Ah Xie?
Bai Qi was taken aback for a moment, then remembered that dark-skinned, quiet little boy.
Among the fishermen in Datian Bay, his closest friends were none other than Xiaotou and Ah Xie.
The former was the only son in the family and had two sisters to support him, so life was relatively comfortable, even allowing him to enter the Martial Arts Hall to apprentice and serve tea;
The latter, however, was rather destitute, with a sickly old mother and several younger siblings to feed, barely able to make ends meet.
So Ah Xie took the initiative to sell himself, willingly becoming a slave to a wealthy household to take care of their horses, in exchange for seven thousand coins.
Afterward, they saw each other less often; after all, selling oneself into slavery meant losing all freedom, even if his parents died he had to beg his masters for leave to attend the funeral, and if not permitted, there was nothing he could do.
