My balcony connects the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 21
"Ning...Ning...ah, my name is so difficult to write."

Having nothing to do, Wei Cheng brought the Four Treasures of the Study, intending to enlighten little Aning.

The first step is of course to start with her name, but just such a capitalized word [Ning] confuses the little girl.

Seeing her scratching her head, Wei Cheng said amusedly: "Then let's not write this word, I will teach you a simple one."

So, Wei Cheng wrote down the simple word [Ning] on the paper, and now the little girl was happy, and she only had five strokes, which was much simpler than the previous word, and she learned it all at once.

Hao Niang watched enviously, from time to time secretly looked at the words on the paper, and secretly used a broom to draw gourds on the ground.

After writing her name, Ah Ning happily took the paper and ran in the yard. When she saw Hao Niang, she said, "Look, sister, I can write my name now." Stepping forward, "Sister Xiao'e, look, my name is Ning, hahaha."

Sitting on a chair, Wei Cheng smiled and watched her looking for people to show off, and suddenly saw the words written by Hao Niang with a broom on the ground, Wei Cheng's expression changed, and he glanced at Hao Niang, seeing her looking at Ah with envy. The words written by Ning.

Wei Cheng said: "Ah Ning, I just learned one character. Why are you so excited, come and sit down quickly, let's continue to learn the second character." This time he wrote down a character [Hao] on the paper.

In this way, one taught two classes, and in one morning, Wei Cheng taught more than a dozen characters, in addition to [Ning] and [Hao], there were also daily-use ones, you, me, him, parents, brothers and sisters, and so on.

Near noon, a little boy older than Aning appeared at the gate of the courtyard.

The boy was poking around at the door, and Aning noticed him. Seeing the boy, Xiao'e, who was helping to steam the steamed buns, exclaimed, "Ermao, why are you here?"

Hao Niang introduced from the side: "This child is Xiao'e's younger brother, nicknamed Ermao."

Wei Cheng nodded and looked at the two siblings who were talking at the door.

Seeing Xiao'e's embarrassed face, she finally turned her head to look at Wei Cheng, gritted her teeth and walked towards Wei Cheng.

"What happened?" Hao Niang asked.

Xiao'e nodded, her eyes began to turn red slowly, and she said with a choked voice: "My father sold me to the Hujiabao, and they sent someone to deliver a message, asking me to wait at the foot of the mountain at noon tomorrow. Somebody is coming to pick me up."

When Hao Niang heard this, she frowned immediately, "It's unreasonable, where is the Hujiabao, why is your father so cruel?"

Wei Cheng looked at Hao Niang, only to hear her say: "My lord, you must not let Xiao'e be taken away by them, Hujiabao is... a... very dirty place, it would be better for a woman to go there." Die."

Xiao'e obviously knew what the boundary of Hujiabao was, and after hearing what Hao Niang said, she cried even louder.

At the gate of the courtyard, Ermao shouted: "Sister, you have to go. Dad bought two sheep and got a good job in the county. Our family's life will get better and better in the future. You can't be messed up."

Xiao'e's body trembled, and she couldn't tell the pain in her heart. You are enjoying the blessings, but your blessings are bought with my life.

Wei Cheng frowned slightly, looked at Er Mao at the door, and said in a deep voice: "Go back and tell your father, I won't let him go, if he has the ability, let him come to ask for him in person."

Ermao was still very afraid of Wei Cheng, but when he thought that he was about to live a better life, he bit the bullet and said: "I, my father has already entered the city, and I will also enter the city tomorrow. My sister sold it to Hu Biao. You dare not make friends, you, you..."

Before he could utter threatening words, Wei Cheng shouted loudly, "Get lost."

Ermao staggered in fright, almost rolled down the hillside, leaned on the doorpost to look at Xiao'e, and shouted with a red neck: "Sister, you should go obediently, when Dad and I make money, we will definitely redeem you!" here."

As he spoke, he glanced wretchedly at Wei Cheng, fearing that Wei Cheng would really attack him, he hurriedly ran down the hillside.

After Ermao left, Xiao'e knelt on the ground and wept uncontrollably.

Wei Cheng didn't know how to comfort her, so he could only say, "Don't worry, as long as you don't leave, no one can take you away."

Wei Cheng's tone was very firm. Although he was powerless, he still had no problem condescendingly repelling a few people. If it really didn't work, he brought out Wei's name, which should be able to solve the problem.

Of course, he still had the last resort. If he couldn't do it, he spent a lot of money to buy Xiao'e back. Any glass bottle in the house is worth thousands of gold. This is what Zhang Zhongjing said before, so I think it should be correct.

The news that Xiao'e was sold by her father quickly spread throughout the village.

When Hao Dadao got the news, he went to look for Hao Laoliu immediately, but he was in vain. After asking Ermao, he found out that Hao Laoliu had hooked up with Hu Biao's line and showed the scene in a kiln in the county.

Even Ermao was going to settle down in the county because of his sister's sacrifice. This kid was chatting with his fellow villagers when he met Hao Dadao and was slapped by Hao Dadao.

"You bastard with no conscience, you go and tell your father, I won't agree, and tell him not to think about Xiao'e."

There was a huge slap mark on Ermao's right cheek, and the tears were blown out. Looking at the angry Hao Dadao, he didn't know why this uncle who took good care of him on weekdays suddenly slapped himself.

"Alas, sin."

When the women in the village knew that Hao Laoliu was going to sell Xiao'e to a kiln, they all sighed.

The kiln run by Hujiabao is not a place for people to stay at all. The rich and powerful can do whatever they want in it. Poor people like them will only be used as cows and horses when they enter. Someday the nobles will not be happy. , maybe he will be beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave.

Xiao'e is going to be an adult soon, why not find a good family to marry, why would she sell her own daughter to such a place, several women gritted their teeth at such behavior, but in fact they had nothing to do.

This year the village suffered a catastrophe, and now they have fled to the deep mountains and old forests to avoid disaster, but it's going to be winter, and I don't know how many people will starve to death and freeze to death.

People like Hao Laoliu are actually forced to do so. Sacrificing a girl can save the two men in the family. To be honest, no one in the village has done this before.It's just that they are not as cruel as Hao Laoliu. Wouldn't it be okay if they want to sell their daughters and sell them to rich families as maids?

Of course, if you get some food as a maid, you can get more benefits by selling it in a kiln.

"I heard from Hao Niang that Mr. Wei won't let people take Xiao'e away if he speaks."

"That's hard to say. Hu Biao is the leader of the water transportation, with soldiers in his hands. In the past, Guanshi Chen would give him three points when we met him. Although the Wei family is also a rich family, I am afraid that we will retreat when we meet Hu Biao."

Just when they were talking about this matter.

In front of Wei's mansion, a horse team composed of 50 people stopped slowly.

The leading man is tall and strong, with a beard on his face, and the leather armor on his body is tightly bound to the muscles, and the angular lines of the muscles can be vaguely seen.

This person was Dong Zhuo who was entrusted by Cai Yong to send Cai Yan back to the Wei family. The 50 people behind him were the Liangzhou iron cavalry that crossed the battlefield.

Dong Zhuo's arrival instantly alarmed all forces in Anyi County, and among them, Hu Biao, who was discussed by the villagers, was naturally included.

(End of this chapter)