Chapter 2 Buy a man to give birth to a child
The officer recalled her bravery in pressing down on the pig just now, and his Adam's apple moved, "A human breeding a pig?"
"I want to have a son." Lu Qin's mother said carelessly.
Without waiting for anyone to ask, she revealed everything about herself, pouring out all the beans from a bamboo tube.
"I'm a widow with no sons. I want to adopt a child but I don't have one. I want to buy a child but I can't afford it."
"When I think about no one throwing a pot over my head after I die, my heart goes cold."
"Five taels of silver can't buy a son, but it can buy a general who can defeat the enemy. Don't you think it's a good deal?" Lu Qinniang's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile.
Normally, a strong laborer would cost dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver.
"They say a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes," Lu Qiniang said cheerfully, "If General Po Lu and I give birth to a son, won't he still be General Po Lu in the future?"
Everyone: “…”
This fierce woman is so bold!
The officer looked at her, then at Xiao Yan, who was covered in wounds but still handsome, and there was some sympathy in his eyes.
It's a pity that General Po Lu, who had a long spear with a cold light and could destroy souls and chase lives, and had made unprecedented contributions, would end up like this.
But since someone was so ignorant as to pay money to buy this big trouble, and they were too lazy to stay here in the snow, this deal was a natural thing to do.
People around were talking about it.
Lu Qinniang didn't care either. She smiled foolishly at Xiao Yan and muttered to herself, "He's so handsome! He's easy to use, right? Don't let it turn out that I can't give birth to a son. Five taels of silver will be wasted. How can I get it back?"
The officer thrust the indenture into her hands and said, "The money has been paid, and there are no returns or exchanges!"
After saying that, he took out the key from his waist and opened the door of the iron cage, and then opened the shackles on Xiao Yan's hands and feet.
Xiao Yan didn't move.
The officer didn't dare to touch him. He turned around and scolded Lu Qiniang, "Why don't you come over here quickly and take the person away?"
"Come down now," Lu Qiniang said to Xiao Yan, "I spent five taels of silver to buy you! Don't let that turn out to be a waste."
"He can't move." said the officer.
"What do you mean?" Lu Qiniang was anxious, "You can't sell me a cripple, I don't want it."
"Your hands and feet are crippled, but that won't affect your ability to have a son. Just be careful not to crush anyone to death."
Everyone laughed.
"They say cheap things are hard to come by, and today I finally understand." Lu Qinniang muttered, stepped forward, bent down, reached into the cage, and picked up Xiao Yan directly.
"As light as a leaf. I don't think she can give birth to a son. I'd rather be a father and raise him."
Lu Qiniang got angry and threw the man into the basket. Then she came back and fawned over the officials to negotiate for a refund of some of the silver.
"This is the government's business, who wants to bargain with you?" The official said unhappily, but after thinking for a moment, he took out some money from his sleeve and called out to the other officials, "Brothers, please chip in some money, and we can go back and report back."
That’s true.
The officials finally collected fifty or so coins and gave them to Lu Qiniang.
Lu Qiniang didn't expect to see a return of money. She nodded and bowed to everyone, "When I give birth to a son next year, I will send red eggs to all the masters."
Everyone laughed again.
Lu Qiniang put away the silver, found a big rock from the roadside to press down the other side of the bamboo basket, and then picked up the basket and left.
Lu Qiniang lived in Tonghuafang, a famous slum in the capital, crowded and noisy.
On the way home, many people looked at her sideways when they saw her picking a man.
Lu Qiniang pretended not to see it.
However, when I returned to Tonghuafang, I met many acquaintances who came up to me and asked me about it.
Lu Qiniang didn't hide it and said loudly: "I bought a husband! I will have a wedding banquet in a few days, everyone must come to support us."
Xiao Yan sat in the basket, smelling the pig manure in the basket, with a numb expression.
The snowflakes grew bigger and bigger, falling one by one. The basket, like the ground, gradually turned white, covering up the original dirt.
"Abandoned my mother and bought a husband, abandoned my mother and bought a husband."
A group of naughty kids aged five, six, or seven ran towards Lu Qi's mother's home, shouting.
Lu Qin's mother was already worried about how to explain herself when she got home, and when she heard this, she scolded, "You little bastards, I'm going to skin you alive!"
I hope this journey home will be longer and longer...let her think about it carefully.
But no matter how long the road is, it has an end. Seeing three familiar figures standing at the door looking forward to it, Lu Qiniang unconsciously tightened her carrying pole and tried to force a smile.
"Da Ya, Er Ya, San Ya, mother is back."
Xiao Yan in the bamboo basket suddenly opened his eyes.
Isn’t she a widow without children?
Then he saw three girls wearing identical blue coarse cloth clothes, standing neatly from tall to short outside the shabby tent door, looking at him in shock.
Among them, the oldest one was twelve or thirteen years old, the middle one was about ten years old, and the youngest one was only about five or six years old.
"Mom, you didn't sell your pigs? No, how did the pig dealer become a human dealer?" Erya is usually the one who talks the fastest and the most powerful, and she spoke first.
Lu Qiniang swallowed hard and found it difficult to speak.
The naughty kids nearby were watching the fun, not caring about the height of the platform, and they shouted loudly, "Your mother bought you a father!"
The three girls looked incredulous.
Lu Qi's mother scratched her head with an unnatural look on her face, pointed at the person in the basket and said, "Call me daddy."
Xiao Yan: "..."
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