"Dongmei, does the embroidery girl come every day?"

Seeing the embroidery girl enter the study, Wang Xu found the maid in the east courtyard.

There are four maids in the east courtyard, namely Dongmei, Dongju, Dongzhu, and Dongxing.

In the past, there were many concubines in the East Courtyard, and there were even more aunts and servants.

Since the childless Lord Wang, after Mrs. Wang gave birth to Wang Xu, the mother was expensive by her son, and Mrs. Wang sent those aunts out.

Over the years, Mr. Wang has gone to this building at most, and the secret of that courtyard has not been received at home.

"Young master, the embroidery girl will come every day, and she can be diligent."

Hearing Wang Xu's words, Dongmei said, a gloating smile flashed in her eyes.

Although Master Wang is in his fifties, it is enough to be the father of these maids, but you can't deny the attraction of successful men to girls.

Over the years, Mrs. Wang has been pressed and beaten on behalf of others, relying on the only bloodline of the Wang family left, and driving away all the concubines of Wang Lao.

The maids see it in their eyes and remember it in their hearts, and if they want to say that they don't have any ideas, it is absolutely false.

In the past, Mrs. Wang watched closely at home, and Master Wang went outside all day and night to have fun, and the maids had to accept their fate.

It's good now, they haven't gotten the moon before they get close to the water, and the embroidery girl in the west courtyard has come up, how can it not be a thorn in everyone's eyes, a thorn in the flesh.

"I see..."

Wang Xu turned around and left, in the past, the embroidery girl did not see anyone for three days, which can only be regarded as slacking in work, which is not a big mistake.

But now it's different, the young master's maid actually wants to climb the master's bed, which is a huge scandal.

Even if Wang Xu is just nine years old this year, Master Wang has no intention of taking Xiuniang as a concubine, but when the matter spreads, it still has an impact on his reputation.

Walking out of the east courtyard, Wang Xu called out to a small man carrying water, and said, "Ask Liu Quan to come to the west courtyard to see me." ”

"Yes, young master."

The little guy put down the bucket and trotted away.

Wang Xu returned to the study in the West Courtyard, sat on a chair, and waited patiently for Liu Quan's arrival.

After waiting for about half a cup of tea, Liu Quan, who went out to inspect the shop, ran in sweating: "Young master, you called me?" ”

"We're in town, there's a tooth man, right?"

The tooth man Wang Xu is talking about is not a dentist, but a person who specializes in human trafficking.

When Liu Quan heard this, he thought that Wang Xu wanted to buy a maid and a little maid, so he said: "Yes, but we don't need to buy people, among the tenant farmers below, there are many sons and daughters, and they all want to be sent into the house to enjoy the blessings!" ”

The tenant farmers had no land, they all worked for the landlord's family, and there were not many children left in the year.

If you can send your children to the landlord's house to work, it is a good thing that the tenant farmers can't ask for, whenever there is a vacancy in the royal family for subordinates and domestic slaves, if you don't give gifts, your name will not be on the list of candidates.

Some people may ask, there are still people who are sold into slavery.

This brings us to the ancient system, where the sale of human beings was legal and had the backing of the government.

Sold into slavery, divided into three-year contract, five-year contract, ten-year contract, twenty-year contract, and death contract.

The death deed is the house slave who kills and kills, and the others can only be regarded as long-term labor, with monthly money every month, and there is a reward for doing good work.

The Wang family is a big family in Jiuquan Town, and there are not a few farms, shops, restaurants, and rice shops below.

As long as you do a good job, you can become a nurse, or you can be transferred out to become an apprentice in the shop, a man, and then climb up to become a shopkeeper, or the head of the farm below.

Take Liu Quan as an example, he is a house slave who has signed a long contract, don't look at being called by Wang Xu in the Wang family, he will come, and he will go if he lingers.

When I got below, it was also a decent person from ten miles and eight towns, who couldn't call Liu Erye and Liu Da Butler when he saw it.

