117 Snowy Night Stranger

Xiao You frowned and stared at Bai Poria, he felt that Bai Poria had something to hide from him, but it didn't matter, anyway, he would find out all her secrets sooner or later.

"Is there anything else you want to know?" You smiled weirdly.

Bai Poria thought about it and finally shook her head, in fact, what she still wanted to ask was, "What is your relationship with the Demon Sect?" "But she didn't think that Xiao You would tell her such an important thing, the righteous and awe-inspiring martial arts alliance leader Sea Pumice Stone was actually seriously involved in the Demon Sect, who would believe it?

"Really?" You confirmed.

"What do you want to do?" Poria was vigilant, but it was too late. The scene in front of her quickly blurred, and as soon as her hand holding the little raccoon flower was released, the person also fell back softly on the bed.

The little raccoon flower was also unconscious and paralyzed like its owner, rolling to the side.

Xiao You jumped onto the bed, stretched out his hand and gently traced Bai Poria's delicate eyebrows, and smiled infinitely gently: "Sleep obediently, wake up and forget everything you should forget, and when the affairs of the capital are over, I will naturally explain my affairs to you thoroughly." ”

White Poria closed her eyes, breathing slowly and lightly, obviously asleep.

In the evening, Poria woke up in a daze, vaguely remembering that she had sent her parents away, then returned to her room, and then fell asleep, not knowing that the most important piece was missing from her memory.

Now there are only more than ten days left before the New Year, it is the busiest time for people, the official and commercial courtyards in the area of Yunque Mountain are quietly unpatronized, and Bai Poria can finally live her life with peace of mind, and she will go to the village of Baizhu every day to see the resettlement of the people who have been sent from the Ning'an River one after another.

Over the past few days, the purchase has gone quite smoothly on the other side of the Ning'an River, and more than 200 people have been bought, a total of 40 families, plus 62 orphans and adult men and women who have been separated from their relatives.

The whole family was placed in other branches of the Bai family, and the other sixty-two unrelated and unprovoked people were sent to the village on the Baizhu side, and the houses in the village were vacated because a group of people were released, which happened to be used to house the sixty-two new people.

Bai Poria counted the deeds of sale that were sent from all over the place, and saw that the goal of 10,000 people was getting closer and closer day by day, and her mood was getting better day by day.

The closer to the New Year, the colder the weather becomes, and Bai Poria slowly does not want to go out, nesting in the courtyard every day, Xiao You does not see anyone all day long, and she happens to be happy and quiet.

On this day, an old man suddenly came and knocked on the door with two servants, saying that he was passing through this place and encountered heavy snowfall, and he could not think of staying overnight. Bai Poria thought that there were dozens of her own guards living in this courtyard, and an old man and two servants couldn't do anything even if they were bad people, so she agreed without saying anything.

At dinner, Yang Mei came over and said, "The old man said that he wanted to come to thank the young lady and thank you for taking her in." ”

Bai Poria was bored in the house every day, so she simply went to the front to meet the guests.

The old man is about sixty years old, dressed plainly and cleanly, behaves decently, has a long figure and a graceful demeanor, and has very good-looking facial features...... Old man, the strangest thing is that Bai Poria always feels very familiar when he looks at his face.

This old man is not young, but he is in good spirits, his eyes are bright, and although his spirit is gentle and elegant, his temperament is clearly that only those who have been in the top position for a long time can have.

As soon as he came up, he politely thanked Bai Poria repeatedly, Bai Poria didn't dare to hold it up, this place is close to the capital, and a few "Wang Ba" and their relatives may appear at any time, so it's better to be careful.

After the old man sat down, he naturally started to talk about homely things: "Coincidentally, the old man is also surnamed Bai, originally from Taizhou, and now lives in the capital." Because of the early years of separation with relatives and children, has been found all over the place, recently heard the news of my son, so hurriedly came to find, did not expect people did not find but encountered this heavy snow, several nearby mansions have only a few caretakers, do not dare to take in the old man master and servant, fortunately met the young lady, otherwise the old man will be in trouble. ”

The snowy night was boring, and the other party was an old man who was easy to feel good about, Bai Poria also let go of her guard and said with a smile: "Grandpa doesn't have to be polite, what characteristics does your son have, does he live nearby?" If it's convenient, you may wish to let me know, and the weather will be better another day, so I can ask someone in my family to look for it for you. ”

Mr. Bai sighed and said, "He left his old man when he was three years old, and the old man only remembers that he looked like his deceased mother, and there was a star-shaped vermilion birthmark on the back of his waist. ”

"That's it...... "Bai Poria is out of line, God knows what this old man's wife looks like?!

