A young girl in plain clothes, kneeling in front, with fluffy sideburns and pale face, looking pitiful.
The men who were watching looked at the kneeling young girl with covetous eyes but also scruples. They gathered around whispering and hesitating, but no one came forward.
The young girl knelt there and looked at the group of men in front of her with cold eyes. It was obvious that many people coveted her appearance, but no one was willing to pay for her. She was very anxious when she thought of her old father who was still seriously ill in the hospital.
What a bunch of stinky men!
If it weren't for the purpose of treating his father, I wouldn't be kneeling here and selling myself into slavery! What I want is to marry into a wealthy family, marry into an official family, why would the devil be willing to give these stinky men with a little money! But!
, his old father is seriously ill and urgently needs 20 taels of silver to save his life. His brother doesn't care about his old father, but he can't helplessly watch his old father pass away in pain and torture.
It’s just that Zhao Xiucai, who was engaged earlier, not only did not help, but instead ruined the engagement! He is really a useless man, he can’t pass the exam, he is very poor, and his character is extremely bad! He just doesn’t
If you ruin it, you will find a way to break off the engagement, you are just a poor scholar! Originally, you just wanted to squeeze some money out of him!
It's just, hateful, why didn't you let yourself be born into a wealthy family? hateful, why did you let your old father become seriously ill!
I should marry into a wealthy family and become an official's wife! How could I be willing to be a slave? I should be more cruel and ignore my old father like some of my brothers. However, I can't bear it after all! How could I give birth to and raise me?
Able to abandon his father and ignore him.
The young girl looked at the smelly men around her with cold eyes, filled with resentment in her heart. However, she thought of her old father who was still seriously ill in the hospital and was in critical condition. However, she had to sigh, raised her head, and brushed her hanging hair to her ears.
Finally, he said sadly:
"My dear gentlemen, my father is seriously ill and urgently needs 20 taels of silver for medical treatment. However, our family is too poor to survive. The little girl has no choice but to sell herself as a slave to save her father's life. I only have one merciless request, wait until the little girl takes care of my father and recovers from his illness.
Later, he went to the house to work as a slave, working as a cow or a horse, to repay his kindness."
The girl's face was pale and pitiful.
But when everyone heard that it cost 20 taels of silver, and that they had to wait for the girl to take care of her father before he was actually sold into slavery. They couldn't help but hold their breath like a deflated balloon, suppressing the restlessness in their hearts, and said nothing.
Don't say anything.
After hearing what the girl said, Zhu Pingan didn't wonder why so many people were just surrounding this pretty girl instead of buying her as a maid. You must know that maids, in feudal society, have no human rights and
Personal freedom means that you can do whatever your master asks you to do, and you can do whatever you want. For example, in Jia Baoyu's first trial, he used Yunbuyu on his personal maid Xiren.
The reason why these people are discouraged is simple: too much money comes with risks.
20 taels of silver was almost enough to buy at least two similar maids in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the maid in "Jin Ping Mei": Chunmei spent 35 taels of silver for Chen Jingji to buy a maid named Qian'er; Ximen Qing spent 5 taels.
The money will buy a little girl named Xiaoyu Fu Shiyue Niang.
The risk is that the girl said she would sell herself into slavery after she nursed her father back to health and nursed him back to health. I don’t know whether it’s the Year of the Monkey or the Horse. One year is not good, two years is not good. This is still a case of keeping the promise. After so long
Whether or not you keep your promise for a long time is a different matter. If you run away for such a long time, who should I look for?
Therefore, despite coveting it, no one took action.
"Girl, what disease does your father have?" asked a well-dressed man in the crowd.
"My father is in the hospital next door. He has a headache and body aches, aversion to cold and slight thirst. He often coughs up blood and sometimes suffers from diarrhea. The doctor said it is a serious disease caused by typhoid fever." The girl complained sadly.
It is difficult to cure the severe diseases caused by typhoid fever. This is a combination of several diseases.
Everyone was very discouraged after hearing this. When your father recovers from his illness, you still don’t know the year of the monkey and the month of the horse. Although you want to be pretty and filial, but if your father can’t handle it, you, a filial girl, will be unlucky. If
It will be even more unlucky if the illness comes over after a while.
After thinking about it, everyone was less interested and even more reluctant.
Zhang Siwei stood there with a wait-and-see attitude and no intention of taking action.
Wang Shizhen actually wanted to spend money to buy this girl and help her father treat his illness, but when he touched it, he only had ten taels of silver with him.
"Which hospital is your respected father at?"
At this moment, I suddenly heard a question.
The girl raised her head and saw a young man dressed as a scholar, elegant and noble, looking at her and asking.
Looking at the young man's clothes, you can tell that he comes from a wealthy family, but the mink fur that is used as decoration means that this set of clothes may not be worth a hundred taels of silver. The clothes are the clothes of a scholar, so he must be famous for his fame.
