Chapter 42 Brother and Sister (Part 2)
There are two main sources of official slaves, sinners and prisoners of war, which can be bought and sold. Yue Che, Wei Chi thought about this carefully and said that Uncle Cheng had indeed mentioned that there was such a person, but Wei Chi refuted it. He didn't expect that he would actually dare to escape by himself. According to logic, such an official slave should have been executed. If Xie Jiu had not come forward, this girl might have been arrested and executed long ago.
Wei Chi thought about it and asked Xie Jiu: "Have you asked?"
"I asked Uncle Cheng to give them 100 guan of money to their brother and sister and let them leave."
Wei Chi stroked his forehead with his hand and sighed, "They didn't leave, right?"
Xie Jiu said "um" with an innocent expression and said, "I don't want to cause trouble for the family because they were. I asked Cheng Ming for inquiries. Their father had caused the crime and there was no wrongdoing. His mother had died of illness, and only the brother and sister were sentenced to slavery. A year ago, Li'er went to the Jiaofangsi for her outstanding appearance."
Wei Chi smiled, put Xie Jiu in his arms, and said, "Your original intention is right, but, think about it, the brother and sister have suffered so much, and now they have finally found a place to settle down. We are such easy-going and friendly people... Don't laugh, this is the fact! Our people are better than two people going out to seek a living in our family. Judging from the brother and sister, I'm afraid they won't be able to work hard. They are small, so it's very dangerous to go out with so much money."
Xie Jiu suddenly laughed, pushed Wei Chi and said, "Then you go and talk to Yue Che. Just decide whether to take their brother and sister in there."
"oh!"
After Wei Chi agreed, he looked at Xie Jiu's smile and felt something was wrong, but he couldn't remember what was wrong. The next day he got up and went to talk to the Yue brothers and sisters. Before stepping out of the door, Wei Chi's mind flashed and he shouted unwillingly to the bedroom: "Madam, you are not kind, dig a hole and jump for me!"
Unwilling to shout, Wei Chi stepped on the air and staggered for a moment, almost falling down. Fortunately, this guy reacted quickly and supported him with his hands, with a look of regret.
He was indifferent and inadvertent. Xie Jiu clearly wanted to take in his little brother and sister. He had already found out about his life experience, but because Wei Chi had rejected him before, he was afraid that he would object, he actually took retreat as an advance and asked Wei Chi to be willing to take in his own family. It was insidious! It was so sinister!
Wei Chi wanted to go back to the bedroom to settle the score, but Xie Jiu sent Zhaodi little loli to stop him. Zhaodi said that the wife still had to sleep, so he asked the young master to deal with the matter between Li Er and his sister and wait for him to make a decision.
Wei Chi is so depressed, it's too blocked, it's not just a block, it's quite blocked! He treated Xie Jiu so sincerely, how could Xie Jiu dig a hole for him to jump? He is not kind, he is too dark-bellied. Wei Chi was deceived by Xie Jiu's gentle appearance during this period, and forgot the lethality of this girl and her bloody experience and lessons learned.
He cursed all the way to the main hall and asked someone to call Li'er and sisters up. Since Xie Jiu came back from the palace, he has never let Li'er go into the backyard, and Xie Jiu has never asked her to serve him.
Wei Chi sat upright and looked at the little brother and sister standing below. Looking closely, Yue Che was only short, and in terms of age, he should be thirteen or fourteen years old. There were traces of precocious puberty between his eyebrows and his eyes were very calm. Li Er was the same as usual as he was quiet and precocious. She stood timidly behind her brother, pulling the corner of her brother's clothes, lowering her head, and occasionally secretly glanced at Wei Chi, with an uneasy expression.
Wei Chi looked silently for a while and asked, "Yue Che, right? Why don't you want to leave? I think one hundred coins are too little? According to my reasons, it is enough for you brothers and sisters to go to the countryside to buy two acres of land."
Yue Che, a child, was not afraid of Wei Chi's condescending position, and said in a humble manner: "In order to repay the great kindness of my wife, my sister Li'er's injury was cured by the wife, and my sin was exonerated by the wife. The wife also returned the contract to us. My mother taught me that the grace of water should be repaid with a spring of spring."
Wei Chi raised his eyebrows, refused to comment, and continued to ask, "How do you think of your father's sin?"
Yue Che said: "I cannot judge the son without saying his father's fault."
"Why do you escape? And why do you escape to my house?"
Wei Chi's problem made the precocious boy's eyes look frightened and his eyes turn red, but he still held back and said, "This is not a place for people to live, it is hell. I want to be a human being, not a walking corpse, not a toy for others. Li Er and I just want to live a life of not being beaten and not being played with by others. It is okay to be a slave or a servant."
Li'er was behind, and she was about to cry. Obviously, she was also worried about her brother's words. Wei Chi refused to be soft-hearted and continued, "As long as you are still a slave for a day, you may be beaten. Only when you are a slave can you avoid being beaten and scolded. Let's go, take the 100 stalemate you gave to you and leave the Wei Mansion."
The boy looked up and looked directly at Wei Chi, with a little wolf-like look and expression. Wei Chi's face did not change, and he looked at the boy in a moment, showing his determination.
The young man finally lowered his head, knelt down, and said in a sad tone that was not at all consistent with his age, "Please take us brothers and sisters in the house. The brothers and sisters in the house have talked about the mercy of the young master and his wife. Li'er and I just want to find a place to settle down. We just want to survive and will never cause trouble for the young master and the wife. If we have something wrong, the young master and the wife can punish us. We really have no other intentions, we just want to repay the wife, but we just want to survive. Please, take us in!"
He knelt down and kowtowed together. Wei Chi stared at them with expressionless face. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Okay, I promise you to stay. All the past things will go over. Change your name. In the future, with my surname Wei, Yue will no longer have it. Understand?"
Chapter completed!