He really wanted to apologize to Zhao Huanyu for what he had done before, but he knew that Zhao Huanyu would definitely not accept it, so he could only propose to buy food.
This was actually the purpose of his trip to Jiangnan. When he came down the mountain, he saw many refugees along the way. They were quite pitiful. Thinking that he still had some money left at home, he wanted to do something for the refugees.
His parents felt that he had been living in the mountains for many years and it was difficult for him to integrate into the current society. They thought it would be good for him to take this trip, so they gave him money to let him go out and have a try.
He did see a lot of novel things along the way. While lamenting the prosperity of the world, he also lamented the suffering of the refugees.
Basically nothing special happened along the way, until he met Zhao Huanyu, he couldn't hold it back several times.
Zhao Huanyu saw that he was really not pretending, and did not want to argue too much, and said: "I have my own arrangements for these grains. If Mr. Chen wants to buy them, he can go to the grain merchants. You and I have never met each other before, and there is no need to do it again."
We met again, let's say goodbye."
After saying this, Zhao Huanyu turned around and left without giving him a chance to speak.
"It's over, it's over, I've really offended someone now! Oh, I have such a bad mouth, why can't I keep it under control!"
He hit himself twice in the mouth and asked the boy beside him anxiously: "What should we do now? Miss Duan is a good person, I should apologize to her."
"Master, let's forget it now that it's over! I think Miss Duan is right. We are strangers to her, so we don't want to cross paths again and again. There must be grain from other grain merchants, let's buy some
Just go back, it took a long time to come out, the master and his wife will definitely be worried."
The young man also couldn't understand why this happened to his young master over and over again. He had to apologize and offend others at the same time. This was really annoying.
But Chen Yong just didn't want to let Zhao Huanyu go like this. Even he couldn't explain why, so he pushed the boy away and wanted to catch up with Zhao Huanyu.
But Zhao Huanyu didn't want to, so naturally he couldn't get close. He only took two steps when someone appeared and blocked him.
This time he was not as easy to talk to as before. He ignored him and just drew his sword and pointed it at him. If he dared to take a step forward, he would attack.
Chen Yong immediately froze on the spot and did not dare to move, but still said with trembling legs: "I know that I had misunderstandings about Miss Duan before, but now I know that I was wrong, and I want to say sorry to her in person. Please give her a chance!
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"Our girl has given you many opportunities, but you have pestered our girl again and again. Stay away from our girl, you are not someone you can afford to mess with."
After saying that, the secret guard put away his sword and left behind Zhao Huanyu.
He didn't even look at Chen Yong during the whole process.
Chen Yong sighed in frustration, why couldn't he do it well no matter what he did?
When I was young, I followed my husband to go into retreat in the mountains. Is it really right?
Now he feels that it is difficult to communicate with others, and it is also difficult for others to communicate with him. Even the servants around him are angry with him. How should he deal with these relationships?
Thinking of this, I felt a little helpless and uncomfortable. For a moment, I didn't want to chase Zhao Huanyu anymore, and walked towards the inn where he was staying with some dejection.
This is a house. A middle-aged man is standing in the yard, listening to the servant's report, his eyes are turning green with anger.
"What did you say? That little girl moved the food in advance?"
"I heard that she really said that. My subordinates didn't believe it at first, but seeing that she didn't care at all, she might have really been transferred."
"It's impossible. Our people have been keeping an eye on so much food. If they really moved it, how could we not have received the news?"
The men lowered their heads and said nothing, which was indeed reasonable. He had been keeping a close eye on them since noon today, and he had never seen anyone move any food.
But Zhao Huanyu’s expression doesn’t seem to be deceiving, so which step went wrong?
"You can investigate more carefully, and you must give me an explanation!"
"yes."
The people under his command responded and curled their lips in frustration. If they had known earlier, they would have just said that the food had been burned, but now they have to cause trouble for themselves. What a big headache!
After his men left, the middle-aged man stood in the courtyard with his hands behind his back and murmured to himself: "Little girl, you are playing tricks on me. It seems that I really underestimated you."
