When Luo Yong finished the work of peppers, it was almost May of the lunar calendar.

At that time in early April, farmers in the suburbs picked various vegetable seedlings and sold them to the market. Si Niang and the others picked two loofah seedlings and two gourd seedlings, and planted them on the edge of the courtyard wall.

Nowadays, the green vines have climbed high on the earthen walls, and they will bloom in some time.

In addition to loofah, there is also a jujube tree in the yard, which was planted by the former owner of the yard. In the past two years, Hou Lin brought two more grape seedlings to plant.

It’s just that grapes are not easy to plant. They have planted them for so long but have not produced a single grape. Unlike loofahs and gourds, they just need to feed water and fertilizer, and when the sun shines, they will grow upwards. They are also diligent in bearing fruits.

Two years ago, Hou Lin still planted corn in the yard, but this year it was not enough. Because Luo Yong built a straw shed in the yard, it was for Si Niang and Qi Niang and the others to study.

Their yard is not very big, and once this straw shed is occupied, there will definitely be no place to grow corn. However, the price of corn has become increasingly low in the past two years, and even if it is planted this year, it will not be sold much.

Luo used their neighbors to grow vegetables in their own yards. When the alley outside was not paved with cement roads, some neighbors would even create a small piece of land under the walls in the alley to grow vegetables.

The streets of Chang'an City are very spacious, and even the streets and alleys are quite spacious. The place is large enough and it is empty. Some people who live frugality always want to dig out a piece of land to grow vegetables. For this matter, Tang Dynasty's law specifically has such a law, saying that people are not allowed to occupy the streets and alleys to grow vegetables, and they are not allowed to return, but it is still banned.

In the past two years, cement pavement has been paved in Chang'an City, and the situation has improved. The people in the city are reluctant to pile up soil because they cherish this flat and clean cement pavement.

Feng'anfang where Luo Yong is located is also a mid-range community. Most of the residents here are from a good family. Since the cement road was paved, no one has grown vegetables in the alley. From time to time, people have gone out to sweep the road with brooms, which looks quite clean.

I heard that many neighbors have laid cement floors in their yards. The Luo family’s houses and walks have been laid. A cement road leading from the corridor to the yard gate is laid in the yard. In addition, the straw sheds where Si Niang and the others are also laid in cement floors, and other places are still mud floors.

Every spring, it is also very good 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 was free recently, he liked to sit in the yard to watch Qiao Junlin practice martial arts. He went from being refreshed to sweating, and his wet hair was pressed against his cheeks and neck. When his hair was thrown vigorously with his movements, the sweat beads were also thrown into the air, as if they would shine little by little...

Speaking of which, why hasn't this kid tied his hair bun recently? Every time he practiced martial arts, he tied his ponytail. His long black hair was swayed, which was so exciting.

"Brother." Si Niang and Qi Niang came back from outside for a while. Seeing their depressed look, it was obvious that something unhappy had happened.

"What's wrong?" Luo Yong asked her.

"Caoerye Niang asked her to marry the butcher from the Da'anfang. The butcher from the Sun is so old, fat, and full of beards. Because he had many betrothal gifts, Cao'erye Niang wanted to marry that person."

Si Niang was already full of words at this time, and when Luo Yong asked this question, she immediately said everything.

The Cao'er that Si Niang mentioned was the third daughter of a family named Shao in their neighbor. Her eldest sister was called Huaer and her second sister was called Yeer, so she was called Cao'er.

Later, her mother gave birth to another boy and tried her best to give him a tall name. His name Luo Yong couldn't even be written, and she was too lazy to spend time thinking about it. The boy couldn't write it himself. He was spoiled by his mother since childhood. He was not a piece of material for studying at all. He thought he would be a dependent on his parents in the future.

"Cao'er doesn't want it?" Luo Yong asked.

"Yeah." Si Niang said angrily.

"Cao'er was crying, and her mother was scolding her." Qi Niang also spoke from the side.

It is indeed a difficult task to marry a fat butcher who is a 15 or 16-year-old girl to a bearded fat butcher.

As for the age that Si Niang and the others said, if Luo Yong remembers correctly, the butcher looks old, but in his early thirties, he is actually in his early thirties. However, for Si Niang and the others, it is indeed a good age that is indeed a good age.

