Chapter 223 Where's my big gift?
"Ji...Xu Rui, what are you doing here?"
Ji Ruyan was carrying a small wooden bucket and wearing a simple, understated moon-white long gown, looking like a young student.
Clean, obedient, and docile...
Damn it! Lu Qingqing shook her head.
Si Xi's words influenced me!
However, Lu Qingqing did feel uneasy seeing Ji Ruyan again, after all, her dream last night had gone a bit too far.
This guy didn't know how to resist at all, letting her do whatever she wanted.
Especially his face, it was as if he had bewitched her.
It's unacceptable.
I can't stand it.
"Qingqing, do you want to buy a husband?" Ji Ruyan's voice was normal, but he emphasized the word "husband" a little.
"It's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding!"
Lu Qingqing took a step forward, refusing to look at him.
Ji Ruyan watched her retreating figure, gripping the bucket of water in her hand tighter and tighter.
There was a large black fish in the bucket, which occasionally thrashed to the surface.
Just like his heart at this moment, it is churning, but it cannot find the source of life that gives him life.
Willing to be confined to a small bucket.
“Qingqing…” he called out.
The sound was very soft.
They were drowned out by shouts.
The matchmaker brought out three or four more people.
One man and three women.
"She's beautiful! And has a great figure!" Matchmaker Jiang's eyes lit up.
He went up and slapped the man's chest twice. "It's not as good as a cow, but it looks sturdy. Wash it and take good care of it, it'll definitely be a treasure!"
Lu Qingqing took a look and saw that the man had been badly beaten, covered in whip marks, and his eyes were gloomy, filled with shame and murderous intent.
He's a tough guy.
The matchmaker praised the person to the skies.
This man was skilled in martial arts; he was sentenced to slavery for attempting to rescue a prisoner, so he was sold along with the prisoners.
He's the one!
"How much silver?" Lu Qingqing asked.
The matchmaker smiled and said, "It's not expensive, fifty taels."
Matchmaker Jiang offered a token bargain: "Make it cheaper, make it cheaper, we're already so familiar with each other..."
This matchmaker Jiang just wants to earn a referral fee; how could she possibly haggle over the price? She was just making a big fuss about how great this man is—she's just patting him on the back!
Lu Qingqing pouted: "Too expensive, no thanks."
Si Xi chimed in: "This person has a dark complexion, hard nodules under his eyes, and blisters on his hands, which are signs of poisoning."
"Most importantly, his eyes are filled with murderous intent. Who would dare to buy such a vicious person?"
Lu Qingqing nodded approvingly. He truly deserved to be her chief disciple!
The matchmaker's face changed immediately. "He was trying to escape on the way, so he was poisoned. Don't worry, he'll be fine after taking some antidote. I'll give you another two taels of silver."
“No, the poison has been in his body for too long and has already damaged his organs. It may not show at first, but later all sorts of problems will appear.”
After Lu Qingqing's words, those who had come to buy the man no longer dared to take him, even though they had originally wanted him.
The matchmaker got angry.
"Who are you? What nonsense are you spouting? Are you here to cause trouble? If you're not going to buy, then leave. Don't delay other people from buying!"
I said, "Matchmaker Jiang, what do you mean by bringing people here to cause trouble?"
"No, no, no, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding. I'm really here to buy her, but, but she's a doctor, can you give me a lower price..." Matchmaker Jiang said with a forced smile, her heart full of bitterness.
"That's hilarious! A female doctor? Only you ignorant peasants could be considered proper doctors. What could she possibly know!"
"She'll be watching you!" came an angry shout.
The man stepped forward and said sternly to the matchmaker, "How dare you slander someone who was invited by the government to be a disaster relief doctor?"
"Dishonest business practices and concealing hidden problems—I think your brokerage firm needs a thorough investigation!"
The matchmaker's face changed completely. She looked Ji Ruyan up and down with surprise and doubt, then smiled and said repeatedly, "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. So you are the doctor who saved us from disaster."