Early the next morning, Zhao Huanyu didn't get up. The girls she rescued outside were already waiting at the door. But they knew that their lives were still in Zhao Huanyu's hands. No one said anything even if they waited for a long time.
Everyone is silent.
Zhao Huanyu had insomnia last night and stayed up most of the night. Today she felt that she didn't get enough sleep. She just slept a little longer since she had nothing to do, but she didn't expect that there were so many people waiting for her outside.
Fat Ya woke up earlier, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw a large group of people looking at her anxiously.
"What are you going to do? I told you before that the girl doesn't want to see you. It's your honor to save you. Don't push yourself further!"
Early in the morning, Fat Ya opened the door and was upset when she saw them. If the girl hadn't been kind, she would definitely not have cared about their life or death.
The leader hurriedly shook his head and said, "Sister Fat Ya, you misunderstood. We are not here to cause trouble to the girl. We just have something to say to the girl."
They had made trouble before on the boat. Fat Ya didn't trust them very much, so she said, "You can tell me whatever you want, and I will help you explain it."
The girls looked at each other, but they all knelt down.
"Oh my! If you have anything to say, just say it. Don't kneel to others. I can't bear it! Besides, it's useless to kneel to our girl. I've told you before that if a girl doesn't want to do anything, no matter what you say,
No girl will agree!"
Fat Ya stretched out her hand to help them, but they dodged them. The leader said as a representative: "The food was burned last night. Although the girl said to comfort everyone that the food was not burned, we all know that the food must be gone. We know
We are just a burden to the girl. Sister Fatty said just now that it is our honor for the girl to save us. We don’t want to cause any more trouble to the girl. If the girl saves us, she is our master. We are all on the run anyway.
Even if a person returns to his place of origin and cannot find his family, it is better to be sold as a maid and exchange some money for the girl to buy some food and go back to save more people."
"We know that we caused trouble to the girl before on the boat. We have always wanted to apologize to the girl, but we couldn't find the opportunity. We also asked Sister Fatty to help us and convey these words to the girl. We will treat it as our apology to the girl."
Fat Ya never expected that they could say such things. After all, the changes before and after were too big, which was a bit unacceptable.
She was so selfish before, why have she become so selfless now? She also said that she would use the money from selling them to buy food to save other people. Is this a real idea?
"Have you been threatened by someone?"
Fat Ya spoke with some confusion. No matter what they were thinking in their hearts, Fat Ya felt that if she were them, she would definitely not have such thoughts.
After finally escaping from the wolf's den, and meeting such a noble person as Zhao Huanyu, how could he be willing to have such an idea?
"No," one of them smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Actually, we also have selfish motives. Jiangnan is a good place everywhere and the people are rich. It is better to stay here and work as a maid for these people than to return to our place of origin.
If you don’t have enough food and clothing to live in your place of origin, and you may be trafficked again, you might as well settle down here.”
The others nodded, presumably they all had the same idea.
Fat Ya looked at the other people standing, who lowered their heads and replied: "We, we still want to go back to find our families..."
Fat Ya knows that those people are not refugees, but were forcibly kidnapped here. Their families must be very anxious now, and it is normal for them to want to go back.
In Fat Ya's opinion, their thoughts are normal. As for other people's thoughts, she should wait until she asks Zhao Huanyu first.
"I already understand what you mean. I will tell the girl when she wakes up later. Let's all go back. Don't be stuck here and affect the girl's rest."
Fat Ya waved her hands like a little adult and went to find the waiter to bring hot water to wash Zhao Huanyu.
When I came back, I found that Zhao Huanyu was already awake, looking a little awake and sitting on the bed blankly.
"Sister, are you awake? It's time to wash up. The water is quite hot!"
The fat girl came over with a smile on her face, put the basin on the shelf, soaked her handkerchief in it, and performed all the movements smoothly and smoothly.
"Fat Ya, I heard everything they said outside just now."
Zhao Huanyu didn't move, just sitting on the bed talking to Fat Ya.
