Chapter 11: The Visit
"Brother He Chun, I've been in this Chunxiang Courtyard all day, and there's nothing fun about it, the chaotic life of spending time and drinking is really boring, I want to go out shopping and breathe." Sui'er complained.
Hey, Sui'er, why don't I want to take you out of this place as soon as possible? I heard the grandmother who sold jewelry say that it would not be easy for the girls who entered the Chunxiang Courtyard to go out again, and those with better fate were only accepted as concubines after being ransomed by the gentlemen. I only know a little bit about this human world, so it's really helpless.
"Brother He Chun, why don't you speak?" Sui'er nudged me lightly, pulling me back from my thoughts.
"Let's go, we'll go out now." I took Sui'er's hand and prepared to walk outside the courtyard.
Suddenly, a few turtle paws came over and stretched out their hands to stop us, "You can't take the girl out here!" They said with expressionless faces.
"Why? I've already spent money to show her relationship with me, and we've been together all day, and we're half husband and wife, so why can't I take her out? ”
"It's the rule! The girls in Chunhyang's courtyard are not allowed to go out. "As they spoke, they moved closer to us and blocked our way out.
Zhang's mother walked over, "What's going on?" ”
"Mother Zhang, this guest officer insists on taking her out." The turtle paw pointed at the two of us.
"What do I think is the matter?" Mother Zhang smiled, "This son came to our Chunxiang Courtyard for the first time, and it may not be clear what the regulations are, there is a misunderstanding, you are all scattered, how can you snub the guest officer?" ”
"Mother Zhang, I want to take Sui'er out to play for a while, and I'll be back at noon."
"It's really good to go out shopping with your beloved girl, but we can't break our rules, there are no rules." Zhang's mother shook her head, "I also hope that the guest officer can understand more." ”
"I also hope that Zhang's mother will be accommodating." I only had three punshells left in my arms, and I took out one and handed it to the disgusting bustard mother in front of me, but I still had to fake a smile on my face.
She actually stretched out her hand to refuse, "This is really not accommodating, the guest officer understands more." ”
Originally, I thought that after taking Sui'er out of Chunxiang Courtyard, I would fly away, but it was difficult to even take it out.
"Then the girls of Chunxiangyuan will never be able to go out to play?" I still don't give up.
"We will arrange for the turtle paws to take the girls out at a certain time, but the girls can't go out without permission, and the guest officer is not allowed to take the girls out unless they ......"
"Unless what?" I hurriedly asked.
"In fact, it's not that the girls can't go out, and some guest officers can ask the girls to 'go out', but this kind of thing is generally only invited by the rich and powerful, after all, the cost is very large. Of course, if there is really a temptation for our girls, we will not stop it, as long as we are willing to spend money to buy the girls' deeds of sale and redeem them. ”
"Deed of Sale? How can I have a deed of sale? Sui'er asked with a frown.
"Yes! But all the girls we have here have a deed of sale in my hands, and you are no exception. ”
"When did I sell it to you? Who sold me for no relatives and no reason? As soon as I woke up, I found that you had kidnapped you. ”
Zhang's mother just smiled and sent someone to bring a deed of sale, with Sui'er's portrait on it, but the name is "Qin Feng", "There can be your portrait, name, and handprints on it, and the most important thing is that it has the official seal on it, as long as you don't have this thing on you, you will be arrested sooner or later after you go out, don't you know?" ”
"I didn't even know that I still had this thing, and my name is not Qin Feng, where did you get this fake thing?" Sui'er scoffed.
"You can't control this, anyway, if you want to regain your freedom, you can only spend money to redeem yourself." The hateful bustard mother smiled wickedly, and it was disgusting to look at.
"How much money does it take to redeem Sui'er?" I suppressed the anger in my heart and asked.
"Two hundred friends!"
"Two hundred friends? You're sitting on the ground! Don't think I don't know what you do, the price you girl bought is only ten friends, and this change of hands has increased twenty times, which is too exaggerated. "My anger exploded.
"Don't worry, guest officer, the girls' redemption prices are like this, seeing that you are so happy with this girl, it is cheap to charge you two hundred friends." Zhang's mother was still smiling, but it looked more and more disgusting.
"Two hundred friends, can it be cheaper?" My tone became softer, and I only have three punshells in my body now, and I really don't know where to raise these two hundred pun.
"It can't be cheaper, we can't make much money in this industry, and we have to send money to those officials every once in a while." Zhang's mother directly vetoed it.
"Sui'er, you go back to the house first, and I'll go out to raise money." I turned to Sui'er and said.
"Brother He Chun bothered." Sui'er lowered her head and said, like a child who had done something wrong.
"It's okay, Sui'er don't feel guilty, I didn't take good care of you and let those bad guys kidnap you."
"Okay, don't say anything about me and me, guest officer, hurry up and raise money to ransom this girl." Zhang's mother urged.
"I also hope that Zhang's mother will take more care of Sui'er when I come back without raising money." I smiled helplessly and handed over a penbei.
"Don't worry, the old man will definitely take care of this girl." As she spoke, she stretched out her dirty hand and took the shellfish.
After walking out of Chunxiangyuan, I paced back and forth in the street, at a loss, and I really didn't know where to get 200 punshell coins. To steal? To grab? I can't help it! I can't help it!
"Young man!" Before I knew it, I came to the downtown area, and when I heard the sound, I looked up and found that the grandmother who sold jewelry was beckoning me to come over.
"How's that girl, young man?" Grandma asked with concern.
"The bustard in the Chunxiang Courtyard asked me to redeem her with two hundred punshell coins." I shook my head in despair, "I don't know where to raise so many shellfish." ”
"Two hundred friends? This Chunxiangyuan is really treacherous and hateful! Who can take out so many shell coins in ordinary people? ”
"Grandma, do you know if there is a job that makes money fast and more?"
"I really don't know about this, but the top priority is to rescue that girl as soon as possible, and I suggest you borrow it first."
Borrow? How easy is that? I have just taken on a human form, and I haven't dealt much with people, who can I borrow from? Who will borrow it?
"Young man? Are you listening to me? "Grandma saw that I didn't speak for a long time, so she pushed me.
"The main thing is that I don't know who to borrow." I smiled wryly, "Who is willing to lend me so many shell coins?" ”
"Young man, you can try to borrow it from General Xu's house, you know that General Xu's family is generous and righteous, and the girl was saved by the son of General Xu's family before, you go to General Xu's house to explain the situation, they should help you." Grandma said so much in a row, but it gave me a glimmer of hope.
"Does Grandma know where General Xu's house is? I'm going to pay a visit. ”
"I don't know about General Xu's house, but it's quite far from here, I remember that once Xu Gongzi came by carriage, when I passed in front of my shop, I heard Ma Da panting, if you want to go, it's best to take an ox cart, or take a boat." Grandma's voice suddenly became a lot quieter, "By the way, Xu Gongzi was here a while ago to find the 'Skillful Saint' Wu Yin to fight a high-quality sword, and he made a generous shot, and he gave Wu Yin five times the price, saying that he must give him a good sword, and it just so happens that Wu Yin is next door to my house." I heard that our country is preparing to fight with the Qi country, and General Xu's family is now recruiting troops. ”
"Thank you, Grandma!" I was going to find someone to inquire about the location of General Xu's house, and turned to leave.
I asked a lot of people, but they only knew General Xu, but they didn't know General Xu's mansion.
So I found a shipwreck nearby, asked him to take me to General Xu's mansion, paid him a penbei, and set off.