In the spring of the thirtieth year of Hongwu, a row of men and women in the market outside the Zhengyang Gate squatted on the ground with grass sticks on their heads for people to pick...... There is also a good look, a diligent Gao Li maid, only twenty taels. m.”

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was strictly forbidden for ordinary people to raise domestic slaves, in the final analysis, the population of the Ming Dynasty was too small, and the people should be used to restore agricultural production.

Since the 20th year of Hongwu, the imperial court officially included the Wa Kingdom, Annam, and Goryeo into the territory, and the people of the three places began to be trafficked over.

Seeing a white-haired old man coming over, Ren Yazi hurriedly greeted him attentively, "Do you want to buy a Gaoli maid to go home, serve tea and pour water during the day, and warm the bed at night......

Bah! The old man opened his mouth and spit a mouthful of thick phlegm on the face of the trafficker, "Warm the fart bed, you are looking forward to the old man returning to the West as soon as possible." ”

Seeing that the old man was at least ninety years old, the traffickers didn't dare to play tricks, so he stretched out his hand and wiped his face with a smile: "If the old man doesn't buy Gaoli maids, just look at this slave, don't look at them with short legs and short legs, they are as good as farm work, and they can eat less than one meal, as long as a steamed bun and a bowl of rice soup are enough." ”

"The old man himself is a tenant, he has planted the land all his life, and the three or five acres of land rented from the owner's family are not enough to plant for himself, so what to do when he buys a Japanese slave."

Hearing the old man say this, Renya showed a little disappointed, and said without being salty or light: "It's really good that my husband can go to the ground at such an age, these two copper coins are taken by the old man to buy a piece of jujube cake to eat, don't delay my business here." ”

"Hah...... You look down on the old man, thinking that the old man is here to beg for food. The old man took out a gold ingot from his arms, "The old man has gold, but he doesn't take care of your business!" ”

Ren Yazi hurriedly stopped the old man, "Don't blame the old man for not knowing the noble person just now, dare to ask, is the old man a tenant in Xu Guogong's family?" ”

Lao Cui asked rhetorically, "What do you say?" ”

"Ouch, it really is! Why didn't you come here if you didn't go straight to the dental shop? ”

"You still don't look down on the old man here, and you can't be blasted out when you go to the tooth shop."

"Hey...... You're always laughing, don't blame what happened just now. Not sure what kind of slave you want to buy. ”

"The old man wants to buy a Korean maid...... Don't think about it, the old man's great-granddaughter will be out of the cabinet next year, and she will get a girl to fill the façade, so as not to be looked down upon by her in-laws. I don't know when the bad atmosphere has flourished, obviously they are all subordinate people who are digging in the ground, and they have to pretend to be nobles. ”

"What did the old man say, who dares to look down on the girl who came out of your Zhuangzi, it was a thing of the past, and now it is really a master! The three donkeys in your village bought a hundred people from me at one time. ”

"He has a lot of people who run a workshop, so don't be idle, hurry up and do business for the old man."

"Yes, yes, you can see this girl?" The trafficker pointed to one of them, who looked no more than ten years old.

"I'm too thin, and I'm too young."

"I'll tell you the truth, these are all leftovers that have been picked, if you want to be good, please follow me to the dental shop to see each other."

Lao Cui waved his hand and said, "The old man can't run, don't go." That's it, you give me less money. ”

"Originally, it was going to be sold for twenty taels, so I will charge you eighteen taels, just as it is to make amends for your sins."

"Such a small baby, how much food does it take to raise her, and she is still thin and doesn't know if there are any hidden diseases, at most ten taels ......"

Lao Cui slashed half a sky-high price and finally killed fifteen taels, and there was a clerk from the yamen in the next room, who paid a tax of one or five dollars of silver to make a deed of sale.

"The old man can't buy his legs, find me a carriage and send the old man to the station."

