053 Crying and crying
Early the next morning, Qu Xiaoqi got up and knocked on Zhou Zhengduan's door, this time she was not as careful as yesterday, she came to ask for silver.
Qu Xiaoqi usually gets up earlier than Zhou Zhengduan, and Zhou Zhengduan is still lying in bed at this time and has not gotten up.
"Wait a minute, don't come in yet."
Qu Xiaoqi had no choice but to stretch in front of Zhou Zhengduan's door, I don't know why, why is he so tired when he feels this time?
It's as if you hold a position for too long and your body stiffens.
Because the action was too big, it attracted the attention of the shopkeeper.
In the morning, he was busy delivering hot water back and forth, and Qu Xiaoqi's movements hindered him from doing his work.
He stared at Qu Xiaoqi suspiciously for a long time, and the shouts in the other guest rooms, as well as the greetings that poked his head out from time to time, did not make the shopkeeper move half a minute.
There was no way, Qu Xiaoqi had to stop his movements and asked, "Do you have something to do?" ”
"The inn stipulates that pickpockets and perverts can't be brought in, and if the guests have these problems, I will also be deducted from the monthly money."
It's less than a quarter of an hour, what's the matter? "Do you think I'm like a pickpocket or a pervert?"
Hearing this, the shopkeeper deliberately looked at Qu Xiaoqi, nodded, and said, "It's all like, yes, it's this expression, it's very similar." I saw you enter someone's son's room yesterday and then you were kicked out, right? ”
Qu Xiaoqi smiled, and just wanted to say something, but at this time the door opened.
Zhou Zhengduan had just dressed and washed, and now he was completely out of his sleep.
"I know this girl, you can go with your business." He really listened to the voice outside the door, and if he didn't come out again, he didn't know what the two of them would say, especially Qu Xiaoqi.
Yesterday, he already had a deep understanding of Qu Xiaoqi, this teenage girl, even if she has been married, this skin is too thick.
Even he, a man who has already won the crown, can't talk and laugh with the women of the Qinglou, but Qu Xiaoqi is so skillful.
"Give me the money I earned yesterday, and I'm going to go out and do some shopping now. Yesterday, because of your business, I didn't buy what I wanted to buy, so I must take a good look at this capital today. ”
Zhou Zhengduan wanted to refute this sentence, but he didn't know how to refute it, so he honestly took out the silver and offered it with both hands.
The weight of silver feels like it can be more than five hundred taels, and Qu Xiaoqi is not too heavy with any amount of silver, and she can carry it home if she gets a hundred catties.
Zhou Zhengduan didn't follow her this time, so she is now wearing the previous women's clothes to go out, because the different styles still look very abrupt in the crowd.
Fortunately, the color is plain, and as soon as the surrounding flowers are covered with green colors, you can't find her shadow.
The handmade goods here are really exquisite, and sure enough, there is peer competition that will make them think of ways to keep improving.
Qu Xiaoqi thought about bringing back two hairpins to Aunt Caifeng and Zeng Miaoya, and the silver in his hand should be able to buy two exquisite silver jewelry.
Aunt Caifeng uses wooden hairpins, and Qu Xiaoqi doesn't know how to coil her hair at all, but she doesn't use a hair rope to fix her hair according to the method she learned online before.
Even Zeng Miaoya is the same, only when she goes to Aunt Caifeng's place, she will have a complex and good-looking hairstyle.
Qu Xiaoqi gave up after trying it once, it was too complicated, and it made Zeng Miaoya's scalp hurt.
If you don't do some delicate work, you really don't know that you are handicapped.
The streets were really crowded, and most of them looked like young masters and ladies in fine clothes, Qu Xiaoqi suspected that this rare celebration had become a blind date meeting in Qingguo.
The girls who have not come out of the pavilion are all wearing veils, and they can only see their faces clearly in the haze, and they can't even see their eyes.
The ones who showed up were all wearing women's exclusive hairstyles, and Qu Xiaoqi wanted to know if the veil that those girls who had not left the cabinet were really tired of when they came out to sell things?
Qu Xiaoqi, a person who is young in front of him, does not wear a veil, and can even be said to be in fancy clothes, has been looked at by the people around him for a long time.
"I heard that hydrangeas are thrown over there!" There was a sudden commotion in the crowd.
"Which side? Who's the girl? ”
"In the east of the city, the daughter of Xie Dart Bureau didn't even wear a veil, so she wanted to marry her daughter today."
"Isn't it pretty?"
"Beautiful! Sixteen or seventeen, it's a big girl, look at the water spirit! ”
"Let's go! Check it out! ”
Qu Xiaoqi wanted to get out of the crowd, but he didn't get out of the crowd after stumbling a few times, accompanied by his ears, "Stepped on my feet." "Be careful!" Something like that.
By the time she caught her breath, she didn't know where she was being taken, it was a little more empty than the street, or she wouldn't have been able to escape.
Human beings like to watch lively hearts really exist in ancient times, Qu Xiaoqi sighed, but suddenly felt that her legs were hugged, which scared her.
"Miss, this young lady, please have mercy on me, take me in."
