Chapter 691 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father

Chapter 691 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father

Sun Shan coughed a few times, straightened his body, and said seriously: "Gui Ge'er, don't think about these things. Don't worry, I will take care of your affairs after your death, so don't worry too much."

Gui Ge'er's eyes were red as he looked at Sun Shan with gratitude: "Brother Shan, I knew you were the best to me. Brother Shan, thank you. I'll leave my affairs after death to you. Brother Shan, bury me next to you. Yours is a big grave and mine is just a small one. This way I can always be your book boy."

Sun Shan: ...

He was wrong, he shouldn't have spoken. Why was the atmosphere becoming weird?

Sun Dali lay on his luggage and said, "Gui Ge'er, this is a good idea. Ashan is the most promising man in our Sunjia Village. If you are buried next to him, you will benefit from it."

Sun Shan: ......

Sun Shan decided to interrupt the topic. He coughed a few times, straightened his back, raised his head high and said, "I'll go out and take a look to see what's going on."

Of course, we also have to see whether the woman who sells herself to bury her father is very beautiful. Gui Ge'er's vision is sometimes hard to describe and cannot be trusted.

Sun Shan strode out, followed by Gui Ge'er. Sun Dali wanted to watch the fun but did not take any action, so he stayed in the inn to guard the luggage.

When I walked out of the inn, I saw a group of people gathered on one side.

Sun Dingnan called out, "Ashan, come over here, the terrain here is higher."

Sun Dingnan did not go in to report in order to occupy the most advantageous position. As soon as Sun Shan came out, he immediately greeted him.

Sun Shan saw a woman in mourning kneeling on the ground. Next to her was a torn mat with a dead body lying on it.

Why was Sun Shan sure it was a corpse? Because he could faintly smell the stench of a corpse, so it seemed that the dead person was really dead, but it was hard to say whether it was a real girl.

Sun Shan also admired the onlookers who were standing so close to the corpse. Couldn't they smell the stench of the corpse?

You don't have to work so hard just to see beautiful girls.

The woman lowered her head so her face could not be seen, but from her figure, she was indeed delicate and slender, fitting the popular “Yan-shou” style of figure.

There are two extremes in Daqian's aesthetic taste for men.

First, rural men like fat and strong women.

Second, city men like women with slim figure and graceful posture.

The woman in front of me has the aesthetic taste of a city dweller. No wonder she has to go to the city to sell herself to bury her father. She has chosen the right target market.

Suddenly, the woman in white raised her head, looking worried before she spoke, her eyes were red and swollen, she wanted to say something but stopped, looking very pitiful.

This time Sun Shan saw the woman's appearance clearly, and she was 80% similar to Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake.

Those eyes were particularly big and watery. No wonder so many men gathered around her. Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake Your Majesty, do you still remember Xia Yuhe by Daming Lake? Sun Shan couldn't understand what they were saying. They all spoke the local dialect. So it seemed that the woman who sold herself to bury her father was also a local.

After a lot of noise, because of the language barrier, the show was not very satisfying.

On Sun Shan's left, there was a man in a long gown who was watching the woman and the two quarreling men with great interest and light in his eyes.

You can tell at a glance that he understands.

Sun Shan patted the brother with his hand, bowed and asked, "Brother, I am from another place. What happened over there?"

The young man saw that Sun Shan was also wearing a long gown and knew that he was a scholar. He asked curiously, "Are you from other places? Are you going to the capital to take the imperial examination?"

Sun Shan nodded.

The man said with a smile: "Oh, what a coincidence, I am also going to Beijing to take the exam, but I will wait for you to go before I go. There are too many people going to Beijing now, and the dock is full of boats. There are queues to go out."

Sun Shan sensed that this was a lively and active man, so he bowed and asked, "Brother, are you from Texas?"

The man nodded quickly and said, "Yes. I am a local student. By the way, sir, where are you from? From your accent, I can tell you are not from here."

Sun Shan spoke the truth, and felt that there was nothing to hide: "I am from Guangnan. I just arrived in Dezhou not long ago. I saw a lot of people at the entrance of the inn. I don't know what happened."

When the Dezhou native man heard Sun Shan say he was from Guangnan, his eyes lit up and he said in surprise: "Brother, you are from Guangnan? It's so far. Did you walk a long way? Was it hard?"

Sun Shan smiled, nodded and said, "It must have been hard. It has been a very difficult journey."

The Texas native man agreed, "It must be difficult. You are almost at the southernmost tip. It seems far from here to Beijing."

So the Texas native man told Sun Shan about the last time he went to visit his relatives in Beijing. He felt dizzy from the boat ride and vomited from time to time due to seasickness. It was a life worse than death.

Thinking that he would have to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination soon, the man made a humming sound.

He said this was simply a matter of life and death, and complained why the capital was not in Texas. If it were in Texas, he wouldn't have to travel so far.

Sun Shan was very upset. It was the first time he met such a familiar man.

In fact, what Sun Shan wanted to say was: Brother, it is a pipe dream for Dezhou to become the capital. It is better to hope that you were born in the capital, so that you don’t have to travel far to take the exam.

Seeing that the native man from Texas kept talking about the hardships of going to the capital, Sun Shan immediately stopped the topic and interrupted to ask, "Brother Kong, what happened over there? Did that woman sell herself to bury her father?"

After chatting with the native Texas man, they actually told each other their names, which was something Sun Shan had never expected.

Kong Yi looked at the woman and whispered, "The woman said that her family was poor and couldn't afford a coffin to bury her old father. She knelt on the ground and begged kind people passing by to give her some money so that she could bury her father."

He pointed at the two men who were arguing and said, "Brother Sun, look at the middle-aged man with a big belly. He said he could buy a coffin for the girl, but she had to sell herself to him and go back to his mansion to be a maid. The other thinner man accused the fat man of taking advantage of the situation and having ulterior motives. He advised the girl not to listen to him, because if she sold herself, she would be doomed."

Kong Yi continued: "The fat man scolded the thin man for meddling in other people's business, and the thin man scolded the fat man for taking advantage of others' misfortune and being a bad person."

It seems that things are a little different from what Sun Shan thought. Gui Ge'er didn't see the whole show and gave him wrong information.

He asked inquiringly, "Brother Kong, didn't that woman sell herself to bury her father? Or did she just ask for some money from kindhearted people?"

Kong Yi shook his head and said, "No, I don't want to sell myself, I just want money."

Kong Yi then frowned and looked at Sun Shan, and asked tentatively: "Brother Sun, do you want to give some money to the woman to bury her father?"

Sun Shan is rich, of course, but he would not be the first to come forward when there are so many people around. Moreover, they are in a foreign place, and no one knows whether the pitiful woman is really burying her father or just pretending to do so. Maybe the dead body next to her is just a knife that the woman found temporarily.

If things are unclear, I will definitely not meddle in other people's affairs.

Sun Shan shook his head and said bitterly, "Brother Kong, let me be honest with you. I came from the countryside and finally had the opportunity to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. The money in my pocket was collected from various sources by my fellow villagers. I really couldn't do anything."

Kong Yi was stunned. It was the first time he saw a juren who said so bluntly that his pockets were empty. Besides, he was a juren, so he shouldn't be so poor, right?

However, seeing that Sun Shan looked malnourished, Kong Yi began to believe it.

He is so thin and short, it's obvious that he doesn't have enough food.

Kong Yi nodded and said, "Brother Sun, I understand."