Liu Quan is 48 years old this year, and has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son is the shopkeeper in the restaurant, and the younger son is the head of the village below.

When the Liu family married their daughters, there were twelve cars of dowry, which was not worse than the gentry in the countryside.

Counting further, Liu Quan has worked for the Wang family tremblingly over the years, and there are three or five hundred acres of farmland alone.

Therefore, working for a large family is not only not a shame, but an enviable fat difference.

If anyone has a shopkeeper who works for a large family, Zhuangtou, there are a lot more meat and fish during the New Year's holidays than others, and the smell of meat is wafting, and the children next door can cry for hunger.

"It's not about buying people, it's about selling people, don't talk nonsense, invite the tooth people in the town."

"Young master, do you want to talk to the master and the lady about this kind of thing?"

Liu Quan asked subconsciously.

Wang Xu raised his head dissatisfied, and said softly: "What, this kind of trivial matter still alarms the master and the lady, can't I be the master?" ”

"It's done, it's done." Seeing that Wang Xu's face was not good, Liu Quan didn't dare to ask again.

After a while, the tooth man was invited.

The tooth man's name is Pan Po, who looks like he is about fifty, wearing a gold bracelet on his hand, followed by two thugs, and he is used to looking from the bottom to the top when looking at people.

During these days, many victims settled in Jiuquan Town, and when there were too many people, there was naturally no way to continue, so they could only sell themselves into slavery.

Needless to say, Pan Po has been doing well recently, with joy on her face, and she knows that she has made a lot of money at a glance.

"Young Master Wang, are you planning to sell people?"

The smell of gouache on Pan Po's body was very strong, and the taste of inferior gouache made Wang Xu lean back.

"You don't have to come here, just stand there and talk."

Wang Xu waved his hand to prevent Pan Po from getting any closer, and then he spoke: "In my house, there is a maid who is not honest, I plan to hand her over to you, how far can you sell and sell as far as you want, I don't want to see her in Jinshan Mansion, is there a problem?" ”

"Do you want to leave Jinshan Mansion?"

Pan Po rubbed her hands and whispered: "If you can do it, you can do it, but if you want to send people out of Jinshan Mansion, it's not that I give you money, but you have to give me money." ”

"How much?"

"Anyway..."

Pan Po gritted her teeth and compared her fingers: "One hundred taels!" ”

"You really dare to ask for a hundred taels of silver, you can buy twenty acres of good land. That's it, it's up to you, someone will come over in a while, and send me away before dark, but I agreed to the price, if something goes wrong, I can only ask you. ”

In the face of Wang Xu's questioning, Pan Po nodded again and again: "I know, I know." ”

In response to this, Pan Poqian smiled and said, "Young Master Wang, I don't know if this maid signed a death contract or a long contract?" ”

"What's the point?"

Wang Xu didn't understand this, thinking about it, before the embroidery girl entered the house, she should have signed a three-year, or five-year long contract.

"The death contract is easy to handle, as a slave or a maid, how to dispose of it is in the hands of the master, and it is okay to sell it to the Qinglou. If you have a long contract, it will be more difficult, this kind of person can redeem himself, even if he does not redeem himself, he can regain his freedom after a certain number of years, and the master can beat and scold, but he cannot hurt his life.

In addition, the maid who has signed the long-term contract needs to report to the government if she buys and sells again, and the government will not release her without a reasonable reason. ”

As soon as Pan Po said this, Wang Xu had the bottom.

Regardless of whether the embroidery girl signed a death deed or a long deed, she will be sold today, even if there is no legitimate reason, Song County Lingna will give a reasonable explanation.

Just listening to Pan Po's meaning, it seems that a maid who does not sign a death deed cannot be sold to the Qinglou.

Well, although Wang Xu is dissatisfied with the restlessness of the embroidery girl, he also knows that it is natural for people to go to high places and water to flow to low places.

If you want to say that because of this restlessness, you will sell people to the Qinglou, and Wang Xu will not be so lacking in virtue.

"Liu Quan, go and get the deed of sale of the embroidery girl."

