The old lady said in a flattering tone, "Boss, don't worry about my work. There will be absolutely no future trouble. This is an educated youth, and his family is not here. By the time someone else comes looking for him, we will have already sold him!"
Keep an eye on her, I'll find a chance to sell her in the next two days!"
"When you pretended to be dizzy and closed your eyes, you could still see this man's face and draw it accurately?" Qi Yue asked curiously.
Chu Jingqiu glanced at Qi Yue and continued, "After they left, I rolled over to the axe in the woodshed and rubbed it back and forth for a long time, wearing off the rope tied around my hand."
Chu Jingqiu showed them both his wrists, which had been scuffed by the axe, and continued, "I untied the ropes binding my feet, removed the rag gag, and carefully walked to the door of the woodshed. I peeked through the crack in the door and saw the thin man sitting on a recliner in the yard. Next to him stood a burly man. They were talking in low voices."
"Can you hear what they are saying?" Xiao Yihan asked.
"Their voices were so quiet that you couldn't hear them by ear, but I knew what they were saying. The skinny man asked the burly man to go with him to Xiaoqingshan that night to contact the buyer, and told him to prepare weapons to prevent the other party from taking advantage of him."
"How do you know what they are saying? Do you have good hearing, or can you read lips?" Xiao Yihan was surprised.
"I grew up with my grandfather. He had an old servant whose wife was hard of hearing, so she learned lip reading. I was so curious at the time, thinking if I could learn to read someone's words from a distance by looking at their mouth shape, wouldn't I be able to understand so many secrets? It would be amazing. So I begged Uncle Ho to teach me, and my grandfather also learned from me. My grandmother even laughed at us, saying, 'One old naughty boy, one little naughty boy.'"
After saying this, Chu Jingqiu felt his eyes moist. It might be the remaining feeling of the original owner. He felt homesick and missed his grandparents very much.
Xiao Yihan saw that the little girl's big eyes were as red as a little rabbit, and her tearful almond eyes were brighter. He felt soft in his heart and looked at the little girl with a more gentle gaze.
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