Although I just left the Songjiang Prefecture and arrived in Jiading County, Suzhou Prefecture, after all, I was still in the southern Zhili area, and the people were prosperous. Now there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters. This kind of drama of "selling oneself and losing one's father" is rare, and many pedestrians stopped and watched.

Wuxuan was indeed as Shen Rui thought. When he saw the little girl kneeling, he was quite concerned and kept looking at Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren glanced at him and whispered to Zen Master Hong Shan. The two of them moved forward. Wu Xuan pulled Shen Rui's arm and quickly followed.

But Wang Shouren did not take everyone forward to watch, but turned into the teahouse diagonally opposite the road. When everyone sat by the window, they could see the situation across the road clearly through the open window.

According to the common plays in the novel, this kind of "selling one's old father" drama, if the kneeling girl is a cardamom girl, she will definitely meet a madam, a lustful rich man or a villain, and then there will be a righteous and rich man to punish the evil people, save the little beauty, and then "repay kindness with one's body", the story of sparrow flying on the branches; if a kneeling boy is full of acne, he will definitely meet a old enemy or a fat-headed and big-eared playboy, be humiliated, abused himself, and betrayed his heart, and then meet a noble man who has a keen eye to know a hero, or a lady who goes out to burn incense, handed over a pack of silver and started the price increase mode of pig's feet; if a girl kneeling, it is mostly the heroine, who meets a kind-hearted lady to buy it, and then the master and servant grow up together, and then two girls with different situations love and kill each other.

But the little girl in front of me is really in a desperate situation, so why is there another reason?

It’s not that Shen Rui is cold-blooded, but because of the developed information in later generations, he has heard too many scams, and when he sees strange things, he can’t help but wonder if this is true.

Shen Rui first looked at the exposed legs under the straw mat, with five-point old cloth shoes on it, and the legs of the trouser were faded coarse cloth; then looked at the little girl who was kneeling, wearing a patched dress and a white cloth strip as thick as a thumb on her head. If she was a filial daughter, her outfit was obviously inappropriate and should be worn with mourning according to regulations. But for a girl who was in trouble and needed to "sell her body", this scene seemed more real. At such a young age, if she really cleaned up properly, it would arouse people's suspicion. I don't know how long the little girl had been kneeling, sweating on her head, and she looked shaky, and she looked even more lonely and pitiful.

After everyone in the teahouse had already settled down, Wu Xuan called the teahouse waiter, ordered tea and two more plates of tea and snacks.

Seeing Shen Rui looking at the outside, Wu Xuan filmed him: "It's all about acting, don't take it seriously, just watch it as a fun and have a long experience."

Shen Rui turned around and looked at Wu Xuan with a smile, and was a little surprised: "Is this fake?"

In fact, he also noticed something was wrong. The girl was thin and thin, and she was shabby in clothes, but her face was clean. Although her eyes were red and her face was also stained with tears, she also had questions and answers to the questions around her. Such a well-behaved and sensible little girl attracted mercy on the audience. Even if the poor children were in the family early, the girl was too sensible, which made people wonder if she had been taught in advance.

Wu Xuanyang raised his eyebrows and said, "It's fake. If it were true, not to mention others, even the bosses and staff of the shops around him would not be watching someone raising the corpse here. He would have called the servants to clean up."

Shen Rui suddenly realized that it was like that.

Shen Rui thought something was wrong before, and he was here. Whether the little girl lived in an inn before her father died or was living on the street, the place where she settled would never be a crowded street. Near the city gate, there were inns and teahouses and hotels, there were high-end inns and wealthy families stayed in by scholars and wealthy families, and there were car shops where poor people stayed.

If the girl's father died in a big car shop, then the store had already gone out to report the case. Even if she died of illness, she would have to test it and issue a certificate so that the store could get rid of it. Otherwise, if the customer died in the store, who would dare to stay again? If the girl's father was expelled when she was seriously ill, then the things around the father and daughter were too clean, what about the luggage? What about the package? Even if these things were sold cleanly, then when they were out, how could they go out? Without the road, how could they go out? Then, if the girl was not a local, she was a person within a hundred miles.

The ancients were the most superstitious and afraid of ghosts and gods. If this little girl was really as she said, she came to Jiading to join relatives and was not met, and her father was helpless and had no support, so someone had already taken the trick to drive people out. The reason why she let her play was that she knew the details and was afraid of them.

