By the time Luo Yong finished working on the chili peppers, it was almost the fifth month of the lunar calendar.
At the beginning of April, some farmers in the suburbs picked various vegetable seedlings to sell in the shop.
Siniang and the others picked two loofah seedlings and two gourd seedlings and planted them on the edge of the courtyard wall.
Now the green vines have climbed up the earth wall so high that they will bloom in a few days.
In addition to loofah and gourd, there is also a medium-sized jujube tree in the yard, which was planted by the previous owner of the yard.
In the past two years, Hou Lin got two more grape seedlings and planted them.
It's just that grapes are difficult to grow.
They have never produced a grape after planting them for so long.
Unlike loofahs and gourds, as long as they are given water and fertilizer, they will grow upward as soon as the sun shines, and they will bear fruit quickly.
Hou Lin was still planting corn in the yard two years ago, but he couldn't do it this year because Luo Yong built a straw shed in the yard for the four mothers and seven mothers to study.
Their yard is not very big to begin with, and if the straw shed is occupied, there will definitely be no room to grow corn.
However, the price of corn has become cheaper and cheaper in the past two years, and even if it is planted this year, it will not be sold for much.
Some of Luo Yong's neighbors also grow vegetables in their own yards.
I heard that in the past, when the alley outside was not paved with cement, some neighbors would carve out a small plot of land under the wall in the alley to grow vegetables.
The streets in Chang'an City are very spacious, and even the streets and alleys are quite spacious.
The place is large enough and empty.
Some people who live a frugal life always want to dig out a piece of land to grow vegetables.
For this reason, Tang There is also a special law in the law, which states that people are not allowed to occupy streets and alleys to grow vegetables, and they are not allowed to return home, but it is forbidden repeatedly.
In the past two years, cement pavement has been paved in Chang'an City, and the situation has improved.
Because the people in the city cherish the smooth and clean cement pavement, they are not willing to pile dirt on it.
Feng'anfang, where Luo Yong and the others are located, can be considered a mid-range community.
Most of the residents here are from relatively good families.
Since the cement road was paved, no one is growing vegetables in the alleys.
From time to time, there are people who go out with brooms to clean up.
The road surface looks quite clean.
I heard that many neighbors have paved cement floors in their yards.
The Luo family's house and walk are also paved with cement.
There is a cement road in the yard leading from the corridor to the courtyard gate.
In addition, Si Niang and the others have grass for classes.
The shed is also paved with a cement floor, and the rest of the area is still dirt.
Every spring, it would be nice to plant a few loofahs and gourds in the yard.
The children at home also like it.
Besides, Qiao Junlin also practices martial arts every day.
When Luo Yong has free time recently, he likes to sit in the yard and watch Qiao Junlin practice martial arts.
He goes from being fresh and clean to sweating profusely, with his wet hair sticking to his cheeks and neck.
When it was thrown up, those sweat beads were also thrown into the air, and they seemed to glow little by little.
By the way, why doesn't this kid wear his hair in a bun lately?
Every time he practices martial arts, he wears his hair in a ponytail.
His long black hair is tossed up, not to mention it's very sexy.
"Brother."
Si Niang and Qi Niang came back from playing outside at this time.
Looking at their unhappy faces, it was obvious that something unhappy had happened.
"What's wrong?"
Luo Yong asked her.
"Cao'er Ye Niang asked her to marry Sun Butcher from Da'anfang.
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That Sun Butcher was already very old, fat and bearded.
Just because he promised a large betrothal gift, Cao'er Ye Niang wanted to marry her.
She married that person."
Siniang had been holding back her words at this time, but when Luo Yong asked her, she immediately said everything.
The Cao'er Siniang was talking about was the third daughter of a neighboring family named Shao.
Her eldest sister was called Hua'er, and her second sister was called Ye'er, so she was called Cao'er.
Later, her mother-in-law gave birth to another boy, and she tried her best to give him a noble name.
Luo Yong couldn't even write his name, and he didn't bother to think about it.
The boy couldn't write it himself.
He has been spoiled by his mother, and is not a student at all.
It looks like he will be a gnaw on old age in the future.
"Cao'er doesn't want to do it," Luo Yong asked.
"Yeah."
Siniang said angrily.
"Cao'er even cried, and her mother-in-law scolded her."
Qiniang also chimed in.
It is indeed difficult for a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl to marry a fat butcher with a big beard.
As for the age mentioned by Si Niang and the others, if Luo Yong remembers correctly, although the butcher looks old, he is actually only in his early thirties.
However, for the Four Niangs and Seven Niangs, being in their early thirties is indeed a good thing.
Get the age right.
