Chapter 798: Chance Encounters and Fate
Ye Jiang's side is as quiet as a chicken, and there has been no trouble recently.
Of course, she didn't dare to make a fuss, the new house hadn't started to be built yet, and she was worried that it would make Ye Qing feel bad.
I won't build her a new house.
What's more, Ye Wenshan has been pretty good to her during this time.
I also gave a lot of delicious food and good clothes.
Ye Qing saw Ye Wenshan's approach, and didn't say anything.
It wouldn't be a big deal to be able to block the old woman's babbling every day, and spend some money.
What's more, it was Ye Wenshan's money in the first place, so she was even lazier to take care of it.
As for the business of the braised meat shop and the ice shop, it is also on the right track, and the daily turnover income is acceptable.
There is no place to use the so much gold he earned last time, and now earning silver is no longer Ye Qing's greatest pleasure.
It may be that Chongyang Town is too small, with a population of more than 20,000, and if you really want to make a high-standard industry that is too profitable, the consumption power here can't keep up.
But Ye Qing didn't plan to move and live in a big city, so it's true to live the life in front of him first.
The day before yesterday, Ye Ying came to her and said that the house that their family bought near South Street had also been cleaned up. Preparing to move the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Ye family will celebrate the holiday in Ye Ying's new home.
Ye Qing also felt that recently, it seemed that life was quite calm as water.
I promised Xiaoye that I was going to learn some new skills, but after thinking about it for a few days, I didn't know what to learn, and she was a little bored again.
Looking up at the sky, she suddenly thought to herself, of course, this kind of weather is the most suitable for shopping!
Let's go!
Buy, buy, buy, and the mood will definitely be happier.
Ye Qing didn't delay too long, and took Dongqu and Qian Duoduo and headed towards the market.
Recently, she found out that Qian Duoduo and Dongqu seem to have a lot of communication, and she doesn't know what the two of them think.
However, they are not very old, and even if they are in love, it will take two years for them to be together.
The carriage stopped near the bazaar.
Today's market is bustling with crowds and noisy sounds, and it seems to be much more lively than usual.
Ye Qing lifted the curtain, looked around, and asked with some surprise, "Why are there so many people here today?" ”
Dongqu looked at the crowd and said, "It is estimated that it is almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the rice has just been harvested, and the big guys are free." ”
Ye Qing bowed his head and got out of the carriage.
She caught a glimpse of a group of people gathered not far away, and there seemed to be a high platform on it, and she couldn't help but walk forward.
Qian Duoduo hurriedly helped her clear the way, and after a while, Ye Qing saw five or six fierce men sitting on the high platform, divided into two sides.
There were also two fat men dressed in colorful clothes standing in the middle, and behind these two stood a long row of women in the same clothes, being judged by the men in the audience.
And some of the women in the audience looked at them proudly with their chin raised.
"What is this doing?" Ye Qing turned his gaze and asked.
"I'll ask." Qian Duoduo immediately asked a man beside him, and after a while, Ye Qing understood that this was a slave auction.
These slightly cooler women, dressed as the first slaves to be auctioned.
But most of them were bought, not as servants, but mostly as playthings.
From time to time, the two fat men on top will ask them to lift some skirts or necklines so that the buyers below can see their legs and skin color.
In order to stimulate the buying of the men below.
Ye Qing looked at this scene and was silent, his expression slightly cold.
She searched all of Ye Leek Ya's memories and found that she had never seen a slave auction in the town before.
Although there have been occasional wars in the Daewoo Dynasty over the years, they are all against some small countries around them, and even if they capture those prisoners, they will not be auctioned.
Because no one would buy those slaves to use, they were either killed or driven to do dangerous work when they were captured.
For example, digging rivers, mines, etc.
The common people can't even understand their words, and they are all extremely vicious people, and they are not easy to discipline, so what's the use of buying them home?
In addition, there were merchants, and the rich needed slaves, and they did not have to buy them on the street.
But this does not mean that such slave auctions disappear completely.
The shouts around him came and went, Ye Qing didn't want to listen, and he didn't want to buy slaves, so he wanted to leave, but found that he couldn't leave.
More and more people surrounded and wanted to leave, only to push away these people who were already a little crazy.
Fortunately, the auction went smoothly for this group of female slaves, and after a while, more than a dozen female slaves were sold out.
