He gave Fang Simplified 500 taels, and Fang Chengshi only had 680 taels left on him. He deposited 500 taels in the bank and kept 180 taels for pocket money.

According to Fang Chengshi's suggestion, Fang Huajian deposited 900 taels in it.

The two of them saved their money, and seeing that it was still early, they went to the town for a stroll.

If you want to make money, you cannot always rely on collecting herbs. The endangered Dendrobium officinale is the best proof.

Fang Chengshi's plan is to find the first pot of gold and then start a business.

Now that the money is there, it depends on what to do.

This time it happened to be a gathering, Fang Chengshi got a general idea of ​​the business situation of the shops in the town, and seeing that the time was almost up, he bought a few boxes of snacks and went back home with Fang Huajian.

It took the two of them five days from entering the mountain to returning home. Although it took a long time, they returned with a full load.

It took about half an hour to go back to Fangjia Village from the town. Before the two of them entered the village, they saw a group of people surrounded by the entrance of the village, and their voices were a bit noisy.

As I got closer, I heard some of them one after another. Someone said: "The child is so smart, how can you have the heart to sell him?"

Some people also echoed: "That's right, it's not that you are poor and can't get rid of the pot, so why sell your children?"

As soon as Fang Chengshi heard this sentence, he heard a male voice respond: "It's not your child who is selling, don't talk with your hips on your hips."

Fang Chengshi was overwhelmed by the three words "selling children" throughout the whole process.

In his previous life, he had heard of many cases of human trafficking and seen many evils, but this was the first time in his life that he faced the sale of children directly. People are right, children are the darlings of their parents, why are they willing to sell them?

Could it be that he was crooked, missing arms and legs, and was born crippled?

Even so, he still has his own life, even if his parents don't love him, how can others treat him as a human being?

Thinking of this, Fang Chengshi seemed to have seen a tragedy in the world, and his heart trembled.

He resolutely walked towards the group of people.

How much is watching the excitement, how much is sincere feelings, who will feel pity for a child, these Fang Cheng officials have no way of knowing, but he knows, he can't let it happen in front of his eyes.

The man seemed to want to squeeze out of the crowd, so the circle of people changed and a mouth was opened.

The gap was right in front of the aggressive Fang Chengshi.

In this way, Fang Chengshi saw it clearly.

There are a bunch of children behind the crowd, and Fang Chengzu is among them.

Fang Chengzu's eyes were sharp, seeing his brother, he immediately shouted happily: "Brother, brother..."

Fang Chengshi just glanced at him, and didn't respond, but looked at the child who was dragged uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, the child was not physically disabled, nor did he have a hideous face. Although he was thin and small, his eyebrows and eyes were exquisite.

Comparing the two, Fang Ruyu next to Fang Chengzu is not as good-looking as him. You must know that this child is white and tender, not like a countryman at all.

Next to the child was a girl who was about the same age as Fang Chengzu, holding the child with one hand and the man with the other, sobbing and saying, "Daddy, don't sell brother, I don't want you to sell brother."

She cried with both voice and emotion, but she met a heart of stone.

The man turned his head and said viciously: "If you cry again, you will be sold out too. Get the hell out of here."

The girl's tears are like broken pearls, she doesn't want money: "You sell me, don't sell your brother."

The child didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, until he heard this, his indifferent expression relaxed, and he said softly to his sister: "Be good, don't cry, don't beg him."

At this moment, Fang Chengshi seemed to see a proud and upright green pine, which was not driven by the wind or shaken by the rain, and was born to stand upright.

His shoulders, his hands, and his feet are the sky of one person.

Just when the man got angry, Fang Chengshi said: "The child did something wrong, and you keep saying that he is, so why do you need to scare him like this?"

He interrupted suddenly, causing the man's words to change direction: "I'm going to teach my son a lesson, so it's your turn to interrupt?"

Fang Chengshi laughed softly: "It's just that you can't see it."

He is so frank, it really makes people speechless.

The man was choked, and he regained his momentum after a while, cursing: "If you can't see it, you bought him, do you have any money? How can you be a good person if you don't have money?"

Fang Chengshi was not angry yet, Fang Huajian couldn't see it, and when he was about to make a move, Fang Chengshi stopped him. Fang Chengshi's eyes slipped around the child behind him, and then he looked at him seriously and said: "People are not things that can be bought and sold."

What he said was neither humble nor overbearing, perhaps in the eyes of outsiders, it was out of tune for a half-grown child to say this, and it was even more idiotic.

