By coincidence, famine refugees were passing through the village, and one of them offered to give his nine-year-old daughter to any family that would feed and raise her. Lau thought this was a good bargain.

• 恰巧在这时候，彰德府来了一伙难民，其中有个老李带来个八九岁的小姑娘，因为没有吃的，愿意把姑娘送给人家逃个活命。