"Sometimes fate really likes to joke." Yang Yuyao said to He Qianqing through a message when heading to the restaurant in the main courtyard.

"Huh? Why are you suddenly so emotional, Xiaoyao?" He Qianqing asked.

"The person who secretly followed Huang Donkey sent a message saying that Huang Donkey and the debt collector had met, but because Huang Donkey's face was swollen by Huang Ya, the debt collector did not recognize him, allowing him to escape. Tribulation." Yang Yuyao replied with complicated emotions.

"Sooner or later, the swelling on his face will disappear, and retribution will come sooner or later." He Qianqing comforted him through a message, "And I think that if Xiao Yao really wants him to receive retribution, he should be able to receive it soon. Retribution for evil.”

"I think I don't have the ability now..." Yang Yuyao responded via voice transmission. If he had the ability, he would be punished for whoever he felt deserved it. That would of course be a good thing. But Yang Yuyao didn't think he had the ability.

"It's impossible to tell. The monk's thoughts can sometimes bring unexpected results." He Qianqing's voice that reached Yang Yuyao's mind was filled with a smile, "Speaking of which, it has been confirmed that the two girls were indeed sold. Have you arrived at the Nuanhong Pavilion?"

"Yes. The people sent to confirm have found out that the news is true." Yang Yuyao responded.

The person sent also found out that this time period is the most leisurely time in Nuanhong Pavilion, which means that Huang Ya is most likely to see her two younger sisters. If it's later, guests will be arriving there, and you won't necessarily be able to see them, and it won't be easy to take them away. So Yang Yuyao immediately arranged for Uncle Zhou to take Huang Ya there, otherwise he would have to wait until tomorrow.

But not everyone can accept their fate calmly after being sold to that kind of place. Selling a child to that kind of place is the most despised in Xia Kingdom, even more than selling a child to a wealthy family as a slave. As a maid, at least you can support yourself through work. If you meet a good family, you will rarely be beaten or scolded.

But in brothels, the vast majority of people make a living by selling their bodies. Those customers come here for enjoyment and do not care about the feelings of these girls. If you get pregnant accidentally, you will have to endure the pain of abortion.

If slaves were not allowed to practice, people's evaluation of slaves would even be higher than those of prostitutes in these brothels. This kind of people's understanding will naturally affect those girls who are sold to brothels. Unable to accept it will make their life very painful every day, not to mention if they encounter a vicious madam.

Yang Yuyao has done his best to help Huang Ya and just hopes everything goes well.

Huang Ya almost trotted all the way to the Chuihua Gate. She saw Zhou Xie'an waiting for her here. When she was about to speak, she was interrupted by Zhou Xie'an.

"Go to the door and get on the carriage first, and we'll talk about it when we get to the carriage." Zhou Xie'an said, leading Huang Ya through the garden of the outer house, leaving the general's mansion through the small door on the side, and boarding a car that was already waiting outside. On the carriage without any markings.

"It's time to go." Zhou Xie'an said to the carriage driver, and the carriage began to move leisurely. Huang Ya quickly took out the disguise talisman that Yang Yuyao gave her and handed it to Zhou Xie'an.

"Okay, you put this in your arms." Zhou Xie'an activated one talisman and handed it to Huang Ya, then activated another one and put it in his arms. He instantly changed his appearance and turned into a rough and strong man, who looked like a thug, but his eyes were shrewd.

"From now on, you are Mr. Huang, and I am your housekeeper." Zhou Xie'an said to Huang Ya, "The person who was sent first has already greeted the old madam and said that you had fallen in love with two girls before. I want to buy them, but I don’t know their names. So when we get to the Nuanhong Pavilion, what you have to do is wait for the madam to call all the girls out, and carefully identify which two are your sisters. If you only see one or If you don’t see either of them, just tell them directly. After confirming that both of them are there, point them out and leave it to me to talk.”

"Okay." Huang Ya said nervously, but Zhou Xie'an seemed to think there was nothing wrong with her being more nervous, so he didn't tell her to be more natural.

"Are you sure you can recognize your sisters?" Zhou Xie'an suddenly confirmed that Huang Ya was selected and brought back from the market. Huang Ya was only nine years old that year. Even if it was sold once, it was only sold for five taels of silver. It's generally not worth buying for a child this young, too young to do much work.

But at that time, Yang Xuesong and his wife were stationed outside all year round, and the border was bitterly cold, so naturally they left their two children in the summer capital to be taken care of by the tribe. They hoped to find some playmates of similar age for their twin girl Yang Yihua, so Yang Ningxiu asked Zhou Xie'an to go to the market to select a few girls of Huang Ya's age to come back and play with Yang Yihua. At that time, Yang Yuwei was still too young, only four years old, and could not play with Yang Yihua very much.

