Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!

Chapter 255 - 253: The Real Disaster Has Only Begun (Two-in-One)_3

The aroma of the porridge stirred the hunger in the people’s stomachs, and some wicked thoughts flooded into their minds, making their eyes grow increasingly malicious.

Just then, the tightly closed city gate opened a small door. Several middle-aged women dressed in fine blue cloth, chatting and laughing, each led a group of household servants and thugs and came out in single file.

A tall, skinny man dressed as a servant struck the copper gong in his hand, dong dong dong!

Then he shouted to the people, "Buying people, buying people, you can exchange for food, there are fine grains, flour, don’t miss this chance, it won’t come again."

Upon hearing this, a man cursed, "Peh! What’s coming now?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao and Cheng Beiniu exchanged a glance and led a few patrol team members over.

As they squeezed into the crowd, they heard the small servant, with a proud and arrogant expression, introducing, "This is Nanny Lan from the Liu Family, she needs to buy a few girls aged 12-15, this is Nanny Yan from the Long Family, who wants to purchase some strong servants, and Nanny Yan from the Chen Family needs boys and girls, none older than eight."

After introducing each person’s background and purchase needs, the small servant looked at the raggedly dressed people with disdain and contempt in his eyes, "Now we can begin, it’s a rare opportunity, don’t miss it, the noble families are offering fine grains, and prices are negotiable, which is extremely merciful to you. In their mansion, you won’t worry about food and drink, work isn’t hard, and you’ll have good houses to live in, much better than freezing and starving here. The opportunity is given to you, whether you can seize it depends on your performance."

The servant eloquently talked about buying slaves as if it were the chance to become a young master or missus in the mansion, doing his best to paint a rosy picture, as if it were a great blessing, treating others like fools. Cheng Xiaoxiao felt embarrassed for him.

She was also witnessing the sale of people at close range for the first time, and the experience was quite poor. The vile royal capitalists, seeing these women, they were not good people, those being bought could not have a good end.

An elderly woman with gray hair, clothed in rags and covered with a purple-blue frozen face, trembled as she asked, "Will you really give fine grains?"

The small servant was full of arrogance, "Of course, these families are well-known figures in Liao City, they naturally keep their word, and wouldn’t short you the little grain."

Upon hearing this, the elderly woman hesitated for a moment, seeming to make a great decision, hurriedly got up, squeezed into the back of the crowd, and directly pulled out a little girl of six or seven years old.

"My lady, how about my little granddaughter?" She looked at Nanny Yan with a flattering expression.

The little girl, grabbed by the wrist, struggled desperately, crying out, "Grandmother, no, grandmother, don’t sell Yuanyuan, I will be obedient, and I can do lots of work, please."

"You silly girl, what do you know, grandmother is sending you to a wealthy family to enjoy life."

"Yuanyuan does not want to enjoy life, Yuanyuan just wants to stay with father and mother."

Then a young couple squeezed in, kneeling in front of the elderly woman, anxiously crying out, "Mother, please don’t sell Yuanyuan, we will work like oxen and horses to support the family, and surely take good care of the third brother and sister-in-law."

"Oh, Erlang, don’t blame Mother, Mother is doing this for the good of the family. Right now, your third sister-in-law needs nourishment, without fine grains and milk, how can we raise my precious grandson?

Besides, Yuanyuan would be a maid in a big family, she would eat and drink well, the masters wouldn’t mistreat her.

You are still young, you will have more children in the future."

The young woman cried uncontrollably, shaking her head repeatedly.

"No."

She only wanted her precious Yuanyuan, she was so young, how could she leave her parents’ side? Seeing how persistent her second son’s couple were, the elderly woman sternly said, "If you don’t sell Yuanyuan, you need to exchange ten pounds of fine grains, do you have it?"

What kind of joke is this?

The food was all managed by the mother, where would they get the grains?

The young man was speechless upon hearing this, he couldn’t even produce half a pound of grain, let alone ten pounds.

The heartbroken young woman, seeing her husband not refuting the mother-in-law’s words, panicked and shouted, "No, you can’t sell my Yuanyuan, mother, the elder brother also has a daughter, why don’t you sell..."

The kind young woman couldn’t finish such vicious words, so she changed her sentence, "Why us, the second family, it’s not fair."

The elderly woman got angry hearing this, "What, you want to compare yourselves with your elder brother? He is the eldest son, he will take care of me in my old age and inherit the family business."

After eavesdropping for half a day, Cheng Xiaoxiao finally understood the general situation. The elderly woman probably had three sons, but the eldest and the second had daughters, only the third gave birth to a son, so she urgently needed fine grains to nourish the third daughter-in-law so that her precious grandson wouldn’t starve.

Therefore, the second son’s granddaughter had to be sacrificed. After all, in ancient times, granddaughters were seen as worthless commodities.

Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn’t say how vicious this elderly woman was, only that people have biases, and even fingers are of different lengths. Clearly, the eldest was to inherit the family business and take care of the elderly, the youngest just bore a big fat grandson and was favored, so naturally, the second son became the abandoned one.

"Mother, Erlang can take care of you in your old age too," the young woman said unwillingly.

"Alright, stop crying, it’s decided," the elderly woman pronounced with a final thump.