Rise From the Humble

A young girl was kneeling in front of everyone, her pear blossoms were covered with rain, her eyes were red, and she looked pitiful.

Because there were many people around the girl, looking at the pitiful girl kneeling on the ground, everyone looked at her with direct lustful eyes, which made her feel uncomfortable, but they seemed to be worried about something. They were obviously moved, but they were not. No one reached out.

The young girl knelt there pitifully, looking at everyone with a pair of red and swollen eyes, feeling hateful and angry in her heart. Obviously many people wanted to possess her, but no one was willing to pay for these stinky men. Her father couldn't wait, he was so ill! The girl was very anxious!

What a bunch of stinky men!

If it weren't for the purpose of treating his father, he wouldn't be kneeling here and selling himself into slavery! What I want is to marry into a wealthy family, marry into an official family. Only the devil is willing to give it to these stinky men with a little bit of money! However, his old father was seriously ill and in urgent need of 20 taels of silver to save his life. His brother ignored his old father, but he could not watch his old father pass away in pain and torture.

It's just that Zhao Xiucai, who was engaged earlier, not only refused to help, but instead added insult to injury and ruined the engagement! He is such a useless man, he fails to pass the examination, he is extremely poor, and his character is extremely poor! Even if he hadn't ruined it, he would have found a way to break off the engagement, just a poor scholar! Originally, I 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!

She should marry into a wealthy family and become an official wife! How could you be willing to be a slave? I should be more cruel and ignore my old father like my brothers, but I can't bear it after all! How could I abandon my father who gave birth to me and raised me?

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:

"Dear gentlemen, my father is seriously ill and urgently needs 20 taels of silver for medical treatment, but the 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. There is only one merciless request. Wait until the little girl takes care of my father and recovers from his illness. After that. Then go to the house and work as a slave, working as an ox or a horse, to repay your kindness."

The girl's face was pale and pitiful.

But when everyone heard that it cost 20 taels of silver, and that the girl had to wait for her father to take care of his illness before he was actually sold into slavery. I couldn't help but hold my breath like a deflated balloon, suppress the restlessness in my heart, and remain silent.

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 freedoms. They are just allowed to do whatever the master asks them to do and whatever they want. For example, in Jia Baoyu's first trial, he used clouds and rain on his personal maid Xiren.

The reason why these people are discouraged is simple: more money comes with risks.

20 taels of silver was almost enough to buy at least two maids of similar size in the Ming Dynasty. For example, the maid in the masterpiece Mei Mei: Chunmei spent 35 taels of silver for Chen Jingji to buy a maid named Qian'er; Ximen Qing spent 5 taels of silver to 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 much time, For a long time, whether you keep your promise or not is still a different matter. After such a long time, if you run away, who should I look for?

So, go ahead and covet. But no one took action.

"Girl, what disease does your father have?" asked a well-dressed man in the crowd.

"My father is in the medical clinic 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.

Typhoid fever and severe diseases are gone. This is a combination of several diseases, which is difficult to treat.

When everyone heard this, they were very discouraged. 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, if your father can't handle it, you, a filial girl, will be unlucky. It will be even more unlucky if you get sick again.

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 an elegant young man dressed as a scholar, 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 clothing is the clothing of a scholar, so he must have achieved fame.

The girl's eyes couldn't help but sparkle, and she couldn't help but feel happy. They said good people are rewarded, and it was indeed like this. She saved her father and met a noble person. If you want such a noble young master to buy him as a slave, that would be the best thing.

This young man comes from a wealthy family, has a great 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 dress 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 make my two brothers and neighbors look good. I will definitely make the whole village envious.

"Reporting to the young master, my father is in Henian Hall in front of me."

Thinking of this, the girl couldn't help but stretched out her slender hands to push her hair behind her ears again, trying to make her face look more charming, and answered in a sweet voice. Her soft voice made people full of protective desire.

Hearing this, Zhu Ping'an nodded, then turned and walked towards the Heniantang he just passed by.

The girl was sexually frightened. She didn't know why the noble young man 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 your master was going was the direction of He Niantang. This noble young master wants to verify. What he said is true. It is also true that his father is seriously ill. There will naturally be no problem for this noble young master to verify.

The days of a wealthy and aristocratic family, a famous husband, no worries about food and clothing, success, and glory 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 Ping'an 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 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 answered one by one, exactly the same as what Zhu Ping'an knew in Henian Hall, without any discrepancy.

That's true.

Seeing the poor old man curled up and vomiting blood in Heniantang, Zhu Pingan made up his mind to treat the old man. Although 20 taels of silver is a lot, it is within the scope of my affordability. My parents and brothers are not short of money. I have barely used the money I brought from home. 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 maidservant 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!

Silly!

The people watching around were full of scorn. This honest-looking scholar was really a fool. He didn't want anyone even after paying him. He must have lost his mind by studying! Such a young and beautiful lady!