If you don't consider the little girl's feelings, then Butcher Sun is actually a good candidate.
I heard that although he looks a bit rough, he treats his wife and children very well.
However, his ex-wife was not lucky enough and left at a young age.
Butcher Sun was left alone to do business and raise children.
From Caoer Ye Niang's point of view, marrying such a person has no worries about food and clothing and no hardship, but it doesn't mean pushing her into a pit of fire.
Of course, the sufficient betrothal gift promised by the other party is also an important reason.
"Sister Cao'er doesn't care."
Cao'er's mother-in-law is similar to Cao'er's mother-in-law.
They only regard the only boy in the family as their darling, so this matter can only be counted on Cao'er's two sisters.
"Hmph, Sister Cao'er is back too.
She was scolded by her mother and went back crying."
When she mentioned this, Siniang became even more angry.
"Tsk."
Luo Yong had always disliked the behavior of that family.
He was from a small family and was used to his son acting like a kid from a rich family, but he wanted to serve the girls in the family as maids.
There should be a limit to partiality.
People's hearts are all partial, and this kind of thing is inevitable, but as a parent, you should act like a parent.
No matter what you think in your heart, you should always have some restraints on your behavior.
With their family's approach, the girls in the family and their precious son probably don't have much of a brother-sister relationship, so it's considered good if they don't become enemies.
"Brother, Cao'er said she was going to jump into the well," Siniang said with red eyes.
She felt that Cao'er's mother-in-law was too bad and Cao'er was too pitiful.
Luo Yong thought for a while and said to her: "Tell her not to jump into the well.
If she really doesn't want to get married, she can work in our shop.
At least she can escape this period."
Luo Yong had met the little girl named Cao'er a few times.
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She was good-tempered and hard-working, and had a good relationship with Siniang.
It was rare for her sister to make such a friend in Chang'an City, so Luo Yong naturally had no reason not to help.
"Seriously."
Si Niang was happy at first, and then became a little worried: "What if her mother goes to make trouble in our shop?"
"Brother, Cao'er Ye Niang is very fierce.
What if they come over and scold you?"
Qiniang also said.
"Just scold them a few times."
Luo Yong said with a smile.
In fact, when Cao'er Yeniang learned that Luo Yong was going to hire Cao'er to work at the North and South Grocery Company, instead of scolding him, she was even quite happy.
After hearing that Cao'er went there, he was making biscuits in the back room and helping one of Luo Yong's disciples.
If he did well, he might be able to learn a skill in the future.
It's hard to say.
The job Luo Yong arranged for Cao'er was to use a square mold with wavy lines around it to divide the processed large pieces of dough into biscuit shapes.
Speaking of which, the North and South Grocery Stores are also short of manpower.
They cannot let Luo Yong's disciples do everything themselves.
It is also time to train a group of technical personnel.
But for this Shao Cao'er, Luo Yong would not let his disciples teach her many techniques until she grew up enough to compete with her mother-in-law.
To look at a person's character, it doesn't just mean that she is kind-hearted and has no evil intentions.
If she is unable to protect the people and things she wants to protect, then this person cannot be trusted and entrusted.
Luo Yong didn't say this to the four mothers and seven mothers.
They were still too young now.
As long as the little girls know that Cao'er is now working well in the North and South Grocery Store, and no longer has to marry that old butcher, and there is no talk of jumping into a well, they will be very happy.
A few days later.
When Qiao Junlin got up early that morning to practice martial arts, he heard someone muttering and talking outside the yard.
The sky was not bright yet, so it was indeed a bit intrusive.
Qiao Junlin opened the courtyard door, looked down at the two figures, one blue and one yellow, squatting at the door of his house, and asked them lukewarmly: "Who are you and what are you doing squatting here?"
"Does Luo Sanlang live here?"
The girl in light yellow clothes stood up crookedly and stuttered.
Looking at her like that, her legs must be numb.
Qiao Junlin made way to the door and said to them, "Come in."
Then the two of them limped into the yard.
Qiao Junlin started practicing martial arts by himself, while they sat on the porch.
When Luo Yong opened the door and came out, he saw two young ladies sitting on the porch of his house, dozing off little by little.
There were clearly no such two people at home last night.
They had obviously just arrived.
Looking at the sky, the door to the square had not been opened yet.
Looking at their clothes, they were stained with a lot of mud and seemed to be fine.
Climbed the wall.
When Luo Yong and the others had breakfast this morning, the two young ladies also ate with them, and by the way, they also explained the reason why they came here.
There is nothing new.
Those who escaped from marriage heard about Luo Yong's previous "righteous deeds" and defected to Luo Yong.