In this age where the ruler wants his ministers to die, officials have two names, and money can turn ghosts around.

You say that human life cannot be bought and sold, do you want to make people laugh out loud?

Even the woman who spoke for the child before thought it was funny.

But there was one person whose eyes were like water, moving and shining brightly.

It was the first time Zuoye looked at Fang Chengshi with straight eyes. In his opinion, there was no difference, except that he was more handsome than ordinary people, full of vigor and energy.

Other than that there is no difference.

Papa Zuo said, "You want to buy it?"

He didn't even want to say more, in his opinion, even if the half-grown child became a family, he still couldn't afford to buy the baby.

Fang Chengshi sighed, if he couldn't understand it with reason and emotion, he could only solve it in the most brutal way: "How much?"

Buy and sell price: "80 taels."

Fang Chengshi gasped, he thought it would cost at least a hundred taels.

"Okay, let's go to Li Zheng's house now."

He left as soon as he said it, and his posture was very bluffing.

But Fang Huajian grabbed her and said, "How old is this baby? You bought it as an offering to your ancestors? Do you think it's too much money?"

The three questions in a row are all about worrying that my good brother is rich and powerful, and he doesn't treat silver as money.

Fang Chengshi patted his hand, signaling to be safe and not to be impatient.

Fang Chengzu also ran up to his brother and asked innocently: "Brother, did you buy Brother Xiaoye to play with me?"

The rich are here.

The younger brother is a boss, Fang Chengshi gave him some snacks and said, "Go and play."

Fang Chengzu ran away with his friends holding the dim sum.

Father Zuo saw that he didn't seem to be fake, and asked: "Are you serious about what you said?"

Fang Chengshi said politely: "Please."

The farce still has to be watched, but the venue has been transferred to Li Zheng's house.

Fang Shibao already knew the ins and outs of the matter from the person who came back earlier to spread the word. He personally expressed disdain for Father Zuo's behavior of selling his son, but he also disagreed with Fang Chengshi's waste of money.

But it seems that Fang Chengshi knew what he was thinking, and when they met, he said: "The words that are said are splashed, uncle, don't let me be a person who doesn't believe what I say, and hurt the child's heart."

Fang Shibao felt like a stick in his throat, and scolded the impulsive Fang Chengshi a hundred and eighty times in his heart.

Fang Shibao patted his chest bitterly, saying, "What's going on?"

Fang Chengshi told the ins and outs, expressed his intention of coming, and said to Father Zuo after finishing, "Don't do this in front of the children, it hurts people."

Father Zuo naturally wouldn't make things difficult for Yin Zi, he was about to drive Zuo Ye brothers and sisters out, but Zuo Ye remained motionless as if he had taken root.

Seeing his stubborn look, Fang Chengshi knew what he was thinking: "Forget it, you can see clearly today." After speaking, he asked Fang Shibao to write the contract.

Fang Shibao was used to writing, and he finished writing the contract in a short while.

Fang Chengshi took it over and looked it over, and handed it over to Papa Zuo when there was no problem.

Papa Zuo bluffed and said, "I can't read, but I'm honest."

Fang Chengshi was about to take back the contract, but stretched out a pair of small palms from the side.

The fingers are slender and the nails are round, meeting all the requirements of hand control.

Fang Chengshi looked at the owner of the palm and gave him the contract without hesitation.

After all, he is a child, no matter how good he is at hiding his thoughts, he can't help but turn pale when he reads a word.

Fang Chengshi couldn't bear him to suffer any more, so he withdrew the contract and pressed his fingerprints.

Papa Zuo followed.

Fang Chengshi gave him 80 taels.

Papa Zuo shook his purse, and the silver clattered, and he was finally satisfied.

He put the money bag close to his mouth, and wanted to turn around and leave, but he seemed to realize his conscience, and said to his son who had played the last value: "From now on, you will be Master Fang's man, so you must be obedient, not self-willed, and don't embarrass your father." .”

Zuo Ye clenched his fingers tightly, holding back his words.

Facing this typical woman who has a milk is a mother, Fang Chengshi hurried away in annoyance: "You can leave, I won't send you off."

Father Zuo was happy when he got the money, so he naturally didn't care about this rich man, so he bid farewell to Li Zheng and left with his weeping daughter.

As soon as he left, Fang Shibao revealed his true colors. He showed his elder's profile and taught Fang Chengshi a lesson: "Is your brain broken? Are you okay? 80 taels is enough for you to eat for a few years, do you know?"

Fang Chengshi had no intention of repenting and said: "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Money can't be equal."

