Poisonous Peasant 'Concubine'

Chapter 158 Preparations before land reclamation

"Then trouble Liu Baoren. I am in a hurry. Please hurry up and start working within two days." Seeing that it has entered September, the seawater will flood back in October. If all the land is reclaimed, he will really lose his money, at least the plan for next year will have to be postponed again.

"It's no problem. People will be able to collect them tomorrow at the latest. I will take them there personally. As for the cattle, it may take a little longer, but don't worry, Brother Ling, I will try my best. I will also try to find a way to rent fifty cattle."

Liu Baoren also seemed to feel his seriousness, and patted his chest to reassure, Ling Jingxuan smiled and nodded: "The carriage?"

"I have five carriages ready-made here, and I can send them to Lingjia Village for you soon."

People in the town still have a large demand for carriages, and he usually has goods ready to supply the needs of customers at any time.

"Then trouble Liu Baoren. In addition, you can let the workers stand by in the wasteland tomorrow. By the way, I also want to buy some homesteads. Liu Baoren remembers to bring measuring tools."

Zhao Dalong and the others have bought all the house sites on the left from Yuehua Villa to Lingjia Village, and the right side is still vacant. Zhang Qing and the others may buy some, and he wants to buy the rest, which is only a few tens of acres. Things change in the future, it's always good to buy it early.

"Still buying it?" Did he think he wasn't a landlord enough?Liu Baoren lost his composure, which was a rare occurrence. He obviously didn't understand what he was thinking. The 100-acre manor in Yuehua Villa is scary enough, right?Does he still want to expand it?

"Hehe... It's my aunt who wants to buy it, but they may not be able to buy much, and I can't let you go for two or three acres of land, can I? It's better to buy all the homesteads in the village. Well, although I haven’t thought about what to buy them for now, it’s really useless. I’ll make them into orchards in the future, and they will produce a lot of fruit in a few years, right?” Of course he didn’t use them to build orchards, the yard at home There are already enough fruit trees in the village, and he has other uses, but he can't tell others yet.

"That's it, OK, then I'll bring all the tools with me tomorrow."

Thinking about what he said made sense, Liu Baoren didn't doubt it, and the preparations before land reclamation were almost done. Ling Jingxuan asked Lao Zhou and Liu Baoren's buddies to go to the backyard to pick a carriage. For things, he didn't choose the luxury car, but chose the cheapest cart. By the way, he also ordered two sets of saddles so that he could check the progress of land reclamation in the future.

"Liu Baoren, there is one more thing I want to trouble you with. Do you have a woman who is good-looking and not comfortable being a slave? It is best to be a young and mature woman in her 20s."

After sending away Lao Zhou, the other staff were busy, Ling Jingxuan took a sip from his teacup, and finally revealed his final purpose for coming here today.

"There are so many women like this, but Brother Ling, what use are you for?"

Hearing his request, Liu Baoren couldn't help being surprised, and subconsciously glanced at Yan Shengrui who was sitting beside him, he probably wouldn't just watch his daughter-in-law buy that kind of woman and go home?

"It's useful, Liu Baoren will take me to have a look?"

There are some things that won't work, Ling Jingxuan raised his eyebrows and stood up. Although he wanted to buy the kind of flamboyant and restless woman, the character of the other party had to be screened by him personally. The one who offended him was Wang Han. The original intention was just to break up Wang Hanshi's attention, so that she would have no time to stare at him, not to make her disturb the Wang family's chickens and dogs, so this person must be someone he can control from a distance.

"Well, come with me."

Seeing that he didn't want to say anything, Yan Shengrui didn't object. Liu Baoren also guessed that he was supposed to give someone away, so he didn't ask any more questions. He got up and led them to the backyard. In front of a door, the two guys guarding outside nodded and bowed respectfully when they saw them. Ling Jingxuan was their big customer, and everyone here basically knew him.

"Open the door." Liu Baoren nodded, and pouted at one of the guys. It's inevitable that those good women will also be infected. Generally, women with bad conduct are locked up alone.

"Yes!" The clerk took out the key and opened the big lock outside. Liu Baoren made a gesture of invitation to Ling Jingxuan and the two of them, and the three of them walked in one after another. At the four-corner wooden table, seeing them come in, about a dozen or so women looked at them in unison, some boldly engulfed them, some relied on their good looks, and blatantly winked at them, of course, some A few bowed their heads and wringed their fingers nervously. As for whether they were really nervous or pretended to win sympathy, it is open to question.

"Brother Ling, look, they are all sold by the mistress of the rich family. Some of them were concubines of the master's family, some of them climbed into the bed of the master's house, and some were forced by the master's house, but they were not allowed by the mistress's concubine. The ones you like, it depends on what you need, choose by yourself.”

Pointing to the women in blue coarse sackcloth, Liu Baoren simply said, in fact, these women are not very useful for him to buy, most people would not buy them at all, and they usually go to brothels in the end.

Nodding, Ling Jingxuan and Yan Shengrui looked at each other, and they walked towards those women one after another, and after walking back and forth in front of them for a few laps, Ling Jingxuan stopped in front of a woman who was about the same height as him, with her head lowered and trembling slightly: " Lift your head up and let me see."

