Entering the first-class prosperous place of Luoyang City from the south gate, they slowed down their horses. While walking slowly, you can enjoy the view of the city. As the core area of the entire Great Jin Dynasty and even the whole world, Jingshi is rich and prosperous. The land is vast and densely populated, and it is rich. When there are more people, there are more new things; The more money you have, the more tricks you have.

At the mouth of an alley, a mother is trying to get rid of the child in her arms, while the child, who is only about a year old, is clutching his mother and crying, refusing to let go. The father on the side ignored the child's crying and took the child into his arms, and the child cried even more.

Although the mother succeeded in freeing the child, she was obviously unable to bear it, and said weakly to the child's father: "Go back quickly and feed the child some rice porridge, otherwise he will be too hungry." ”

The father said, "I know, his mother, go quickly, let others take the lead when it's late." ”

"Indeed, indeed." The mother promised, "I was late yesterday, I was the last to go in, and many people behind me didn't get in line." ”

The woman was just about to leave, when the child's grandmother came out and shouted, "Are you two so ruthless? What is the reason for his own milk, which is not eaten by his own son, but he wants to sell it for money? When you were young, who didn't wean his grandson until he was four years old, and his little grandson couldn't walk, so you couldn't bear to wean him? ”

"Mother, you can take a break." The child's father said in a slightly helpless tone, "Aren't we distressed about our own son?" But what's the use of being distressed, who let us have no money? If nothing else, you see how my two older children's shoes have been broken, and I don't have the money to change them. The daughter-in-law sells milk, although it is a little bitter, but this season, at least the children's clothes and shoes are available. ”

"What kind of world is this? Man is not as good as a pig. It is said that now is the prosperous age, the prosperous age of the rich! The old woman muttered a few words, and took her son by her hand and went into the house. The young mother turned and hurried out into the street.

Shu Yan and Xiao Mo saw it in their eyes, and thought it was a quarrel between the two husbands and wives, but after listening to their later conversations, they knew that there was something else hidden.

"In a poor family, his own milk does not breastfeed his own children, but he feeds other people's children; And the women of wealthy families do not breastfeed themselves, but they can use money to take the rations of other people's children......" Xiao Mo said.

"Are you sure that woman went to nurse the children of a wealthy family?" Shu Yan asked.

"Can that still be wrong? Not to mention breastfeeding the children of wealthy families, how can a poor family spend money to hire a nursing mother? ”

"I'm afraid not." Shu Yan denied, "It's okay if you breastfeed the children of wealthy families." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Didn't you hear that woman? There are many people who go to sell milk every day, just ask, no matter how many people in a wealthy family are, how many children can be breastfeeding in the same period? Do you need so many people queuing up to give milk? Also, the family of the scholars has always looked down on the poor people, they sit at different tables from the poor family, eat different stoves, and have extremely high requirements for the child's nursing mother, how can anyone go to feed the milk so casually? ”

"That's right." Xiao Mo felt that what Shu Yan said made some sense, she was a quick-tempered person, and she had to figure out something immediately, "Why should we speculate here and catch up with that woman to ask for clarification?" ”

The two of them rode horses, and they caught up with the woman in a moment, and Xiao Mo asked, "This eldest sister, what are you going to do in such a hurry?" ”

"A big family wants to buy human milk, and I rushed to deliver it."

"Did the family buy human milk for the child?"

The woman smiled and said, "Where do you say, the nursing mothers of the children of wealthy families are fixed, how can it be our turn?" ”

"If they don't give it to their children, what are they going to do with human milk?"

"Feed the suckling pig." The woman replied to Xiao Mo and did not stop.

"Feeding the suckling pig?" Shu Yan and Xiao Mo looked at each other, complaining that the old man said, 'People are not as good as pigs'.

"Yes, the young master of that family heard that the horse Wang Ji's family has a suckling pig fed with human milk, and the taste of such a suckling pig steamed out is particularly delicious, which aroused the interest of this son, so he also imitated Wang Ji's method and fed the suckling pig with human milk."

