Seeing the person, Wei Cheng was stunned.
The elderly woman’s husband was beaten all over and his head was bleeding. Even in a half-conscious state, he was still tightly protecting the child in his arms. The child was nestled timidly in his grandfather’s arms and had both his body and face dirty. When the woman saw them, she rushed to him and cried, “Husband- husband, I am so sorry for being unable to help you!”
When the child saw his grandmother, he immediately threw himself into her arms and sobbed but did not dare to cry out too loud.
Wei Cheng frowned.
The manager of the brokerage shop explained, “We didn’t want to beat them but this was because he broke the rules of the brokerage shop. Someone wanted to buy his grandson, but he refused desperately. The brokerage shop is doing business, so we had to make him submit. Unexpectedly, he would rather be beaten to death than hand over the person, and the person who originally wanted to buy the person felt that he was unlucky, so he didn’t buy him in the end.”
Wei Cheng asked in a deep voice, “No medical treatment?”
The steward of the brokerage shop replied in a heavy tone, “The rules must be followed.”
This world is about rules, not benevolence, righteousness, and morality. There is no excess of kindness just because you are pitiful.
Wei Cheng didn’t say anything when he bought the man, and the brokerage shop manager saw that Wei Cheng was willing to buy the man, he was a bit glad, it was better than him dying here.
The elderly woman dragged her grandson to kneel on the ground and kowtowed in gratitude.
The person was so badly injured that he had to be sent to the hospital first. Wei Cheng asked the idiot to carry him to the hospital on his back, and the others followed behind.
The doctor in the hospital saw that the injury looked serious, but fortunately, it was not life-threatening, it would only take a month or two to recover but he could not work before he recovered, otherwise the root cause of the disease would be established and his life expectancy would be shortened.
Hearing that, the woman looked at Wei Cheng nervously and fearfully, her arms around her grandson were trembling, and she was deeply afraid that Wei Cheng would be dissatisfied and leave them to fend for themselves.
No one is willing to buy a slave who not only needs healing but is also unable to work.
Wei Cheng sighed, allowing these people to have a good rest.
His modern education is good enough that he won’t let these people fend for themselves.
The elderly woman and her grandson thanked Wei Cheng again and again.
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Wei Cheng asked the steward to help him choose, and he bought the good ones when he saw them. The price of buying people in private brokerage shops is not as expensive as that in government offices. It is enough to use eight taels for men who will work as coolies, and six taels for women and maids who will do rough work.
He bought three men, two women who did rough work, and another maid who could make cakes, Wei Cheng bought her because his business would also need someone who could make cakes.
Wei Cheng was waiting to go through the formalities when his eyes swept across two people sitting in the corner. The man’s expression was gentle and affectionate, but there was a hint of despair in his eyes. The ger was leaning on the man’s arms, with a hideous scar on his face, but the man didn’t seem to care about the scar on the ger’s face.
Wei Cheng was slightly moved.
“Steward, for much would those two people cost?”
The steward of the brokerage shop was surprised when he asked, “You want to buy them?” Hearing that Wei Cheng had confirmed so, the steward of the brokerage shop said, “They are a couple. The young master of a rich family took a fancy to the ger and wanted to marry him as a concubine by force. In order to save his husband, the man hurt the young master, so he was beaten and sold by the young master’s family.”
“That man’s wife was going to be sold to a brothel, but that man had a fierce temper, so he stabbed his ger in the face… The man was lame, and his ger was disfigured. Seeing that no one was gonna buy them, I was gonna sell them to the corvee. If you buy them, you can take them away for ten taels of silver.”
A corvée laborer is a hard laborer- they have nothing to do but hard work every day, and those who are sold to the government as corvee have only death to wait for. When the desperate couple heard that someone bought them, they were shocked and disbelieving.
It wasn’t until they were brought in front of Wei Cheng that they came back to their senses, and they turned around to see Wei Cheng’s upright momentum. They were really bought, not by those in the brothel and not to be used in the corvee, the couple knelt down and kowtowed to Wei Cheng in ecstasy.
The shop’s steward also told them, “It’s also because you are lucky to meet a good person.”
The couple knew that if no one bought them, they would end up being sold to the government as corvee labor. The despair in their eyes meant that they also knew that they were about to face death.
They didn’t expect their fates to turn around.
*
Wei Cheng took them to the clinic as well to let them get acquainted with one another. The husband of the elderly woman also woke up and when he heard that they had all been bought together, tears of joy fell from his eyes. When he saw Wei Cheng, he struggled to get up in an effort to kowtow and thank him, unfortunately, he was too seriously injured, he couldn’t even talk much, much less get up.
Wei Cheng stopped him and said in a deep voice, “I have already received your gratitude. I bought you in hopes that you will be loyal. Now rest well and you can do things for me when you are in good health. This is the best repayment.”
The elderly woman’s husband immediately lay back- he was also a sensible person. The person is still not well, Wei Cheng originally wanted to put him in a hospital, but the husband and wife pair refused. They were bought as servants, and their master has already done too much for them when they have done nothing in return. They immediately asked to go to his home so that he could recuperate my injuries when they went back.