The reason why she caught his attention was because she didn't have the scent that other women could smell from afar, and her trembling didn't seem to be faking.

The woman's body trembled subconsciously, and a crystal teardrop fell on the back of her hand. After a while, she sniffed and raised her head. The slightly dirty oval face was not particularly beautiful, at least in Ling Jingxuan's personal opinion, it was not as beautiful as his family's. Ling Yun is beautiful, but women belong to the type that is very attractive, and the more you look at it, the more interesting it is. Her tall and slender figure also adds a lot of points to her. The most important thing is that her eyes covered with tears can't see other women. Some of her charms are just fear and bewilderment.

"What's your name? How old are you this year?" Looking into her eyes, Ling Jingxuan asked in a deep voice. If nothing else happened, it would be this woman.

"Me?? The servant girl's name is Liu Chunyu, and I'm 24 this year."

The naked humiliation flashed across the eyes of the woman for a moment, but she quickly suppressed it and had to convince herself to answer him.

"Well, Liu Baoren, can you help me find a separate room, I want to talk to her alone."

Nodding his head, Ling Jingxuan turned back and said to Liu Baoren that he had to explain some things to her alone. Although slave women basically had no right to choose in this society, he still felt that both parties were willing to buy and sell. Melon is not sweet, he has no interest in buying someone who doesn't obey his orders to go back.

"No problem, you come with me."

Liu Baoren was also straightforward, Ling Jingxuan gave Liu Chunyu a look, turned around and walked out with Yan Shengrui, Liu Chunyu gritted his teeth and hesitated for a while, and finally followed other people's eyes with envy and hatred, even if being bought and sold really made her suffer. Humiliation, but she also knew that if she continued to stay here, her fate would definitely be even more humiliating.

"Liu Chunyu, right? Sit down. I have a few personal questions for you."

Entering the room arranged by Liu Baoren, Ling Jingxuan, who was sitting at the table, pouted at her, motioning for her to sit down opposite him. Liu Chunyu looked at them carefully, but did not actually sit down, but just took two steps forward and stood respectfully. In front of them: "Slaves don't dare, the two uncles just speak directly if they have something to say."

Ling Jingxuan expressed his satisfaction knowing current affairs and his duty, and after exchanging glances with Yan Shengrui, he continued: "What I'm going to ask next may be a bit embarrassing for you, but I have to make sure that you are the person I need. I hope you don't mind, and at the same time, I can assure you that if you satisfy me, although you won't be able to get rich in the future, you can live an ordinary and happy life, of course, the premise is that you are safe."

Liu Chunyu responded submissively, as if she had accepted her fate, but she quietly clenched her hands hanging by her sides, telling herself desperately, be patient, who made her a slave.

"Why were you sold here?"

It's not that he didn't notice her unwillingness and humiliation, but Ling Jingxuan kept his expression on his face. The general environment was such that he didn't want to change anything. Besides, even in the 21st century, when everyone is equal, the rich always want to outdo the poor. wait isn't it?Although many people are unwilling to admit it, it doesn't mean that the facts don't exist, let alone in the ancient times when the hierarchy was particularly clear?He is just doing as the Romans do. Of course, the most important reason is that the other party is not worthy of him to change. If he or Xiao Baozi is the one being bought and sold today, even if he tries his best, he will change the environment and become a master of others. , not to mention that he is heartless and indifferent, no one will work hard for irrelevant people, especially him.

"I"

Finally came, Liu Chunyu opened her mouth, tears seemed to fall out again, she tried her best to hold back and then said calmly: "This servant is a servant of Sun Yuanwai's house in the next town, and last year I accidentally let the drunk Sun Yuanwai?? Since then, Sun Yuanwai has often harassed me quietly. I couldn’t bear the harassment. I wanted to ask my wife to make the decision, but I didn’t expect that the master who was always afraid of my wife said that he would take me as a concubine. The jealous wife was so angry He sold me out while the master was out collecting rent."

This is the sadness of a slave woman. She basically has no strength to resist. A little resistance will sink herself deeper. If she has a bigger heart, she will firmly grasp the heart of the master and then pack him up to have a showdown with the mistress. Perhaps she is now wearing gold and silver, and has secured her position as a concubine.

"So, you don't want to be a concubine?"

Ling Jingxuan raised his eyebrows slightly, the concubine outside the member and his second uncle's concubine, the former is obviously stronger, it seems that it is not so easy to convince her.

"Although the servants are slaves, they don't want to cling to the master's house. They just want to live their lives in peace."

Closing her eyes, Liu Chunyu said as calmly as possible, she would rather be a poor family wife than a noble concubine. She has served in rich families since she was a child, and she has seen too many tragic concubines.

"Really? If I asked you to seduce a person and let him marry you as a concubine, you would definitely not agree?" When she said these words, Danfeng's long and narrow eyes stared at her for a moment, not letting go Over any slight change of expression on her face.

Liu Chunyu's body was shocked, and her face was instantly filled with despair. Could it be that she couldn't escape after all?