Xu Kang didn't have any memory of how much the original owner had to eat in one meal, but from Xiao Cui, who had already cried into a tearful person, he knew that he had eaten too much.

The most important thing is that after talking for a while, he feels that he has changed from seven points full just now to five points full now.

This made him feel the deep malice of this world.

"Ma Dan, let Lao Tzu travel to the troubled times of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, I won't talk about it, let me become a sick seedling, I also admit it, but what does it mean to let me become a rice bucket?"

With a hint of grief and indignation, he turned his head to look at the sky outside the door, and finally stopped his gaze on the clouds in the sky, and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"After exercising in the morning, milk is the best with fluffy French bread, but unfortunately I may not be able to eat it in the future!"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart.

But when he heard the crying of the little maid Cui'er behind him, he hurriedly put away this lost heart, and then turned to comfort her.

"That...... Cui'er, don't cry, or else, you can buy some scones again later, and I'll give you the money! ”

As he spoke, he touched the placket of his clothes, took out more than 20 five-baht coins, and stuffed them all into Cui'er's hand.

"This money is all for you, if it's not enough, come back and tell me!"

"No, no, no......"

Looking at the money that Xu Kang stuffed into her hand, Cui'er suddenly shook her head again and again.

"I don't need so much, 7 pieces are enough, the second son has a lot of money, you can take it back quickly, it's not good for Mrs. to see it!"

Saying that, she hurriedly returned the money in her hand to Xu Kang, but seeing that the latter did not take it immediately, she was so anxious that tears fell out again.

Seeing her like this, Xu Kang suddenly realized Cui'er's identity - she was a bought slave.

That is, slaves.

Although the situation of slaves in the Han Dynasty was better than that of the Qin Dynasty, their status was not improved much, and they were still at the bottom of society.

To take the simplest example, in the Han Dynasty, cattle cost 4,000 to 8,000 five-baht coins, while horses used to pull carts cost about 8,000 to 20,000 yuan, and slaves cost 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.

From this it can be seen that one slave = 2 oxen or 1 horse.

Although the price can be equated, slaves are not livestock after all, they have their own ideas, they want to live well, and not be killed by their masters at will like livestock.

It is precisely because of this thought that they will tremble every day, and dare not make mistakes, for fear of attracting the dissatisfaction of their masters and causing great disaster.

At first, Xu Kang didn't think about it so much, but when he saw Cui'er's anxious and tearful eyes, he reacted.

"Does this girl think I'm testing her?"

Thinking of this, he was amused and helpless, and hurriedly took the money in Cui'er's hand, and then took out 9 coins and put them back in her hand.

"Okay, then I'll give you 9 yuan, 7 yuan is for scones, and the other 2 yuan is the errand money I gave you, take it to the street to buy caramel and eat it, by the way, remember to cook the chicken soup before going out."

After speaking, Xu Kang turned around and went out with his hands behind his back, leaving Cui'er standing alone in the kitchen, looking at the Jiuwen money in his hand in a daze.

"Second son, he ...... Actually gave me a reward? And it's still two texts? ”

She was stunned for about ten seconds, and only when Xu Kang had disappeared outside the door did she react.

She hurriedly looked at the door, and after finding that there was no one else, she carefully stuffed the money in her hand into her personal bag, and her face showed a little joy.

After wiping her face with her sleeve, she immediately killed the chicken with her hands and feet, washed it and put it in the pot to cook, and added two handfuls of firewood to the stove to make the fire burn vigorously, and then went out with the basket.

Cui'er had just gone out not long ago, and Xu Fu came back.

After entering the door, looking at Xu Kang sitting at the door, he immediately laughed, "Hahahaha...... Second brother, your eldest brother has done it! ”

As he spoke, he beckoned to the door again.

"You two, don't come in yet!"

Hearing his words, Xu Kang looked towards the door, and saw two middle-aged men wearing linen cloth and straw sandals on their feet, walking in from outside the door with some trepidation.

Seeing this scene, his brows immediately furrowed.

"Brother, are these two the people you found to carry the wooden box? What about the chest? ”

In Xu Kang's opinion, a hundred boxes is not a small number, and Xu Fu is definitely not easy to carry alone, so it is common sense to find two people to help.

But what he didn't expect was that after hearing his words, Xu Fu laughed again, waving his hands while laughing.

"No, no, no...... Second brother, you are wrong, these two people are not the ones who carry wooden boxes, they are the people who make wooden boxes, that is, carpenters, with them, let alone a hundred boxes, even a thousand boxes can be made! ”

Xu Kang: "??? ”

I asked you to buy the box, what is the operation of you getting me two carpenters? Got a hole in your brain?

Seeing Xu Fu's smug face, the corners of Xu Kang's mouth suddenly couldn't help twitching twice, resisting the urge to scold, and trying to squeeze out a smile.

"Huh...... That one...... Brother, I know that wooden boxes are made by carpenters, but if I want them to be wooden boxes instead of carpenters, why don't you buy them at the bazaar? Luoyang is so big, it shouldn't be difficult to buy a hundred wooden boxes, right? ”

Xu Kang felt that he had expressed it very clearly, but he didn't expect that after hearing his words, Xu Fu waved his hand arrogantly.

"The second brother's words are wrong, how can a hundred wooden boxes be compared to two carpenters? It costs twenty dollars to buy a wooden box, and a hundred is two thousand dollars, but buying a carpenter is different, they can make ten wooden boxes in one day, ten days is a hundred, and a hundred days is a thousand, you see, is this considered a profit? ”

Xu Kang:"╭(°A°')╮"

Earn your sister, are you planning to let Lao Tzu open a box shop? And what the hell is buying a carpenter?

Seeing Xu Fu's expression of eagerness to convince himself, Xu Kang didn't have to guess to know that he must have something to hide from him, so he immediately waved his hand at him.

"Okay brother, let's not talk about whether buying a carpenter is a loss or a profit, you tell me what happened to these two people first, they still have tattoos on their eyebrows, do you have to explain this?"

In the Han Dynasty, tattooing was not a trend, and only prisoners and slaves were tattooed.

And the one with the tattoo on his eyebrows is the slave, and the slave who escaped once and was captured!

Seeing that Xu Kang found out, Xu Fu immediately smiled.

"Huh...... That one...... Second brother, you don't know, now our family is already very poor, this fugitive slave is cheap, if your mother asks later, you will say that you want to buy it, how about it? ”

Xu Kang: "......"

How about your sister, you want to use Lao Tzu as a backing!

Not to mention that Xu Kang didn't plan to buy slaves in the first place, even if he wanted to, he wouldn't buy fugitive slaves, if he turned around and ran away, wouldn't the money be wasted?

He is not a virgin, and he doesn't have the feelings and courage to save the common people, so even when he saw Xu Fu looking at him expectantly, he still shook his head very simply.

"No, since my brother also knows that the family is poor, he shouldn't make plans to buy a carpenter, let's let them go quickly, don't let my mother see it, otherwise you will be beaten when you turn back."

With Xu Fu's awe of Xu, Xu Kang felt that lifting Xu out was enough to dispel his thoughts, but what he didn't expect was that after hearing his words, Xu Fu shook his head with a strange expression.

"No, they can't go, because I've already bought them, a thousand dollars for each of the two people, a total of two thousand, and the money has already been spent!"

Xu Kang: "......"