Chapter 128: The Merman
Dugu Fan and I were staring blankly at the girl whose feet were locked, and suddenly a person stood up from behind her.
That's why I found out that there was a person behind her now because that person was too small.
He was almost half as tall as Dugu Fan, but I quickly understood that he was a dwarf.
Although this dwarf man covered his face, just looking at his eyes, I felt that he was very obscene.
He was grinning at me, and the wrinkles in the corners of his eyes were enough to kill a big mosquito flying by.
I was a little chilled by him, and immediately reached out and pulled the corner of Dugufan's clothes, signaling to him that we should go back to the room.
But he didn't know what I meant, and he still stared at the girl vigorously.
I complained loudly in my heart about Dugu Fan: Oh, is there any mistake, this woman is four or five years older than you at first glance, to put it bluntly, she is at most two years younger than me, do you really like her? Don't you care about sibling love?
Complaining is complaining, I still stretched out my hand to that dwarf, alas, this is completely for Dugu Fan, who told him to die and have to be this girl.
The dwarf immediately put his hand into the black cloth in a hurry, and before I could make a bid, he squeezed my hand lustfully.
I endured my nausea, and held out three fingers to him, and motioned for me to pay three hundred taels of silver for the girl.
I didn't know that he was very ambitious, so he immediately pinched my hand and stretched out five fingers, and he scratched my palm, which was 50,000 taels of silver.
The expression on my face was very cold, no, this is completely a lion's mouth, usually to buy a maid at most a hundred taels of silver, and that is already the price of a big beauty.
Now he asks for 50,000 taels of silver at every turn, is this for me to bleed profusely?
I was about to retract my hand and reject this dwarf.
But looking at Dugu Fan, he couldn't take his eyes off this girl.
And the girl looked at me with a sad face, big watery eyes, looking straight at me, as if she kept saying: buy me, buy me, I don't want to stay by this dwarf anymore.
I bit my lip and nodded in agreement.
When I handed over the fifty thousand taels of silver tickets to this dwarf, he must have laughed from ear to ear.
Because I saw that his eyes were so smiling that I couldn't see them.
He took out a very peculiar key, unshackled the girl's feet, and looked at me with an inscrutable look.
I really didn't want to see this nasty dwarf anymore, so I immediately hugged the girl and pulled Dugu Fan back to the room.
After returning to the room, I shook off the black cloth on my face, and then knocked Dugu Fan's head hard and said, "Hey, you little guy...... It's still so at a young age......"
He took off the black cloth, looked at me with an aggrieved face, and said, "It hurts, Erniang...... I'm not, you...... Didn't you notice anything different about her? ”
As soon as he said this, I looked curiously at the girl who was sitting on the stool with a shy face.
I looked at her from head to toe, and it didn't make a difference.
"Don't fool around, I'm done, there's nothing special about her." I sat on the bed and said to Dugu Fan.
"Oh, Erniang...... Look behind her ears! Dugu Fan ran over and ruffled the girl's long hair, and then I saw that there was a small hole behind her ear.
There are also some fine scales at the entrance of the cave.
"This ...... This...... What's going on? I was so shocked that I almost spoke.
Who's got scales and holes behind her ears, and she's got them on both sides?
The girl blushed and said, "Master, don't be afraid...... It's the stomata I breathe in the water. ”
Dugu Fan continued: "You understand this time, she is a merman, yes, to be precise, she is not a human, but a fish." ”
I was so frightened that I immediately stood up, then pointed to the girl and said, "What? She...... She's a fish? Can a fish grow like this? ”
The girl also seemed to be nervous, she blushed and said to me: "Master, he didn't lie to you, I am really a merman, and my people and I originally lived in the sea...... A hurricane a few years ago blew me and my people apart, and alas, I was caught ashore by a fisherman, and have been bought and sold ever since......"
When I heard her say that, I really believed it.
She was so unlucky and pitiful.
I sat down next to her, patted her on the shoulder and said, "I see, don't be sad, where is your home?" Can you go back on your own? Or do we send you to the beach? ”
She immediately shook her head and said: "No, I can't go back, our clan has a rule, in order not to expose the whereabouts of the whole clan, as long as the shark people who are caught by the humans, they can't go back to the family, otherwise going back is a dead end." ”
"Hey, your family is ruthless!" I'm really depressed for her this time.
So what to do? It's enough trouble for me to have Dugu Fan, and I want to bring her again?
Alas, there is no way, who told me to buy her for money, I can't leave her in the street.
Dugu Fan walked up to her and said: "When I was in Xiaoyao Palace, my father used to raise a merman, but he later escaped, hehe, I don't blame him, because my father wanted to make him into lamp oil." ”
As soon as Dugu Fan finished speaking, the girl's face turned green with fright.
Dugu Fan explained it to me.
It turns out that the oil in the merman's body can be made into lamp oil, which is said to be inextinguishable for thousands of years, and it is a priceless treasure, so a large part of the merman who was captured by humans fell into such a tragic end.
"Hehe, don't scare her." I smiled and pushed Dugu Fan and said.
The girl looked at me with pitiful eyes again and said, "Master, as long as you don't kill me to make lamp oil, I will serve you well, we mermaids are very loyal." ”
I smiled and comforted her, "Don't worry, I won't do that, by the way, what's your name?" ”
She thought for a moment and said, "My previous name was Indira Nehruferoz, but only my people call me that, can you give me a new name, master?" I want a name like yours. ”
Oh, I'm the worst at names, just think of my three maids, crystal cake, red date cake and mung bean cake.
Could it be that I'm going to name her a mille-feuille?
I said to Dugu Fan, "Come, you can give her a name." ”
Dugu Fan thought for a while and said, "It's simple, then you can call Dugu Xiaoyu." ”
"No, no, how can I be with your surname Dugu? It should be the same as my surname Zhang Cai, or call it Zhang Xiaoyu. I said with a smile.
The girl muttered happily: "I have a name, I have a name, my name is Zhang Xiaoyu, Zhang Xiaoyu...... This name is so nice, haha, Zhang Xiaoyu. ”