1448 Chapter 1448
βγ05880-matchmaker
There were also people who climbed my window in the middle of the night, and after I took five pictures -- three of them with broken legs, two of them -- stopped. The crowd began to spread the word that although I didn't have a servant on the surface, there must be a secret guard.
"This must be a lady with golden branches and jade leaves. β
"So you're really here to see your lover?"
"I've waited so long and haven't seen it, it seems that the lover is empathetic and don't fall in love. β
"That lover is too visionless, is there anything more beautiful and better than this girl?"
Someone persuaded me under my window:
"There is no grass at the end of the world. β
"Girl, look at me, I'm a good match. β
There are also people who are sour:
"She looks like she is not in the room, and I won't marry her if I were in my place. β
"No, it's not suitable to be a wife, but it's very suitable to be a concubine. β
Then a matchmaker came to the door.
I greeted the matchmaker and asked, "Please use your extensive experience with men and women to determine for yourself what my gender is." β
Matchmaker: "...... Ouch, little boy, look at what you said, you misunderstood, I just came to ask, do you want to buy a bed warmer when you are alone?"
Me: "If you can find one that doesn't look ugly next to me, I can think about it." β
Matchmaker: "Okay, I'll keep an eye on you." β
How to say it, although the times are different, this gossip, brain-filling, shamelessness, and irresponsible temperament still makes me feel very relatable. Considering that I should not be able to speak at the Saudi Special Committee in the near future, I would like to tolerate these people a little bit, just like the Saudi League. A group of guys who are talking about my appearance and related derivatives, if there is also an Internet here, it is time for the Shazhuan to open a branch meeting.
The day before Ni Sheng arrived in Ducheng, the matchmaker really brought a girl to me.
Matchmaker: "She's definitely not pretty in front of you, but she's not ugly, is she?"
Really. If you don't compare with me, she is a little beauty. But the bad thing is that this little beauty is also gorgeous, the same type as me, and the level is much worse than me, so standing next to me is a bit like the Dong Shi who imitates Xi Shi. In fact, if she is beautiful in another direction, such as delicate, weak, athletic, and beautiful...... It's definitely not so tragic, but she's a bewitching and cheap item like me, and the effect of this collision is more terrifying.
βγ05881-Shenglu
I looked at the matchmaker: "Are you a professional? β
Matchmaker: "Well, actually, I'm just doing a good deed." Look at her, walking alone on the street, it's too troublesome, but if she walks down the street with you, no one can see her, right?"
Me: "So what?"
Matchmaker: "She can also reflect your beauty." β
Me: "Thank you, but my beauty is an objective fact, and no one can say that it is not beautiful without contrasting." β
Matchmaker: "That's right. But she, oh, her name is Zi'er, she doesn't have a big name, you can take it as you like after you accept her, Zi'er needs to be contrasted, and she needs to be contrasted to be not beautiful. β
As the matchmaker spoke, Zi'er looked at me deadly, her hands clenched very tightly.
I asked the matchmaker, "You're a matchmaker, not a tooth woman, right?"
Matchmaker: "Small places, all part-time. β
Oh, that's so hard for you.
I looked at Zi'er and asked, "What do you want to say to me?"
Zi'er: "I...... I hope you can give me a way out. I don't have any money, I want to live, and if you don't want me, I can only ...... If you don't go...... You can only ...... They are all concubines, at least I hope my buyers will not abuse me. β
Me: "Abuse ......"
Matchmaker: "Master Tao, the nephew of the old lady of the Li family, fell in love with her." That Tao Ye consumes at least four concubines a year, and the corpse that was thrown out is tsk. It can't be said to be murder, after all, everyone knows that those concubines committed suicide. There are also those who ran out into the street and slashed their necks in full view of everyone. β
That Tao master is almost fifty years old, and there are people in the Tao family where he is an official, and his in-laws, the Li family, are rich and rich, and they live quite nourishingly. Master Tao seems to be a person in other aspects, and even has a reputation for being kind and generous, but in terms of women...... After all, concubines in this era are equivalent to goods, insulting, not being fed, whipping, kicking...... No one cares, and no one thinks it's a big deal.
It's just a concubine.
Even if there are too many concubines who died in the backyard of this Tao Ye, there are good deeds who have checked the corpses, and there are many sadistic scars, but to say fatal injuries, throwing themselves into a well, hanging, and hitting the wall...... What does it have to do with that master? If it can be proved that the master personally killed a certain concubine, he can still ask for an explanation, but now he can only show evidence to prove that he beat those concubines, and beating the concubines he bought is not illegal.
That man didn't even fight to death, but it just hurt a lot. Even when a concubine stabbed him with a knife, he just kicked her away, and after kicking away, the knife in the concubine's hand when the concubine fell and plunged into her own abdomen and caused death, you can't blame that master, right?
It's just fate.
You have to accept your fate.