The corners of Qu Xiaoqi's mouth twitched twice, looking at the beggar holding his leg, a little speechless.
So many ladies don't ask for it, why do you ask for it?
"Let go of me, who are you? What is the purpose? ”
The man let go of Qu Xiaoqi, and then looked up pitifully, revealing his dirty face.
It is difficult to distinguish whether it is a man or a woman by looking at the face and hearing the voice, but Qu Xiaoqi always feels that this person is somewhat familiar, and immediately becomes vigilant.
I'm in the sunny country, how can there be acquaintances here.
Could it be that this person was chased from Chaoguo? Not really, right? I don't have anything for others to covet.
Could it be his mother...... Just like Meng Yuqing said before, what mess does my mother know?
In a trance, Qu Xiaoqi seemed to feel that his brain had opened up, if it was really those grievances in the rivers and lakes, he had been kidnapped now, right?
I knew that I would have let Zhou Zhengduan come out with me.
"I'm sorry, this woman was disobedient and ran out. Did you come here to buy slaves and maids, this girl? Inside, please, inside, there are more obedient inside. This has been sent back several times, and I plan to sell it directly to Yingchun Pavilion for her, so that I can worry about it there. A middle-aged man ran not far away, nodding to Qu Xiaoqi.
Take a closer look at the fact that there are indeed some people moving around here, and some of the people who come out are indeed going home with people who are not very clean.
This turned out to be a human trafficking market, Qu Xiaoqi doesn't know much about this, how much silver can a person sell?
Yingchun Pavilion is the Qinglou, and the woman on the ground seemed to hug Qu Xiaoqi's leg like a reflex, "Miss, I don't want to go to that kind of place, you buy me!" I can do a lot of things! If you don't fight back, if you don't scold back, I'll help you a lot. ”
Looking at the woman like this, the middle-aged man's face was not good-looking, and he stretched out his hand to pull the woman away from Qu Xiaoqi, but he almost dragged Qu Xiaoqi down.
The woman's crying gave Qu Xiaoqi a headache, she really couldn't see others crying, and she was still splashing and rolling here.
Maybe this woman can really be bought back to deal with some shrews in the village, and sometimes she will change this woman when she is overwhelmed.
The imagination is very beautiful, the reality is very skinny, Qu Xiaoqi may not have so much silver to buy a person.
"How many silver taels can you sell for such goods in the Spring Pavilion?"
At the mention of this, the middle-aged man sighed and said, "How can we say that a maid of ours can sell for thirty taels, and she sells twenty taels in Yingchun Pavilion at a high price." "This really made him have to keep his capital and couldn't make any money.
"You take me to see the others, I really want to buy someone to wait around." Qu Xiaoqi really couldn't say the words slave and maid, and he could somewhat understand what kind of mood Xu Zixin was in when he was forced to change to slave status.
"Hey, okay, please inside."
Qu Xiaoqi thought that the woman on the ground would find someone else, but he didn't expect that she would become his own leg pendant, holding herself when she walked.
The middle-aged man's face darkened, he coughed, and two strong men approached, as if waiting for his instructions.
"Miss, please, buy me." There was fear in the woman's words.
"You let go of me first, go in with me, and if I see that there is no better than you, I will buy you." Looking at the two big men, Qu Xiaoqi's mind was full of the pink-clothed big man she saw in the gambling house when she went to the gambling house yesterday, she was more or less weak-hearted, is this Qingguo a big man?
The middle-aged man gave a look, and the woman was framed by the two big men and followed behind them.
"What do you think you want, lady?" Seeing that Qu Xiaoqi was dressed plainly and did not wear a veil, he changed his words.
"I'm a farmer, you just call me a little lady, I want to buy one with great strength or martial arts."
"Do you want a manservant or a maidservant?" This is a big business, and the middle-aged man's attitude towards Qu Xiaoqi has become more and more kind.
"Everything."
The woman behind her tossed again and said, "I can also do martial arts!" Miss, will you buy me back? ”
Qu Xiaoqi frowned slightly, and asked, "There are so many people on the street, why do you want me to buy you back?" ”
"Miss, you look kind! It's still a peasant family, simple. ”
The corners of Qu Xiaoqi's mouth hooked and asked, "Do you believe this?" ”
The woman suddenly looked at Qu Xiaoqi with tears in her eyes, and stopped saying a word.
"Little lady, look at this, he used to be a blacksmith, but because something happened to his family, he was forced to come into us, so he was enslaved. The family is clean and strong, you look at the tendons and flesh of his body, and he can also make silver money by striking iron, and the price is fifty taels a bite! ”
These people are all locked in cages, and they can only be called by others when they have a deed of sale, and they live in a very poor environment, and they only wear a thin dress on such a cold day.
Thinking that his life is much better than these people, Qu Xiaoqi was a little complicated in his heart, nodded, and felt that this person was good, and the price was okay, but he heard the woman behind him say: "This person only has half a breath left, and it is not cost-effective to spend another fifty taels of silver to buy medicine when he goes back." I've been locked up for so long, I can't eat or wear, how can I have the strength! ”