If he doesn't consider the girl's feelings, then Sun Butcher is actually a good candidate. Although he looks a bit rough, he treats his wife and children very well. Only his ex-wife is poor and goes there at a young age, leaving Sun Butcher alone to do business and pull out his children.

From Cao'er's perspective, marrying such a person without any worries about food and clothing is not considered pushing her into the fire pit. Of course, the other party gave enough betrothal gifts is also an important reason.

"Sister Cao'er doesn't care?" Cao'er's wife is similar to Cao'er's wife. They only treat the only boy in the family as a caregiver, so they can count on Cao'er's two sisters.

"Hmph, Sister Cao'er is back, too. She was scolded by her mother and went back crying." As soon as she said this, Si Niang became even more angry.

"Tsk." Luo Yong didn't see the style of the family. He was a small family and was so mean that his son was like a rich child. He wanted to be a maid to the girls in the family.

There should be a degree of bias. People's hearts are biased, and this kind of thing is inevitable. However, parents should have the appearance of being a parent. No matter what they think in their hearts, there should always be some constraints in their behavior.

With such practices as their family, it is good that these girls in the family and their precious son have little sibling relationship and have not become enemies.

"Brother, Cao'er said she was going to jump into the well..." Si Niang said with red eyes. She thought Cao'er's Ya Niang was too bad and Cao'er was too pitiful.

Luo Yong thought about it and said to her, "You tell her not to jump into the well. If you really don't want to marry, go to our shop to work. At least you can avoid this time before talking about it."

A few days later, Luo Yong and Qiao Junlin were driving the donkey cart and were about to go out when they saw a little lady standing outside their door. When the little girl saw him, tears came down, as if she had seen a savior.

Luo Yong:...

After a while, Luo Yong picked up many young ladies who sneaked out to escape the marriage arranged by his parents.

After picking up the people, Luo Yong arranged them to make biscuits in the north and south groceries.

The biscuits in their shop are very good. Although in terms of taste, biscuits may not be as good as other foods, they are better at the cheapest price and can withstand the storage. If they are not open, it will usually be fine if they are stored for ten days and half a month.

The better the cookies are, the more people they need. These young ladies may not be neat, but they are better at young age. As long as they are willing to learn, they will get started in just a few days.

After leaving these people in the shop, Luo Yong will definitely send someone to their homes to notify them as soon as possible.

Some families would chase after them and force them to pick them up, while many families like Shao Caoer would choose to leave their daughters in Luo Yong’s shop to work.

The Luo Yongs took away had no choice. After all, this is the case in this era. Marriage has always been the order of the parents and the matchmaker, and I feel that there are few who can make decisions on it.

Those who stay may not necessarily mean that their future lives will be better than the path arranged by their parents, but at least this path is chosen by them and they are willing to go on.

In this era, a woman with good fortune is born in a good family. In order to make her more powerful in her husband's family after getting married, her parents and brothers have to start buying dowry for her early.

Women with bad fate are born in bad families. Whether they are poor or rich, they will often be used by their families for money and benefits in the end.

The marriage arranged by Shao Caoer Ye Niang is no different from selling his daughter. Although the buyer's character seems to be pretty good, for a teenage girl, it is undoubtedly a nightmare and a catastrophe.

The teenage girl is at the age of fantasy and full of longing for love. At this time, you asked her to marry a fat, old bearded man who killed pigs and sheep? She said she wanted to jump into a well, but she probably really wanted to jump into a well.

Luo Yong was neither close nor bad at these women, but he was willing to provide them with some shelter within his ability.

The business of groceries in the north and south is getting better and better, and more and more people are needed. We have to recruit people from both sides and vertically, so who should not use them?

But Luo Yong is determined to provide them with protection, but some people may not be interested.

There were those little ladies who were also used by Li Hua and Yu crying all the way to Luo. Later, after a few days of making groceries in the north and south, they didn't have to come to find them, so they went home honestly.

Recently, there have been rumors in Chang'an City that Luo Yong specially took in these young ladies who ran away from home and coaxed them to work in his shop.