It's strange to say that there are so many powerful families in their Xia capital, both direct and collateral, and almost all of their heirs are young men of the same age as Yang Yihua. This is also the case in the ministers' families who don't deal with the Yang family so much. In addition to the fact that Yang Yihua had no girls of the same age and similar family backgrounds as playmates, these powerful people were even more worried.

It's hard to find in-laws of Yang Yihua's age who are well-matched. The girls at the top are already engaged, and the girls at Yang Yuwei's age at the bottom are looking for boys. Searched further down. At that time, other families sent people to talk to matchmakers, hoping to settle the marriage as soon as possible. However, the Yang family's attitude towards their children's marriage was the same as before, and they decisively refused because the children were too young and there was no point in talking about marriage in such a hurry. Therefore, it was not until four years ago that Yang Yihua got engaged.

Yang Yihua's personal maid was one of the people who played with her back then. In the blink of an eye, nine years had passed and the little girl back then had grown up. The transformation of women is vividly reflected in these girls. After so many years, Huang Ya's two sisters are definitely no longer what they were before.

"Yes, I can, I will definitely recognize it." Huang Ya said firmly again and again.

When the sky began to darken, they arrived at the Nuanhong Pavilion. The carriage driver stopped the carriage at the door. The people around him looked numb and looked down upon Huang Ya and Zhou Xie'an. A strange man in civilian clothes called Huang Ya "young master". Huang Ya nodded stiffly, and Zhou Xie'an began to urge the madam to call out all the girls.

This madam is a woman who looks to be in her fifties. Her face is very thin and withered, which makes her cheekbones look very high. She wears heavy makeup and looks like an old witch. She looked at Huang Ya several times, but she didn't have the impression that this young man had been to Nuanhong Pavilion, but she felt that her face looked familiar, as if she had actually seen her before. The man who was first sent to inquire about the information was vague, so the madam thought about it and felt that Huang Ya must have been here with other guests before she was not impressed.

So she quickly called out all the girls, fearing that she would miss this big customer. I want to redeem two at a time, but here, the redemption is more money than letting these girls continue to be customers for a lifetime. There happened to be no customers in the Nuanhong Pavilion at this moment, and the madam was thinking, what if the young master could like one or two more?

The Nuanhong Pavilion is small, with only nine girls. However, some of these nine look very young, about thirteen or fourteen years old, while others look a little older. Some of them were looking forward to it, and some were anxiously gathering around, waiting for fate to favor them.

"Her, and her!" Soon, Huang Ya found her two younger sisters among these women. Even though she hadn't seen them for so many years, she still recognized them at a glance. The faces of the two girls who were slightly younger than her were pale and haggard. They were not grateful at all for being spotted. Their eyes showed uneasiness, fear and despair. Huang Ya's heart tightened, and her hands hidden in her sleeves kept shaking.

"You stinky girl, it's your honor to be favored by Mr. Huang! How dare you show me such an expression! It seems that the punishment given to you before was not enough?!" the old bustard said angrily, raising a whip to whip. When he arrived, Zhou Xie'an instantly grabbed his wrist and stopped him.

"Stop! My young master doesn't want to see the people he brings back in tatters. If you dare to fight, we will stop doing this business!" Zhou Xie'an scolded angrily. The madam apologized quickly, and Huang Ya breathed a sigh of relief. So the Madam and Zhou Xie'an went into a small room to negotiate prices and dismissed the other girls who were not selected.

The strange man walked to Huang Ya's side and stood still. Although she guessed that this man should be a guard of the Yang family, Huang Ya was still a little panicked. She was extremely anxious, but now she could not recognize her sisters. After waiting for a long time, the madam followed Zhou Xie'an out. She looked a little depressed, as if she had been severely beaten by Zhou Xie'an. The madam then called the two girls aside and told them that they had been bought to be Mr. Huang's slaves.

The two girls looked at the madam in disbelief, but before they could even say a word, they were dragged by two strong men and put on the carriage.

"Oh, please don't worry, please don't worry, you can take the person away first, and the ticket can be picked up tomorrow." The old madam said with a smile. Obviously, for her, although the profit from this transaction was not as much as expected, it was still profitable. Have to earn.

When Huang Ya and Zhou Xie'an entered the carriage, they saw the two girls holding hands together. They were so scared that they did not dare to run away. Huang Ya pursed her lips and looked at Zhou Xie'an for help. However, Zhou Xie'an didn't nod until the carriage started driving and moved away from the Nuanhong Pavilion. Huang Ya stood up suddenly with relief, but frightened the two girls even more.

