Chapter Seventy-Five: The Profiteer Weeps
Xi Hongdou also doesn't understand, this male slave doesn't seem to be even ten years old, only six or seven years old, so holding the girl's thighs on the street, could it be that the "gentleman" is not old?
"Let go first, and have something to say!" Xi Hongdou hurriedly said, stretched out his hand and pulled the waist of his pants first, don't let this little male slave get rid of it! The little male slave's body was also dirty, and there was mud on her bare arms, which blackened her pants, but what she paid attention to was not these, but the new wounds and old marks on her little arms, which looked like they should have been beaten all the time.
When the slave traders saw that the slaves were making trouble, they whipped them in front of everyone. With a snap, the little male slave whipped on his arm, and immediately a red mark appeared, looking at subcutaneous bleeding, Xi Hongdou was also frightened by this blow.
Although Xi Hongdou didn't understand, he also guessed that the trafficker was letting the little male slave go, but the little male slave hugged her thigh harder, making Xi Hongdou hiss, and he said that he wouldn't let go of anything!
Xi Hongdou saw that the traffickers were about to whip again, and the whip whipped the air, so she quickly stopped: "Don't do it, don't do it!" "What if I don't have the right head to whip her up?
The trafficker stopped, and said in a non-standard Yanyun dialect: "I'm sorry, the little thing doesn't understand the rules, I'll let him go!" After saying that, he punched and kicked the little male slave and let go quickly. They also want to come to trade well, if they hurt the people of Yanyun on the street, wouldn't they have wasted so much effort to seek trade!
Xi Hongdou said: "Don't fight yet, take your time." He waved his hand, and then he squatted down and said to the little slave boy, "Let me go, or he will beat you again." ”
The little male slave shook his head, still didn't let go, and looked very good, Xi Hongdou was helpless, took a piece of osmanthus candy from his pocket, and said, "If you let go, I'll give you this." But the little slave boy still didn't let go.
The traffickers couldn't delay any longer, so they hurriedly asked the guy to come over and pull the people away, Xi Hongdou finally said that his clothes were a little messy, and he was free anyway, but looking at the little male slave, he seemed to be the youngest of all the slaves, and after being dragged away, he was whipped again.
Rue Xiang ran over at this time, she also wanted to come to join in the fun, and when she heard that Xi Hongdou came to this market, she also hurried over to find someone.
"Girl, what are you looking at?" Rue Xiang looked over, looked at the little male slave and said, "It's too miserable, if it weren't for Yan Yun's strength, I'm afraid that many of Yan Yun's children would have been sold as slaves." Although Yan Yun also sold slaves, he didn't want these foreign slaves to be treated like animals.
Xi Hongdou felt uncomfortable, to be honest, she was really not the Holy Mother of White Lotus, her ability was limited, not everyone could help, and she didn't have the determination to purify all sentient beings, and there were so many poor people in the world, and she couldn't take care of them all, but ...... Seeing such a young child being treated like this, this is ......
I used to hear that a mother is the most unbearable thing to see children being abused, but now she can't stand it anymore if she doesn't become a mother!
"Stop fighting!" Xi Hongdou shouted: "I'm not doing much, he's still so young!" ”
As soon as the trafficker saw Xi Hongdou speak, he said: "We have rules here, and those who are disobedient must be beaten, otherwise we will really hurt people in the future, and we will not be able to explain!" After speaking, he slapped the little male slave again in front of Xi Hongdou, which made the child's face hurt a little.
"Hey......!" Xi Hongdou felt even more uncomfortable, this beating was deliberately done by the trafficker, and it was to show her!
Rue said, "This is too bad! ”
Xi Hongdou thought about it and said, "How can he sell it!" ”
The trafficker saw that Xi Hongdou was going to buy, and he was also happy, he had been doing this business for some years, this routine was the clearest, many people would feel sympathy when they saw him beating slaves, and then they would pay to buy it, and he would be able to knock on it hard when the time came, and the little girl in front of him was also on the set.
Although this little girl wears clothes and styles and fabrics are very simple, not like she is rich, but the hairpin on her head is made of golden silk nanmu, and it is worth a lot of money at a glance.
"Not much, ten taels." The traffickers rubbed their hands together and felt that they had met a little sheep.
Xi Hongdou was silent, if converted according to the general value, the new rice produced that year was about ten carts. However, Rue Xiang was not happy, and hurriedly said: "A slave sells for ten taels? You're going too far to grab money! "It's only five taels to buy a middle-aged house slave in the local market, and such a young child can't work and has to feed and feed, and it's too expensive to sell ten taels! Sky-high price!
But in Xi Hongdou's concept, human traffickers are all hateful, and many families have been ruined by human traffickers, even if the trafficker in front of her is different from the human trafficker she thinks, but they are all equally hateful. And...... People and goods are different from even cattle, sheep and livestock, and the value cannot be measured by money, since she decided to save people today, no matter how much money it is, she can only admit it.
