Chapter 8
That man had high nose and broad eyes. He turned around us sisters once and then pointed his hand at my sister’s forehead.
“She.”
“They look the same. Check clearly before choosing. I don’t return goods.”
“I won’t be wrong.” The other gritted his teeth in hatred. Cold sweat ran down my sister and me.
“Okay!” The young master picked up my sister’s collar and weighed her. “Three coins per pound, four hundred coins total. Payment first, delivery next.”
“Su Chengyu, a maid, you sell her more expensive than a breeding pig?”
“Breeding pigs are everywhere. Your enemy is only this one. If you hesitate, I will raise the price.”
“Okay, I buy her.”
My sister was dragged away screaming. I hugged the roasted lamb leg I had secretly taken from the kitchen in the afternoon and flattered, “If you sell her, you can’t sell me anymore…”
The young master lifted his chin with interest. “You two are just two underage maids. How could you have a grudge with the northern fur merchant?”
I held the lamb bone with a bitter face and hesitantly asked, “Young master… an underage maid killing someone, can your family still keep us?”