After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Ah Niu, keeping his eyes straight ahead, helped Jiang Xiaoqi carry over a hundred catties of medicinal herbs into the storeroom.

Jiang Xiaoqi handed over twenty copper coins. A Niu hesitated for a moment, took ten, and returned ten.

"Young master, that's too much. It was agreed that it would be twenty coins, but you gave me ten before. Have you forgotten?"

"No, the extra ten coins are a reward for you. You've had a hard time on this trip. Put your things down and get off the boat. It will depart in a quarter of an hour."

Ah Niu took the copper coins, picked up the carrying pole and basket, and was about to leave the cabin when he stopped again.

This is the room that Wenbin and Li Mo shared. At this moment, there is only a table and a chair in the room.

"Um, young master, do you need any servants to wait on you?"

Ah Niu's dark face flushed red; he was quite embarrassed by his recklessness.

"Hmm? What? You want to stay?"

Jiang Xiaoqi didn't beat around the bush. This person had obviously volunteered himself; it was impossible for him to be a porter at the dock while also working as a broker.

"My older brothers need money to get married, but our parents are gone and we don't have any proper business to make a living."

I want to sell myself to help my older brothers find wives.

Ah Niu spoke very calmly, as if he were talking about selling himself into slavery, or as casually as selling chicken and duck eggs in the market.

"Then why did you choose to sell yourself to me? You don't even know where I'm going or what I do."

"Don't you have any suitable wealthy families in Yunzhou City? Even if it means selling oneself into slavery, wouldn't it be better to be closer to home?"

"No, no, it's not good. If we stay too close, we'll keep running into acquaintances, and my brothers won't agree to it. I have to sell myself far away, leave the money with them, and I'm leaving!"

With departure time drawing ever closer, Ah Niu stubbornly refused to disembark, so Jiang Xiaoqi had no choice but to take him aboard first. They'd deal with it once they reached their next destination.

"You, sigh, you should stay in this room for now. There are soldiers outside, so don't wander around and cause trouble."

"Yes, Master!"

Whether Ah Niu was genuinely naive or pretending, he changed his tune on his own.

After settling the people into the empty room shared by Wenbin and Li Mo, Jiang Xiaoqi went back to her own room to see Wenbin.

"Li Mo, how is Wenbin?"

"Young master, you haven't woken up since you disembarked. Could you please take a look and see what's wrong?"

Jiang Xiaoqi stepped forward to take the pulse. She had been studying medicine on her own in the study space, reading dozens of medical case studies, but had only practiced it a few times.

"It's nothing, he's just asleep. By the way, I bought a lot of medicinal herbs. I'll prescribe a new prescription and prepare the medicine later. I'll give Wenbin the new medicine before he goes to bed tonight."

"Alright, young master, just give it to me once you've prepared it, I'll keep an eye on it."

"Well, the laborer I hired in Yunzhou City to carry medicinal herbs delivered the goods to me and then wanted to sell himself. I settled him in the next room first. I haven't decided yet whether to buy someone else along the way."

"Does that person know kung fu?" Li Mo was more concerned about this.

"I don't know that. I only know that he is very strong and big. He has exceptional hearing and seems to be able to locate sounds by sound."

Jiang Xiaoqi was a little conflicted about this: the man was at least 1.85 meters tall and weighed about 170 or 180 kilograms. He didn't have much fat; it was all solid muscle.

Even if he didn't know martial arts, having such a big guy by my side made me feel very safe, which was probably one of the reasons why I chose him from among the many porters in the first place.

He is not ugly, tall and strong, with a kind and honest face. He is perceptive and has a sense of propriety. He knows how to assess the situation and find a suitable employer.

Furthermore, Wenbin is currently injured, and Li Mo needs to take care of him, so it seems like he suddenly has no one else to rely on.

Even when they disembark, Wenbin will not be fully recovered. At that time, the group will transfer to a carriage. If there are two carriages, they will indeed be short of a driver.

Since there was no inn to stay at, they would have to sleep in the carriage at night, and Wenbin would also have to lie in the carriage to continue recovering from his injuries. At that time, it was absolutely impossible for him to ride a horse.

“Young master, if his character is good, we can keep him. Wenbin can’t do much right now and needs someone to take care of him. It will be even more troublesome after he gets off the ship.”

To be honest, Li Mo didn't want any more strange people around the young master, but they hadn't even gone halfway down the road south, and they didn't know what they would encounter next.

It's good to have more people taking care of the young master. In fact, he still doesn't understand why Master Lin Feng was asked to go back halfway, since Master Lin was already on his way back before meeting Master Su Ran.

But the young master has his own plans, and servants shouldn't know too much. If the young master wants them to know, he will tell them.

"Okay, I've been thinking about that too. Let's observe for a few days, and if there are no problems, we'll keep them."

When you reach the next supply depot, have someone deliver the silver and a letter to his home to prevent his family from worrying.

Ah Niu put the carrying pole and basket in a place where they wouldn't get in the way, and sat down on the ground, afraid that his dirty clothes would soil the chairs in the house.

Not long after they sat down, the door was opened from the outside, and two boatmen carried in a simple bamboo bed and placed it in the original spot.

Another person came in and put down a pillow and a coarse cloth quilt. The group didn't say much, left their things, and then left.

Ah Niu scratched his head, not daring to sit on the bed, and remained curled up on the floor. As darkness fell, the door was opened again.

Ah Niu still didn't recognize the person who came in; he was a clean-cut and respectable young man.

"You're Ah Niu? Why are you sitting on the ground? Aren't you cold? Get up! Didn't we have someone bring over a bed and blankets? Are you not used to it?"

The visitor asked many questions, and Ah Niu didn't know which ones to answer, so he had to answer them one by one in order.

"Ah, yes, I am A Niu. The ground is quite comfortable, not cold, and I'm used to it. I didn't sit down because I was afraid of getting the bed dirty."

"You really are something. It was the young master who ordered it. It was provided on the ship. Why are you worried about getting it dirty? It's not like you have to wash it!"

"The young master gave them money, and you're not sleeping, sitting, or using it at all? Aren't you just letting them benefit for free?!"

"Ah? Oh, is that so? Then I'll sit down, I'll sit down!"

Ah Niu jumped up from the ground, dusted off the dirt on his body, and carefully sat down on the bamboo couch.

"Young man, you...you're also one of the young master's men?"

"Hmm, but you shouldn't have used the word 'also,' after all, you're not the young master's person yet, the young master hasn't bought you yet!"

Li Mo had never spoken so much before. He felt that since Wenbin was injured, he had taken over Wenbin's garrulousness and had become noticeably more talkative, though he didn't know why.

"Hehe, yes, not yet~ but it will be eventually. Young Master seems like a good person. If I can follow a good employer, my elder brothers will be at ease."

Li Mo said nothing more, waiting for the young master's decision.