Chapter 11: Crying
She was thinking about it, but she might as well murmur in a low voice on the side, "I really want to have an older brother like the young master......"
Ji Qingling was stunned, raised his head and glanced at Qiu Yue next to him, the other party's face was full of envy, and he said embarrassedly: "Although there are many sisters in my family, they don't see each other often, I have an elder brother, he ......"
The more she spoke, the quieter her voice became, and later, I don't know what touched her heart, she cried inexplicably.
Ji Qingling's previous girls were all sent over after being trained by good students, all of them were gentle and petty, when they raised their hands, they knew that they were going to hand over the tea, and they bent over by themselves, they immediately knew that they should pinch their backs, they had never met Qiu Yue who cried while talking like this, and for a while, they couldn't help but feel at a loss, so they had to comfort a few words.
Fortunately, Qiuyue cried for a while, and she stopped sobbing, she wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry girl, I think about things at home, and I can't hold back ......"
Ji Qingling really didn't know what to do, so he had to ask, "Are you homesick?" Why don't I ask Sister-in-law Liao to send you back? Or find a family close to your house to do the work, so that you can ...... often."
Before she finished speaking, Qiu Yue's face suddenly changed, she shuddered, knocked over the small table sitting under her buttocks, knelt on the ground with a "plop", grabbed the corner of Ji Qingling's skirt and begged: "Girl, don't send me back!" If you send me back to Sister-in-law Liao, I don't know what will happen, although I am not clever, but I have suffered hard! You let me grow vegetables, dig the ground, and carry dung and water! I eat less, just reward me with a bun every day, if you really can't look down on it, you see what I can do, I must use all the strength in my mother's womb, I am stupid, slow learner, but never complain about being tired, you don't want me! ”
Xu was really frightened, her words were reversed, she cried while talking, and soon burst into tears.
Ji Qingling frightened her for this behavior, hurriedly helped her up, and explained: "I didn't say that I wanted to send you back, wipe your tears quickly, what's the matter...... and comforted for a long time.
If it's like this, I won't be able to sleep for a while. Ji Qingling always felt that her reaction was a little abnormal, and when the other party's emotions calmed down a little, she asked, "What's the matter, you are scared like this?" ”
Qiu Yue wiped a handful of tears, cried and explained the situation at home.
She had six brothers and sisters, three older sisters, one elder brother, and one younger sister. The second brother is the only male heir in the family, he is twenty-three this year, he was sick when he was a child, he was lame, he couldn't get off the ground, and he couldn't make a living. Her family is already poor, and raising such a son is even more difficult to make ends meet.
"My second brother fell and injured himself when he was eight years old, and his leg was lame after he was healed, and we had smallpox here, and my two sisters were gone, and my brother and I also left a pockmarked face." She wiped her eyes with her sleeve, and then continued, "The second brother is old, he has a lame leg, and he has a flower face, our family is poor, and it is not easy to eat enough, where is anyone willing to marry in." In order to say goodbye to my second brother, my father made the decision to sell my sister to the Spring Festival Courtyard......"
At this point, her tears flowed again.
"This year, there was a war at the border, many people fled to us, and Linxian County was flooded, the head was worthless, and I sold my sister, the money was not enough, and the family gave my sister to the next village to be a child daughter-in-law, but because I was not good-looking, my mouth was stupid, and I couldn't sell it, and I was able to work in the field at home."
"The sister-in-law came to the door the month before and was pregnant, but unfortunately she was infected with the cold, and I invited several Langzhong who were not good, and I had no money for treatment, and I asked around the family looking for people's teeth, and saw that I couldn't sell it, and I had to pay rations at home, so I entrusted me to Liao's sister-in-law, and asked her to help find a master's house, and it was best to exchange more money, even if it couldn't, it was good to eat with less head......"
Hearing this, Ji Qingling couldn't help but be silent for a while.
If it weren't for the Li family's jade pendant, she and Gu Yanzhang would probably end up selling themselves as servants. His body looks good, as long as he doesn't look crooked in the future, he must be a beauty, as long as he gets into the hands of human teeth, nine times out of ten he will sell it to that hook bar. When you enter that pickled place, this life is ruined, and there is no future for you.
"When I first entered the city last month, I secretly went to my sister, and she told me that if I die, I will die outside, and I can't go into the kiln no matter what...... A few days ago, I went to the street to buy vegetables, and secretly asked people to help bring letters, and yesterday I replied to the message in the Spring Festival Courtyard, saying that my sister had died, and I was afraid that the disease would be passed on to others, so I didn't even leave a whole corpse, so I dragged it out and ......buried it in the field."
"Girl, let me tell you the truth, before I came here, Sister-in-law Liao had already sent me to many homes, and no one else took a fancy to me, saying that I was ugly, if you didn't want me, I really had nowhere to go......" After she said this, she knelt on the ground again, because she didn't dare to grab the corner of Ji Qingling's skirt again, she simply kowtowed "bang", and cried while kowtowing, "If Sister-in-law Liao returns me home, I have to be beaten to ......death."
It turns out that at this time, no matter whether a large wealthy businessman buys or sells a girl, the most important thing is that she looks thoughtful, has quick hands and feet, and is smart and clever, so she can sell it at a price. Qiuyue's condition is definitely inferior in the sale, brothels are unwilling to ask for it, and large families are unwilling to ask for it, so they can only sell it to those who have little money and want to find someone to do rough work.
"Girl, you bought me, I'd rather not get paid, you just give me a bite to eat, my father and mother are useless, although my second brother is lame, he can fight people as ruthless as my father." As he spoke, he lifted the sleeve on his hand and showed Ji Qingling the deep and shallow scar, "You buy me, I won't let you suffer......"
Qiu Yue cried while talking, her tears never stopped, Ji Qingling felt sad, but apart from verbal comfort, there was really no other way, so she had to promise again and again that she would not be returned.
That Qiuyue was relieved when she got the promise, she wiped her face and said, "Look at me, I can't say anything stupid and stupid, so the girl also cried with me." And he said, "The girl is really a good person, a good person's life, and a brother who loves you like this...... How is it like our village ......" She busied her mouth, wiped away her tears, and went to the kitchen to fill the charcoal with the foot stove.
Ji Qingling sighed and sighed in the room, not only secretly happy, but also vigilant, and felt that no matter which dynasty or generation, everything at the bottom was like ants, and it was still necessary to help Gu Yanzhang get out.