On the appointed day, He Dani dressed up in a new look, took a carriage to the restaurant in advance, and 'handed over' to the shopkeeper to make arrangements.

Soon after, the neighbors came in groups, each finding a table to sit down with their acquaintances and neighbors, and He Dani took Xiao Er to personally serve tea on each table.

The neighbors looked at He Dani's expensive outfit and talked about everything, most of them laughed at the He family's short-sightedness, and 'forced' the 'daughter' to split the family, and now they must be regretting it at home every day.

The neighbors were eating tea and chatting and were about to live, and they saw that the chief of security had brought He Dawei's family of three to come, and immediately everyone burst into laughter, making the three members of the He family who were standing at the entrance of the 'door' blushing and thick-necked, saying that they would not come in again and wanted to go home.

The chief of security grabbed He Dawei and didn't let them go, He Dani walked away, made a solemn junior salute, and beckoned the shopkeeper to invite the three of them upstairs to the private room to eat alone.

He Dawei covered his face with his sleeves and hurried upstairs with his family, He Dani held a pot of new tea and went upstairs to deliver it to He Dawei.

He Dawei saw a big 'girl' who was completely different from the past, old tears, his lips trembled and he couldn't say a word, he has obviously aged a lot in the past few days. He Xiaojie looked at the strange but beautiful big sister and didn't know what to say. He Liang kept his head down, not daring to look at He Dani.

After He Dani finished serving tea, she politely invited her father's family to take care of herself, she turned around and was about to retreat, but was stopped by He Dawei.

"Nell, wait a minute."

"What else does Daddy command?" He Dani turned around and said politely.

He Dawei shuddered and took out a piece of paper from his arms with both hands, unfolded it and put it on the table.

He Liang suddenly hugged He Xiaojie in his arms and cried bitterly.

He Dani stepped forward and picked up the piece of paper to see that it was a deed of sale, which stated that it was only sold to He Dani, a living deed for ten years, a price of five taels, He Dawei's handwriting and handprints on the signature, and a letter from a local Chinese.

"Okay, I'll take it, let Xiaojie live with you temporarily for the next few days, and when I'm about to leave, I'll send someone to inform you and pick up Xiaojie." Daddy has already paid for the middle man, right? According to the rules, the money should have been paid by the buyer. He Dani folded the deed of sale into her arms, and then took out her purse and took out a silver coin of five taels and some broken silver and placed it in front of He Dawei's table, "This is Xiaojie's money from selling her body, Daddy will collect it and see if there is any less." ”

He Dawei hastily nodded at the silver tael, nodded and said, "There's more, Daddy is looking for you." ”

"Don't bother, if you have more, you should invite your father to tea. Daddy, please take care of yourself, and the 'girl' will go outside to greet other guests first. ”

He Dani gave a few thoughtful salutes, regardless of He Dawei's expressions on the three of them, she went outside to greet the neighbors, and everyone talked and laughed together.

After a while, the hour came, the banquet began, the shop guy brought dishes from the back kitchen like a stream and put them on the table, He Dani held a pot in one hand and a cup in the other, toasted from table to table, she didn't eat, only beckoned everyone to eat.

This restaurant is completely chartered today, upstairs and downstairs and private rooms are full of people, He Dani just toasted a circle of wine, she was tired enough, fortunately the wine pot was filled with boiling water, otherwise she would have to drink down.

The neighbors feasted on large portions, and no one cared whether the host was drinking boiling water or wine, and they just indulged in the food they had never eaten before. He Dani, the private room where He Dawei's family ate, also went in, and the meaning of the cup came out in one fell swoop.

He Dani toasted a circle of "wine", she hid behind the counter of the shopkeeper, where there were snacks prepared for her in advance, He Dani relied on these snacks to cushion a mat, take a rest, and then pick up the wine jug and come to toast two more times, followed by a rest and three rounds of wine.

Three circles of wine toasted, the banquet came to an end, He Dani stood on the stairs and looked at the steps, most of the people who came to eat were already full of wine and food, and finally the shopkeeper carried a large wooden barrel for cooking rice, and gave everyone a bag of packaged dim sum in the poke, one bag per person, everyone has a share.

After receiving the snacks, the banquet was completely over, He Dani stood at the "door" of the restaurant to greet the neighbors, He Dawei's family "mixed" in the crowd hurriedly walked by, and He Dani just didn't see it, ignoring the past.

After sending off the guests, He Dani settled the account with the shopkeeper, said goodbye and left, and the coachman who had left the banquet just now had already driven the carriage to the restaurant's 'door' and waited for He Dani.

He Dani stepped on the stool, and was just about to climb into the car, when she suddenly heard someone behind her calling herself, and turned around to see that it was the sister-in-law of the Hu family, she was the only one, and there was no one else in the Hu family around.

