“Mother, please don’t give me that attitude anymore. If it weren’t for Yangyang and Zhaoniang, I don’t know where I would have been sold off to.” Li Yunyun said, still feeling terrified. Zhang Dandan was also very flustered. In their panic, the mother and daughter hugged each other and cried. Li Junsheng felt ashamed when he thought about what he had done to Lin Zhaozhao in the past.
In the dead of night, the orphanage was quiet. With a slight creak, Lin Zhaozhao stepped out of the room.
High walls rose up, and the grapevine that had been wrapped around her fingertips easily fell to the ground. In the blink of an eye, a large vine grew, wrapped around Lin Zhaozhao's waist, and helped her over the high walls and out of the orphanage.
At night, Huichun is divided into two parts: the East Market is brightly lit and bustling, while the West Market is shrouded in darkness, its inner turmoil surging.
Disguised as a man, Lin Zhaozhao headed straight for the West Market. The West Market was a melting pot of all sorts of people, and with Lin Zhaozhao's inconspicuous appearance, she quickly blended in.
After wandering around the West Market several times and figuring out the situation, Lin Zhaozhao released Qi Dazui and Xu Juanzi. The two had already woken up and hadn't eaten or drunk anything all day and were blind. When they heard any noise, they instinctively begged for mercy, but Lin Zhaozhao ignored them. Instead, she untied the rag that was covering Xu Juanzi's mouth and fed her a drug to make her mute.
Xu Juanzi knew her identity, and that if she talked nonsense, it might cause her trouble. In order to eliminate any future problems, she had no choice but to poison her to make her mute.
With the help of the grapevines, Lin Zhaozhao dragged Qi Dazui and Xu Juanzi along effortlessly.
With a few bangs, the wooden door opened from the inside, revealing a burly man with a thick beard. After looking him over, the man opened the door, and Lin Zhaozhao casually tossed Qi Dazui and Xu Juanzi into the room.
"The man will be sold to Nanyang to work as a laborer, and the woman will stay in Huichun. Take good care of her and keep her alive. This is the deposit." The burly man took the money bag, tossed it around, and gave Lin Zhaozhao a meaningful glance. Lin Zhaozhao smiled slightly, showing no fear whatsoever.
"make a deal."
The next morning, the Lin family got up early. Old Mrs. Lin and Li Xiujuan first told the Li family about their plans. The Li brothers were good at hunting and had saved up a lot of money. When Old Mrs. Lin mentioned it, the two families hit it off immediately. After breakfast, they went to the brokerage.
The brokerage was bustling with people. After Old Lady Lin and Old Lady Li explained their purpose, two boys of similar age came to greet them. After learning their request, the broker quickly took them to see the house.
In one morning, we looked at four places in total. Two of them were shared apartments with water and a yard, but the kitchen was shared. The location was relatively remote, and the people sharing the apartments also had families with children.
The other two places were detached houses with suitable space and environment, but the rent was a bit expensive, six taels a month. Originally, Lin Zhaozhao thought that she could rent them if she could bargain, but the landlord immediately changed his mind when he heard that they were refugees who had fled from disaster.
They returned empty-handed, and the whole family looked rather listless from the sun.
“The prices in Huichun are far too high. Such a small house costs three taels of silver a month to rent. In Qingning Town, it would cost less than one tael.”
"Three taels is considered cheap. I didn't hear the broker say that better ones can cost tens of taels."
"When I went to look at the house, I asked around and found out that a vegetarian bun costs two coins, a meat bun costs three coins, a bowl of vegetarian noodles costs six coins, and the work that the government can find for a day only pays ten coins."
"At this rate of spending, a day's wages wouldn't even cover a meal."
After this calculation, the Li family's original intention to move out of the almshouse faded instantly, and they decided to find work first and save some money before moving.
At noon, Li Xiujuan bought some taro and made a vegetable and taro soup.
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