Author: Stubborn Stray Dog

It is said that when something abnormal happens, there must be a monster. Faced with Lu Yang's abnormal behavior, the man felt a little uneasy.

Just as he was struggling in his heart, his daughter spoke again, "Father, I do."

The man looked at his daughter in surprise, seeing determination in her eyes.

He couldn't help but sigh. Although his daughter was born with a disability, she had a strong character and was very independent. The things she decided were often difficult for his father to change.

"In that case, then I'll listen to you." He gave his daughter a last reluctant look and nodded lightly.

In the end, Lu Yang bought the woman with three taels of silver, and the three of them entered the city with Lu Yang and walked towards the Yamen.

In this world, there are very complete processes and procedures for purchasing refugees as servants. First, you must go to the Yamen, draw up a master-servant contract, and establish a slave status.

The so-called slave registration refers to household registration. In this world, people are divided into five levels from low to high according to household registration, namely: royal status, noble status, good status, slave status, and lowly status.

The highest among them is royal status, which can only be obtained by relatives of the royal family with royal bloodline. The second is noble status, which requires family members or ancestors, and someone must have served as a seventh-rank official in the imperial court or above.

Good registration is the household registration of most civilians, and it is also the household registration with the largest population in the world. Even these refugees had good registration before they were displaced.

The so-called slave registration is the temporary household registration of a civilian with good registration who voluntarily sells himself into slavery for some reason. After the master-servant contract expires, the good registration will be restored on its own.

But after the slave status is established, the master has considerable rights over his servants. If a good person kills a good person, he usually has to pay his life. But if a good person kills a slave, he only needs to be fined a large sum of money, and then

A sentence of three to five years in prison is enough.

As for the final low status, it is that of a subordinate, usually a person who has committed a heinous crime or his descendants, who will be discriminated against and suppressed wherever he goes.

With each level of household registration, the rights and benefits enjoyed will be greatly increased.

For example, those with low status cannot engage in business, cannot obtain fame, and cannot enter the government office to seek employment. Only those with good status can do so.

For another example, a person with good status can only have one wife and one concubine, and there is a clear limit on the number of servants he can recruit. However, a person with noble status can have multiple wives and concubines, and there is no upper limit on the number of servants he can recruit. When doing business, the taxes collected by the court will also be greatly increased.

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Once you reach the royal status, you can already recruit private soldiers, have the power of life and death over any good status, and can also promulgate and implement new laws in your own territory that do not conflict with the laws of the kingdom.

People with different household registrations cannot intermarry. There are clear legal provisions that only people with the same household registration can intermarry.

The difference between slave status and good status is the smallest. Except when facing their masters, the rights of slave status and good status are not much different.

Several people came to the Yamen and signed a master-servant contract as required. Lu Yang got the woman's deed of sale and found out that her name was Sun Xiaoying.

Sun Xiaoying took the three taels of silver from Lu Yang, turned around and handed them all to her father. She saluted with tears in her eyes and solemnly told him to take care of himself and take good care of his sister before leaving with Lu Yang.

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On the street, Lu Yang walked alone in front, while Sun Xiaoying lowered her head and followed him very cautiously. She was still wearing the linen cloth.

At a corner, Lu Yang suddenly saw the knight disguised as a beggar.

He paused in his steps, and Sun Xiaoying, who was following him with her head lowered, accidentally pushed her on his back. She suddenly panicked and took two steps back.

She was just thinking about how to explain when she looked up and saw Lu Yang looking stunned as he was deep in thought. She pursed her lips but ultimately did not speak.

Lu Yang naturally wanted to get the "White Ape Forging Sutra" as soon as possible, but he thought about it carefully and finally did not take out the tortoise shell in his arms and step forward to recognize her. In his opinion, Sun Xiaoying should be settled first.

Thinking of this, he stopped looking at the beggar and continued to move forward. Sun Xiaoying behind him quickly followed.

Although he has an extra residence at home, it is impossible for him to take Sun Xiaoying there, otherwise it will be difficult for him to explain the reason to Lu Dahong. The best way is to buy another residence.

Fortunately, he was not short of money now. After spending more than ten taels of silver, he successfully bought a secluded courtyard in a corner of the city.

"Since your name is Sun Xiaoying, I will call you Xiaoying from now on." Lu Yang said as they stepped into the courtyard.

"Okay, boss." Sun Xiaoying nodded respectfully and asked, "I wonder what my boss needs me to do?"

Lu Yang was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly. Although he bought Sun Xiaoying, she was almost useless to him now.

He glanced at the linen cloth wrapped around Sun Xiaoying's body, his heart moved, and then he said calmly: "Let me see your hands first."

Sun Xiaoying's face turned pale to the naked eye, but feeling Lu Yang's determined attitude, she could only do as he was told. She lifted the linen cloth, revealing one long and one short arm.

When Lu Yang's eyes fell on her hands, she seemed to feel a burning heat, and her body couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Because she was born with one long and one short arm, she suffered too much discrimination and oppression. Many people looked at her like a monster, with their eyes full of disgust.

Although she appears to have a strong character, she is actually filled with low self-esteem.

When he saw Lu Yang looking at her hands seriously, with even a little appreciation in his eyes, she couldn't help but be stunned.

There was no disgust or discrimination in Lu Yang's eyes.

She had only seen such eyes on her father and sister.

At this moment, Lu Yang withdrew his gaze and sighed: "What a gift..."

Sun Xiaoying was a little confused when she heard this, but she heard Lu Yang ask again: "Do you want to practice martial arts?"

Sun Xiaoying looked stunned and didn't know how to answer.

As a woman, she certainly had no interest in practicing martial arts, but she could feel the meaning of Lu Yang's words.

After a while, she nodded and said, "If my boss wants me to learn, I will learn."

"You are very smart." Lu Yang nodded with satisfaction and said, "Your martial arts qualifications are very good, and you should be able to achieve success in martial arts."

Of course, Lu Yang's words were unfounded because he didn't know what Sun Xiaoying's qualifications were.

The so-called martial arts qualifications refer to a person's basic understanding, which usually represents a person's height, weight, bone and muscle density.

Under normal circumstances, a person with a strong physique, big shoulders and a round waist will not have any bad bones. However, a person with a short stature and a thin body will generally have poor bones.

With a physique like Sun Xiaoying's, I'm afraid she may not even have two ounces of bones.

As for understanding, it is something elusive and cannot be measured.

The reason why he said this was entirely because of a memory from his previous life.
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