There is no horse but the horse bus is dragged by manpower, and there is a row of seats and canopy on the car for two people to ride at the same time, which is a short-distance means of transportation.

Because it is light and convenient, one person can pull two people to run all over the street, the horse and bus are widely popular once they come out, and many sedan chair drivers have changed their careers, and they guard the business of Qinglou restaurants, stations, docks, etc. every day, and start with five copper coins, and charge an extra copper coin for every extra mile.

The trafficker had no choice but to call a horse and bus over, "The car has been found for you, it is a rubber-wheeled car that sits comfortably, and the car money has already been paid." The traffickers sent Lao Cui and the Gao Liwen to the car, "You can watch it, if you run away, I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up." ”

Rubber was transmitted from Borneo to Daming a few years ago, rubber wheels can be inflated to sit comfortably, since there are rubber wheels, bicycles have really become popular, to get a bicycle for the daughter's family as a dowry is the current fashion.

In addition to rubber, there is also a good medicine for malaria called cinchona cream that comes from Borneo, and a kind of potato that produces as much grain as sweet potatoes. There are so many good things on this island that have never been found before, thanks to the Bomud King Changmao who cut through thorns and thorns on the wild island to develop it.

"I won't look for you if I run away!" Lao Cui reached out to the trafficker and rubbed his fingers, "Give the two pennies to the old man, you said that you would invite the old man to eat jujube cake." ”

The trafficker couldn't help but laugh and gave Lao Cui two pennies again, "You slammed the door like this, and I don't know if it's from Fang Shan." ”

"What do young people know, no matter how big the family business is, it is a penny to be saved, and it is a penny to be saved. Let's go, go to the station! ”

The old loach tapped on his crutches, and the driver trotted out, and the black pneumatic rubber tires ran unusually smoothly on the concrete pavement and went straight to the station.

The thin Gao Liwen sat beside Lao Cui, drooping her head and being silent, but her stomach was growling, and the old loach reached out to touch her head and sighed: "It's also pitiful." ”

"Let's find a place to stop by the food sellers."

The coachman slowed down and turned his head and replied: "There is a small shop selling bean brains in front of my father-in-law, it tastes good, do you think it is feasible?" ”

"Okay, let's eat bean brain."

The car stopped in front of a small shop, and the driver helped Lao Cui get out of the car, and Lao Cui stuffed the two copper coins in his hand into the coachman's hand, "This is not far from the station, don't wait for the old man, you can do someone else's business." ”

The coachman thanked him and pulled the car away, and Lao Cui took the Korean girl into the shop, and there was no one in the shop, so he saw a young man in a small school uniform squatting in front of the basin and brushing the dishes.

Lao Cui couldn't help but be surprised when he saw it, "Huzi, why are you brushing the dishes here......" He patted his head halfway through the words, "It's the old man who is confused, Huzi should be almost forty this year, and he is still a senior official of Jinyiwei, how can he brush the dishes here." ”

Don't blame Lao Cui for recognizing the wrong person, this young man really has a resemblance to An Huzi, and when he heard Lao Cui's words, he got up with a smile and wiped his hands with a rag, "My husband recognizes my father?" ”

"Oh? You are the son of a tiger, no wonder they are so similar! The old man used to be very familiar with your father, and he almost became my grandson-in-law. ”

"Oh, and this, my husband quickly sat down and told the juniors about my father's old things." The young man sat down with Lao Cui and gossiped with a face.

