Chapter 43: Butterfly Clothes Sells Herself
A poor little girl, seven or eight years old, with a small braid, and her white face was frozen crimson under the cold wind. A writer, with a table and a tattered cotton jacket, saw this little girl who was sympathetic and asked her why she was kneeling on the ground and what had happened. The little girl told the writer that his father had a high fever and that the family had no money for medical treatment, and that if he did not see his father, his father might not be able to live, so he had to kneel here and sell himself to earn money for his medical treatment. The writer touched his tattered pocket, took out a few copper plates from it, took out one and gave it to the little girl, sighing and saying that he had no money, so he could only give them so much. The little girl saw that the writer was wearing a tattered cotton jacket in this cold winter to write and sell words for a living, and she couldn't bear to ask for the writer's money, and after saying thank you, she wanted to return the money to the broken scholar. The broken scholar pushed the little girl's hand back, saying that although this money could not help much, it was a little bit of his heart. The little girl kowtowed to the broken scholar and thanked him for his kindness. The broken scholar said that if you kneel like this, others don't know why you are kneeling, so it is better for him to write a deed of sale for him for free, so that passers-by can read it. The little girl thanked the broken scholar again, and the broken scholar picked up the brush and heated the stone inkstone with his mouth. The broken scholar dipped his brush in the stone inkstone, and wrote the girl's deed of sale with tears in his eyes.
There were more and more people on the road, and the literate people passing by were sadly reading the deed of sale in front of the little girl, and the eyes of the onlookers around were moist, and some soft-hearted peasant women choked up. The little girl heard the choked voice of the peasant woman, thought of her father with a high fever in the hospital bed, and thought of her miserable fate, and fell to her knees and cried. Sadness spread among the little girl and the crowd, and a bewitching woman walked up to the little girl with a smile when she heard the deed of sale read by a literate person, and saw a beautiful little girl in front of her. The woman took the deed of sale and told the girl to go home with her to get the money, and she bought her. The little girl knelt on the ground and thanked the woman, and the people around her saw that the woman wanted to buy him, and they were even more sad for the little girl. This woman is the ** of Yihong Courtyard, she must have taken a fancy to this girl's beauty, and after a few years of raising in Yihong Courtyard, she let her pick up customers, earn dirty silver for her, and then sell it to rich businessmen and dignitaries as concubines when the little girl is happy, what a poor girl, the crowd is whispering. **Saying that he dodged away, don't block the old lady Pudu sentient beings, the crowd spat at the feet of **, but they didn't dare to stop **, they had no money to donate to the girl, and there was no reason to stop **buying the little girl. A young couple, holding a two-year-old girl, passed by here, saw the crowd of onlookers, turned around and came here, and saw ** pulling a girl out of the crowd. The two men heard the synopsis of the story from the chatter of the crowd, and the young woman took her husband's hand and said let's save the poor little girl, and the husband nodded and stopped **, saying that he was going to buy the girl. **I thought that this girl would grow up to be a beauty and could earn her a lot of money, saying that she bought it first, and she didn't sell it. The young woman said "Have you signed the deed of sale?" The onlookers around followed the young woman and said that you did not sign the deed of sale, and the little girl has the right to decide who to sell to, now let's ask the little girl who she is willing to go with, the little girl's bright eyes looked at ** a bewitching appearance, and saw that ** is not a good person, and said that she was willing to follow the young couple. ** Angrily said that although they did not sign a deed of sale, they had reached a verbal agreement, and the little girl was bought by her, no matter how high the price was offered by others, she would not sell it. The surrounding people shook their heads sadly, and whispered that this ** has to pick a few beautiful ** to give to the county old lady every month, and the old lady is covered, who dares to take this girl away from her. The young man drew his sword and said that this girl was not her ** girl without signing the deed of sale, and anyone else had the right to buy it. ** Roll up her sleeves and shout to the catcher on the street that someone is robbing her girl in broad daylight. Hearing this familiar voice, he ran over from the side and said that the girl who robbed the mother of Yihong Courtyard in the blue sky and day is there no Wang Fa. **Pointing to the young couple, one of the catchers pulled out the knife on his body, the tip of the knife scratched the young man's belly, and told the young man that you don't want to disembowel, the young man turned the knife aside with the palm of his hand, and told the catcher girl that she was willing to sell it to me, I was willing to sell, and I didn't break any laws. The little girl often heard from the mouths of the adults in the village how vicious these catchers were, took the young man's hand and said that she thanked the two uncles and aunts for their kindness, and turned around and told ** that she was willing to go with her, don't embarrass the uncle and aunt. ** Smugly walked up to the young couple and said that they were not as sensible as a little girl. The young woman grabbed the little girl's arm and told ** that we have bought this girl, and if you pay twenty taels of silver, they will pay forty taels. Seeing that these two people were so ignorant of the world, the group surrounded the young man, tied the young man with a rope, and escorted him to the county government to sentence him to take it by force. He looked at the young woman and said that for your sake, we will not tie you up, but you must go with us in peace, or you will have her good fruit to eat. The young man and young woman did not resist and followed the arrest to the county office. **On the way, tell the catcher that the girls must serve them well at night. The county magistrate yawned and ascended to the hall, and saw that the person who was tied up in front of him seemed to have seen it somewhere, but when he saw the cry of ** tears, he couldn't remember who the man in front of him was, and thought that it might be a passerby he had met on the road. The county official covered his red and swollen face with his hands, and suddenly remembered that these two people were Zhang Yuhua and Lin Xiaotong from the Huashan faction, and immediately ran to Zhang Yuhua and his wife, asking the officials to quickly untie the rope for the good people and heroes. Zhang Yuhua stood on the yatang and told the county magistrate that if they found out in the future that he was not in charge of the people and the people, they would definitely take the heads of these two people.