eurekapd Chapter 517 We also have to work
Chapter 517 We also have to work
The villagers said nothing, but went to check on them from time to time. Every time they saw them, they were renovating their houses. The smaller ones were planting some vegetables in the corners of the mountains, but they didn't know if they could grow.
When the other people saw Wu Jiang and others moving out of the cave, they came to visit. When they heard that Zhou Guo had arranged accommodation and work for them, they also wanted to come to work.
If they were not given accommodation, they would sit in the yard and refuse to leave. Some of the older ones, seeing that Zhou Guo was a little girl, took advantage of their age and acted like a rogue, and refused to leave unless they were given accommodation.
It attracted people from all over the village to come and watch the fun.
Lee frowned.
Zhou Guo patted her hands, stood up and looked around at the old people, women and children in the yard, as well as the men from various families he hired to sell mushrooms.
She cast her eyes towards the men, "What do you think?"
Several people lowered their heads. They had discussed it before coming. The young master was easy to talk to and they had never suffered any loss following her. She was very generous in giving them food, meat, vegetables, cloth and money as long as they did their job well. They were determined to get a long-term job.
The oldest one among them, who was about forty years old and seemed to be called Lai Fu, said, "Dong, Dong, our life is hard outside. We have old people and children at home. The money we earn from you every year is only enough for us to eat for half a year. We don't have a plan for the remaining half a year. It's okay for us strong laborers, but it's not okay for the elderly and children..."
Seeing that he always failed to get to the point, the other person said anxiously, "Boss, we want to follow you!"
As soon as she said this, several men shouted that they were willing to follow her.
Zhou Guo looked at the people in the yard. She originally couldn't find anyone, so she came to their house. Seeing that they had families with them, she felt sorry for them, so she gave them a job. However, each of them had a complicated family structure, so she didn't dare to take the risk.
After thinking about it, he nodded, and everyone was happy.
She continued, "Don't worry. If you want me to give you a job, that's fine. But if you want to find a long-term job in my house, you either have to be a servant like Wu Jiang or someone like him."
He slowly scanned everyone's faces and said word by word: "In other words, if you want to enter my Zhou family, you have to sign a contract to sell yourself!"
As soon as the words fell, it caused an uproar.
The men looked embarrassed, and the old people even slapped their thighs and started crying.
The reason why they were unwilling to be resettled outside the city was because they were still thinking about going back one day. If they wanted to sell themselves along the way, they would have sold their grandson long ago. Why did they have to wait here until now?
The villagers were even more surprised and whispered to each other.
"The Zhou family is incredible. They are going to buy people. Doesn't that mean they will become landlords? But they don't have any land, either."
"Oh, you are stupid. It's obvious that you don't want to hire these people to work at home, so you want to evade them. I wouldn't want to do that either. Have you seen these old ladies? They are so old, but they ran to their employers' homes to make trouble. This is the first time I have seen such people. They just rely on Zhou Guo's young age and thin skin. If they meet a powerful person, I'm afraid they won't dare to fart! They are lucky. They are not dead even after fleeing like this!"
"Humph! How dare you say that? They haven't seen it, but you haven't seen it either? Have you forgotten that year when the Hu people entered the village, she killed eighteen of them alone! Eighteen!"
Unfortunately, no one in the yard, young or old, heard what was said.
After the old lady gave the women a look, they pinched the soft flesh of the children and started crying too. Compared to living for a year or a month, such a long-term and stable life was much better.
The old ladies cried and howled, "Oh God, please open your eyes and look at why my life is so hard. My child's father, why did you die so early, leaving me here to suffer? My whole family will be forced to sell ourselves. We have gone from being a good family with a clean record to being someone else's slaves. They can beat us, kill us, or even sell us if they want!"
One cried louder than the other.
Li frowned tightly. Even when the old lady was in charge of their family, such a scene had never happened before.
Zhou Xing tightly grasped the broom in her hand. Was she coming to their house to mourn?
I really wanted to rush forward, but without Zhou Guo's signal, I couldn't move.
Zhou Guo rubbed her brows. She had been so busy these days that she was dizzy. The mountain had just been bought and she had to worry about everything. She had to do everything herself and review everything. Sometimes she was so busy that she didn't even have time to eat. It was really a headache to be disturbed by the noise.
She just raised her head and was about to speak when she saw something big rushing out from the corner of her eye.
When I looked closely, my mouth opened involuntarily.
I saw Xu appearing out of nowhere with a big broom in her hand, and she started hitting those who were crying the loudest, beating them all over the head and face, making them scream in panic and run around the yard.
This scene stunned everyone present.
Li and the others were so shocked that they didn't even think of going forward to pull her back.
Naturally, there were one or two people who resisted when they were beaten, but these people usually ate plain food and could not compare with Xu, who ate meat every meal and worked every day. She was also a lunatic, with no sense of severity on her hands and great strength, so everyone was immediately unable to resist.
The people watching the fun were very excited. It was said that Xu from the Zhou family was either stupid or crazy, but she was able to work and help her family fight those who came to bully them. How could she not look like a lunatic?
Seeing this, the men rushed forward to help. Their old mother was so old, how could she withstand such a beating? It would be bad if something happened during the beating.
No matter how strong Xu is, she can't compare with men.
Zhou Gu and others shouted, "Stop!"
Zhou Guo narrowed his eyes, took a step forward, and when they were about to bump into Xu, he pulled the person back and gently pushed him back to Li and Zhou Xing, asking them to watch the person. It would be troublesome if they really beat these people up.
When these people saw that Xu was subdued, they stopped to breathe heavily and pointed at Zhou Guo, unable to speak for a while.
Zhou Guo said, "This is my aunt. Everyone in the village knows that my aunt is mentally ill and cannot stand your yelling. You can't blame her for this. However, it is our fault that we injured you. I will pay for your medical treatment."
The old ladies took the opportunity to say, "It's not enough to just give us money? You have to give us a job and build a house for us!"
She was so angry that she laughed. She couldn't help but look at the men beside her. She saw that they all looked embarrassed and kept pulling the sleeves of their old mother at home to ask them to talk less. She also sighed.
With such a troublesome mother at home, it's no wonder they can live like this.
Li and his companions had already sat down in the yard without saying anything.
After a long while, seeing that they were silent and no one spoke, the voice could not help but lower and gradually faded away.