"Ma'am, good eyes." Yan's finger made the shopkeeper can't help but praise.

Although this child looked the most ragged, he bought it at a high price.

However, it is also possible that this lady thinks he is the cheapest to choose?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help asking, "Madam, the price of this child is not cheap. ”

I thought that she would ask the price after hearing this, or directly change it to someone else, but to the surprise of the shopkeeper, she just nodded firmly and said, "It's him." ”

Yan is not like the shopkeeper thinks, judging a person by what he wears.

The other four children had hollow eyes and listlessness, as if they were waiting to be bought.

And this child has a pair of piercing eyes, looks smart and alert, and is particularly special among these children.

Just when the shopkeeper confirmed Yan's idea and was about to replace this group of people, he heard the selected child suddenly shout: "I don't want to!" ”

This shout startled everyone, and all eyes were focused on him.

"Lin Zhou, what are you guilty of, how many times have you refused this month?" The shopkeeper's eyes were angry, and he scolded loudly, "Finally, let me tell you again, I don't raise idlers here, if you don't agree again, you will return my money and take your father and mother to get out." ”

"You promised me that you would find me a guest to buy with my parents, and you sold me five times a month, but you never fulfilled your promise." The young man was not afraid of him, and retorted with cold eyes, "Since it is you who broke your word, you must support us." ”

"You...... You wait for me. ”

The shopkeeper was about to call someone to take the kid down for a lesson, but he heard Yan ask, "Shopkeeper, what's going on?" ”

"Ma'am, you don't know anything." When asked by the guest, he could only hold back his anger and patiently explained, "This child is a homeless person from Suzhou. In recent years, there have been frequent disasters in Suzhou, either droughts or floods, and the people have struggled to make a living, so the people there have to leave their homes and flee to various places in order to find a way to survive. By the time the boy arrived with his parents, his father was seriously ill and would have died if he had not been treated. But the entanglement on their bodies was not enough to cure the disease, so the child and his mother could only sell themselves in exchange for money to treat his father, and in the end his father simply sold himself. ”

"This is really a filial child." Yan nodded in praise, but asked suspiciously, "Listen to the meaning of your words, this child's father is still alive, which means that the disease has been cured." Since this child chose to be sold with his parents, I think he was reluctant to part with them. Looking at this child's grade, his father and mother are not much older, it is the age when he can work, shouldn't he not be able to sell? ”

"Ma'am, that's what makes me so embarrassed." The shopkeeper sighed helplessly, "At the beginning, I saw that this child was both literate and clever, and he would definitely be able to sell for a good price, so I bought him at a high price, and even his worthless father and mother also bought him, and even agreed to his strange conditions." I thought that such a clever child would be very likable, and the guests would agree to take his father and mother away. But...... But I didn't expect his father and mother to be so unacceptable. ”

Before Yan could ask, the shopkeeper continued as if complaining: "In the early years, there was a fire in his house, and his mother was unfortunately burned by the fire, leaving a scar on her face, which is very scary. Although his father was fine before, because this serious illness came too violently, the best time for treatment was delayed, and the root of the disease fell and became a little sloping. "The shopkeeper became a little aggrieved," you said...... How can anyone be willing to buy such two burdens, you say? Hey, I shouldn't have made this decision on impulse in the first place, and I really regret it now. ”

"Phew." Hearing what the shopkeeper said, the kid suddenly rushed over, "You didn't say that at the beginning, you swore to me that someone would definitely see the value of my father, why do you think they are a burden now?" ”

The shopkeeper was already taking this breath, but he was feeling blocked, and when he heard the child's voice, he replied unceremoniously as if he had found an outlet: "You don't look at your mother's scary appearance, who wants to see her all day long?" And your father, what can you do with your feet sloping? To say that they are cumbersome is light, which is obviously waste. ”

"You...... You dare to scold my father...... I...... I'm fighting with you! So saying, the boy wanted to rush forward and beat the shopkeeper.

But the subordinates of the shopkeeper are not vegetarians, they usually look at those who are waiting to be trafficked, in case they make trouble, and in some special times, they also take into account the accusations of the guards, such as now.

Seeing that the boy wanted to come forward and hit the shopkeeper, these people immediately grabbed him.

