However, plans always fail to keep up with changes.
Early in the morning, when Wang Dahai and Wang Dayou were telling their children to listen to Aunt Xu's words, the city gate opened wide and officers and soldiers filed out, lining up on both sides just like yesterday, and setting up tables and chairs at the city gate.
But the scribe arrived late.
Before he arrived, merchants driving bullock carts followed the officers and soldiers out of the city.
The oxcart is full of wooden barrels, and the barrels are full of yellow corn.
The merchant and his servants got off the cart, put the buckets and bags away, and set up a sign in front of the cart.
It is written in black carbon: A woman weighs ten pounds, a child weighs five pounds, and a child is innocent.
"What are you writing about?" Wang Dayou and Wang Dahai asked Xu Da.
Xu Da naturally picked up Xu Yue who was climbing out of the shack and motioned her to look at the sign over there.
Xu Yue understood immediately and whispered the words on the sign to Xu Da, who immediately replied to Wang Day and Wang Dahai.
"You want to buy someone for ten or five pounds?" Wang Dahai couldn't believe it.
Ten kilograms is a dou, and merchants are the most cunning, fearing that the dou will be short of a few taels.
In other words, a living person is not worth a bucket of rice, which is simply outrageous.
Wang Dayou also hurriedly looked at his wife and children and the surrounding refugees. Suddenly he felt that people around him were staring at his wife and children, and he was so frightened that he rushed his wife and children to the Xu family's shack.
But even with such an outrageous price, there are still a lot of people dragging their wives and children forward to bargain.
Most people sell their children.
Just because selling children is the most cost-effective, because as long as you keep your wife, you can have more children.
Nowadays, a child has five kilograms of millet, and a person can get one and a half kilograms of millet into the city. With three kilograms of millet, he and his wife can go to the city together, and still have two kilograms left for a full meal.
But selling a woman is different. When a woman becomes an adult, she can work and have children, so you will suffer a loss if you sell her.
Raising children costs money and food.
Comparing the two cars, selling the child is the most cost-effective.
It's just that there aren't many children who can live to this day, and the owner has to pick and choose. They don't want the dying ones, the ones with physical defects, and the ones that are too ugly.
So this kid is not that easy to sell.
The conditions for adult women and young girls are relatively loose, and they can be taken away as long as there are no obvious defects.
If you look good, you can ask your employer for an extra pound or two of millet.
"My child, follow your father and get the food. From now on... you will die as your mother!"
The woman bid farewell to her husband and children with tears in her eyes.
My husband also had tears in his eyes, with helplessness and reluctance in his eyes.
He solemnly said: "My wife, don't worry, I will raise the child well. You can go in peace. When the family is well, I will redeem you with money."
After hearing her husband's words, the woman felt a little relieved. She wiped her tears and followed the merchant's servants to get on the bullock cart, and was dragged into the city together with other women who had the same fate.
The child watched his mother go away and couldn't help crying and ran after the oxcart. The man hurriedly retrieved the child and walked towards the bottom of the city wall carrying the rice he had just received.
Xu Yue was held in her father's arms, watching this scene from a distance, the complex feelings in her heart were simply indescribable.
She rested her little face on her father's neck, only then could she feel the vitality of life.
Rather than being like those who sold themselves or were forced to be sold, they became slaves and were used as cattle and horses in the future.
"People shouldn't be like this." Xu Yue murmured softly.
Xu Da turned his head to look at the limp little daughter lying on his shoulder, and caressed her back lovingly, "Don't be afraid, dad will not betray you."
The girl on her shoulder raised her head slightly to look at him and asked softly: "Dad, have you ever seen that world where everyone is equal?"
Xu Dawei raised his eyebrows, but did not tell his little daughter that in the world he lived in, only the strong were respected, and the fate of the weak was even more cruel than here.
He thought of the gender discrimination issues that Wang always talked about on weekdays, and asked softly:
"Is this a world like yours?"
Xu Yue nodded uncertainly, "Well, it should be so."
Grandma's world should be better than the world she lives in.
Where they are now, everyone is just equal, and gender discrimination is still being improved.
But compared to the current world, their place can be called a paradise for women.
Xu Da was noncommittal. He had never seen such a world, but he had seen a glimpse of it among the women in his family.
Regardless of whether it is the Wang family, the second mother or the young mother, they were all literate in the original world, and they even made achievements in certain aspects.
This shows that although they are women, in their original world, they are treated similarly to men.
The Wang family is especially talented. She is knowledgeable and talented. She can practice martial arts and draw a bow. From time to time, she will give out a few orders. She seems to be a female general who can mobilize thousands of troops. Even if this kind of thing is applied to a powerful female in the world of cultivation,
It's also unimaginable.
If I have the chance, I would like to see such a world.
Xu Yue lay on her father's shoulder and chatted for a while. She finally eased her bad mood and took the initiative to slip out of her father's arms.
"Aniang!"
Mrs. Wang came over, and Xu Yue leaned over happily. Mrs. Wang pinched her nose and motioned her to play with her brothers and sisters. She walked up to Xu Da, observing the situation under the city gate with her eyes.
He warned softly: "If there are changes, come back first."
Xu Da nodded and called Wang Dayou and Wang Dahai. The three of them walked towards the city gate holding ten large coins in their arms.
The queue to enter the city had already formed a long line. Xu Da led his two brothers to jump in the queue. When they met the gangsters who were scared when they saw him yesterday, a few of them dared to get angry but did not dare to say anything, so they obediently gave up their seats to Xu Da and the other three.
It can be seen that violent suppression is very useful at certain moments!
At this time, the scribe came belatedly.
Standing at the front was the man who sold his wife and took his son with him. He handed over three kilograms of corn and was about to take his son into the city.
Unexpectedly, the scribe suddenly stopped the father and son and said with a smile:
"Sorry, I forgot to mention that a person entering the city today to express condolences has to pay three kilograms of corn, and you are still three kilograms short."
"I forgot to mention it, so I won't argue with you two this time. But if anyone else tries to fool me by doing these little tricks again, don't blame me for being rude to the officers and soldiers!"
The scribe made good guys and bad guys together, and his ability to raise prices from the ground up is astonishing.
Wang Dahai had a bad temper and almost cursed, but Xu Da glared at him and pulled him out.
Wang Dayou saw Xu Da leaving. Although he had enough money in his pocket, he also withdrew.
"Brother Xu, what should we do now?" Wang Dayou asked worriedly.
He doesn't want to pay twice the entrance fee now, but he's also afraid that the fee will double again tomorrow.
Obviously, there are many people who have this idea. The scribes have grasped the psychology of everyone and raised the price with confidence.
Faced with Wang Dayou's inquiry, Xu Da stopped talking about his face and said bluntly: "I'll ask my wife."
