After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 737 Reunion
The Hai family arrived just in time.

Li's husband took the money from selling his wife and daughter, and pawned all of their valuable clothes and utensils. He then went to the casino with the money to try to make a comeback. But how could the casino give him a chance to make a comeback? He lost everything again. This time he was not stupid enough to owe a large gambling debt, but the casino staff knew that he was a pauper and refused to lend him money, so they kicked him out. When he returned to the small courtyard he rented, the landlord pestered him and asked for rent, otherwise he would not allow him and his son to live there anymore.

How could Li's husband have the money to pay the rent? He was so desperate that he even gave up his son, who was supposed to carry on the family line, and pointed at his son and said to the landlord: "You two don't have any children, so I'll just sell my son to you and let him take care of you in your old age!"

Although the landlord and his wife felt sorry for Li's mother and son, they were not willing to spend money to buy the child, and were driven away by him. Who would have thought that this scumbag actually wanted to sell his son, thinking that even if he sold his son, he could get rich in the future and marry a new wife, so he would not have to worry about not having a son? Anyway, the son was getting more and more undisciplined as he grew older. He just sold his wife and daughter, but his son treated him like an enemy and refused to cook his share of food. What was the point of keeping him? He might as well sell him off!

He was not stupid enough to know that he could not go to the casino again. He did not think of selling his son to make up for his losses. Instead, he thought that with the money in his hands, he could go back to his hometown in Beijing. He also had a few relatives and friends in his hometown, and he could cheat again.

So he tied up his son when he was not paying attention, to prevent him from escaping, and then contacted the traffickers to "check out the goods". Ma Changnian of the Hai family took the newcomer Qiu Baisheng to look for people, and when he saw this scene, he was immediately furious and wanted to go up and curse, but was stopped by Qiu Baisheng.

Qiu Baisheng, who had grown up in a royal merchant family and had seen the world, cleverly persuaded Ma Changnian to conceal their identities and pretended to be passing by. He claimed to be a servant of a wealthy merchant from the capital and wanted to buy a playmate of similar age for the young master. He criticized the appearance of Li's son for a few times, and seeing that the child was quite strong, he offered a price slightly higher than the market price and expressed his willingness to buy him.

Li's husband was overjoyed at this, but regretted that he had offered too low a price. He smiled and said, "From your accent, you are from Beijing, too. I am from Beijing, too! Since we are from the same hometown, I will pay a little more. Anyway, it's not your own money! I just don't know... which big business in Beijing is your master's?"

Qiu Baisheng rolled his eyes at him, "Do you think you can find out the name of our master? If you want to sell it, then sell it. If you don't want to sell it, then don't sell it. Why are you so long-winded?! Our young master just wants a clever playmate, and he doesn't have to have your child. Since you think the price is too low, forget it. I can find ten or eight clever children of similar age anywhere else! Children in Chang'an are still a bit fresh. If I want to buy a child from the capital, do I have to come to Chang'an?!"

He pretended to leave. Li's men were probably worried that without him as a big customer, they would not be able to wait for another customer who was willing to pay a high price in a short period of time, so they agreed immediately.

Ma Changnian made a deal with him on the spot, and immediately went to the government office to report it. He also agreed with him that the child would have nothing to do with him from now on, and he was not allowed to pester him in the name of the child. Then he took the child away easily.

The child silently accepted the reality of being sold. After leaving his father, he saw that the two people who bought him seemed to be quite friendly, so he cried and begged them: "My mother and sister were also sold by my father. I beg you two brothers to allow me to meet the broker and ask him where he sold my mother and sister to, so that I can send a message to my mother and sister so that they can find me in the future. I will remember your kindness forever!"

Ma Changnian saw him crying pitifully and couldn't help but touch his head. Qiu Baisheng smiled and said, "Your name is Dunzi? Don't be afraid, we are here to find you, but we pretended not to know because we were worried that your father would raise the price. Your mother and sister are now in our master's house. They are safe and sound, but they are just thinking about you. You will be reunited as a family soon." Dunzi was stunned there, as if he was stunned by the huge surprise. It took him a long time to come to his senses, and he was even more anxious to get on the road than Ma Changnian and Qiu Baisheng.

Not long after, Li's mother and son reunited in the front yard of Hai's house. The three of them hugged each other and cried bitterly, then kowtowed to Ma and Haitang.

Seeing this, Ma couldn't help but feel soft in her heart: "Live a good life in our home from now on. I am not the mistress who will mistreat servants. I will make sure you are well fed and clothed. As for the man who sold you, just treat him as dead. Next year, our master will go to Beijing. His hometown is also in Zhili. We will go back to our hometown to live in the future. If you don't want to stay and work anymore and want to go back to your hometown village, I will let you go. But as long as you are in our home, you have to work hard and don't be sneaky or disloyal to your master!"

Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "Don't worry, Madam. I and my two children were able to escape the catastrophe thanks to you and my daughter. We are only grateful to you and my daughter, and would never dare to be unfaithful. If I and my two children dare to do anything to betray our master, we will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"

Vanilla and her brother responded in unison.

Ma was satisfied with what she heard, so she let them go. The newcomers had just arrived at the house, so they should learn the rules for a few days and adapt to the family. She had already asked, Li was very good at needlework, Xiangcao was also very good at embroidery, and Dunzi was also a smart child who had learned to read since childhood. As long as they could behave themselves in the Hai family, these three newcomers could still be of great help.

However, she couldn't help but complain to her granddaughter Haitang: "What a coincidence, Ma Changnian and Qiu Baisheng happened to see the man from the Li family selling his son, and they intercepted him in time. Otherwise, if they were a step later, Dunzi would have fallen into the hands of other buyers, and they wouldn't have been able to get him back. That man was too much. He's also a father? He can even sell his own son, what else can he not do?!"

Haitang said, "It's not surprising that a man who can sell his wife and daughter would also sell his son. He has long lost his sense of humanity. Can grandma still expect him to be a good father? In my opinion, it is the luck of the Li family and their two children to be able to get away from this scumbag father in time and no longer have to live with him. I just don't know what will happen to that man in the future. I hope he doesn't return to his hometown in Beijing smoothly, otherwise if the Li family wants to go back in the future, they will be entangled by that man again."

"Didn't they say he got addicted to gambling? Would the casino people let him go and not squeeze him dry?" Ma frowned and said, "There were casinos in Chang'an before, but they were not as rampant as they are now. Right now, the city is full of swindlers, and there are many wealthy merchants from outside, making the whole Chang'an a mess. I don't know what Prefect Xin is doing?! Can't he spend more time and properly manage the chaos in the city?! In the past, the border troops helped the government office to manage affairs, and there has never been a big mess. The Zhenguo Mansion and Prefect Huang have always gotten along well. As soon as Prefect Xin took office, he complained that the border troops were too nosy. The Zhenguo Mansion made concessions and let him take charge of local affairs alone, but he managed it like this?! It seems that not all of the emperor's trusted ministers have real abilities."

(End of this chapter)