Chapter 82 Little Fish's past that Bai Mo doesn't know about
Chu Huayu stood up staggeringly, his head was confused, and his whole body was sore that he couldn't exert any strength.
Misfortune never comes singly. Although the black-clothed ghost failed to suck Chu Huayu's soul, her memory was damaged because of it, and she could no longer remember who she was...
Chu Huayu froze in place for a long time, and then walked aimlessly on the road with bare feet, until he reached Licheng...
She didn’t know how long she had been walking, but Chu Huayu hadn’t eaten for a long time, and she was thirsty and hungry. Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she saw many white steamed buns in the steamer of the bun shop not far away. Chu Huayu walked away involuntarily.
In the past, I only saw those steamed buns with round bellies and swirling tops, which were really mouth-watering.
The owner of the bun shop came out and saw the dirty Chu Huayu looking at his buns intently. He was so angry that there was another little beggar! I was really angry!
"Go away, little beggar!" the bun shop owner yelled angrily.
Chu Huayu was startled by the sudden curse, turned around and ran away.
"You..." Seeing that Chu Huayu didn't even have any shoes, the owner of the bun shop felt a trace of pity in his heart: This child is so pitiful, how about... give her a bun? No, no, if she has to rely on it from now on.
Come on, what if you come to me begging for food every day...
The bun shop owner thought for a moment and cursed secretly.
"Little girl!" the bun shop owner shouted, and Chu Huayu ran faster after hearing it.
Seeing that Chu Huayu ignored him, the bun shop owner picked up a piece of oil paper, wrapped a few buns and chased after him.
"Little girl!" the bun shop owner called out as he patted Chu Huayu on the shoulder.
"Ah!" Chu Huayu screamed in fright. Isn't this the fierce uncle in front of him just now?
"Little girl, take this." The owner of the bun shop said and handed the bun wrapped in oil paper to Chu Huayu.
Chu Huayu took it carefully. She looked at the buns, then looked up at the bun shop owner and smiled sweetly.
"Eat! Just this once, don't rely on me in the future." The owner of the bun shop said and hurried back to the shop before Chu Huayu could thank him.
Chu Huayu found a step and sat down, and then ate the steamed buns. His feet felt itchy and rubbed against each other. Because he walked barefoot for too long, Chu Huayu's little feet were abraded and bled.
, it looks really pitiful...
"Here." At this time, there was a man in the alley far away who was observing Chu Huayu's every move and making eye contact with the woman next to him.
"In my opinion... this little girl may be a lost child," the woman said.
"I don't think so, maybe it's a little girl that no one wants." The man said he disagreed with the woman's view, and then expressed his own thoughts.
"Tsk! Idiot!" the woman scolded: "Although this little girl is dirty, she is wearing fine brocade. Also, look at what she is wearing around her neck.
?”
The man took a closer look and said, "Isn't it just a jade pendant? I don't know whether it's true or not!"
"Tsk! How else can I say you are a fool?" the woman said angrily: "Ignorant thing!"
"Tch! You know the stuff, go ask her!" The man was very unconvinced.
The woman glared at the man, bought a bowl of water at the corner shop, and then slowly walked towards Chu Huayu.
"Little sister, eat slowly and don't choke. Come on, drink some water." The woman's gentle voice made people lose their guard for a moment.
"Thank you..." Chu Huayu said softly. She was indeed very thirsty, so she picked up the bowl and drank big gulps of water.
The woman stared intently at the jade pendant on Chu Huayu's chest.
"Cough cough cough..."
He drank too fast, and Chu Huayu accidentally choked. The woman came to her senses when she heard the cough, then gently patted Chu Huayu on the back, and raised her eyes to signal the man to come over.
Seeing another stranger in front of him, Chu Huayu finally panicked.
"Let me tell you! This is a fine jade pendant." The woman stood up and said.
Chu Huayu stood up and was about to leave, but the man stepped forward, grabbed Chu Huayu's jade pendant, and then pulled hard, pulling the jade pendant from Chu Huayu's neck.
Chu Huayu was in pain, and there was a thin blood mark on her neck. Chu Huayu ignored the pain in her neck, and just as she was about to leave, the man stabbed her in the back, and Chu Huayu lost her intuition.
When I looked again, the little girl sitting on the steps eating steamed buns had disappeared, and there was only half a leftover steamed bun left on the ground...
"Little sister, little sister, wake up quickly..."
