Mingyue stroked the rose petals floating on the water, "Mom doesn't think the silver is heavy?" ”

The old bustard's laughing fat trembled, like a piece of cold powder shaking in summer, "Who thinks that the bracelet is too heavy, and the hairpin ring on the head hurts the neck?" ”

Mingyue tore the rose petals that bubbled up one by one, and her face did not distinguish between joy and sorrow, "This Cuiyanlou belongs to my mother, and my mother is in charge, why ask me." ”

The old bustard said: "Wait for me to choose a few good ones to buy, first send them to the outside grange, and then close them to the pressure temperament, and when the family forgets about it, and also learn the rules of our Qinglou, and then send it to Cuiyan Building to serve you, how about it?" I want you to taste what it's like to be served by everyone's ladies. ”

Mingyue's hands froze and asked, "How much silver did my mother spend when she bought me?" ”

The old bustard smiled: "I didn't spend a penny." When my sisters and I were fleeing the war, a dying woman put you in my arms and told you to give you a bite to eat, and not to starve to death. ”

Mingyue knew that the bustard was lying, and with her own character and appearance, most of them were girls from famous families who were abducted and sold during the New Year's holiday. The old bustard didn't say that she was an outcast, but he just wanted to leave her in the Qinglou with kindness and be a cash cow obediently.

How does this old thing tell the truth? Mingyue said secretly: But what about finding out the background? I was so deep in the mud that even if I found my family, they wouldn't recognize me as a fireworks woman.

At this time, the ghost slave outside came in with a bucket of hot water and said, "Boss, the Chinese people outside are waiting for a reply, do you want these little rabbits?" If you don't want him, you will find another seller. ”

"Yes, why not? In the last ten years of Cuiyanlou, I counted on these little rabbits. The old bustard picked up a dry white cloth towel to wipe his hands, "I just deliberately dried him and killed his majesty." I'm in a hurry to wait, so let's lower the price. ”

Bunny? Hehe, I was one of the rabbits in the first place.

Mingyue said: "Mom, anyway, in the future, these little rabbits will serve me, and I will personally adjust/train adults, I will personally pick and choose some smart, soft and obedient ones, so as not to bother me in the future." ”

The old bustard smiled: "That's right, Cuiyanlou relied on you for the first ten years, and they relied on them for the next ten years, passed down from generation to generation, and you and I can also have a support when we are old and decrepit." In these days, nothing can be missing silver. The boss was wronged and married to a businesswoman, so did he take a group of beautiful girls to make money, eat and drink spicy and happy? ”

Mingyue put on a moon-white full-sleeved skirt, and her wet long hair was casually draped over her shoulders, lazy and appropriate, with picturesque eyebrows, like a woman from a good family.

The old bustard looked at the half-old ebony hairpin on the dresser, disgusted that the hairpin was rude, "This thing was picked up on the ground, and there is a smell of blood that cannot be wiped clean, it is too unworthy of your flower and moon appearance, so throw it away." ”

"I just relied on this hairpin to keep my innocence, and I want to be a good person, and I want to keep this hairpin." Mingyue put the ebony hairpin into a jewelry box filled with various gold beads and jade treasures.

The two of them went to the basement, where there was a toothy man who was restlessly drinking strong liquor to strengthen his courage.

The tooth man hurriedly ran over like a god of wealth and said, "My female bodhisattva! You're finally here! These rabbits were caught tonight, all of them are beautiful little beauties, you always open a price round, I will give it all to you! ”

The tooth man uncovered the two baskets behind him, and in each basket sat four girls with drooping heads, all of them were extraordinary, and their appearance was particularly marked, some seemed to have fallen asleep, and some occasionally opened their eyes, and their eyes were also blank. No one opened their mouths to cry for help or scream.

The old bustard looked at them carefully one by one as if they were inspecting animals, and they didn't even let go of their teeth. Pick the fat and pick the thin and said: "This one is too fat, this one is too thin, this one is not good-looking, this one is too unenergetic, is it a dementia?" ”

The tooth man said: "My aunt, you also know the rules of our flower children's line, the little rabbits are caught, the first thing is to feed the medicine to get confused, otherwise shouting, and even taking the opportunity to escape, isn't it a bad thing?" Don't look at the fact that everyone is dead now, and after the eighteenth change of the female college, all of them can hook the soul, such as this Mingyue girl didn't - "

Mingyue's eyes lit up.

"Ahem!" The old bustard was afraid that he would be exposed on the spot, so he quickly interrupted: "One hundred taels of silver, all four are left." ”

"Only one hundred taels?" The tooth man jumped to his feet and shouted: "Brothers take the risk of killing their heads to catch rabbits, and a rabbit is only twenty-five taels of silver?" Don't be kidding, we're the ones who add blood to the knife, you can at least give a knife money. Next time there is a good product, I will send it to you first. ”

The old bustard said: "Add another fifty taels, I am the old customer, don't fool me, what kind of knife licking blood, there is our aunt in the building."

Mother's '' hard? The business you do without capital will not be opened for three years, and it will be open for three years. ”

The tooth man said, "All right, but I can only keep these three, and I will take the rest with me to find another buyer - if you want, add twenty taels of silver and take it!" ”

The old bustard said proudly: "One hundred and fifty taels, four rabbits." Don't think that the old lady doesn't know what's going on outside. The door is closed, the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses are patrolling the streets, you are holding a half-comatose little girl, and it is impossible to be your daughter by looking at her appearance, you see if you go home with the silver, or squat in prison and eat the severed head meal. ”

The tooth man stomped his foot, "Okay, count you ruthless, deal!" ”

Mingyue looked coldly at the old bustard and the tooth man bargaining, I was also like this back then.

