The peasant woman had a sad face, and the two children were dressed in rags. The older girl, who was already sensible, wiped the mud off her brother's face.
A fat, pockmarked man came forward and grabbed the little girl with such force that the peasant woman shivered nervously.
The fat pockmarked man looked the little girl up and down. The girl was thin and ragged, but her big, dark eyes were bright and lively. She was going to be a beauty when she grew up.
The fat pockmarked man was immediately happy: "Well, it looks good. How much is it?"
Judging from his tone, he was as picky as if he was selling livestock.
Nangong Lian'er was already furious. She was about to take action when she was stopped by Zhao Huan. He wanted to know what was going to happen.
The peasant woman pulled the little boy over and said, "I'll give you a thousand strings of cash. I just beg you to buy this little boy as well."
The pockmarked fat man was furious: "I bought a child bride, what's the point of this kid coming here? He's just another feeder for nothing. No!"
The peasant woman begged, "These two siblings cannot be separated. Please."
The little girl also tugged at the fat pockmarked man's clothes: "Uncle, just buy both of us. We are still young and eat very little. I can cook and wash clothes. I don't eat much either, so I can share half of what I eat with my brother."
The fat pockmarked man looked at the little girl, and seemed a little reluctant: "Three hundred strings of cash, I want both of them."
The peasant woman hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and finally nodded, saying, "Please, please be nicer to these two siblings, okay?"
The fat pockmarked boy looked at the little boy with disdain: "We agreed that I can only provide this little one with meals. In a few years, when he grows up, he will need to work for me!"
The peasant woman wiped her tears and pulled the brother and sister over: "Cui'er, you must take good care of your brother while mother is away."
The little girl nodded with tears in her eyes: "Mom, I understand."
The peasant woman hugged the little girl tightly, crying her tears like a river: "Cui'er!" She called out and kissed her.
Then he took the little boy in his arms and said, "Bin'er, when mom is not around, you have to listen to your sister, okay?"
The little boy shook his head and cried: "Mom, Bin'er doesn't want to leave you. Mom! Mom!"
The little boy's crying broke everyone's heart, not to mention the peasant woman with a sad face.
The fat man with pockmarks took out three hundred copper coins and threw them to the peasant woman, who held the coins tightly in her arms.
The fat pockmarked man dragged the two children away. The little girl kept looking back, and the little boy cried heartbreakingly: "Mom! Mom!..."
The fat pockmarked boy was extremely impatient and kicked the little boy hard: "Why are you crying? I bought you now, so shut up!"
Zhao Huan put away his folding fan, pointed at the pockmarked fat man who was walking away, and said to Linghu Yunlong: "Catch him back!"
With a "whoosh!", a figure flashed and Linghu Yunlong rushed forward in a few steps.
The fat man with pockmarks was walking forward holding the hands of two children when suddenly his eyes blurred and a man holding a sword blocked their way.
Being soft-hearted and afraid of hardship is the best proof of this kind of street thugs. Fatty saw that the weapon in the other person's hand was a little weak and said: "Excuse me, please move aside."
Linghu Yunlong held the sword and said, "Send the child back!"
Fatty was shocked. He pulled the two children behind him and said, "This, this is what I bought with my own money."
Linghu Yunlong sneered and took action.
The two children were brought back. The little boy ran to the peasant woman crying, "Mom, I don't want to go. Bin'er, be good and obedient. Please don't abandon me."
The peasant woman could no longer bear it, so she hugged the two children and started crying too.
Nangong Lian'er's eyes also became moist. This was too heartbreaking.
Fatty, with pockmarked hair hanging down, was dragged over by Linghu Yunlong. Cao Dongsheng took out three hundred strings of cash from his pocket and threw them to Fatty. Zhao Huan said coldly, "Get lost!"
Fatty, as if he had been pardoned, picked up the money and was about to run away. However, Linghu Yunlong kicked him to the ground, and Linghu Yunlong stepped on his back and said, "If you dare to bully children again, I will break your dog legs next time!"
The fat pockmarked man was so frightened that he nodded and kowtowed: "I dare not, I dare not."
Linghu Yunlong then raised his foot. The fat pockmarked man, holding the copper coins, dared not stay and disappeared in a flash of smoke.
Zhao Huan walked up to the peasant woman and asked, "Madam, what happened to you?"
The peasant woman saw that these were all good people, so she led her two children to kowtow to Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan tried to stop them, saying that kowtowing was the greatest reward the peasant woman could give them.
After bowing, the peasant woman stood up with her two children and said, "To be honest, sir, I am from Yuezhou. In the fourth year of Xuanhe, my husband left us to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Since then, we have not heard from him. Only recently did I hear from the villagers that my husband had already won the top spot in the imperial examination and became the son-in-law of the previous emperor."
Zhao Huan was shocked when he heard this. Wasn't this the real-life version of Chen Shimei? Prince Consort? He had over twenty princesses, all of whom were his sisters. He just didn't know which princess they were.
The peasant woman continued to cry, "I couldn't believe my husband was so heartless, so I took my mother-in-law and two young children to Beijing to look for him. I never thought my husband would become the prince consort, and he refused to recognize us. In a fit of rage, I took the children and prepared to return home, but our money was stolen by thieves on the way. My mother-in-law was so anxious and angry that she fell ill. We have no relatives here, and I really can't afford to raise these two children. I had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure: selling my two children, using the money to cure my mother-in-law's illness, and then I can die."
As she said this, the peasant woman began to cry again.
Zhao Huan was furious: "What's your name, and what's your husband's name?"
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