Chapter 50: Selling Yourself
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Ma Zichen heard Xu Yang comfort himself, but he felt that it made sense when he thought about it, and he also felt that if a person was too arrogant and domineering, it would definitely backfire, this is the truth that things must be reversed. Ma Zichen nodded at Xu Yang www.biquge.info and urged the horse to continue to rush north.
When the five of them arrived in Miyang County, it was already noon. Xu Yang suggested choosing a restaurant to have a meal, first, to celebrate Ma Zichen's ability to pass the exam, and secondly, to congratulate the other party on being a high school tribute student. Ma Zichen didn't want to spend so much, but he couldn't stand the push of Xu Yang and Dahu Xiaohu, so he could only choose a small restaurant to eat. Lian Gui saw that Ma Zichen agreed, applauded with joy, and pulled the other party towards the restaurant.
The five of them gave the horses to Xiao Er, and asked the other party to feed the horses, and then the five of them sat down on the first floor. When the five of them finished their meal and were about to leave, Xu Yang asked Lian Gui, "Lian Gui, what is your surname, and where is your hometown in Yu Province?"
When Dahu Xiaohu and Ma Zichen heard Xu Yang ask about this, they suddenly thought that they only knew that the other party's name was Lian Gui now, and they didn't even know what the other party's surname was, and they blamed themselves.
Lian Gui saw that the four of them were looking at him, and said with tears in his eyes: "My hometown is in Zhouping County, and I can't tell what my surname is." My father died when I was born, and my mother took me to remarry, and that man beat me and my mother because of his drunkenness and gambling, and kicked us out of the house. After that, my mother remarried two of them, but they were both people who often beat and scolded us. As a last resort, my mother and I have been lonely since then, until we came to Hunan Province. My mother's surname is 'Hu', so I will follow my mother's surname 'Hu'. ”
"I didn't expect your background to be so unfortunate and pitiful! By the way, after you came to Hunan Province with your mother, you said that your mother was dead, so where did you bury your mother?" Ma Zichen asked.
Lian Gui heard the other party ask about his mother, and said with tears: "When I came to Yueyang County with my mother, my mother was already dead, and then I was buried in a mass grave in Yueyang County by a person for a tael of silver. After that, the person who bought me bought a girl in Miyang County, and then we were taken to Changming County by the other party, and then sold the two of us to a tea seller on the side of the road. This tea seller is where Brother Xu and Brother Ma saved me, thank you to the two big brothers for saving me from the sea of suffering. In the end, he was about to kneel to the two, but was stopped by Ma Zichen and asked the other party not to kneel in the future.
"These traffickers are really hateful, they actually sold you to others with the fact that you sold yourself to bury your mother. And these people who buy and sell human beings are actually in a gang, so as to make greater profits from them, which is really better than pigs and dogs. Xu Yang said angrily.
The big tiger and the little tiger also learned about the incident from Ma Zichen's mouth, and knew that Xu Yang saved Lian Gui from the tea seller, and he didn't expect that this tea seller was actually in a gang with human traffickers, so as to use good people to cheat money and make greater profits from it, but these human traffickers took human lives to buy and sell, and they didn't take human lives seriously at all.
Ma Zichen saw that he was about to arrive in Yueyang County, and said to Liangui: "When you arrive in Yueyang County, you can go and give your mother incense and report safety!"
Lian Gui nodded heavily, Xu Yang paid for the meal and the forage money for the five horses, and then the five of them got up and left the restaurant. Xiao Er took out the horses of the five and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have fed these five horses with good forage, but you can rest assured." After speaking, he smiled at the five people.
Xu Yang nodded, twisted out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve and threw it to the other party. The little second didn't expect the other party to make such a big move, so he hurriedly and respectfully took the silver and thanked him again and again. Since the five horses were well fed and drunk, they could not be ridden, so the five men could only pull the five horses towards the north gate.
When the five of them walked towards the north gate, they could also see some grass on the side of the road from time to time to bury their relatives, Lian Gui looked at these people, he couldn't help but burst into tears, glad that he was able to meet good people like Xu Yang and Ma Zichen, and constantly worried about the future of these people who sold their bodies.
