There was almost no sleep in the ninth room this night, and as soon as the morning sun was sprinkled on the ground, Shen and Duan Yu went to the study of Hefeng Xiaozhu to find Duan Ling'er.

In addition to the straw paper abacus in front of Duan Ling'er's desk, there was also a wooden box full of silver ingots, and she had a touch of black green under her eyes, obviously she didn't sleep last night.

Duan Tianya gave Duan Ling'er a chance, and the two hundred taels of silver as the capital were placed in front of him.

Shen looked at his daughter distressedly, and then glanced at the two hundred taels of silver given by Duan Tianya in the middle of the wooden box, and frowned: "Ling'er, you still don't understand for your mother, why do you have to beg your father to have a business of your own?" Even if you don't have your own business, just follow your brother ......"

"Mother, you must remember that my brother is going to study, he has no energy to do business, and our Jiufang can only rely on me to earn money for the time being." Duan Ling'er didn't raise her head, and continued to write and draw on the paper.

"Sister, my father asked us to hand over a thousand taels a month, how is this possible? The grange is a hole, and even if you can't make up for it with silver, you still want to use it to earn money...... Father is too embarrassing. Duan Yu raised his feet and entered the door, holding An Niang's newly cooked millet porridge, he put the porridge down and persuaded Shen to drink a bowl as well.

Shen shook his head.

Duan Yu looked at his sister's slightly haggard face, and then thought that if she couldn't earn money, her sister would not only lose face but also be grounded, and all this was because of her own incompetence.

Thinking of this, Duan Yu's eyes flashed with tears, he realized that he was out of shape, and immediately wiped the corners of his eyes with his sleeve, walked over with red eyes, pretending to fiddle with silver ingots, but in fact felt extremely uncomfortable.

Duan Ling'er took the porridge, drank it in a few sips in front of her mother and brother, wiped her lips and smiled slightly: "Brother, you are not right, after a month, we will not only pay 1,000 taels, but also return the 200 taels to my father, with interest, 1,250 taels of snowflake silver." ”

Shen's eyes suddenly lit up, and the capital of doing business for her own children should be calculated with interest, this is Duan Tianya, this is the man she loved.

Shen Shiwu shook his head, he was a clean and clean scholar who was fascinated by love for a while, but he had to come to Duanfu to be small, and finally ended up like this.

If it weren't for the fact that he didn't listen to his parents' advice at that time, with his identity, no matter how bad he was, he would be the wife of a legitimate scholar, how could he become a concubine of a businessman?

If you weren't confused at that time, your children would not be like now, and they wouldn't be like now, and their sons would be stretched thin and their daughters would be stretched thin everywhere like now.

Shen has never let go of himself all these years, and at this time he is even more sad, his fingers trembled obviously, and he plucked up his strength and said: "Your father has a problem to make us retreat, according to my mother, you don't take this thousand taels of silver too seriously, if you can't earn it, we won't earn it!" Niang still has some self-esteem, how can you make up the interest silver, it's a big deal to return the principal with interest, we Jiufang admit that there is nothing we can do, and I don't want you to burn your body! ”

Duan Ling'er stood up and propped up her shoulders, looking at Shen, a touch of emotion flashed in her eyes.

He smiled warmly: "Don't worry, mother, Ling'er is already fully sure." ”

Duan Yu's eyes widened: "Really? ”

Duan Ling'er nodded: "Mother, brother, you pack up your things, take the nurse, let's leave for the Grange today, but before that, we have to go to a place." ”

Shen looked at Duan Ling'er: "Where are you going?" ”

"The City of People."

.

The place where vegetables are sold is called the vegetable market, the place where livestock is sold is called the mule and horse market, the cattle market, and the sheep market, and the place where slaves are sold is the human market.

The market is full of peasants and small craftsmen who have lost their land, as well as boys and girls, boys and girls who have been sold by their biological parents in natural and man-made disasters.

The road was getting more and more uneven, the carriage was bumpy and bumpy, Duan Ling'er knocked on the wall of the carriage with the handle of the fan, calling "go slowly".

The coachman of Duan Mansion let out a "call", and the speed of the carriage gradually slowed down.

The roadside was full of babbling and shouting.

"Master, uncle, come to my house to see people, my family is from a clean background, works diligently, and is not coarse."

"The car stops here, stops here, and there's shade here."

"Uncle who drove the car, which housekeeper master are you pulling?"

"Master, uncle, I have a lot of family, young and old, can you take a look?"

"On a hot day, you come down to rest your feet, pick someone or come to my house, you look at this tooth, the man can work, the woman is pretty, and the bed warmer girl also has!"

……

Duan Yu was surprised to hear people shouting under the car, but after a glance, his face changed, and the slaves standing on the side of the road were basking in the sun, and some were covered with scars, and they couldn't even take a sip of water.

Duan Yu was suddenly a little scared, but he couldn't take his eyes off for some reason.

Duan Ling'er's carriage slowly drove through the human market, and many people stood on the side of the road to greet them, selling their slave resources like selling things.

"...... that?" Shen Shi was suddenly stunned, she saw a young woman standing not far away, next to a young man about the same age as Duan Yu.

An Niang also glanced at the mother and son, and paused: "Madam, it seems that the proprietress of the former street dyeing mill Wen Shi, after her husband died half a month ago, she emptied all the family property just by paying off the debt, and later even their mother and son were sold into slavery to pay off the debt. ”

Duan Yu glared at the young man, remembering that he had passed by him a few months ago, when he was dressed in fine clothes and food, and he looked like an ordinary rich son, but now he was dressed in patched cloth clothes, and he was so down.

