Chapter 36 Meeting and passing by
"Scum~Scum~Scum~"
"Scum~Scum~"
Outside the wooden carved window, there are lush trees.
The old lady can't stand the noise of cicadas, thinking it affects her worship of Buddha.
The servants have a job every day, which is to catch cicadas.
This morning, there was a magpie with a black head, neck and back, a white belly and a long tail standing on the branch and chirping.
The old lady frowned slightly.
The weather is a bit hot, and this country house can only put some ice basins, and not too much, for fear of getting cold.
If it were in the capital, there would be water houses and pavilions to escape the heat, so she wouldn't be so sticky.
The old lady is old and afraid of both heat and cold.
"Grandma, the magpies are calling, and they are here to announce good news. Why don't I accompany you to Qingyuan Temple outside the city to have a vegetarian meal? You can stay there for one night before returning. Wan'er wants to offer the Buddhist scriptures I copied for you to the Buddha of Longevity, and pray for the Buddha to bless you with a long life and the health and safety of your family."
The old lady looked at her granddaughter, who was standing tall and graceful, wearing a half-new skirt, and her delicate hands placed on the Buddhist scriptures with a black orchid cover, as if she saw her golden years.
"It's hard to believe that you are so filial, Ah Yao, you arrange it."
Because they had to stay overnight, they had to prepare a lot of things.
Food, bedding, and incense. There were so many things
, and it was almost noon before the grandmother and granddaughter set out in a sedan chair.
...
"Quack~Quack~"
"Ah~Ah~"
Jiang Yu was startled by the bobcat eagle.
She turned around to look at her sister, who was resting her face on her back. She reached out and patted her sister's butt obediently.
Ah Cui was also startled.
She pretended to be calm and said, "Your sister is very obedient. She didn't cry or make a fuss."
Xiao Mianmian was shocked. Oh my god, what kind of bird is that? How can it be so big? It can't even fit in a pot.
She opened her mouth and drooled.
Ah Cui looked at the little baby and thought it was quite amusing. She glanced at the peddler in front of her and shouted, "Hey, little peddler, why are you walking so fast? Wait for us."
Jiang Mianmian looked up and it seemed so. The other party was so short and was carrying a large load of things, but he was still walking briskly and had a long distance from them.
Jiang Yu followed Ah Cui and walked quickly. While holding her sister's buttocks, she complained: "It's a pity, Ah Cui, I need to eat more meat buns. These are my new embroidered shoes. They are getting worn out after walking such a long way with you."
Jiang Mianmian, whose buttocks were held, felt that her legs had been separated for too long. She needed to take a break. Otherwise, she would easily have bow legs if she kept doing so, which would not look good when she grew up.
"Aiya, ahiya." She shouted, waving her arms.
The peddler in front stopped carrying his load and sat down to rest. The peddler
opened the water bag and asked Ah Cui and Jiang Yu: "Girls, do you want to drink some water? It's sweetened with sugar."
Ah Cui and Jiang Yu shook their heads, indicating that they didn't need it.
The peddler found two bamboo tubes, poured them water, and drank it himself.
Ah Cui and Jiang Yu drank from the bamboo tube after seeing the peddler drink.
Jiang Yu smacked his lips and said, "It's a little sweet, but it also has a strange taste. Is it rotten?"
Then he drank all the water in the cup seriously.
Ah Cui wanted to leave quickly, so she drank the water too.
They were not on guard because there were people who followed the peddler to get things before. If something really happened, the peddler, who was so small, would definitely not be able to beat them.
Then Jiang Mianmian watched Ah Jie and Ah Cui stagger and fall down...
Her eyes widened. Her
mouth closed.
Did they encounter human trafficking? What kind of human suffering is this?
Then a strong woman carrying a load ran out of the dense forest.
"Didn't you just cheat one? Boss, you got three now."
The woman pulled the two people on the ground, picked them up one by one and stuffed them into the basket.
"This little one looks very pretty, and doesn't cry or make a fuss. Take it back and raise it as our child." The peddler said.
The woman spread the baby's legs and took a look, then said, "You lose money, don't take it."
Jiang Mianmian: ... It's too insulting.
"Although it doesn't have a penis, you can raise it and give it to Kuang'er as your daughter-in-law, and it can also work for you, so that you can enjoy it in the future." The peddler carefully put the baby into his basket.
"How about giving it some water!" said the woman.
The peddler shook his head firmly: "No, they are too young, they will become idiots, and it will be useless if we raise them. This child looks really different, like a child born in a rich family. Even if Kuang'er doesn't like it, we can raise it and sell it at a profit. Maybe the money from the sale can cure Kuang'er, and we won't have to live in the open anymore. Let's go."
The peddler and the woman carried the load and walked forward for a while, then turned a corner and went out of the city.
"If we sell these two girls, we won't be able to sell goods here anymore." The peddler sighed.
The woman sneered, "Is the money you earn from selling goods enough for you to eat and drink, or enough to buy medicine with the basket? This is a poor place to begin with. I've looked around for so long, but there's nothing good to sell."
Jiang Mianmian was in the peddler's basket, with a bamboo basket lid on her head and a piece of tattered cotton cloth under her body. The smell was a bit strong, but light could penetrate through the bamboo basket lid.
The basket swayed like a cradle, which was more comfortable than having her sister carry her on her back.
But she was so panicked.
Listening to the two people talking outside, their accents were a bit heavy and their tone was a bit fast, so she could only roughly understand them.
It seemed like they were professional traffickers of women, women and children. She
thought about what to do, what to do...
It was too difficult for a baby who was less than one year old to save himself.
At this time, she saw Xiao Hei, who had actually followed her and was lying obediently on the bamboo basket cover,
just like she was lying on the wooden basin at home. She felt inexplicably relieved.
She reached out and poked the tentacles on Xiao Hei's head. Jiang Mianmian was panicked, but she still tried to convey her request as concisely as possible.
If you meet someone, bite the peddler, the short one, and be careful.
Then she was worried that Xiao Hei didn't understand, so she gave it a drop of spiritual spring water.
It's time to show your true role.
Jiang Mianmian saw that Xiao Hei finished drinking the spiritual spring water and crawled away nimbly, looking back at her in the middle.
She lay there obediently.
She felt like a kidnapped queen ant...
huge and useless.
The peddler and the eldest daughter-in-law walked quickly with their loads.
They saw a luxurious carriage coming from the front, with a carriage driver, a maid, and two guards.
The peddler and the eldest daughter-in-law did not show any panic. It was not the first time they did this, and they would just move to another place after they were done.
As long as they don't kidnap the children of rich people, it's fine. If the children of poor people are lost, they can't find them.
The two men walked smoothly with their loads on their shoulders. When they met the sedan chair head-on, they smiled humbly and stood by the road to avoid it.
Suddenly, the peddler shouted twice: "Aiya, aiya!"
It seemed that some insects bit him, and it hurt so much that he couldn't help but shout out.
The sedan chair stopped.
The curtain of the sedan chair was opened, revealing a fair and delicate face.
There was a white jade hairpin on her head, pearls on her earlobes, black hair and big eyes.
"Grandma, it seems to be two peddlers." The girl turned to the old lady.
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