Lu Qingqing hadn't expected Ji Ruyan to pull this stunt, and all the arguments she had prepared were useless.
Ji Ruyan seemed genuinely angry; her voice was very intimidating.
Lu Qingqing just wanted to negotiate a price, there was no need to make things so awkward, they might still have to deal with each other in the future!
"Well, now that you know I'm a doctor, to be honest, it'll cost a lot of money to take good care of this man. Would you sell him for thirty? If so, I'll buy him."
The matchmaker glanced at Ji Ruyan and said, "How about adding two more taels? He's the most outstanding one in this group. He cost thirty taels to buy. If it weren't for the strong medicine he was given earlier, which prevented him from standing up, he would have been bought by someone else long ago."
"Alright, thirty-two taels."
Lu Qingqing then pointed to the three people who had been left over from the previous selection.
"To be honest, these people won't live long if they don't get treatment, and if they do, you'll have to spend a lot more money."
The matchmaker was very persuasive: "Yes, even if they are cured, it will be eight taels of silver each, just like the others. You are a doctor, kind and compassionate, so if you want to take them with you, how about two taels of silver each?"
"I'll take them all. Five taels of silver is acceptable?"
"make a deal!"
And so, Lu Qingqing spent thirty-seven taels of silver to buy four sickly children.
The man who had been so eager to buy a woman earlier looked at her with a mocking gaze, then put his arm around the woman he had chosen and muttered under his breath, "So stupid."
Lu Qingqing looked at him with disdain: "Young master with kidney deficiency, you need to take better care of yourself. If you don't know how to control yourself, you'll be ruined."
The man's face stiffened, and he hurriedly dragged the woman away.
Jiang, the matchmaker, came out of the brokerage shop with a gloomy face.
In this industry, the referrer receives a referral fee for every customer they bring in.
Not much, but it's still a dozen or so coins.
For example, if it sells for thirty taels, it would cost thirty or forty coins.
However, the person Lu Qingqing bought was special; it was considered a loss-making transaction, so the other party refused to pay, and Matchmaker Jiang didn't receive a single penny.
What a wasted trip!
"Miss Lu, I dare not do business with you in the future."
"No, it's no big deal. How much money should we have made anyway?"
Matchmaker Jiang looked pained: "Forty coins! Not a single one was given."
"Look at your limited perspective."
Lu Qingqing took out her bag and offered two strings of cash. "Here are two hundred coins. From now on, you have to be on my side, understand?"
"I understand! Oh my... Miss Lu, you are so beautiful and generous. If you ever find this man unsatisfactory, just sell him and I'll find you an even better one!"
"……"
The matchmaker grinned and put the money into her bosom.
Suddenly I felt a chill all over my body and shivered in the sweltering heat.
Looking back, she saw the masked man staring at her with a sinister gaze.
That's terrifying.
"Well, Miss Lu, I won't take your car back. I still need to buy some things."
The matchmaker, Jiang, made up an excuse and left.
Ji Ruyan walked over.
"Qingqing, what about the big gift you promised me?"
"Huh? I haven't decided yet! What's the rush?"
"I don't want a big gift anymore, I want this person. Can you give it to me?"
Ji Ruyan pointed to the man she had just bought.
"You don't need more people, what do you need him for?"
"I lack it."
Si Xi whispered from the side, "Auntie, give it to him, this person is hard to tame."
He had a fierce look on his face, as if someone owed him something.
"Here you go."
Lu Qingqing took out the contract of indenture and handed it to Ji Ruyan.
Thirty-two taels! That's quite a generous gift!
As she got closer, seeing his slightly red lips and smooth chin, her heart started pounding again.
The man we just bought is even worse than Mo Lang and Gu Chengzhou, yet Matchmaker Jiang praised him to the skies.
Having worked as a matchmaker for so many years, she truly had never met a good one!
Don't even mention it, she herself has never seen it.
Lu Qingqing closed her eyes.
This is no good, it's an illness, it needs treatment!
“There’s an alley over there, come with me.”
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