Chapter 47: Selling Babies
Aunt Lotus and Sister-in-law Jia muttered, their father-in-law is cousins and has a good relationship, and after the two reached a consensus, they asked Qiu if he wanted to drink tea.
"No, you guys drink, I'll take a walk around the street." Qiu Shi Dao.
"Okay, then we'll wait for you at the tea stall."
The two mothers-in-law each spent a penny, bought two bowls of hot tea that could be refilled indefinitely, and sat in the tea shed waiting for Qiu.
The two of them were tired of walking, and they didn't make any money, so they bought tea and drank it, so they simply sat down and looked at the prosperous scene here.
In their opinion, all the scenery in the town is very rare, what sells strong pills, sells dog skin plasters, and some people sell children as a standard for planting grass.
After Qiu left the army, she looked a little sneaky, she looked around, and finally came to the door of a house.
If Xiao Cui hadn't brought her here before, she wouldn't have dared to walk around in front of such a high-ranking family.
"Hey, who are you looking for? Sneaky here? ”
At this time, a stout disciple asked fiercely.
Qiu's family was dressed in coarse cloth clothes, and there were a few patches on the placket, and at first glance she was a country woman who had no power and no power, who would the door drink if she didn't drink this kind of person?
scare her, but also show the superiority of her identity.
"This little brother, may I ask if Steward Zhang is here?"
"Steward Zhang, do you know him?"
When Menzi heard this, he felt "Geden" in his heart, could it be that this woman was a relative of Steward Zhang's in the countryside?
Also, who doesn't have a few poor relatives anymore.
Hearing Qiu ask them this, Menzi's attitude slowed down a little, and said:
"Steward Zhang is busy."
"Trouble little brother for hard work, help me report it to him, and tell him that I am Xiaocui's cousin."
Menzi saw her reveal her identity, although she didn't know who Xiaocui was, she still went in to communicate.
After a while, a middle-aged man in his early 40s with a white face and beard came out.
Seeing Qiu, he was expressionless, not very polite, and asked disdainfully:
"What are you looking for me?"
"Steward Zhang, you said before that you were going to find an obedient guy to wait for the young master in the capital, I don't know if you have found it?"
Qiu asked with a stammering face, not caring about the other party's condescending attitude.
Steward Zhang simply made a sound from his nose, raising his head high, Qiu could only see his nostrils, and he said with some anger:
"Didn't Xiaocui say that she wanted to introduce me before?"
Steward Zhang still doesn't know that something happened to Xiaocui, he just goes to Yihong Courtyard occasionally, he is Xiaocui's benefactor, a paying customer, and he pretends not to know him when he puts on his clothes.
When I saw Qiu at this time, I vaguely remembered that Xiaocui had brought her here before.
"yes, you have a good memory." Qiu cheekily boasted.
"Well, you're talking about your children, right?" Steward Zhang asked.
"Well, that's not it, it's my uncle's child.
Uncle is a good gambler, owes a lot of debt, and now he can't pay it back, and wants to sell his seven-year-old son into slavery.
The child is clean, a little thin, and if he eats well, he will grow strong, and you can see how much silver he can give? ”
As soon as Qiu heard Steward Zhang's tone, he immediately became excited.
"Ten taels of silver." Steward Zhang still likes to ignore it.
A wealthy housekeeper with such a noble status as him, where would he look at a peasant woman like Qiu, and talking to her is a gift.
"Ten taels of silver? Okay, when you want, I'll bring him. It's just that this kid is a little disobedient, and he has to use some means in front of him, and he doesn't want to sell himself into slavery. ”
Qiu is not stupid, he knows how to do some foreshadowing first.
When Steward Zhang heard that Qiu's was happy, his heart was also moved, and the master asked him to buy a small servant, saying that it was about 15 taels of silver, and if Qiu's only needed ten taels of silver, he would earn at least 5 taels of silver.
As soon as he thought of the oil and water in this, Steward Zhang was tempted.
"Recently, my little master is going to Beijing to take the ...... exam," Steward Zhang muttered.
He discussed with Qiu for a while, and finally the two of them discussed, and Qiu thanked him again and again, and went to find the two women who came with him in the village.
"Qiu, where have you been? We drank the 4th bowl of tea, and our stomachs were dying. It's getting late, it's time for us to go back. Where else are you going? ”
Seeing Qiu's brisk approach, Aunt Lotus and Aunt Jia asked.
"I didn't go shopping, I just went to the front to shop, the things in the market are too expensive, how can I afford to spend money.
Let's go, go back! ”
Qiu Shi got things done and was in a good mood.
Xiaocui is Qiu's cousin, and Wang Dazhi and Xiaocui hooked up and became adulterous, which she also deliberately promoted.
After Xiaocui and Wang Dazhi got along, they said to Qiu's family that Wang Dazhi's family has 4 babies, and if they are sold, they can also make a lot of money.
Qiu also said at the time that how could Wang Dazhi agree, after all, it was his biological baby.
Xiaocui said disdainfully, she told Wang Dazhi that she was still young, she could still give birth, sell the four useless babies, and if she had money, they could work hard to cultivate a show in the future.
When Wang Dazhi heard this, he felt that it made sense, so he happily agreed.
Anyway, for scumbags, giving birth to a child is a cool thing.
Even if it's cool, you can still sell it for money, so why not?
Qiu was still envious of Xiao Cui at that time, and he could earn a lot of silver for nothing.
It's just that before the matter was reached, Wang Dazhi and Xiaocui died unexpectedly.
Although Xiaocui died, but that way was left for the Qiu family, the Qiu family took advantage of the market town today, and wanted to try the water, but he didn't expect to succeed after a try, and there was still a shortage of people on Steward Zhang's side.
Qiu Shi pretended to be calculating in her heart, and when she went back, her steps seemed very brisk, and even Aunt Jia and Aunt Lotus could feel the pleasure in her heart.
Aunt Jia and Aunt Lotus drank too much water at the tea stall, and their stomachs were about to swell, so they walked to a deserted section of the road and asked Qiu to watch from the side of the road, beware of pedestrians.
The two of them went into the grass to solve the problem.
After a torrent hit the dirt, two small pits appeared on the mud floor, and the two of them, whose faces were pale and white, finally turned ruddy, tidied up their clothes, and continued to walk home.
Liu Wan and Wang Xiao returned home.
The family is worried about whether today's bean paste and tea oil can be sold.
Unexpectedly, when the ox cart came back, the jars at home were gone, and the cart was full of treasures: pigs, chickens, and ducks.
This made everyone happy, especially Wu Hui, who was about to cry with joy, she was like a poor person who had been rich for a long time, and couldn't help but touch the chicken cub and the duck cub, and even the pig cub touched the whole body.
In order not to look strange, Wu Hui pretended to say that it was to see if there was anything wrong with the piglets.
Wang Jing and Wang Xiao temporarily enclosed two plots of land in the courtyard with adobe, and put chickens and ducks on one side and pigs on the other.
Wang Li and Wang Lian hurriedly went to the river to pull out a lot of young grass and chopped it up to feed it.
"Mother, there are a lot of insects on this riverside, tomorrow we will drive the duck cubs to the river to eat insects, they will definitely grow big and fat."
Wang Lian said happily.
"Wait until they're familiar with our family." Wu Hui said.
Wu Hui has been raising these poultry since she was a child at home and is very experienced.