Standing near Ye Qing, a fat man with a shiny face, he bought six slaves in one go, and was receiving the envious gaze of his surroundings.
Dongqu stood behind Ye Qing, pursed his lips and looked at his smug face, as well as drooping eyelids, and muttered in a low voice:
"The body is so weak, it's about to be hollowed out, and I bought so many female slaves, it is estimated that it won't take two years to go back, and I will completely stop cooking!"
Ye Qing smiled when he heard this.
Feeling the need to stay here any longer, she took a careful step, trying not to huddle with people.
Suddenly, a faint voice shouting her name came to her ears, and not long after, a figure swept in front of her eyes, blocking her way.
"Miss Ye."
Ye Qing looked up in surprise and saw Bai Lichu.
"Why are you here?" Bai Lichu stared at her for a moment.
He only arrived in Chongyang Town today, and because he didn't want to live in the "Qian Mansion", he found an inn in the town.
Thinking of taking advantage of the hot morning, I went to the market to see the customs of Chongyang Town, and I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from a distance.
So I immediately chased after her to take a look, but I didn't think it was her!
She seems to have lost a lot of weight, and she is getting better and better.
The white and red melon seed face, and the thick black delicate and stylish eyebrows, are completely different from the thin curved eyebrows of women in this world.
Long eyelashes with large, clear eyes, straight nose, small red lips.
It's so bright that you can't help but want to take a few more looks.
There is also a lake-blue ribbon tied with a side-combed falling ponytail, and only a pearl silver hairpin pinned to the hair, which looks quite cute.
Coupled with a neat blue tuanhua brocade dress, worn on her curved body, it looks even more energetic.
She had really lost a lot of weight, she hadn't seen her for a month, and she didn't have the bloat he had when he first saw her, and her skin hadn't been tanned at all, but was fair and delicate with a pearl-like luster.
Seems she's grown a little taller?
It's really like what he said before, as long as she loses weight and her skin is maintained, she will definitely be a pretty girl.
Ye Qing looked up at him, a shallow smile appeared on his delicate face.
"Why are you here?" She asked the same question, looked at him for a moment, and said, "Are your injuries completely healed?" Why didn't you come to us first when you arrived in Chongyang? ”
"I'm a foreign man after all, and it's inconvenient to live in your house, so I first found an inn to settle down, and I'm about to visit your house in half an hour.
I didn't expect to meet you here by such a coincidence. Bai Lichu squinted and said.
"How can there be so much inconvenience, let's go and return the inn later, we have a lot of rooms there."
Will you send a place to live, live with us, it's convenient to eat and chat or something, isn't it?
Besides, I haven't thanked you for saving me last time.
Now that you're all here, why do you want me to do my landlord's friendship? Ye Qing replied with a smile.
Bai Lichu looked at the smile on her face, his black eyes stared at her, and he saw that what she said was very sincere.
Smiled lightly and asked, "What about Zizhan?" Why didn't you stay with him? ”
Ye Qing narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with a smile: "He doesn't like to go to the market, and he has been busy preparing for the construction of the medical hall recently." ”
Bai Lichu retracted his gaze from her, and said with a smile: "You are going to open a medical hall, when will it open, I will come to congratulate you." ”
"It's been October."
"In October, I happen to be free, then I will definitely come." His expression froze, then he turned his head to look at the auction table again, and asked casually, "Did you come here to buy a few slaves to go back?" ”
Ye Qing shook his head and smiled at him, "It's just that I came over to watch the excitement by accident, what about you?" ”
"Me too, since we have no intention of buying slaves, why don't we find a place to drink some tea now?" Bai Lichu lowered his eyes and looked at her and proposed.
"It's just starting to get a little hot!" Ye Qing nodded.
At this moment, suddenly a gong sounded, followed by a shout: "Uncles, ladies and ladies."
Now comes the last slave we have to auction today.
Everyone...... Please see ......"
Ye Qing turned his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw the figure curled up in the center of the auction hall and locked in a beast cage less than four feet high, Ye Qing frowned.
She squinted at the beast cage in front of her and muttered, "Why put him in a cage, if you think he's a threat, then there's point in auctioning him?" And what does the person who bought him want to do? ”
Bai Lichu followed and looked at the auction hall, his black eyes were like ink, and he said softly: "If such a slave is bought, it is naturally not for work. It is likely that he was bought back to be a beast slave and used for gambling. ”
Hearing this, Ye Qing turned his head suspiciously and asked him, "You mean to treat him as a gladiator?" ”
"Hmm." Bai Lichu nodded, and she didn't have too many doubts about knowing the word gladiator.
