Traveling through ancient times: living a different life

The next morning, he changed into new clothes and went to the human tooth market, preparing to buy a few servants to take back.

When a few people arrived here, a man in his 30s came over with a smile and said, "We are here to buy people." He led the people in. "We want to buy someone who can farm. Is there anyone here?"

"Yes, the people you want to buy are all inside." Then he shouted to the people in the room, "Those who can farm, please stand out."

Then eight men aged between 8 and 20 stood up. My grandmother looked at them and picked out five of them, all of whom were around 50 years old. She asked them a few questions and then took them all.

Two men came out, and one of them, who was in his 30s, said, "Madam, I have a wife and two children. If you only buy me, I may not go with you." The man in his 20s next to him said the same thing.

"Bring your wife and children out to me so I can see them,"

The trafficker came over with a woman and two children, a boy and a girl. The woman was about 30 years old and her clothes were clean and tidy. The girl was 7 years old and the boy was about 10 years old. All three looked healthy, so the grandmother nodded and agreed to buy them.

The other man's family consisted of a woman in her forties and a boy of fifteen. The grandmother felt good about both of them and took them all.

Seeing this, one of the five people hesitantly asked grandma if he could bring a woman with him. Grandma asked him, "Is that woman your wife?"

The man blushed and said, "No." Bi Yue knew that this man must like this girl. Her grandmother asked someone to bring her out. The girl had pretty facial features, but there was a long scar on her face. The wound had just scabbed over, so it must have been scratched by herself.

The grandmother asked her what happened to her face, and the girl said: "I didn't want to go to the fireworks place, so I scratched my face."

After hearing what the woman said, Biyue and her grandmother admired her courage and decisiveness. Her grandmother asked her if she was willing to go to the countryside. She looked at the man and nodded in agreement.

I originally wanted to buy 5 people to farm the land, but now I have 11 people, big and small. There is no room for them in my home in the countryside. Forget it, I will buy them all and go back to think about it later! Fortunately, the slave market is not far from where I live, and it takes only about ten minutes to walk there.

After entering the yard, the couple saw that they had brought so many people, so they hurriedly arranged for someone to boil water for them to bathe and wash their hair. Grandma told the couple that with so many people, a carriage would not be able to accommodate them. She bought it generously at that time, but now she is very worried.

Zhu Zheng said, "Don't worry, I have a carriage at home. I can help you send people there and do some work for the master. The day after tomorrow, Cao Yuanwai's family will be going to Sishui County with their servants. Would you like to go with them?"

"That's great. How do we contact his family? We don't even know each other."

"Don't worry, I'll go tell him."

So Zhu Zheng went out.

The servants in the house were taking a bath and washing clothes, and Youshi arranged which room they would stay in that night.

After lunch, grandma asked 11 people to stand in the yard and asked them what they used to do and asked them to introduce themselves one by one.

Grandma said, "You can use your original names. My family is a farmer, mainly farming. Now we are doing some small business. If you do well and are willing to redeem yourself after ten years, I will agree. Now, what are your names?"

The couple and their child stood up, and the man said, "My name is Lv Dashan, 32 years old, and I can farm. My wife Niu Xiaocao is 29 years old, and she can farm and sew. Our son Lv Gensheng is 11 years old and can read a little. Our daughter Lv Xiaomai is 7 years old and can also read a little. We are slaves on a rich family's farm. We were sold because our master committed a crime."

The oldest man in another family of three introduced, "My name is Xiang Zhiyuan, I'm 24 years old, I can farm and know a few words. My younger brother Xiang Zhigao is 14 years old, he can farm and feed pigs. My mother Tian Yunhua is 42 years old, she can cook, make cakes and noodles. We were also sold by the Fugui family, I don't know where my wife and son were bought." After saying this, he wiped his tears sadly.

The others are Tian Liujin, 30 years old, who can farm but cannot read; Wu Ben, 28 years old, who can do some carpentry and can read a few words; Guan Changqing, 22 years old, who can do some carpentry; and the young woman Lu Yiping, 15 years old, who can write, calculate and make clothes.

After all the introductions, Grandma said, "If you behave yourself, I won't sell you out. If I find anyone who is sneaky and betrays the master, I won't hold back. Do you remember that?"

"remember."

Grandma went on to say, "Go back the day after tomorrow. Have a good rest these two days. Those who can cook can help me at night. In the afternoon, two of you can go shopping with me."

On the third day, everyone packed up, including Zhu Zheng, a total of 15 people went to meet up with Mr. Cao. They set out together and walked for two days before arriving at the county town. After thanking Mr. Cao's family, it was already afternoon, so they stayed in a small hotel in the county town for one night.

The next morning, the family got up early and drove two horse-drawn carriages towards Shuwan Village.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the carriage arrived at the door of the house, opened the gate, and drove into the yard. Wang and the second aunt came out and were surprised to see so many people. They didn't have time to ask, so they let everyone sit down and rest first.

Grandma asked Zhu Zheng to go in and have a rest, drink some water, and have lunch before leaving. Zhu Zheng drew water from the well and filled his water bag. He also borrowed a basin to fetch water for the horse to drink. After the horse finished drinking the water, Zhu Zheng said goodbye and said, "I'm going back to the county to see the master now. See you again if there's a chance!" Fourth Uncle put a small bag of potatoes and two jars of wine on the carriage. Zhu Zheng accepted them, said goodbye, and drove the carriage away.

When the grandfather and his two sons knew that the three of them had returned from the capital, they hurried back home from the fields and the winery.

Grandma just said that the family had bought a house for 11 people and there was not enough room for them at once, so she didn’t know how to arrange it.

Qingyun said, "My second brother and I have allocated four more rooms in the wine shop. Now there are four empty rooms in our house, which should be enough for us to live in."

Tian Liujin, Wu Ben, Guan Changqing, and Xiang Zhiyuan lived in one room, Lu Dashan and his wife lived in one room, Lu Yiping lived in another room with Tian Yunhua and Lu Xiaomai. Lu Gensheng lived in another room with the brothers Tingsong and Tingwei, for now.

Because they didn't know when the three generations would be back, they didn't cook much, so they asked Tian Yunhua and Wang to go to the kitchen to knead the dough for lunch.

Bi Yue returned to the room and placed an order for five sets of bunk beds, as well as quilts, pillows, bedding, etc. The room was full, so she called her grandparents and asked them to call someone to move the beds and quilts. Several servants helped to move things, and asked Wu Ben and Guan Changqing to install the beds. There were three bunk beds in the room for five people. There were two bunk beds in the room for the three women, and a double bed for the couple. After moving, Bi Yue went to her fourth uncle's room to place an order for a wardrobe, a low cabinet, a table, a stool, a towel, a washbasin, etc. After placing the order, she asked her fourth uncle to distribute them. She went back to her room to rest.