Chapter 966: Resettling the Old Military Master [3]

Qin Xiaomi smiled: "Grandma, don't worry about me being embarrassed. I am willing to take care of them... The old soldier has armor pieces, which will be useful to the herbal medicine shop, the Qin family, and Grandpa."

Emperor Wuxing, like Emperor Taizong of Wei, sincerely wanted to favor the old general, so the Qin family's herbal medicine shop's rescue of the old general would make Emperor Wuxing, General Liang, and the Northwest Army happy.

And this is how the Qin family made a profit.

"Besides, the old general's family are all capable workers. He can also help our family teach our workers martial arts, wartime survival skills, and teach everyone how to retreat during wartime... In short, there are many benefits, and it's worth taking over."

But the prerequisite is that the old soldiers cannot stand the fact that her Qin family has some power and then make a fuss about asking the Qin family to go back to their hometown with them to help them redress their grievances.

If they dare to make such a request, the Qin family can only send them back to the government office.

"Grandma, let's go and settle them." Qin Xiaomi smiled and took Grandma Qin back to the front shop, saying, "Old soldier, my Qin family's medicinal materials workshop has been temporarily taken over. However, the government office must report their report of someone plotting to take over their family property to the provincial government, and let the provincial government investigate and punish the culprits. This is the government office's job, they won't want to take care of it, right?"

Look, look, it’s said that Mrs. Qin shouldn’t be so talkative. When the atmosphere was so happy, she had to bring up something to spoil the mood.

Master Han said, "Don't worry, Mr. Qin. The county magistrate has reported this matter to the governor and General Liang."

Uncle Qin clicked his tongue and said, "Our county magistrate is indeed a man who has been in office for many years. Look at how he handled this matter. He is so experienced."

Everyone: "..."

When this uncle and nephew become mute, they won’t have to feel embarrassed when doing their work.

"Shut up, second brother. Hurry up and follow us to resettle the old soldier." Grandpa Qin said.

Uncle Qin immediately yelled, ran ahead, and when he reached the open space at the intersection of Xindajie, he said to the thirty-three old military officers and their families who were waiting, "Old military officers, come on, come on, follow me to the Qin family's medicinal materials workshop!"

"This, this is the Qin family. Are they willing to take us in?" asked the old soldier.

Uncle Qin nodded. "Yes, yes, yes. My family has discussed with the government office and will take you in first and arrange your livelihood. But you still have to work. Don't worry, you will be paid."

"Also, if what you say is inconsistent with what was found at your registered place of residence, the government will take you away and will not allow you to stay in the Qin Family Herb Shop!"

After saying that, he pointed at the boy from Shiqiu.

Shi Qiu shouted the words three times, making sure that all of the old general's family members heard it, and then stopped.

After the call, Qin Xiaomi and the others arrived and went to the herbal medicine shop together.

Before entering the main gate of the herbal medicine workshop, Qin Xiaomi went up to the square table again and told them about the herbal medicine workshop; he would only place them in the back house under the big wall first; he would only arrange jobs for them that would not require them to step into the core workshop of the herbal medicine workshop.

"The business of the herbal medicine shop involves human life, so it must be rigorous."

"After the officials who checked your situation come back and confirm that you are alright, you can start the core work of preparing medicinal materials and producing new anthelmintic drugs."

"Before this, the warehouse gate and the workshop gates on both the men's and women's sides are your restricted areas. No one is allowed to enter without an escort. Anyone who enters without permission will be sent back to the government office by the Qin family. Do you understand?"

"I understand!"

"Thank you, Qin family..."

"Wow, thank you so much, old captain, for taking us in and giving us jobs. This allows us to continue living as good citizens. Otherwise, we would have no choice but to sell ourselves."

They were all from poor families, with ordinary physiques and looks. They could not even sell themselves to good families, and their women could only be sold to dirty places to become the lowest-level prostitutes and serve porters.