The girl's eyes couldn't help but sparkle, and she couldn't help but feel happy. They all said that good people are rewarded, and it was indeed like this. She saved her father and met a noble man. If she wanted such a noble man to buy her as a slave, that would be
It could not be better.
This young man comes from a wealthy family, has a good reputation, has a simple and honest face, and is willing to buy himself under his own conditions. He must be kind-hearted.
I went to be his slave and was adopted by him. It would be easy to be a concubine. If I used some tricks, it would not be too difficult to be a concubine or something like that. As a concubine of the male master, I would be able to provide food and clothing in the future.
Worry-free, and it can be seen from the young man's clothing and demeanor that he is a son of a wealthy family. It is a great honor to be the aunt of a wealthy family, and his husband is famous. When I go home in the future, I will definitely have two of them.
If your brother and your neighbors are good-looking, they will surely be the envy of the whole village.
"Reporting to the young master, my father is in front of He Niantang."
Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help but stretched out her slender hands and pushed her hair behind her ears again. She tried hard to make her face look more charming and answered in a sweet voice. Her voice was soft and full of protectiveness.
Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an nodded, then turned and walked towards the Henian Hall he had just passed.
The girl was a little surprised. She didn't know why the noble young master turned around and left after asking her. What she said was all the truth.
The girl bit her lip, feeling very disappointed.
However, the next second, the girl's eyes lit up again, because she discovered that the direction the noble master was going was the direction of He Niantang. The noble master wanted to verify that what he said was true. It was also true that his father was seriously ill. This noble master wanted to verify.
There will naturally be no problem with Young Master's verification.
The days of a wealthy family, a famous husband, having no worries about food and clothing, getting ahead, and being prosperous are coming.
The girl is full of hope
"Zihou, why are you going? Wait for me."
Wang Shizhen chased after Zhu Pingan, thinking that if Zhu Pingan didn't pay, she would first borrow Zhu Pingan's money to buy the girl and help her.
Zhang Siwei also followed the two of them and walked over.
Entering Heniantang, Zhu Pingan saw a poor old man curled up on the ground. There seemed to be a pool of blood on the ground. The clerk of Heniantang was cleaning up the ground while cursing.
Zhu Ping'an walked into the Henian Hall, pointed to the old man on the ground and asked the doctor who was sitting in the hall.
The doctor sitting in the hall has fairly reliable medical skills. After all, anyone who can live under Yan Song must have decent medical skills.
Well, yes, the old man is indeed, as the girl said, recovering from typhoid fever. Although he is seriously ill, he is fortunately not terminal and still has vitality. He just needs good medicine to survive. Roughly speaking, there is no need to say more.
You must have twenty taels of silver.
Zhu Ping'an also learned about the old man's name, age, address and other information from the Heniantang registration book.
Then after thanking the sitting doctor, Zhu Ping'an left Henian Hall with Wang Shizhen and Zhang Siwei.
Seeing that the noble young man returned to the crowd again, the young girl was secretly happy and her eyes almost watered.
"Whose name is your father, Gui Geng? Where do you live?" After Zhu Pingan returned, he looked at the girl and asked.
The girl's answers were exactly the same as what Zhu Ping'an had learned in Henian Hall, without any discrepancy.
That's true.
Seeing the poor old man curled up and vomiting blood in Heniantang, Zhu Ping'an made up his mind to save the old man. Although 20 taels of silver was a lot, it was within his affordability. His parents and brothers were not short of money, so he
The money brought by my family has hardly been used yet, it is enough.
20 taels of silver can save a person's life, why not do it.
So Zhu Pingan took out the money bag from his sleeve, opened it, and counted two denominations of ten taels of silver.
The girl looked at the money bag that Zhu Pingan took out casually. There were several denominations of 50 taels of silver in it, and she was even more excited. Sure enough, they were from a wealthy family, and the pocket money they carried with them was enough for ordinary people to struggle for several lifetimes.
Zhu Pingan walked up to the girl and handed over the twenty taels of silver.
"Thank you so much, my benefactor."
The girl looked at Zhu Ping'an with such charming eyes that her eyes were watering.
"You're welcome. I'll take good care of your father."
"Ziwei, Wensheng, let's go."
Zhu Pingan waved his hand, turning a blind eye to the girl's charming gaze, greeted Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, then turned and left the crowd.
"Young Master, Young Master, I dare to ask you your surname and where you live. When my father recovers from his illness, this little girl will definitely be a slave and a maid, so that she can serve you well."
Seeing your young master leaving, the girl got up and chased after him anxiously.
"If you give me the money, don't worry about it anymore."
Zhu Pingan stopped, curled his lips, shook his head and smiled, and then strode away with Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen without hesitation.
What a bloody plot
Idiot
The people watching around were full of slander. (To be continued.)