It was close to noon, and the summer sun was as uncomfortable as if it had been dipped in molten slurry, and there were few people wandering in the streets, except for the occasional sound or two of chirps from the trees beside the street.

There was a lazy sound of bells, and the mule dragged a caravan forward listlessly, and the coachman didn't even bother to wave the whip he urged, and only dozed off with half-squinted eyes.

In the mule cart sat two women, one was a little older, with his right hand tightly clutched to his chest, leaning against the wall of the cart with her eyes closed, I wonder if she was asleep.

The other younger woman seemed to have something on her mind, and kept looking at the woman who was out of her mind and wanted to speak, but she was afraid of disturbing people's rest, and she was very entangled.

At this moment, the mule cart suddenly jolted, and the mule screamed twice, and a man's angry reprimand came, "Do you dare to sleep while driving the car, aren't you afraid of breaking Lao Tzu and arresting you in prison?" ”

The sudden change caused the woman who was leaning against the wall of the car to open her eyes, only to see that the other woman had already looked out of one window, and she also lifted the curtain on the other side.

I saw the coachman half-lying on the ground and tugging on the reins with both hands, holding the mule cart and not caring about his embarrassment, and kept making amends to the soapy catcher on the side, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" ”

The catcher is tall, his face is slightly dark, his face is bearded, his eyes are like copper bells, and there is a scar on his forehead up to the corner of his left eye, which is really scary to look at.

The coachman slapped himself twice hard, bent his body to the ground, and almost cried, "I'm really sorry, bad master!" I really didn't mean to. ”

Seeing the coachman's appearance of a wretch, he couldn't help but scold: "If Lao Tzu hadn't rushed back, I would have to teach you a good lesson!" Xu was really in a hurry, scolded a few words and hurried away.

The coachman here straightened up when he saw that the people were far away, but he was afraid that he would fall asleep again and did not dare to sit in the car again, so he only led the mule forward with trembling legs.

The young woman in the car retracted her head and couldn't help but complain, "That catcher is really fierce!" ”

"The coachman really shouldn't be asleep." The older woman said.

The young woman no longer said what she had just said, but said what she had always wanted to ask, "Sister Qiuse, do you really want to go home?" ”

Autumn looked at her puzzled, "How can it?" Small. ”

"Sister Qiuse, you have thought about it, you haven't been back for more than ten years, how good it is to stay in the house, you are not tired of work, and your monthly income is high!" Xiao Ke's eyes rolled and he opened his mouth to persuade.

Autumn color smiled, "But I'm pretty good now, I'm finally a free man, and I don't have to look at people's faces anymore." ”

"How can the eldest lady give you a look, she wants you to stay! If you hadn't insisted on saying that you wanted to go back to your parents to fulfill your filial piety, you would have been pointed out to the remaining steward of the outer court. ”

Speaking of which, Xiao Ke's tone was a little pantothenic, Steward Yu was the first celebrity in front of the eldest lady, young and promising, and many little girls in the house secretly blushed when they saw him!

"The eldest lady is good to me, but people don't like me. Besides, I haven't seen my parents for so many years, and I really miss them. If you have saved enough money to redeem yourself, tell your wife to go home and be with your parents. ”

Later, Qiu Se began to persuade Xiao Ke quite sincerely, after all, being a slave is not a good errand.

Xiao Ke hurriedly shook his head, "I don't want to, will I go back and be sold by my father again?" If you want me to say, Sister Qiuse, don't leave either, aren't you afraid that your parents will sell you again? ”

"No, maybe they've regretted it!"

"Hmph, why didn't you see them to see you!" Xiao Ke looked incredulous, "You can be careful that they really sell you again." ”

Qiu Se smiled, and put his hand on his chest again, "Don't be afraid, the identity document is in my own place, and no one can sell me." ”

The Daliang Dynasty had strict control over slave registration, and if you want to buy and sell slaves, you must file with the government with your household registration, otherwise it will be regarded as human trafficking.

Similarly, if you want to get out of slavery, you must not only agree to the master's family, but also have to go to the government for the record, and you have to spend a lot of silver, which is also the reason why Qiu Se has just come out of the government.

Qiu Se tightly covered the identity document hidden in her chest, and then she used this document to open a female household, who else could sell her?! It's not in vain that she spent so much extra money.

Xiao Ke didn't understand why Qiu Se, who has always been smart, had to spend this unjust money, but just chattered as if I was good for you.

"Why bother spending so much money to get a piece of paper! How good it is to be an errand in Chen's Mansion, eat well, dress well, just one master, the eldest lady has a good temperament, and there is monthly money to get, why do you have to spend so much money to redeem yourself! ”

Autumn pursed her lips and turned her head to the side. Indeed, Xiao has no way to understand herself, and she will not understand her desire for freedom.

Autumn colors are not really autumn colors, or the autumn colors of today are not the autumn colors of the past. She had crossed into this body from the present day four years ago.

At that time, the deity was beaten to death by the second lady because he wanted to hook up with the master, and the modern autumn color was reborn in the body of the deity, but it was rejected by the master and despised by the other servants.

It took a lot of effort for the newcomer to save her life and heal her injuries, and then it took her a year and a half to get the attention of the eldest lady and try her best to get to the eldest lady on an errand.

In the past two years, Autumn Color has faintly become the first person next to the eldest lady, but no one thought that the autumn color in the limelight would ask the eldest lady for grace to redeem herself!

In the modern life, she couldn't live a slave forever, she spent two years saving enough money to redeem herself, and when the eldest lady intended to marry her, she proposed to go home to serve her parents.

Perhaps grateful for her filial piety, or perhaps dissatisfied with the lack of knowledge of Autumn Color, the eldest lady quickly agreed to her to redeem herself, but only said a word to her when Autumn Color was about to leave the house.

"In the future, if you can't live anymore, you might as well come back, master and servant, I will always reward you with a bowl of rice to eat."

Qiu Se didn't know if the eldest lady's words had ulterior motives, she only knew that she was about to be free, and she felt unprecedentedly happy.

As for the family of the deity, Autumn decided to talk about it after seeing it.

If the person is not bad, walk around as a relative, if you dare to fight your own idea, then it is good to be a stranger again, anyway, the autumn color must be self-reliant.

Xiao Ke still persuaded him: "Sister Qiuse, you can stay!" What am I going to do if you're gone? ”

Qiu Se was a little annoyed by the reading, and replied with a smile: "If I leave, won't the eldest lady value you more?" ”

Oh, I really don't know, isn't the reason why Xiao Ke is so clinging to himself is to show his face in front of the eldest lady!

Xiao Ke's face turned red, and there was a hint of embarrassment that the secret had been revealed, and he opened his mouth to deny: "Where do I have it?" ”

Qiu Se didn't say anything, he didn't count his previous life, even if he was twenty now, and the other party was only fifteen years old, just a child, there was really nothing to worry about.

After a pause, Qiu Se still nodded two sentences, "Although the food and clothing in the house are better than those of ordinary people outside, after all, you have to listen to the orders of others in everything, and you can't be the master yourself. ”

"What did you say, Sister Autumn?" Xiao Ke looked at Qiu Se with a strange expression, "Follow your father at home, marry your husband, even if you are not in the house, we can't do anything!" ”

Choking on the autumn colors, I suddenly remembered that this was in ancient times, and not everyone agreed that men and women should be equal, so I fell silent.

Xiao Ke cleared his throat, and while looking at Qiu Se's face, he carefully said his purpose, "Sister Qiu Se, if you really want to leave, can you tell the eldest lady to let me help manage the treasury in the mansion?" ”