Chapter 295

This county was not big. If it was in the rich areas of the Central Plains, such a county could barely be considered a town. This small town was located in the middle of the mountains and was not on the main north-south road, so there were not many tourists. The busiest time in the county was the temple fair that was held twice a month.

On this day, people from all over the country would bring all kinds of mountain goods, such as mushrooms, wild fruits, game, bamboo mats, bamboo baskets, and so on to the town to exchange for what they needed and barter with each other.

Of course, there were also some foreign merchants who brought cloth, salt, wine, rouge, cosmetics, jewelry, and other goods to this small town. They exchanged with the local mountain people for some game and mountain delicacies, and then transported them to other places to earn the difference in price.

There were two small inns in the town, mainly prepared for the mountain people who could not make it back on time and the merchants who came from other places, so the conditions were very simple.

Auntie Ma usually did not 'do business' in the town. Although the government in this place was not as prestigious as the government in the Central Plains, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was still very deterrent. Committing a crime here was riskier.

However, Xue Shuiwu and her daughter had such good conditions, it would be a pity if they were sold to the mountain people as birth tools. They had to be sold to rich people or to brothels to earn a good price. They looked like foreigners who did not know the ways of the world, and Auntie Ma was only doing it occasionally in the county, so there was nothing to worry about.

As soon as Auntie Ma arrived in town, she asked for a room in a small inn and said to Xue Shuiwu, "Little Miss, in this town there are always some riffraff and scoundrels who bully good people. You are as beautiful as a flower, don't wander around.

Auntie Ma will first settle you here, and then go to my relatives' house in the city. On one hand, I want to visit my relatives, and on the other hand, I want to ask them to help you contact the merchants so that they can take you to Guizhou Road. Otherwise, a delicate little girl like you will not be able to travel normally. "

Xue Shuiwu was very grateful and thanked her again and again. Aunt Ma smiled and turned to leave the room. Xue Shuiwu put down her daughter and just poured a glass of water, she heard a "click" sound. She hurriedly rushed out and pulled the door open. There was a gap as wide as a palm and it could not be opened anymore. Unexpectedly, it was locked from the outside.

An ominous feeling rose in Xue Shuiwu's heart. She shouted "Auntie Ma" a few times, but she did not hear a reply from her. Instead, it attracted the attention of a few guests. They saw a beautiful woman through the crack of the door, and they whispered to each other with strange expressions on their faces.

Seeing this, Xue Shuiwu was afraid and did not dare to make a sound. But the ominous feeling in her heart grew stronger and stronger, "Xue Shuiwu", she thought. Thinking of Auntie Ma's kind and simple appearance, Xue Shuiwu did not believe her own judgment, but the strange situation at present made it difficult for her to feel at ease.

Le Yao has lost her interest in playing hide and seek. She pouted and said to Xue Shuiwu, "Niangqin, why hasn't Brother Xiaotian found us yet?"

Xue Shuiwu gently held her in her arms. Tears swirled in her eyes. She knew that Ye Xiaotian would never appear in front of her. If she could successfully take Le Yao to Guizhou and hand her over to the right person, maybe Ye Xiaotian would only be a regret in her heart. But now she missed that man more than ever.

…

After Auntie Ma left the inn, she excitedly wandered around the town. She rarely committed crimes in the county, so there was no familiar person here who could help her "dispose of the stolen goods". But she was also half a local, so she could probably know who was rich.

Auntie Ma's idea was to find a rich family first. This kind of family could afford it the most. If it didn't work, she would go to a brothel. But the brothel here was only a gathering place for prostitutes and prostitutes. They only made money from poor people. She was afraid that they wouldn't give a good price.

Auntie Ma hurriedly ran in the county and did not notice that there was a figure following her from beginning to end …

Guan Er was in his early fifties this year. Most of his sparse hair was white. It was tied up in a bun with a locust wood hairpin. He wore a shabby linen shirt and squatted under the shade of a tree on the roadside. In front of him was a sack of walnuts, a sack of chestnuts, persimmons, red dates, and other things.

Because of the hot weather, he pulled up his robe, revealing a pair of thin hairy legs. He squatted there like a big monkey. Every time a beautiful woman passed in front of him, he would stare at her. He would look at her chest in the front and her buttocks in the back. His eyes were like hooks, and his head would move from left to right, then from right to left …

He was a mountain goods collector. Mountain goods collection was a hard job. Even if they were transported out of the mountain, they wouldn't make much money. Therefore, he was a person who was slightly rich but not very rich.

The market was very chaotic. The stalls were not neatly arranged, and the pedestrians did not follow the rules, so it was very chaotic. Even under these circumstances, Guan Er's eyes could still accurately follow a swaying buttocks gradually moving further and further away. His eyes were as deep as a philosopher's.

