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Chapter 128 Harsh Requirements
The brother and sister looked up at Ye Changyan, and saw that the girl's eyes were red and swollen with tears, and the boy's eyes were also obviously red.
"My dear, my family has encountered a sudden disaster. Our parents passed away suddenly. We are unable to send them off in a dignified manner. We have no choice but to sell ourselves to bury them. We hope that the nobles who think highly of us can help us."
The boy choked with sobs and looked sad. He looked around at the crowd, and then the brother and sister knelt on the ground again.
Many women and daughters-in-law at the scene turned their faces away when they saw this scene, and some of them already had tears in their eyes.
"My dear brother, it is really regrettable that you and your sister have been forced to make such a choice. But since you two have chosen to sell yourselves, if this innocent family wants to rescue you, they must first understand your life experience. People of unknown origin, ordinary innocent families would not dare to pay to buy people. I wonder if you can briefly describe your life experience."
The onlookers nodded when they heard what Ye Changyan said. Yuzhou City was one of the most famous cities in Dasheng. It was not uncommon for people to sell themselves. Generally, decent and honest families would find out the life experience of the person who sold himself before they would come forward to rescue him.
The boy looked at Ye Changyan and naturally understood what Ye Changyan meant. Then he briefly recounted the life stories of his brother and sister.
After listening to the boy's story and learning about the experiences of the brother and sister, many of the mothers-in-law and wives at the scene had tears in their eyes.
The situation described by the boy was roughly the same as what Ye Changyan had just heard from the crowd, so Ye Changyan started asking again.
"Since you and your brother live in the western suburbs of Yuzhou Prefecture, and there are so many people coming and going at the West City Gate, why don't you look for kind people to rescue you at the West City Gate, but instead come all the way to the East City Street."
Ye Changyan's intuition told him that this brother and sister were simply selling themselves, but the Yunfeng Building had just opened, and this brother and sister happened to come to the door of the Yunfeng Building, so Ye Changyan decided to ask clearly.
"After our family encountered misfortune, my brother and I begged all our relatives and neighbors for help. The money my father borrowed from them when he went out to do business has not been settled yet. They are unwilling to help us. We had no choice but to make this decision. Three days ago, we knelt down at the west city gate to sell ourselves, but we didn't meet anyone willing to help us."
As the boy spoke, he finally couldn't hold back his tears and continued with a choked voice.
"Only the madam of the Red Fragrance House in the west of the city was willing to pay to buy my brother and me. But my brother and I were born in an honest family, so how could we enter such a filthy place? Seeing that my brother and I were unwilling to submit, the madam sent someone to harass my sister these past two days."
The girl kneeling beside the boy had already sobbed. The people around him were filled with righteous indignation after hearing the boy's story, and some even gnashed their teeth in anger. Ye Changyan saw that Wu Lang and Er Niu beside him clenched their fists tightly.
"This morning, my brother and I heard a kind-hearted lady tell us that most of the families in the west of the city are poor, and most of the wealthy families in Yuzhou Prefecture live in the east of the city. She asked us to go to the east of the city and give it a try. Seeing that my brother and I were so hungry that we had no strength left, the kind-hearted lady gave us steamed buns and water."
In order to prove that he was not lying, the boy took out half of a cold steamed bun that he had not finished eating.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, who were prone to tears, could already be heard crying, and then the boy continued to speak.
"My brother and I knelt down to thank the lady, and then we walked towards the East City together. When we got here, we saw a restaurant full of people, most of whom were dressed elegantly. My brother and I decided to try our luck here, so we knelt down here, hoping that some kind-hearted person would come to our rescue."
After listening to the boy's words and combining it with his own intuition, Ye Changyan believed that it was indeed just a coincidence that the brother and sister came to the outside of Yunfeng Tower and knelt down to sell themselves.
But logically speaking, this brother and sister should be very popular, both in terms of appearance and age. Why is it that after several days, no one is willing to pay to buy them except the brothel's madam?
"May I ask this young man, how are you two going to sell it?"
When the brother and sister heard Ye Changyan's question, they seemed to have a glimmer of hope in their eyes. The brother and sister both looked up at Ye Changyan, and the boy spoke.
"My brother and I hope to be sold to an honest family at the same time. We will not complain about being maids or servants, no matter how dirty or hard the work is. We just hope that the master will not sell us to a filthy place."
When Ye Changyan heard this, he felt that such conditions were reasonable. Children from honest families were given very strict education in this regard.
When they received the first reward for their storytelling, and saw Wu Lang counting the money excitedly, weren't the Lian couple afraid that Wu Lang had done something bad?
Seeing that the people at the scene nodded silently, Ye Changyan continued to ask.
"Do you have any other requests? How much do you plan to pay?"
When the crowd heard Ye Changyan ask the key question, they all held their breath and listened. Then the boy wiped his eyes and spoke.
"My dear, my father died in a foreign land. When the news came back, it said that my father's body was temporarily placed in the Iron Pagoda Temple outside Liangzhou City. My brother and I hope that by buying our dear, my father can return to his hometown. Even if you can bring back a jar of ashes, my brother and I will be very grateful!"
When everyone heard this, although the conditions were reasonable, Liangzhou was located deep in the northwest border of Dasheng, close to the northern nomadic regime, with an unstable situation. It was remote and desolate, and thousands of miles away from Yuzhou Prefecture. Ordinary masters did not have the ability to do this.
Seeing that everyone shook their heads after hearing his request, the boy's hopes became increasingly slim, so he unconsciously lowered his voice and continued.
"When my father left home, he borrowed nearly two hundred taels of silver from relatives, friends and neighbors. My brother and I hope that the nobleman who bought us can help us pay off these debts and buy a thicker coffin for my parents so that my brother and I can send my parents off to their last journey in a decent manner."
When everyone heard this, it was no wonder that the brother and sister had not sold themselves for several days. In Yuzhou Prefecture, buying a maid or servant with better conditions would only cost thirty or fifty taels of silver, but the brother and sister asked for two hundred taels of silver. Not only did they want to buy a thick coffin, but they also wanted help to bring back their deceased father who died in Liangzhou, thousands of miles away.
The crowd was shaking their heads. Seeing everyone's reaction, the brother and sister's eyes gradually dimmed and they lowered their heads in frustration.