However, it was said that after Chengxue and his party rested at the inn for the night, they got up early and set off for Fengtian.

Mukden's streets are wide, but still crowded, from the suburbs to the city center, from the squalid slums to the bustling commercial districts, from the ragged beggars to the rich in suits.

When he arrived at the Fengtian Sijin Ji branch, the shopkeeper Kong had been waiting for a long time, so he led him to the rented courtyard of Sanjin.

The yard and the store are only separated by two streets, the decoration is very new, Qiulan helped Chengxue get out of the car first, and Dongxia and Chu Feiyan moved their luggage down little by little.

When you enter the first courtyard, you will see that the verandah is covered with verdant ivy, and a few begonias are planted next to it.

Walking inside and entering the main courtyard, you will see colorful chrysanthemums, wooden recliners, a tank of aquatic yellow flower irises next to it, and an abrupt pepper tree that makes Cheng Xue take a deep look.

The whole courtyard is somewhat similar to the courtyard in Nanjing, the house is not the common kang in the Northeast, it is still a carved bed, Western glass, ceiling crystal lamp, it can be seen that the shopkeeper is extremely attentive.

Chengxue didn't sleep well the night before, so he rested early in the evening, and didn't get up until noon the next day.

"Miss, do you want to go and see other clothing and home furnishing shops? I'm afraid that the owners of the same industry will often deal with each other in the future, and they will be found to be indecent in the future, right?" Qiulan was a little worried.

"Fool, who said you have to go to the clothing and home shop to find out what is the most frequented place for beautiful women and rich men?" she asked Qiulan rhetorically, putting on her half-covered hat.

"Cafe, dance hall?" Qiulan hesitated.

"What else?"

"Theater, Qinglou Chu Pavilion. Dongxia saw that Qiulan couldn't answer after racking her brains, so she couldn't help but answer for her.

"Yes, it seems that we are very familiar with the theater and the Qinglou Chu Pavilion in winter and summer!" Cheng Xue took the bag handed by Qiulan and beckoned the driver to wait at the door.

"Miss, I didn't!" looked at Qiulan, who was slightly annoyed, and Dongxia hurriedly defended.

Cheng Xue glanced back at Qiu Lan and smiled at them to hurry up, and the three of them went with the driver to Zhongwu Road, the city center of Fengtian.

Considering that noon was not a rest day, the song and dance hall, the theater, and the Qinglou were not open, so she asked the driver to drive them directly to the most luxurious café on Zhongwu Road.

While enjoying the steak at Magnolia Cafe, the three of them secretly looked at the clothes of the guests around them, and found that the popularity of Mukden was really different from Nanjing, and the clothing was more diversified due to the influence of Japan and Russia.

There are women who are bold and unrestrained, there are those who are subtle and conservative, there are men who wear suits and leather shoes, and there are also Zhongshan or Tang costumes, which makes Cheng Xue a little excited, so she ordered a bottle of expensive red wine, and the three of them stayed until the evening.

Cheng Xue estimated the time when the Qinglou Chu Pavilion should open, and Fang took a group of people to the Queqiao Building, the leader in the Qinglou Chu Pavilion industry in Fengtian.

When they were about to arrive at the Queqiao Building, the driver suddenly stopped, and Cheng Xue looked out the window and found that the crowd in front of him was impassable, so the group got out of the car.

Through the noisy and discussant crowd, I saw a middle-aged drunk man in shabby clothes and unkempt hair violently dragging a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl to the Queqiao Tower.

And a middle-aged woman with messy hair and patched hair and a panicked face grabbed the girl's arm and wept bitterly.

The girl among them has a yellow face and thin muscles, shabby and short clothes, and her wrists and ankles are all bruised and bruised, and she is embarrassed, but she is already a little beautiful between her eyebrows, and she can hope that she will be beautiful when she grows up.

"Stinky woman, let go!" The middle-aged drunk man looked at the girl who couldn't drag the desperate struggle, and turned to angrily push and beg and cry women, and the woman's thin body was suddenly pushed to the ground.

"Don't, don't, don't sell our Rong Niu, she's our daughter!" the woman cried.

