Chapter 925: Buying slaves

Su Wan waved her hand and then replied, " As long as his character is good. I am not against it, it"s just that I need them to be good at their job and understand their duty, other than that there is nothing else that I will demand from them."

She was not concerned about the housekeeper, rather it was the page boy that caused her to worry a little. A page boy was responsible for closely following after his master who was studying to become a scholar, if the page boy was not good and trustworthy then he might cause a lot of trouble for his master as well as the family of his master.

It wasn"t that Su Wan did not want to buy a page boy earlier but she had always hesitated as she was worried that someone would use that page boy to harm Lin Rui thus she had stopped herself again and again. But she could no longer hesitate.

In two weeks, Lin Rui had to head over to the capital for a junior scholar exam, if she did not choose a page boy for him then her husband would have to suffer a lot in the capital!

Their house also needed a housekeeper such that he would be able to manage the farm when she was busy. With so many tasks in her hands, there was indeed a shortage of people in the house.

Yi Ran was really happy when she heard Su Wan"s words. She enthusiastically nodded and then said, " If this is the case then I have just the right candidates. If you don"t mind, then I can bring them here and you can have a look, county magistrate Su."

" Is that so? What kind of candidates do you have?" Lin Jing questioned upon hearing the words of a slave trader. It sounded a bit too good of a deal if the slave trader had two candidates prepared beforehand.

Yi Ran also knew that it was a bit suspicious which was why she did not feel offended instead she calmly explained, " The master of the house was exiled after he was found guilty of creating fraud accounts and taking money from the imperial family. The slaves of that house were all sold one by one but unfortunately for the housekeeper, he married the maid from the same household.

They have a son and daughter, if that was all then I would have sold them but the old caretaker who looked after the stable of the master is the father of this man."

" The man refuses to leave his old father behind and follow someone else but no one wants to buy his old father who is weak and old. The old man cannot do anything as he is also limp in one leg after falling from a horse when he was young.

This housekeeper is a good man and knows how to respect filial piety, his son is an educated individual and he used to follow the son of their previous master who was studying to become a scholar as well. Both of them are good men and respect women while caring for the old."

Su Wan hummed before asking, " What about the wife and the daughter?"

" They are gloomy and a bit silent but they do what they need to do, the girl is sincere and hardworking while her mother is honest and simple.

They knelt and begged me not to sell the girl alone which is why I a.s.sure you that these people are not someone who would try to cling on to the higher officials by pushing their daughters in a fire pit," Yi Ran told everything to Su Wan without holding back.

Though she was a kind woman, she also had to do something to fill her stomach. She bought the housekeeper and his son thinking that they would be sold for a high price but they refused to be sold without their family following them. It was a loss that she had made in the heat of the moment but Yi Ran could not keep them anymore.

The situation of the Big Ocean City was not getting better and she could not feed them anymore.

Seeing that Su Wan had shown interest in that family she immediately followed, " I know that they might look like baggage but they are honest wise and respectful. None of them would dare to cross the lines that they cannot cross as slaves. It"s just that they have an additional baggage which is why they are left alone for now."

" If not, with their filial piety, benevolence, wits and righteousness, they would have been sold a long time ago."

Shen Junxi turned to look at Su Wan, he wanted to say that it was alright to feed an extra mouth but he did not want to interfere with Su Wan"s decision and did not say anything. It was only when Su Wan nodded did his eyes lit up and he turned to look at Yi Ran before saying, " You can bring them, we will take a look. If they are really that good then we will purchase them."

Yi Ran cheered up when she heard Shen Junxi"s words, it looked like she would finally be able to sell that family!

She hurried out of the house and then brought the family about whom she was talking about. Discover stories at mvl

Su Wan looked at the family of five and was stunned when she saw the old man. When Yi Ran told her that they were taking care of an old man, she thought that Yi Ran was talking about a sixty-year-old man but the one in front of her was clearly in his eighties and he looked rather sick.

What was more with the continuous malnourishment they looked even weaker than they were.

" Is he sick?" She asked upon noticing the flushed cheeks of the old man, his eyes were half closed and anyone could see that he was almost on the verge of fainting.

No sooner did she finish speaking there was a loud thump that startled her and Lin Jing.