Lao Cui said with a smile: "The old man is here to eat, and then he is full, but is there still a tofu brain?" ”

"Yes! Some! An old woman entered the shop with a bottle of soy sauce, pointed at the young man and scolded: "Brother Yong'er still doesn't go to the guest to serve tofu brain!" ”

When the old woman saw Lao Cui's appearance, the soy sauce bottle in her trembling hand fell down, but fortunately, the young man quickly caught it, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?" ”

The old woman looked at Lao Cui in a circle, as if she had seen a ghost, and Lao Cui said with a smile: "Doesn't Hu Ziniang recognize the old man?" ”

"It's Daddy Cui! Why are you still alive, weren't you dead the year before last! ”

Lao Cui laughed, "Hu Ziniang, you made a mistake, it was the third child of my family who died the year before last, and the five sons of the old man, four of them died in front of the old man, but fortunately, the fifth child should be able to send me to the end after he is strong!" ”

"I see, it really scared me out just now!" An Shi patted his chest and had palpitations on his face, "Daddy Cui, are you not a hundred years old this year?" ”

"I'm only ninety-nine miles this year!" Lao Cui hooked his finger and said.

An Yong was surprised: "Then next year will be the 100th birthday, I have long heard that there is a person in Fangshan, who is the old man!" ”

"Haha...... Next year will be ninety-nine! Forget about Renrui, old men are not rare! ”

"No, isn't ninety-nine plus one a hundred? Although I am not very good at arithmetic, I still can't make a mistake with such a simple addition. ”

An slapped him on the head, "What do you know, don't hurry up and serve bean curd, Daddy Cui likes to eat sweet." ”

An Shi sat opposite Lao Cui, "Why don't you stay in Fangshan and enjoy happiness at such an old age, what can you do if you fall and bump into it?" ”

"The old man just took advantage of the fact that his legs and feet could still move and walked around the city, if he really fell and died at the age of the old man, what is the pity. This time I went to the city and ordered a coffin for myself by the way, and all the four I ordered before were made for my son, you said it was funny, haha......"

This made An unable to answer, and she hurriedly changed her words, "This girl is your great-granddaughter?" ”

"This is a Goryeo girl bought in the hands of Renyazi, just passed by in the human market and always felt that she was back in charge of the Tartars, seeing that they were pitiful, she bought one casually, and gave her great-granddaughter as a dowry in the future, saving them from suffering in the hands of Renyazi."

"God must know that you have such a good heart, so that you can live at such an old age with your ears and eyes and legs neatly."

"It's not God's blessing, it's God's blessing, and I didn't ask God for anything during the Zheng years, and I didn't use it at all. But how can you do a small business here, your tiger is a big official of Jinyiwei, could it be that he is not filial to see the old man and does not clean him up for you! Lao Cui said and knocked the cane in his hand on the ground with a rattle.

An Yong put two bowls of bean curd on the table, "Don't worry, my father, my father is filial, and my grandmother has to come here to do a small business." ”

"Yes, I'm a hard-working life at home to make the service uncomfortable, last year I had a serious illness and almost didn't die, thanks to Huzi and my grandfather to ask for what kind of tetramycin, I heard that it is more expensive than gold."

"Hey...... I'm afraid that I can't buy it even if I have gold, the old man heard that this is the medicine used for the prince earlier, and my grandfather also used it when the third child of my family was sick, but I blame the king of Hades for being ruthless and insisting on accepting him, alas......" Lao Cui sighed and took a spoonful of bean brain and put it in his mouth, but his face was bitter, "Boy, how much salt did you put here, and you almost didn't kill the old man!" ”

An Yong scratched his head, "Did you put it wrong?" This girl didn't gobble it up. ”

"I don't know how long this girl hasn't eaten a full meal, and some of them eat so much, so hurry up and serve two more bowls. How many times has this kid told him that he should be careful or careless, and today he missed the train and couldn't go to Suzhou with his father to mourn, and when his father came back, he had to clean him up! ”

"Going to Suzhou for mourning? I haven't heard that your family has relatives in Suzhou! ”

An waved his hand and said: "It's not an ordinary relative, it's Huzi's classmate, it's Xiaozhong, who used to be with Huzi, his mother-in-law passed away, alas, ......"

(Suddenly jumping for such a time is not a bad word, it was planned from the beginning, because everything that should have been written in front of it was written, and it was considered to be the end when the queen passed away.) That's right, the book is almost over)