Chapter 20: Buying Slaves

Gong Jueyi has already decided to return to the palace in a month. Looking at Gong Jueyi who was walking away, Gong Xuan came back to his senses for a long time.

It's incredible, why Gong Jueyi suddenly insisted on marrying Lu Fengming as his wife! Queen, does that girl want to sit in this position? Gong Xuan was not sure.

The crowd outside the Lu Mansion dispersed, and the sudden appearance of an additional Lu Mansion in Lin'an City did not cause any turmoil.

From the lotus pond long bridge to the opposite bank, the black and white pebbled peacock pattern comes into view. Bluestone paths stretch in different directions from the top of the peacock's head in the cobblestone pattern.

A number of small courtyards are scattered around the main courtyard, the main courtyard is very large, and the three big characters of "Tonghua Courtyard" are written on it.

Er Ya naturally wants to live in the main courtyard, looking at these big words, Er Ya feels that it is really fate, Feng Ming Feng Ming, Feng Qi Wutong, into the Lord Ronghua, isn't it exactly the three words of Tonghua Academy?

Ling'er muttered something with a small mouth, Sanniu lowered her head and asked, and Ling'er said loudly: "It's so beautiful here!"

Erya squatted down and rubbed Ling'er's chubby face, "This will be Ling'er's home in the future, is Ling'er happy?" The little girl nodded her head like a chick pecking rice. Er Ya picked her up and walked to a small courtyard on the left side of the main courtyard, "Fanghua Pavilion, what a name." ”

Erya looked at it, the two courtyards were very close to each other, so it was just right for the two sisters Sanniu and Ling'er to live in this courtyard. Since the main family had just moved out, and the yards were still clean, Erya asked people to move things to these two yards.

There are no maids and servants now, so after being busy for a long time, the second girl only cleaned up Fanghua Pavilion. Sanniu is very diligent, Ling'er is still young, just hug a pillow or something, everyone is not so tired together, Lu Zhong is a man, naturally he can't enter the women's boudoir.

Busy sweating, Er Ya took a breath, let the two girls play in the yard for a while and then go in to take a nap, told not to go to the lotus pond, the long bridge has no railings, Er Ya is worried that her sisters will fall into the water. After the instructions, he took Lu Zhong out.

"Grandpa Fu, I'm going out now, you watch more in the house, the two girls are resting in Fanghua Pavilion, you pay attention to the movement."

Qian Fu naturally responded again and again, watching Erya go out in a hurry, and he didn't know what was so urgent.

Coming out of Zhuque Street, Lu Zhong led the way to Xishi, this road to Lin'an City, Lu Zhong can almost find it, Er Ya wants to go and see, buy a few maids and servants with sharp hands and feet to go back, after all, the two girls still need to be taken care of, although Sanniu is ten years old and has reached the age of sensibility, but in Erya in her heart, she is the same as Ling'er, she is a child.

Erya had already sent a letter to Anbei Town yesterday, asking the shopkeeper Wu of Fuxing Building to prepare to come to Lin'an City and open a few branches. Then in the days after this, Er Ya must be very busy, so he must take advantage of the time to solve the problem of the two girls.

There are no people in the West Market, at the beginning of this Shen Shi, the sun is scorching, Lu Zhong took Erya to go inside, similar to several alleys connected together, and when he walked in, he found that the West Market was quite large, and there were gradually people inside, all of whom were dressed as people wearing coarse cloth shirts and inferior people. Erya guessed that it should be some people's subordinates.

Most of those people stood in front of the huge iron cage on the ground and bargained with the boss, and when Er Ya took a closer look, those big iron cages were full of old people or children with tattered clothes and a foul smell.

Er Ya was shocked by the scene in front of her, those people were locked in cages, like goods being bought and sold and beaten and scolded at will, living worse than dogs, Er Ya looked up at Lu Zhong, "The government doesn't care?" ”

"Whatever, these are all self-signed deeds of sale, either the family is poor and can't open the pot, or there are people in the family waiting to be buried and no one is buried, and people give money, they can only pay it back themselves."

Lu Zhong continued to walk forward, "Then what will they be bought for?" "I don't know about that. ”

Erya looked back at those people and felt that life was really cruel, maybe this is fate, some people were born with tens of millions of favors, and some people were trapped in poverty all their lives, Erya pitied them, but she couldn't help much.

"Boss, this is it." Lu Zhong stopped in front of a door with a curtain pulling, and the second girl came back to his senses and looked in Lu Zhong's direction. This place is neater than the place they walked before.

Following Lu Zhong into the house, Erya saw a middle-aged man with a beard come out and asked, "This young lady wants to buy slaves?"

Obviously, this person should be the boss, glanced at the two of them, and spoke to Erya with great insight.

Erya nodded, and the boss asked again: "What did the girl buy for, is she strong or can she boil water, cook, wash and make beds?"

The boss spoke in an eclectic manner, and the second girl smiled: "To be loyal, I bought it to serve the young ladies in the family, so I have to pick two young girls, and I also have to choose five strong young people to watch the family nursing home."

After Erya finished speaking, the boss slapped his thigh and laughed heroically twice, "This young lady is really lucky, there are just a few people here who were sent from the capital, but they came out of a big family," the boss glanced around and said in a low voice: "But the eldest princess's mansion is all top-notch, and they know how to be polite, so you don't need to bother with training."

"Princess's Mansion?" Er Ya has never seen that kind of big person, and at first glance it sounds strange, "How can the minions of the princess's mansion fall into your hands?" ”

"Call me a!" The boss suddenly slapped his mouth a few times, with a look of remorse, "This young lady, I can't afford to offend a royal relative like this, don't spread it if I say it." ”

Seeing that he was willing to speak, the second girl nodded in agreement. The boss whispered: "I have a buddy who is doing this in the capital, and he received these minions from the princess's mansion, and he didn't dare to sell them in the capital, so he asked me to bring them to Lin'an City, and I heard him say that these people were offended by the horses, so they were sent to buy."

After listening to Erya, she also understood that the servants who had served the emperor's relatives and relatives, and Erya felt a little conflicted.

Now Sanniu is ten years old, and she will be married in a few years, and she will marry in the future, and Erya will not let her marry into a farmer's family, and she has never thought about going to a high-ranking family, and it is not bad to find a person who is the right person, but the third sister has not been taught by elders since she was a child, and she knows nothing about etiquette and other things. Lin'an is thousands of miles away from the capital, but he is not worried about being known, and the princess's mansion will retaliate.

"Let me meet those maids, I can think about it."

The boss hurriedly smiled and went in and brought out a few people, these people wore thumb-thick chains on their legs, and when they walked, the chains collided on the ground, making a sound unique to iron.

Three girls with disheveled hair who looked to be only fifteen or sixteen walked behind two expressionless women, about forty years old.

"Raise your head and let this young lady take a closer look." The boss shouted, which startled the three girls, and they hurriedly raised their heads, but the two women were not in a hurry, and looked up at Erya.

Er Ya saw a frightened look in the eyes of the two girls, and she must have suffered a lot of torture. The three girls are about the same height, but one of them looks at the facial features and is pretty, and the other two are mediocre in qualifications.