Chapter 42: The City of People
Two carriages, half an hour away.
After entering, inside the hall, there were wooden planks, on which lay Wang Dazhi's deceased father, with a white cloth covering his face, and a very haggard woman, with blank eyes, sitting in the hall, her eyes red and swollen, probably dried tears.
Next to the woman sat several women, presumably ready to help or comfort her.
The deceased is the greatest, and after Su Tiancheng entered, he knelt down and kowtowed respectfully according to the rules.
The woman was awakened, and Wang Dazhi and Wang Furong hurriedly went to both sides of the plank, followed and knelt down to salute.
There is nothing to say about such a scene, this family is indeed unable to maintain, there is no land left in the family, even if Wang Dazhi has great ability, there is nothing to be done.
Su Tiancheng took out ten taels of silver from his body and handed it to Wang Dazhi.
"Good life will bury your father and put it in the ground, you have a good body, and this family will depend on you in the future."
Before Su Tiancheng could say anything else, the woman walked over tremblingly and knelt down for Su Tiancheng.
"Master, my child, very obedient, when she arrives at the master's house, it is her blessing, no matter what you do, the master takes care of it more, I kowtow to you."
Su Tiancheng was a little flustered, and hurriedly helped the woman up.
"Auntie, don't be like this, I'm here to take a look, you misunderstood."
The woman couldn't believe it, she thought that this was the silver that her daughter sold herself in exchange, this son was refreshing enough, and he took out ten taels of silver at once, and came to the house to worship, there are too few such good people, and the daughter can go to such a home, and she will not suffer too many grievances.
"Mother, Su Gongzi is here to see, there is no other meaning."
Wang Furong also walked to the woman's side, helped the woman, and whispered with a red face.
"Mother, Childe is pitying our family, so I came to take a look."
The woman couldn't believe it, and looked at Su Tiancheng, where is there a pie in the sky.
"Auntie, I'm really here to take a look, don't think about it, hurry up and get things done, it's about to be the New Year......"
And the woman took her children by the hand, and said with her mouth, that they should both kneel, and that she herself should kneel.
"Master, you are a good person, your children have suffered with me, there is nothing left at home, my lord is so kind, they will follow you in the future, please take them in."
When Su Tiancheng and Su Ertong went to pull the woman again, the woman resolutely couldn't get up.
"Okay, I promised, you get up."
Seeing that Su Tiancheng agreed, the woman finally got up.
"Wang Dazhi, after doing things, come directly to the Su Mansion in the Fucheng City and be a nursing home in the Su Mansion."
Su Tiancheng didn't say anything about Wang Furong, and he couldn't say it.
After saying this, Su Tiancheng plans to leave, Wang Dazhi still has to handle the funeral, it will take at least a few days before it is possible to come to the house, besides, it will be the Spring Festival soon, and this time is special enough.
The woman insisted that Wang Dazhi send her benefactor.
The carriage was still waiting outside Wang Dazhi's house.
There were already some people around, all looking at the carriage, and when Su Tiancheng was about to get on the carriage, he saw the clothes and eyes of these people, and he felt his heart tremble.
Several women in Wang Dazhi's house, at this time, also came out, whispered to everyone, and looked at Su Tiancheng while talking, as if they had some expectations.
"Wang Dazhi, what's going on, has the village been hit by disasters?"
"Young master, the village has suffered disasters in the past two years, and I only learned about Lu Dao after I came back, in the east of the village, there is a personal market, and some villagers have no choice, so they sell their sons and daughters there, I am bold, I took my sister to Fucheng, if I didn't meet Lu to see my son, I must have been arrested by the government."
Only a dozen miles away from Fucheng, there was actually a human market, Su Tiancheng couldn't believe it.
The so-called human market, in fact, is a place to sell people, after a disaster year or a large-scale famine, the peasants can no longer live, have to sell their sons and daughters, the general human market, are in the countryside, county town or government office, there will be no human market, the government does not allow such a situation to appear, lest their own face is not good-looking.
