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Liu Caixia followed the servant and listened to him talk about the new horses and carriages. She felt that the servant was a talent and wanted to recruit him. So she asked calmly, "Young man, judging from the tone of your voice, you have studied, right?"

"Yes, ma'am. I went to a private school for four years. This year, I came to work for the dental company on the recommendation of my classmates."

"I think you are well educated and methodical, but it's a waste of your talent to be a young man in the dental industry!"

"Thank you for the compliment, madam. I only studied for two more years, and I'm still far from perfect in other aspects. Besides, I only have one older sister and my parents are gone. I'm very lucky to have found this job. Now my sister has mentioned her in-laws, and I just want to work hard and find a wife in the future to continue the Yu family's lineage."

Liu Caixia was not in a hurry. After the servant introduced the horses, she asked Liu's father to help her look at the horses. After all, Liu's father also had horses in the horse farm in modern times.

Father Liu went up and touched the horse's mane one by one, and then looked at the horse's four hooves to see if there were any ulcers or untrimmed hooves. Finally, he opened the horse's mouth, looked at its teeth, and picked out the ones with better backs. "This is it, these horses are all okay."

The horses the servant introduced to them were indeed similar, because the prices were the same. After Liu's father checked them one by one, he said, "This horse does eat a little more than the other horses. Master, you have a good eye. I am also going to recommend this horse to you. A horse that can eat is always better than one that can't."

The servant has been here for half a year and has a certain understanding of horses. What the professionals say is not very convincing, but what he said about horses being able to eat is a truth that ordinary people understand.

"Okay, let's take this one. We'll take it away today. The price of the horse is not cheap, but you have to give us a discount on the carriage."

"Don't worry, ma'am. You are a regular customer. I will definitely give you the best price."

The servant led the horse out and tied it to a pillar on the side, which meant that the horse had been sold and other servants in the shop could not sell it anymore.

Lin Keyu and Liu Xiaolu followed Liu's father and touched the horse. Perhaps the horse knew that this was its future owner, so it lowered its head obediently.

Horse-drawn carriages are not as expensive now as they were when they were fleeing famine.

The carriages at the back were much better than the previous ones. After all, they were going to the provincial capital. Clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. The group couldn't be too shabby. In the past, carriages and bare carriages were mainly used to escape famine and travel. Now, when buying household items, they still had to consider the issue of face.

Even so, the carriage and carriage only cost sixty taels. After the order was made, the servant led the group through the corridor to another courtyard.

There are many people working in this yard. Some are doing carpentry work, and some are doing manual labor. These people look a little thinner than normal people.

"Before they find a buyer, they will have enough to eat. The longer the owner keeps them, the more they lose. Those with special skills are assigned jobs, and they can get more food at mealtimes.

Madam, do you only need a book boy? Do you require the book boy to be literate?"

"I need a book boy. It is not mandatory for him to be literate. He can also learn to read after he follows the master." Liu Caixia wanted to recruit this waiter to manage another braised meat shop. After training him, he might be able to manage all the businesses in a county or a prefecture. However, she could only sign an employment contract with him. He was not as good as someone she bought.

"Let me see if there is a man who can read!"

"Madam, there are not many literate men in the whole city, not to mention our family. I'll call them over for you to see!"

The majority of people in the pawnshops are women, and they are relatively conscientious in what they hire, not like those from brothels or gambling houses.

This is the way things are in this world. If someone can't survive, they will sell themselves or a child in the family. The first thing they will consider is selling a girl. This is to support the men in the family. As long as there is a man in a family to carry on the family line, there is still hope for the family.

In addition, those who borrowed money because the men in their families gambled or for other reasons were basically loan sharks who could not repay the money by themselves. They could only sell their daughters or wives, and finally they had no other choice but to sell their sons, or even themselves.

When buying women from pimping houses, they usually go home to work as maids or housewives. Some brothel madams also come to select the prettier ones to take home for training.

Liu Caixia is no longer surprised.

She couldn't sympathize with everyone here.

The servant brought out a few men, all wearing the same coarse cloth clothes, which should have been issued by the pawnbroker. "Madam, these guys are literate and have no problems with their backgrounds. This one lost his family while fleeing from famine. He was able to survive by finding work in the city, but later he caught a cold and took the initiative to sell his body to the pawnbroker to treat the disease.

The situations of these people are similar. They all fled here to escape famine. They could have survived but because of bad luck. They were either robbed or injured while hunting in the mountains.

"This one is a little different. He hasn't been to school, but he's the best among them. You come out and tell us about it yourself!" The servant pointed to the last boy who hadn't been introduced.

The little boy was thinner than the others and looked timid. He whispered, "My family of three was sold by our family!"

"a family of three?"

"Yes, my parents are here too, ma'am, can you buy our whole family back? My parents are also very capable."

"Let me tell you about your family first." The servant also sympathized with the family of three. That's why he singled them out. It's not that no one cares about their family, but they want to stay together. Although the pawnbroker can sell them separately, there was a master who wanted to buy them back, but because they were honest and decent, they were stolen away by another family who was good at talking.

The servant also wanted to help them. He knew that Liu Caixia's previous tone revealed that they could buy more people and brought them back, so he brought them out.

"After my grandmother passed away, my grandfather married a second grandmother. Her family had a large farm outside the city and was considered a wealthy family in the village. The second grandmother was very good at disguising herself. My father and eldest aunt were no match for her and were completely controlled by her since childhood.

But my grandfather was still alive, and he was pretty good to my father and my eldest aunt. After my eldest aunt got married, my step-grandmother gave birth to a son. My grandfather was very happy to have a son at the age of 40, and he was not as good to my father as before. My step-grandmother was even more deceitful and deceitful. Our family worked the most and ate the least. My father also resisted, but a filial son is more important than heaven, and it was useless.

Last year, my grandfather passed away. My step-grandmother stopped pretending and treated our family even worse. My step-grandmother only sent my uncle to school, but he didn't like to study. I learned to read because he asked me to help him study.

My uncle went out to play by himself. Later, I don’t know who he learned gambling from, and he owed a lot of money. So my step-grandmother sold our family to pay off the debt.”