"Thank you, miss. My daughter is feeling unwell and is sleeping. I'll bring her over right away." The woman got up in a hurry and ran back.
When the human trafficker saw this, he immediately smiled and said, "Oh! I have met a kind family. You are really good people!" How could she not be happy? The girl was only two years old and could not do any work. No one would buy her. It would be a loss to raise her for several years. Now it was just right.
After a while, the woman came back holding a little girl. Qibao took a look and saw that this was a typical malnourished big-headed baby. Because she was too thin, her hair was dry and yellow, and her clothes had several holes in them and were several sizes too big. It was obvious that these clothes were unwanted by others.
The woman held the little girl in front of Qibao and said, "Miss, this is my daughter, her name is Yaya." Then she said to her daughter in her arms, "Yaya, from now on you must call me Miss and obey me, okay?"
The girl named Yaya nodded slightly. She was probably too weak, her eyes were dull and she looked drowsy.
Qibao knew at a glance that it was caused by not eating for a long time.
Qibao nodded, motioned for the woman to come over, and said to the trafficker, "Do you have anyone here who's strong enough to fight or kick a little?"
The trafficker thought for a moment and said, "There really is such a person. He used to be a bodyguard and he knows some fighting skills. However, he is not very good-looking, so I didn't let him out. I planned to keep him for myself. Since the young lady asked, I will bring him here for you to see."
Qibao nodded in agreement. It didn't matter whether it looked good or not, as long as it was useful.
The human trafficker smiled and nodded repeatedly, ran into a room, and soon brought out a burly man.
The trafficker brought the man to stand in front of the Xu family. Uncle Xu whispered in Qibao's ear, "This man looks ferocious. Could he be a bad guy? Is it okay to buy him home?"
Qibao looked at the man for a moment. Although he looked a bit fierce, he could see from his eyes that there was no viciousness in them. Instead, he looked very calm.
Qibao asked, "What's your name? How's your fighting skills?"
The man said, "My name is Kuiwu. I used to escort cargo. Usually, three or four adults couldn't do anything to me."
The old man asked again: "Since you know some martial arts and can make a living wherever you go, why would you sell yourself into slavery?"
The one called Kui Wu said, "I was transporting cargo when my employer's belongings were stolen by another group of people. The cargo was very valuable, and my entire team and I couldn't even afford to pay the debt, so I sold myself to pay off the debt."
Qibao nodded. He was a man of integrity and didn't just walk away. So he said, "Okay, I'll buy it from you. Come over here."
"yes!"
Qibao also picked out two maids, two cleaning boys and a servant girl.
Seeing that it was almost done, he said, "Let's calculate how much it is!"
The trafficker said with a smile, "A maid is eight taels of silver each, a servant is ten taels, but this Kui Wu is fifteen taels. He has martial arts skills, so he's different from the others, so naturally he's more expensive."
The trafficker took out an abacus and made a few ticks, then said, "One hundred and eighty-seven taels of silver. I'll give you that two-year-old girl. How about that?"
Qibao did not bargain, which was considered as leaving these servants a little dignity.
The old man took out the silver and handed it to the human trafficker.
The trafficker immediately took the silver with a smile on his face and said, "I'll get the indentures of these people right away."
After a while, the trafficker handed the old man a stack of indentures and said, "Look, here are all the indentures for these people, not one less."
After checking everything and making sure it was correct, Laozi put away the indenture and said, "Now that everyone has been bought, we'll take our leave."
The trafficker said with a smile, "Take care, everyone. If you need help in the future, come to me. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
After Qibao brought his men out, he saw that the clothes worn by the people he had bought were too tattered. He called the woman holding Yaya and said, "Put Yaya in the carriage. I'll give you some money. Take a few people with you to the cloth shop to buy some cloth that will fit you."
When the woman heard that it was bought for them, the servants, she hurriedly waved her hands and said, "How can we, the servants, let our master spend money to buy things just for us!" The people who bought things behind her also followed and shook their heads.
Qibao said seriously, "The clothes you are wearing are too tattered. If you work in clothes like this, what will others think of our Xu family? Will they say that we treat our servants harshly?"
When the woman heard this, she was so frightened that she immediately knelt down. The people behind her also knelt down and said, "This servant deserves death. I didn't think so much. Please forgive me, Master."
Qibao said, "We're outside now. If you kneel like this, others will think we're mistreating you! Hurry up and get up. Go buy it if we tell you to. Just be obedient!"
"Yes, I'll go right away." The woman was about to put Yaya into the carriage, but Yaya reached out and grabbed the woman, crying, "Mom, I won't leave. Yaya wants you!"
The woman patted her head and said, "I'm just going to buy some things. You wait here obediently and listen to the young lady and the master. I'll be back soon!"
Yaya obediently let go of her hands, but tears kept falling from her eyes. She was afraid that her mother would abandon her and not want her anymore, and that some bad people would beat her like her grandmother did.
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