Su Tiancheng didn't go back immediately, and told the coachman to go directly to the city to have a look.
Wang Dazhi also insisted on accompaniing, although Su Tiancheng asked Wang Dazhi to go back to handle the funeral.
In fact, when Su Tiancheng left, the Wang family was already busy, and when they had money, they could do things, and in such a situation at home, it was impossible to do a big thing, so they could do a funeral, that is, a day to two days, find a piece of land, buy a coffin, buy a set of shrouds, and at most invite the gentleman in the village to come and help make a eulogy, and then be buried.
These things are very familiar to the women who came to help, and they have already begun to deal with them.
"Come and see, come and buy, the price is cheap, as long as you have silver, you can choose."
Hearing such a shouting voice, Su Tiancheng felt very heavy, which was clearly the shouting of the vegetable seller.
No one would have thought that this is a human city.
The surrounding crowd consciously made way of a passage, Su Tiancheng was wearing a brocade robe and sitting in a carriage, obviously not here to hang out, in the past two days, some big families in Fucheng have known the people here and occasionally come to see.
Dozens of men and women sat side by side on the ground, each with a rope tied to their hands, a few straws stuck in their heads, and several men with meaty faces walking around.
The men and women sitting on the ground, all boys and girls, were dressed in very tattered clothes, and the flesh of many people's arms and backs was exposed, and their hair was unkempt, and most of them had their heads down, and their faces could not be seen clearly, and their bodies trembled, and they looked like lambs that had fallen into the mouth of a tiger.
Next to these young boys and girls, there are some middle-aged men and women, with dishes on their faces, sad expressions, and some women, crying with their heads down, are probably the parents of a boy or girl.
Seeing this scene, Su Tiancheng felt that the blood was surging, these boys and girls were traded as commodities, and they must also know what kind of fate they would face.
A man with a meaty face cautiously came to Su Tiancheng's side.
"This lord, come and see, the price is very cheap, five taels of silver for boys, and six taels of silver for girls."
The man nodded, expecting Su Tiancheng to buy a few.
On the way to the human market, Wang Dazhi has already introduced that these men are the splashes in the town, and they came to the human market to help, and they wanted to draw silver.
Su Tiancheng didn't speak, and walked in front of several girls.
"You all look up."
The man hurriedly shouted loudly on the side, and when he saw that several girls did not move, he was a little angry and yelled again.
"Don't hurry up and raise your head, the master has come to see, if you are lucky, follow the master, you can eat and drink spicy food."
Several girls' bodies trembled even more, and they all raised their heads a little hesitantly.
At a glance, Su Tiancheng's heart was shocked, the eyes of several girls were full of fear and helplessness, their faces were dirty, with a lot of dirt, and they couldn't see their faces clearly.
After a slight hesitation, Su Tiancheng shook his head and prepared to leave.
At this point, an unexpected situation arises.
A girl suddenly stood up, trembled and walked to Su Tiancheng's side, and knelt down.
"Master, please accept our sisters, and we will repay your kindness by making cattle and horses."
Su Tiancheng was a little caught off guard.
About a minute later, Su Tiancheng turned his head to the man and spoke.
"How much money do these girls need?"
Hearing Su Tiancheng say this, the man was overjoyed, gritted his teeth, and mustered up the courage to speak.
"Master, you are kind and kind, and the villain doesn't dare to say more, ten taels of silver per person, a total of fifty taels of silver, if you think it's expensive, it's okay to give forty taels of silver."
Su Tiancheng didn't know what Lu Dao said, there was a living person in front of him, not a commodity, and he was standing here, as if he was committing a crime.
Although he has a certain idea, it is not a big deal to buy all the boys and girls here, dozens of people, which is a few hundred taels of silver, but after buying these, what can he do in the human market that will appear in the future.