"Oh. Su Yiqing reacted, of course it takes money to do such a big thing, a few hundred taels is naturally a small amount for her now, but for Mama Zhou, who only has three taels of silver per month, it is a lot of money, it is estimated that she has accumulated all the savings for a lifetime, and she can't help but give it.

Thinking like this, she immediately took out a silver ticket with a denomination of one thousand taels from the bedside line, and said: "Mama, this is for you, thank you for your hard work, you can take this amount first, and the little girl has to use money to see a doctor and take medicine or something, and then pull some cloth for your little grandson to make clothes." ”

Mama Zhou didn't pretend to postpone it, and said calmly: "More miss, miss, you are a kind-hearted person, the difficulties in front of you are only temporary, and things will slowly improve." ”

Mama Zhou never made a request, and Su Yiqing was embarrassed to ask more.

Originally, she planned to agree, after all, being a man should be rewarded and punished clearly, no matter what Mama Zhou's purpose is, this matter will always make her profitable, and she also indirectly saved a person, Mama Zhou should be rewarded.

But the strange thing is that Mama Zhou didn't bring it up, maybe she was embarrassed to mention it immediately, Mama Zhou is very good at figuring out people's hearts, doing things meticulously, and must ask for perfection.

Early in the morning, when the first rays of sunlight began to shine on the land of the stables.

In an ordinary courtyard, smoke rises from the kitchen, followed by the unique sound of the spatula in contact with the iron pot and the dishes being stir-fried, and an alluring fragrance slowly spreads, making this sunny morning seem particularly quiet and warm.

Suddenly, a scream pierced the silence.

The woman in the kitchen quickly put down the spatula and rushed into the hut where the sound was made.

The girl lying on the bed in the hut was trembling with her hands on the quilt, and she looked straight at the helpless teenager in front of her with a pair of frightened eyes.

The boy was even more nervous when he was called by the girl like this, and he couldn't say the whole thing: "Don't ...... Don't call it ......"

This half sentence, the more misleading words made the girl's body shrink back again, and the fear on her face deepened.

Then the woman came in. He said to the young man, "Da Niu, what are you doing when you come in? ”

"Mother, I just heard the girl shouting, water ...... So ......" was scolded by his mother, and Da Niu stammered and explained.

The woman interrupted the young man, "Alright, alright, don't make a mess, there's still cooking in the kitchen, you watch the fire." ”

Da Niu glanced at the girl uneasily. Still out.

The woman smiled and said to the girl on the bed, "Girl." Don't be afraid. I'm not a bad person, my surname is Zhang, my husband's surname is Zhou, and everyone else calls me Zhou's sister-in-law. That was my son just now, this kid was a little impulsive, we are countrymen, and we don't pay so much attention to the rules, so he may have heard that you were awake, and he was in a hurry, so he broke in. ”

Looking at Sister-in-law Zhou's amiable face, and then looking at the simple Qiqi around her, the girl seemed to have a letter to relax. But he still didn't speak.

At this time, the girl's stomach made a sudden cooing sound, and her face turned red.

Sister-in-law Zhou smiled: "Girl, you have been in a coma for a day and a night, you should be hungry." The kitchen porridge has been boiled, you wait, I'll give you a short meal.

Sister-in-law Zhou went out as she spoke, and after a while, she came in with a tray, on which was a bowl of porridge, two steamed buns, a plate of fried eggplant, and a plate of pickles with sauce, a simple meal, but it exuded an irresistible aroma.

Sister-in-law Zhou put the food on the kang.

The girl hesitated for a moment, but slowly picked up the porridge, probably very hungry, and ate in small gulps at first, and at last the more and more anxious she ate.

"Slow down, be careful not to choke. Sister-in-law Zhou looked at the terrible bruise on the exposed skin on the girl's hand lovingly, it was really pitiful.