Chu Huayu felt someone shaking her gently. She slowly opened her eyes and found that the surroundings were pitch black. Although the face of the person who just woke her up could not be seen clearly, she could vaguely tell that he was a man in his fifteenth or sixteenth year.
year old girl.
The windows in the house were boarded up, and only a little light came through. Chu Huayu couldn't see clearly, but he could hear the sound of tiny whimpering all around. It turned out that there were still many girls locked up inside, miserable and sad.
There was a lot of sound...
"Where...is this place?" Chu Huayu asked timidly.
"This is Ren Yazi's house where people are detained. Little sister, were you arrested, or were you sold by your family?" The girl's voice was gentle and pleasant.
"I... was captured... Wuwuwuwu..." After Chu Huayu said this, he cried in fear.
"Don't cry, don't cry anymore..." The girl hugged Chu Huayu gently. Just now she saw that Chu Huayu's body was dirty and had many small injuries. Even his shoes were missing. She
Feeling distressed, he carefully cleaned the wounds on Chu Huayu's body and feet. The buyer would be coming soon. If someone saw Chu Huayu still awake, they would think that Chu Huayu would not live long.
, would leave Chu Huayu to feed the wolves and tigers, so the girl hurriedly shook Chu Huayu awake.
"Little sister, don't be afraid. Do you still remember where you live? What are your parents' names? If you remember, my sister will help you ask that person to see if it is convenient for you to ask your parents to give you money to redeem you."
The girl said softly, no wonder she saw that Chu Huayu was wearing fine brocade. It seemed that Chu Huayu must be a child loved by his parents, rather than being cruelly betrayed by his father who owed gambling debts like her.
Already...
"My name is... my name is Xiao Yu'er..." Chu Huayu sobbed.
"Xiao Yu'er? This...is this your nickname? Little sister, do you still remember your nickname?"
"I don't remember." Chu Huayu shook his head: "I can't remember anything. I only remember... my name is Xiao Yu'er..."
The girl's heart froze. Could it be that... the little girl in front of her was injured by the hateful man's teeth and accidentally lost her memory? Those beasts are really cruel!
Perhaps because of sympathy for the same illness, the girl felt very distressed, and held Chu Huayu in her arms and comforted him softly for a long time.
Finally, the door of the dark room was pushed open by someone, the light finally shone in, and Chu Huayu finally saw clearly the appearance of the sister in front of him.
I saw this sister in front of me who was cleanly dressed, wearing jade earrings on her earlobes. She had a beautiful face, a fair face, long and picturesque eyebrows, and twinkling eyes like stars...
Two people pushed in the door. One man was Ren Yazi, and the other woman was the buyer and the madam of Yichun Courtyard in Licheng.
"Mother Li came to see the goods again?" the man Yazi asked.
"Humph." The old madam shook her fan and nodded gently, then walked slowly into the house, looked left and right, very slowly, and then stopped in one place, staring at the man who was holding Chu.
Huayu's girl.
The madam squatted down slightly, then used the fan handle to lift the girl's chin and looked at her again and again.
"Not bad, but do you have any talent?" the madam asked.
"I can play the harp..." the girl said softly.
"What's your name?"
"Liu Xue'er..."
"What's your sister's name?"
"Little fish..."
"Yes, I want this girl!" The old madam's voice was sharp and thin, and then she pointed at Chu Huayu: "And the one she is holding in her arms. Seeing that she is about the same age as my sister, I just bought her the same girl.
My sister keeps me company!”
"Mother Li has really good taste!" The man said with a smile: "This girl has the highest price here. As for the little one next to her, hey! We will give it to you for free!"
"Haha! Then how much silver do you want?" the madam asked with a smile.
"Well... at least it's worth the price!" Ren Yazi said, holding out five fingers.
"Don't talk to me about it, just tell me!" The Madam said with some displeasure on her face.
"At the very least... you need five hundred taels of silver!" Ren Yazi said tentatively.
"What!" The old madam's eyes widened and she said angrily: "Tsk, it's not worth the price at all, three hundred taels!"
"Oh, Mother Li, all we do is beheading! Four hundred taels, it can't be lower!" Ren Yazi said.
"Tsk, four hundred taels is four hundred taels!" The old madam's eyes were full of displeasure, but she agreed.
The Madam took Liu Xueer and Chu Huayu into the carriage, and the wheels rolled. That was the way to Yichun Courtyard...
When they arrived at Yichun Courtyard, someone came forward to clean and bathe Liu Xueer and Chu Huayu.
Chu Huayu had too many wounds on his body, and they were soaked in water. The pain made him cry all the time.
