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Chapter 42 The City of People

Two carriages arrived in half an hour.

After entering the dilapidated earthen wall house, straw covered on it, there were wooden boards in the main hall, and Wang Dazhi's dead father was covered with white cloth on his face. A very haggard woman, with her eyes blank, sitting in the main hall, her eyes were swollen, probably shed tears.

Next to the woman were several women, probably preparing to help or comfort the woman.

The deceased is the greatest. After Su Tiancheng entered, he knelt down and kowtowed respectfully according to the rules.

The woman was awakened, and Wang Dazhi and Wang Furong hurried to both sides of the wooden board and knelt down to salute.

There is nothing to say about this scene. This family is indeed unable to maintain it. There is no land at home. Even if Wang Dazhi has great skills, he will be helpless.

Su Tiancheng took out ten taels of silver from his body and handed it to Wang Dazhi.

"You have a good life to bury your father and put him in peace. You have a good body. In the future, this family will depend on you."

Before Su Tiancheng could say anything else, the woman walked over tremblingly and knelt down for Su Tiancheng.

"Master, my child is very obedient. It is her blessing to come to the master's house. No matter what he does, the master will take care of him and I will kowtow to you."

Su Tiancheng was a little hurried and quickly helped the woman up.

"Auntie, don't do this. I'm here to see it. You've misunderstood."

The woman couldn't believe it. She thought that the money her daughter sold her in exchange for. The young man was so happy that he took out ten taels of silver at once and came to worship her. There were too few such good people, and her daughter would not suffer too much grievances if she could go to such a home.

"Mom, Mr. Su is here to take a look, there is no other intention."

Wang Furong also walked to the woman, held the woman, and spoke in a low voice with a red face.

"Mom, the young master is sorry for our family, come and have a look."

The woman couldn't believe it, and looked at Su Tiancheng, and there was no such thing as a pie falling from the sky.

"Auntie, I'm really here to take a look. Don't think too much, hurry up and get things done. The New Year is coming soon..."

The woman pulled her children and said, asking them to kneel down, and she also knelt down.

"Master, you are a good person. Your children have suffered with me. There is nothing left at home. With such kindness as Master, they will follow you in the future. Please take them in."

When Su Tiancheng and Su Ertong went to pull the woman again, the woman refused to get up.

"Okay, I agree, you get up quickly."

Seeing Su Tiancheng agreeing, the woman finally got up.

"Wang Dazhi, after getting things done, go directly to the Su Mansion in the city and work as a guardian in the Su Mansion."

Su Tiancheng didn't talk about Wang Furong, and he couldn't say anything about it.

After saying this, Su Tiancheng planned to leave. Wang Dazhi had to hold a funeral, and it would take at least a few days before he could come to the mansion. Besides, it was the Spring Festival soon, and this time was special enough.

The woman insisted that Wang Dazhi send his benefactor to see him off.

The carriage was still waiting outside Wang Dazhi's house.

There were already some people around him looking at the carriage. When Su Tiancheng was about to get on the carriage, he saw the clothes and eyes of these people. He felt his heart trembling.

At this time, several women in Wang Dazhi's family also came out and whispered to everyone. While talking, they looked at Su Tiancheng, as if they had some expectations.

"Wang Dazhi, what's going on? Has the village been hit by disaster?"

"Young Master, the village has been hit by disasters in the past two years. I only found out after I came back. There is a city at the east end of the village. Some villagers have no choice but to sell their children there. I am brave and took my sister to the city. If I hadn't met the young master, I would have been arrested by the government."

Only a dozen miles away from the city, a human market actually appeared, and Su Tiancheng couldn't believe it.

The so-called human market is actually a place where people are sold. After the disaster year or large-scale famine occurs, farmers cannot survive and have to sell their children. Generally, human markets are in rural areas, counties or government offices, and there will be no human markets. The government does not allow such a situation to avoid being unfavorable.

Su Tiancheng did not go back immediately, and ordered the coachman to go directly to the market to take a look.

Wang Dazhi also insisted on accompanying him, although Su Tiancheng asked Wang Dazhi to go back to handle the funeral.

In fact, when Su Tiancheng left, the Wang family was already busy. If there was money, it was impossible to do something. In this situation at home, it was impossible to hold a big funeral. In one to two days, I found a piece of land, bought a coffin, and bought a set of funerals. At most, I would like to ask the village gentleman to come and help me with a eulogy, and then I was buried.

These things are very familiar to the women who come to help and have already started to handle them.

"Come here, come and buy it. The price is cheap. As long as you have money, you can choose it."

When Su Tiancheng heard such shouting, he felt very heavy. It was clearly a shouting for vegetables.

No one would have thought that this is a city.

The crowd surrounding him consciously made a pass open. Su Tiancheng was wearing a brocade robe and sitting in a carriage. It was obvious that he was not here to stroll around. In the past two days, some wealthy families in the city, who knew about the people here, would occasionally come to see it.

Dozens of men and women sat side by side on the ground, each with rope tied in his hands, a few straws stuck on his head, and a few men with fleshy faces were walking around.

The men and women sitting on the ground were all young men and women, dressed very ragged, and they were simply uncovered. Many people had their arms and backs exposed, their hair was messy, and most of them lowered their heads, unable to see their faces, and their bodies trembled, looking like lambs falling into the tiger's mouth.

Next to these young men and women, there were some middle-aged men and women with dirty faces and sad expressions. Some women, who lowered their heads and cried, probably the parents of some boys or girls.

Seeing this scene, Su Tiancheng felt the blood surge. These young men and women were traded as commodities. They must also know what kind of fate they faced.

A man with a fat face came to Su Tiancheng carefully.

"Master, come and take a look. The price is very cheap. The price starts at five taels of silver for boys and six taels of silver for girls."

The man nodded and bowed, hoping that Su Tiancheng could buy a few.

On the way to the Renshi City, Wang Dazhi had already introduced that these men were ruffians from the town and came to the Renshi City to help, and they had to get money.

Su Tiancheng didn't say anything and walked in front of several girls.

"You all look up."

The man hurriedly shouted loudly on the side. Seeing that several girls were not moving, he was a little angry and shouted again.

"Why don't you look up quickly. Master is here to see you. If you are lucky, you can eat delicious food and drink spicy food with the master."

The girls' bodies were shaking even more violently, and they all raised their heads hesitantly.

After glanced over, Su Tiancheng's heart was shocked. The eyes of the girls were filled with fear and helplessness. Their faces were dirty, with a lot of dirt, and they couldn't see their faces clearly.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Tiancheng shook his head and prepared to leave.

At this moment, unexpected situations occurred.

A girl suddenly stood up, walked to Su Tiancheng's side tremblingly, and knelt down.

"Master, please accept our sisters, and we will repay your kindness as a cow and horse."

Su Tiancheng was a little caught off guard.

About a minute later, Su Tiancheng turned his head and spoke to the man.

"How much money do these girls need?"

When the man was overjoyed when he heard Su Tiancheng say this, he gritted his teeth and plucked up the courage to speak.

"Master, you are kind-hearted and the villain dare not say much. Each person costs ten taels of silver, a total of fifty taels of silver. If you think it is expensive, you can give forty taels of silver."

Su Tiancheng didn't know what to say, there was a living person in front of him, not a commodity, and standing here himself seemed to be committing a crime.
Chapter completed!
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