"Hmph! It's the daughter who gives her a good future, as long as she enters the Queqiao Building, she doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and there are endless silk satins, what's wrong?!" The drunk scolded and continued to drag the struggling girl.

"Master, this is the devil's cave, whose good girl enters here! If you sell her here, our girl will be ruined!" the woman crawled and dragged the drunkard's feet.

The drunk man impatiently kicked away the woman and spewed out a spittle star that smoked to death: "Get out of the stinky bitch, if I don't sell this money-losing goods, how can I still owe the casino 50 oceans! Do you want them to chop off my hand?!"

"Dad, don't sell me, please, I will do housework in the future, take care of my younger brother, and work to make money!"

Most of the girl's body was leaned on the ground, her shoes fell off to reveal her thin feet, and she didn't care that her feet were rubbing against the ground and had begun to bleed, and she struggled to cry to the drunk.

"Boss, casino, casino does not necessarily chop your hand. Let's beg them for a while. ”

"Fengtian Jiuye's casino, who intercedes with you, if I don't give them 50 oceans today, these hands will definitely be cut off! Girl, dad can't help it, dad has already agreed with Fang's mother, 50 oceans will sell you to her, for the sake of dad raising you, you will honestly stay in Queqiao Tower. ”

The drunk man dragged the girl, looked at the woman who crawled over and dragged his legs, rolled his eyes and cried: "Wife, I can't help it! If my hands are cut off, who will make money in the future? Not only us, but our son will also starve to death!"

The woman looked at the drunkard, and thought of her son, who had just turned one year old, and couldn't help but let go.

"Wife, this time it has been solved, I will definitely change my evil ways in the future, just to make money, and provide our son with school to become a big official in the future!" the drunk man saw the woman's loosening and persuaded again and again.

"Mother, don't let my father sell me...... Mother, I will also work hard to make money in the future, and I will make money to support you. Please, mother, don't let my father sell me......" The girl saw her mother let go, and despite the fact that she had dropped her shoes, she hurriedly threw herself down beside her mother and begged.

The woman looked at the drunk, then at her daughter, who was pulled and half-kneeled on the ground, and thought of her son, who was waiting to be fed at home, and turned her head silently, covered her mouth with her withered and cracked hands, and cried weakly.

"That's it, Rong Niu, you know enough, you will eat and drink spicy food here, and you will enjoy endless blessings. The drunk pulled his daughter up vigorously.

Seeing Mother Fang, who came out of the face with a full head of pearls and still charm, the drunk smiled and opened his mouth to reveal his yellowed big teeth: "Mother Fang, look at my girl, she must be good-looking when she grows up with clear eyebrows, and she will definitely be able to be a mother's cash cow." ”

Mother Fang bent down and used the embroidered handkerchief in her hand to lift the girl's tear-stained face and look at it for a long time, and said with satisfaction: "It's a beauty." ”

Although long-term hunger has damaged beauty, it can become a pillar of the Oiran in a few years if you take good care of it.

"Yes, I told you that 50 oceans would not be lost. The drunk rubbed his hands together.

Fang's mother motioned for the little girl to bring a silver ticket and a pen and paper.

The drunken man looked at the silver ticket handed to him, let go of the girl slightly, and the monkey was about to snatch it in a hurry.

But in an instant, the struggling girl jumped up and escaped, and ran out desperately.

The drunk man was in a hurry to chase, but when he saw the girl running to the middle of the crowd, he immediately knelt down, and the sound of his knees smashing on the bluestone floor shook everyone's hearts.

"Folks, I don't want to be sold into the green building, I beg everyone, are there any kind-hearted villagers willing to buy me? I will be a cow and a horse to repay you!

After the girl finished speaking, she kowtowed hard, but after three or two strokes, her forehead bleed.

Qiulan in the crowd has always been soft-hearted, and when she saw the girl like this, she shook Chengxue's arm.

"Don't worry. Cheng Xue patted her hand soothingly.

Not surprisingly, someone in the whispering crowd did stand up.

"I'm out 100 oceans. The middle-aged, pot-bellied man stepped forward, holding the silver ticket with three or four golden gemstone rings on his thick fingers.

"Is it Master Kim?!" someone exclaimed!

