"Wu Lei?" Zhang Rui asked the man
Wu Lei looked at Zhang Rui with confusion on his face. He couldn't remember the young man in front of him and asked, "Do you know me?"
"I don't know you. I heard what others told you. How much do you plan to sell your daughter for?" Zhang Rui replied.
"Oh, it turns out to be a buyer. My daughter was sold for five taels of silver. I wonder what I bought my daughter for? I only sell my daughter as a child bride or a maid, and not to other places." Wu Lei said. He said with a ashamed and helpless face.
"Five taels is not a lot of money. Why sell her?" Zhang Rui said looking at Wu Lei, a numb and hungry man.
When Wu Lei heard this, his anger instantly surged but he had no way to vent it. He could only say sadly and angrily: "Look at what you said, it's true that a well-fed man doesn't know a hungry man is hungry. In this damn world, if there is a way to avoid selling, who would be willing to sell? It really forces people to have no choice!”
"Now I'll give you a chance to change. Are you willing to change?" Zhang Rui guided Wu Lei as if he was luring a guinea pig.
"Opportunity? What kind of opportunity." Wu Lei asked curiously. The originally numb eyes flashed a little.
"This is an opportunity to change you and your family. Are you willing to change?"
Although Wu Lei didn't know what Zhang Rui's purpose was for saying these words, he estimated that Zhang Rui definitely didn't say this because he was full and had nothing to do. What does he want? My whole family is so poor that this is probably their fate.
Looking at the child crying from hunger and the skinny wife. Wu Lei's already numb heart suddenly felt pain.
If the price is worth it, the most it will cost is losing your own life. I really have had enough of this kind of life. At this time, Wu Lei's dull eyes showed a little anger.
"Please tell me clearly what kind of opportunity it is. As long as you get the price, I'm willing to do anything."
"Afraid of killing someone?"
Hearing Zhang Rui's words, Wu Lei's wife nervously pulled Wu Lei's hand. Just when she was about to persuade her, Xiaobao in her arms pushed her and shouted that she was hungry.
The little girl's stomach also made a growling sound of hunger.
When Wu Lei heard Zhang Rui say that he might kill someone, Wu Lei, who had been a submissive citizen for too long, subconsciously wanted to refuse. But when he looked at his wife who was pulling away, he decided to make the biggest decision in his life.
This woman has paid so much for herself, and no matter how depressed she is now, she has never thought of leaving her. It used to be that she could live a good life, but now she is in such a miserable state. Looking at her hungry and thin body still holding the child.
Since this world is so unfair, why should I... If there is a hell, let me go to hell!
"Even if it means killing people, as long as I can give them a good life."
Wu Lei said firmly
"Okay, I only want people who can seize the opportunity to change. If you are qualified, take them with me to eat. As for other things, you will know later."
After saying that, Zhang Rui ignored them, turned around and walked to chat over tea. The moment he turned around, he showed a happy smile.
Gambling is also afraid. If these people are forced to this extent and are unwilling to change, they still have to be peaceful and obedient people. Zhang Ruizhen doesn't know how to successfully rebel.
Seeing Zhang Rui leave, Wu Lei pulled his daughter to follow him. At this time, his wife Wu Li held Wu Lei's hand. I begged him not to go. Once I had eaten, I couldn't go back. I just wanted to be an obedient citizen in peace, so that my family could survive.
Wu Lei looked at his wife, son, and daughter. Can you still survive? Can you really live like this for the rest of your life?
At first, my father thought that our family would be able to survive just fine if we had the land. But when the land was gone, so was my father. The people who stole my land and killed my father lived a good life with plenty of meat and fish every day. I can only survive to survive.
"Now I'll give you a chance to change. Are you willing to change?" Zhang Rui's words echoed in the man's mind again.
"I do." This twenty-six-year-old man cried out with desire in his heart. Although he had just met Zhang Rui for the first time, he didn't know why he wanted to trust this young boy.
Wu Lei ignored Mrs. Wu and directly pulled out the straw stuck in her daughter's hair, held her hand and said to her: "Let's go, dad will take you to eat."
Then he pulled Wu Li and said, "Don't worry about men's matters. Let's go have something to eat with me."
When Wu Lei and his family followed Zhang Rui into the tea chat, the boss of the tea chat said to Wu Lei who was about to come in.
"Are you rich?"
"Store, we are with that... young master over there." Wu Lei pointed at Zhang Rui who was sitting aside, thought for a while and said
The boss of Chachao looked at Zhang Rui and saw Zhang Rui nodded.
"It's really strange. If you dress like this to pay back the young master, I will pay back the master." The tea chat boss murmured.
During the tea chat, Wu Lei and his family were led to Zhang Rui, who asked them to sit at the next table. After all, sitting at the same table would make them uncomfortable and reserved. It's really not necessary.
I saw Zhang Rui take out a piece of broken silver weighing about five taels from his arms, put it on the table, and said to the boss over tea chat
"First give them two pots of tea, and then sixty meat buns."
When the tea chat boss saw Yinzi, he immediately smiled happily.
"Okay, but there aren't that many meat buns anymore. There are only about thirty or so."
"Then you can have as much as you like. If there's not enough, we'll serve vegetarian steamed buns or steamed cakes."
"Okay, here we go."
"Master, I can't eat so much. Just twenty steamed buns will be enough." Wu Lei said with great emotion.
As expected, it would be much better to stay with the host's family.
"It's okay. You can eat as much as you want. If you can't finish it, just take it home and eat it. But I still hope you can finish it. This thing won't taste that good if it's been stored for a long time." Zhang Rui shook his hand at Wu Lei and said
In fact, there is no way to eat all the food. In the Qing Dynasty, villagers like them had little meat to eat most of the time, and they even had little oil and water. So regardless of whether a person is hungry or thin, he still has a lot to eat. In the eyes of modern people, sixty buns is a lot, but they may not be able to eat enough.
Zhang Rui's words touched Wu Lei very much. Since his father's death, it had been a long time since anyone outside had cared about him so much. Because his relatives were afraid of the Manchus and the government, they did not dare to have much contact with him, and sometimes they only secretly showed off a few coins. No wonder they have to protect themselves after all.
Suddenly he wanted to cry, but he held it back.
The movement here caused the people chatting in the tea chat to look this way and whisper.
"Wu family man, you are lucky. You have such a good young master, who is so good at serving you, and don't do anything cheating or cheating." After listening to Zhang Rui's words, the tea chat boss said to Wu Lei with a little envy.
For some reason, the tea chat boss suddenly felt that this young man wearing shabby clothes drinking tea here exuded a sense of nobility, a feeling that even the Wenquxing master in the county who he had the faith to meet could not exude.
"It must be an illusion."
The tea chat boss thought to himself, and then went to deliver things to Wu Lei and his family.
…
When Wu Lei's family was getting ready to eat, someone came to see Zhang Rui. It was said that Mr. Li Decai of the Li Mansion had something to discuss with Zhang Rui and asked Zhang Rui to come over.
"Brother Niu Shi, keep this money here. If you want anything to eat, feel free to order it. Then wait here slowly for them to finish eating. Then wait for me at the blacksmith shop. Don't worry, I I guess it won't arrive so soon." Zhang Rui pointed to the silver on the table and said to Li Niushi next to him.
"Okay, sir."
"Sir, call me Sixth Brother." Zhang Rui was speechless for a while.
"No, I think Sixth Brother is more suitable for the title of Young Master." Li Niushi defended
In order to prevent Li's workers from waiting here, Zhang Rui didn't bother to argue with Li Niushi. Then he went out with the workers of Li Mansion.
