Su Shi'an quickly forced a smile and said, "Thank you, Seventh Uncle and Seventh Aunt." With that, she cautiously watched Deng Qiyue's expression, trying to win him over with the most sincere attitude possible.
Seeing this, Deng Qiyue pulled a stack of papers from his inner pocket and handed them to Su Shi'an, saying concisely and clearly, "Take these and look for yourself." Full of doubts, Su Shi'an took the stack of papers. When she slowly unfolded them, she was surprised to discover they were actually bills of sale for several older women! Deng Qiyue had made a special trip to the slave market today to buy these women from Broker Wang, and the price for each of them was five taels of silver.
Su Shi'an looked closely at the women. Two of them looked exceptionally strong and worked with great efficiency; they must have been pillars capable of holding up half the sky in their own households. Yet she couldn't help wondering what kind of circumstances had forced them to sell themselves into servitude. Perhaps, at times, human life truly was as worthless as blades of grass.
Chapter 99