Mr. Bai was very talkative, and said to himself: "It's the old man who is sorry for him, when the old man brought his wife and children to Beijing to take the exam, but not only failed to pass the exam but also contracted a serious illness, and used up all his savings, seeing that he didn't even have the money to buy medicine and eat, Mrs. She really had no choice, and she secretly sold her son to a childless old couple for ten taels of silver without telling the old man." Relying on the ten taels of silver and the careful care of his wife, the old man finally survived. ”

"When the old man woke up, he found that he could not see his son, and his wife was afraid that I would be angry and hurt, so she only said that she was unable to take care of her, so she entrusted her son to a monastery outside the city to take care of him temporarily. The old man did not doubt him, and only told his wife to visit him more. By the time the old man was in good health and could get up and walk, it was already three months later. The old man asked his wife to pick up his son together, and the lady knew that she couldn't hide it anymore, so she cried and told the truth. ”

"The lady suffered a lot for the old man's illness, and sold her son to others, presumably a thousand times more painful than the old man, and blamed the old man for not being angry, how could the old man bear to blame her? We tried to find the old couple and begged them to return their son to us, and the old man was willing to pay ten times the price for it, but the old couple did not know where to move. At that time, we thought that they didn't want us to get our son back, and that they would rely on my son to inherit the incense, and they would not abuse him. I also held back my thoughts, and while asking people to search around, I stayed in the capital to work and study, preparing for the next exam. ”

After another three years, the old man finally got his wish for the title of the gold list, and since then his career has been smooth, and his wife has added two sons to the old man, but our couple has always felt ashamed of the eldest son, and our thoughts about him have become stronger and stronger. The old man sent people everywhere to find out the whereabouts of the old couple, and finally found it, but ...... But ......"

The more Mr. Bai spoke, the more excited he became, and his voice choked. Bai Poria faintly felt strange in her heart, she and this old man were just meeting for the first time, and he told her his private affairs so clearly and meticulously, was it a little too strange?

Bai Guo, who was listening attentively over there, couldn't help but urge: "What's wrong with the old couple?" ”

Mr. Bai said in a trembling voice: "That old couple was originally an accomplice of a group of human traffickers, and in the name of inheriting incense from their stepboys, they deceived those poor people who had difficulty in living a sustainable life to sell their sons to them!" Pity my son has been sold by them, and I don't know where he is gone......"

The ancients favored sons over daughters, and they were unwilling to sell their sons until they were in a desperate situation, even if they were sold, there was a difference in where they went, selling them to the old couples who had died out as sons, that was the best way out, not only did they not have to worry about food and clothing after that, but they also did not have to become slaves and lowly status, and if they were lucky, they could become rich young masters and enjoy a large amount of family property. But if they are sold to ordinary human traffickers, it is a life of death, and life is definitely not good, and it is not surprising that some of them are sold as domestic slaves, and some of the worse ones are instigated to become thieves or even sold to work in workshops to death. Using the inheritance of incense as an excuse, it is easiest to deceive poor families to sell their sons at a relatively low price, and even some families only seek a way for their sons to live, and there are also some who do not accept money from selling their bodies.

Bai Poria has been buying people all the year round, so she naturally knows very well what is going on, after listening to what Mr. Bai said, she knew in her heart that his son was more than lucky, but he just said that there was news of his son, if it wasn't for the fact that this old gentleman was too old, she almost wondered if his son would have been lucky enough to hit her?

But it's not right, looking at Mr. Bai's age, his son is at least in his thirties, and he was only three years old when he was sold, so how can I say that it was at least twenty or thirty years ago, and her father and mother were still hairy children at that time!

However, it is not excluded that it was sold to her family after being sold several times, for example, there are some male servants in their thirties and forties in the village of Baizhu, and even old people in their sixties and seventies.

"Grandpa, there is a small mountain village near here, where many outsiders live, maybe your son is there, if you haven't been there yet, you might as well wait for the weather to clear tomorrow, and I will let the family accompany you." White Poria Road.

"Thank you, Miss Bai, my son's whereabouts are already known to the old man, if he can't find it, he will definitely go to the village that Miss said to have a look. The old man is just worried now, my son has suffered a lot over the years, in case he has a grudge against the old man or does not want to recognize the old man, then ...... Hey......" Old Mr. Bai's expression was sad and worried, and he seemed to be very entangled in this matter.

"You sincerely beg him for forgiveness and explain things clearly, and the rest is not easy to force, maybe he has had a good life over the years, so he won't care about these past events." White Poria persuaded with great reservation.

If you change people, you will definitely say something like "there are parents in the world", "you are also forced to be helpless, extenuating circumstances" and so on to comfort, but Bai Poria has seen too many desolate conditions of children who have been sold by their parents, and this kind of "Holy Mother" can't say it.

"Understanding" is easy to say, but if you have not experienced such a tragic experience, how can you truly understand the despair and helplessness of being betrayed and abandoned by your relatives? How can you understand the fear and sorrow of being beaten and ravaged day and night, and being precarious?

Mr. Bai's expression was a little strange, he seemed to be a little disappointed and seemed to have something else, Bai Poria saw it in his eyes, and felt very strange in his heart, could it be that she said that his son would definitely forgive him, and this thing could come true?

Does she have that much influence? She's not really Dharma boundless, tsk.