"Gangzi, are you still not reassured with Sister Feng taking care of things? The demand in your village has always been strong. Even if I overlook anyone else, I can’t overlook you all. So, don’t worry. This ti, I brought not just eight girls, but each one is stunning and well-educated, with smart minds. It was a huge effort for to get them. Their children will definitely be extrely intelligent."
"What about the price?" The village chief rubbed his fingers, asking sowhat anxiously.
"I’ve told you, getting these people wasn’t easy, so the price has to be a bit higher. The lowest starts at five thousand, the most beautiful one is over ten thousand." Sister Feng lit a cigarette and said.
"Ten thousand is a bit much." The village chief looked troubled. "The harvest in the mountains hasn’t been good recently, and every household is earning less."
"Old brother, I’m already giving your village a good deal on account of you. It’s basically a loss for . Go to other villages and ask around; even the cheapest girls I sell there start at ten thousand. If you think this is still expensive, then we won’t do business in the future. You can’t bully just because I’m kind to you."
Sister Feng blew a puff of smoke in the village chief’s face, signaling to the man beside her. Just as they were about to get in a car and leave, the village chief quickly grabbed Sister Feng’s arm to stop her.
"Don’t leave, don’t leave. I apologize for what I said earlier. I was wrong. Let’s do it your way." The village chief, holding Sister Feng’s arm, offered a careful, placating smile on his weathered face.
"Alright then, but this is the last ti. If I hear such things again, we won’t co back."
"It won’t happen again, it won’t happen again. I was muddled earlier," the chief cautiously made more apologies to Sister Feng to appease her.
"Gangzi, bring the goods down from the car for everyone to see." At Sister Feng’s command, Gangzi obediently opened the car door. Sohow, in the small van, there were eight won tightly bound, eyes closed, lost in unconsciousness.
Gangzi didn’t have any compassion. He carried them out like sacks of grain, throwing them one by one onto the ground until all were out, then shut the car door.
"The goods are all here. You know my rules, don’t step forward or touch. Stand in line, each taking turns." Sister Feng took a drag on her cigarette and spoke to the villagers itching to rush forward.
After countless collaborations, they knew Sister Feng’s temper well. Following her words, they restrained their eager actions, though their eyes remained glued to the won, seemingly wishing to strip them bare with their gaze.
Seeing the villagers’ state, Sister Feng smiled approvingly, giving her assistant Gangzi a look. Gangzi, as if choosing vegetables at a market, selected one woman, lifted her from the ground, leaned her against himself, and brushed her hair to the side, revealing a delicately made-up face.
"This one is healthy with no diseases, aged twenty, has a long service life, looks fresh, and has the lowest price at five thousand, to the highest bidder."
Upon hearing Gangzi’s words about the lowest-priced woman, the remaining won unknowningly more expensive, the crowd imdiately grew restless. As soon as Gangzi finished speaking, the bidding began, each higher than the last, but with small incrents. Sister Feng and Gangzi were in no rush, patiently waiting for the final winner.
"Six thousand!"
"Liu Laosan, you’re being unfair. Haven’t you already got one at ho? Why are you still buying, and competing with ?"
"What’s wrong with having one at ho? That’s a hen that won’t lay eggs. I’ve had her for five years and she hasn’t produced even a feather, so what’s wrong with wanting a new one?" Liu Laosan said discontentedly.
As the price continued to rise, reaching seven thousand, only Liu Laosan and the man who argued with him earlier were left bidding.
"I think you should stop fighting for it. Let have this one, and I’ll give you two thousand plus a piglet for the one at my house." Unable to go any higher, Liu Laosan tried to persuade the other man to back down and let him have the woman.
The opposing man, also at his limit and needing an out, hesitated, but Liu Laosan spoke up first. Relieved, the man grimaced at Liu Laosan’s offer.
"The one at your house hasn’t produced any kids in five years, who knows if she’s defective. You ask two thousand and a piglet for her? Why not rob instead? I’ll give you a thousand, no piglet. Agree, and I’ll back out; refuse, and I’ll keep fighting. I’ll even sell the pots and pans to get a woman ho this year." The man muttered, rolling his eyes.
Liu Laosan feigned thought before displeasedly agreeing, "No way, a thousand is too little. That woman cost eight thousand back then, and you think you can get her for a thousand? If you’re sincere, two thousand, no less, and I won’t ask for the piglet."
The two n haggled over another human as if they were trading cabbages at a market, yet no one around found this scene uncomfortable, as if it was all normal.
The other man considered and agreed to Liu Laosan’s terms, backing out of the bidding. Liu Laosan successfully won the twenty-year-old woman for seven thousand two hundred yuan.
It was cash on delivery at the scene. Once Feng confird the paynt, she nodded to Gangzi, who handed the woman to Liu Laosan. The surrounding people eyed Liu Laosan with envy, those unable to bid for a woman now approached Liu Laosan, negotiating a price to "play" with the woman.
With Liu Laosan’s initial bid, the atmosphere grew more vibrant, villagers eagerly anticipating claiming the next woman.
While the villagers frenziedly competed for heirs, the periter of the village was completely surrounded. The village with dozens of households was now truly one person every ten steps, ensuring that nothing, not even a fly, could escape.
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