In the early summer night, there were a few bright stars twinkling in the sky, the bright moonlight illuminated the earth, there was silence in Ruicheng, all the shops on the street were closed, only a few were still brightly lit, laughing and laughing, and the most lively one of these shops, the Moon Star Pavilion, was as lively as usual, and the sound of silk and bamboo came like a fairy sound!

Yuexing Pavilion is a three-story house, the door is like an ordinary green building, a few beautiful girls like flowers are soliciting guests, entering the door is a stage in the middle of the hall, four or five girls with slender waists are dancing on the stage with the sound of silk and bamboo, and the people sitting around are holding a girl in their arms and drinking wine and looking at the stage with squints! Some of the people upstairs couldn't stand still, and they walked to the room with the girl in their arms!

Out of the front hall but the back is very different from the front, the two small houses on the left, the chimney is full of cooking smoke, I think it should be the kitchen! There is a row of three-story houses in the middle, a few osmanthus trees under the house exude a faint fragrance, the osmanthus tree is full of osmanthus flowers on the swing, and a few lotus leaves and a few water droplets in a small pond in the middle of the garden are refracted by the moonlight, like a jewel, there is a stone table next to the pond, there are a few small stone benches on the side, here is quiet, as if it is two worlds with the front hall!

Suddenly, there was a cry from the place at the door on the left: "Mother, I beg you, don't sell me to the Qinglou, I will work hard to earn money for my brother's medical treatment in the future, I beg you!"

A not-so-nice female voice sounded: "How do you make money, just the money you earn from washing clothes and chopping wood is not enough to give Xiaobao a medicine, I have raised you for eight years since I entered the door, and now it's time for you to repay me!" ”

As soon as the words were spoken, the door was opened, and a woman dressed as a rural woman dragged a skinny girl in, and a man ran in just after entering the door: "Child, Xiaobao is sick, we will find a way to raise money, how can I explain to her dead mother if you sell Zhao Di into the Qinglou today!" ”

"How do you like to explain how to explain, Xiaobao is still waiting for treatment, when you raise money, Xiaobao and I will starve to death, I have already negotiated with the proprietress here, the money from selling her is not only enough for Xiaobao to treat the disease, but also enough for us to sell a few acres of land, and you don't have to go to the dock to fight the bag to earn a few small bucks in the future! Anyway, a money-losing product, raised by someone else's family, we have raised her so much is already benevolent! ”

"But ......"

As soon as the man spoke, he was interrupted by a woman: "Don't do it, either you take this girl back today, and then write a book of reconciliation, I will take Xiaobao to remarry, and tell your Liu family to cut off the incense, or just get out of the way and don't stop me."

The man wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he still stood aside, and the little girl cried: "Dad, I beg you, you and your mother don't sell me into the Qinglou, I will work hard in the future and take good care of Xiaobao!" ”

The man was a little soft-hearted when he saw his daughter like this, and was just about to speak when he was interrupted again: "Okay, don't howl, your dead ghost mother didn't take care of you for a day, we raised you for ten years, what's wrong with you repaying us today?" White-eyed wolf! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a gorgeously dressed beautiful woman walked out, with a smile on her face, but her eyes were cold, she sat down in front of the three of them, looked the little girl up and down, nodded, took out a piece of paper and a silver ticket from her sleeve and handed it to the woman: "Sign the contract, these fifty taels are yours!" ”

"Didn't you say sixty taels? What's going on with these fifty taels? ”

The woman smiled contemptuously: "Sixty taels? When I say sixty taels, I mean a girl with good conditions, look at your family, thin as dry firewood, and her face is yellow! Fifty taels is already high for you, if you are not satisfied, take her away, but I can tell you, there is no higher price than mine in the whole Ruicheng, if you don't believe it, you can go and see, but it will not be fifty taels if you come again! ”

The woman gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay, fifty is fifty!" ”

After that, he took a pen and signed the contract that represented the fate of the little girl, and pulled the man away, completely ignoring the cry of the little girl behind!

The woman sat quietly on the stone bench, and after a while, the little girl's crying gradually stopped, the woman stood up and walked to the girl and squatted down, took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears on the girl's face: "Little sister, it's enough to cry for this kind of parents this time, no one can stop them if they want to sell you, this is all fate, and I can't help myself!" ”

After wiping away his tears, he stood up and pulled the girl inside, asking as he went, "What's your name?" How old is it? That was your real parents just now? I was willing to sell you."

"My name is Zhao Di, I am ten years old this year, just now it was my stepmother, my mother died not long after giving birth to me, my father married my stepmother when I was two years old, my brother was sick some time ago, and the family had no money to treat him, so I ......" After speaking, he sobbed lowly

The woman sighed, didn't speak, just pulled Zhao Di into the house in the backyard, walked to a room on the right side of the third floor, and opened the door: "Zhao Di, you go to rest in first, I'll call someone to get you bath water, and by the way, I'll get you some food, you have a good rest today, and I'll talk about it tomorrow!" ”

Zhao Di entered the door and looked at the room, a room that is not big or small, there is a round table in the middle, a few stools are placed around the table, there is a carved bed on the right, a screen is placed on the left, behind the screen is a washing place, although the room is not very decorated, it is elegant, and the furniture is complete!

Zhao Di took a shower and ate something and lay down, looking at the moon outside the window, thinking about tonight's events, but it was just one night, she became a woman from a good family to a woman in a green building, and she didn't know what her fate would be in the future, what did she do wrong? Is it because you don't work your own? Or are you not obedient enough? Zhao Di can't figure it out! Thinking about it, I felt that I was back at home that was not warm to me, and my stepmother pointed to her who had just returned home after mowing pigweed and scolded: "Cut a pigweed for so long, where can you die?" It's so late, I can't hear Xiaobao crying, hurry up and cook, sweep the floor after cooking, feed the pigs, and then wash the clothes, don't wash them clean, don't think about eating today, don't do any work every day, what are you doing! Slowly, the stepmother turned into a strange man, and approached her with a sneer: "Little beauty......" Zhao Di was frightened and sat up suddenly!

"It was a dream."

Zhao Di looked at the dark night sky outside the window and fell asleep again in a daze!