It wasn't until the girl ate all the food, put down the dishes and chopsticks, and burped that she put down her heart slightly, looked at Sister-in-law Zhou and said, "Aunt Zhou, what kind of place is this, and who are you? Why am I here?"

Sister-in-law Zhou smiled and said: "This is my family, our family is a farmer, we will do carpenter work, and when the farm is not working, we will go into the city to find some odd jobs to do and supplement the family, this house belongs to a relative of mine, we are equivalent to helping her look at the house." ”

"But why am I here?" The girl remembered the horror she had experienced in the past few days, and fear hit her heart, and her face turned slightly white.

Sister-in-law Zhou said: "You are sent by my relative, she works in a large family, she is very good, and said that the family that bought you originally saw that you were very sick and was afraid of ...... My relatives are kind-hearted, I can't see a living little girl like this, so I bought you, don't worry, we won't embarrass you, if you have any relatives and friends to turn to, I can help you inform them, by the way, I don't know what your name is?"

"My name is ...... Cuckoo. When the cuckoo said the name, she paused and reported a name that she hadn't used for a long time, a name that she felt warm when someone called it.

"It's a nice name, and there are a lot of beautiful azaleas right behind our old house. Sister-in-law Zhou said with a smile.

During the small talk, the cuckoo's nerves slowly relaxed, and he inexplicably began to feel at ease.

Seeing this, Sister-in-law Zhou asked again, "Miss Cuckoo, you haven't said that you have any family members or relatives?"

Du Juan looked dazed, shook his head and said, "I only have one sister, who has long been separated and has no relatives...... Auntie, you are a good person, please take me in, I can do anything, please. ”

The cuckoo became excited as she spoke, and knelt down for Sister-in-law Zhou as she spoke.

Sister-in-law Zhou hurriedly said: "Miss Cuckoo, don't be like this, since my relatives saved you, naturally they won't care, since you have nowhere to go, just stay for the time being, although our family is poor, but there is no shortage of this mouthful." ”

Cuckoo's tears of gratitude flowed, struggling in that dark and dirty place, she wanted to end her biological mother several times, but she always remembered her sister's words in her heart, no matter how difficult it is, you must live, only if you live can there be hope, and if you live, you will meet again.

……

At the same time, the majestic corner gate of the mansion.

The beauty with delicate eyebrows and eyes grabbed the hand of the person in front of her and said, "What are you talking about, my sister was sold, I don't know where she was sold?"

Cui Qiao's hand was grabbed painfully, and he hurriedly said: "Feng Rou, you calm down first, I only found out when I went to inquire, probably because the eldest lady Zhang Yuanwai was jealous, and sold your sister while Zhang Yuanwai was not at home." As for who the buyer is, I really don't know. ”

Feng Rou's face suddenly appeared a gray color, and her beautiful eyes lost their former luster.

I don't know why, Cui Qiao's heart has an indescribable joy.

She is the average age with Feng Rou, I think at the beginning, she was more able to sing and dance, although Feng Rou is beautiful, but a little wooden, so she is more valued by Lao Bustard Lin's mother.

Back then, the big businessman Jia came to Cuixianglou to select the Qing people, saying that he wanted to send the nobles of the Great Zhou. The candidates were all afraid. Generally speaking, if someone comes to pick a girl to give away. Everyone is vying for it, after all, those who serve are dignitaries, and it is better than boiling a pair of jade arms and thousands of pillows in this fireworks willow lane, and a little red lips and ten thousand people.

But this time was different. This time the place I want to send to is a foreign country, and I heard that the foreigners are all barbarians, and women are not treated as human beings.

Cuixianglou is not like an ordinary brothel, Lin's mother knows how to use people, she does not force the girls to pick up customers most of the time, but she constantly gives the girls hope, for example, after the girl made up enough money to redeem herself, she went back to her hometown to buy a few acres of land, and found a simple Langjun to live her own small life. Or maybe that girl was favored by the officials, entered a high-ranking family and became an aunt, gave birth to a big fat boy in less than two years, and lived the life of a golden slave and a maid.

