After dying early, I traveled to ancient times and became a boy

The closer it gets to winter, the more lively the market becomes. Many people, both buying and selling, want to exchange money for goods, and then go home for the New Year.

It’s just that they started preparing too early, preparing for the New Year two months ago.

This is a bit similar to Ye Xunqing, but he is not preparing for the New Year, but hibernation.

Ye Xunqing was selling lotus roots at the entrance of Juxianglou, while Feng Jingheng went to sell herbs and return books. The two of them divided the work and worked together, so they arrived quickly.

The woman who bought the beans gave the beans to Ye Xunqing and borrowed the scale from Manager Xu. She was not worried about any problems with the scale because they must have weighed the beans at home before selling them, so they had a rough idea of ​​the weight.

Ye Xunqing bought her beans at the market price, and Manager Xu was watching over him from the side. No one was more shrewd in business than Manager Xu.

"The soybeans are really good this year." Shopkeeper Xu grabbed a handful of beans. "I bought some for my shop too. They're delicious when fried."

Ye Xunqing wanted to go back and grind some soy milk to drink. A bowl of hot soy milk, an egg, and a pancake would be a perfect breakfast.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have bought these beans." Ye Xunqing said, "If I had known that Auntie was going to sell beans, I would have bought them directly in the village. Now it's good. I carried beans when I came here, and I have to carry them again when I go back."

Shopkeeper Xu laughed and said, "Indeed, the donkey's legs are almost shortened from exhaustion."

Glutinous rice lotus root is still selling well. Many people buy it to feed the elderly at home. They have bad teeth and this helps them chew it.

The last few glutinous rice lotus roots were given by Ye Xunqing to Manager Xu, who then invited them to dinner. Either the table was filled with fish and meat, or a simple meal cooked by Ye Xunqing.

"Heng, have some chicken legs." Ye Xunqing tore off a chicken leg and gave it to Feng Jingheng. "You've been working hard lately, eat more."

Feng Jingheng wanted to give the chicken leg to Ye Xunqing, but Ye Xunqing refused. He said he could eat another one. After saying that, he glanced at Manager Xu.

Shopkeeper Xu took a sip of wine, smiled and said nothing.

Ye Xunqing was relieved then. They each got a chicken leg and left the breast meat for Manager Xu to eat.

In ancient times, there was no feed. Chickens and ducks ate either grain or vegetables and insects they found themselves. Chickens raised this way were very delicious. The downside was that they were small and not very oily. The chicken legs were not even as big as the chicken wings sold in supermarkets.

Farmers usually raise chickens by having hens lay eggs and hatch chicks in the spring. They raise the chickens for a year and eat the eggs for a year. They then leave a rooster and a few hens to overwinter, and repeat the cycle the next day.

Otherwise, there will be no vegetables or insects to eat in winter, and the chickens will have to eat rice, which will be a huge waste.

While eating, he suddenly heard a noise outside. Ye Xunqing was curious and stretched his neck to look outside.

"Don't look at it, it's unlucky." Shopkeeper Xu frowned, "They are all selling people."

Ye Xunqing's expression froze. "Selling people? Is that what I thought?"

Feng Jingheng said, "Well, it's just as you think. Parents sell their children, and husbands pawn their wives and children."

Ye Xunqing felt so upset that he couldn't even eat the chicken leg.

Shopkeeper Xu called the waiter over and ordered, "Tell them to go somewhere far away and not cause trouble for me here."

With such a quarrel, his business is not doing well.

"Let's go out and take a look." Ye Xunqing felt uncomfortable after hearing this and didn't want to eat.

Shopkeeper Xu didn't stop him, but said, "You can't do anything about it. Even the officials can't stop parents from selling their children, so how can you do that?"

There have been laws in all dynasties prohibiting the buying and selling of human beings, but human trafficking has continued since ancient times.

They sell their wives and pawn their children, and exchange their own children for food. They are not human beings, but commodities, food.

The family who sold the child had been driven away by the waiter. When the waiter saw Ye Xunqing and the others coming out to watch, he thought they wanted to watch the fun, so he told them the whole story.

"Zhang Liuzi's family wants to sell their daughter to a brothel, but his wife refuses and starts making a fuss. It's a sin, the little girl is only nine years old." The waiter said this and walked in.

A brothel is a place where once you go in, you will never get out clean. Once you go in, you will be there for life.

However, most people who entered the brothel would not live long and would die of illness within a few years.

Ye Xunqing stood at the door and looked for a long time, he didn't know what he was looking at.

Cannibalism. I opened the first page of the book and there was not a single word in it, only cannibalism.

This is not the bondage of feudal ethics, this is cannibalism, it is really cannibalism.

Ye Xunqing suddenly felt palpitations and difficulty breathing, and he was almost suffocating.

"Ah Qing, Ah Qing..." Feng Jingheng supported the swaying Ye Xunqing, "Let's not watch it anymore, let's go back."

Ye Xunqing took a few deep breaths. He felt that the air was dirty, but he could only breathe dirty air because he was still alive.

"Help me up, my legs are weak..." Ye Xunqing said in a low voice.

Feng Jingheng saw that his face was pale and knew that he was not feeling well, so he said, "Let's not eat anymore and go home."

Ye Xunqing said: "No, I've been cooking for half a day and you're still not full..." He couldn't eat a single bite, it was too, too disgusting.

Feng Jingheng ate some of it casually, and then took Ye Xunqing back. Manager Xu asked him to take care of Ye Xunqing, saying that Ye Xunqing was kind-hearted and couldn't stand these dirty things.

After returning, Ye Xunqing fell ill. He had caught a cold that morning, and coupled with the stress, he just felt unwell. He stayed at home and ignored anyone who came to see him.

Ye Xunqing had seen human traffickers kidnap Mo Yuyan and Ye Ergen sell his daughter as a child bride before, but he had never seen anyone sell their own daughter to a brothel.

Vicious, truly vicious. Why is such a person still alive? Why not just die?

"Are you feeling better?" Feng Jingheng touched his head. "Do you want Xiao Yan to come over and take a look at you?"

"Heart disease needs heart medicine. No matter how many times he comes, it's useless." Ye Xunqing said sadly, "How could someone sell their own daughter to a brothel?"

"Don't think about it. You're only harming yourself if you're angry." Feng Jingheng hugged him and said, "Don't be angry, don't be angry."

Ye Xunqing became angrier and angrier, but he was helpless. "If I were the town commander, I would arrest them all and behead them!"

"Yeah, wait until Ah Qing becomes the town magistrate and arrest them all." Feng Jingheng comforted him.

Originally, he wanted to talk to Ye Xunqing about Ye Dayong's family affairs, but Ye Xunqing was angry now, so he didn't want to say it. He decided to wait a few days until Ye Xunqing recovered from his illness before talking to him.

"Xiaobai has been hanging out with Lan Jie'er and Dami these days, so he hasn't fallen behind in his studies. I've looked at everything and will show it to you in a few days." Feng Jingheng said, "Xiaoyan has been...he's been out alone lately. I don't know what he's been up to, and he won't tell me when I ask."

Ye Xunqing said: "Well, I understand. I will ask him tonight."