009 Coachman and Child, Item Auction
"Girl, the little one is called Xiaotong, ten years old this year, because of lameness, so since I was a child, I was thrown in the vegetable market by my father and mother who had never seen it, and then I relied on the West family to drink porridge, and the East family ate a steamed bun slowly grew up, when I was eight years old, I learned the craft of driving a car with the master, and I will also have a few punches and feet. Today, girl, you bought a child and me, the little one will definitely be loyal and hard-working! And girl, you bought me, you definitely don't have to worry that I will be tired, because the little one has always fed the whole family without hunger! Xiao Tong calmly introduced his situation to Zhan with a smile, without any inferiority complex and discomfort on his face.
"Okay, this is five taels of silver, and then this is the deed of sale, you write your own name on it, and then press a handprint!" Zhan Xiaoyan observed him for a while, and finally took out the silver and the deed of sale, and handed it to Xiao Tong at the same time, I wonder if he is literate? However, he picked up the deed of sale and watched it seriously, which showed that he could read, although not a lot, but at least he could understand the deed of sale!
"Girl, what does 'selling yourself for ten years' mean here? And what does 'a hundredfold silver' mean? The boy understood everything, and after reading it, he did not sign it immediately, but asked what he could understand, but did not fully understand.
"That is to say, you only need to sell yourself to our sister and brother for ten years, and after ten years, you can redeem yourself for a hundred times the price and return to freedom, of course, you can choose to stay at that time. Of course, in the ten years that you have been a slave, you don't need to call yourself a 'slave', just say 'I', or call yourself by your name. Zhan Xiaoyan understands very well how difficult it will be to be a lifelong slave, she has already tasted too much suffering in her previous life, so in this life, even if she has the ability to buy people, she will not let them be slaves for life.
"Okay, then of course I'm willing!" As he spoke, Xiao Tong signed his name on the deed of sale, pressed his handprint, and then handed the deed of sale to Zhan Xiaoyan.
"Little boy, we need to buy a carriage, do you have a way?" Because Zhan Xiaoyan bought the coachman directly, she thought that people who knew how to drive would definitely know about the sale of carriages.
"Yes, my master is driving a carriage shop, so I'll take two young ladies and two young masters! This way. Xiao Tong said, leading the way in front, and Zhan Xiaoyan followed with his younger siblings.
"That little boy, this carriage will give you the price of eighteen taels, and give you a quilt and a pillow, so that you can be more comfortable when you make the carriage." Lao Zhangtou knew that his apprentice had been sold to this family, and he was still four children younger than him, so he was not at ease, but since this was his choice, and the four sisters and brothers looked very well-behaved, he couldn't say anything!
"Well, thank you, master! Miss, are you satisfied? Xiao Tong looked at Zhan and asked with a smile. Because now his identity is different, although the main family is very tolerant, he should always be clear about his duty, know when to say something, what kind of attitude to use to face the people around him, and the tone of his words must also be grasped.
"Absolutely! This carriage is big enough for four of us, and it should be enough for two more adults. So kid, we'll stay at the inn tonight and leave tomorrow afternoon, because we'll have to buy some necessities tomorrow morning. So tonight you can say goodbye to your master and don't worry about time. The carriage will be put here first, and we will be back tomorrow afternoon, and then we will set off directly! ”
"Yes, Miss! Then let me send the young lady and the young master back first, and then serve the young lady tomorrow morning!" I know where there are inns that are cheap and not dirty, please come with me young lady and young master! As he spoke, the boy lifted the two baskets and took the lead in leading the way. Zhan Xiaoyan followed without objection, because as outsiders, of course, they would not be more familiar with this place than Xiaotong.
"Okay, two young ladies, two young masters, please rest well, take care of your spirits, tomorrow is the time to go, I will retire first!" Xiao Tong put down the basket in his hand, made the bed for the four of them, asked Xiao Er to prepare dinner, and asked him to send hot water after half an hour.
When Xiao Tong did these things, Zhan Xiaoyan watched silently all the time, and felt very satisfied, so he let him leave, after all, he left with him this time, and he would not come back in a few years. For Xiao Tong, Lao Zhangtou is his only relative, and he must say goodbye tonight.
"Okay, after you take a shower, you can rest, my sister is going to write a letter, and when the time comes, we will burn it to my father and mother, so that they can know how we have come all the way, and we have never let them down! When you know more words, you can also write letters to your parents and burn them to them. Zhan Xiaoyan is grinding ink at this time, because along the way, she has always written letters, whether it is when she spends the night in the broken temple, or when she is making her first piece of jewelry, or when she is on the boat, she has written letters, and what she wants to write today is the sixth letter!
Record all the things that happened to them all the way from the Eastern Wei Kingdom to the Northern Yan Kingdom, and then after they settle down, they will all burn them to their parents, and tell their parents in this way that the four of them are living well, although they are not as stable as before, but at least they are full of hope for life and have been working hard to live!
After writing the letter, Zhan Xiaoyan waited for the ink to dry, and looked at the bed, the three younger siblings were already asleep, so she brought them into the space, and of course the quilt was also brought in. Zhan Xiaoyan changed into a men's outfit, raised her shoes by five inches (1 inch = 10 cm), then thickened her eyebrows, and drew a pimple on the left side of her face, so that her true face only showed five points, and this was exactly the effect she wanted.
Moving directly in the space, because she found that if she wants to go to a place, as long as she takes the same route in the space, she can arrive smoothly, and what she is going to today is [Qiongyu Building], this place where there will be an auction on the tenth day of the first day of every month, she also heard Tang Meiyi say, and she has already given a set of jewelry she made to the people there, today is the auction, of course she has to go to see it, and the name she reported is 'Yan Jue'.