She can work, and she can read."

The daughter-in-law kept begging.

After hesitating, Su Ma said, "Is what she said true?"

"It's true. The girl is just weak." Li Yaren told the truth.

"Go and bring the person over to have a look."

"Thank you ma'am."

"Thank you, sir."

When the family heard what Su Ma said, they felt hopeful and kowtowed to express their gratitude.

When the waiter brought the little girl over, she was no more than six or seven years old. She looked so thin that she was almost like a paper man, probably because she had been ill.

After taking the girl's pulse, Su Ma confirmed that the girl's illness had indeed recovered, except that she was a little malnourished, so she decided to buy her back.

The family was naturally extremely grateful for Su Ma's kindness. They kept kowtowing and expressing their gratitude to the Su family.

Su Ma looked at the sparse group of people and realized that her own carriage could not carry so many people.

So in addition to the money for buying the person, he paid some more silver.

Ask the dental clinic to buy a set of clothes for each of them, have them washed, and then hire a car to take them home.

When the broker saw that Su Ma gave a lot of rewards, he readily agreed.

Su Ma and a few others left their home addresses and took the indentures of these people back home. They also made an appointment with the broker to go outside the city to look at the farm.