newbobooks Chapter 500: Traveling Through Time and Being a Slave (2)
Chapter 500: Traveling Through Time and Being a Slave (2)
He was so anxious that he almost bowed his head and begged these people. Of course, he was the young master after all, and these people were not deliberately making things difficult for him. As long as they heard about giving money, they all softened their expressions, "Oh, it turns out that I heard it wrong, no wonder, we always say that the young master is not such a stingy person, then please give me the money, my mother is still waiting for the money to buy medicine."
"Yes, there are many people in my family, and everyone is waiting to eat."
These people have learned their lesson. No matter what you say, it’s useless. They won’t feel at ease until they get the money.
There was no other way, the second young master could only hang his head and hand out the money to them personally. He was busy for a long time before he finished. He turned around and closed the door and scolded Ning Ning.
"What's wrong with you? When did I ever say I would use my favorite things to exchange for their reward money? You brought so many people to my house to make trouble. I am so embarrassed!"
"Master, calm down. Didn't you say that we are all equal? Since my reward money has been exchanged for your beloved things, theirs should be exchanged as well! Didn't I specifically ask if we are equal? You said that no matter what we do in the mansion, we are equal! Are you going to favor one over the other and not let them feel your equality?"
Ning Ning looked confused and innocent, which made the Second Young Master even angrier. "That's not what I meant. Oh, you're making me so mad! Go, go, go, get out of here!!!"
He became furious and didn't notice Ning Ning walking out, so he secretly curled his lips.
The original body was born in an ordinary family. Although his family lived frugally, because it was his father's last wish to support his education, his family still gritted their teeth and continued to support him.
Fortunately, he planned to give it a try at that time. If he passed the exam, he could also help his family.
Unfortunately, misfortune struck him unexpectedly. His mother suddenly fell seriously ill. In order to treat his mother, he spent a large sum of money and used up all the money in the family. Naturally, he could not bear to watch his mother die of illness. It happened that at this time, Lord Chen, the fourth young minister of Guanglu, had just been transferred to Beijing from other places and his family was short of servants. So he signed a contract and worked as a servant in the mansion for three years in exchange for money to treat his mother's illness.
Anyway, he did not sell himself into slavery, did not become a slave, and could still take the imperial examination in the future.
But even so, his mother's life could not be saved. After being bedridden for more than half a year, she finally passed away.
Ning Ning was also asked to be by the Chen family's second young master, Chen Yiming, to be his personal servant.
Normally, the job of a personal servant meant being too close to the master, and usually only those who had signed a life contract could do it. Ning Ning could only do some rough work in the outer courtyard, but ever since Chen Yiming heard that the original owner had been educated and had only signed a three-year contract, and might have to take the imperial examination before leaving the mansion, he insisted on having him by his side, ...
"He happened to be educated, so being my servant is better than others."
"But Master, he didn't sign a death contract..."
"Well, it doesn't matter. I have nothing to hide from others. It's settled. Send him to my side."
Later he came to Chen Yiming. Actually, Chen Yiming treated him very kindly and without any airs. In private, he even didn't let him call him "Young Master". He said that he felt he got along well with him and was willing to treat him as an equal.
Chen Yiming often mentioned the word "equality" and said that the world was unfair and everyone should be equal. Why should they be divided into different classes? "It's a pity that I can't be the master, otherwise I would have to dismiss these servants. We are all human beings, why do they have to work so hard to serve us? They have no human rights at all. This is really wrong!"
He opened his mouth and said such unorthodox words. The original body found it strange and was surprised at first. She couldn't believe it, but he was so sure of what he said, as if what he said was the code of conduct. Moreover, he really treated the original body as a brother in private. So the original body really believed it and felt that he was sincere to her.
So when he often used various excuses to say that he was not on the same page as the original body and that he would not give him the reward money, or even withheld the reward money, the original body never said anything.
After all, if two people are truly friends who know each other as equals, they really shouldn't take each other's money.
Time flies, and soon three years have passed. The original body was about to say goodbye and leave, but unexpectedly he suddenly damaged a very valuable embroidery while working. He did not save much money while working for Chen Yiming, and could not afford to compensate.
He had no choice but to sign the indenture and truly became a slave of the Chen family.
He had completely lost his future and was listless all day, but Chen Yiming was happy instead. "I was worried that you would be bullied after leaving here. Now it's good. With me protecting you, you can be safe and worry-free. Wouldn't it be nice for us to be brothers for a long time?!"
But having said that, since the original body signed the contract, his life in the mansion has been getting worse and worse. First, the housekeeper said that he was clumsy at work and could no longer be a personal servant, so he could only do the lowest and roughest jobs.
After Chen Yiming objected a few times, the butler said that if the second young master made things difficult for him, he would go and report to the madam.
There was no other way, Chen Yiming could only reluctantly let them take his original body away.
Later, the original body encountered all kinds of bad luck, and all the dirty and tiring work fell on him. His health became worse and worse. In order to survive, he wanted to escape from the Chen family. Unexpectedly, he didn't run far before he was caught by the government on the grounds that he was a fugitive slave and thrown into jail.
In prison, he suffered even more torture and lost his life soon after.
After becoming a spirit, he realized that Chen Yiming was a time traveler, and his words about equal human rights were common sense in the future world.
But as a time traveler, he only said these words in private. In fact, he integrated into the ancient society so well that he even adhered to all of this more resolutely than the indigenous people of ancient society.
He believed that the original body was restless because he refused to sign the death contract and even attempted to "turn over", so he decided to teach the original body a lesson.
Saying those things to the original body in private was just to paralyze him, make him feel safe around him, and let down his guard.
Later, the original body damaged the embroidery, and it was actually him who framed her. However, because the original body trusted him, she never doubted him and could only sign the contract to sell herself.
The original body had become a slave, and he had already held the original body in his hands, so he began to torture her unscrupulously. However, he still had to pretend to be a good person on the surface, and acted as if he could do nothing to help the original body.
In fact, his original body was imprisoned and tortured to death. He smiled smugly for a long time, "This is the result of wishful thinking and not following the rules. Once a slave, always a slave. Since you have become a slave, you must accept your fate! Studying and taking the imperial examinations are the business of us masters. You, a slave, why do you want to take the imperial examinations on an equal footing with us?! Humph, watching a person go from hope to complete despair, this feeling is really great!"