Thinking of this, Shen Rui whispered to Wuxuan: "Since it is fake, I deliberately chose a place to enter the city gate to conquer people from other places? Then why did you choose such a little girl to play the show? If you choose an older person, wouldn't it be higher to 'sell your own money'?"

Wu Xuan said disdainfully: "This business is not the right way. Most of the gangsters in the market are cheating a few silver flowers. If they really kneel down, which young lady is a local master or a young master, let alone the value of money is hard to get, they can't be disgusted by their feelings, and they have to deal with these sluts. This is called evil people who are beaten up by evil people."

Shen Rui was silent for a while and said, "If someone was deceived, would he be deceived and sold his money? Or would he be robbed?"

Wuxuan said, "Haha": "Who will let go when encountering a fat sheep? Even if you don't rob it openly, you will be secretly filled with pickpockets. Who said that this kindness will be revealed and wealth will be revealed, but it would be strange if you don't attract thieves."

Although this seems to make sense, later generations often use people to fabricate their pitiful life experiences and use others' kindness to deceive others. However, Shen Rui glanced at Wang Shouren next to him and always felt that he would not be cold-eyed and watched.

Wang Shouren also looked across the street, noticed that Shen Rui looked at him, and smiled and said, "Brother Rui thinks that good people should be rewarded. If you do good deeds like this, you will lose your property. Is it unfair to lose your property?"

Shen Rui frowned, not knowing how to answer. He was not a real child, so he would not naively think about justice or not. He was just an ordinary person with the selfish nature of later generations. When he encountered such a thing that was not his own business, he was just watching coldly. What he wanted to know was how Wang Shouren would act? He inexplicably felt that Wang Shouren had seen this drama and would always have a response.

He couldn't wait to watch the show.

Seeing that he was silent, Wang Shouren raised his eyebrows and said, "Why don't you answer?"

Shen Rui thought for a while and asked, "There is no good place to do good deeds. If you watch coldly, you can keep yourself safe. Who dares to do good deeds in the future?"

Wang Shouren smiled and said, "It's either that he thought he had done good deeds or that he was a good person. If there weren't those stupid people who didn't distinguish between truth and falsehood and thought he did good deeds, this scam would not last for thousands of years. You must first know what good is and then do good deeds, instead of just talking about good deeds, you are truly good people."

He just said casually, but Shen Rui heard some meaning. In summary, these sentences are just "integration of knowledge and action"? Although Wang Shouren's "mind learning" has not yet been formed, his behavior has already developed in this direction.

Shen Rui was still thinking about what Wang Shouren said. Wang Shouren had already called the waiter over and ordered Wuxuan to give him half a handful of copper coins, and asked him to call him to come.

When the waiter heard this, he looked across the street, wanted to speak but stopped. He hesitated for a moment, took the copper coins, ran to say hello to the shopkeeper, and went out to find someone.

This time it was Shen Rui's turn to be surprised. What did the tooth seeker do? Could it be that Wang Shouren really want to buy that little girl?

The dental shop is not far from the teahouse, but after just two cups of tea, the waiter led an old lady over. The old lady was in her forties, wearing a blue-blue sack, with a silver comb on her head, her hair was not messy at all, and her face showed a bit of shrewdness. Unlike ordinary women walking tremblingly, this old lady walked very steadily with her pair of sky feet.

There were two types of people who traded in the Ming Dynasty, one was a contract registered with the government, and the other was a private contract.

Because the court prohibited "buying good is cheap", the initial source of slaves was after committing an official crime; there were policies from the top and countermeasures from the bottom. If you cannot buy and sell directly, you can use the term "disciple" or "adoption" to raise children and adopt daughters, but the actual job of slaves is to do, and the right to belong to the parents.

The dentist has the best eyesight and does not rely solely on his clothes and hats to respect others. He is very polite in front of Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren said: "The little lady opposite knelt for a long time and looked pitiful. Please come over and be a middle-aged man and help me do some work. I have fulfilled her filial piety."