So, when that master met me, he was dealt with by me, and he collapsed on the bed and couldn't move, which can also be regarded as his life, right?
β, 05882-maid
The old lady of the Li family panicked after Ni Sheng appeared, and part of the reason was that she learned that her nephew had suddenly had an accident. The old lady who is clear about the dirty things of the Li family and the Tao family, who has participated in a lot of them, and who slowly begins to fear retribution when she gets older, when she doesn't know who she can turn to, she meets an empathetic magic stick, but she can't hold on to it like grabbing a life-saving straw.
I could have drugged those people and given them nightmares, but to keep their emotions under control and let them die for themselves, maybe the liars would be much more professional.
Before the liar came, I said to Zi'er, "I can buy you, but first state, I can't let you stay with me for long." You can't even protect yourself, let alone take care of me. I'll take you with me when I leave Du, and then when you find a place where you can live, our relationship will end. Of course, before it's over, you'll have to give me back all the money I paid for you. No matter how you make it, you can't make me lose anyway. β
Me: "P.S., you can't pay me off by warming my bed, because I think it's a loss for me." β
Zi'er: "...... Yes, I see. I know what to do. β
Me: "My name is Pei Lin, I'm not going to give you a name, you can choose it yourself." β
Zi'er: "Yes, Young Master Pei." β
After Zi'er stayed, I didn't open a separate room for her, but only made a partition in my original room, which was counted as her private space. After she came, there were also benefits, such as being able to deal with the inquiries of the shopkeeper for me, going out to buy snacks, and I paid her corresponding labor fees, and the labor was paid once at a time.
Zi'er was at a loss: "Is this how the salary is paid?"
Me: "It doesn't matter what others give me, I'm paying according to work here." I think I'll pay you as much as you help me. If you mess with me, I'll deduct the money. β
Zi'er: "I...... It can also do your laundry. β
Me: "Unfortunately, no, my clothes don't need to be washed because they have their own cleaning effect." β
Zi'er: "Comes with a cleaning effect? Does the clothes wash themselves?"
Me: "You know?"
Zi'er: "Before...... When my parents were still around, I heard about it. β
Me: "Oh. Are you literate?"
Zi'er nodded first, then shook her head: "It will be a little, but there will be many more." β
βγ05883-borrowed
I took out a children's literacy textbook, which is an ancient version of the Modern Overworld, with the aim of letting modern people know how to write ancient characters. This series of textbooks is massive, showing the history of the changes in writing in the mortal realm of the Overworld.
Generally speaking, the changes in the mainstream script are not earth-shaking, and if you look at the text thousands of years ago in modern times, you can even understand the meaning of the basic guess. After all, writing is extremely popular compared to other materials, and as long as there is a living person living in an area at the end of the cataclysm, then writing can be largely continued, and it will not start from the oracle bone inscription and evolve again.
But evolution still has to evolve. Sometimes it changes in a complicated direction, sometimes it changes in a simple direction, sometimes it goes in a distorted direction, sometimes it goes in a sick direction, so when you look at the information that is far away, you must guess, and there are many wrong guesses, for example, some words are good in a certain era, but in some times they become malicious, and in some times they become unintentional. If we make a mistake when interpreting the materials, then there will definitely be problems when interpreting them, and the interpretation of ancient books must be linked to the background of the times and regions, and we must not take it for granted that modern logic is set.
Sometimes it happens that you can't guess, because some people create their own words, and no one knows what his password is talking about except himselfβthe disciples of the Peep Heaven Gate and Zhong Su Sect often do this now. It is necessary to create countless niche characters in addition to the common script, which is to confuse archaeologists.
Zi'er took the book and touched the page with great cherishment: "It's so beautiful." β
After all, technologies such as papermaking, printing, and binding are constantly evolving.
Me: "This is a loan to you, and I will pay it back later." In the future, you can choose to return the book, or you can choose to buy the book from me. β
Zi'er: "Normally, for example, when I go out, can I put the book back to you temporarily? β
I took out a bracelet: "This can also be lent to you, storage artifact, I can bind it to you, and it won't be lost." As with the book, you can choose to return this storage artifact to me in the future, or you can choose to buy it from me. Of course, storage is much more expensive than a paper book, and it is also more expensive than your body selling fee. β
Me: "Speaking of the sale fee, if we leave this place and you run away from me, run away, what can I do to you with your deed? You can get a new identity for yourself." β
Zi'er said in a low voice: "How can it be so easy. Many people think that it would be nice if they could run far away after being oppressed in a place, but the reality is that many people don't run, maybe because they can't run, or because they ...... I know that even if I run far with my ability, I will just change places and continue to be oppressed. For example, if I am in Ducheng, I can still work hard to get in touch with a relatively conscientious Ya Po, and if I change my eyes and smear my eyes, how much better will my fate be than entering the backyard of the Tao family?"
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