Fang Shibao said angrily: "Don't interrupt me, why don't you save yourself first if you have this money."

Fang Chengshi chuckled twice: "To tell you the truth, Uncle, my nephew just earned a sum of money, and this is to honor you."

It wasn't that he favored one another and only gave Lizheng 50 taels, which was really stretched. He just spent [-] taels, so he had to save some.

Fang Shibao didn't feel happy when he saw Yin Zi, but frowned: "Did you hit the tiger or catch the bear? Did you get hurt?"

Fang Chengshi shook his head: "My nephew promised you that you won't be impulsive, how could you do such a stupid thing? It's good luck that my nephew found some good medicine."

After listening to Fang Shibao, seeing that he didn't look injured, he was relieved, but the money was confiscated: "You and Xiaozu are growing up, and now there are more people to eat, so keep it for yourself."

Fang Chengshi said: "There are still good goods in the basket outside, so I won't give them to uncle." After he finished speaking, he winked at Zuoye and ran away.

Fang Shibao chased him out with the money bag, and seeing neighbors surrounded by the gate of the courtyard, worried that his nephew's money would be exposed, he didn't dare to shout, so he had to wink at the other party's official Cheng Shi.

Fang Chengshi pretended not to see him, bid farewell to Fang Huanian, and left Li Zheng's house.

When the folks saw that he really bought people, they all murmured behind his back.

Fang Chengshi could probably guess what he was talking about.

Fang Huajian was still waiting for him. Seeing him coming out, she quickly walked over: "Is this baby really following you?"

Fang Chengshi said: "Can this be false?"

Fang Huajian asked again: "Why did you buy him?"

Why?He felt that Zuo Ye was a potential stock, and he would definitely be a flower with a radius of a hundred miles in the future.

In short, it is absolutely impossible to say that he has the most basic difference in three views from them.

"nice."

"80 taels looks good?"

"Is there any humanity left? It smells like copper."

Fang Huajian exhaled air through his nostrils, and when he returned to Fangcheng Shi's house, he put down the basket and left angrily.

Fang Chengshi felt a little funny.

He took out the killed rabbits and pheasants from the basket.

These were all caught when going down the mountain. The previous ones were roasted and eaten in the mountains. After a simple treatment, the meat was still fresh. Fang Chengshi planned to make braised rabbit meat for Fang Chengzu.

Seeing that he was busy, Zuoye also came to help.

Fang Chengshi was of course happy to see the child willing to integrate into the family, so he asked the child to help without saying much.

The child was sitting in front of the stove, with the fiery red light shining on his face, a little absent-minded, a little at a loss.

Seeing this, Fang Chengshi took the time to ask: "How old are you this year?"

Zuo Ye came back to his senses, and hurriedly lowered his head to sort out his thoughts: "Twelve."

Fang Chengshi said suspiciously: "Twelve? You're so thin, Xiao Zu is almost catching up with you."

Zuo Ye hummed in a low voice.

Fang Chengshi flipped through the vegetables and said, "You can read the contract, are you literate?"

Zuo Ye curled up his fingers: "I have learned from old Tongsheng."

Old Tongsheng Fang Chengshi knows that there are not many scholars in Fangjia Village, and most of them's first teachers are old Tongsheng.

Old Tongsheng's official career was not going well all his life, and he saw it through in his later years, and returned to Fangjia Village to be a teacher.

"Your father treats you like this, but still let you go to school?" This sentence almost blurted out.

Fang Chengshi has never been a person who sprinkles salt in other people's wounds.

Everyone has wounds, and it is not a bad thing to let them lick their own wounds.

But many years later, he is still grateful for today's move.

"Since ancient times, money and goods have been paid attention to. From tonight onwards, you have nothing to do with the Zuo family. You don't have to show good looks when you see your father who is not a thing. Don't wrong yourself."

Zuo Ye blushed, clasped his knees with both hands, and said firmly, "He... he wasn't like this before."

Fang Chengshi put the lid on the pot, squatted down, looked at the child and asked: "Then what was he like before?" Suddenly, a purple red burst into his eyes, his expression darkened, and he said in a low voice: "Zuo Ye, you can't deceive yourself and others while you're alive, you can't treat shit like gold."

Zuo Ye suddenly raised his head, as if he was not used to his suddenly rough painting style.

Fang Chengshi raised his hand and rubbed his head, and said, "Go to Sun Valley Farm and call Xiaozu back for dinner, do you know where it is?"

Zuo Ye nodded and went out.

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