Chapter 9: Buy me

Gu Fei smiled bitterly: “It’s not up to me.”

She whispered in the second young lady’s ear: “I have hidden all your money and gold hairpins. If I can escape, I will find a way to find you.”

After speaking, Gu Fei touched a handful of ashes on the ground and smeared it on her face. As soon as she struggled to stand up, the jailer came over, opened the prison door, and shouted coldly: “Every servant, come out, and tell me your name one by one.”

The female servants got up somewhat happily. Finally, they no longer have to stay in this hellish place.

The four little girls also stood up and stood behind the kitchen servants.

At this moment, Gu Fei realized something and put some fruit and a few steamed buns on the quilt. Then she whispered to the second young lady: “I left something for you in the quilt. Hide it yourself so that no one finds it.”

The second young lady looked back at the quilt, shook her head, and looked at Gu Fei eagerly. She didn’t want anything, she just wanted Feicui!

The jailer in front quickly announced her name. Gu Fei lowered her head and walked to the door: “Feicui”

The jailer glanced at her and asked: “First-class maid, Feicui?”

Gu Fei nodded, the jailer checked the booklet in his hand, and Gu Fei was quickly pushed away.

When Gu Fei looked back, the second young lady was holding on to the wooden fence and looking at her with tears in her eyes, like an abandoned little puppy.

“Take care——” Gu Fei mouthed and turned around to leave.

Gu Fei and many girls and old women were strung up by a rope from the prison of the Ministry of Punishment and walked through the street.

Many people pointed at them along the way.

After walking for half an hour, they arrived at Nanshi.

Gu Fei and the others were quickly handed over to the middleman of human trade and were pulled to a platform to stand with numb expressions on their faces.

The middleman jumped on the stage and began to work hard to attract business.

“Come and see, these are all servants of Pingyang Houfu. They have been trained well and can be used right away after you buy them.”

The middleman pulled over a little girl and said: “Look at this pretty little girl. You can buy her to work during the day and warm your bed at night. It only cost 10 taels of silver!”

“Master, I see that you are a wealthy man. Buy one, for 10 taels, and this little girl can work for you as you please!”

Standing in the audience, a well-built middle-aged man was picking his teeth and said: “It’s expensive. This kind of girl only costs five taels of silver at most.”

The middleman smiled and said, “The price is not expensive, sir. This is a girl from Pingyang Houfu. She can do anything to serve tea and water.”

The middle-aged man still shook his head: “It’s too young. It will take another two years to raise it after I buy it.”

The middleman looked into the crowd and grabbed Bihe, the eldest maidservant in the eldest young lady: “If you don’t like it, why don’t you buy this girl? This is a maidservant of the eldest young lady, who specializes in serving the mistress. You can give me 20 taels and use her immediately!”

“Look at this body and face, you can’t buy it for 20 taels and suffer a loss, you won’t be cheated!”

The middle-aged man seemed a little moved, staring at Bihe’s chest: “It’s still too small.”

Just as he was talking, a middle-aged woman dressed in a flashy dress came over and smiled at the people on the stage: “20 taels are not too expensive for me, let me take her first!”

Gu Fei saw this woman in the crowd and took a few steps back. The way this woman was dressed showed that she didn’t come from a good place.

Sure enough, Gu Fei heard someone in the audience whispering: “Isn’t this the madam from Chunxiang House?”

Gu Fei even lowered her head.

It would be troublesome if she was sold into a brothel. With her injuries, she would not be able to escape.

 


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