Early the next morning, Zhu Sheng took Fu'er into the city. The prosperity of the city overwhelms the children. She was curious about everything in the bazaar.

Zhu Sheng absentmindedly led Wei'er through the bazaar and came to a particularly lively street. I saw that both sides of the street were full of red walls and green tiles, and Zhu Dongdan Liang. The two stood in front of a luxuriously furnished three-story pavilion. After a while, I saw a middle-aged woman wearing a goose-yellow scattered flower brocade dress and a calamus and wisteria embroidered skirt swaying out of the pavilion, her face was heavy as if she had exhausted her rouge, and her body was full of suffocating powder.

She couldn't help but itch her nose and sneezed.

The middle-aged woman walked up to the two of them, looked at Zhu Sheng's side with a wink, and said with a smile: "That's good, it's really a little beauty for the sign!" ”

The middle-aged woman said that she handed over the one hundred taels of silver that had been prepared to Zhu Sheng, Zhu Sheng thanked him, took the money and turned to leave.

She turned around to chase after her, but was stopped by two strong men who suddenly appeared behind her.

"Invite the little beauty into our drunken spring building!" The middle-aged woman commanded, and the strong men on both sides ignored the crying of Wei'er, put her in, and locked her in a side room on the second floor.

She banged vigorously on the door that had already been locked from outside, crying heartbreakingly and heartbroken. Yet all morning, no one paid any attention to her.

She cried out that she was tired, she was tired of crying, so she did it by the bedside, and her body, trembling with fear, shrunk into a ball. She buried her head deep in her arms, and her heart was infinitely missing the best Hidden Mother-in-law who had been her best.

At noon, the door suddenly opened, and two people walked in one after the other. Walking in the front is the shopkeeper of Zuichun Building, who is called "Aunt Bustard" by the girls here, and behind her is the dumb woman who cooks in the back kitchen.

Aunt Bustard's waist twisted and moved in front of Fu'er, holding her little face crying with one hand, and pretending to be distressed and said: "Yo Yo Yo, look, this handsome little face is crying!" ”

Aunt Bustard said, pulling out the handkerchief in her arms to wipe her tears. But she turned her head and stiffly refused.

"Where is this?! Who are you? Su'er put away the timidity in her heart and asked sharply.

Aunt Bustard smiled and replied, "Here?!" This is the largest green building in the whole of Annan, Zuichun Building! A holy place of bliss on earth, a place for men to have fun! I'm the proprietress here, and the girls here call me 'Aunt Bustard'!" ”

She knelt on the bed with a thud and begged, "I beg you to let me go, I'm still a child!" My uncle will come back to me later! ”

"I'll be back to you!" Aunt Bustard was amused by her innocent words, "What a stupid child!" The so-called uncle in your mouth sold you to me a long time ago, and didn't he just take a hundred taels of silver from me? I bought you for a high price. But don't worry, since you have come to our Zuichun Building, as long as you are willing to be obedient, my 'Aunt Bustard' will naturally not treat you badly! But if you don't get the oil and salt, I have to find a way to make you submit. ”

Aunt Bustard glanced at the mute woman behind her. The mute woman understood, and brought the meal to the table.

Aunt Bustard pointed to the dumb woman behind her and said, "This is the dumb woman in the back kitchen." She will come and bring you food every day for these two days. I'll give you three days to think about it, this is our business to entertain guests, so naturally we can't make a loss-making deal. ”

"You're here watching her eat." Aunt Bustard turned to the mute woman and commanded.

The mute woman nodded.

Only then did Aunt Bustard leave the wing room with peace of mind.

The mute woman brought the food to Ju'er and motioned for her to eat.

She retreated to the end of the bed, refusing to speak.

But seeing the dumb woman sigh, she put the dishes and chopsticks back on the table. Then he sat back on the edge of the bed and quietly accompanied her.

An hour later, she still refused to eat. The mute woman had to open the door with her untouched dishes and chopsticks.

She sat alone in the chamber, thinking about how to escape from this cave.

In the evening, the mute woman brought food in again, and still sat on the edge of the bed, quietly guarding her.

In a trance, Yu'er seemed to see the shadow of the hidden mother-in-law in the dumb woman.