Chapter 38: Traffickers and Victims
Mrs. Huang also knows that she is not doing a good job, and she has always been low-key. Just looking at it from the outside, you can't see how luxurious her life is. Only when you enter her room will you feel the clues in the details.
The bed was covered with sackcloth, but underneath the sackcloth were a few pieces of silk with intact fur in between, and it was soft and warm to sleep on in winter.
These are all fine silk fabrics in Pingzhou, which were given to her by widowers or wealthy merchants who came to Jizhou to pick up girls.
There are countless pickled seafood in her cellar, even the lightest bean porridge, as long as you add a few, it can freshen people's jaws.
She has more than a dozen jars of preserved honey, which were originally fresh melons and fruits given to her by foreign vendors, but because she can't eat them all by herself, she pickles them with good honey, and occasionally when she meets people, she takes out some to share, and more often eats them for herself and her lover.
She also likes to eat fresh betel nuts, and anyway, she has money to spare, and every time the traveling merchant comes to the village, she will give her a big tank.
Song Ming pushed the door in.
Mrs. Huang held her little flower dog, eating preserved fruits in the house, admiring the beautifully embroidered bird and beast patterns on a silk handkerchief, and when she saw Song Ming coming in without knocking, her mouth was spitting, and she scolded unceremoniously: "Uneducated dog thing!" After saying it so many times, you still don't remember knocking on the door. ”
Her relationship with Song Ming is delicate.
You must know that Song Ming was sold from Liangzhou to Jizhou by Huang Pozi, she was going to marry an old widower in another village, but she was clever and used some means to avoid this marriage, and married Tang Yungui with the strategy of getting pregnant before marriage.
Since then, she, the person who was originally sold here, has become a human trafficker and has been giving away to Huang Pozi.
Mrs. Huang carried the black pot on her back and received the rich Jia from other villages, and was pointed at by the people in the village, while Song Ming relied on her sharp teeth to secretly persuade the village woman to marry her daughter far away, and it seemed that she could stay out of the matter and actually get a piece of the pie.
It is precisely because it is only a relationship of interest that this business must be maintained, and the two cover up each other's embarrassment, but neither of them obeys anyone.
"What are you knocking on? You're not going to be in this room for what you're doing with those old men. Song Ming replied, grabbed the preserved fruit in her hand unceremoniously, chewed it a few times, and asked, "What happened to the little cheap hoof's marriage?" ”
"Hey, who's doing it? Those who don't speak cleanly should come from that place in Liangzhou. Mrs. Huang scolded, "You should be picking watermelons in the vegetable field?" It takes days for letters to come and go, where is it so fast? ”
Song Ming said: "I don't believe it, you said last time that you obviously have a ready-made one in your hand." ”
Mrs. Huang rolled her eyes and said, "This year is a good year, can the price given last year be the same?" The sun is big in Pingzhou, and the harvest in some villages in the harvest year is much better, and the price can be doubled if it is sold in the right place. I went out of my way to take a look at your big girl the other day. She now has the foundation of a beauty, she wants to have a face and a temperament, even if you want her to only accept fifty taels, I am not happy! ”
Song Ming's eyes rolled around and asked, "You mean, if you send her to the right place, we can get a hundred taels?" Then if I make this order, how much are you going to share with me? ”
Mrs. Huang glanced at her: "You think too beautifully, I am doing this business." Your mother-in-law came straight to me. Even without you, she would still come to me. ”
This is clearly to kick her out of the middle.
Song Ming understood the meaning of her words, and said angrily: "How can you turn your face so much and not recognize people?" Said he would give me twenty taels! If you double it, you'll have to give me at least forty taels!" ”
Mrs. Huang raised her head and said righteously: "It's my old woman who can carry the pot for you, you can be the daughter-in-law of your Tang family well, once this kind of thing is revealed, it is the old woman who will be scolded by the whole village." I'm sick now, and you're still not going to let me earn some more money? ”
Song Ming was angry and funny, lifted the bed, pointed to the silk brocade and fur below, and asked, "Haven't you made enough money?" You're the richest man in the village. What infamy are you worried about now? Didn't you have any points in your heart when you married me from Liangzhou? You have done a lot of evil, how many yellow flower girls have you harmed? People like you deserve to die! ”
After hearing this, Mrs. Huang cursed Song Ming's family, threw the dog in her hand at her, and raised her cane to beat her.
Song Ming screamed and dodged, shouting, "Stop!" I'm here to do something! Don't do it yet, listen to me! ”
Mrs. Huang glared at her: "If there is a fart, let it go!" ”
Song Ming then shifted the topic to the real purpose of this trip, and said: "No matter what you say, I have the credit for this matter." You can do it if you want this money, but you have to marry Tang and Rou within this month! Don't keep her for the New Year! ”
Mrs. Huang was still angry, and refused scoldingly: "You black-hearted slut, do you know how long it will take to walk from here to Pingzhou?" She is now on the road to freeze to death halfway, those people did not receive the goods, what should we do if they come to us? When the time comes, I will throw you to Pingzhou for those gentlemen to enjoy? ”
"Phew! You old vegetable skin, you eat in your mouth to be so dirty! Song Ming scolded, her eyes turned red with anger, and said, "I don't care." Anyway, I don't have to fight with you for this money, but you have to marry her off before winter! I think my mother-in-law is wrong, Tang and Rou are not the disaster stars of the Tang family, she is just coming to me. As long as she is in one day, my Tang Zhuangyuan will not be better! After the Chinese New Year, it is the natal year of the champion, and she has to be married! ”
Mrs. Huang pursed her lips, sat in the bed and pressed the bed that was lifted by Song Ming, without agreeing or refusing, as if thinking about how much benefit she could get if Song Ming really gave up this part of the silver.
The room was so quiet that the only thing was the sound of the little flower dog barking incessantly.
When Song Ming talked about Tang and Rou, she was bored and annoyed in her heart, and raised her foot and kicked at the little flower dog: "What are you arguing about?" ”
Mrs. Huang felt sorry for her dog, grabbed her crutches and beat her, and scolded: "Little prostitute, what are you doing with my dog?" I'm mindful that you get out! ”
Song Ming dodged the crutches, snorted, didn't quarrel with her anymore, grabbed a handful of preserved honey fruits on the table and put them in her pocket before leaving, turned around and ran out of the house.
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The Lin family's kettle boiled a decoction.
Tang and Rou were busy all day, and the villagers who had a debt relationship with the Lin family came to express their concern, and they could take a hand. Lin Xiaotong hadn't eaten for a day, and obediently watched Tang Yourou's every move.
As the sun set, Tang and Rou still shook their heads helplessly.
The condition finally stabilized, and he stabilized in the coma stage.
With a brain hemorrhage, a fracture of her left upper arm and left leg, and several skin traumas, she is really not sure now.
Without intravenous drip, it is impossible to find targeted medicinal materials, and if you use traditional Chinese medicine, you can only use systemic antihypertensive drugs and hemostatic drugs. But Su Ho'er has lost consciousness, how much can she feed the decoction?
If only there were glass and needles in this era.
It's a pity that with people's forging level, even the ironware is very rough, the iron-smelting technology can't keep up, the raw materials are expensive, and it's useless to make it difficult for the blacksmith.
"Sister Rou, is my mother going to become a star too?" Lin Xiaotong sat on the edge of the low bed, blinking his eyes, looking at Tang and Rou.