When the tooth heard this, his face was not as obvious as the waiter, but his expression was still a little hesitant. His eyes were around the package and paper umbrella beside Wu Xuan, and then looked at Zen Master Hong Shan next to him, and smiled and said, "This juren is so kind-hearted, but he just seems to be on the road. After buying this little girl, it is not beautiful to delay the journey. If the master looks pitiful, wouldn't he be relieved if he rewards a few dollars?"

It wasn't that she pushed out the fees sent by the middle-aged man, but she was really unwilling to get involved in these matters. Those gangsters in the market only stared at the money, but they didn't care whether you were a juren or a bald monk. Since they were "fishing", they would have to rob them when they were waiting for the bait.

If ordinary merchants and ordinary people do not suppress local snakes, they often think that they are unlucky. But there is a juren here, and they can become the county magistrate with just one post. How could they suffer this loss?

In addition, these people are leisurely and have few bags, so they don’t look like they are traveling far away. They may be from the surrounding prefectures and counties who come to Jiading to visit relatives and friends. Who knows if there are any family friends in the city in the same year? If those gangsters make a plan, those gangsters can take money and leave, and where will those who stay at home run?

Therefore, the dentist was really unwilling to take on this business, so she spoke up to "recommend" Wang Shouren.

Wang Shouren glanced at the tooth woman and said, "Mom's kindness, I appreciate it. I ask my mother to come forward, not for anything else, but I can't stand the young lady's age and kneels down so hard. My mother just asks the young lady to sign a formal commission document. As for the one on the ground, if you have money, there will be a 'enthusiastic person' to come forward to help the burial."

The tooth lady whispered: "Master, don't blame the mother for being too talkative, a gangster in the market, and you need to be careful when you act."

Wang Shouren said: "Thank you again, I've written it down." After that, he did not change his mind and signaled Wuxuan to get the money.

Wuxuan took out a few silver cakes from the basin, two large and two small.

Wu Xuan first handed the cakes to the dentist and said, "These ten taels of silver are worth the money with the little lady, and the remaining one tael of silver is for tea with my mother."

These silver cakes are snow-white and look very good at first glance. Although the tooth woman was worried, she smiled and said with a smile on her face: "This little girl can't do anything. She always needs to be educated for a few years before she can do it. It's not worth much money, and there is still some money left."

Wu Xuan smiled and said, "Our elder brother has always been generous. If there is a surplus, he will only treat his mother to drink."

The dentist smiled even better, so she stopped talking and took the money out of the teahouse. Instead of going directly to the opposite side of the road, she called a young man and said a few words in a low voice. She walked slowly to the opposite side of the road.

The little girl knelt for a long time, but she couldn't stand up straight. She sat on the ground, and was slightly depressed. Next to her, there was a fat man in her thirties, dressed in wealthy clothes, and seemed to be quite interested in the little girl. She pointed and said something to the people next to her.

Not far away, there were many people watching the fun.

I don’t know what the dentist said, but some of the people who were standing not far away came forward.

The dentist ignored others and just pulled the kneeling girl up. He first pulled his hands, then lifted the girl's skirt, looked at his feet, and it seemed like he was looking at the goods. A tall and tall man next to him stepped forward, as if he was dissatisfied with the dentist, and almost pulled him up.

The tooth lady smiled and talked without conflicting with it, and still pulled the little girl to talk.

After a while, the half-grown boy who had talked to the dentist came back and brought two yamen runners behind him. The dentist smiled and said nothing, which caused the two nodded repeatedly.

The dentist then took out a cloth bag of yards from his arms and opened it to reveal the paper and pen inside. The half-grown boy was already squatting on the ground with his back to the dentist. The dentist went north directly, spreading out the deeds and writing, and then took the seal box and pulled the little girl to press her handprints.

The little girl looked at the man who had just stepped forward, but was scolded by the two yamen runners.

The little girl trembled and pressed her handprints, and the yamen runner kicked the "corpse" lying on the ground again. The "corpse" screamed and rushed up. The people around her burst into laughter.

The yamen runner laughed and scolded a few times. The man who got up was in his thirties, with a sharp mouth and a monkey cheek, could bend and stretch, and smiled and bowed to the yamen runner for forgiveness.

The yamen runners didn't know what they said, and everyone looked at the yamen. The yamen took a five-liang silver cake and handed it to the pointed-mouthed man. He smiled and thanked the two yamen runners, and handed them over with some things with his sleeves.
Chapter completed!