Wei Cheng had no choice but to ask the servants to rent a carriage.
The servants who have just been bought are most afraid of meeting a bad master. Seeing that the master treats the servant so well, their fears settle down. On the way back, everyone guessed where they would live in the future.
When they arrived at the main family’s house, looking at the dilapidated house in front of them, the group thought they had gone to the wrong place.
The big fool yelled on the spot, “Master, your family’s home is so dilapidated and poor, can you give me enough to eat?”
Wei Cheng: “…”
Everyone else bowed their heads silently.
In the eyes of the elderly woman’s family of three and the couple, no matter how poor Wei Cheng is, he is their savior, the person who gave them a new life, even if they follow Wei Cheng to be poor, they are not afraid, they have hands and feet- they can work and no matter how poor they are, they will not starve to death.
As for the others, they are worried that if the master’s family is too poor, they will be sold again in the end.
The big fool is afraid of not getting enough to eat.
Wei Cheng had no obligation to explain to them, so he went in first, Zhou Yuan was studying in the courtyard, and Wei Lei was sent by Wei Cheng to Tai Fu Luo to train with Steward Fu.
Zhou Yuan was very curious when he saw many people following his husband, “Husband, they are…”
Wei Cheng walked over, “Yuan Yuan, these people will be servants of our family in the future, come and recognize them first.”
Wei Cheng pulled his wife to sit down, “This is my husband, and also your other master.”
He then asked them to line up so he could learn their names. They are all servants and so the group of people automatically line up in a row.
The elderly woman’s family of three was reported by the woman, “Greeting my young master, my name is Song Mao, and I am the wife of Song Xie. This is my grandson Xiao-An.”
The elderly woman suddenly thought of something as her eyes became red, she didn’t mention the rest of her family so there must have been an accident.
Wei Cheng didn’t know that the woman’s grandson was a ger at this time and that the brokerage shop wanted to sell Xiao-An because he was a ger. If her ger was sold and ended up in that kind of place then… it was no wonder that his grandfather would protect him even if it meant death.
*
The idiot was called Da Hutou, and he changed his name to Wei Hu. The others reported their names, and they all followed the surname of the main family.
The lame man’s name is Wei Yi, and his husband’s name is Wei Shu. The tall maid was named Wei Liu, the maid who could make pastry was named Wei Qiaoxi, and the other two aunts were named Aunt Tian and Aunt Huang.
Of the other three men, two of them were brothers- they were really tall but their actual age was only sixteen or seventeen. At the age of fifteen, they were sold by their stepmother to a wealthy family. The two were named Wei Jin and Wei Shi. There is also a tall and thin man named Wei Tie who is twenty-five years old, he sold himself due to being unable to feed himself.
Wei Cheng set up rules for them, “From now on, in this family, you must obey my orders. Your other master’s orders are also equivalent to my orders. If you violate them, you will be sold out. And you will work in the workshop in the future so you won’t need to wait on me.”
“Aunt Mao will manage the servants, so she is responsible for the daily work of the family. After Uncle Xie recovers from his injury, I will arrange his work. Wei Hu would be by my side, and Wei Yi would help manage the workshop. Others will go to the workshop to work, and the work may be rearranged again in the future.”
“One important point, you don’t need to call me master, just call me boss.”
Hearing them call him master, Wei Cheng felt old.
Wei Cheng established the rules, arranged for them to live in the workshop, and handed over to Aunt Mao a list of what they could need and the money needed for every month’s expenses.
Wei Cheng called Wei Hu and Wei Yi alone, told them the work they needed to do in the workshops, and asked them to watch over the other servants.
After Wei Cheng had arranged everything, he returned to his home in the dilapidated yard.
After the servants waited for Wei Cheng to leave, although they were puzzled, they were all servants who had learned the rules. They could not gossip casually. This was a taboo against the master, and they did not want to be punished or sold again.
Wei Hu didn’t have this trouble, he muttered loudly, “The place we live in is better than the master’s house, and the master doesn’t look poor. Why does he live in such a dilapidated place? Is it the master’s hobby? Or is it better to live in a dilapidated place? I really don’t understand, I will ask the master another day.”
The living place of the workshop is newly built, which is much better than the dilapidated place of Wei Cheng’s house.
This group of people: “……”
If they didn’t know that this person was a bit stupid then Wei Hu’s words would be disrespectful.
It’s a miracle that despite this person’s big mouth and simple-mindedness he was not beaten to death by the previous owner’s family. It is a miracle that he is still alive.
I’m so anxiously waiting for a baby in this family lol
Thanks for the update
Thanks for the chapter!
So many names to remember! 😵💫
So many people! OwO
Thank You for the new chapter (ෆ`꒳´ෆ) ˡºᵛᵉ❤
this may or may not happen but i feel like Wei Cheng will pay them, and they’ll all freak out XD
I am trying to catch up but this chapter has me crying and acknowledging that I would absolutely not survive in ancient times. I could never just buy and sell people ;(
This guy better not be a secret crown prince or something