The shopkeeper glanced at them, and when they were about to take the child down, Yan hurriedly said, "Slow! ”

"What do you mean, ma'am?" The shopkeeper was a little annoyed, thinking that this lady was really nosy, this person hadn't sold it to her, it was still his person, and he taught his own people what to do with her. But after all, this is also his own food and clothing, and he still expects to earn money from her.

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper could only endure his anger again and quietly wait for her explanation.

"Didn't I say, I'm going to buy this kid." Although Yan looked full of smiles and was extremely gentle, the shopkeeper saw a kind of majesty that was difficult to refuse from that smile.

"I must have been dazzled." The shopkeeper comforted himself in a low voice, "How can this kind of ordinary woman have the temperament of a superior, that kind of person can only be seen in the homes of some big families in the provincial capital." Well, I must have been dazzled. ”

His self-consolation also made him gradually calm down, and then he realized that this shop seemed to be playful.

Thinking that these burdens might be sold, the shopkeeper suddenly became not annoyed, looked at Yan flatteringly and asked, "Madam, in this case, do you also want to buy his father and mother?" ”

Yan didn't answer the shopkeeper's question, just looked at the kid with a smile and said, "Lin Zhou, I'll give you a chance, as long as you can give me a reason to let me take your father and mother away, I will buy the three of you together." ”

When the child named Lin Zhou heard that he had hope of being with his father, he immediately stopped struggling and quietly observed the three of the Yan family.

After a long while, he asked tentatively, "Madam, is your house still short of a porter, a cook, and a cleaner?" ”

Yan's eyes lit up, she just asked temporarily, but she didn't expect this kid to be unexpected, even he could see this, and immediately nodded with a smile: "Exactly, how do you know?" ”

Lin Zhou's face turned red, and he pursed his lips and smiled: "I...... I guess. ”

Looking at his shy expression, Yan couldn't help laughing, this is really a sincere child.

If you are the kind of scheming person, no matter how you find it, you will probably pretend to be unfathomable, take the opportunity to show off, so as to show off your own value, and let people buy him quickly.

"How did you guess?" Although the Yan family had already decided to buy him, they had the intention of seriously testing him.

"Madame bought a few maids before, and wanted to buy me back to be a scholar, and I was followed by some people who were suitable for being a porter, I guess Madame's family must have no servants, so ...... So I guessed boldly. ”

"Well, it's clever." Yan praised him, but asked, "What does this have to do with whether I buy your father or not?" ”

"Madam, although my mother's appearance is ruined, she has a good cooking that can be used as a cook for you. She stays in the kitchen all day, and you won't see her a few times, so it won't affect the lady's family. The young man smiled, revealing the cuteness of a child, "As for my father, although he has fallen ill and has some slopes, his strength has not been affected much, and it is more than enough to be the porter for his wife, if you don't believe it, you can call him up to test him." What's more, the price of the three of us together is much cheaper than if you buy three people alone, and you don't have to bother to choose, which is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone. ”

"Good!" Lin Zhou's words made Xia Yan, who was watching the excitement on the sidelines, unconsciously admire, and she pulled Yan's sleeve, "Mother, let's buy them." ”

"Yan'er rest assured, my mother has already had this intention." Saying that, she looked at the shopkeeper, "Shopkeeper, you also heard the little girl's words, so call Lin Zhou's father and mother up." ”

"Hey." The shopkeeper hurriedly responded, and didn't forget to pat Xia Yan's ass, "Miss is decisive, she is really a heroine among women." ”

Xia Yan resisted the urge to spit out all the overnight meal, waved his hand, and asked him to hurry up and take someone.

The shopkeeper smiled and glanced at his subordinates and asked them to bring people up.

After a while, someone led a man and a woman up.

Yan took a closer look at them as they walked up.

Xu is because of the hardships of life, the faces of these two people are a little yellow.

Although Lin Zhou's face was not normal, it was much better than these two, perhaps because these two loved children too much and gave him all the good things to eat.

Lin Zhou's mother is indeed as the shopkeeper said, there is a huge scar on her face, which is uneven and a little red, and it looks very terrible.

And Lin Zhou's father, although he walked with a limp, but if he stood there alone, he did look like an ordinary person, and his bulging muscles proved that Lin Zhou was indeed not lying.

After the two of them walked up, Yan looked at their eyes carefully, and then said to the shopkeeper on the side, "I want these two too." ”