The carriage turned around at the fork in the road, and went to the front street first, where there were all good people who sold their bodies, and there were no debts on them, and the general master liked to buy this kind of servant to work, but like the Wen mother and son, who dragged their children and daughters and paid off the debts, it was not easy to find a good master.

The carriage turned, and soon the mother and son were out of sight.

Several people were silent, and they were distracted, when suddenly the carriage came to a sudden stop.

A big man outside ran over and said apologetically: "Master, uncle, I'm sorry, we're chasing people, blocking your way, do you want to dislike it, go to my house to pick someone...... Hey, you bitch, you stop me!! ”

I heard the man shouting, followed by footsteps: "There!" You think you're running! Hey, you little X, I'll see where you're going! Catch her, catch me! Fuck let you run, uncle, I'll let you run! Run? Are you running? ”

An Niang lifted the curtain, and with just one glance, her upper and lower teeth trembled, and Shen looked at it for a while, and couldn't bear to look at it again.

On a portal in front of her, a woman was crawling on the ground, trying to crawl forward, but her legs were dragged in, her nails clasped to the ground, rolled in the dirt, and all blood came out.

The big man next to him kicked and scolded angrily: "Ten taels of silver bought you over, and you want to run away before you sell it for a good price?" It is your blessing to be able to be Chongxi's concubine for Mrs. Dong, what's the matter, you still don't want to? What happened to the official's daughter? Your father committed an accident, and the whole family even lost their heads, and you still pretend to be a daughter with me! If you don't obey and sell it to the kiln, you now think that Mrs. Dong stinks all over your body, but when the time comes, thousands of people will ride and ten thousand people will press, so that you can taste what is called the power of a man! ”

The big man's mille-feuille shoes kicked the girl's stomach, chest, and face heavily, and the girl had been crying hoarsely for a long time, and now she couldn't scream.

Shen Shi in the car closed his eyes tightly, grabbed Duan Ling'er, who was sitting on the side, choked in his throat, his breathing was fluctuating, and he was desperately trying to suppress his emotions.

Duan Ling'er glanced at the Shen family and Duan Yu beside him at this time, and finally opened her mouth with difficulty: "Mother, brother, today we are here to choose slaves, but fate is unpredictable, once we can't make decisions for ourselves, we may also have a day with others as slaves." ”

Duan Yu was still in the scene where Young Master Wen suddenly became a slave and the daughter of the family was a slave, and when he heard this, he suddenly bounced his face away from the window, looked back at Duan Ling'er, and unconsciously raised his voice: "Impossible, sister, don't scare me." ”

Shen wiped the corners of his eyes and sighed: "I married your father as a concubine, in fact, I am already the slave of the eldest lady, Duan Mansion is a merchant family, although the family business is large, but there is no substantial difference with the Wen family's dyeing workshop, once the business fails or encounters other disasters that cannot be avoided, Duan Mansion will fall, and even you will have to sell yourself into slavery." Ling'er, my mother now knows why you have to do your own business and earn money. ”

Duan Ling'er lifted the curtain again, looked at the people who were selling outside, and felt a slight chill on her back.

At any time, you must leave a way back for yourself, not only look at the present, but also look at the long-term, now Duanfu looks like a cluster of flowers, everyone applauds, but the management of the house has been dilapidated, and the business outside the house is also full of rats and dangerous beaches, the children of Duanfu are used to living a life of fine clothes and food, and there are very few people who can really support the business.

The sunlight fell into the carriage and was imprinted in Duan Ling'er's eyes, like a green sword, Baoguang Sensen, and the sharp light went straight into the other party's heart: "There are always many people in this world who are icing on the cake, and there are few people who send charcoal in the snow, we are in it, we have to prepare early, if Duan Mansion will fall one day, it is not too late to prepare at this time." Brother, you must study hard, and you have to find a way for your mother to come back. ”

Duan Yu crossed countless untouchable maidservants in front of him, they all had all kinds of appearances, they were also as sound as himself, and some of them were even quite outstanding, but now they were all slaves, and they were picked at will like goods on this street.

Duan Yu thought of the situation where those slaves in his house had to sell their labor and do all kinds of chores for their masters, and once the master was unhappy, he could still deal with them at will, so he made a swing.

Thinking of his mother again, although she is now the ninth aunt of Duanfu, she has always been a concubine.

His father's wealth and honor have nothing to do with his mother, after so many years, the monthly monthly silver is still only two taels like the slave maid, even if they go to the capital in the ninth room, the mother is not qualified to show her face in the big things in the clan.

After the death of the mother, she could not be buried with the father, and the tablet could not enter the temple.

If Duan Mansion really falls one day, the eldest lady is qualified to kick her mother out of the house or sell it directly.

And he and his sister, if they have power and property, they can still control their own destiny, if they are still ignorant, they generally go with the flow at this time, it is difficult to say whether they will be the next Young Master Wen and the daughter of the family.

Thinking that his mother and sister might one day be sold to others as concubines and maids, or even sold to the teaching workshop and Fengyue Field, Duan Yu's whole body was about to burn.

Yes, when he was the master, he didn't think that he might one day be in a dusty situation, but everything in front of him reminded him that if he didn't prepare early, the future might not be up to him.

Duan Yu finally made up his mind at this time, no matter how many obstacles there were in front of him, he must achieve achievements in his career, earn an identity for his mother and sister, and earn a way to live.