Zhou Li happened to be there, and when he saw Ayu outside the door, his eyes were a little flustered.

"Uncle Zhou, I, my brother has news recently, have you ever sent money to your family?"

In the Great Jin Dynasty, there was a subordinate government that specially allocated money for foreign soldiers, which was distributed by the local yamen, transferred to the main place and then handed over to each household.

Bai Ying also sent money to his home several times in his first year in the army, but there was no sound in the past year, and many people said that he was dead, but Ayu didn't believe it.

"Ayu, Uncle Zhou knows that your family is difficult at this time, but your brother ......"

Zhou Li was shaking his head and sighing, the meaning was obvious.

"Really?"

Ayu retreated, facing the back of Luohui in the west.

When she left, Zhou Li made a special trip to cover the courtyard gate.

At this time, Li Zheng's wife, Wang, came out of the house, and sighed in a low voice, "Then the Bai family is like this, why don't we borrow some ......."

"A woman's kindness." Zhou Lizheng interrupted her, "If you borrow her, the matter will be exposed sooner or later." ”

"Then, what if Bai Ying comes back in the future?"

Bai Ying, the son of the Bai family, was strong and strong, and he killed two wild boars with his fists in the mountains when he was a teenager.

Wang was still afraid, and Zhou Lizheng said, "Except for the previous one, he hasn't heard from him for nearly a year." No matter what the stakes are, there are many capable people in the barracks, and there are no eyes on the battlefield, and it is normal to die. ”

Wang can't be the master of her husband, so shut up and stop talking.

On the main road in the middle of the village, Ayu walked very slowly.

A carriage slowly stopped beside her, and Su Shi lifted the curtain and asked, "Isn't this Ayu, what's wrong with you?" ”

The little girl lost her soul and looked like she wanted to cry, and anyone knew that something was wrong.

The person who came was the wife of the old man Liu in the town, the eldest daughter of Su Xiucai of Luoxiao Village, who appeared here today, and should have returned to her parents' house to save her relatives.

Ayu looked at her with a light in her eyes, "Madam, do you still need someone there?" ”

The Su family made a living in the town, and the sale of children and daughters in several nearby villages was basically transferred to the city through her hands.

Ayu had never thought about this before, but now she thought about it.

It's just that when her words fell, she regretted it in her heart, thinking of what her mother had said to her, and cramped, "It's okay, forget it." ”

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and prepared to leave, Su Shi got out of the carriage and reached out to hold her.

"Ayu, poor child, has there been some sin in the family?" Su Shi frowned, saw that Ayu was silent, and said, "Recently, I have a good deal in my hand, and I can get ten taels of silver, which is a death contract." But you don't have to worry, it's a big family in Liangcheng, not only does it have monthly money, but it will be released when it reaches the age of age. ”

"Ten taels of silver?"

Ayu was confused, it's not that no one in the village has ever sold their children, at most it's seven taels or eight taels, how come it was ten taels when she got to her?

However, because of the ten taels of silver, she still nodded, thinking that she could buy half another plant of ginseng, thinking that her father would come back to life, and that the family had hope of survival.

"Madame, is it okay now? My dad ......"

Ayu told the family about the matter, hoping to get the money and go to the town immediately.

In the same village, Su Shi also felt pity after hearing this, he didn't have so much cash on his body, and his mother's family didn't go back, so he asked the coachman to turn around and go back to the town.

Ayu got ten taels of silver in Su's hands, and also signed a deed of sale.

Su asked Ayu to come over tomorrow morning and take her into the city then.

Ayu nodded, and took the ten taels of silver to the pharmacy not far away.

"Poor." Su sighed and was about to return to the hospital when he saw his little daughter coming over.

"Mother, don't you want a little girl lately?" And the one named Ayu doesn't look small at all, with a graceful figure, if it weren't for a round fat baby face, I would have thought it was a mature and plump woman.

"Ordinary ones don't want to, but the kind is specifically being searched." Su Shi waved his hand and led the person in.

Ayu's ten taels of silver bought half a cut of ginseng, and when she returned to the village, it was already twilight.

"Mother."

In the distance, Ayu saw Liu anxiously hesitating at the gate of the courtyard, she shouted, suppressed her steps and trotted all the way over.

"Ayu, where have you been?"

Liu hadn't seen his daughter for a long time, and his eyes were red.

Ayu smiled, took her mother's hand and said, "I'll tell you later." ”

"You kid." Liu didn't ask again, he couldn't care too much about the deep roots in his heart, and his daughter was sensible and well-behaved, and he never let her worry about it.

The half of the ginseng in Ayu's arms was taken out until very late, when the three younger brothers were already asleep, and Liu embroidered a handkerchief under the lamp in order to earn a few pennies.

"Mother."

Ayu lifted the straw curtain into the room, first looked at his father lying on the bed reluctantly, and then took out the things in his arms and placed them on the small kang table where Liu's was located.

"There is half a section of ginseng in it, and it can last for four or five days when mixed with my father's medicine. There are more than a dozen embroidered handkerchiefs in my room, and there are more than 100 patterns when converted into money. I have estimated the large urn in the kitchen, there is not much fine grain, and coarse grain can be eaten for two or three months......"

Ayu said slowly, the current situation, the future life.

Liu Shi was stupid the moment his daughter took out something, grabbed her hand and said, "Ayu, where did this ginseng come from?" ”

Liu Shi opened the embroidered handkerchief, and the contents had been cut into slices, and when he looked at it, he knew that he had bought it from the pharmacy for money.

There is half a plant, so it will cost ten taels or eight taels.

"Ayu, where did you get the money?"

Liu's eyes are red, her daughter can't lift her shoulders and can't lift her hands, she is still a little girl who is not married, where can she get so much silver?

"Mother, don't cry." Ayu also reddened her eyes, and held Liu's hand and said, "Mrs. Su said, this time it is a big family in Liangcheng who wants to buy a maid, as long as you go in, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you still have money every month, and when you are old, the master's family will let us out of the house." “

Sure enough, Liu reached out to hug his daughter, crying silently.

"Ayu, my son. How can you forget your mother's words? If you go to someone else's house, you are a subordinate and a servant, not to mention beating and scolding, your life is not up to you. Even if our family is poor, it is a good citizen, and if you sign a deed of sale, it will be different. ”

The Liu family couldn't accept selling their daughter anyway, so they let go of Ayu and shook his head at her, "How much silver?" My mother will find a way to scrape together the money to return it to Mrs. Su and redeem your deed again. ”

"Mother." Ayu also shook her head, "Dad has no brothers and sisters, you are the same, although you have a mother's family, but grandma and uncle are like leeches, if you don't ask our family for money, it's okay, how can you help us." These days, in order to scrape together money to buy ginseng for my father, I have thought of all the ways I can think of, and the Xiao family has avoided it......"

Ayu's tears slid down, "Mother, don't worry, I will take good care of myself." ”