The boy hurriedly stopped, gasped and said, "My lord wants the lady to go to the town, saying that he wants to discuss with you about buying that barren mountain." ”

She wondered in her heart, "Isn't that a matter already settled?" Now I'm waiting for him to sign the contract with the title deed, why has anything changed? ”

The little servant wiped the sweat from his forehead, "If you go back to Qin Niangzi, I don't know about this, the adults only said to let you go, and go as soon as possible." I look at the way he speaks, there is a change, lady, you had better be mentally prepared. ”

Chen Youyi frowned, and gave the little servant two copper plates, "You go back and tell Master Xu first, and I'll go over on my hind feet." ”

After saying that, he turned around and entered the courtyard, his heart was a little dull, and he didn't know what had happened in the middle, in case the barren mountain couldn't be bought, wouldn't the plans behind be ruined.

Thinking of this, she began to feel a little anxious, hurriedly went to the house to change her clothes, came out and ran into Mu Xiulian's house, "Mother, there are some things to discuss with Lord Xu in the town, maybe you can come back early in the evening, but if you can't come back so early, you take care of yourself." When you leave, I will explain to Wang Da and ask him to come over and watch you more. ”

Mu Xiulian hurriedly said, "You don't have to worry about me, even if you go and deal with your affairs, don't ask Wang Da to serve me." I don't need it, I'll make a meal for you when the time comes, and remember to eat it when you come back. Tell you, now that you are pregnant, you should be extra careful, and if you can't do it, I will hire a carriage to take you to the town. ”

She answered Mu Xiulian's words one by one, went out to find Wang Da, and told him to take care of Mu Xiulian, and then hurried to the town.

rushed to Xu Linfeng before noon.

She was taken to the hall of Xu Linfeng's mansion, and as soon as she sat down, a maid served tea, and the maid was not more than thirteen or fourteen years old, and she looked very clever.

"This lady." She saluted and said, "Lord Xu is in the back, talking to another visiting adult, and he will come to see you as soon as he knows that you are coming." ”

"Got it."

The maid retreated, and Chen Youyi sat there waiting, and didn't let Linfeng rush over, "You came quickly." ”

"I heard that the little official said that you have something urgent to find me, so I put down everything and rushed over, what is the matter? But what about the barren mountain? Can't you buy it? She asked worriedly.

Xu Linfeng waved his hand at her unhurriedly and asked her to sit down, "It's not that I can't buy it, it's just that there is a procedure here, I didn't know it before, and when I went to solicit the opinions of the villagers, I knew it." ”

She blinked, curious.

Xu Linfeng continued, "This barren mountain actually has an owner, and this owner has some history of owning this mountain. I didn't know much because I hadn't been here for a long time, and they didn't tell me about it until I met the old people in the village. ”

"Where's the master?" She asked.

"It's a family surnamed Tang, their family has an old house on the mountain, but because it has been uninhabited and abandoned for a long time, their whole family has moved to live in the bustling city at the bottom of the mountain, and if you want to find them, you have to go to the house to visit." He picked up the teacup and took a sip, his eyes falling on Chen Youyi.

Seeing that she frowned, as if she was worried about something, he said again, "The Tang family is a family, and this barren mountain also belongs to the two brothers, if they want to find them to buy this barren mountain, they have to find both families, and things will be more troublesome." Even if it's a lease, I'll have to go to them. ”

She nodded, "It's not difficult to visit me, but I don't know the Tang family, what if I go and they are neither willing to rent to me nor sell to me?" ”

Xu Linfeng took a deep breath and said bluntly, "You want to govern this barren mountain, if you can succeed, I can also touch your light, so I plan to come forward to help you negotiate with the people of the Tang family, I think that the Tang family looks at my thin face, and may be able to promise to give you the mountain." ”

She stood up abruptly and saluted, "That's really Lord Laoxu." ”

He slowly put down the teacup in his hand, "It's just that I've been busy with political affairs recently, and the place where the Tang family lives is also some distance from here, so I haven't had time to meet them in person for the time being." You can go there and ask first, meet with their families, and if they can say yes to you directly, that's the best, if not, I'll come back later. ”

She thought it was the best, so she agreed.

On the same day, she was ready to go back to the village, pack some things, and inquire about the Tang family by the way.

Coincidentally, on this road, I met a little girl, and I don't know if she didn't see herself, or if she was too panicked, and hit her arms straight into her arms, almost knocking herself down.

Chen Youyi was startled, she was still worried about the child in her belly, and just when she looked up and wanted to get angry, she saw a fifteen or sixteen girl standing in front of her.

His face was covered in dirt, and his hair was curly. His clothes were also in tatters, and he stood there trembling with his bare feet.

She frowned, and just as she was about to ask, she saw a few big men running over from a distance, "You cheap hooves still dare to run, finally let us find you, hurry up and go back with us, people are still waiting for you." ”

The little girl was so frightened that she hurriedly hid behind Chen Youyi, which made her even more curious, but because she didn't know what was going on, she had to stand there and watch.

"You're still hiding, it's useless to hide anywhere, since people have bought you, you're someone else's, hurry up and go back with me, be careful of suffering from flesh and skin." Saying that, the big man was about to step forward and pull the little girl.

But she hid behind Chen Youyi and didn't come out, and kept begging her, "Help me, help me, I don't want to go back, I'd rather starve to death outside and freeze to death outside than go back there." Miss, you save me, please. ”

Seeing that she said so pitifully, Chen Youyi's heart couldn't help but soften a little, and she didn't plan to help directly, but asked the big man, "Who are you?" Why take her back so recklessly? ”

The big man saw that Chen Youyi was dressed cleanly, like a person with a head and face, and his tone of voice softened, "This girl, her mother died and had no money to bury, so she sold herself to the master of a family as a concubine, but after taking the money and burying her mother, she didn't admit it." The old man was still waiting over there, but she ran out, so we ordered us to arrest her back. ”

Although she is extremely disgusted with human trafficking, in this feudal society, such things as selling children and daughters are common.