webnovelfull Chapter 115 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father
Chapter 115 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father
Apart from going to General Xiao Yi's residence to discuss business early the next morning, Qing'er spent every day taking Su Weixi and her two siblings to wander around Qiongzhou.
According to him, his palace in Lingnan is still under construction, and he will live in the Su family during this period.
Speaking of which, Su Weixi hasn't had a good time strolling around Qiongzhou City since coming here.
Most of the time when I go out, I accompany An An and Ning Ning to the beach, or to see the expansion of the manor and the construction of two workshops.
An An and Ning Ning have gone shopping with Su Ma before, after all, they like the hustle and bustle.
Now the two of them go out to play with Qing'er and Su Weixi every day, and Su's mother doesn't care. After all, after the Chinese New Year in another month, Mr. Zhang will come, and the two little guys will have to go to class every day.
These days, when Qing'er was strolling on the street, he always let his followers rush to pay for all the eating, drinking and entertainment.
Su Weixi did not compete with him for the money. After all, he was a prince, and he had a brother who was the emperor and a mother who was the empress dowager. Naturally, he was not short of money.
Fortunately, every day I just buy some small things or eat out at restaurants, so there is no big expense.
Compared with the valuable gifts Qing'er brought for everyone that day, this amount of money is really a drop in the bucket.
The gift Qing'er gave to Su's father was a precious sword. He said it belonged to a great general of the previous dynasty and he stole it from the private treasury of his brother, the emperor.
What was given to An An was a set of very precious ancient books and a set of study treasures of excellent quality.
The gifts received by Su Ma, Su Weixi and An An were even simpler and more crude. Each of them had a set of ruby head ornaments, which were obviously priceless at first glance.
When they saw it, Su Ma wanted to decline politely, but Qing'er couldn't resist saying that she had received a lot of protection from the Su family, so Su Ma and the others finally accepted it.
On this day, a few people went shopping on the street again, and there were many people in front of them watching the fun.
The trio of people who love to join in the fun, led by Qing'er, immediately pulled Su Weixi forward.
Su Weixi: King Lingnan is such a gossipy person, your brother the emperor probably doesn't even bother to guard against you.
Su Weixi really felt that he had overthought the conspiracy theory that the emperor had conferred the title of King of Lingnan on him.
While Su Weixi was daydreaming, he was already being pulled into the crowd by several children.
"Brother Hong, I am sorry for you, but I can't help it. My father passed away, and I can't even bury him properly."
"No, Sister Lian, don't worry. I have sold the land at home and can help you bury your father." The man in the scholar's gown said as he took out more than thirty taels of silver from his pocket.
"But, but, wuwuwuwu." The woman whom the man called Lianmei burst into tears as she spoke.
Su Weixi took a quick look and saw a woman in mourning clothes kneeling on the ground, with a person covered with white cloth lying beside her. He thought it should be the father who had passed away as the woman mentioned.
The woman looked quite pretty, and her mourning attire only added to her charm.
"What are you doing? What are you doing, you poor scholar. I have already bought this young lady, get as far away from her as possible." A wealthy young man dressed in gorgeous clothes spoke disdainfully, interrupting the two people's crying.
"Sir, we won't sell it anymore. We will return the silver you paid just now." The scholar argued with the rich young man.
"Brother Hong, no. You can go home now. I have already accepted the money from this young master and sold myself to his family as a slave. He will help me bury my father."
"Sister Lian, no, don't do that. Do you know how hard it is to be a slave? Listen and return the silver to this young master. The money I have is enough for us to bury your father."
"But, but." The woman hesitated and started crying again.
"Okay, as long as you return the money to me, I will pretend that I never bought this person."
"Okay, okay, Sister Lian, did you hear me? Just return the money, and that's all. Return the money to this gentleman quickly."
But the woman didn't say anything, nor did she take out the money. She just kept crying on the ground.
People around started pointing and talking, and from their few words, Su Weixi already knew what was going on.
The girl sold herself to bury her father, and was bought by a rich man for 100 taels. Just when the girl was about to leave with the rich man, the scholar came out and said that he had collected the money.
Originally it was thought that the girl was afraid of being pursued by the rich young man and that was why she didn't want to go back with the scholar. But now the rich young man has agreed that she can go back with the scholar as long as the money is returned. However, the girl just hesitantly cries and doesn't say anything.
After reading this, there was nothing Su Weixi didn't understand, it was just that some people still didn't understand.
Sure enough, the next second.
Under the constant urging of the rich young man, the woman finally spoke.
"Brother Hong, the money you have is not enough to hold my father's funeral. Stop making trouble and go back. Since I have accepted the money from this young master, I am his person."
"Sister Lian, you..." The scholar looked at the woman in disbelief.
"Hahahahahahaha, silly scholar, you still don't understand."
"I want to go back with this young master and live a life of plenty, but I don't like you, a poor scholar."
"Bah, you are just pretending. More than thirty taels of silver is not enough for you to bury your father."
"That's right. We are not a wealthy family. Thirty taels is enough for a funeral."
"Scholar, listen to us and take the money home quickly. People don't want to go back with you."
"No, no, don't say that. Sister Lian, do you have any other difficulties?" The scholar didn't want to believe what he saw, and the discussions of the crowd made him even more collapsed.
"You scholar, we are speaking for you out of kindness, why are you like this?"
The onlookers felt that their kindness was being taken for granted and immediately thought that the scholar was ungrateful.
In the end, the girl left with the rich boy, and the scholar was left alone crying in despair.
Everyone dispersed, and Su Weixi and a few others also left. They still had to find a restaurant to have lunch.
"Sister, that sister just now was so pitiful. Her father just passed away, and she had to sell herself into slavery." Ningning suddenly sighed in the restaurant box.
"Yeah, if you sell yourself into slavery you have to do a lot of work," An An agreed.
Su Weixi: What a naive child!
"What you said is both right and wrong." As soon as Su Weixi said this, An An and Ning Ning looked at their sister.
"That girl wanted to go with the rich young man, but she didn't have to be a slave."
Afterwards, Su Weixi carefully explained the reasons to the two children, and they understood why many onlookers had scolded the woman.
"It's a pity for that scholar. He lost his beloved. Looking at his condition, he might never recover." Qing'er's tone was full of regret.
"Not necessarily. Once you see through a person, you may be more motivated to obtain fame and fortune. It depends on whether he can overcome this hurdle." Su Weixi thought of the unyielding look in the scholar's eyes at the last moment.