Chapter 196 Madman
The human trafficker didn't understand, but nodded and said, "We are a legitimate trafficker business. These guys are of clean origin. Don't worry."
"Are there any abducted ones?" Zhang Yunniang asked.
The trafficker said, "Madam, you worry too much. Under the emperor's rule, the government is clean and honest. How dare we do such a thing?"
"Besides, it's rare for abducted boys to come into our hands."
"Then where will they go?" Zhang Yunniang asked.
The human trafficker said casually, "Most of the younger ones were sent to the palace."
Zhang Yuniang immediately bit her lower lip tightly.
Gu Mingda patted his wife's shoulder comfortingly.
Gu Mingda had previously told his wife that Xiao Er might very well be sent to the palace, but Zhang Yunniang always had a glimmer of hope in her heart, so when she saw a child around twelve years old, she couldn't help but ask a few more questions.
Now, what Ren Yazi said has extinguished the last bit of fantasy in her heart. How can she feel good when she sees this group of boys who are only 11 or 12 years old?
Gu Mingda helped his wife sit down, then turned to ask Ren Yazi: "My eldest son is fourteen years old, is there any older servant boy?"
Before Renyazi could answer, someone among the group of teenagers spoke up.
"Master, my brother is thirteen and I am twelve. We can serve the young masters together."
The boy who was speaking had dark skin and a thin body, but his eyes were sparkling.
Ren Yazi glared at him, seeming to be very dissatisfied with his initiative to fight for it.
Gu Mingda was not unhappy at all. When he saw a child who was about the same age as his lost son, he couldn't help but be more tolerant and said, "It's okay, let him talk."
When the young man heard this, he immediately knelt heavily on the ground and said, "My lord, I don't want to be separated from my brother. If I have offended you, please forgive me."
Gu Mingda asked: "Have you ever been to school?"
The young man said, "My father was a student. I learned a few characters from him when I was young."
"Since your father is a scholar, how did you end up here?" Gu Mingda was puzzled.
The young man sighed and said, "My father was determined to study, but he failed the exams time and time again. His mental illness became more and more serious, and he eventually became bedridden. My mother sold all her property, but she couldn't save my father. After my father passed away, my mother also passed away, leaving only my brother and me."
"We couldn't survive, so my brother said he would sell himself to the palace to support me, but I didn't want to. He said if we had to sell ourselves, we would sell both of us, even if it was cheaper, as long as both of us were safe."
After hearing this, everyone present sighed.
"The older brother is responsible, and the younger brother also understands the obligation." Old Mrs. Gu sighed and took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Seeing the opportunity, the human trafficker asked someone to call the boy's brother over as well.
The two brothers stood together. They were both short and very thin, and looked quite pitiful.
Gu Mingda glanced at Niu Niu, who was looking at them with tears in her eyes.
"My brothers are so pitiful, they have no parents..." Niu Niu said to Zhang Yunniang in a low voice.
For Niu Niu, having no parents is almost the most terrifying thing in the world.
Zhang Yunniang coaxed her daughter softly, saying, "It's not a bad thing for the two brothers to stay together and support each other."
The two brothers were extremely happy when they learned that they could finally sell the product. The younger brother even held his older brother’s hand and said auspicious words to him for a long time.
But in this way, Gu Mingda could also see that among the two, the younger brother should be the one who made the decision.
Gu Zhao may not be able to control his younger brother Liu Feng, but his older brother Liu Yue is honest and simple, so he is more suitable to take care of Gu Zhao, who has an eccentric personality.
The Gu family continued to select people, and picked a servant and a maid to serve the old couple respectively, and then stopped selecting.
However, Li bought five maids and four servants with a generous gesture.
"Okay, let's stop here today. I'll come to you if I need anything in the future." Li said casually.
Ren Yazi nodded and responded.
Just as the two families were about to leave, suddenly a girl who looked about fourteen or fifteen years old rushed out from a utility room on the side and knelt in front of the two families.
"Please take me away! Don't let her sell me to that dirty place!"
The girl kowtowed hard, and her forehead soon turned red.
Zhang Yunniang and Li both looked at the human trafficker with shocked eyes.
The human toothbearer yelled at the girl: "Go back! This is not a place for you to act wild!"
Two young men immediately appeared from the side, rushed forward and tried to hold down the girl.
"Please! Don't sell me to the land of fireworks! I know a lot of things! I can make soap! Make perfume! Wuuuuuuu..." The girl shouted loudly before her mouth was covered.
Renyazi turned around and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, this girl has some problems with her brain, she always talks incoherently..."
Zhang Yuniang looked at the weak woman who was still struggling, and couldn't help but feel sympathy in her heart.
"Why sell her to a brothel?" Zhang Yuniang asked.
The trafficker sighed and said, "Madam, you don't know this, but this girl has a background. The noble has told us to sell her to a filthy place."
Old Mrs. Gu is old and has several granddaughters. How could she bear to see such a thing that was done to a person? She couldn't help but sigh on the spot: "What a sin! A good girl should be married off. Why must she be sold to a filthy place?"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuniang and Li turned around and looked at Old Lady Gu in surprise.
How come Old Lady Gu put getting married and going to a brothel together?
Zhang Yunniang hesitated for a moment and said, "Mom, getting married is not necessarily a bad thing. I feel more comfortable after marriage."
Old Mrs. Gu said angrily: "Anyone who meets your stepmother would want to run away. If you are unlucky and meet a husband-in-law like Xiao Liu, you will have no place to cry!"
The Xiao Liu that Old Mrs. Gu mentioned was not someone else, but Liu Xiaoru.
Zhang Yunniang fell silent after hearing this. If she really married into a family that was out to get money and kill people, it would be hard to say whether it would be better than entering a brothel.
"Mingda, can our family keep this child?" Old Mrs. Gu's kindness burst out and she took out her purse, wanting to buy the child.
The human traffickers who had been active in selling people before were very hesitant this time.
"Old lady, this girl is really crazy and her mind is not clear." After the human trafficker said this, he waved his hand and asked his men to let go of the hand that covered the girl's mouth.
The young girl laughed miserably, "Evil people, all of them are evil people. The promising eldest young master drowned, and the useless second young master was skinned and stuffed with straw. The fire was scorching, the flowers were blooming, but in the end, nothing was left!"
When the human trafficker heard these words, he hurriedly asked someone to cover the girl's mouth.
"You heard it too. If this girl hadn't cursed the master, the nobleman wouldn't have sold her to that filthy place!"
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