The men were even more miserable. They were just coolies, with only one meal a day. They had to work for their masters from the moment they opened their eyes. After they died, their bodies were rolled up on straw mats and thrown into a mass grave.

Grandpa Qin endured it again and again, trying not to let his voice change. He nodded continuously and said, "With the resettlement land, your household registration will be preserved. Work hard, save some money, and your life will be better."

The old soldier felt warmed when he heard this and replied, "Hey, hey, hey, with the help of the captain, our life will definitely get better."

Dangdang Dangdang!

"Quiet, quiet, now we are calling the roll according to the list given by the government office!" Uncle Qin shouted.

The old soldier hurriedly stood with his family.

When the old soldier's name was called, he stepped out and called the names of his family members. The family members all stood beside him and recognized the Qin family members.

Among them, three families do not have old military masters.

The old soldier passed away, and they could not make a living, so they came to seek refuge with him, taking the old soldier's armor pieces.

One family consists of an old military officer's wife and a grandson, whose surname is Du; one family consists of two sisters and their respective daughters, whose surname is Luo; and one family consists of two boys, one big and one small, whose surname is Lu.

The government office paid special attention to investigating these three special families. Since they were all from counties under the jurisdiction of Dongming Prefecture, it was easy to investigate and their identities were quickly confirmed.

After the roll call and identification are completed.

Dangdang Dangdang!

Uncle Qin called out again, "Line up and get your winter clothes and bedding."

"Give us winter clothes and bedding? Old Captain, we will return this to the Qin family slowly when we make money!"

"Yes, it must be returned. No one can take advantage of it. This is a cotton-padded jacket and quilt, a valuable item!"

Grandpa Qin was very pleased and said, "Okay, then you guys work hard. When you have enough money, go find the manager of the herbal medicine shop and pay the money back."

Grandma Qin was also very pleased and whispered to Aunt Qin, "Your father-in-law is not senile yet and knows that you should not help others too much."

Aunt Qin didn't dare to cricket Grandpa Qin. She could only smile at Grandma Qin and say, "It's also because mother-in-law is soft-hearted, otherwise father-in-law wouldn't be able to help these old soldiers."

Grandma Qin: "Humph, he won't listen to me on this matter."

Aunt Qin: "..."

Well, shut up, otherwise I'm afraid I'll really become an unfilial daughter-in-law who talks behind my mother-in-law's back and talks about my father-in-law.

Dangdang Dangdang!

"Follow me, I'll take you to the back house!"

In order to facilitate patrol personnel, the Qin family's medicinal materials workshop built a row of back houses near the inner wall.

The wall is very long, and there are such back houses under the wall on all four sides.

There are ten rooms on each side of the wall, so there are forty rooms on four sides.

There are thirty-three households, each with one room. If there are too many people in a family and there is no room for everyone, two or three boys will live in one room, or two or three girls will live in one room.

Uncle Qin: "It's a new house, not cleaned up yet, you have to clean it up yourself."

"Hey, hey, hey, we can just clean it up ourselves... It's a new house, it really is a new house."

"It's still two rooms, one inside and one outside. It's spacious enough to live in. Thank you, Qin family... You should kowtow to the Qin family and thank them for giving us a way to survive!" The Luo sisters pulled their daughters, a total of five girls, and knelt down to kowtow to the Qin family.

It made a very loud banging sound.

The Luo sisters left their hometown to seek refuge with their husband's family because they had not given birth to a son and their parents' family had no male heirs. They were despised by their husband's family and were beaten and scolded every day. Their husband's family also wanted to sell them and exchange them for money for the man to marry a new wife and have a son.

Life is really unbearable.

The two sisters remembered that their father was an old soldier and had military plaques, so they took the plaques and their mother's household registration and came.

When we came here, we thought that if there was really no way to survive, we would just have a good meal and then set off together. Unexpectedly, we had to fight for a way to survive.

I heard that the Qin family workshop gives priority to recruiting female workers, so as long as their daughter can get a job in the Qin family workshop, her life will be secure.