Liu Huanqing, who was walking in front, felt Fang Jinshi stop, so he stopped and turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Fang Jinshi said: "You go back first, I'll go see the excitement."
He turned and walked towards the alley. Liu Huanqing paused, hugged the black cat and walked over.
Normally, only pedestrians passed by that alley, and no one stopped. But now there was a circle of people, all of them men. When Fang Jinshi walked closer, he heard a man say: "Such a pretty little lady, only five dollars." You can take it away with ten strings, how can there be such a good thing in the world, could it be a lie?"
Another person said: "A donkey is now priced at about the same price. Is it true that a donkey can be exchanged for a pretty little lady? Just ask her and you will know."
The person from before said: "I asked her for a long time and she didn't speak. She just played the three strings. Could it be that she is mute?"
Someone added: "Even if you are mute, it is still a good deal."
As these people were talking, Fang Jinshi had already come closer. He looked in from behind the wall of people and saw that the crowd was watching a little woman wearing a white shirt. She was sitting on her knees with a white cloth scarf on her head. He was on the ground with his head lowered and just playing with the three strings. He could not see his face clearly, but judging from his figure, his appearance was not bad.
There was a big white cloth spread in front of her, with the four characters "Sell yourself to bury your brother" written on it. The key is that these four characters were not written in black ink, but in big blood-red red characters. The red dots dripping on the white cloth looked like Shockingly, on top of the white cloth on the floor, there was another big white cloth covering an object next to the little woman. If what she wrote on the white cloth was true, then the thing covered should be what she wanted to bury. Judging from the outline of her brother's bones covered with white cloth, her brother must have been very young when he died, and the traces of the outline did not look like the body of a normal adult.
When Fang Jinshi squeezed forward, someone in the circle came up to the little woman and asked, "Do you only want fifty strings?"
The little woman still lowered her head to play her sanxian and ignored the man. Seeing that she didn't answer, the man came closer and said rudely: "Let me see how you are doing. Are there any pockmarks on your face? Is it worth it?" Worth fifty guan." He suddenly stretched out his hand and ripped off the white cloth handkerchief on the little woman's head.
The little woman stopped playing the shamisen in her hand and raised her head to stare at this person. She had a very good complexion and a pair of eyes like water-filled peaches. Even though this woman was not a stunning beauty, she was still pretty. She Staring at this person, his eyes showed the feeling of irritation before an attack, but he was forced to hold it back.
The man stared at her like this, and she felt a little scared. But with everyone watching, and he was a man, he had the courage to say: "You are quite handsome, so I bought you. Go with me to get the money." "As he spoke, he rudely went up and pulled the little woman's wrist. The little woman shrank back, touched her right hand under the white cloth, took out a short sword from underneath, and laid it in front of her.
When everyone saw that she suddenly took out a knife, they all stepped back a few steps and stepped on Fang Jinshi's feet. The man who grabbed the little woman was also surprised and took a step back: "It turns out it's a knife." Little shrew, if you come out with a knife, will I be afraid of you?"
Someone next to me said: "She may want cash. If you want to drag her away without giving you money, she will definitely not be willing."
The man from before said: "It's only fifty guan. Can't you still get this little money? If any of you lend it to me first, I'll pay it back to you twice as much."
He was still here preparing to borrow money from the acquaintances who were watching. Fang Jinshi squeezed his way from behind to the front and said to the little woman: "My house is nearby. I can give you the money right away. Come with me."
After listening to his words, the little woman actually put away her dagger, put the white cloth handkerchief that the previous man had torn off again over her head, and then placed the balalaika horizontally on the object covered by the white cloth. Together they rolled up the white cloth on the floor into a roll and hugged it with both hands.
It was obvious that she was going to follow Fang Jinshi. When the person before saw Fang Jinshi inserting his foot in vain, he walked up to him and said loudly: "You are a stranger from there. Do you know who I am? How dare you Steal from me?"
Fang Jinshi replied disdainfully: "Then do you know who I am?"
The man looked up and down at Fang Jinshi. Just when he was about to speak, a man who knew Fang Jinshi and was familiar with him stepped forward and hugged the man: "Let's go, let's go." He pulled the man away, probably telling him quickly. With his identity as Fang Jinshi, he heard from a distance that this man was still saying: "What's so great about rich people..."
Fang Jinshi waited for the little woman to pack her things and said, "Let's go." After all, he lived nearby, and many people knew him. People who originally wanted to spend fifty coins knew they couldn't afford to offend him, so they gave him Get out of the way.
The little woman followed him out of the wall with a roll of white cloth in her arms. When Fang Jinshi looked up, he saw Liu Huanqing standing in the road with the black cat in her arms. Fang Jinshi walked to her side and said calmly: "I'm back. "
Liu Huanqing looked back at the little woman who had followed him, and asked Fang Jinshi, "Why do you want her?"
Fang Jinshi smiled awkwardly and did not answer her question. Liu Huanqing followed: "You know her, and she was your former sweetheart?"
Fang Jinshi had no choice but to say: "Can you let your Excellency handle the matter?"
Liu Huanqing followed him and said, "Do you think I'm not an adult now?"
Fang Jinshi was speechless for a moment, stopped, and looked back at the little woman who was following him. She kept a far enough distance, but kept following. When she saw that Fang Jinshi had stopped, she also stopped.
Liu Huanqing also looked back at her, then turned to Fang Jinshi and said, "Do you want me to help... tell Fourth Sister first?"
She deliberately said the word "help" long and hard, with a hint of threat in her tone. Fang Jinshi stood up in disgust and said to Liu Huanqing, "You go back first, I will talk to your fourth sister myself."
Liu Huanqing said: "I won't go back. I want to see where your golden house hides her."
Fang Jinshi said, "Can I tell you later?" His tone was serious, and he frowned and spoke to Liu Huanqing with a serious face. Liu Huanqing was a little scared and did not dare to say anything more.
Fang Jinshi's home is very close to here, and he soon reached the stone bridge in front of his home. Fang Jinshi pointed to the door of his home and said to Liu Huanqing: "You go back first, and tell your fourth sister that I will go back later."
Liu Huanqing couldn't disobey his order, so she had no choice but to walk to the door of her house with the black cat in her arms. Fang Jinshi waited until she went in for a long time. It was estimated that she would not come back again, and then he said to the little woman standing far away: "You Do you want me to take you in, or do you want to find another place for you to live?"
The little woman slowly approached him and just said: "Whatever you want."
