On the afternoon of the second day after Xia Yan left, a woman came to the door of Sweet Island.

I saw her kneeling silently on the right side of the shop, holding a blue wooden sign with four big characters written in beautiful fonts: Sell yourself to bury your father.

This sudden appearance attracted a large number of guests queuing outside Sweet Island.

"Girl, isn't it uncomfortable to kneel here on this hot day?" Some guests couldn't stand it, and said kindly.

"It's not uncomfortable." The woman's voice came, as crisp and moving as a yellow bird, so that the people who heard it couldn't help but feel their hearts flutter, "As long as my father can be buried as soon as possible, this little sun is nothing." ”

"Okay, just because of your filial piety, I decided to buy you." A male guest said hurriedly.

"Thank you." The woman bowed to the man.

"How much silver do you want?" As he spoke, the man put his hand into his bosom, ready to pull out the money at any moment.

"Not much." The woman said softly, "Two thousand taels." ”

"How much?" The man thought he had misheard, and couldn't help but ask again.

"Two thousand taels."

"Who are you?" The man's expression was suddenly stunned, and he hurriedly hid the trace of panic on his face, and said angrily, "Even the top card of the Emerald Red Mansion doesn't dare to ask for this price, are you the Oiran?" I have it, but I don't want to buy it. ”

After speaking, the man brushed his sleeves away, but he didn't succeed in buying the person, and almost lost face, he didn't even have the heart to continue queuing.

If it were to be another place, he might start to rob people, and at the worst of all, he would show off his might in front of this woman, so that he could breathe a sigh for himself.

But this is on Fengchun Street, it is the chassis of the shopkeeper in Xia, if he dares to make trouble here, I am afraid that the first unlucky person is himself.

There was no choice but to leave to relieve the anger in his heart.

The price offered by the woman caused an uproar in the crowd, and they had seen a lot of them selling themselves to bury their father, but it was the first time they saw that they asked for two thousand taels of silver.

"Girl, since you are in such a hurry to bury your father, how dare you ask for so much silver?"

"That is, if you offer this price, I'm afraid it will be enough to redeem yourself for the top brand of Cuihong Mansion."

"How much silver I want is my business, and I don't have to worry about you." The woman still spoke softly, but there was a hint of determination in her words.

"You girl, why are you so ignorant."

"No, today we really want to see which fool will buy you back."

"There are so many gentle and beautiful Xie Yu flowers in the Cui Red Mansion that are put in the two thousand taels of Cui Honglou, why don't you buy this little girl?"

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The noise outside the door grew louder and louder, attracting Xiaohu's attention, and he hurried out to see what was going on.

"Ladies and gentlemen, why don't you line up and gather around?" Xiaohu saw those people gathered together, stretched out his head to look, but couldn't see what was inside, so he had to ask.

"Yo, I actually shocked the little brother, I'm really sorry." When the crowd of onlookers saw Xiaohu come out, they consciously made a way and patiently explained, "It's not because a girl who sold herself to bury her father came to Xia's shopkeeper's shop, we were curious for a while, so we chatted around here." ”

"Sell yourself to bury your father?" Xiaohu muttered, and followed the path that those people let out to the girl's side, "Girl, Qin County is so big, why do you want to sell yourself here, our shop still has to do business, I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate for you to stay here." ”

"Little brother." The woman's nice voice sounded, revealing a hint of helplessness and a little grievance, "I naturally know that my stay here will affect your business, but the entire Qin County belongs to your shop and has the best business, so I have to make this decision in order to sell myself as soon as possible." You know, it's a scorching heat, and the body won't last long, and if I don't bury my father as soon as possible, I'm afraid it won't take three days, and he'll ...... And he ......"

The woman suddenly choked up: "Little brother, please have mercy on me, don't dare me to leave, as long as someone buys me, I will leave immediately, and I promise not to delay your business." ”

As she spoke, the woman grabbed Xiaohu's trouser leg and raised her head, crying with rain in the pear blossoms.

The moment he saw the woman's appearance, Xiaohu was stunned, and even the onlookers were stunned.

This woman is fourteen or fifteen years old, like a blooming lotus, gentle and lovely, but faintly revealing a trace of shyness, coupled with the tears that keep coming, it gives people a feeling of weakness and helplessness, and people can't help but want to protect her.

It stands to reason that after so many years, Xiaohu should have a certain resistance to beauty.

After all, in Xia Yan's family, there are Yan and Anzhi Tinglan, and their beauty is not comparable to ordinary women.

In addition, Xia Yan has become more and more beautiful in recent years, Xiaohu stays with her almost every day, and ordinary beauties really can't help him.

can be different from this weak girl, Xia Yan under the influence of the Yan family and under the teaching of Xu Changping, she gives people more and more a sense of grace and luxury.

