Chapter 17
Qili Pear Blossom Forest is located on a highland plain in the south outside the county seat of Yuetai County.
It covers an area of six or seven miles, connects the mountains and ravines in the south, connects the Jieguan Road in the east, and is only four miles away from Yuetai County, neither remote, nor noisy, but is the place where the people of Yuetai County often go on outings in their leisure time.
Ordinary people generally don't have time to come, so they only take their families and children out to play during the New Year's holidays or holidays.
Today is neither a festival nor a mid-year holiday, but I can also see a lot of young people who come to the academy, mostly because of the enrollment of the martial arts academy.
In an open space outside the pear blossom forest, as soon as there is a lot of traffic, there are small vendors who see the business opportunity, pushing wooden carts or carrying burdens, selling all kinds of snacks, as well as selling flowers and selling small wooden toys or amulets.
"Tsk... It's a nice place. ”
Luo Ningxin looked at the pear blossom forest in front of him and couldn't help but light up.
Now is the season of pear blossoms, patches of white pear blossoms, clusters, layers, like hanging branches of white snow, bursts of floral fragrance, refreshing, refreshing.
"It's beautiful!"
Luo Xiaoxiao's little girl is lively, cute, and ran around in the forest as soon as she got off the carriage, but she didn't go too far, just around, jumping around the pear tree and playing, very happy.
Shen Wanyi and the nightingale followed behind her, admiring the peach trees and beautiful pear blossoms in the pear forest.
"These pear blossoms seem to be blooming better than last year." Gently plucking a cluster of snow-white pear blossoms, Shen Wanyi said with some surprise.
"It's really good."
The nightingale also spoke in praise.
"Let's pick some and go back to making sake and pear cakes."
So saying, she and the nightingale began to pick pear blossoms.
Luo Ningxin was not interested in picking pear blossoms, so she took the little girl around to play.
……
Suddenly, there was a commotion from a makeshift small market street ahead, and a crowd of people crowded in front.
Luo Ning was curious and looked over there.
I saw a long-haired woman in simple clothes kneeling in front of the road, her long hair concealed her face, only from her figure, it was certain that this woman should only be about fifteen or sixteen years old, and there was a wooden sign in front of her, on which were written a few bright red characters "Sell yourself and bury your mother".
"It's the refugees who fled from the northern region of the wasteland, there is a demon disaster on the border of the wasteland, and it has been a lot of trouble recently, the imperial court sent the demon army to suppress it, and the war is about to start, and many people are displaced."
"It's not just about selling yourself to bury your mother, but also about finding a place for yourself to stay."
"Alas, it's pitiful..."
The people around whispered.
"Tsk... This girl has a good figure, and it should be good to buy it back and make a close-fitting ring. ”
A wealthy businessman with a big belly looked at the girl kneeling on the ground and smiled.
"The words are good, but this dead man, will he be a little unlucky, and it will be troublesome if he buys it back and affects his luck." A tall middle-aged man in a gorgeous robe said.
"Go, who doesn't know that you are afraid of your tigress, if you let her know that you bought a ring, I am afraid that she will break your legs."
The big-bellied rich businessman glanced at the tall and thin man with disdain, and then he said to the girl: "Hey, raise your head and let me see, if you look okay, the master will buy you and pay to help you bury your mother, and you will follow me in the future, and you will not worry about being warm." ”
The girl's body trembled slightly, and she slowly raised her head.
A beautiful face appeared in front of everyone, without powder, but also naturally beautiful, curved willow eyebrows, although the skin was slightly worse due to wandering, but a pair of autumn eyes seemed to be filled with countless grievances, which was pitiful.
This girl is actually a beautiful embryo, the childishness on her face has not faded, and she still has a slight greenness, and her skin is also poor because of malnutrition recently.
But that small and delicate figure looks slim, and it is not difficult to imagine that as long as she is given a few years to grow up, she must be a beautiful woman.
The men around them swallowed.
"I'll give you five taels of silver, and I want you."
The pot-bellied rich merchant couldn't wait to bid, in Da Zhou, five taels of silver was enough for ordinary people to live for a year.
At this time, there was a commotion in the crowd, and everyone got out of the way.
An arrogant little guy came to the big-bellied rich businessman, pointed to the girl who was kneeling on the ground and said:
"This woman, our young master wants it, don't think about it anymore."
"How can this work, I have already made a bid, is your young master higher than me?" The pot-bellied rich merchant frowned and said a little unhappily.
The little guy snorted coldly: "Do you know who my young master is?" ”
"Whoever wants to fight with me for this slave will pay more than me." The big-bellied wealthy merchant is also well-known in the neighborhood.
"Really? It seems that my Long family's face is not very effective here. ”
The crowd dispersed again, and a young man of about sixteen years old, with a proud and arrogant look, slowly walked over, followed by several stout servants.
This young man is fifteen or sixteen years old, with bright clothes, a mediocre appearance, and a thin body, but his nostrils are facing the sky, and he looks arrogant and arrogant.
The big-bellied rich businessman looked sideways, his expression changed, and he recognized that this was a well-known son of a big family in the county, and cold sweat immediately oozed from his forehead, and he said respectfully:
"Original... It turned out to be Young Master Long, how dare the villain fight with Young Master Long for a woman, the villain will leave... That's it. The pot-bellied rich merchant kept stepping back as he bowed.
"Hmph, if you want to leave, if you don't leave you a lesson, you really don't take our Long family seriously, cut off one of his legs for me."
The young man snorted with a proud expression.
When the big-bellied rich merchant heard this, he quickly knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Young master, let me go..."
The big-bellied rich merchant sweated like rain and begged for mercy, but unfortunately the evil servant didn't care about him and directly pressed him to the ground.
"Click~"
"Ahh
The pot-bellied rich merchant had his leg broken by one of the servants with an iron bar, and he screamed in pain and fainted on the spot.
This caused a commotion among the people around.
"Just because of one sentence, Li Fushang's leg was broken, this Long family is really domineering, and it will be over sooner or later."
Someone muttered about the dissatisfied novel.
The people around shook their heads for a while, they were dissatisfied with the arrogance and domineering of the gentlemen, but they were helpless, although the laws of the Great Zhou were strict, but the Long family had a huge influence in Yuetai County, even if the county government could turn a blind eye without touching the bottom line.
What's more, the girl has no relatives and no reason here, no one will want to go to the county town to report to the official for her, after all, they don't want to offend Long Tao because of this...
…
In the distance, Luo Ningxin, who had just come to watch, shook his head.
Okay, the standard evil boy bullies the helpless sister-in-law! This thing looks fifteen or sixteen years old, but why is it so bad?
At the same time, she also sighed slightly in her heart.
In that era, no matter how strict the law was, it seemed that it was only useful to the common people...
Dirty power bugs, everywhere!
Saying
Is it her turn to come out now?
"Auntie, they are so hateful, can Xiaoxiao spit fire on them?"
Luo Xiaoxiao waved his small fist angrily.
"Don't worry, my aunt will help you teach them a lesson, and by the way, how about buying that young lady for you to be a maid?" Luo Ningxin chuckled and touched her lovely niece's head.