This made the girls who were still working in the shop very uneasy, fearing that one of them would be angry and would drive them out.

Without need of others to say, they also know where those rumors came from. They were not the ones who came and left over the past few days. Luo took them in with kindness, but they left a grudge.

On May 15th, the emperor went to court early in the morning. He listened honestly and did not show any attention. Unexpectedly, when the emperor dispersed, the emperor called his name again.

"I heard that Assistant Professor Luo has coaxed many young ladies who have escaped marriage to work in their shop?" the emperor joked.

As a minor official who can only participate in the morning court on the first day of the first day, many people usually sit there and listen every time they go there, but few people can really speak in the morning court and receive attention.

That is, Luo Yong, who was named by the emperor again and again, although this time it was not because of something good.

Many people thought that Luo Yong must speak for the young ladies who left home this time, but he said this time:

"If they don't ask them to suffer some hardship 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 insignificant trivial matters, and soon they left. After a meal in the gallery, they went back to their respective houses.

On the grocery store in the north and south, Luo Yong also asked his disciples to pay attention to the character of those young ladies. For a hired worker, the most important virtue is naturally diligence.

Since these young ladies came to this shop, they got up early and went to bed late every day to cut oil paper and package biscuits. Sometimes they were even arranged to help knead noodles. That was a heavy physical strength. Two young ladies left because they couldn't stand it.

On the evening of the day, the work was almost done, but some broken biscuits needed to be packed and sold at the special offer area for cheap tomorrow morning.

These broken biscuits are sometimes mixed with some good ones. The young ladies think it would be a waste to pack the whole biscuits and sell them cheaply, so they carefully picked them there.

"What are you doing?" Luo asked when a disciple carried two baking trays by them.

"There are still many good things here." A young lady said.

"I know there is still good things there." The disciple said with a smile:

"It is common to get along well and bad. We have so many work to do every day, so how can we care about this? Hurry up and pack these cookies and take a break after dinner. There is still some work to do tomorrow morning."

The speaker was unintentional, and the listener was intentional. As soon as Luo said these words from this disciple, several young ladies suddenly felt a little slack in their hearts and their faces looked a little ugly, but he didn't notice at all and went to work hard on his own.

That night, after these young ladies returned to the workhouse, several people said this, and the other few who had not thought about this before were also panicked at this time.

Yes, those good cookies are mixed in broken cookies and sold at a cheap price. Although it is a pity, who has so much time to find and choose one by one? With that time, they can make more cookies.

At this time, they felt like a few good cookies lying in a pile of broken cookies. Even they were not sure whether they were really a good cookie. How could he spend so much energy to distinguish carefully as a busy person like Luo Sanlang?

Within a few days, there were rumors in the market that Luo Sanlang took them in just to make them suffer some trouble outside. When he knew that his family was better, he wanted to go back.

It is also temporary to let them work in groceries in the north and south, and they will be sent home one by one after another.

"No, Luo Sanlang promised me to work here, so I wouldn't send me back halfway." Shao Caoer didn't believe what was said outside.

"..." The other little ladies didn't speak because when they came here, Luo Yong had never made any promises to them, which was the main reason why they were so uneasy these days.

After a few more days, on May 25th, Luo Yong came to the grocery store again.

As lunch time approached, a child working in the daily necessities area upstairs came over 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.

The goods on the second floor of North and South Grocery are relatively less than that on the first floor. Luo Yong set up a tea room that is not big or small in a corner of the second floor, which is actually an office.

When Luo Yong occasionally discusses with his disciples, or discusses with others about grocery stores, he often does this tea room.

The young ladies entered the tea room uneasy. In addition to Luo Yong, there were two disciples of Luo Yong, who were usually in contact with them.

The young ladies were very worried that Luo Yong would ask them to go home, but Luo Yong didn't say much, but directly assigned them a labor contract and asked them if they would sign it.

"This is..." a young lady asked with her eyes wide open.

"This is a two-year employment contract. The oldest of you is only seventeen years old this year, right? It will be nineteen in two years. If you want to get married, it will not be too late." In Luo Yong's opinion, getting married at the age of nineteen is too early, but now 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 started crying in silence.
To be continued...