If the girl is as pitiful as a lotus, then Xia Yan is as atmospheric as a peony, which makes people look up.

Yan's is noble and elegant, Anzhi is as elegant as an orchid, Tinglan is as smart as the wind, and Yu'er and Qing'er are as pure as daisies, but none of the women in the family have such a style in front of them.

Therefore, Xiaohu, who has never seen such a woman, has fallen.

"Auntie...... Girl, don't cry, I promise you, it's just ......" Xiaohu's nervous words were not good, "God...... It's weirdly hot, you're ...... You've been here for a long time, I'm ...... I'm afraid you're going to get heat stroke. ”

"Little brother, thank you." The girl wiped her tears and squeezed out a smile, "As long as I can bury my father as soon as possible, I will have no regrets even if I suffer from heat stroke." ”

Xiaohu looked at her pitiful appearance, distressed, and suddenly had the idea of wanting to help her.

"Girl, I'll give you as much silver as you need." Xiaohu laughed.

"Little brother, I need two thousand taels."

"Two ...... Two thousand? Xiaohu's smile froze, and he was speechless in embarrassment.

He has followed Xia Yan for so many years, and he has only saved a thousand taels of silver.

Although he earned a lot of money by planting wheat, all the silver belonged to his father and mother, and it had nothing to do with him, and the 1,000 taels of silver was saved from the salary paid to him by Xia Yan, in order to leave it to his daughter-in-law in the future.

Although he has always thought that he is Xia Yan's right-hand man and is determined to follow her for the rest of his life, he has no intention of marrying a wife and having children, after all, he is the only one in his family, and if he is gone, his father may be able to beat him to death.

The friends who grew up with him are either married, or have already become married, and the fast ones even have children, but he doesn't even have a favorite object.

Seeing that there are only three marriageable men left in Bianxi Village, Xiaohu, Xia Huai and Mu Fan who have not yet married, but Xia Huai and Mu Fan have special identities and no one dares to mess with them, so Xiaohu has naturally become a sweet and sweet in the eyes of the matchmaker.

But no matter how others introduced the girl to him, he didn't have anyone who could look at it, but he was in a hurry to kill the matchmakers who came to the door.

There is no way, it can only be said that Xiaohu stays with a group of beautiful girls all day long, and he is no longer the country child who has never seen the world back then, how can he fall in love with ordinary girls.

He thought that he would not be able to find the girl he liked in a short time, but God had eyes and let her appear in front of him so quickly.

Xiaohu was full of confidence and wanted to buy this girl to help her tide over the difficulties, but she didn't expect her to open her mouth to be two thousand taels, so Xiaohu didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only be stunned in place.

"Little brother, do you also think that two thousand taels of silver is a lot?" The girl bit her lip tightly, and tears kept rolling in her eyes, which could fall at any moment, "I also know that this is a lion's mouth, but there is no way, my father owes so much silver to others when he was alive, and if I don't take the silver, those people will not give me his body." On such a hot day, I ...... I really can't help it......"

As she spoke, the woman began to sob.

"Girl, girl, don't cry, I'm ...... I'll help you figure it out. Xiaohu gritted his teeth, "Don't worry, I'm ...... I'm sure I'll be able to bury your dad today. ”

"Really, little brother, thank you." The woman looked at Xiaohu expectantly.

"Well, manly man, do what you say." Xiaohu gave her a reassuring look, "You wait here, I'll come when I go." ”

The woman finally smiled and nodded at Xiaohu, Xiaohu almost jumped up with joy, and suddenly thought that now was not the time to be happy, so she hurriedly rubbed her face to sober herself up, and hurriedly ran towards the shop.

After entering the shop, Xiaohu did not stop in front, but ran to the backyard and went straight to the door of Xia Yan's house.

Those guys in the shop can't enter the backyard without Xia Yan's permission, and only Xiaohu and Mu Fan are in the entire courtyard.

Because she didn't have to guard against the two of them, and because she kept all the valuables in the space, she didn't have the habit of locking the door.

So much so that with a gentle push from Xiaohu, Xia Yan's door was opened.

It wasn't until he stepped into Xia Yan's house and saw the unfamiliar furnishings that he realized what he was doing.

"Smack." Xiaohu slapped himself hard, "Zhang Xiaohu, Zhang Xiaohu, you are such a fool, how can you be so confused that you even admit the wrong door, your house is not here." ”

As he spoke, Xiaohu smiled, turned around and walked towards the door.

But when he reached the door of the room, he stopped again.

"Zhang Xiaohu, did you really go to the wrong door?" Xiaohu sighed, "I'm afraid you hit the eldest sister with the idea." ”

Of course, no one answered his self-talk, but after a while, Xiaohu made up his mind, turned around, looked around the room, and said, "If the eldest sister knows, she will definitely not blame me." ”