Fat Ya was stunned for a moment, and said apologetically: "It was our talking that woke up my sister."
"No," Zhao Huanyu shook her head, "I just didn't expect them to make such a request."
Zhao Huanyu has always known that women in this era have a very hard life, especially after experiencing these things. Although she cannot empathize with her, she understands it very well, so no matter how those women made trouble with her on the boat before, she decided to kill them all
Take it back and we'll see how to arrange it when the time comes.
Unexpectedly, they would actually offer to stay here to serve the current people, and even use the money from selling them to buy food for others to eat.
Maybe this was just their rhetoric, but Zhao Huanyu was still very moved when she heard it.
She has always wanted to help more people and change the current situation on her own, but now it seems that she has thought everything too simply.
They want to stay here, which is the worst plan, because they are afraid that Zhao Huanyu will take them back without settling them, and then they will live on the streets in even more despair.
Relying on Zhao Huanyu's connections to sell them into a family that can afford servants, at least they can fill their stomachs. Anyway, it is much better than being sold into a brothel.
Zhao Huanyu could think of all these reasons, so she felt sad.
I feel sad for these poor women, and feel sad for the people of this era.
"Sister, since it is their request, then let's do what they want. If sister takes them back by force, they might not be happy."
It's not that Fatty thinks bad things, but human nature is like this. Sometimes what you think is good may not be good to others.
Just like before, Chen Yong felt that what he did was right, but for Zhao Huanyu, it was very low-key.
Zhao Huanyu nodded: "Then just do as they say. Give them a tael of silver each. There is only so much I can do to get to know each other. How they live after that depends on their own destiny.
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Fat Ya nodded and said: "We are new to Jiangnan, so we don't know much about the situation here. We probably need to ask for help to make proper arrangements."
"It's okay. I'll ask the innkeeper later to see if they can be arranged to go to the county or town. It would be better if they could go to other cities. Anyway, it's best not to be in Qingzhou City."
These women were on a whim, but they didn't expect that the brothel bosses were eyeing them. If they were to be sold to anyone, after she left, these women would definitely be captured again.
Now that they have moved to this point, it is natural that they should make better arrangements and pave the way for them to get to know each other in vain.
"Sister, you are so kind!"
The fat girl nodded her head like garlic, and after helping Zhao Huanyu wash up, she went to tell them what Zhao Huanyu thought.
The girls did not expect that Zhao Huanyu would agree so quickly. After all, they had selfish motives for doing this. People in Jiangnan were rich, and they were not bad looking. They might be able to meet a good family, so that they could settle down at home.
Hearing Fat Ya say that Zhao Huanyu agreed and decided to give each of them one tael of silver, they all had smiles on their faces.
"Thank you, girl! We will be grateful to you for your kindness throughout our lives!"
Everyone wanted to kneel down again, but Fatty waved her hands repeatedly: "I'm not a girl, so you don't have to kneel to me. You can stay here and do your own thing. You may not meet someone as good as our girls in the future."
After speaking, he took out his small purse and began to distribute money to everyone.
After following Zhao Huanyu, she has always been rich, which was given to her by Zhao Huanyu, who usually helps with payments and exercises her abilities at the same time.
When the girls got the money, they all had tears in their eyes. Even their parents had never given them so much money when they were so old, but now a woman they met unexpectedly gave it to them. She was their savior and their reborn parent.
After Fat Ya left the girls' room, she thought for a while and went to the innkeeper to find out more.
Unexpectedly, when I got downstairs, I saw Chen Yong, his master and his servant.
"What bad luck!"
Fat Ya rolled her eyes and wanted to turn around and go upstairs, but was stopped by Chen Yong.
"Little sister, I don't have any other intention. I just want to ask Miss Duan if she needs any help when she is in trouble. If possible, I am willing to help Miss Duan to apologize for what happened before!"
Chen Yong said it very seriously, but the boy beside him looked helpless.
Fat Ya wanted to refuse, but when she thought of something, she rolled her eyes and nodded and said, "Yes!"