"Ning...Ning...ah, it's so hard to write my name."
With nothing to do, Wei Cheng brought the Four Treasures of the Study and planned to enlighten little Aning.
The first step, of course, was to start with her name. However, the word "Ning" in capital letters confused the little girl.
Seeing her scratching her head and ears, Wei Cheng said funnyly: "Then let's not write this word. I'll teach you a simple one."
So, Wei Cheng wrote the simple character "Ning" on the paper. Now the little girl was happy. It only took five strokes to make a full calculation. It was much simpler than the previous character. She learned it in no time.
Hao Niang looked on with envy, secretly looking at the words on the paper from time to time, and secretly drawing gourds and gourds on the ground with a broom.
Aning wrote her name and happily ran in the yard with the paper. When she saw Hao Niang, she said, "Sister, look, I can write my own name." He ran to Xiao'e who was washing the dishes. In front of me, "Sister Xiao'e, look, my name is Ning, hahaha."
Wei Cheng sat on the chair and smiled and watched her looking for someone to show off to. Suddenly she saw the words Hao Niang had written on the ground with a broom. Wei Cheng's expression changed and he glanced at Hao Niang, seeing her looking at her with envy. Words written by Ning.
Wei Cheng said: "Aning, I just learned one word. Why are you so excited? Come and sit down quickly. Let's learn the second word." This time he wrote the word "Hao" on the paper.
In this way, one taught and two learned. In one morning, Wei Cheng taught more than a dozen words. In addition to "Ning" and "Hao", there were also daily words such as you, me, him, father, mother, brothers and sisters, etc.
Near noon, a little boy slightly older than Aning appeared at the gate of the courtyard.
The boy poked his head around the door and was discovered by Aning. When he saw the boy, Xiao'e, who was helping to steam the steamed buns, exclaimed: "Er Mao, why are you here?"
Hao Niang introduced at the side: "This child is Xiao'e's younger brother, whose nickname is Ermao."
Wei Cheng nodded and looked at the two siblings talking at the door.
Xiao'e looked embarrassed, finally turned back to look at Wei Cheng, gritted her teeth and walked towards Wei Cheng.
"What happened?" Hao Niang asked.
Xiao'e nodded, her eyes began to turn red slowly, and she said in a choked voice: "My father sold me to Hujiabao, and someone sent a message from there, asking me to wait at the foot of the mountain at noon tomorrow. Someone will pick me up."
When Hao Niang heard this, she frowned and said, "That's unreasonable. Where is Hujiapu? Why is your father so cruel?"
Wei Cheng looked at Hao Niang and heard her say: "Master, you must not let Xiao'e be taken away by them. Hujiabao is... a... a very dirty place. If a woman goes there, she will be miserable. Die."
Xiao'e obviously knew where Hujiabao was. After hearing what Hao Niang said, she cried even louder.
At the gate of the courtyard, Er Mao shouted: "Sister, you have to go. Dad got two sheep and got a good job in the county. Our family's life will get better and better in the future. You can't be stupid."
Xiao'e's body trembled, and she couldn't express the pain in her heart. You are blessed, but your blessing was obtained with my life.
Wei Cheng frowned slightly, looked at Er Mao at the door, and said in a deep voice: "Go back and tell your father that I will not let him go. If he has the ability, let him come to me in person to ask for him."
Er Mao was still very afraid of Wei Cheng, but when he thought that he was about to live a good life, he gritted his teeth and said: "I, my father has already gone to the city, and I will go to the city tomorrow too. My sister was sold to Hu Biao.
How dare you not make friends with others, you, you..."
Before he could utter threatening words, Wei Cheng shouted: "Get out."
Er Mao was so frightened that he almost rolled down the hillside. He held on to the doorpost and looked at Xiao'e. He blushed and shouted: "Sister, just go and be obedient. When dad and I make money, we will definitely redeem you."
Come."
As he said this, he glanced at Wei Cheng lewdly, fearing that Wei Cheng would really take action against him, so he ran down the hillside in a hurry.
After Er Mao left, Xiao'e knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
Wei Cheng didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only say: "Don't worry, as long as you don't leave, no one can take you away."
Wei Cheng's tone was very firm. Although he was powerless, he still had no problem fighting off a few people from a high position. But if that didn't work, he brought Wei's name to the table, thinking that it should be able to solve the problem.
Of course, he had the last resort. If it didn't work out, he would spend a lot of money to buy Xiao'e back. Any glass bottle in the house was worth thousands of gold. This is what Zhang Zhongjing said before, and it seems to be true.
The news that Xiao'e was sold by her father soon spread throughout the village.
When Hao Dadao got the news, he immediately went to find Hao Laoliu, but he was in vain. After asking Ermao, he found out that Hao Laoliu had taken Hu Biao's lead and was showing off to others in a brothel in the county town.
Even Er Mao wanted to go to the county town to settle down because of his sister's sacrifice. This boy was chatting with his friends in the village when he met Hao Dadao and was slapped by Hao Dadao.
"You heartless bitch, go tell your father that I won't agree and tell him not to have any ideas about Xiao'e."
A huge slap mark appeared on Er Mao's right cheek, and he burst into tears. He looked at the angry Hao Dadao and had no idea why this uncle who usually took good care of him suddenly hit him.
"Oh, what a sin."
The women in the village sighed when they knew that Hao Laoliu was going to sell Xiao'e to a brothel.
The kiln run by Hujiabao is not a place for people at all. The rich and powerful people can do whatever they want there. Poor people like them can only work as cows and horses when they enter. One day, the nobles will be unhappy.
, he might be beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave.
Xiao'e was about to reach adulthood. Wouldn't it be better to go back and find a good family to marry? Why would she sell her biological daughter to a place like that? Several women gritted their teeth at such behavior, but in fact they were helpless.
This year the village suffered a catastrophe, and now they have fled to the mountains and forests to escape the disaster. But winter is about to come, and we don't know how many people will starve to death and freeze to death.
People like Hao Laoliu had no choice but to sacrifice a daughter to save two men in the family. To be honest, no one in the village had done this. But they were not as cruel as Hao Laoliu, who wanted to sell their daughter to a wealthy family as a maid.
No?
Of course, if you work as a maid and get some grain, you will get more benefits by selling it in a kiln.
"I heard from Hao Niang that Mr. Wei will not let anyone take Xiao'e away if he speaks."
"That's hard to say. Hu Biao is the leader of water transportation and has soldiers on his hands. In the past, our manager Chen would give him a thumbs up when he saw him. Although the Wei family is also a wealthy family, I'm afraid they would have to stay away from Hu Biao."
Just when they were discussing this matter.
In front of the Wei family's mansion, a cavalry of fifty people slowly stopped.
The leading man was tall and strong, with a beard. The leather armor on his body was tightly bound to the muscles, and the angular lines of the muscles could be vaguely seen.
This person was Dong Zhuo, who was entrusted by Cai Yong to send Cai Yan back to the Wei family. Behind him were fifty people, including the Liangzhou cavalry on the battlefield.
Dong Zhuo's arrival immediately alarmed all forces in Anyi County, and among them, naturally, Hu Biao was discussed by the villagers.