Many times, he even felt that Ye Qing didn't look like a half-Tu clan at all, but more like someone from the same place as him before.
But what can't be verified, he won't be reluctant, let alone pursue it to the end.
With Ye Qing's temperament, she naturally disagreed with this way of taking people's lives for fun, and she muttered: "I didn't expect that the Daewoo Dynasty, which is a country and a people's peace, would still have such a cruel thing.
But there had never been a slave auction house in Chongyang Town before, and I hadn't heard of any nobles who would play gambling with beast slaves......"
Suppressing the thoughts in his heart, Bai Lichu said lightly: "This kind of thing is not only in Daewoo, but also in the whole world.
Human life is like a mustard, and sometimes it is not just talk. ”
In this ancient society, where there was no awareness of human rights, this kind of thing was not uncommon.
As a pure earth clan who has lived in this world for almost twenty years, Bai Lichu has become a little numb to the use of slaves by the nobles, or by playing with and manipulating their lives.
If those who have passed through rebirth really want to talk about human rights in ancient times, then don't use maids and servants if they have the ability!
Don't engage in any kind of respect and inferiority, to put it bluntly, it's just lip service!
Of course, if you talk too much, it's not interesting.
What he can really do is to try to be alone, and if he really can't accept some things, just don't do it!
At this moment, a strong man full of beard on the stage walked to the animal cage.
He began to poke the man in tattered clothes with a wooden stick into the cage, shouting angrily for him to raise his head, and kept shouting loudly—
"Everyone is bidding quickly, only this slave has not been sold today, as long as everyone makes a bid, I will sell it if it suits me!"
Don't hesitate, big guy! Though he would not open his mouth or lift his head, look at the flesh of his body.
And he's so powerful that it took us a lot of effort to catch him.
You can't buy it back and be called by a subordinate, but if you use it as a beast slave, it's definitely a good hand, and you can't suffer a loss......"
The strong man tried his best to sell, but in the eyes of the onlookers, the man in the cage was not only abused to the point that he was covered in injuries, but he was even so sick that he couldn't even speak, and he must have been made unconscious.
Otherwise, how could you not say a word.
He also said that he was strong and strong, obviously talking nonsense with his eyes open, and if he bought it back, he would probably have to find a place to bury him!
Buy it back and be a beast slave?
Joke, this Chongyang Town is not a very big city, and those really rich lords can count it with both hands.
More than ten years ago, there may have been people raising fierce beasts, but now there is no Colosseum in Chongyang Town at all, so no one is willing to bid if he says all his good words.
Seeing this, the strong man on the stage stiffened, and hit the man in the beast cage again with a stick.
Then he stretched out a hand and shouted: "As long as thirty taels, if anyone is willing to pay thirty taels, this beast slave will be sold to him!" ”
Someone sneered: "Thirty taels is too expensive."
The female slave who was so enchanting just now only sold for twenty taels, such a sick male slave, he can't move when he beats him, and he can't work when he buys it back, isn't it a big loss! ”
The strong man on the stage smiled awkwardly, but he didn't let go, just kept his eyes on the crowd.
Thirty taels of silver is a bit high for an average slave.
But if you become a beast slave, you will soon be able to return to your roots.
Thirty taels is not expensive in his opinion!
Ye Qing also heard it clearly, and understood that it was indeed not cost-effective to buy such a slave for thirty taels.
But after arriving in this world, she suddenly had some faith in such a thing.
Originally, she had to leave here before, but she encountered this again, even if she didn't want to be a virgin, she had to save a poor person when she saw it.
But I met them all.
What's more, thirty taels is just a drop in the bucket for her now, and it is not too difficult to save someone's life.
Just spend some money to eliminate disasters and get some good fortune, otherwise it doesn't mean much to come to this world just to make money.
After a pause in his thoughts, Ye Qing raised his head and glanced at the people in the cage on the stage again.
At this moment, as if sensing something, the person in the beast cage suddenly raised his head and looked at Ye Qing.
His face couldn't be seen clearly under the unkempt black face, but those eyes were dark and faint and emitted an unknown light.