The tooth man took the silver and left, and the old bustard ordered the half-unconscious man to be carried into a small coffin-like box, and forcibly poured medicine again, and the little girls immediately fell into a deep coma after taking the medicine.

There was a little girl who was carried into the small box from the basket, the sachet on her waist fell to the ground, Mingyue felt that the pattern and smell of the sachet was very familiar, she picked it up and took a closer look: strange, how is it exactly the same as the sachet on the waist of the benefactor who saved her from fire and water tonight?

Could it be that this little girl is a benefactor's family?

It's a pity that the little girl is unconscious at this time and can't ask for her history.

Mingyue took some refreshing medicinal powder and blew it into the little girl's nostrils, and patted her little face with cold water and poured the antidote into her mouth, "Hey, wake up!" Wake up! Sue sù sister, who are you? ”

The old bustard smiled sarcastically, "Don't call it, this medicine is a century-old secret recipe, sometimes used to play fairy jumping, called fairy drunk." Not to mention a little girl, even an adult man is so confused that he can't wake up for a day, there is no cure, until he wakes up. ”

There is revenge, there is revenge. Mingyue was born with a clear love and hate, she was not sure that this little girl had anything to do with her benefactor, but as long as there was a little connection, she would not give up easily.

Mingyue said: "This little girl has an eye for me, so stay by my side." ”

The old bustard shook his head again and again and said: "No, these four little rabbits are not young, they are delicate, they are easy to be found, it is a scourge to stay in the Qinglou with great fanfare, they must be sent out of the city early tomorrow morning, and they will be domesticated and trained in the suburban grange, and they can be sent to Cuiyan Lou to serve you when they are 'sensible'." ”

Mingyue saw that she couldn't do it, so she had another plan and asked: "Mom also said that the whole process is under martial law, and the city gate is tight, how can you send them out?" ”

The old bustard said: "You don't understand, cats have cat paths, rats have rat paths, snakes have snake paths, I have my own way of not knowing ghosts." ”

Mingyue pouted, as if she was angry, "What way?" I made so much money for my mother, and my mother still treated me as an outsider? ”

The old bustard hurriedly comforted the cash cow, "Mom has long regarded you as her own, but this method is too filthy, I'm afraid of dirtying your ears...... There are dung trucks in and out of the city gate every day, and some cars have a mezzanine in them, and it is enough to hide a small rabbit...... Just wait for the person who collects the night incense to come to the door early tomorrow morning, and put the little rabbit in the Gong bucket......"

Mingyue returned to the bedroom, leaned on the smoked cage, listened to the movement outside, when the wet hair was about to be smoked, someone knocked on the door outside, the person who came was a snake-like figure along the Qinhuai River, known as Grandpa, raised some singers and dancers, and owned more than a dozen painting boats, and Cuiyanlou was considered a peer.

Grandpa gave the old bustard a set of tea sets from the official kiln of the previous dynasty, which was very valuable, and said politely: "Old sister, we have been friends for decades, have you ever seen a little rabbit similar to this portrait?" ”

They are all peers, and they are also black words in the industry. The little rabbit refers to the girl from a good family who is abducted and trafficked.

Behind the screen, Mingyue saw that the little girl in the painting was very similar to the girl who dropped the sachet tonight. Secretly said that it doesn't matter if she is a benefactor's relative or not, anyway, I was rescued once tonight, and I also saved someone, so I don't owe each other.

The old bustard has been mixed in the industry for many years, and her survival rule is that more is better than less, so she simply denied it, "No, I haven't seen it, tonight this thing is too big, it is estimated that the little rabbit is not small, I am timid, I dare not accept it!" ”

Mingyue made tea with her own hands and handed it over, "Yes, grandpa, my mother is timid and doesn't dare to accept it." ”

Grandpa looked at Mingyue and said with a smile: "Yo, Mingyue is really getting more and more interesting." ”

The smile on his face remained unchanged, but under the cover of his sleeves, he took the note under the tea cup.

In the morning fog, by the Qinhuai River, Yao Jitong carried the girl tied to a futon and gave it to Xu Miaoyi, "Is it her?" ”

Xu Miaojin was still asleep like a little pig, her little face flushed. Xu Miaoyi was overjoyed, "It's my fourth sister." Huh, why does it smell bad? ”

Yao Jitong said with a smile: "People are fine, but they are drugged and fall asleep." My men received word that the girl was hidden in a dung truck and was about to be transported out of town. Intercept halfway and send the fourth lady back. ”

Xu Miaoyi put her sister on the horse, "Thank you King Xiaoming, thank you Brother Mingjiao." If there is a place to be sent afterward, let it be spoken. ”

Yao Jitong said: "Your family must be in a hurry, go back quickly." In fact, Zen Master Daoyan has been thinking about you, although you have severed the relationship between father and daughter, but you can often come to Wanshou Temple, talk to Zen Master Daoyan, as a New Year's friend. ”

Xu Miaoyi asked, "Is it really possible?" I suspected that he ordered to kill Mrs. Zhou that day, and he was not angry? ”

Yao Jitong said: "Zen Master Daoyan expelled you from Mingjiao, are you angry? ”

Xu Miaoyi shook her head again and again, "No, how can I be angry, when things come to this point, we can't help ourselves." ”

Yao Jitong said: "There is an end and there is a beginning, the next time you go to Wanshou Temple, remember to bring a jar of tempeh hot sauce that you boiled with your own hands, Zen Master Daoyan always wants to eat this." ”

Xu Miaoyi agreed to come down and patted the horse and went in the direction of Zhan Yuan.

In the bump on horseback, ten-year-old Xu Miaojin suddenly opened his eyes! Her eyes were clear and bright, and she had clearly woken up early and had been pretending to be asleep!