"Erya, Sanya, do you still remember me?" Huang Ya took out the disguise talisman hidden in her arms and handed it to Zhou Xie'an, wiped the disguise off her face with a handkerchief, and asked tremblingly.

The familiar name made the two girls raise their heads and look at Huang Ya's face that was red and swollen from being wiped hard. They were stunned for a while, and they began to cry and sob.

"Sister...sister!" They stretched out their hands to hug them, but dropped them again. Huang Ya rushed over and hugged them tightly.

"It's my sister who is stupid, it's my sister who is incompetent. I'm sorry. My sister should have realized earlier. If I could have found a way to keep you away from your father, you wouldn't have suffered like this! I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" Huang Ya apologized while crying. Erya and Sanya said it didn't matter, but the grievances they had suffered for many years made them shed tears. Zhou Xie'an sighed and decided to hide on top of the carriage.

Unexpectedly, there was another person hiding in the carriage, "Old Zhou." The man who went to Nuanhong Pavilion in advance to inquire about the news said hello, and then quickly concealed his figure. Zhou Xie'an saw that he was speaking purely to tell him that there was someone here and to ask him to move. Zhou Xie'an twitched his lips and chose the remaining open space on the top of the carriage.

"Lao Zhou, do you still remember? Decades ago, the two of us followed the master to fish out Lao Xia's daughter from the brothel." The man suddenly said through a voice transmission.

"Of course I remember. It was Lao Xia who was so angry that he almost demolished the brothel. As a result, he angered the person behind it, and the master almost failed to save him." Thinking of that past, Zhou Xie'an couldn't help but feel a little sad.

"Yes, if there is no master to lead, I don't know what will happen to this matter. So Lao Zhou, do you think there are people who are naturally good at handling these things? Look at the young master, he has been outside for so long , I haven’t learned any of this, so why are you thinking so thoughtfully?” The man sighed.

"It should be." Zhou Xie'an agreed.

When the carriage returned to the General's Mansion, it was completely dark. Zhou Xie'an took the three sisters of the Huang family and entered the General's Mansion through the small door they left. Huang Ya's younger sisters Erya and Sanya came to such a beautiful and majestic place for the first time. They couldn't help but want to look around, but they were afraid of being rude and offending the owner of the place. When they took a sneak glance and quickly put away their gaze, they heard the clear and clean voice of the young man.

"You're back. Did your trip go well?" Yang Yuyao, who came to the outer house specially, saw Huang Ya and the others coming back, so he went to greet them and asked.

"Young Master, it went very smoothly." Zhou Xie'an replied with clasped fists.

"Erya, Sanya, kneel down quickly, this is the eldest young master." Huang Ya tugged on the sleeves of the two sisters to remind them to salute, but she failed to move them. She looked left and right and found that her two sisters were looking at Yang Yuyao in a daze. Helpless, Huang Ya had no choice but to kneel down and apologize to her two sisters.

"It doesn't matter, let's find a room to talk about something first. Well, let's just go to the restaurant. You guys haven't had dinner yet. I asked Shen Ming to cook some porridge for you and have him deliver it to the restaurant later." Yang Yuyao said.

"Thank you, young master!" Huang Ya couldn't help but kowtow to Yang Yuyao. For servants like them, if they were busy and missed the meal, they would basically have to wait for the next meal hungry.

The General's Mansion prepared a lot of food for their servants, which was enough to satisfy them, and soon there would be some meat to eat. But since everyone's appetite is different, some people can still eat more even if they are full. There are a few young men in the general's house who are like this, with huge appetites. If they find that there is any leftover food, they will ask them if they can eat it. Basically everyone agrees that the Yang family doesn't want leftovers.

Sometimes when the weather is hot, the food goes rancid in half a day and is wasted. If a servant becomes ill after eating and has to spend money on treatment, the gain outweighs the loss, so it’s better not to have any leftovers. Just eat more and work harder. But since most people don't know that the servant didn't get to eat, they will find that there are no leftovers after they finish their work.

It's definitely not possible to do anything else without the owner's permission, and they are embarrassed and dare not ask for it. After all, most of the time they don't have enough to eat because their lack of ability leads to unfinished work. Although they beg shyly, the master may reward them with some snacks to fill their stomachs depending on the situation. But it is also easier for the owner to discover his own lack of ability.

Even if the Yang family treats their servants well, the prerequisite is that the work must be done well. If not, it will be resold. The servants of the Yang family are so valuable that even if the Yang family thinks they are not good enough, many big families are willing to take them. But, so what if it’s popular? A good master can be found but not sought.