"How can anyone follow such a ridiculous thing? Who's it? ”

"It's the Shi Gongzi who is the secretary."

......

Shu Yan and Xiao Mo followed the woman to the back door of a large mansion, and sure enough, they saw many lactating young women gathered in front of the door.

"Sure enough, it's Shifu." Xiao Mo sneered, "This kid can't do anything else, but he's quite active and willing to learn this kind of thing." ”

"You don't know, the emperor originally wanted him to go to Ruyin with us, but he was a little sick because of taking Wushisan, so he didn't make it. Do you know who this kind of errand is sent to, it is the trust of the imperial court to whom, not whoever wants to go? ”

The two of them were talking, and suddenly Biyu walked out of it accompanied by Ah Miao and Ah Yan. Biyu also saw the two, but he didn't ask Shu Yan about Ruyin's situation, but walked over to Xiao Mo with a very surprised expression and said, "Huh? Isn't this a delicacies? What are you doing these days, and how did you come back? ”

"Does it matter to you whether I come back or not? Use your questions! ”

"Of course I don't have to ask," Biyu grinned, "I just wanted to ask you for something." ”

"You beg me? What's up? ”

"I guess you saw that, too." Biyu pointed at the group of women, "I'm feeding suckling pigs with human milk. ”

"Uh- what do you mean? I don't have milk, do you want to scold me by saying this? Xiao Mo's eyes widened with anger. No matter how well she disguises her appearance, she is still the essence of a woman in her heart. She subconsciously grouped herself into the group of women.

"Where do you want to go? How can you, a eunuch, have milk? I had another request - I wanted to taste the most delicious steamed pork in the world. ”

Xiao Mo looked at the group of women and sneered: "Although it's ridiculous, it seems that you will soon achieve it." ”

"It's not enough to have a suckling pig, the steamed pork I want to eat must not only have unique ingredients, but also the most unique chef, and the combination of the two can make the most unique taste." And the most unique chef is you. ”

"You're so bold! I'm a dignified delicacies, dedicated to serving the emperor, and my level is not smaller than you, the secretary, right? Dare me cook for you? Believe it or not, I ask the emperor to punish you? ”

"No, no, no, you're mistaken. How dare I ask of you? I ask you to cook for me once in your spare time, without affecting the cooking for the emperor, just once. ”

Xiao Mo saw that Biyu was very pious, and his anger subsided slightly, "Well, it's okay to say this, I could have fulfilled you." However, your actions have caused a lot of children to be fed, and if I help you, won't it help the abuse? ”

"I can't say that, although I used the milk of those women, I didn't force them, it was purely voluntary. They are not stupid, and they know that the benefits they receive from me can make up for the sins of their own children many times over. What is this, don't you hear that in the years of famine, there are still wives and children who sell their children? Who left them without money? ”

Sure enough, Xiao Mo saw that the women who had already finished offering milk came out of the house with money and grinning; And those who didn't get in line all hung their heads and complained as they walked.

"Brother Shu and I have to go back to the official office to resume our lives now, and I don't have time to discuss these with you. As for whether I can help you in the future, you can't talk too much about everything, it depends on your chance. ”

Biyu knew that Xiao Mo was unwilling to help him easily, but the other party finally didn't say too much, and he was still a little relieved. Seeing Shu Yan and Xiao Mo urging the horse to leave, he was just about to turn around and go back, when he suddenly saw a two-horse car stop in front of the door, which was his father Shi Hui's car.

"Hey, my father has always only gone through the front door, why did he come to the back door today?" Biyu was terrified, because the matter of buying human milk to feed pigs was secretly done by his father himself. Also, a few days ago, he didn't know if his father knew about it, but he had been hiding from his father anyway.

"Come to my study." Shi Hui lifted the curtain in the car and said to him.

Hearing this command, Biyu knew that something was wrong, and he foreshadowed that his father might already know about these things. At this time, he didn't care about being supported, so he got rid of Ah Miao and Ah Yan, and ordered them to inform his mother and go to his father's study alone.