As soon as Wang Xu said to Liu Quan, Liu Quan was stunned, never expecting that the person who was going to be sold was an embroidery girl.

"Go!"

It was only at the second sound that Liu Quan reacted and trotted to get the deed of sale.

When the deed of sale was returned, Wang Xu shook it open and saw that the embroidery girl used fifteen taels of silver to sign a three-year long contract with the Wang family.

Seeing this amount, Wang Xu frowned.

A strong tenant farmer sold himself into the government, and he could not get fifteen taels of silver in three years.

After all, if you buy a little maid, the death contract is only thirty taels, how can there be a three-year living deed to give people fifteen taels.

"Young master, Xiuniang said that she still has to repay the kindness of the Ning family and send some money over. The old man was soft-hearted, so he gave more, this is not what I did! ”

Facing Wang Xu's gaze, Liu Quan hurriedly swore to the sky that he would never eat kickbacks.

Wang Xu nodded slightly, such a dazzling amount is indeed not like what Liu Quan can prescribe, if Liu Quan was so bold, there would have been a mistake in the accounts.

"Young master, I cooked you some white fungus porridge, you can drink some."

While discussing here, the embroidery girl sent it to the door by herself.

Wang Xu nodded at Pan Po, pushed the deed of sale in his hand forward, and said, "It's her, take it away." ”

"Young master, what's wrong? Oh, what are you arresting me for, who are you, young master, young master, save me. ”

As soon as Pan Po waved her hand, the two healthy servants rushed forward and tied the embroidery girl with a rope.

The embroidery girl was so frightened that she lost her face and cried: "Young master, what's going on, did the embroidery girl do something wrong, do you say I can't change it?" ”

"It's late!"

Wang Xu shook his head slightly and got up from the chair: "I told you when I entered the mansion that you should be a good person, and after a few years, I will be the master to marry you off and promise to be a good man." But what about you, restless, why, you can't bear the hardships of the maid, and you want to be my stepmother? ”

Hearing Wang Xu's words, Xiuniang's face turned pale, and she even forgot to shout for help.

She didn't come to the Wang family to be a maid, and she didn't hear that the young master of the Wang family had a great future and wanted to climb a high branch.

Who would have thought that when he came in, he knew that the idea of the young master of the Wang family was not ordinary, and he would simply call her as a maid.

If you are just a maid, there is still hope, isn't there a saying that love arises over time, and there is no guess between the two children.

But I don't know why, Wang Xu has never had a good face for her, and the more she looks, the more she understands that she is not worthy of this young master of the Wang family, and Xiu Niang can't help but think about other things.

What's in your mind, the young master of the Wang family can't look down on her, but the Wang family still has a master.

Wang Dafa is always a little old, but people are rich, and there are no other concubines around Master Wang, isn't this her chance.

Since she was a child, her mother taught her that the most important thing for a woman in her life is to find a good man.

If it weren't for her father's good betting, her mother wouldn't have to be a broken shoe.

Therefore, on the way to escape, she refused Zhang Qing's hint, she knew that Zhang Qing was a good person, and she would definitely be obedient to her if she followed him, but she also knew that Zhang Qing could not give her the future she wanted.

What she wants is not a warm home, but a life without worrying about food and clothing, a wealth of clothes to reach out and food to open her mouth.

It's a pity that after thousands of calculations, I didn't calculate that I hadn't succeeded, and I was about to be sold in the blink of an eye.

"Young master, listen to my explanation, listen... Woooooooo ”

The embroidery girl was about to speak, but she was gagged by Pan Po.

As a tooth person, Pan Po has traveled south and north, this kind of thing has been seen a lot, if there is no ruthlessness, the business of the tooth man will not be able to continue.

Wang Xu looked at the embroidery girl who was struggling desperately and wanted to speak, and said softly: "Save some effort, no matter what you want to say, whether you have a heart or an idea, I will sell you today." When you arrive at the new master's house, do your job well, you, you are the body of the young lady, the maid's life! ”