The room was gloomy, and only the moonlight shining through a small window could make it possible to discern the position of the bed. This wooden bed has been there for I don't know how many years, and it was there before Du Qianrui was sold. Now, as long as a person moves a little on it, it will rattle a few times, as if it may fall apart at any time, but it has not fallen apart until now.

In front of that small window, Du Qianrui was there to learn from girls when she was a child. I have a deep impression in my memory, but I feel that it is a little smaller, and it is not very bright in front of the window in broad daylight, and my eyes are uncomfortable. Looking at it now, it looks even smaller...... Maybe I've seen bigger windows outside.

During the day, you can see that there are many cracks in the bare brownish mud wall. Many years ago, Du Qianrui was worried about whether the wall would fall, but it is still fine.

Everything is so familiar, after all, the place where you are born to see. No matter how bad it is here, Du Qianrui has a sense of closeness, and the memories of many years ago have found a meeting point here. Although those are mostly not very pleasant memories.

Everything is so strange that now Du Qianrui doesn't know how she can live here.

She seems to have a feeling that the prosperity has fallen and she has returned to the beginning. It seems that there is no going back.

In the hall outside the room, my father and mother seemed to have some disputes. I couldn't hear what my mother said, but I heard my father repeatedly emphasizing: "There is a debt outside, you have to chop your hands and stomp your feet!" ”

After a while, the voice of the shopkeeper Li actually said: "Nong let him sleep in tonight, and he will give Nong money immediately." ”

Du Qianrui immediately hugged the quilt tightly, for fear that her father would agree! Fuller House does have prostitutes who specialize in picking up customers, and they can't pick guests casually, they may have accepted it, but Du Qianrui really can't stand it.

The most terrible thing in this world is to be sold by my father and mother, and even the government will not ask. When she first came back, Du Qianrui wanted to run out again, but she couldn't take the first step...... In this world, if a woman has no relatives and no reason, there are only two ways in the end, either she becomes a "boat lady" to pick up customers, or she is sold to a remote place to give birth to a baby, maybe it is better to follow the shopkeeper Li, and it is better to be at home. It's useless to have money, don't you think about how long you can use it, a single woman will always be targeted.

Du Qianrui's father's voice said: "It's not possible, it's taboo." The eldest sister doesn't nod, there is movement in the night, where to look up in front of relatives and friends? ”

Then it seems that the price is being discussed.

Du Qianrui lingered for a long time, and finally pulled off the thread sewn into the lining and took out the jade bracelet. She picked up the bracelet and looked at the moonlight in the small window, and took one last look.

"Crunch!" The door opened. Under the dim oil lamp, all three of them turned their heads.

Du Qianrui picked up the jade bracelet, "Dad, you promise not to sell me, just take this to pay off the debt." I'm afraid the bracelet is worth more than me, and the copper coin is worth a hundred! ”

"One hundred runs...... Coins? Her father's eyes lit up, and he walked in three steps and two steps.

Du Qianrui said coldly: "Daddy promise me first!" ”

Her father immediately nodded and said, "Done!" ”

So Du Qianrui let go of her hand and put the jade bracelet in her father's hand.

"Hungry, see." Shopkeeper Li also took a look. Her father didn't understand much, so he handed it to Shopkeeper Li, anyway, this thing might eventually become Shopkeeper Li.

Shopkeeper Li walked up to the oil lamp and brought the jade bracelet close to the lamp flame, his eyes almost touching the bracelet. The previous frivolous expression was gone, and he looked attentive, his expression was very serious, and he turned the jade bracelet slowly, not letting go of a small place.

"Sixty bills." Shopkeeper Li said, "Give Nong money immediately!" ”

Du Qianrui's father frowned and said, "The hungry eldest sister said that she wanted a hundred copper coins!" ”

Shopkeeper Li held the jade bracelet and said with a smile: "How can it be worth a lot?" Yugan County is hungry and can afford to pay 60 yuan. ”

Du Qianrui's father said: "Copper money? ”

The shopkeeper Li said: "Calculate yourself, there is a war in the north right now, and at this end of Jiangxi, it takes ten banknotes to be considered consistent money." Nong wants copper money for five times, and he is hungry, and the Ming Dynasty will be counted in the county seat. ”

Her father thought for a while and said, "The treasure money is the same every year, and if you are hungry, you want copper money, ten times!" The hungry eldest sister has knowledge, and Nong has to earn miles. ”

Shopkeeper Li said with a smile: "Nong got the money, and it seems that he can manage it until next year?" The same amount of money is spent, and sixty yuan is more than five dollars. He laughed, the flesh on his face seemed to be twisted together, and his hand never let go of the jade bracelet.