Although these servants were bought back, they rarely or even never left the mansion unless they couldn't do anything anymore. But that doesn't mean they don't know how servants from other families are treated. In some families, even being beaten and scolded is considered okay. So they are afraid of being sold, so they would rather starve and work secretly just to stay here.

Huang Ya originally thought that she was bringing her sisters back to deal with personal matters. She had already missed the meal when she came back, and there would definitely be no dinner. Unexpectedly, Yang Yuyao actually arranged to cook porridge for them.

"Sister, this one is so good-looking. Is he a fairy in the sky?" Sanya, who barely recovered but was still in a daze because of Yang Yuyao's appearance, tugged on Huang Ya's sleeve and asked in a low voice. It was just a whisper for mortals, but Yang Yuyao and Zhou Xie'an, as monks, could hear it clearly.

"No, I am not an immortal yet." Yang Yuyao said. Sanya's face suddenly turned red.

"It's so beautiful..." Erya said suddenly, but looking at her confused eyes, it seemed that she hadn't fully woken up yet.

When they arrived at the restaurant, they finally understood that Yang Yuyao was the eldest young master here. Erya and Sanya blushed and lowered their heads, wanting to stuff themselves under the table. The two of them really thought that Yang Yuyao was an immortal descending from the sky in front of them. Even now, they still feel that this person is too beautiful to be real.

"Let's talk clearly before we eat. Huang Ya, what are your two sisters' names?" Yang Yuyao asked.

"Er Yatou and Third Yatou, I call them Erya and Sanya." Huang Ya replied.

"Okay, Huang Ya, you should mention to them that you borrowed my money to bring them out, so now let's clarify the specific amount of the loan and the method of repayment." Yang Yuyao said, and the three Huang Ya sisters nodded nervously. .

"Both of you were bought as maids. The second girl, Xia Guo, received four hundred taels of silver, and the third girl, Qiushi, received three hundred and eighty taels of silver. The management fee was three hundred taels of silver, deducting the cost of purchasing the maids, which was five taels per person. This time Huang Ya A total of seven hundred and seventy-seven taels of silver were borrowed." Zhou Xie'an took out his account book and said. Huang Ya opened her eyes wide in surprise. She didn't expect there would be so few.

"This amount is not the ransom amount. If you want to directly restore the identity of your husband, it will be calculated as two thousand two hundred taels of silver and three thousand one hundred and one hundred taels of silver." Zhou Xie'an added.

"It means that if we continue to work in the mansion as maids, we only need to pay back 777 taels of silver, but if we regain our freedom, we will have to pay back a total of 2303 taels of silver, right?" Three Ya asked after thinking for a moment.

"Exactly." Zhou Xie'an affirmed. This is not because they deliberately make things difficult, but because the madam reported that after deleting the names of the two people on the roster, someone will come to confirm whether the two people's deeds of sale have been returned. If the two people's deeds of sale are returned within ten years, the price of the redemption must be paid. Make up the remaining amount.

"But if we are a maid, where will we get the money to pay back?" Erya asked.

"Deduct it from your monthly money." Yang Yuyao replied, calling out a bamboo tube, pulling out a rolled paper from it and handing it to Huang Ya. "Huang Ya, read out the above and let me see how you have been studying recently."

"Yes." Huang Ya took the paper with the writing on it in both hands, looked at it and started to read. "The borrower Huang Ya borrowed Hengxian from Yang Yuyao to take his sisters Hengxian and Hengxian out of the Nuanhong Hall as slaves. Yang Yuyao bought the two of them as maids in the Zhenguo General's Mansion for five taels of silver each. . During the duration of the loan relationship, Huang Ya will be deducted, and the horizontal line and horizontal line monthly money will be used to repay the loan until the horizontal line is repaid. Press your fingerprint to confirm that this contract is established. "

"The monthly payments of the three of them will be deducted together?" Sanya asked, she did not dare to consider the option of being free at all.

"You don't have to deduct more than seven hundred taels of silver from them, just deduct my monthly payment." Huang Ya said quickly to Yang Yuyao. She could pay off the seven hundred and seventy-seven taels of silver in just a few decades. In a few decades, she should be able to live that long.

"No, since it was borrowed for Sanya and I, the three of us must pay it back together!" Erya said firmly.

"Well, sister, let the three of us return it together." Sanya agreed.

"Okay, then prepare to sign the contract. Just put the stamp on your thumb and press it on the blank space below." Yang Yuyao said.

"Young Master, what about my monthly money for this month..." Huang Ya suddenly remembered that when she gave Yang Yuyao her monthly money for this month, Yang Yuyao confiscated it.

"The deduction of the monthly payment will be calculated from the first monthly payment after signing the contract. You can keep this month's payment for yourself. I think you may need to buy something for your two sisters." Yang Yuyao reminded.

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