Luoyang City's bazaar was divided into two, the eastern market and the western market. The eastern market mainly sold daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, rouge, and cosmetics. As for the western market, it sold large items such as wood, horses, and even maidservants.
Mu Ge didn't believe it when he heard Xun Yu's words at first, but when he came to Xi City, there was really someone selling a maidservant, and it was a very beautiful maidservant!
The little servant girl looked to be only fifteen or sixteen years old. She knelt on the ground and sobbed with her head lowered. The little servant girl had a good face, but she might not have had enough to eat for a long time and looked a little malnourished.
The person who sold her was a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard. Because the servant girl he sold was very beautiful, there were many people surrounding her.
"This little lady is really beautiful. I can even marry her!”
"That's right. Look at her small face and then look at her small waist. It's a waste to be a servant girl.”
"If it wasn't for the fact that I don't have money, I would have bought it too.”
"This person is asking for too much. Thirty taels of silver.”
"Yeah, I know."
The surrounding people discussed animatedly, and some ruffian men sized up the little servant girl with evil eyes.
When Mu Ge went over, a pot-bellied man was talking to the seller.
"Thirty taels is too much. How about ten taels? I'm already doing this on account of her beauty. Otherwise, how could there be ten taels of silver per person?”As the big-bellied man spoke, his eyes were all on the girl.
"Sir, take a good look. How can I be an ordinary servant girl? She was even more beautiful than the beautiful wives and concubines of ordinary landlord families. Thirty taels was really not a small amount.”The seller smiled apologetically.
"Then twenty taels. I really can't go any higher.”The big-bellied man also saw that no one was competing with him, and he had the intention of winning the other party.
The seller began to waver. The little servant girl kneeling behind him seemed to know her fate. She raised her head with red eyes and looked at the man who sold her in despair. When she realized that the man ignored her, she lowered her head again with a dead heart.
Mu Ge saw the little servant girl's gaze clearly when she raised her head. The girl's gaze made his heart ache.
" Ah, alright." The seller hesitated for a moment and decided to agree to the deal. The big-bellied man smiled proudly and looked at the servant girl on the ground with eyes full of lust.
"Wait!" The seller and the big-bellied man were stunned when they saw the sudden appearance of a handsome young man who was eight feet tall. It was Mu Ge.
"Sir, is there anything you need?" The seller asked Mu Ge.
"I'll buy your maid for thirty silver taels.”In the end, Mu Ge's heart softened. After all, he came from a modern society and this was the first time he had seen such a thing.
Moreover, that girl was so young. If she was bought by this pot-bellied man, Mu Ge could already imagine the girl's fate from his eyes. He really could not bear to see her.
The seller was overjoyed when he heard Mu Ge bid thirty taels. He said excitedly to Mu Ge,"If you bid thirty taels, I'll sell this maid to you!”
Mu Ge was about to pay, but the big-bellied man was unhappy. He said to the seller,"Since you've already agreed to sell it to me, then this servant girl is mine.”
The seller was embarrassed and didn't know how to answer. Mu Ge helped him,""If you haven't paid, it means you haven't bought it. If you haven't bought it, I have the right to bid.”
"Yes, yes, yes. Master, you haven't paid yet. I didn't agree to sell it to you, so this servant girl has to be given to this young master.”The seller was obviously a money-grubber and would side with whoever had more money.
The big-bellied man felt that he had been outdone and immediately said angrily,"Then I bid thirty-five taels. I want this servant girl!”
" Thirty-five taels!" The seller's eyes lit up.
"I bid forty taels." Mu Ge said calmly.
"I bid fifty taels!"
"Sixty taels."
"Seventy taels!"
"A hundred taels." Mu Ge did not want to waste time with him, so he directly increased it to 100, which was one tael of gold.
What did one tael of gold mean? Let me explain. An ordinary family of three would spend about five taels of silver a year. A slightly better family would spend ten taels of silver, and some small landowners would spend about thirty taels of silver.
Mu Ge called out for a tael of gold at once, giving the onlookers a fright. They secretly thought that this young man must be the son of a high-ranking official.
The big-bellied man also felt that something was wrong. A person who could afford one tael of gold and still remain calm was definitely not an ordinary person. There were so many descendants of officials in Luoyang, and this person might be one of them. It was better not to provoke him.
"Since Young Master wants it, then I'll give it to you.”After the big-bellied man finished speaking, his face felt hot. Just now, he had arrogantly said that he wanted this servant girl for sure. He felt embarrassed and quickly ran away after saying that.
The seller was still in a daze. He was scared silly by this huge sum.
"Hey, are you selling? If you're not selling, I'm leaving." Mu Ge shouted at the man impatiently. He did not have a good impression of human traffickers.
"Oh, oh, I'll sell, I'll sell! A hundred taels it is." The seller held back his little heart that was bursting with joy and said excitedly. His heart was about to jump out.
"I don't have so much money on me, so please follow me to the residence.”Mu Ge only had a dozen taels of silver on him. If he wanted to buy it, he had to go back to the Xun Residence to get the money.
"Alright, I'll go wherever you say.”The seller said in high spirits. For a hundred taels of silver, he would be willing to travel thousands of miles!
"Get up quickly and follow this old man.”The seller shouted at the little servant girl on the ground and ordered her.
The little girl seemed to have seen her sad fate and cried sadly. The seller was afraid that Mu Ge would be disgusted and regret not buying it, so he scolded the little girl,"Stop crying! If you cry again, I won't beat you to death!"
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