noffsinger Chapter 224 Show mercy
Chapter 224 Show mercy
Dongfang Jin sighed, "Even the servants of wealthy families are so scheming against each other. They're all unfortunate people, why bother?"
If you don't compete, someone else will, and the one who competes will obviously be better off than the one who doesn't.
Once someone tastes success, all sorts of struggles begin, which is rather sad to think about.
Then came four women. The first one to come out was surnamed Cui, named Da Hong, and was twenty-eight years old.
She was married for seven years and gave birth to two daughters. Her eldest daughter died at the age of three, and her youngest daughter died less than a month later.
Her husband's family regarded her as a jinx, so they gave her a letter of divorce and sent her back to her parents' home. Her parents' home didn't want to accept her either, so her brother and sister-in-law sold her to a brokerage firm.
Later, a wealthy family came to the brokerage to select embroiderers, and she was chosen. Only later did she learn that she was to make a wedding dress for that family's daughter.
Unexpectedly, the woman who was being hastily made into a wedding dress by the family that bought her was the very man who had divorced her.
Because that man had been having an affair with the daughter of the deceased husband of this household for many years, and they had a son and a daughter.
She also learned from the woman that her two deceased daughters were killed by that man and her mother-in-law.
Finally, she secretly went to the yamen to file a complaint, but unexpectedly, she failed to get the complaint approved, was severely beaten, and was sold even further away.
Dongfang Jin heard her speak with a strong Northeastern accent and asked her what happened. She learned that she had been sold to the eastern part of Dongzhou. The reason she came here was because she followed the family that bought her as merchants.
Passing through Ling'an County, the man sold her to a brokerage firm to pay off his gambling debts.
Twenty-eight years old, sold three times, what bad luck.
The second woman, named Li Xiuhong, was twenty-five years old and from Liangzhou. She had been married for five years without having children and was divorced by her husband's family, and her own family also rejected her.
She sold herself, and gave all the money to her mother as a way of repaying the debt of giving birth to her.
She still has a strong personality.
The third one was surnamed Lan, named Xiuzhi, 25 years old, from Songhua River in Dongzhou.
She was also unable to have children, but her husband's family did not sell her locally. Instead, they drugged her and sent her directly to a caravan.
When the caravan passed through Ling'an County, they sold her at the dock. The person who bought her originally intended to give her to another family, but after a doctor's examination, it was discovered that she was impotent.
In a fit of anger, the family sold her back to a brokerage firm.
[Jin-jie, what is a woman with a stone neck?]
It's hard to say. In our world, being unable to have children is considered a form of natural disability. We can't really say for sure, but it's a tragic fate for most.
【Too. 】
The fourth one is Liu Ping, 24 years old, from Bingan Prefecture in eastern Jeju.
According to her account, her husband was not only timid and cowardly since childhood, but also a mama's boy.
They've been married for three years, but her husband not only doesn't sleep with her, he sleeps with her mother all the time.
Her mother-in-law was also spreading rumors that she was infertile.
In a fit of anger, she drugged her husband and they consummated their marriage; she later became pregnant.
Her mother-in-law accused her of having an affair, not only causing her to abort her child but also forcing her husband to divorce her.
Her family only had an alcoholic father. After she was divorced by her husband's family and returned home, her father, feeling ashamed of her, sold her.
The reason she was bought from the brokerage and then returned was because the family wanted her to arrange a ghost marriage for their son, which she refused, so she lit candles in the mourning hall...
Dongfang Jin glanced at them, sighed inwardly, and said to Qin Meng, "Let them be. If you find someone here who knows how to farm, I'll come back."
Hearing her say that, Qin Meng felt more at ease and gave her all the indentures of these people, saying respectfully, "Alright, I will keep an eye out for you."
I never expected her to buy so many people at once and solve two major problems for him, it's just a pity about those few...
It's frustrating to think about; everyone has their own destiny! This is the only chance we'll get.
Seeing his good attitude, Dongfang Jin asked, "How much?"
