Taking this opportunity, Jiang Yan also took a good look at those who were not selected.

The ones at the front are the strong laborers who are relatively energetic, and the others are followed by men and women. The farther back they are, the thinner and wither they become. Most of them have sluggish and numb faces, and their eyes are empty, as if they were shriveled corpses.

Walking corpse.

The Song Tao family was looking for the rickety young man.

He was wearing an ill-fitting mandarin jacket, and his skinny limbs were a bit frightening, as if they could be broken easily with a slight bend. There was a wooden box tied to his back with a hemp rope. It was heavy, and he had to lean forward slightly to stay upright.

The thick hemp rope tightly tied his shoulders, and the exposed skin outside the mantle was worn into thick calluses. It seemed that he had been carrying this thing for a long time.

Everyone here has something personal to him or her, but this is the first one with something as obvious and big as his.

Jiang Yan was a little more curious when she saw that he had soft eyebrows and was talking to several members of the Song family, and his nonchalant look made him a little more curious.

"You have to take good care of yourself in the future. If someone robs you of your food again, you have to hide yourself. If we are not around, you can't defeat them alone."

"Build up your body to be stronger, and you will be favored by buyers faster."

"Brother, Xiao Shanzi will miss you."

"Thanks to your care these days, I can't help you, so I didn't choose you just now..."

"Uncle Song, don't say that. It's because I'm not doing what I want. You're all doing it for the sake of the master. With my body, even if you choose me, the master won't want me. Instead, it will make you unhappy.

, what you did is not wrong, I know it in my heart."

"You guys will live a good life from now on. I see that Boss Jiang is kind-hearted. Your life will be easier than now..."

His voice was as rough as sandpaper being rubbed, and like a millstone that had not been used for a long time, hoarse like rolling stones and gravel, and filled with a heavy sense of inferiority and helplessness.

Jiang Yan walked behind a few people and looked at the people who started to burst into tears as they talked. Jiang Yan coughed a few times.

"Old Song, is this young man from your village?"

Song Tao suddenly turned around and saw Jiang Yan behind him. His brows furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, as if he was thinking about something.

Finally, he knelt on the ground and made up his mind: "Benefactor! His name is Tao Bai. He is not from our village. We met him here in Renyaozi. He used to be a bookboy in a wealthy family and he knows a few words."

, and she can also do simple arithmetic. Although she is thin, she has no disease. It is just the result of being abused by her master in the past."

Seeing him kneeling down, his wife and children also knelt down, Song Tao continued: "When we first came in, we both had a high fever and almost couldn't survive it. Thanks to Tao Bai's kind care, we were able to survive. I don't

I dare to hope that my benefactor will buy Tao Bai back together, but he knows a lot of things, so I dare to ask my benefactor to see if he is suitable."

Tao Bai was very kind to his family, so he didn't dare to ask Jiang Yan to buy him back together. After all, it was a gift from God that his family could be packed up and taken away.

But asking Jiang Yan to take a look was the only thing he could do for Tao Bai. The rest was up to Tao Bai himself.

Tao Bai also understood Song Tao's painstaking efforts. His skinny body also knelt heavily on the ground, and he spoke loudly and powerfully in the shape of a black-faced swan: "Boss Jiang, my name is Tao Bai. I know all the commonly used words, and simple calculations can also be done."

No problem."

"I was trained like this because I offended my last boss. I can do all the work of cutting rice, turning soil, washing, and cooking. When I get better, I can do heavier work."

Tao Bai's eyes were filled with expectation. He could feel that Jiang Yan was a kind person, and he really wanted to stay with Song Tao's family, so his tone was somewhat expectant.

It's just that he doesn't know much about literacy and his numeracy ability is average. Rich and wealthy families don't look down on him. Ordinary customers who want labor force don't look down on him either. Therefore, he can only try his best to express that he can learn anything.

He has been staying in this house for more than three months. If he can't sell it anymore, he will be sent to the building to be a waiter with thousands of people riding on thousands of pillows.

Thinking of those scenes, he couldn't help but turn pale, and his whole body was full of resistance.

Jiang Yan didn't know what he was thinking, she just looked up and down at the person in front of her. She looked quite smart, knew how to seize opportunities, and knew how to show her advantages. More importantly, she was thin but not seriously ill.

Currently, Lin Feng is the main helper in keeping and calculating the money at home. The accounts will become bigger and bigger in the future. If they cannot be categorized from the beginning, it will only become more and more chaotic in the future.

Although Lin Feng has first-class calculation skills, he doesn't speak and doesn't communicate with others. Tao Bai can fill in this gap. If the two of them are trained well, she won't need to hire a settler.

The most important thing is that there is someone who can accompany Lin Feng. After all, he is only over eight years old, and he and Lin Bei cannot be with him all the time. Jiang Yan can feel more at ease with someone taking care of him.

Jiang Yan didn't say anything, but turned around and returned to the stone table. Tao Bai behind her immediately lowered her eyes in loneliness.

The whole person was even more depressed than before. Even Song Tao's family of three looked at the room, and the atmosphere among them was depressed for a while.

On the contrary, it made several people around them who disliked them smile and narrow their eyes, and even taunted them in a low voice. Since they were not selected, they naturally wished that others were not selected as well.

"Sister, what do you think? Have you chosen someone?" Na Po looked excited and couldn't stop trying to please Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan nodded: "How much do you think it will cost for Song Tao's family, the three strong laborers we just picked, and the thin Tao Bai?"

"That sick man?" Na Po rolled her eyes and could hardly help laughing when she heard Tao Bai's name.

Someone finally wanted this sick young man. She had started to feel upset after not having enough to eat for the past few months. She was thinking of sending him to that building to work as a waiter, but this time it saved her a lot of trouble.

Yao Po was excited to calculate the accounts, and Old Wu on the side also lowered his ears to listen to her calculations. Lin Nan and Lin Xi had been learning how to calculate accounts for a while, and they were afraid of being deceived by Yao Po, so they quietly counted with their fingers.

Song Tao's family had 25 taels, and the three strong men had 36 taels. Tao Bai was regarded as an ordinary woman because she was too thin, and the asking price was 9 taels. A total of 70 taels was just right.

Jiang Yan paid the money quickly, and her mother-in-law also hurriedly wrote the contract, and gave the deeds of sale to Jiang Yan, and then waved to Song Tao and others who were crying hoarsely.

He shouted with a loud voice: "Song Tao, quickly bring your wife and children over here, Tao Bai, pack your things, you have also been selected, your marriage contract is now in the hands of Boss Jiang, from now on she is yours

The master."
Chapter completed!