The little male slave looked at Xi Hongdou and was silent, with a lonely look on his face, he had been beaten several times this morning, and the young ladies in front of him were dressed more gorgeous and expensive than the one in front of them, but they also felt that ten taels were too expensive to buy him, and in the end they all left, and the one in front of them was afraid that they would be scared away!
Xi Hongdou looked at the little male slave, and then said, "It's cheaper, I'll buy it if it's cheaper." ”
"That's eight taels, it really can't be less!" The traffickers are happy, the first few listened to ten taels but didn't even talk about the price, this willingness to bargain means that they are willing to spend money!
Xi Hongdou shook his head: "Three taels!" She gestured with her hand, and although she felt that people could not be measured by price, she could not help but bargain. Money is not the problem, the problem is that there is no money!
The trafficker almost didn't get angry, this is too hard!
"No, no, it's too cheap!" The traffickers refused.
Xi Hongdou said: "Three, two, five, you see that your child is so young, I still have to provide food and shelter, and the female slave girl over there can only go up to the hall and down to the kitchen for five taels, no matter how you look at it, I am too bad!" ”
The trafficker gritted his teeth and said, "That's not good, the male slaves who returned to Hui will have a lot of strength after they are raised, and they can do any job when the time comes!" ”
"Don't you eat a lot when you have a lot of strength? I still have to provide food!" Xi Hongdou continued to pull: "I don't believe that you, a male slave, can grow up just by drinking dew!" ”
The trafficker felt a little pain in his heart muscles, so he said: "Then your price is too low, male slaves and female slaves can't bargain together, and your price is too low!" ”
Xi Hongdou's eyes narrowed, and he said: "Just now, your slave hugged my thigh and soiled my clothes, my clothes are also valuable, it's okay if you sell this slave to me today, if you don't sell it to me, I will report to the official and let you pay for my clothes!" "Now that this trafficker won't let go, she can only use the same trick as a profiteer to deal with profiteers!
The trafficker was stunned and said, "How much is your clothes worth?" "It's not very eye-catching to look at, and dozens of texts are the end.
"My clothes are only five taels, don't look downscale, but they are made of the most expensive silk in the local area, and the rest of the places are not available, and they are worth a lot of money!" Xi Hongdou sat directly on the ground and slandered people.
"Five taels, are you robbing money?" The trafficker is also red-eyed, and now he has encountered a hard iron plate, not to mention kicking it, but it will hurt his feet!
At this time, Xi Hongdou hurriedly looked at Rue Xiang and blinked, Rue Xiang understood, and hurriedly said: "What my girl said is the truth, if you want to say that you are robbing money!" Do you know who our girl is? What expensive clothes you can't afford to wear? ”
The traffickers were also surprised, he had never been to Kyoto City before, and the prosperity of Kyoto City was indeed something he had never seen, could it be that he really looked away, and the clothes were really valuable? And the hairpin on Xi Hongdou's head is worth a lot of money, is he really lonely about the things in Kyoto City?
Xi Hongdou said: "I'll add some more to you, four taels, if you don't sell it, then I'll report to the official!" She also knew in her heart that these businessmen who returned to the country didn't want to lose this opportunity to make money, and the traffickers in Siliang definitely didn't lose money and still had to make money, and it depended on whether she agreed or not!
Sure enough, the trafficker relented: "Okay, okay, four taels are four taels, I'm really a hell!" "I thought it was a fat sheep, but I was threatened!
Xi Hongdou sneered, they are all old Chinese medicine doctors, who can give anyone an old home remedies?
took the slave status and the deed of sale and handed it to Xi Hongdou, and the traffickers tied the little male slave's neck with a rope. Xi Hongdou gave the money, and the traffickers were not very happy to see the money, this wave is not a loss at most, he has been in business for many years, and it is the first time he has met someone who is more stinky than him!
"The money and goods are both gone, and it has nothing to do with me if the slave runs away and loses it!" The trafficker said, and gave the rope to Xi Hongdou.
Rue Xiang stepped forward to lead the person, Xi Hongdou looked at it, and went to untie the rope around his neck.
"Girl, foreign slaves are a little wild and may run away." Rue Xiang said, even if you don't run, it's easy to hurt people, and you don't need to tie it with a rope for fear that it will be wild and untamable.
Xi Hongdou sighed and said, "It's so small, where can you run?" Then he said to the little slave boy, "What is your name?" ”
The little male slave shook his head, not quite understanding Yan Yun's words.
Xi Hongdou didn't force it, looked at the wounds on his neck and body, blew the dirt on his head, and then said, "Let's go home first." "Originally, I came to discuss the purchase of cattle and sheep, but now I can't take care of it.
When Xi Hongdou stood at the gate of the Xiao family with Rue Xiang and the little male slave, he also had a wry smile on his face, and Mrs. Xiao's face on the opposite side was wonderful enough.