"Who is Master Kim?" someone asked.

"The rich man who is famous in Mukden has a lot of shops at home!" someone replied.

"That's good, little girl doesn't have to go into the fire pit!"

"Okay! It's out of the fire pit and into hell!" someone sighed.

"That's right, this Jin master is a well-known child abuse, and there were several teenage concubines before, standing in the Jin Mansion and lying out!"

The girl couldn't help but tremble when she heard the discussion of the crowd, and when she saw her drunken father who was eagerly running towards Master Jin, and her helpless mother who covered her face and cried bitterly, she closed her eyes in despair, and after a while, she stood up and slammed into the column on her side.

"Winter and summer!" Cheng Xue shouted urgently.

The crowd screamed one after another, and in the next second, the girl was about to splatter three feet of blood and die with a whimper.

In fright, I saw a young man in gray flashing.

I heard the young man cry out in pain, it turned out that the girl had enough strength but only hit the chest and abdomen of Dongxia who was stopped in front of him, and his back was bruised by the column behind him, which showed the girl's determination to seek death.

"Rong Niu!" the woman hurried to the girl, trembling and holding her in her arms, but she could only pale and feebly touch her sallow little face.

Dongxia looked up at Cheng Xue, and when she nodded, she said, "Auntie, don't be sad, my young lady is willing to buy your girl as a servant!"

"Really, your young lady is willing?" Hearing that a young lady wanted to buy it, the woman's heart was overjoyed.

Dongxia looked at the bloody girl on her forehead and looked eager for surprise, lowered her head slightly, and spoke: "But my young lady is only willing to go out of 40 oceans, I don't know if my aunt sells it?!"

"40 oceans, not as much as the Queqiao Building, they definitely don't sell!"

"That's right, it's good to go out of 50 oceans! It's not enough to pay off gambling debts, and the couple will definitely not sell it!"

"Why 40 oceans? Can't you go out of 50 oceans? This is not enough to pay off gambling debts?"

When the girl heard Dongxia's words, the light in her eyes was extinguished.

Dong Xia shook his head: "No, Miss is just buying a little girl to serve, it's too much to only go out of 40 oceans, if the aunt is willing, you can give money now." ”

Master Jin looked angry: "Where did the stinky boy dare to rob a woman with the uncle?!"

On the contrary, it was Fang's mother who motioned to the little girl to accept the silver ticket, raised the fragrant handkerchief in her hand, and smiled playfully, "Master Jin, don't worry, everyone has the right to buy this girl, and whoever pays for them to be satisfied will get this girl!

Master Jin felt that his words were reasonable, and although he had always been absurd and tyrannical, he was more restrained in front of people, so he stopped talking.

"Master Jin, don't worry about this kid, I'm satisfied with the price you said, let's sign the deed!" the drunk man flattered.

When the woman heard the drunkard's words, she looked at her lifeless daughter in her arms, and struggled for a long time before she resolutely spoke: "40 oceans, I will sell Rong Niu to your young lady!"

"The money and goods are gone, I hope the aunt will not regret it. ”

Dong Xia nodded with satisfaction, took 40 oceans from Qiulan and gave it to the woman, then picked up the girl and walked out of the crowd.

"Stinky woman who gave you the courage to dare to be the master of Lao Tzu. As soon as the drunk man heard that there was less than 60 oceans, he raised his right arm and slapped the woman.

The woman's face was bloodied in an instant, and the drunk man was still angry, and raised his arm again to fight Dongxia, looked at his straight body, and then gave the girl a slap, "Stinky girl, do you dare not listen to Lao Tzu?"

Dong Xia squinted his eyes unhappily, "I gave you money to buy this girl, she is the servant of our family, who gave you the courage to dare to touch my maid without the consent of my young lady?!"

"You ......", the drunk man raised his arm and pointed at Dong Xia, and was about to open his mouth to scold but was interrupted.

"Which hand did you use to hit my maidservant just now?" Dong Xia said softly, and before the drunk could react, he grabbed the drunk.

There was only a click between the lightning and flint, and the drunkard's left arm was broken by him, and he rolled on the ground and cried bitterly like a pig.