Chapter 1255 Selling into Slavery
In the afternoon, Hua'er, the little maid of Baozi, carried a vegetable basket to buy vegetables at the evening market about a hundred meters away as usual. This is what she does every day, picking out fresh ingredients at the evening market and buying enough for the day.
Although Hua'er opened a small vegetable plot in the backyard of the county government and raised a few chickens, the vegetables have not grown up yet, and the floods have affected the growth of the small vegetables. Currently, the small vegetables are not self-sufficient. Self-sufficient, the chicks haven’t grown up yet.
Every time he goes out, there will be a guard not far away to follow and protect him. Hua'er is now used to it.
After about a stick of incense, Hua'er came back from the evening market with a satisfied vegetable basket. The vegetables in the basket were fresh and juicy. The guard who was following behind was carrying two large carp and a white-striped chicken. He kept a distance of about three meters from Hua'er and followed him not far or close.
"Dad, no, please, don't sell me to Yichun Tower to make fun of me. That Wang Yapo always sends the girls he buys to Yichun Tower. Dad, please don't."
Just when Hua'er was approaching the small gate of the backyard of the county government office, At that moment, a girl in coarse clothes and messy hair staggered over from the side path in a panic. She sobbed and cried as she ran and turned back to beg. However, after running a few steps, her foot slipped and she fell down with a cry of surprise. Fall to the ground.
Impartial, she fell down three to five meters away from the painting. The girl cried with pear blossoms in the rain. She looked like a standard village girl. Her cheeks were slightly dark and stained with dust, and she showed a constant presence. There was a touch of blush formed by field work, and there was a hint of beauty. The clothes on her body were not very clean, wrinkled, and there were traces of farm work.
The officer following Hua'er was very wary at first, and quickly approached Hua'er for protection. After seeing clearly that the person coming was a weak woman, he felt that there was no danger, so he stepped back. Two steps.
After the girl fell down, a man ran up the side path. The man was thin and about forty or fifty years old. His clothes were dirty and torn, and he had a bitter look on his face. Deep and weathered.
"Tui'er, there is really nothing we can do about it. God won't give us a way to survive. We can't live our lives anymore. The family can't open the door. Mother Xie is sick again. If she doesn't give you money, the doctor won't even take it. Medicine, return it You have a younger brother, and you don’t love him the most. You are willing to watch him starve to death.”
The middle-aged man stepped forward, grabbed the girl’s hand, and pulled her hard. He sighed.
"Dad, if you want to sell me, please sell me to an ordinary family. I just ask you not to sell me to Wang Yapo. She is Yapo from Yichun Tower. If I fall into her hands, I will be betrayed. Sold to Yichun Tower. Dad, why don’t you know where Yichun Tower is? If I were sold to Yichun Tower, there would be no way for me to survive. I could only make fun of others. Anyone could bully me. thousand Thousands of people were riding and sleeping, and they were tortured to death.”
The girl couldn’t help but shrink back, unable to get up from the ground, as if the ground was safe for her to fuck, and she grabbed the man’s clothes with both hands. Sleeves, he raised a face full of tears and begged bitterly. His voice was like the autumn wind blowing through the bamboo forest, and the tears on his face were like the flood that burst the embankment.
"Cui'er, dad doesn't want to sell you to Wang Yapo, but there is no other way. Other people think you have been married and widowed, so they are only willing to give you 5 taels of silver at most. Only Wang Yapo I wish you could still make ends meet even though you are tall, I'm willing to pay 10 taels of silver. Your mother's medical treatment costs more than 5 taels of silver, and that's not to mention my brother and our family. If we only sell 5 taels of silver, what's the use? We can only sell it to Wang. Ya Po.”
The middle-aged man pulled the girl up forcefully, and said to the girl with a look of helplessness and determination.
"Dad, if I don't ask you not to sell me, I beg you to sell me to someone else. Just don't send me into a pit of fire."
The girl cried with tears and snot in her nose. He grabbed the middle-aged man's sleeves with both hands and begged.
"Tui'er, this is fate. I can't help it. It's my father who is sorry for you. In the next life, he will be your bull and your maha."
The middle-aged man was almost in tears. came down, but still shook his head cruelly and insisted on pulling the girl up.
This girl is so pitiful. Seeing this scene in front of her, Baozi's little maid Hua'er couldn't help but blush.
The guard who was following behind saw this scene and dropped his guard. Before the flood, he had seen many people selling their children and daughters. Poor people really couldn’t survive when they encountered difficulties. People who sold their children and daughters were selling their children. The situation is not surprising. After the flood, the number of children and girls being sold was much more common than usual. The day before yesterday, old man Zhang in his village sold his five-year-old son, firstly to make some money, and secondly to find a way for his younger son to survive.
