Don't panic, the family boss is busy farming

Chapter 31
It's just that plans can't keep up with changes.

Early in the morning, when Wang Dahai and Wang Dayou were telling their children to listen to Aunt Xu's words, the gate of the city was wide open, and the officers and soldiers came out in a file, lined up on both sides just like yesterday, and set up tables and chairs at the gate of the city.

But the scribe was long in coming.

Before he came, following the officers and soldiers out of the city were merchants driving ox carts.

The bullock cart is full of wooden barrels, and in the barrels are yellow corn.

The merchant and his servants got out of the cart, spread out the buckets and sacks, and set up a sign in front of the bullock cart.

It was written with black charcoal: ten catties for women, five catties for children, no deceit for young and old.

"What did you write?" Wang Dayou and Wang Dahai asked Xu Da.

Xu Da naturally picked up Xu Yue who was crawling out of the shack, and motioned her to look at the sign over there.

Xu Yue understood immediately, and whispered the words on the sign to Xu Da, and Xu Da immediately returned to Wang Dayou and Wang Dahai.

"Just want to buy someone for five catties?" Wang Dahai couldn't believe it.

Ten catties is a bucket, and the merchant is the most cunning, fearing that the bucket will lose a few taels.

In other words, a big living person is not worth a bucket of rice, which is simply out of line.

Wang Dayou also hurriedly looked at his wife and children and the refugees around him, and suddenly felt that everyone around him was staring at his wife and children, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly drove them to the shack of the Xu family.

But even with such an outrageous price, there are still a lot of people who bring their wives and children to bargain.

The most children are sold.

Just because selling the child is the most cost-effective, because as long as the wife is kept, the child can be had again.

Now a child has five catties of millet, one and a half catties of millet for each person in the city, and three catties of millet can allow me to go to the city with my wife, leaving two catties for a full meal.

But selling a woman is different. When a woman is an adult, she can work and have children.

Raising children costs money and food.

Compared with the hatchback, it is the most cost-effective to sell children.

It's just that there are not many children who can live to the present, and the boss has to pick and choose, not the dying ones, the defective ones, and the ugly ones.

So this child is not so easy to sell.

Adult women and young girls have relatively loose conditions, as long as they have no obvious defects, they can be taken away.

Individuals with good looks can also ask for an extra catty or two of millet with the owner.

"Son, follow Dad, get the food, and you will die as a mother from now on!"

The woman bid farewell to her husband and children with tears in her eyes.

The husband also had tears in his eyes, full of helplessness and reluctance.

He solemnly said: "My wife, don't worry, I will raise the child well, you can go at ease, when the family is well, I will redeem you with money."

After receiving her husband's words, the woman felt a little comforted in her heart. She wiped her tears and followed the merchant's servants into the bullock cart, and was dragged into the city together with those women who had the same fate.

Seeing his mother go away, the child couldn't help crying and chased the ox cart. The man hurriedly fished the child back, and walked down the city wall with the rice he just got.

Xu Yue was held in her arms by her father, watching this scene from a distance, the complicated feelings in her heart could not be described at all.

She leaned her little face on Dad's neck, and only then could she feel the throbbing of life.

Instead of becoming slaves like those who sold themselves or were forced to be sold, they will be treated like cattle and horses in the future.

"People shouldn't be like this." Xu Yue murmured softly.

Xu Da turned his head to look at his limp little daughter lying on his shoulder, and lovingly stroked her back, "Don't be afraid, Father will not betray you."

The girl on the shoulder raised her head slightly to look at him, and asked softly, "Father, have you ever seen that world where everyone is equal?"

Xu Dawei raised his eyebrows, but he didn't tell his little daughter that in the world he was in, only the strong were respected, and the fate of the weak was even crueler than here.

He remembered the gender discrimination that Wang always talked about on weekdays, and asked softly:

"Is it a world like your mother's?"

Xu Yue nodded uncertainly, "Well, it should be."

A Niang's world should be better than the world she lives in.

In their place, everyone is equal now, and gender discrimination is still being perfected.

But compared to the current world, their place can also be called a woman's paradise.

Xu Da was noncommittal, he had never seen such a world, but he had already glimpsed a thing or two in the women at home.

Whether it is Wang, Erniang or Youniang, they are all literate in the original world, and even have made achievements in a certain aspect.

This shows that although they are women, they are treated similarly to men in the original world.

The Wang family is even more knowledgeable and talented. It is easy to learn martial arts and draw a bow. From time to time, a few orders will come out. It seems that she is still a female general who dispatches thousands of troops. It is also unimaginable.

If given the chance, I would like to go to such a world to experience it.

Xu Yue lay on her father's shoulder and chatted for a while, finally calmed down her bad mood, and slid down from her father's arms.

"Auntie!"

Mrs. Wang came over, and Xu Yue leaned over happily. Mrs. Wang pinched her little nose and motioned her to play with her brothers and sisters.He stepped up and walked towards Xu Da, observed the situation under the city gate with his eyes, and said softly: "If there is any change, come back first."

Xu Da nodded, called Wang Dayou and Wang Dahai, and the three of them walked down the city gate holding the ten big coins in their arms.

There was already a long queue to enter the city. Xu Da led his two brothers to jump in the line. When they met yesterday's bastards who were cowardly when they saw him, they dared not speak up and obediently gave their seats to Xu Da and the other three.

It can be seen that violent suppression is very useful at certain moments!

At this time, the scribe came late.

Standing at the front was the man who sold his wife and took his son with him. He handed over three catties of corn and was about to take his son into the city.

Unexpectedly, the scribe suddenly called the father and son to stop, and said with a smile:
"Sorry, I forgot to mention that today, when you enter the city to mourn, you have to pay three catties of corn. You are still short of three catties."

"I also forgot to mention it, so this time I won't care about you two, but if anyone below tries to fool me with these little tricks, then don't blame the officers and soldiers behind me for being rude to you!"

The scribes combined good and bad people together, and their ability to raise prices on the ground is astonishing.

Wang Dahai was in a hurry and was about to swear, Xu Da gave him a big look, and dragged him out.

Wang Dayou saw Xu Da leaving, although he had enough money in his pocket, he also withdrew it.

"Brother Xu, what should we do now?" Wang Dayou asked worriedly.

He didn't want to pay twice the entrance fee now, and he was afraid that the fee would double again tomorrow.

Obviously, there are not a few people who have this kind of thinking. The scribe just took advantage of the big guy's mentality and raised the price with confidence.

Facing Wang Dayou's inquiry, Xu Da didn't show any face, and said bluntly: "I'll ask my wife."

(End of this chapter)