Guan Er used to be very poor. He was originally a little assistant of Shopkeeper Li, who collected dry goods. When he became an old assistant, he still didn't have much money, nor did he have the money to marry a woman.

In his life, the only time he tasted what it was like to be a man was more than twenty years ago. At that time, he held the money he had saved for a long time and climbed the door of a half-closed prostitute's door. He handed over the twenty copper coins that were soaked in sweat and was pulled into the room by the woman like a child. In exchange, he shivered.

He really just shivered and lay on that shining white body. He didn't even have time to move a few times before he was drained. After he sobered up, Guan Er suddenly felt a little heartache for the money, but sometimes he felt a sense of bliss. It was as if everything he had done was worth it.

From then on, he never touched a woman again. He could only rely on that dream-like memory to survive until today. Shopkeeper Li was always so stingy, and he was always penniless. Not long ago, Shopkeeper Li tripped and fell in a valley on a rainy day. His head hit a rock and he died.

The shopkeeper died. For the first time in his life, he, who had been timid and honest, mustered up the courage to do something bad. He swallowed the shopkeeper's goods and money and became the shopkeeper himself. From that day on, his dream was no longer just to eat his fill, but to have a woman of his own.

Guan Er had always dreamed of doing a few more business so that he could save enough money to marry a wife. Perhaps she would be a little ugly, a little old, and married, but she would still be a woman. But he didn't think that day would come so soon. Many years later, when he looked back on that day, he still firmly believed that the man with the evil smile was an angel sent by the heavens.

Another fat butt swayed in front of him. Guan Er's eyes were like feet that were stuck in a swamp, unable to pull them out. Suddenly, a young man with a delicate mouth like a woman's blocked in front of him, cutting off his line of sight.

He remembered that at the time, he frowned unhappily and asked, "Do you want to buy or sell mountain goods?"

The young man smiled as if he was blessed by the heavens. He said to him, "Shopkeeper, I don't want to buy things, but I want to sell something."

The young man bent down and used a voice that only the two of them could hear to quietly ask, "There is a woman, do you want her?"

…

Many years later, Auntie Ma held the third daughter of her sixth son on her lap. She opened her mouth without any teeth and rambled on about her late husband. She couldn't help but think of a young man that she would never forget.

She vaguely remembered that the young man had a delicate mouth that was even more delicate than a girl's. When he smiled, it was evil, but it wasn't disgusting at all.

But she would never know that after that, she had heard the thunderous name of the big shot more than once. It was the young man she had met. The young man had only played the role of a human trafficker once in his life, and the person he sold was her.

"It's not easy to do business when I'm not familiar with the place."

Auntie Ma, who had run into a wall several times, frowned in thought. If this was a place she was familiar with, she would know who had money and who lacked women. She could just go directly to the door and the business would be done. But although she had come to this county several times, she was only there to go to the market. She didn't know what was going on in the city, so she ran around like a blind horse.

But when she thought about that pretty and delicate young lady, if she could find a good family in this county town, the price would be at least four or five times higher than if she were to be sold in the mountains. She felt that it was worth it to work a little harder. Auntie Ma was considering whether she should go to some rich families to ask, when suddenly someone called her from behind, "Da Gu, this Da Gu, please wait."

Auntie Ma turned around and saw a young man with a delicate mouth quickly rushing over. He had a very honest appearance, but when she looked at him, his little face actually turned a little red. The young man shyly asked, "Auntie, do you … do you have a niece that is going to get married?"

Auntie Ma listened to his foreign accent, then looked at his shabby clothes and shoes that had come off, revealing two toes. She frowned and said, "What, do you want to get a wife? Can you afford to marry a wife? "

"No, no, no!" The young man panicked and quickly waved his hand. His face became even redder. He awkwardly rubbed his hands, looked at his toes, and said, "I am just a worker, how can I afford to marry a wife, it's … it's our master who wants to get a concubine …"

Auntie Ma suddenly realized, but looking at his poor appearance, she thought that his master must be a very mean person, but she didn't know if he was willing to spend money to buy a woman, so she said, "Your master wants to get a concubine? Let me tell you, my niece is very beautiful, the price is not cheap. "

The young man stuttered and said, "Our master has a lot of money, Auntie, don't worry. He just heard that Auntie has a beautiful niece that wants to get married, so he asked me to find Auntie. I … I don't know, Auntie, you should tell our master."

The young man was really too honest. He stuttered and his face turned red. His forehead seemed to be sweating, and from time to time, he would pull up his sleeves to wipe the sweat. Auntie Ma laughed, "Okay! Then I will go with you. "

After Aunt Ma left, she was put into a sack, and then moved onto a donkey cart with walnuts, hawthorns, and other mountain products. The cart creaked as it left the county town. When she was released, she became Guan Er's wife. She was only able to walk out of the thatched hut when she was pregnant. No one knew where she was.