He paused and said, "It takes dozens of miles to get to the county seat, and Nong collects the same money." Get one, eighty runs, don't be a ticket. ”

Du Qianrui's father finally nodded and said, "It's done." ”

Shopkeeper Li immediately put the jade bracelet carefully into his arms, patted it with his hand, exhaled, and very happily took out a stack of treasure money from his sleeve pocket, counted a few left, and then handed it to Du Qianrui's father.

Her father counted it twice and looked at it before he got it to the lamp.

Shopkeeper Li smiled: "Don't worry! Look at the words on the top: Zhongshu Province is allowed to print and manufacture Ming treasure banknotes and copper coins for common use, and the forgers will be beheaded, and the arresters will be rewarded with 250 taels of silver, and the prisoners will still be given property. ”

He then turned his head to look at Du Qianrui with a smile and said, "Wait a while if you are hungry, Nong will be hungry sooner or later!" In this world, the weak eat the strong. Hunger is stronger than the Nong family, and it is natural to be hungry and take Nong! ”

Shopkeeper Li said that, he finally let Du Qianrui go for the time being, asked for a torch, and said that a boat was waiting for him at the entrance of the village.

Du Qianrui went back to the room and latched on the door, sat on the edge of the dark bed, and did not move for a long time. She didn't do anything for a while, but suddenly she felt very tired!

Now she was penniless, and she didn't even have anything of value. She didn't know what to do, maybe Shopkeeper Li was right, and she still had to sell the whole person to him after a while......

But Du Qianrui doesn't think that selling herself and suffering is the end. will definitely not be able to be the concubine of the Li family for the rest of her life, whether she is disliked, or the shopkeeper Li who is nearly half a hundred years old is dead, Du Qianrui will not be able to escape the fate of being resold or driven away after all, and it is estimated that being a boat lady will be her next destination.

When she took out the jade bracelet just now, Du Qianrui thought of this, so she was very hesitant; What's more, the bracelet was emerald green all over, without a single flaw, and it was sold for a few copper coins...... Later, I was really tired, so I took it away to save trouble, and just live one day at a time!

……

Shopkeeper Li took his own boat to Yugan County overnight, he didn't close his eyes all night, holding the jade bracelet in his arms, and laughed from time to time. The little lady of the Du family is really from a big place, and the things are not simple! Lao Du is also a fortune boy.

"Shopkeeper, is there a good thing?" The godson asked with a grin.

Shopkeeper Li shook his head noncommittally, he was in a good mood, and said: "The Du family's sister has fine skin and tender meat, Nong can help effectively, and she will buy it back after a while when she is hungry, and ask her to sleep with Nong for a few nights." ”

The godson touched his head: "What's embarrassing?" ”

Shopkeeper Li sneered: "My sister's head was originally sold in the capital, I have seen some scenes, it is very high, I bought it back, and I am hungry and clean up." ”

…… As long as it is genuine, the thing is not sold. Only two days later, the pawnshop came to the owner who could afford it.

The person who came was a man in a satin robe, not tall, but very strong, and at first glance at the bearing and demeanor of walking, he was not an ordinary small person. The man walked around the pawnshop, staring only at the bracelet, and shook his head with disdain.

"Your guest wants to pick a bracelet for his wife?" Shopkeeper Li greeted with a smile on his face.

"Humph!" The man let out a snort, but did not speak.

Shopkeeper Li said: "The one on the outside is not suitable for Mrs. Ling." Hungry to give Nong a good look. ”

The man nodded, but still didn't speak, could it be that he was dumb?

Shopkeeper Li called his godson into the house and took out the jasper bracelet that he had only gotten two days ago. First, take the key to open the lock, uncover the finely carved wooden box, there is also a piece of red satin inside, and the jade bracelet with a flawless green body appears in front of you.

The man stretched out his head, looked at it twice, and shook his head! Then he went out quickly.

Shopkeeper Li looked at his back, and waited for him to stay away before scolding. In the jade bracelet, this is already the top grade, much more expensive than gold! If you can't afford it, you can't afford it, what to pack!

If you don't buy it, it's nothing, and the shopkeeper Li hides it again. As he has seen, good things are never sold, it's just a matter of price.

After another two days, before the unitary time, the godson of the shopkeeper Li took leave and went back first. Shopkeeper Li said: "It's not a good thing, I'm hungry and lock the door to close." ”

After a while, it was almost late, and seeing that there was no business, the shopkeeper Li just wanted to close, and a tall and strong young man walked in with a smile on his face.

"Guest officer, Nong is going to be a ...... Let's pick up the goods? Shopkeeper Li also said with a smile.

The man opened his mouth in the official words of the capital: "I want to pick a bracelet for my mother to take back, it's okay, pass by here and take a look." ”