The wonderful life of modern women in ancient times

Since there was no need to pay an entry fee, the soldiers guarding the city only hastily checked the goods carried by the people. When they saw people carrying vegetables or eggs, they didn't even check them. Therefore, they entered the city very quickly, and soon it was Lin Xi and his group's turn.

"You're all together? What are you pushing?"

A tall and strong soldier patted the sack on Lin Xi's cart, looked at the string of carts following behind, and asked.

"Sir, these are the herbs we picked for Huichuntang!"

As Lin Xi spoke, he opened a sack and took out a handful of Schisandra chinensis to show him. When the guard heard that they were delivering medicine to Huichuntang, he stopped asking questions and waved his hand to let them into the city.

After entering the city, the streets were bustling with people, much more lively than the last time she came.

“Tang Haws! Sweet and sour Tang Haws!”

"Auntie, would you like some eggs?"

"You want cabbage? Come on, I'll weigh it for you right away!"

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Lin Xi looked at the bustling market in front of her, and then looked at the cart she was pushing. If she went this way, it would be too crowded, so she took her fellow villagers to another street!

This street is not a place for stalls, so there are naturally fewer people!

I only saw a few adults and children squatting at a distance on both sides of the road!

Lin Xi was very puzzled. When she walked past them and saw the straw tag on the child's head, she realized that they were selling the child!

Lin Xi looked at the children whose eyes were red and swollen from crying, and sighed, "What a world this is!"

Chen Fugui and others who were following behind, seeing this desolate scene, lowered their heads and pushed the cart without looking anymore!

They are just ordinary people and cannot help these children. The more they see it, the more they feel upset and anxious.

When they were almost at the back gate of Huichun Hall, they heard a girl crying and begging in front of them.

"Dad, please don't sell me. I can dig wild vegetables, cut grass to feed pigs, work in the fields, cook and wash dishes. I can do a lot of things! I will work more and eat less! Please don't sell me!"

When Lin Xi and the others approached the girl, they saw a skinny girl, about ten years old, with a pale face and wearing patched clothes. She was crying miserably and grabbing the sleeve of a man next to her with both hands.

"Taohua, it's not that daddy is cruel, but our family really can't afford to support so many people. I'm selling you to a wealthy family, so that at least you can have enough food to eat and survive!"

The man wiped away his tears, unable to bear to look at his daughter's face, and spoke in a muffled voice with his head down.

"Little girl, listen to your father! If you sell your body to the Li Mansion, not only can you have enough food, but your family can also use the money you earn from selling your body to exchange for some food, which will at least help them survive for a while. If it weren't for the war in Guandong Prefecture, the human traffickers' goods couldn't be transported here, and our family would never have come here to buy people. You should cherish this opportunity to enter the Li Mansion!"

A middle-aged woman in a dark red cotton dress came up to the little girl and said.

She thought that although the little girl was a little thin, she was very pretty. If she kept her by her side and taught her for a while, she would be able to serve the master by bringing tea and water. That was why she took so much trouble to persuade the little girl.

The little girl named Taohua saw her father cruelly pry open her hand that was pulling his sleeve, took the one or two taels of silver handed over by the woman, turned around and strode away, crying out in despair, "Dad!"

Looking at her father who didn't even turn his head, she felt as if all the strength was drained away. She collapsed to the ground, tears streaming down her face, and there was no light in her eyes anymore!

Deep sadness and despair surrounded her! She clutched her clothes tightly around her heart, trying to ease the pain in her heart, but it was of no use.

Lin Xi saw the little girl crying non-stop, mumbling: "My parents don't want me anymore, my parents don't want me anymore..."

In the end, she stared blankly in the direction where her father disappeared, with a dull expression!

Finally, the woman scolded her a few words, and she stood up expressionlessly and followed the woman obediently!

Lin Xi felt a tightness in his chest, so he quickened his pace, left the street, and entered the backyard of Huichun Hall!

The villagers sighed, quickened their pace, and followed Lin Xi into the yard!

Quanfu weighed the Schisandra chinensis swiftly, and this time he sold it for a total of 164 taels and 5 cents of silver!

Quanfu asked Lin Xi if he would prepare copper coins for them like last time. Lin Xi shook his head and told him to just give them silver ingots.

So Quanfu gave Lin Xi sixteen ten-liang silver ingots and four one-liang silver ingots, plus a small piece of half a liang of silver.

Lin Xi turned around and handed the money to Chen Fugui, saying, "Uncle Fugui, you and the villagers collect the money and go back first. I still have to sell tiger meat."

Chen Fugui and the others agreed, dispersed the silver and hid it, said goodbye to Lin Xi and Quanfu, and left in a hurry pushing the cart!

"Tiger meat? Miss Lin, you want to sell tiger meat?"

After Chen Fugui and the others left, Quanfu approached Lin Xi with an incredulous look on his face and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, I hunted a tiger yesterday, and gave some to the villagers, and kept some for myself. Look! There is still a lot left. I will go to Fulin Restaurant to ask if they want some!"

After Lin Xi finished speaking, he took out a piece of tiger meat weighing about five kilograms, handed it to Quanfu and said, "This piece is for you. Let you and Uncle Zhou have a taste!"

"Thank you, Miss Lin! This is the first time I've seen tiger meat. Thanks to you, the shopkeeper and I are in for a treat!"

Quanfu happily bowed to Lin Xi to express his gratitude.

"What good food have you got? Quanfu, what delicious food did Miss Lin Xi send you?"

After Shopkeeper Zhou finished his work, he came over and heard Quanfu's last words. He asked with a smile.

Quanfu hurriedly brought the tiger meat to Shopkeeper Zhou like he was presenting a treasure, and said with a grin, "Shopkeeper, Miss Lin's family hunted a tiger and gave us this big piece of tiger meat! We are so lucky! I have never tasted this before!"

"Oh? Lin Xi, where are the tiger bones? Did you hunt a male or female tiger?"

When Shopkeeper Zhou heard this, his eyes lit up and he stared at Lin Xi and asked.

"Uncle Zhou, it's a male tiger. I kept both the tiger bones and the tiger whip!"

Lin Xi looked at Shopkeeper Zhou and said with a smile.

In her previous life, it was not easy to get tiger bones and tiger whips. Now that she had found them, of course she had to keep these good things for herself!

Shopkeeper Zhou sighed in disappointment, then smiled and said to Lin Xi, "Hey, girl Lin Xi, if you hunt a tiger again in the future, can you sell the tiger bones and tiger whip to Uncle Zhou?"

"Uncle Zhou, tigers are not cabbages. It's not that easy to encounter one!"

Seeing Shopkeeper Zhou's disappointed look, she said again: "If I really hunt them, I will leave them to Uncle Zhou!"

Upon hearing this, Shopkeeper Zhou nodded repeatedly and agreed.

He looked at the tiger meat wrapped in tiger skin in Lin Xi's basket and said, "Lin Xi girl, Uncle Zhou wants 100 catties of this tiger meat. How about I give you one tael of silver per catty?"

Lin Xi readily agreed. Quanfu came over to help her weigh the meat. Manager Zhou took out a silver note worth one hundred taels and handed it to Lin Xi.

Lin Xi covered the remaining tiger meat with large leaves, said goodbye to Manager Zhou and Quanfu, and walked towards Fulin Restaurant.

After Lin Xi left, Shopkeeper Zhou called out the secret guard left to him by his master and asked him to arrange for someone to preserve the tiger meat with ice and deliver it to his master as quickly as possible!