Although the girls are not stupid, they know that what Mother Lin may be talking about is one or two successful examples. Most of them were squeezed out of the last bit of color, their faces were decayed and lonely, or they were sold to the country man who couldn't marry a wife.

But Mother Lin is good at telling the truth, many of them were already sensible when they were sold in, and some still remember their own home, Mother Lin said that a few taels of silver can live in the countryside for several years, but here they can only drink a pot of tea and a few plates of snacks, no matter how little they earn, in the worst few years, they can save enough money for a few acres of land, and they are worried that they can't go back to the countryside to live a good life? If it is a big creation, it is possible to save tens of thousands of taels.

Tens of thousands of taels not to mention going back to the countryside, even if it is in the stable, you can buy a big house and live the rest of your life comfortably.

Life is lived by people, and no one dares to guarantee what will happen in the future, even if there are people in the stable, there are still people who get rich overnight, or have nothing overnight.

As for what good life they can live after leaving Cuixiang Building with the silver, it all depends on the individual.

If anyone is unwilling, she doesn't have to look for death and life, she will return them to the people's teeth, and then sell them to the next family, but in this stable, the green building is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, Cuixianglou is the best, if they are resold, they have to be sold into a lower kiln, then it is miserable.

Besides, they were still young at the time, and it wasn't that they wanted them to sell their bodies immediately, and the days were long, maybe the family would come to redeem them if they had money, so why should they be in a hurry to seek death and life.

Mother Lin's words are very moving, it is so easy for people to seek death, and ants are still stealing life.

So they stayed like this, and studied all kinds of trades every day, just to earn a little more, and if they could save enough money for redemption as soon as possible, they would be able to return home as soon as possible.

Cuixianglou is a place to throw gold and sprinkle silver, rich businessmen and magnates gather, occasionally meet a bold guest, a small song is sung, and it is common to reward hundreds of taels of silver tickets.

The really top girls, Mother Lin will not let them take the stage early, saying that no matter how beautiful the flowers are, they will not be fresh if they see too much, and they must wait until they are the most beautiful to come out, so that people can be amazed at first sight, so they are sung strictly on weekdays, and the sisters in the building can see it, but the men outside cannot.

She and Feng Rou are both among the top, and Mother Lin said that she would hold them into Oiran.

At that time, I was a little young, and I didn't understand some things, but I only knew that the Oiran was something that everyone was competing for, and if I became an Oiran, I was worth a hundred times and earned much more than others.

But there is only one Oiran, she and Feng Rou are very good, at that time she still maintained a kind and simple heart, thinking about whether she should be humble, because Feng Rou still has a sister to take care of, of course, don't worry, Cuixiang Lou has another goal worth fighting for, that is, to be favored by dignitaries and nobles, enter the Gaomen compound to enjoy the glory and wealth, if the son is angry, he can still enjoy the good days of children and grandchildren when he is old.

At the beginning, she and Feng Rou encountered such an opportunity, at first, Mother Lin did not tell them, the guests who came to pick people were to send them to a foreign country to serve the nobles, only to persuade the nobles, the seven officials in front of the prime minister, and the cats and dogs of the dignitaries and nobles were more noble than others, not to mention the aunt?

It's just that Feng Rou has a younger sister, she said she didn't want her sisters to separate, at that time she still felt that Feng Rou was a little stupid, what's the good thing about staying in Cuixiang Building, if she is selected and becomes the second room of a rich man, ask for a husband to help redeem her sister, isn't it better?

Of course, this little bit of caution in her heart didn't follow Feng Rou, in the land of fireworks, she learned to hide her thoughts early on, only comforting Feng Rou, and when the time comes, she will be better and strive to be selected, anyway, she is alone, without worry.

ps:

Hurry up and hurry, I still haven't been able to 4,000 words, cry, 500 words less, eh, the relatives will be at once, or be cheeky and rewarded. o(n_n)o