Picking Up a General to Plow the Fields

Chapter 533: Selling girls

All credit to original author: Yi Yi Lan Xi

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Si Si knelt on the ground and kowtowed, refusing to get up.
Unable to deal with this, Lian Ze couldn’t help but look to Li San.

Li San saw that Si Si was indeed pitiful and Lian Ze didn’t seem to reject the idea, so he said in a low voice: “Young master, why don’t you just buy her for a few taels? The girl is very pitiful.
If her mother takes her home, she won’t have a good life in the future.
She will probably suffer…”

Then, afraid her would be accused of instigating by Lian Fang Zhou, he hurriedly added: “But young master should make up his own mind! After all, there are many poor people in the world, who can help them all?”

Lian Ze thought about it for a moment and then nodded.
“Since meeting is also a kind of fate, you can talk to her about the price.
If it suits us, then go ahead!”

Li San nodded.
Looking at Madam Lu, he said: “Alright! Alright! Let your daughter get up first.
My young master said it’s not impossible to buy, but—”

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“Good! That’s good!” Madam Lu laughed, overjoyed: “Young master is really a bodhisattva! Amitabha, Buddha bless you! In this case, Young Master can give ten taels, no, ah, twenty taels of silver! Then the girl will belong to the young master!”

Lian Ze couldn’t help but change his expression when he heard her words.
Turning his head, he pretended not to hear her.

Si Si was so happy when she heard Li San’s words, kowtowing again before getting up.
But when she heard her mother ask for twenty taels of silver, her face darkened again.

“You are too greedy!” Li San also couldn’t help but change his expression.
Twenty taels!?

Damn! Wasn’t that more than even he was bought for?

Such a skinny, malnourished little girl, how could she compare to him?

Madam Lu didn’t think she was being unreasonable, she just laughed, her skin thicker than a city wall.

Li San and the others had been trained by Steward Qin and Lian Fang Zhou, and followed Lian Ze as he did business.
They were different than before.

With a sullen face, Li San immediately rejected her: “You’d better take her away! You can sell her to someone else for twenty taels!”

Si Si bit her lip, tears rolling down her cheeks.

“Oh no, no!” Madam Lu hurriedly stopped Li San from leaving.
Smiling, she said: “You don’t know how this works? If you think my price is too high, you just have to bargain! How about fifteen? No? Twelve taels?”

Li San laughed angrily, she really knew the ‘rules’! His face dark, he said: “Even twelve taels is too much!”

Madam Lu rolled her eyes.
“The young master rewarded us with twenty taels, which is much higher than twelve.
He is obviously not short of money!”

Li San really couldn’t stand such a shameless person! “That the young master is not short of money has nothing to do with it! According to you, since he is not short of money, I should pay you a hundred or even a thousand taels?”

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She laughed: “I want to but the young master isn’t stupid, he wouldn’t give that much!”

Li San laughed angrily, so now she understood that the young master wasn’t stupid?

At this point, Lian Ze could not longer stand listening: “Ten taels of silver.
You can sell her if you want, forget it if you don’t.
Let me make it clear to you first, if I buy your daughter, she has to sign a death contract.
Take the money and leave, she will no longer be your daughter in the future!”

Madam Lu didn’t care about whether she could see her daughter in the future or not.
All she cared about was the money.
After a moment of hesitation, she said: “Young master, can you add more? It’s not easy for this old woman to travel so far and I haven’t eaten lunch yet—”

“…” Lian Ze and Li San were speechless.

“Young master, forget it.
It’s better not to buy the daughter of such a person.” Li San said.

Si Si was only eleven years old and very thin.
Even five taels of silver would be considered a kind offer.
This Madam Lu was not easy to deal with.

“Ten taels is fine! Ten taels is fine!” Madam Lu said hastily.

Li San bared his teeth: “If you understand, then you should have said so earlier! So troublesome!”

“You should take her back first and discuss it with your husband.” Lian Ze said.
“If he agrees, you can come back tomorrow morning and bring her here.”

“No need! I can make decisions on family affairs.
With one less mouth to feed, my husband will be even happier than me!” Madam Lu hurriedly assured them.

“…” What a superb couple! Lian Ze couldn’t help but give Si Si an sympathetic look.

“That won’t work.” Lian Ze shook his head.
“You and your husband must both be present when the deed of sale is sighed.
Both of you must press your fingerprints.”

His sister had taught him many times that you must think carefully and avoid impulsiveness when doing things.
If he let the woman sign the contract, he would be causing trouble for himself if her husband tried playing tricks.

Madam Lu was worried this cooked duck would fly away.
Smiling quickly, she said: “Since Young Master Lian has said so, okay! This old woman will go home and talk to my husband.
Please wait, young master, we will return soon!”

Lian Ze felt that it was late, so he agreed.

Turning around, Madam Lu was about to leave when she suddenly stopped at glared at Si Si.
“Go home quickly and call your father over! Run! Don’t be lazy, hurry up!”

“…” Lian Ze and Li San were once again speechless.
This Madam Lu was simply breaking the lowest bar!

They had never seen a women who not only wanted to sell her daughter, but also made her daughter run and get her father so they could sell her together!

Seeing Si Si’s look of relief as her eyes brightened, they didn’t think it was strange.

Lian Ze had Li San take Madam Lu to another room to wait and called someone to bring a carriage for Si Si.

In less than an hour, Si Si and her father arrived.

Sure enough, Madam Lu knew her husband very well.
Instead of being dissatisfied, Si Si’s father was smiling happily.
The couple pressed their fingerprints before begging shamelessly for ‘travel expenses’.

Lian Ze really didn’t want to look at them anymore.
Frowning, he had Li San give them some coins and said: “Go quickly! I don’t want to see you again!”

The couple took the money and agreed repeatedly.

Before they left, the man suddenly turned around and winked at Lian Ze and said: “Young Master, Si Si is really hard working! If you fatten her up, she’ll look pretty good.
The young master will not suffer from raising her as a child bride!”

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“What nonsense! Hurry up and leave!” Li San’s snapped, his expression changing instantly.

Lian Ze’s face also darkened.

The couple were taken aback.
They didn’t dare to say anything else and ran away.

Having heard the words ‘child bride’, Lian Ze felt too uncomfortable to look at Si Si, even thinking in his heart: Am I really doing the right thing…

Instructing Li San to settle Si Si somewhere for the night, he decided to send her back home tomorrow Third Aunt could hold on to her until his sister returned to make arrangements.

Later when Lian Ze talked about this with Third Aunt, he completely omitted all the words related to ‘child bride’.
Third Aunt didn’t know about this, so naturally Lian Fang Zhou also did not know.

Lian Ze had no idea that just because he was uncomfortable and never mentioned this, not taking it to heart, that other people wouldn’t be able to forget.

As a result, there would be a lot of disturbances in the future!