As long as it is not a crime of forced buying, selling, or raping a girl, the government will not care.
When the time comes, they will hand over the money with one hand and the person with the other, and sign a deed of sale. From then on, their fate will be controlled by the master's family, and they will have no freedom.
"Tui'er, my father and mother treat you well. They say that the girl who gets married throws away the water. But your husband died on the day you got married, and your in-laws called you a swindler, but you are still your father. Mom took you back and kept you there forever. Now there's a natural disaster and your mother is sick again. Our family really can't survive, and there is really nothing we can do. Now your mother's life is hanging by a thread, just waiting for money to get medicine. Son, daddy, I’m begging you this time, please Cui’er.”
As the middle-aged man spoke, he knelt down, tears streaming down his face filled with bitterness and hatred.
"Dad. Dad, please get up. My daughter is going down. My daughter is going down. Wuwuwu."
Seeing the middle-aged man kneeling down, tears streaming down his face. , the defense in the girl's heart seemed to be broken, she knelt down and cried loudly.
"Tui'er, Dad, I'm sorry for you. If you want to complain or hate, just hate me. It has nothing to do with your mother or brother."
"Dad, I don't blame you. If you want to blame me, it's all the fault of this world. , this is my life”
For a moment, the father and daughter were in front of Hua'er, hugging each other and crying. It was really sad to listen to it and shed tears when hearing it.
"Which, which one, please don't be sad"
Hua'er had already shed tears. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief, her eyes were red, and she walked forward and called softly.
The father and daughter raised their heads with tears in their eyes, looking at Hua'er with blank eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to listen to your privacy. Well, you'd better not sell your daughter. How can you send your daughter into a pit of fire? I have ten taels of silver. You can use it for emergencies. Hurry up. Go home and live a good life”
Hua'er said with red eyes, took out a ten-liang banknote from his sleeve and handed it to the two of them.
“Huh?”
The father and daughter were more surprised than surprised.
"Thank you so much, my benefactor. Thank you so much, my benefactor. Madam is really kind-hearted. We kowtow to you."
The girl reacted first and pulled the middle-aged man to kneel down and kowtow. The middle-aged man He also responded and kowtowed.
"Get up quickly and take it home. Your mother is still waiting to see a doctor and get medicine. There is no time to delay."
Hua'er stretched out his hand to pull the girl and handed the banknote to the girl.
"My benefactor, although I don't know Chinese characters, I also know my integrity. I am not a beggar, so how can I take my benefactor's money in vain."
The girl cried and shook her head, determined not to by.
"Yes, we are poor and ambitious, so we can use our benefactor's money in vain." The middle-aged man also shook his head firmly.
"You guys go home quickly, your mother is still waiting to see a doctor and get medicine." Hua'er was so anxious that she almost cried.
"Dad, I'll give you this money. You can take it home to see your mother. If you buy some food to go home, my brother won't be able to bear the hunger. I'll sell myself to my benefactor. I'll be a benefactor for the rest of my life." A man behaves like an ox or a horse, repaying his kindness to his benefactor. From now on, this is the last time I will call you dad. The slaves of my benefactor's family are left to my benefactor. I have nothing to do with you anymore. From now on, we will all have our own destiny."
The girl bit her lip and made up her mind, taking the hand from Hua'er. He took the banknote, stuffed it into the middle-aged man's hand, and said to him with a decisive look on his face.
"Huh? No, really no need." Hua'er waved her hands repeatedly.
"Then I don't want this banknote anymore. Dad, you'd better sell me to Mrs. Wang Ya. Just ride with a thousand people. This is my life."
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Hearing this, the girl shook her head vigorously, cried and took the banknote back from the middle-aged man's hand, stuffed it back into Hua'er's hand, and cried to the middle-aged man with a look of resignation and grief.
"Ah?! I buy it, I buy it." Hua'er couldn't help but said anxiously when he heard that the girl was going to sell Yichun Building.
So, Hua'er went out to the evening market to buy vegetables, chickens and fish, and on the way back, he bought a girl who was sold into slavery.
"Dad, please go. From now on, I have nothing to do with you. From now on, life or death will be decided by fate."
The girl occupied the doorway of the backyard of the county government office. Covering his face with his sleeves, he said goodbye to the middle-aged man, then decisively turned around and walked into the backyard.
Under the sleeves, the corners of his lips were curved, and his head was lowered. No one could see a pair of fox eyes, which were particularly lively. (End of this chapter)