I have been farming since I crossed over.

As he was speaking, Lu San came over with more than twenty maids.

There were quite a lot of people standing in a row. Yang Mingxi looked at them and said, "The fact that you were chosen means that you are the people we need. I don't need you to serve anyone here. Just do what I give you."

Yang Mingxi paused for a moment, then continued, "Those whose family members were bought here together, please step out of line and take a step forward."

A dozen or so people stood up. Finally, there were only eight people left, all of them relatively young. Yang Mingxi said, "The rest of you, go over there and get the seasonings, cabbage, and potatoes peeled. I'll find you later." The eight people looked at each other and then went to work.

Yang Mingxi looked at the remaining eighteen people and said, "From left to right, briefly introduce who is here in your family, and where the others are. What do you know?"

The woman standing in front, who was in her forties, said, "My husband's surname is Du, and people call me Mrs. Du. There are four of us in my family, all here. My son and daughter have been sent away for training, so my husband and I are here. He helps with the yard work. We used to make tofu, but after we got into trouble, we started selling everything ourselves."

"Okay, Mrs. Du, you know how to make tofu. Then you and your old man can go to the tofu workshop and work together!"

"Yes, thank you girl."

A tall, thin woman with a pale face stepped forward and said, "I'm Mrs. Liu. Here are me and my son. My son has gone to train, and the old man is gone. We also have a daughter who was sold to a dirty place. Please, young lady, save her. My son and I will work like slaves to repay you."

"What are you talking about?" Lu Er shouted.

Yang Mingxi raised her hand and said, "Go on. Write me your daughter's information later. What will you do?"

"Yes, thank you young lady. I can make cakes, a lot of cakes. We used to make a living by selling cakes. Later, my daughter was pretty and was favored by a bully. In order to escape, I gave up this skill. Later, the place was flooded and I became a slave. In the end, my daughter was sold."

Yang Mingxi said, "Okay, then you can follow me and make something for a while, and then go to the snack street to sell things, no problem, right?"

Mrs. Liu nodded and said, "No problem, I will do business well and repay you."

The dozen or so old women behind them had no special skills and were all assigned to the workshop.

When it came to the twelfth woman, she smiled and said, "Young lady, I'm Mrs. He. There are five of us here. Three of the children have gone to training, and the old man is helping to look after the fish pond. We used to make and sell cakes, and the old man and I made and sold them ourselves. Then someone took a fancy to Fangzi, and we lost everything. We even had to sell her to pay off our debts, so we came to you."

Yang Mingxi's eyes lit up. The snack street just happened to be selling cakes, and this person was just the right person. So, she said, "Okay, you and your old man, go work at the snack street together! I'll make arrangements for you later."

The two maids behind, one named Li and the other named Wang, had amiable faces and were also arranged to sell things in the snack street.

The last two women were the sister-in-law and the sister-in-law. They were sold here together. The sister-in-law spoke first, "I am Wang Pozi. There are four of us in my family here. My two sons have gone to training, and the old man is still in the courtyard by the river. We used to run a small business. And my sister-in-law is a widow with no children."

Yang Mingxi asked, "What kind of small business are you running? Why don't you do it anymore?"

Mrs. Wang glanced at her sister-in-law and said, "She married a gambler, who gambled us all away and then killed us. We became slaves."

The sister-in-law cried and said, "It's all my fault. I have brought disaster to my eldest brother's family. They were running a small business and were living a good life, but I ended up ruining them."

"Okay, stop blaming yourself. Go work in the snack street too! Go work there first!" Yang Mingxi said.

After getting a general understanding of the situation here, Yang Mingxi went to find the eight old women who were alone here.

The eight people had just finished their work and were all a little out of breath. Yang Mingxi asked them to sit down and rest for a while, and then talked about who they were and what they were doing.

After a short break, a fat woman said, "I am the only one left in our family. My surname is Mu, so you can call me Mu Pozi. The others were all lost while fleeing the famine. My family used to be a butcher, so I know how to process pork."

Yang Mingxi nodded and said, "Okay, you can stay in the slaughterhouse and help my sixth uncle and the others process the food."

Another woman who looked very shrewd said, "My last name is Li. You can find me, Little Li. I can keep accounts and I used to manage a warehouse. I'm the only one in my family."

Among the four maids in the middle, she was the only one and had no special skills, so she was assigned to do the work of picking up and washing in the restaurant.

The last two women were relatively young and should be called sisters-in-law. They were quick to speak and act, so Yang Mingxi also arranged them to work in the snack street. Sister Zhang was responsible for frying potatoes, and Sister Jin was responsible for cold noodles.

After the personnel were arranged, they were asked to prepare the ingredients for tonight. Yang Mingxi took the people assigned to the snack street to familiarize themselves with the production and sales of snacks.

Yang Mingxi asked Mrs. Du to make tofu and tried to make everything she knew how to cook.

Mrs. Liu Yang Mingxi gave her the dough she had kneaded in the morning and asked her to make some cakes. She could make some as long as she knew how to do it.

Mrs. He Yang Mingxi gave her a piece of the leftover egg cake she had made in the morning, asked her to try it, and then made some pastries that she knew how to make.

Yang Mingxi also asked her sister-in-law and her husband to make snacks that they knew how to make. She watched from the side and was surprised to see that they could actually make dumplings, buns, and siu mai.

At this time, the person who went to the Wan family for the engagement came back. Yang Mingxi looked at the sky and saw that it was already the afternoon. She was thinking of teaching Mrs. Zhang how to fry potatoes, so she asked Mrs. Zhang to fry a large pot of potatoes, mix the seasonings, and bring some to Wu and the others, and give the rest to the working women.

After eating the fried potatoes she had made, Mrs. Zhang suddenly said to Yang Mingxi, "Miss, if you cut these potatoes into thin slices or strips, fry them until dry, and then add this chili powder, it should taste great."

Yang Mingxi drank a can of it. "Come on, I've forgotten the most chewy potato chips. That brand of potato chips used to have the slogan 'Eat potatoes, grow up young'?" Sui smiled and said, "Not bad, you can try it. You can even sell it together."

Mrs. Jin was studying the seasoning for the cold noodles. She thought of combining some of the seasonings, which would save a lot of time and make it less likely for others to spy on the house.

Yang Mingxi smiled happily. These women were really the right ones to buy. I didn't expect that there were so many craftsmen among the people I bought. I really found a treasure.