A tragic journey through ancient times, trying to make money

Chapter 120 I Believe It Won’t Be Too Bad

He begged Zhang Yunyue, hoping that he could buy the entire family away, so that at least the family could be together and not be separated.

The reasons given by these three men at the moment were not their own reasons, but Zhang Yunyue also looked at their expressions and saw that they did not seem to be panicked or guilty about lying.

In this case, Zhang Yunyue decided to temporarily believe what the three people said. If there were any bad people behind the scenes, he would just sell them again. At that time, he would not be able to blame anyone.

The couple both knew how to cook, and Zhang Yunyue decided to let the man, his wife, and their two children stay. She believed that a man who would not abandon his wife and children would not be a bad person.

Zhang Yunyue thought it through and said, "You guys get up first and stand aside."

The man supported his wife, and then stood aside with his two children.

The last woman stepped forward and said, "I used to make snacks in the kitchen of an official's family in the prefecture. My cooking skills were not bad, but because the master got promoted and planned to move the whole family to the capital, most of the servants in the mansion were dismissed."

After saying that, he lowered his head again.

"You all just stand over there." After saying that, Zhang Yunyue pointed to his left. The family just now was also standing on the left.

When they heard this, they were delighted. At least, they didn't have to worry about selling the products to bad places.

Zhang Yunyue looked at the remaining people standing and said, "Are there any of you who can read, or have been a shopkeeper before? Some of you can step forward."

Hearing this, three more people stood up from the rest.

"Tell me what you did before."

The man standing on the left said, "I used to be the owner of a restaurant owned by a wealthy family. My boss asked me to use some bad ingredients to cook, and I didn't want to do such a conscienceless thing.

Although I am a servant, I cannot go against my will. If I go against my master's wishes too much, he will be dissatisfied with me and will sell me out."

When the man next to him heard what he had said, he also said, "I, I, I because, because..." The man's eyes were vague and he spoke stutteringly.

When Zhang Yunyue saw this, he knew that this person must have done something against his will and violated the law and was sold out, so he felt guilty and stuttered.

Zhang Yunyue would definitely not buy someone like this. If she did, there would be endless troubles in the future.

He said in a cold tone: "No need, just step back."

The last person stepped forward and said, “I used to be a small steward in a wealthy family. I can read a few words. I was dissatisfied with the steward’s embezzlement of the master’s money and wanted to report it to the master.

But I didn’t expect that the chief steward found out about it in advance, and he put the charge of embezzlement on my head. I couldn’t prove my innocence, so I was sold out by my boss.”

"Okay, I get it. You two can wait over there too!"

After hearing Zhang Yunyue’s words, the two men kowtowed repeatedly to express their gratitude: “Thank you, young lady. Thank you, young lady.”

Seeing that the chef and the shopkeeper had been found, Zhang Yunyue turned to Zhao Yaren and said:

"Zhao Yaren, I want these few people. How much do you want?"

"Miss, 15 taels for a man, 13 taels for a woman, 20 taels for two literate men, and 10 taels for a child. If you want all these people, the total is 131 taels of silver."

"Mr. Zhao, this is the second time we have cooperated with your company today. I believe we will come again in the future. These people are worth 120 taels in total. If you agree, I will pay immediately. If not, I will go to another company to have a look."

Seeing that Zhang Yunyue spoke so firmly, Zhao Yaren knew that he could not just fool this young girl because of her young age. For the sake of future business, he gritted his teeth and decided to agree with what Zhang Yunyue said.

"Okay, let's do as you said, a total of 120 taels. If you need anything in the future, I hope you will remember our dental clinic."

"No problem." Zhang Yunyue took out 120 taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Zhao Yaren.

"Okay, wait a moment, girl. I'll go get their indentures."

After saying that, Zhao Yaren took the rest of the people out of the room.

After a while, Zhao Yaren came in again with a few indentures in his hand.

"Girl, please keep them. These are their indentures."

Zhang Yunyue took the contract and looked at it carefully. There was no problem. "Okay, I'll take them away first."

He turned to the rest of the people in the room and said, "Let's go."

Zhang Yunyue and Zhang Xingyun walked in front, and the people who had just bought followed behind Zhang Yunyue.

"Brother, take them back first. Leave two of you to help me carry the things. I'll go buy them some cloth. They can't wear these clothes anymore."

Zhang Xingyun looked at the ragged people and nodded: "Yueyue, you go, I will take the rest of the people back first, you two follow the girl to go shopping first."

The two people named by Zhang Xingyun nodded immediately: "Yes, sir."

Zhang Yunyue took the two of them directly to the cloth shop. Fortunately, there was a cloth shop near the dental clinic, and the three of them arrived in a short while.

Zhang Yunyue walked into the cloth shop, but the other two did not follow her in. Instead, they stood by the door and waited.

"Boss, do you have ready-made clothes in your store?"

"Yes, the ready-made clothes are over here, look here, young lady."

Zhang Yunyue selected five sets of ready-made clothes and inner garments for men, two sets of ready-made clothes and inner garments for women, and bought a set of ready-made clothes and inner garments for girls aged eleven or twelve, and a set of ready-made clothes and inner garments for boys aged seven or eight.

Zhang Yunyue bought a set of ready-made clothes and a set of underwear, and then asked the boss to get two rolls of dark-colored coarse cotton cloth, two rolls of light-colored coarse cotton cloth, and four rolls of white fine cotton cloth, spending a total of 4 taels of silver.

After Zhang Yunyue paid the money, she called the two people standing at the door to help her with the ready-made clothes and cloth.

Zhang Yunyue took the two of them back to the shop on East Street.

When they arrived at the store, Zhang Yunyue took the two of them straight to the backyard and placed the cloth and clothes on the table.

Zhang Xingyun saw his sister coming back: "Yueyue, you are back."

"Yes, brother, please ask everyone to come and I will distribute the clothes to them."

"it is good."

Zhang Xingyun went to gather the people he had just brought back and made them stand in a row in the backyard again.

Zhang Yunyue pointed at the cloth and clothes on the table and said, "These are the clothes and cloth I bought for you. Each person gets a set of clothes and underwear. You can divide them among yourselves later."

After that, Zhang Yunyue turned to the only two women in the room and asked, "You two can do needlework, right?"

They both replied in unison: "Yes, girl."

"Okay, then you will be responsible for making all the cloth into clothes. You two will make a set of finished clothes and underwear for each of the people. The same goes for the two children."

"Thank you girl."

Zhang Yunyue suddenly thought of something, but she didn’t know their names yet.

"Brother, go to the front yard and call our second uncle over so that everyone can get to know him. It's been a while and we still don't know their names."