After breakfast, Luo Yong took the people to the North and South Grocery and arranged a job for them to pack biscuits.
In addition, a child from the shop was asked to run to their home and told them that their missing daughter was working at the North and South Grocery Store, leaving them to figure out what to do.
A few days later, Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin were driving a donkey cart and were about to go out.
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They saw a little girl standing outside their door.
As soon as the little girl saw him, she burst into tears, as if she had seen a savior.
Luo Yong: After a period of time, Luo Yong successively picked up many young ladies who had escaped from the marriages arranged by their parents.
After picking up the people, Luo Yong arranged for them to make biscuits at the North and South Grocery Store.
The biscuits in their shop are very popular.
Although in terms of taste, the biscuits may not be as good as other foods, but they are cheap and can withstand storage.
If they are not opened, they can usually be stored for ten and a half days.
The month is fine.
The better the biscuits sell, the more manpower will be needed.
These ladies may not all be nimble, but the advantage is that they are young.
As long as they are willing to learn, they can usually get started in three or two days.
After leaving these people in the shop, Luo Yong would definitely have someone come to their home to notify them as soon as possible.
Some families would chase her and take her away by force, while many families like Shao Cao'er would choose to leave their daughters to work in Luo Yong's shop.
There was nothing he could do about the Luo Yong who had been taken away.
After all, this was the way it was in this era.
Marriage was always dictated by parents and matchmakers, and it was rare for anyone to be able to make the decision.
For those who stay, it does not necessarily mean that their future lives will be better than the path arranged by their parents, but at least this path is their own choice and they are willing to go on it.
In today's era, if a lucky girl is born into a good family, her parents and brothers will start buying a dowry for her early in order to give her a better status in her husband's family after she gets married.
A bad woman is born into a bad family, whether poor or rich.
In the end, she is often taken away by her family in exchange for money and benefits.
A marriage like the one arranged by Shao Caoer and Ye Niang is basically the same as selling a daughter.
Although the buyer seems to be of good character, for a teenage girl, this is undoubtedly a nightmare.
A devastating disaster.
A teenage girl is the age when she loves fantasy and is full of longing for love.
At this time, if you ask her to marry a fat, old and bearded butcher who kills pigs and sheep, and she says she wants to jump into a well, then that's probably Really want to jump into the well.
Luo Yong is not related to these women, but he is willing to provide them with some protection within his ability.
The business of groceries in the North and South is getting better and better, and more and more manpower is needed.
They have to recruit people anyway, and who can't be used?
It's just that Luo Yong intends to provide them with shelter, but some people don't necessarily care about it.
There were those little ladies who cried all the way to Luo Lihua in the beginning.
Later, they worked at the North and South Grocery Store for a few days, and they didn't even need their families to come looking for them, so they just went home.
Recently, there are rumors in Chang'an city that Luo Yong specially takes in these young ladies who have run away from home and coaxes them to work in his shop.
This made the little girls who were still working in the shop feel very uneasy, fearing that Luo Yong and the other would be angry and drive them all out.
Those rumors, no need for others to tell them, they also knew where they came from.
It was not just the people who had come and gone these days.
Luo Yong took them in with kindness, but he left them with a grudge.
On the 15th day of May, Luo Yong went to court early in the morning.
He listened honestly and did not try to make any noise.
Unexpectedly, when it came to the end of the court, the emperor ordered him again. name.
"I heard that Assistant Professor Luo has recently coaxed many young ladies who have escaped from marriage to work in his shop," the emperor joked.
As a low-level official who can only attend the morning court on the lunar day, many people just sit there and listen every time they go there, but there are very few people who can actually speak at the morning court and receive attention. .
That is, Luo Yong was named by the emperor again and again, although this time it was not for any good reason.
Many people thought that Luo Yong would definitely speak for the young ladies who left home this time, but unexpectedly he said this time: "If we don't let them suffer some hardships outside, how can they know the good things at home?"
The emperor looked at Luo Yong and didn't say anything more.
After that, everyone talked about some unimportant trivial matters and soon left the court.
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After having a meal on the porch, everyone went back to their homes.
Over at the North and South Grocery Store, Luo Yong also asked his disciples to pay attention to the character of the young ladies.
For a hired worker, the most important character is naturally diligence.
Since arriving at this shop, these young ladies have worked from dawn to dusk every day cutting out biscuits packaged in oil paper.
Sometimes they are even arranged to help make dough.
It is a strenuous exercise.
Two young ladies left just because they couldn't stand it. of.
In the evening of this day, the work for the day was almost done, except that there were some broken biscuits that needed to be packaged and put in the special price area for sale early tomorrow morning.