When Xu Yang walked forward, he saw these people who sold themselves one by one, and knew that although he could help these people, if he wanted to help more people, unless he reformed, he could only save a while, but he couldn't save a lifetime. The five of them didn't speak, pretending not to see, and walked quickly outside.
When the five of them left Miyang County, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and then saw that there were still three or three people selling their bodies on both sides of the street, and most of these people selling their bodies were women.
Just as the five of them were walking towards the distance, they saw an old woman dressed in heavy makeup, flowers, and green clothes also choosing a woman on the side of the road, and when she saw something she was satisfied with, she bought it. Dahu pouted at the old woman with heavy makeup, and said to the four of them: "This old woman is the old bustard of a brothel in Changming County, and she came here to select the woman who accompanied the guests. You see that she is followed by three women, and she is still choosing the right one. ”
When Xu Yang, Ma Zichen and the others heard Dahu say this, they couldn't help but set their eyes on the old bustard, only to see that the other party was pulling three ropes in his hands, and one section of the rope was tied to three women.
When he came to the end, his eyes lit up, and he saw a ragged and thin woman kneeling on the ground, and beside him was a person lying with a straw mat;
"Ten taels of silver. The kneeling woman lowered her head and said in a weak mosquito voice.
When the old bustard heard that the other party wanted ten taels of silver, he immediately bounced up from the ground and shouted with a big grin: "I can buy ten girls with ten taels of silver, why are you worth ten taels?"
"Just ten taels of silver, no bargaining. The kneeling woman whispered, still with her head down.
The old bustard looked at the woman carefully for a while, stretched out his hand to raise the other party's head, looked at it for a while, chirped his lips, and said disdainfully: "The appearance is not bad, in the future, I will learn the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, won't it become the top card of my 'Drunken Xiang Pavilion'?" It's just too expensive, so forget it." After saying that, he pretended to turn around and leave.
And just when the old bustard turned to leave, his footsteps did not stride away, but pretended to leave, pricking up his ears to listen to the voice of longing. It turned out that this old bustard was willing to spend ten taels of silver to buy a woman, but he didn't want to spend so much, so he pretended to leave, just to force the woman to lower the price.
Xu Yang and the five people also came to the side of the bustard and the woman, and also saw the bustard pretending to leave, and on the other hand, when the woman heard that the other party was unwilling to sell herself, her body trembled obviously, and then her head was slightly raised, her mouth was opened, and she didn't say anything.
The old bustard waited for a while, but still didn't hear the long-awaited voice behind him, and at this moment, he heard a voice behind him: "It looks really good, you can be a little wife for me." The woman who sold her body, ten taels of silver is indeed too expensive, how about I pay five taels of silver?"
When the bustard heard that someone was robbing him of this woman, he was startled, and when he looked back suddenly, he saw a shirtless, covered with meat, and a lewd smile on his face, who was also looking at this woman. The old bustard looked at the other party, felt familiar, thought about the other party carefully, and recognized that the other party was the person who abducted and sold the woman.
The old bustard stepped forward and said to the other party: "Oh, who am I, it turned out to be Zhang Hezi, I didn't expect you to be generous? Don't you usually set those cheap women? Why did you make an exception today to buy this more expensive woman? Could it be that the sun came out of the west?"
When Xu Yang and Ma Zichen saw this man with a lot of meat, they also felt that the other party was familiar, and when they heard the bustard say this about each other, they immediately remembered that this person was a trafficker who sold Lian Gui, which can be described as a narrow road. The big tiger and the little tiger couldn't recognize this person, and when they saw Xu Yang and the two stop, they also looked lively. Lian Gui trembled when he saw this person, and immediately hid his body behind Xu Yang and Ma Zichen, not daring to look at each other.
Zhang Haozi heard someone behind him say that he was himself, looked back, and said "Huh", and suddenly smiled on his face, and said: "It turned out to be the boss lady! But I have to tell you: I saw this woman first, and I won't give it to you. ”
"You're a bummer. This woman is clearly the first thing I saw, and you actually said that you saw it first, which is really unreasonable. The old bustard shouted with a splash of saliva. After speaking, he shook his fat head and big ears, and from time to time scattered layers of snowflakes from his face, and said to the woman kneeling on the ground: "I give six taels of silver, you come with me, how about I bury your relatives for you?"
