Chapter 242: Start recruiting people
Chapter 242: Start recruiting people
After the people below knelt and kowtowed, Song Ning said, "Well! Stand up and talk!"
"Thank you, Ma'am." Several young men said in unison, and stood up after thanking her.
"I heard from you, sir, that you all used to work for the Wan family?" Song Ning asked with interest.
Several people looked at each other privately, not knowing what the lady meant. Finally, one of them stood up and replied, "Madam, yes."
"Since you were once a member of the Wan family, do you know about the grudge between the Wan family and the young master?"
As soon as he finished speaking, several young men knelt down in unison.
"Please forgive me, sir and madam." At first, they didn't know that their new master was the legendary Hang Tongsheng. It was only after they arrived at the mansion that they learned about the master's identity from Xu.
That incident caused a lot of uproar back then. As servants of the Wan family, it would be hard for them not to know about it. Now that the mistress has brought it up, she might be angry with them!
Song Ning was stunned. She turned her head to look at Hang Shuheng. Why did he kneel down again? She didn't say anything!
Hang Shuheng couldn't help laughing. She was trying to intimidate others without realizing it! She looked so innocent.
"Get up!"
After the young men stood up again tremblingly, Hang Shuheng signaled Song Ning to continue.
Song Ning coughed lightly and said, "No matter who your master was in the past, that is in the past. Now your master's surname is Hang. I hope you will remember your identity in the future."
Several people said in unison: "Yes, ma'am, we will definitely keep it in mind."
"Yes!" Song Ning nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "There are not many rules in our mansion. If there is something in the future, you can report it directly. You don't have to kneel if you haven't made any mistakes. Just do your job well. Now, report your names!"
Several people looked at each other, and one of the smart-looking guys said, "Madam, we were all surnamed Wan when we were in the Wan family before. Now that we are with the new master, we should be given a name by the new master."
"Is that so? Then you can change your surnames. Your given name remains the same, but you can change your surname to Hang." Song Ning didn't want to bother naming so many people. "Then, tell us your names and ages."
Only the surnames were changed, everything else remained unchanged, and several young men quickly introduced their names and ages.
"My little Hang Quan just turned twenty this year."
"Little Hangfu is also twenty this year."
"My little Hang An is nineteen years old this year."
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The remaining three were named Hang Kang, Hang Fa and Hang Bao. They were all the same age, eighteen years old.
After reporting the name, Song Ning complained in her heart, she is indeed young, but the name is really unfashionable!
"Okay." Song Ning turned to Xu who was standing on the side and said, "Go to the cloth shop and buy some cloth. Make two sets of clothes for each of them. The specifications should be based on the specifications of the cloth I bought for you."
"Also, now that there are more people, don't be so casual about eating. From today on, except for breakfast, lunch and dinner must have meat. We will all be working people in the future, and eating meat will give us strength."
"Yes, ma'am, I understand." Xu agreed quickly.
She now understands the master's temper a little bit. The young master will listen to the lady in everything, unless the lady is undecided, then she will let the young master make the decision. The lady doesn't like the subordinates to disobey her, and she has learned to be smart now. She just listens and does what the lady says.
"That's enough. There isn't much to do in our house. You should just follow Mrs. Chen's instructions. If there is work, do it. If there is no work, just rest. As for any arrangements for you later, just wait for the young master's instructions."
The young men had never expected that they would be treated so well by their new master. They were given new clothes as soon as they arrived and did not have to do any work for the time being. As servants, they had never had such an idle life before.
What Mrs. Chen said was indeed right, they had met a good master. Just think about it, which slave could have meat for every meal?
If all the servants in the city knew that they worked for the Hang family and had meat for every meal, even if they were servants, they would feel proud even if they walked out as servants of the Hang family.
After returning from the county town, Hang Shuheng went to Shuisheng's house and discussed with Shuisheng, asking him to find a few young men with good character in the village and ask them if they were willing to learn from him.
Shuisheng was not good at speaking and didn't know how to express himself. He couldn't make up his mind either, so he simply called everyone over one by one and let Hang Shuheng talk to them.
First, he called Sun Qinglai, who was closest to him, and then he ran to the old patriarch's house and called two young men of his grandson's generation. In terms of seniority, he was of the same generation as Hang Shuheng, and even though he was about the same age as Shuisheng, he still had to call him uncle.
After hearing Shuisheng's explanation of his purpose, the old patriarch was very supportive and urged his two grandsons to leave quickly, "This is a good thing, hurry up, go quickly, don't let your brother Hengzi wait too long."
When Shuisheng came out of the old patriarch's house and passed by the village head's house, he went in to find He Chunsheng.
The whole family was in the yard of the village head's house. Shuisheng went in and greeted everyone one by one, "Uncle village head, aunt, brother Tiesheng, you are all here..." The only person he didn't greet was He Chunsheng who was chopping wood.
"Shuisheng, what's the matter with you coming here?"
"Yes, there is something. I'm looking for Brother Chunsheng." Shuisheng nodded, and then asked: "Brother Chunsheng, are you free now? If you are free, come to my house."
He Chunsheng didn't listen to the woodcutter, but said, "If you have anything to say, just tell me. Can't you see I'm busy chopping wood?"
"Uncle Hengzi asked me to ask you if you want to learn carpentry from me. Uncle Hengzi said that if he opens a workshop in the future, he will need manpower. If you are willing to learn, come to my house and we can discuss it."
"Oh, this is good news!" The head of the village was very excited. After the incident with the Wan family, everyone in the village thought that Hang Shuheng's plan to open a workshop would be shelved. Unexpectedly, he had to start preparations now.
Seeing that He Chunsheng was still confused and hadn't reacted, He Tiesheng reminded him: "Second brother, why are you still daydreaming there? Hurry up and go." If it weren't for his leg problem, he would still like to go!
"Youngest son, why are you still chopping wood? That's your treasure. Why are you always thinking about chopping wood?" The head of the village looked at his youngest son's stupid look and wanted to wake him up with a slap on the sole of his shoe. "I'm telling you, you have to study hard for me and don't embarrass me."
After being reminded by his father and brother, He Chunsheng woke up as if from a dream. He dropped the axe and ran out, running faster than Shuisheng.
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