Chapter 207: Poached Eggs in Sugar Syrup
"Okay, thank you very much for this. How much did you spend on her?" Sang Yu thanked him first, and then prepared to give him the money.
Liu Mao waved his hand and said, "It's not worth much. If you want to thank me, treat me to a meal another day."
He and Sang Yu are not only business partners but also friends. Sang Yu has saved himself and his mother before. There is no need to calculate some things too carefully.
Sang Yu agreed immediately: "Okay, bring your aunt along and have dinner at home some other day."
She knew that Liu Mao was not refusing. A person who was born mute and refused to eat would probably not be sold for much money, so there was no need to be so fussy about it.
"This is her indenture contract. Keep it safe. I'll send her off to you soon. I'll be leaving now. I have things to do at home."
Liu Mao came and left in a hurry. After Sang Yu came back and handed the person to her, he was ready to leave.
"Why don't you stay for dinner before you leave? The food at home is ready and can be cooked quickly."
Liu Mao paused at this, but as he thought of a lot of things at home, he gritted his teeth and persevered: "Next time."
After sending Liu Mao out, Sang Yu came back and sat next to the girl. She asked tentatively, "What's your name? Don't be afraid. It's safe here."
The girl still sat on the stool without saying a word, staring at one place with empty eyes. It was unclear whether she was in a daze or just didn't want to pay attention to her.
Sang Yu was not discouraged and began to observe the girl.
When she got closer, she realized that the girl's eyes were not the common light brown, but a deep green like lake water.
The exposed skin on her body was covered with various scars, except for the very eye-catching tattoo on her neck.
There were new and old wounds overlapping and intertwined, with bruises and whip marks. It seemed that he had suffered a lot.
Sang Yu couldn't help but sigh. Just looking at these scars made her feel sad.
"Is there anything you want to eat? Can I give you two eggs?"
After asking, she remembered that the girl in front of her couldn't speak, so she went into the kitchen and prepared to make her a bowl of sweet soup with eggs.
After she left, the girl remained sitting there, with only her occasional blinking eyelashes proving that she was still alive.
It didn't take long to prepare the poached eggs, and Sang Yu quickly came out with the bowl.
She put the bowl on the table to wait for it to cool down, then boiled some hot water, mixed it with warm water, soaked the linen cloth, and began to wipe the girl's arm bit by bit.
Even though she tried to avoid those fresh scars, she couldn't avoid touching them accidentally. The girl's body would tremble in pain, but she still didn't retract her arms.
She didn't say anything, but Sang Yu kept chattering on and on, saying things like "You'll be safe from now on", "Don't be afraid anymore", "There are no bad people here", etc., trying to make her let down her guard.
After cleaning both arms, Sang Yu took out a bottle of spare trauma medicine and applied it gently to the girl.
After doing all this, she intended to apply medicine to other parts of the girl's body. She reached out to the hem of her skirt, but when she was about to lift it up, she gave up temporarily.
Because she observed that although the little girl still had no expression on her face and tried hard to pretend to be a puppet, her pupils suddenly contracted when she was about to lift her skirt.
Perhaps she had suffered some bad things before, or perhaps she felt it was inappropriate to lift her skirt in broad daylight.
In short, no matter what the reason was, Sang Yu would not continue to lift her skirt here.
After a while, the poached egg on the table had become warm enough to be eaten, so Sang Yu pushed the bowl towards the girl.
"Eat something. There's no need to go on a hunger strike here, and I don't need you to do anything. Once your injuries are healed, you can leave if you want."
After saying these words, Sang Yu took out the indenture that Liu Mao had just handed her, put them on the table, and got up to go to the kitchen to cook.
She didn't have the ability to rescue all the girls in distress, but that didn't mean she had to make the rescued girls work like slaves to repay her.
If the other party is willing, she will return the indenture contract and let her learn a skill so that she will not starve to death in the future.
But if the other party is determined to go on a hunger strike, she will not worship him like an ancestor. If a person has lost the desire to live, no one else can save him.
As Sang Yu entered the kitchen, the girl was the only one left in the yard.
She sat there quietly, like a clay Buddha on a high platform in a temple, but her originally empty eyes unconsciously glanced at the indenture on the table.
Although she appears to be indifferent to external things, she is neither deaf nor blind.
She saw with her own eyes the man who bought her and brought her here handing over her indentures to him personally. This could not be faked.
His indenture was right in front of him. Once he destroyed it, he would be a free man.
Thinking of this, a fire suddenly ignited in the girl's heart, and her eyes lit up surprisingly.
She stood up suddenly and wanted to reach out to take the indenture contract, but the moment she stood up, her vision went dark and her knees went weak, causing her to kneel down in front of the table.
She had been on a hunger strike for too long, and the prolonged hunger left her with no strength to stand up, let alone escape.
A huge feeling of grievance rose from her heart, and her eyes were unconsciously filled with tears. She didn't understand why hope was right in front of her, but she couldn't grasp it.
The poached eggs soaked in sugar water drifted towards her nose with a sweet aroma. After sniffing it twice, she could smell the sweet fragrance.
The girl swallowed and looked longingly at the bowl on the table.
The person just now said that it was made specially for her, and it should be okay for her to drink a little, so she just drank a little.
The girl tried hard to prop herself up, sat back on the stool, and reached out to move the bowl of poached eggs in sugar water in front of her.
In the reddish syrup in the bowl, lay two white, round, soft-boiled eggs.
She held the spoon, gently scooped up a spoonful of sugar water and put it into her mouth. The moment she tasted the sweetness, she couldn't help but squint her eyes. It was so sweet!
After drinking half a bowl of sugar water one mouthful after another, she felt a little more strength in her body. She picked up the indenture contract and wanted to leave.
She turned halfway but still looked at the remaining eggs and sugar water in the bowl reluctantly. She was about to run away. Otherwise, should she finish drinking it first?
Use a spoon to scoop up a poached egg and put it into your mouth. Take a bite and the completely solidified egg white is tender, soft and melts in your mouth.
The runny egg in the center of the yolk is like delicate cream that can't wait to flow out. It is extremely fragrant and mellow when you take a bite, with a strong egg aroma and sweetness, slowly melting on the tip of your tongue.
Blended with sugar water, it brings great satisfaction.
A simple bowl of poached eggs in sugar syrup, with no complicated additives, just the fresh fragrance of the eggs themselves and the sweetness of the sugar syrup, brought her a warm and solid feeling of fullness.
Before she knew it, she had eaten up the whole bowl of poached eggs in sugar water.
In the end, there was still some sugar water with egg whites left at the bottom of the bowl, which she couldn't scoop out with a spoon, so she simply picked up the bowl and drank it from the edge of the bowl.
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