Refugees who fled the famine and came to the capital rested in sheds built outside the city at night. During the day, they either wait for the city gate to be opened, or they take their children, women and children to the market to buy and sell.

There is no need for human teeth, sometimes a bag of husked millet, or moldy sorghum, can bring a yellow flower girl and most of the children home.

As far as Liu Yan's memory of the household registration of this dynasty is concerned, farmers are better than merchants, and slave status is the lowest, if they are not forced to be helpless, who will be willing to be a slave?

There are quite a few people who sell their children, but there are very few buyers.

Liu Yan and Feng walked around inexorably, and finally locked on a family of four.

There was only one widow in this family of four, and the eldest brother looked to be in his seventeens, with dark skin and thick fingers, and he could see that he was not doing a lot of rough work. There was also a younger brother in his seven or eight years old, who was too thin to even stand up, and was carried in a basket by the widow. My sister was about twelve or thirteen years old, and she was also a little hungry.

The widow knew that there was only one strong laborer in the family, and originally wanted to keep the eldest and sell her younger siblings, but the eldest had an idea and offered to exchange it for food.

The widow was crying silently, and her fists fell on the boss one after another, "Are you going to be angry with your mother, you are gone, what else does your mother have to do?" Yes! ”

But this family happened to meet Liu Yan.

Yaya needs a maid by her side, and there must be an old woman who cooks on the fire at home, and she must have strong labor. Isn't this family of four just eligible?

Liu Yan's opening remarks were: "How much food do you need to buy your family?" ”

The widow raised her chin in shock, "Husband, madam...... You mean? ”

Liu Yan repeated tirelessly: "How much grain." ”

The widow, who was afraid that the other party would regret it, hurriedly raised two fingers, "Just two catties of husked grain." ”

When the man on the side saw that the orphans and widows had come to do business, he hurriedly said, "This lady, their family is small, weak and weak, and they can't do any work when they buy it back." I'm different, I'm weak, I can go to the ground and chop firewood in the mountains, and I will do more work and eat less in the spring of next year, as long as I have a pound of grain. ”

Seeing this, others flocked to it.

"Madame, our family is also in difficulty, you can do well, take pity on us, buy us." This is taking Liu Yan as a great benevolent.

He said nonsense, madam, he used to be a rich man, and his family was not short of money, so he was reluctant to buy grain before he landed in this field, and his wife and children were all bought by him. The last time he was bought back by the buyer, he came to the market again not long after, and asked him what the situation was, but he didn't say, we all guessed that he had already sold the owner's house! ”

Everywhere you go, there is a phenomenon of black eating black.

Liu Yan saw that this man who lowered his body and took the initiative to be courteous was not right-hearted, and after being exposed, he wanted to beat the person who was exposed......

Those who can have strength indicate that the body stores energy, and often these people are full. If you haven't eaten, you will be like the widow's family in front of you, angry and vain.

Feng Buli said coldly: "Okay, my lady said that you can buy whichever you want, and it is useful for you to compete for it?" In the end, it wasn't my lady who made the decision. ”

This farce came to an abrupt end, and they all looked at Liu Yan with burning eyes, waiting for the latter to make a decision.

Liu Yan shrugged her shoulders and said indifferently: "Two catties, right?" You take the child and follow me into the carriage. ”

Hearing this, the daughter of the widow's mother's family pulled her mother's sleeve crampedly, "Mother's ......"

The boss gave the girl a reassurance, "Don't be afraid of the little sister, there is a big brother." ”

In front of everyone's eyes, a family of four got into Liu Yan's carriage.

Liu Yan was worried that the fleas on the family would infect her, so she sat in the front room of the carriage with the wind.

Two catties of grain with shells were also given to each other after the family got on the bus.

Liu Yan shook her legs and counted, "I bought a total of four people, but I feel that I have to make up for them in order to call people, I looked at the yard before I came, although it is big, but there are still many flaws, if you want to live comfortably, you still have to repair it." ”

"Has the captain thought about what to do?"

Liu Yan was at a loss and asked rhetorically, "Do we need to do anything?" ”

She said confidently: "Materials, gold and silver, and space are all available, isn't it good to sit and eat empty mountains?" Wait for the buds and Huaxuan to be cultivated, and then make them make a lot of money! We'll just lie down and collect the money......"

Feng Buli couldn't help laughing, "In front of the two children, you didn't say that. ”

"Stupid." Liu Yan swept her eyes with contempt, "If you don't say that, how can you trust them?" It's called the art of manipulating power, I'm smart. I can afford to be your captain. Prepare for retirement in advance, not to lose me. ”

In the end, boast about yourself...... It's okay.

"It's good that the captain is happy."

"Of course I'm happy." Liu Yan raised her jaw with a chirp.

The conversation between the two lowered the volume, and the family in the carriage didn't know what they were talking about, but the heavy food in their arms gave the family enough hope.

"Here we are." Feng Busheng stopped the carriage, let the family get out of the carriage, and then took the reins and led the horse to the backyard.

There is a stable on one side of the back house, which was left by the previous owner.

After Liu Yan left, Hua Buyan deliberately asked the chief where the owner of the original blue brick and tile house had gone, and the latter hesitated for a long time before explaining the truth.

The owner of this blue brick and tile house is a big man who has won fame, and he originally developed according to this year's Enke examination, and he will steadily take a person to glorify his ancestors. It is not uncommon for people to be raised in the capital, but they are foreigners of the opposite sex, and they only moved to Lihua Village a few years ago, and in fact, they have little contact with the villagers of Lihua Village, and the yard is also built in the middle of nowhere......

Who would have thought that when a natural disaster came, the first batch of people who fled from the disaster became thieves, seized this partial courtyard, and even killed the old man and occupied the female dependents. Although the imperial court sent officers and soldiers to suppress it, these female dependents were humiliated and walked to the Yellow Spring one after another.

Hua Buyan gossiped with Liu Yan after coming back, and said: "I heard that he was hanged in the Zhengda compound." ”

Liu Yan wondered, "The Zhengda compound is an empty courtyard, and there are no beams, how can I hang it?" ”

Hua Buyan's face stiffened slightly.

Liu Yan asked, "Huahua, where did you go to find out about the gossip?" ”

Hua Buyan read the message under the captain's eyes: Do you still believe the news on this side?

Hua Buyan didn't admit that he was stupider than the captain, "It's not like I didn't react for a while." It doesn't matter where the female dependents in this courtyard hanged themselves, they are all in this courtyard, captain, aren't you unlucky? ”

"Flowey, when did you become so superstitious?"

"But such a big event, the villagers know it, will the Hou Mansion not know? Weren't the ancients superstitious? The Hou Mansion really treats us as guests, and will use this obscure courtyard to prevaricate us? Leng Bai pointed out the point.