Then the two of them were put on brand new clothes and brought to the Madam.
"Kneel down!" the madam scolded sternly.
Liu Xueer knelt down naturally, and Chu Huayu also knelt down.
I saw the old madam holding a soldering iron in her hand, and several more people held down the two kneeling people, and then pulled up their sleeves.
The madam walked over with a soldering iron.
"Stab-"
It was the horrible smell of burning flesh. The flesh on their arms was roasted alive. Chu Huayu only felt the excruciating pain in his arms...
Liu Xueer gritted her teeth and didn't want to cry out. However, Chu Huayu let out a sob from his throat, and tears flowed down.
Looking again, a plum blossom mark the size of a copper plate could be faintly discerned on the bloody flesh of the two men's arms.
Chu Huayu was forced to sign a contract to be sold into slavery, but the madam did not ask Liu Xueer to sign it.
"Tomorrow you will play the harp first, and then we will sign the contract of sale." After that, the old madam left.
Liu Xue'er naturally understood what the old madam meant. If she played the konghou tomorrow and more people listened, she would sign the contract as a herdsman. If she didn't play well and no one would listen, she would sign her as a red herdsman.
The Qing husbands sell their crafts but not their bodies, but the red husbands can’t help but use the word “Qing Gao”...
"Xiao Yu'er, don't be afraid. From now on, my sister will protect you..." Liu Xueer hugged Chu Huayu and said softly.
On the second day, Liu Xueer sat down to play the harp, and the sound was crisp and bright, sometimes brisk, sometimes deep. The melodious tune sometimes seemed like drifting with the tide, carrying thousands of sorrows, sometimes like the spring snow falling in April in the human world, and sometimes like grass. The orioles are flying in the February sky, the willows are blowing on the dike and the spring smoke is intoxicating...
The broken mountain jade phoenix screams, the hibiscus weeps and the fragrant orchid smiles...
There were an especially large number of guests in Yichun Court today, so the madam was very happy to have made money, so she signed a contract of renouncement with Liu Xueer.
Liu Xue'er had one request, which was to take Chu Huayu with her, and the madam agreed. After all, Liu Xue'er really had something of her own.
But if the family hadn't fallen into decline, who would be willing to do this involuntarily?
Liu Xueer took Chu Huayu with her. In addition to teaching Chu Huayu how to play the harp every day, she also taught her to read and write.
A year has passed by in a hurry.
Chu Huayu became fairer and fairer as he grew older, which made the madam regret not signing this beauty's embryo into a betrothal contract. However, Chu Huayu was well protected by Liu Xueer, so it would be useless for the madam to regret it.
Liu Xueer is even more beautiful, her eyes are full of hope and sultry, her eyebrows are like picturesque eyes, her thin lips are curved up, with a slightly sad smile, her whole face is delicate and beautiful, like in this hook It is a budding water hibiscus, not stained by a trace of dust...
Today, the madam's sister Li Dieyi got her mouth burned while drinking water, and Chu Huayu just happened to kneel down on the ground not far from her and sweep. Dieyi was furious and wanted to vent her anger, so she immediately walked towards Chu Huayu with the cup in hand. passed.
"Little Yu'er!" Dieyi yelled angrily. He was already used to being arrogant, domineering and self-willed at the age of eleven or twelve.
Chu Huayu raised his eyes and saw Dieyi pouring hot tea on Chu Huayu. Chu Huayu subconsciously blocked it with his hands. Half of the water was poured on her hands. She didn't notice the pain for a second. Only then did he feel the burning pain. Chu Huayu's hand was red and painful, and frightening blisters gradually appeared. Chu Huayu hadn't cried yet, but Die Yi was so frightened that he cried.
"Woooooooo..."
"Oh! Dieyi! What's going on?" The old bustard stepped forward and asked with concern.
"She! How dare she burn me!" Dieyi pointed at Chu Huayu and cursed angrily.
"I...I didn't..." Chu Huayu defended softly and tremblingly, but received a solid kick on his body.
"Uh..." Chu Huayu groaned, lying on the ground unable to move and not daring to cry.
"You little bitch, how dare you talk back?" the old bustard cursed angrily, "Someone, bring me my soldering iron!"
"yes."
The madam handed the soldering iron to Dieyi and said with a smile: "Dieyi, don't cry anymore. If she burns you, you can burn it back!"
"Yeah!" Dieyi nodded and smiled, then pulled Chu Huayu's hair and pulled her up from the ground, then held the soldering iron and was about to burn it on Chu Huayu's face...