These broken biscuits are sometimes mixed with some good ones.
The young ladies feel that it is too wasteful to pack up the whole biscuits and sell them cheaply, so they carefully select them.
"What are you doing?"
Luo Yong asked as one of his disciples passed by them carrying two baking pans.
"There are a lot of good ones here."
A young lady said.
"I know there are good ones there."
The disciple said with a smile: "It's common for good and bad to mix together.
We have so much work to do every day.
Where can we take care of this?
Hurry up and pack these biscuits.
Let's have dinner and rest.
There will be more work tomorrow morning. ” The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional.
As soon as Luo Yong, the disciple, said these words, several young ladies suddenly felt their hearts pounding, and their faces became a little ugly, but he didn't notice it at all and went about his business.
That night, after these young ladies returned to the dormitory, some of them said this, and others who had not thought of this at first also became panicked.
Yes, it is a pity that those good biscuits are mixed with broken biscuits and sold at a low price, but who has so much time to search and select them one by one?
With that time, they can make more biscuits. .
At this time, they felt like they were just a few good cookies lying in a pile of broken cookies.
Even they themselves were not sure whether they were really a good cookie.
How could a busy man like Luo Sanlang be willing to eat it?
Why spend so much energy to distinguish them carefully?
Within a few days, there were rumors in the market that the reason why Naluo Sanlang took them in was just to let them suffer some hardships outside.
When he knew that his family was better, he wanted to go back.
Letting them work at the North and South Grocery Store is also temporary.
After a while, they will all be sent home one by one.
"No, Luo Sanlang allows me to work here, so he won't send me back halfway."
Shao Cao'er didn't believe the rhetoric outside. "" The other ladies didn't say anything because Luo Yong didn't give them any promise at all when they came here.
This is the main reason why they have been so uneasy these days.
A few days passed like this, and on May 25th, Luo Yong made a rare trip to the grocery store.
As lunch time approached, a child who was working in the daily necessities area upstairs came over to them and shouted, saying that Luo Sanlang had something to say to them, and asked them all to gather in the tea room on the second floor.
There are not as many products on the second floor of the North and South Grocery Store as there are on the first floor.
Luo Yong set up a small tea room in the corner of the second floor, which is actually an office.
When Luo Yong occasionally had something to discuss with his disciples, or had to discuss things about the grocery store with others, he would often do it in this tearoom.
Several young ladies entered the tea room anxiously, and saw that in addition to Luo Yong, there were also two disciples of Luo Yong, who usually had more contact with them.
The young ladies were worried that Luo Yong would ask them to go home, but Luo Yong didn't say anything.
Instead, he directly gave them a labor contract and asked them if they wanted to sign it.
"What is this?"
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a young lady asked with her eyes wide open.
"This is a two-year employment contract.
The eldest of you is only seventeen this year.
He will be nineteen in two years.
If you want to get married by then, it won't be too late."
Looking at Luo Yong Come on, nineteen is simply too early to get married, but after all, it is still an era of early marriage. "" When a young lady heard this, she suddenly covered her mouth and nose with her palms and cried muffledly.
"What's going on?"
Luo Yong said puzzled.
Then a young lady told Luo Yong about their worries these days, as well as about the biscuit.
Luo Yong felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this.
He said to these little girls: "How can living people be compared with cookies?"
Even if there are ten or eight good pieces in a basket of broken biscuits, Luo Yong won't care at all, but even if there are only one or two good ones among a bunch of bad guys, he will keep his eyes open and try to identify them.
"If we don't let them suffer some hardships outside, how can they know the good things at home."
In fact, there was another sentence behind this, which Luo Yong did not say in the court: "If their children would rather endure hardship outside than go home, then parents should reflect on whether their behavior is inappropriate."
The rumors outside that Luo Yong deceived the young lady into working have not completely dissipated, and some people will bring it up every once in a while.
But even so, there will still be some young ladies who are desperate or think they are desperate, and they are arranged by Luo Yong to work in the grocery store.
In the end, some people leave, and some people stay.
For these people, what Luo Yong can do, from beginning to end, is to provide them with a not-so-good job when they are at a loss about their lives and don't know where to go.
"Clang" "Oh, be gentle, the biscuits are broken."
"Hurry up, there are more behind you."
"We're on our way."
"There is no oil paper anymore.
I will go to the warehouse and carry a roll out."
"You can't carry it alone, let me help you carry it."
"Where's the warehouse key?"
"The key is there" "" Time flies by in this busy day after day.
These once fragile and helpless girls will one day grow into strong and upright women.
By that time, many of them will become Luo Yong's help.
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