"Sister-in-law Hu, do you have something to look for me?" He Dani asked, standing next to the car.

The sister-in-law of the Hu family stepped forward and asked mysteriously: "Big girl, a few days ago you said that there is a way to solve the troublesome osmanthus 'flower' in my family?" ”

"Oh, you say this, yes, I need a girl who is with the 'waiter', look at your osmanthus 'flower' and 'girl' red 'very good', I want to say that in the future, she will take care of my four seasons clothes, and do some sprinkling and cleaning work, including food and shelter, and the monthly money is one and a half to two taels of silver. However, the osmanthus 'flower' is a free man in the end, and I will say it casually, although the osmanthus 'flower' is not good, but I think there will definitely be a widower or something willing to marry her, as long as she marries, your family will not be gossiped about. He Dani said lightly with an indifferent attitude.

"Yes, the marriage of osmanthus 'flower' is really sad. Is it true that you said that one tael to two taels of silver a month? "The sister-in-law of the Hu family turned really fast.

"Of course it's true, this is the market price of the capital, and after a long time, from the inferior to the highest, the monthly money can be added. In addition, the price of the death deed and the living deed are also different. "He Dani said casually, if Gui 'Hua' really follows her, it will be a first-class girl, and the starting price of the monthly money will be different.

"Oh, so many differences?"

"This is natural, if people with different statuses have the same price, who will do things honestly."

"Yes, yes. What about the death contract and the living contract? ”

"The living contract is cheap, and you can go home when the time comes. The death deed is expensive and cannot be redeemed, unless the owner takes the initiative to release the person. However...... "He Dani's words are reserved, seducing the Hu family's sister-in-law."

"But what?" The sister-in-law of the Hu family was really fooled.

However, the owner's family is more willing to sign the live deed at a young age, it is cheap at a young age, the live deed is cheap, cheap and cheap, a person is not a few taels of silver, and when the contract expires, the child just grows up to the age of marriage, and Shunshun should redeem himself and go home to marry, and the host's family also has a good name for treating the next person. The death deed is different, the older and helpless will sign the death deed, such as selling one's body to bury one's father and mother, if you have some expertise, you can sell one's body for more money. ”

"Oh, so that's the case, I don't know how much my osmanthus 'flower' craftsmanship can be used as a price in the capital?"

"Osmanthus 'flower' like that, if you die in the deed, it's about fifteen taels of silver, she's so old, 'female' red is very eye-catching, and she can't do it when she's older, no way, her worth is stuck here, if she is a little younger, she can probably sell it for twenty taels." After all, the master's family bought it because of her craftsmanship, and her eyes will not work in a few years, isn't it in vain that the master's money? He Dani opened a lower price, but according to her, seriously, with the "female" red craftsmanship of osmanthus 'flowers', she can also sell it for twenty taels.

"yes, that's a little bit of a problem when you're old." The sister-in-law of the Hu family rubbed her hands and laughed dryly.

"Well, the osmanthus 'flower' will be about eighteen years old after the New Year, right? If it is a girl from another family, most of them will carry one in their arms at this age, and they will carry another in their stomachs. Osmanthus 'flower' is a husband and a husband, only the poor widower and the old bachelor are willing to marry her, and those who want to continue the string seriously will not consider her, sister-in-law, you say, how many dowries have been given by the widower and the old bachelor? Whose parents don't want their 'daughter' to marry a good family? "He Dani did it on purpose.

"Alas, that is to say, since the man's family divorced, our family was so worried about the marriage of the osmanthus 'flower' that they couldn't sleep well at night, not to mention the widower's single, since the divorce to the present, the matchmaker has not gone to my house's 'door', I see, even the widower and the single can't look down on my family's osmanthus 'flower'." The sister-in-law of the Hu family sighed, and she didn't know how sincere she was.

"Hehe, sister-in-law of the Hu family, don't worry, don't worry, I believe that there will be a noble person in the fate of the osmanthus 'flower', it's not early now, it's cold outside, sister-in-law hurry home, I'm going to go back too, I'm going to go back tomorrow, I'm going to find someone to ask, see if they have a suitable girl in their hands for me to take away."

He Dani rubbed her hands as if she was afraid of the cold, and stomped her feet to get into the carriage again, but was grabbed by the sister-in-law of the Hu family.