Upon hearing these words, a wave of bitterness welled up inside her, corroding her heart.
People...
Well, consider this a good deed you did.
I was just expressing my feelings.
Qin Meng glanced at those people and respectfully said to Dongfang Jin, "I said their children don't count, so those four will only be paid for two."
"There are six men; Qin will give you a fair price of eighteen taels each, and the women will be forty taels."
Dongfang Jin suppressed her discomfort; this blatant, clearly marked price was like treating livestock...
He took out 150 taels of silver notes, one 100 taels and one 50 taels, and handed them to Qin Meng: "Keep the change, I'll come again in the future."
"The people I asked for have arrived. Please send someone to the county government office to find the Li brothers; they know how to notify me."
Upon hearing the names of the county government and the Li brothers, Qin Meng thought, "Wow, they're quite influential." However, looking at the silver notes in his hand, he said, "This... how can I accept this?"
"Take it, who knows, we might have a long-lasting friendship in the future."
"Very well, then I thank you."
The two exchanged money and a contract of servitude. Once the transaction was complete, Dongfang Jin didn't linger and got up to leave.
Just as they were leaving the hospital, they saw an old woman across the street whipping several children, both boys and girls, around ten years old.
Gu Jingye had never seen such a scene before. His eyes were filled with fear and a trace of pity. He stepped forward and grabbed Dongfang Jin, saying, "Little sister."
Qin Meng also saw it: "Those are people from Shunda Dental Clinic. Unlike Hongyuan next door, they are a dental clinic that specializes in children's dental work."
Every now and then, a group of children come to their place. Hey, young lady, if you…
He paused, speechless. Why should he let someone buy people? He shook his head, pondering this.
Dongfang Jin reached out and patted Gu Jingye's hand, signaling him not to be afraid, and then looked at Qin Meng and asked, "Does your two families have a grudge?"
Qin Meng shook his head: "No, my family and their family were the first on this street to start this business, but our family has ancestral rules and regulations, no, we're not as good as theirs..."
Dongfang Jin: "..."
You're a dentist, do you still have ancestral precepts and rules?
"Since you have no grudges against each other, then please lead the way."
Qin Meng perked up immediately: "Great, great, great!"
This young lady is kind-hearted; he'll save whoever he can.
Being in this line of work, he couldn't very well buy it himself, and even if he did, he wouldn't have anywhere to put it, so in the end, he couldn't escape the fate of being sold.
These children are different from those under this young woman; as long as they behave themselves, she won't sell them.
After saying that, she quickly ran to the other side, waved her hand and shouted, "Sister Zuo, please have mercy!"
Dongfang Jin...
Sister Zuo?
What a fine way to say "show mercy"—is this what they call chivalry?
It's strangely funny.
Old Lady Zuo stopped whipping and looked at the newcomer, her tone somewhat unfriendly: "Little Mengzi, what do you want?"
Qin Meng bent down, his posture extremely humble, and pointed to Dongfang Jin who was walking behind him: "Sister Zuo, look, my customer wants to buy some playmates for his young master, what do you think..."
After saying that, he leaned close to her ear and whispered, "These children are seriously injured. If one or two of them die, you'll lose out. While they're still alive, sell them if you can."
Dongfang Jin, along with Gu Jingye and Shen Qihui, overheard Qin Meng's words.
Her lips twitched slightly, and she said politely, "Grandma Zuo, our family is a farming family with little property, so we wanted to learn from wealthy families and find a page for our child."
"Look, I won't pick the good, clever ones; I'll just take these seriously injured ones, how about that?"
Old Lady Zuo noticed that although she was dressed simply, her demeanor was extraordinary. A farmer? But probably not just any farmer.
Turning to look at the group of people at the entrance of Hongyun, it was clear that those who went to the Qin family first were probably introduced by acquaintances.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Gu Jingye became a little anxious: "Grandma, when my family can work in the fields next spring, we need more people. As long as they are good at farming, please keep them for us."