Chapter 499: Chapter 499: It’s a no go if you can’t adapt Chapter 499: Chapter 499: It’s a no go if you can’t adapt “What has he done? What sort of thing?” Lin Caisang asked.
“The Master is asking you a question, hurry up and answer!” the old tooth woman exclaimed, bustling toward Zhang Shunlai.
“Responding to the Master, my wife was caught messing with another man. This man had some clout, and he got me … reported to the authorities. Without trial, the authorities sold me off.”
Zhang Shunlai recalled the past and said to Lin Caisang.
What kind of situation was this, these days? The authorities did nothing about mistresses but were eager to sell off the primary wife?
She asked the old tooth woman.
“Yes, the registration here shows that he offended a high official,” the old tooth woman hurriedly answered.
Zhang Shunlai, listening to him speak, was quite articulate, unlike the others she had seen before. They were either too emotional to speak fluently or so scared they were shaking.
With some training, Zhang Shunlai could be a suitable manager for her multicolored snacks shop.
“Tell me more about the others.”
The old tooth woman, noting her gesture, furrowed her brows slightly. She thought Lin Caisang didn’t like Zhang Shunlai and continued.
“Your highness, the second standee is Wang Laibao.”
“Wang Laibao? Why are these names all…” Lin Caisang had no words.
These names all sounded so auspicious. Just by hearing these names, she felt immediately amiable.
“Miss Lin, these are all people who have been sold. Their names are all fake. They just need to be called whatever is easy to use to sell them.”
Zhe Jue added, standing beside Lin Caisang.
“Is it like that?” Lin Caisang was surprised.
So, if she managed to buy them back, she could give them new names to suit herself better?
“Haha, your highness, these people are of lowly birth. If you don’t like their names, feel free to change them later,” the old tooth woman smiled and said to Lin Caisang.
But these people were all slaves. Once the stamp of slavery was applied, they would be servants for life – not just them, but their descendants too would be compelled to work in various households.
Moreover, slave men were married, and women were wedded according to the wishes of their owners. Even if they were married to one person today, they would obediently switch if ordered to another one tomorrow.
Worse, if they didn’t have children by a certain age, they would be considered useless by their owners and sold off, replaced by those who could give birth.
The owners believed that since they had purchased these folks with money, they should be able to derive some benefit. If they couldn’t produce offspring to serve as laborers, what was their worth?
She knew all this from what Ya Molian had told her.
Although she felt extremely uncomfortable, it couldn’t be helped, as she too lived in such a society.
She could only make a soft acknowledgment.
The tooth woman continued her introduction upon Lin Caisang’s command.
When Lin Caisang left the slave trader, she carried a small handbag containing a deed for a shop. Behind her was a group of ten men and thirty-one women, with three male stewards tagging along.