"Big girl, wait, wait, don't worry, don't you want to leave after the New Year, it's a few days before the New Year, don't worry, sister-in-law will help you inquire, it's not easy for you to make money, why bother to cheapen people's teeth? Who knows where they bought the girls in their hands, how can the neighbors know the roots, and the girls are at ease when they leave with you. ”

"That's right, then it's troublesome sister-in-law, help me pay attention, first say okay, I want to die, I don't want to use a good girl to redeem herself in a few years and go home and 'get' me to spend time re-training the newcomer. After the matter is completed, I will give my sister-in-law a thank you. ”

The sister-in-law of the Hu family suddenly had a happy 'flower' on her face, "Ouch, really?!" ”

"Naturally, it's true, my sister-in-law has helped me a lot, and I should be grateful for this." He Dani also smiled and narrowed her eyes.

"Okay, that's it, sister-in-law will go back and help you ask, if you can succeed, how can you find a girl?"

"If it can be done, I will send someone to the city Yang Ji antiques to send a message, make an appointment, I will go to Shengkouya with the other party to sign the contract, one hand to 'hand' people, one hand to 'pay' money, people and money, nothing to do in the future."

"Okay, I've made a note of it, I'll do it for you, and the girl can wait for the news with peace of mind. I'll go back first. ”

"Hey, sister-in-law is easy to go." He Dani smiled and watched the Hu family's sister-in-law go away, and she got in the car and went back to Yang's house.

The next afternoon, He Dani was discussing the dishes for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner with the old lady's aunt and others, and Yang Jue's father and son collected the shop and went home, relaying a message to He Dani, asking her to go to the Shengkou Tooth Store tomorrow morning to sign a contract with someone.

He Dani thanked and accepted the message, thinking that the Hu family was really fast.

The old lady asked He Dani what was going on, and He Dani simply said that she liked a girl and wanted to accept her as a personal girl, but when she heard that it was such a trivial matter, the elders didn't care about it at all, and re-gathered their 'essence' to continue to discuss the menu.

On the second day, He Dani came to the city at the appointed time, where she saw the whole Hu family, Hu's father, Hu mother, Hu brother and sister-in-law, all four of them were slightly angry, only Hu Gui 'flower' looked sad, seeing the guy lead He Dani to them, Gui 'flower' couldn't bear it anymore, crying and begging her parents, brother and sister-in-law not to sell her, she would work hard at home to supplement the family, and would take care of her sister-in-law's future children, she did not ask to marry, only to stay with her parents.

But the Hu family did not listen to the pleas of Gui 'Hua', since He Dani appeared. Their eyes have been on her, ignoring the osmanthus 'flower' at all, as if the osmanthus 'flower' is not their own 'daughter', but an enemy.

He Dani saluted the Hu family one by one, and then saluted their Chinese, and then Hu's father and He Dani sat opposite the table, and between the two sat as the Chinese people's teeth.

He Dani was not surprised that the Hu family sold the osmanthus 'flower', and the result today was originally instigated by her own words, but she herself also liked the osmanthus 'flower', otherwise she would not have thought of buying her to be her own girl, they are all hard-working girls, and they should be each other's companions.

The contract is ready-made, as long as you fill in the blanks, the people of Yazi routinely explain the rules of the life and mouth business, and the living deed and the death deed are very clear, and then ask Hu's father if he voluntarily sold the 'daughter' and son Gui 'Hua' to He Dani as a slave, signed the death deed, and never redeemed it, and the life and death of illness in the future are not related to the Hu family.

Father Hu nodded, indicating no objection.

The Chinese asked He Dani again, the Hu family made the 'daughter' price eighteen taels, and asked He Dani how the price was.

He Dani naturally lowered the price fiercely, degraded the osmanthus 'flower' to nothing, and 'forced' the Hu family to finally 'pay' at a price of thirteen taels.

He Dani calculated the money and put it on the table, one hand of people, one hand of money, and the 'transaction' was easy to achieve.

He Dani slowly folded the contract into her arms, and looked at the osmanthus 'flower', "Do you have any luggage?" Do you want to go home and clean up? I'm waiting for someone to do something. ”

Gui 'Hua' shook her head silently, picked up her burden and walked to He Dani's side, thought about it, and turned around and kowtowed to her parents three times.

The osmanthus 'flower' kowtowed, and here He Dani grabbed the remaining broken silver on the table and stuffed it into the hands of the Hu family's sister-in-law, "Thank you, sister-in-law, you can smile at this thanks." ”

After that, He Dani took the osmanthus 'flower' and left the tooth shop quickly to get into the car and left, and the sound of the Hu family arguing and accusing each other came from outside the car.

He Dani brought Gui 'Hua' back to the Yang family, took her to meet the 'female' and 'sexual' elders of the Yang family one by one, and found a few horses from her aunt to give Gui 'Hua' new clothes for the New Year, and promised her to wait until she returned to the capital, and then pulled cloth to make clothes for her.

Osmanthus 'flower' felt 'excited', picked up the sadness of being sold by his family, and began to devote himself to a new life, taking care of He Dani's diet and daily life wholeheartedly, and seriously accepting He Dani's all-round training, learning to be a qualified personal girl.

