Super rare beast girl, run away! The emperor's uncle is coming!

Chapter 168: Selling the Child with Straw

Mr. Wu was already speechless at this point, staring blankly at what he was thinking, but it was easy to guess from his slightly red eyes.

"I really still have hope, girl... Thank you so much for saving my life."

Qingyun on the bed struggled to get up, but was held down by Mr. Wu.

When Qu Jingyao saw him looking at her with a serious face, she was about to kneel down.

"Sir, a man's knees are as precious as gold. If you are truly grateful, then please teach my two younger brothers and my older brother well in the future."

"Please rest assured, young lady. I will do my best to teach the three young masters in the future."

Mrs. Wu also warned her son to be attentive, because if it weren't for this girl, their family...

Wu Haoshan bowed solemnly towards Qu Jingyao.

"Sir, there's no need for that. I'll be leaving first. I'll have Baiguo come pick you up tomorrow."

As he spoke, Qu Jingyao turned around and left the Wu family with Bai Guo.

After she left, Old Mrs. Wu sat by her daughter-in-law's bed and sighed.

"Our family has met a noble person!"

"Mother, thank you and my husband for all the hard work over the years."

After the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law finished speaking, they both burst into tears.

Wu Haoshan, who was standing by, walked around the room excitedly, rubbing his hands. This time he really saw hope.

Qingyun burst into laughter and looked at her man and said, "My husband, you will have the opportunity to take the imperial examination again in the future."

Wu Haoshan stopped dead in his tracks when he heard this. He turned around and looked at his two relatives beside the bed.

"I don't plan to take the imperial examination again. At my age, what I want is not wealth, honor, high position and high salary, but a healthy family together. That is my greatest wish."

After he finished speaking, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other. Although they felt it was a pity, they finally did not try to persuade him anymore.

Once he makes a decision, it is difficult to sway him!

After Qu Jingyao left the house, he asked Baiguo to drive the carriage and find a doctor to go to Mr. Wu's house to check on his family when passing by the pharmacy, so that he could feel at ease.

"Okay, Master, we'll be there soon."

Baiguo drove the carriage straight to the door of the pharmacy and stopped.

She jumped off the carriage and strode into the lobby. There were not many people inside.

She called the medicine boy and gave him some silver, asking him to find a doctor to go to Mr. Wu's house to check his mother's sprained foot, and also to prescribe some medicine for his wife at home who needed to recuperate.

"No problem, I'll go call someone from the back right away."

The medicine boy took the silver and left. The little medicine boy also turned around quickly and walked towards the back hall.

"Master, now that the matter is done, where are you going?"

"Go back to the village."

"Okay, Master, sit tight."

As he spoke, Bai Guo flicked the whip and the horse slowly moved forward.

There are a lot of people on the streets today. Qu Jingyao is wondering why there are so many people on the streets when it is not a market day.

She lifted the car curtain and looked outside.

All I could hear was people passing by the carriage talking about how the Hong family had been robbed by thieves yesterday.

"You don't know this. I heard it from my aunt's niece's mother-in-law. She is the old maid of the Hong family. The eldest daughter and the eldest son of the Hong family were injured. They were bitten by snakes, insects, rats and ants."

"So unlucky?"

"Who says it's not true? The eldest daughter of the Hong family is just unlucky. She broke off her engagement a while ago after being caught in bed with her lover. A few days later, the adulterer was beaten to death by the brothel staff. Now, no one wants her anymore."

Hearing their discussion, Qu Jingyao's lips curled up slightly, and a hint of sarcasm flashed in her eyes.

Baiguo drove the carriage quickly through West Street and headed towards the north city gate.

When passing by a teahouse, she found several children about eleven or twelve years old standing on the street. Not only were they dressed in rags, but they also had a piece of straw stuck in their hair.

She curiously asked Baiguo what was going on.

"The master is selling his children."

"Ah? Wait a minute."

Qu Jingyao called out Baiguo, and soon the carriage stopped not far away.

Baiguo helped her get off the carriage.

"Master, do you want to go and take a look?"

"Yes." Bai Guo tied the carriage to a tree beside him and turned around to catch up with his master.

Qu Jingyao wondered why there were suddenly so many people selling their children in the town...

Baiguo explained that this situation usually occurs when the year is bad and life is difficult.

When she heard this, her brows furrowed. Could it be that the people's lives had really come to this?

She subconsciously glanced around, looking for a grocery store.

She hadn't paid much attention to food recently. Could it be that Yuan Shaoguo's situation...

The master and servant squeezed into the crowd and came to the front where they saw several half-grown children standing in front of them.

"Look, look at this girl. She will definitely be able to have children in the future."

"No, take a look at this one, this one is also good."

Several girls were held in the hands of a middle-aged man like goods and displayed to passers-by.

Qu Jingyao looked at those girls with tears of despair in her eyes.

She never expected that she would come to ancient times and experience firsthand the unfairness of slavery.

"Hey, Mommy Hua, let me see if there's any good stuff."

"Wuwu... Dad, please don't sell us to a brothel."

"Shut up, everyone! Hehe, let me pick out any of you who have closed their eyes."

Qu Jingyao looked at the man leaning over and smiling at the madam with a flattering look on his face, and her face immediately darkened.

Is this really the child's father? He really doesn't care about the child...

It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. He is really worse than an animal.

"Mom, look at mine. These are better than his."

The old man next to him grabbed a little girl in his hand and pushed her forward.

The girl was obviously unwilling, but she had no choice.

"I bought these girls." As soon as Qu Jingyao said this, the brothel madam looked at her with an unfriendly expression.

"Oh, there's someone who's competing with Hua Mama for someone else. Oh! And she's a beauty."

As she spoke, Hua's mother took a look at Qu Jingyao's stunning appearance, her eyes lit up, and she reached out to touch her face.

"How dare you!" Bai Guo stepped forward to stand in front of his master, and stretched out his hand to break her fingers with a "click".

"Ah! It hurts so much, you bitch... um..."

Without waiting for Aunt Hua to finish her scolding, Bai Guo kicked her twice, warning her with murderous intent that if she dared to speak rudely again, things would not be so simple.

If Aunt Hua still couldn't see the aura of the master and servant at this time, then her life would be in vain. She covered her injured finger and nodded in pain.

I was afraid that if it was too late I would get another beating.

"What are you looking at? Why don't you help me get to the clinic?"

Qu Jingyao watched the two pimps helping the madam out of the crowd quickly, and she smiled sarcastically.

At this time, everyone around burst into laughter and cheered for Qu Jingyao for saving several girls who were almost sold to brothels.

"Girl, you just said you wanted to buy all of them. Keep your word, and you've driven away all the other buyers."

The old man and the middle-aged man came forward and started muttering with dark faces.

"My master's words are of course binding. You retreat."

Bai Guo stood in front of his master and shouted at the two of them with a cold face.