Life should not have a price; And there is a price! Traffickers, pimps, and even the recent kidnapping bandits all sell their property to others at uneven prices; I think there may be an open market in the future! Among all kinds of "human goods", the highest price is naturally the bandit's boat ticket, ranging from thousands to tens of thousands; It is about the highest price of "human goods" in history.

Secondly, prostitutes of pimps, ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars, are often heard. The meanest thing is the goods of traffickers! They only have boys and girls, just "raw goods" and can't afford to sell them. Traffickers just "sell people" and give them to "manufacturers", that is, families that sell their children.

The price of "manufacturer" is really authentic! There is a record in "Green Light" that three dollars bought a girl; That's transferable, but the price is surprisingly low! "Factory" price is lower! Three hundred dollars, five hundred dollars to buy a child, it is not difficult in times of famine! But I've never seen it.

The meanest life I saw with my own eyes was bought for 70 cents! This is a five-year-old girl. A five-year-old "girl" sells 70 cents, which may not be the cheapest; But please take a closer look: put a life's freedom and seven small silver dollars on one plate of the balance, and you will find that, just like nine cows and a cow's hair, the weights of the two plates are too far apart!

I met this girl at the landlord's house. I was having dinner with the children at that time; My wife is here, let me see a miracle, a child bought at seventy cents! The child sat upright on the stool; The face is yellow and black, but it is still rich; Clothes and hats are also clean and tidy. I have seen it several times and found that it is no different from our children. I can't see the symbols of her humble life-for example, the symbols that we can easily see when we look at cheap goods.

I went back to the table and looked at A Jiu and Cui. I have always felt that I am no different from that girl! But, after all, I found the truth! Our children are so noble because we have never betrayed them, and that girl is so humble because she has been betrayed; That's why she's only worth 70 cents! Ah, clever truth!

Source: Zhu Ziqing's The Cost of Life-Seventy cents.

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Zhu Ziqing (1898165438+1October 22-1August 948 12), formerly known as Huazi, was renamed as Ziqing with some conditions. China modern essayist, poet, scholar and democracy fighter. Born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, he was born in Donghai County, Jiangsu Province (now Pingming Town, Donghai County, Lianyungang City), and later settled in Yangzhou with his grandfather and father.

The theme of Zhu Ziqing's prose is mainly manifested in five aspects: first, expressing ambition and meaning; Second, visit the victory tour; Third, the book is lyrical; Fourth, realize the world; Fifth, blame the current shortcomings.

And this "The Cost of Life-70 cents" belongs to the fifth category, criticizing the prose of the times. Zhu Ziqing is a relatively peaceful person. He always tries to stay away from current events and politics, but times sometimes force peaceful people to write "impetuous and sharp" articles, expressing Zhu Ziqing's due conscience as an intellectual in China. There are critical current affairs such as Mourning for Wei Jie-san, Carrying out the Government Massacre, and The Task of Today's Intellectuals. Some criticisms of backward social phenomena include The Cost of Life-Seventy cents, Civilization on a Ship, White Man-God's Favorite, Ah He and so on. Revealing the potential problems and crises in society is dissatisfaction with the status quo, a survey of the present, and so on.