"Sister Liu, please do me a favor and give me more money. These five taels are not enough. My girl is well-known in the village for having a good child. Even if the Jiang family wants to buy it, I won't even sell it!"
Jiang Nuanzhi was driving the donkey cart home. He passed by his own field and wanted to see how the food was being grown. He happened to hear the noise coming from Liu's mother's yard. Looking over, Liu's mother said impatiently: "Okay, okay, what are you crying about? It's only five taels, not a cent more. If it doesn't work, you can sell it to Jiang Fatya, that black-hearted person." , you think I don’t know, she only gave me two taels of silver.”
As Liu Ma said, she saw Jiang Nuanzhi's donkey cart and immediately pushed the woman: "Look, Jiang Fatty is here. You want ten taels of silver. Ask her if she will give it to you? You ask Go.”
This woman seemed to be the one who had just made trouble with Widow Wang at Jiang Nuan's house. When she saw Jiang Nuanzhi, there was a hint of fear in her eyes, and she held Ma Liu's hand tightly and refused to let go: " Sister Liu, we have been neighbors for most of our lives, and you have watched our little Ya'er grow up. Just give her more, I won't pick the place any more, no matter where you sell her. Can I give you an extra tael of silver, six taels?”
"Bah!" Liu's mother fiercely threw away the woman's hand: "You black-hearted thing! You have thought about it. If you don't sell it, hurry up and get out. One more thing, five taels of silver No! ”
"Sell! Can't I sell it? Sister, don't be angry!" As she said that, she pushed the little girls in front of her: "Five taels is five taels. Sister, look"
Liu's mother snorted coldly, and then she took out the silver from her arms. She looked at the smiling face of the old lady and threw the money on the ground.
"Take the money, put your fingerprints on it, and hurry up and get out!"
The mother-in-law's eyes were fixed on the silver. She almost picked it up when it fell to the ground. She weighed it, then she breathed on it as if she were holding a treasure and rubbed it on her sleeves. He rubbed it, took another bite, and then put it in his arms with a smile on his face.
"Just right, just right." As he said this, he pressed his fingerprints on the deed of sale.
"Grandma, Grandma, what are you doing?"
Xiao Ya'er was so panicked at the moment that she didn't even bother to wipe the tears from her face, and grabbed the woman's clothes tightly.
The mother-in-law paused when she turned around, tightened her hands subconsciously, frowned for a while, and suddenly took the little girl's hand away: "Ya'er, it's not that grandma doesn't support you, it's yours My brothers are still young, and our family can’t afford to pay taxes. In the future, if you go to a wealthy family and earn money, don’t forget grandma, and you have to think about your brothers and help the family.”< br>
"Grandma."
Xiao Yaer was at a loss and just wanted to grab the person in front of her. Unfortunately, her red hands were pulled away again and again.
"Bah, what a beautiful idea you have! With a face like hers, can she still work for a rich family? In all likelihood, she will be a slave girl in the future. If you don't want the male in your family to take the exam for fame in the future, just go find her. OK! ”
After hearing what she said, the woman's face turned pale, and the next second she waved away the little girl's hand as if she were pushing away a plague, and walked away without even looking back.
Xiao Ya'er was heartbroken and extremely miserable in this evening. Jiang Nuanzhi looked at it and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Why are you crying? Shut up! You are lucky to be away from such a family. If I were you, I would just kowtow to God three times."
Liu’s mother said that Xiao Ya’er still kept crying, so she just took a handkerchief to gag the child’s mouth and handed it to someone around her: “Take him into the house and lock him with those two. ”
While talking, she looked back and saw that Jiang Nuanzhi was still not far away. Mother Liu suddenly frowned and said, "What are you looking at? Are you selling your child?"
When she yelled like this, the waiter beside him trembled and looked at Jiang Nuanzhi almost subconsciously. The waiter suddenly remembered that in the past, A Nuan seemed to want to sell himself and his little sister. It really was a long, long time ago, so long ago that he himself had forgotten it.
His intuition told him that An Nuan was very kind to him and would not do this, but he couldn't help but think about the worst.
Zhuzi's mother at the west end of the village bought Zhuzi a bag of candies before selling her. He also got one. But after that, he never saw the pillar again.
Today, An Nuan took him to eat a lot of delicious food and bought a lot of food
Thinking like this, the color on the waiter's face suddenly faded, and he subconsciously grabbed the hem of Jiang Nuanzhi's clothes.
Jiang Nuanzhi saw that the boy was a little nervous, so he reached out to touch his head, but the boy suddenly jumped away and hid.
Her hands paused, then she took the child into her arms and gently stroked his back: "Silly boy, what are you thinking about? Do you really think I will sell you?"< br>
"Just remember, even if I sell myself one day, I will never sell you."
As he said that, Jiang Nuanzhi frowned and looked at Liu's mother: "Liu's mother, I was just passing by. One moment you made me a villain, the next moment you frightened my children. Isn't it a bit too unkind?"
"Oh, what's not to say? Why are you scolding me in your belly? You must be thinking that I am a mean, unkind, black-hearted woman! Don't think I don't know!"
Jiang Nuanzhi couldn't help but feel a little funny: "You know how to tell fortunes? You knew it without me saying a word? That's a wrong guess. Not only do I not think you are evil-hearted, I also think you are a rare good person, Mrs. Liu." .”
"Don't talk like a gun and a stick!" Liu's mother suddenly stared.
Jiang Nuanzhi waved his hand: "Just don't believe it."
Then he went to the edge of her field and picked up the weeds growing on the edge of the field.
Jiang Nuan turned around and saw Liu's mother staring at her suspiciously.
"Do you really want to?" Mother Liu asked.
Jiang Nuanzhi raised his eyebrows: "Can I still lie to you? I only give two taels of silver to the buyer, and you give five taels. So you must be kinder than me."
Thinking of what Liu Ma had done just now, Jiang Nuanzhi suddenly felt that she seemed to be quite pleasing to his eyes, so he became interested in chatting with her.
Mother Liu was stunned when she heard this, and then she snorted coldly: "It's really too much for you to give me two liang." She thought for a while and then said: "But those people are also shameless, and they actually went to you. I went to my house to borrow money. You are a bit annoying, but they were even more disgusting. They also came to my house to borrow money and asked me to beat them out with a broom.”
Jiang Nuanzhi raised his eyebrows and looked at the strong men in the room: "So, at this time of year, you just found a few thugs to guard your home?"
"Oh, do you think our business is so easy to do? I don't know anyone in this industry who has never seen it before. You have to keep something in mind."
Liu's mother frowned again as she said this: "These damn people just charge more taxes and money, but they also ask people to be sent to the army. They are completely unscrupulous!"
"It happens to be at such a time! If it is harvesting time in autumn, as long as everyone doesn't mess around like your family and plant some random things, there will always be some surplus grain. You can get more or less money by selling the grain. With some money, paying taxes is not a problem." (End of Chapter)