Zhang Haozi was furious when he heard the other party robbing people with him, and his saliva splashed and shouted: "Old immortal mother-in-law, wouldn't you be ruining such a beauty by buying someone back to the brothel to accompany the guests." You can choose others if you hurt people, why do you want to go against me?" After speaking, he was ruthless, and said with a hippie smile to the woman kneeling on the ground: "I'll pay seven taels of silver to go with me? I'll tell you the truth, I've never spent such a big price to buy someone!"
When the old bustard heard that the other party actually grabbed it with him, he immediately pushed it hard towards the other party, but he didn't think about it, but pushed himself away two steps, and was furious, the snowflakes on his face fell again, and the spittle star flew and shouted: "You guy who has suffered a thousand knives, who do you say has harmed others? I just see that she has a pitiful background, and she comes to our 'Drunken Fragrance Pavilion' to eat and drink spicy food, can she still hurt others? Instead of letting him suffer with you, it is better to live a comfortable life with me for two days, and it will not be in vain in this life. ”
After the old bustard scolded enough, he was also ruthless, and said to the woman kneeling on the ground: "I will give eight taels of silver." I can tell you, I've never paid so much for a woman to go back. I'm really making an exception today, I'm going to buy you. If you don't know how to lift again, then I'll go, and I might as well tell you, like these eight taels of silver, but there has never been such a market, don't be ignorant. After finishing speaking, he shouted at Zhang Haozi: "If you have the ability, I will give you nine taels of silver." ”
"Old bustard, it seems that you have really invested in blood today! Since you want this woman so much, let it be given to you. Zhang Haozi said. After speaking, I saw the old bustard proudly pulling the straw from the woman's head, clapping his hands and saying: "You don't know the principles of my life, I won't buy any woman who is more than five taels of silver, I just played with you just now." Haha......"
When the bustard heard that the other party was deliberately doing something against him and playing for his own fun, he was so angry that he immediately reached out and scratched the other party's face, and immediately grabbed Zhang Hezi into a cat's face.
Zhang Haozi saw that the other party was grabbing at him, and it was too late to dodge, and suddenly there was a hot feeling on his face, and he reached out and touched it, his hands were full of blood, and he was so angry that his face became pig's liver, and he immediately pressed the bustard to the ground, punched and kicked the other party's fat face, and beat the bustard into a pig's head. Before the bustard could react, he was already pressed to the ground by the other party, and then there was a hot feeling on his face, and he roared and cursed the other party.
Zhang Haozi and Lao Bustard were both bloated, and the latter was an elderly woman, so how could she be the opponent of the former? Zhang Haozi saw that Lao Bustard had been beaten by himself and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and he was afraid that he would never be able to mix in Changming County in the future, so he immediately stopped his hand and got up, and hurriedly ran towards the north.
When the bustard saw that the other party got up from his body, he immediately rolled on the ground, ignoring the dust on his body, and scolded: "Zhang Haozi, you wait, see how I clean you up in the future." By the time he shouted, the hemp was gone.
Everyone was very happy when they saw the scene between Zhang Haozi and Lao Bustard, and they kept cheering and laughing at the two. Seeing the people around him laughing at him, the bustard shouted, "What are you laughing at?"
"Auntie, you pay nine taels of silver to bury my mother, and I am your person. The woman kneeling on the ground said.
The old bustard was angry, and when he heard that this woman dared to ask for nine taels of silver, he immediately became angry, and shouted with saliva: "your fart, who said I would buy you with nine taels of silver." It's your little hooves that made me ugly in front of everyone, see if I don't kill you. As he spoke, he grabbed the woman's face with his teeth and claws.
And just when the bustard's hand was about to touch the woman, his hands were suddenly firmly held by a pair of iron tongs, and when he looked up, he saw a man dressed in cloth and ordinary looking grabbed his wrist and refused to let go.