He Dani 'took time' to go to the Xiangjia branch, and told the three shopkeepers and Aunt Zhou Bo Zhou, she followed the convoy of the Xiangjia branch, about the fifth day, the sixth and the seventh days of the new year, about the third day of the first three days, the specific day depends on the weather, and He Dani will be notified in advance.

The preparations for returning to Beijing ended here, and in the following days, He Dani helped her aunt prepare for the New Year, and she did not go to the doctor, and she was busy with her aunt from morning to night every day, and her aunt said that with the help of her nephew 'daughter', she was a lot brisker, and He Dani also learned a lot of folk customs and habits for the New Year, which was quite fresh for He Dani, who had seen a lot of powerful people.

The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner was taken care of by He Dani, and various preparations began three days in advance, and the head of the day was also cooked by He Dani himself, making a hearty, delicious and nutritious Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and the family gathered together to eat and drink extremely lively.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when I woke up, the juniors lined up in a line to greet the elders, and then He Dani took the osmanthus 'flower' leave, and gave her a hanging copper coin, let her go to play by herself, and in a few days she will go to the capital with herself, and will not come back, so she called the osmanthus 'flower' to make a final farewell to her homeland.

Osmanthus 'flower' left for most of the day, and came back in the afternoon with red eyes, where did she go and what did she do, He Dani didn't inquire or ask, it was a 'private' matter of osmanthus 'flower', she didn't interfere.

The Yang family was also busy preparing for He Dani's departure, and prepared a lot of things for He Dani to take on the road, as well as special 'color' local products that were sent to people after returning to the capital, and as a result, these things alone were packed in two boxes, and after sending someone to the Xiangjia branch to send the exact news of the departure on the road, the two boxes were sent to the Xiangjia branch to be loaded and left.

Naturally, He Dani did not forget to send Gui 'Hua' to the He family to take He Xiaojie to Yang's house, He Xiaojie's life and death parting with his parents when he left home and made the neighbors watch a good show, and they all talked about the He family's calculation of 'fine', in the name of selling himself into slavery, the eldest 'daughter' of the separated family to raise a half-brother, and when he came back from terminating the contract, it was around the age of 20, and it was the right time to start a family.

Gui 'Hua' learned the discussions of the neighbors to He Dani, He Dani didn't care, and told the housekeeper to take good care of He Xiaojie in the past few days.

On the night before leaving, the old lady 'handed over' He Dani's dowry box to her, which contained the antique 'jade' pendant left by her biological mother and the jade bracelet given by her uncle and aunt.

He Dani took the box, respectfully kowtowed to her grandparents and aunts and thanked her, and the family cried together, reluctant to give up He Dani, and told He Dani to write more letters back, and He Dani choked up and responded one by one.

The next day, at dawn, He Dani said goodbye to everyone in the Yang family for the last time, and when the housekeeper came to report that the carriage had arrived, He Dani and the three of them went out of the street under the escort of their uncle and cousins, sent them to the car, and then watched the carriage disappear from sight.

Uncle Zhou drove, Aunt Zhou and He Dani sat in the carriage, and the Xie family gave a good carriage, which looked inconspicuous on the outside, but the spacious interior space for four people was not crowded at all, and there was enough space to put down their hands and feet and carry their baggage.

He Dani introduced Osmanthus 'Flower' and He Xiaojie to Aunt Zhou, talked casually, and the carriage arrived at the 'gate' of the city while talking, waiting in line to get out of the city.

He Xiaojie unexpectedly saw his father and mother through the car window, but he couldn't get out of the car, so he could only shout his father and mother through the car window, attracting He Dawei and his family to come over and talk to him.

It is normal for the youngest son to be reluctant to let his father and mother go, but this is at the 'gate' of the city, and such a 'lane' makes it seem as if He Xiaojie was abducted and was about to be smuggled out of the city, and the officers and soldiers immediately came over for interrogation.

He Dani got out of the car angrily and explained to the officers and soldiers, coupled with He Dawei's repeated apologies, repeatedly saying that he just wanted to send off his son and had no other meaning, which calmed down the matter and did not complicate it. But in the end, the time to leave the city was delayed, and when the carriage arrived outside the city to meet the convoy of the Xiangjia branch, it was more than a quarter of an hour later than the original time.

After the captain of the team learned the reason, he didn't say much, turned around and beckoned everyone to set off, trying to make up for the lost time on the road, otherwise it would be troublesome if he missed the camp and was forced to 'open' on such a cold day.

The convoy set off quickly, and Ho Dani's carriage was sandwiched in the middle of the convoy, rushing towards her long-awaited new life

Entering the 'Door'