Chapter 12 Qin Xuemei’s Choice [Please vote for recommendation! 】
After reading the updated information, Qin Wang continued to practice Taizu Changquan for half an hour, and suddenly felt that the hot feeling had subsided.
He wiped his body with a dry towel and fell asleep.
It is already winter. After sweating profusely, you will definitely get cold if you take a bath!
The next day.
Five o'clock in the morning.
Qin Wang woke up, washed himself with willow branches and plant ashes, and then closed the door.
Boil the half of the golden-winged red carp that was not eaten yesterday and continue eating.
“Fight the Taizu Changquan for more than an hour, and after all the treasure fish’s energy is consumed, we can go to Baicaotang.”
Half a golden-winged red carp was killed by Qin after a while. After Wang finished eating, his body became hot again.
Qin Wang opened his stance and started hitting Taizu Changquan.
As time passes.
Qin Wang looked above his head, and heat came out of his body, forming white smoke and drifting into the room.
Nine a.m.
In Lijiazhuang, upon entering the mourning hall, a woman in a yellow dress sat paralyzed on the ground. She had a withered face, a runny nose, her hair was messy, and her tears had dried. She sat there motionless.
At this time.
In the entire villa, most of the houses were burned into ruins, and the dark beams were reduced to charcoal.
"Er Niang, the matter has come to an end, you should take care of yourself!"
Several maids were waiting beside Li Chunxia.
"Brother, when you leave, my nephew will go with you. My Li family will be destroyed from now on, brother!"
Li Chunxia couldn't help but feel sad when she thought that she would no longer have her mother's family.
"Madam! What happened to Zhuangzi?"
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a long knife hanging on his waist, wearing green clothes, and a strong breath was like a gust of wind. Come in and help Li Chunxia up.
“Last night, Tianyi and my sister-in-law stayed at the funeral with three maids and servants. My sister-in-law asked me to go back to the room first. Unexpectedly, the fire started in the mourning hall shortly after I went back. My nephew and sister-in-law followed my brother. Gone. There is no one in my natal family now."
When Li Chunxia saw her husband Zheng Kecheng come back, she was immediately sad and cried in his arms.
“Oops!”
“I went back to the county office yesterday, why did something like this happen!”
“If I were here, I would have said anything. Tianyi rescue me!"
When Zheng Kecheng heard this, he immediately beat his chest and blamed himself. His eye circles gradually turned red and he kept wiping tears.
"Uncle, Er Niang, I took a closer look. There was a big fire last night. In fact, there were three ignition points."
At this moment, the housekeeper Chen Pu came forward, clasped his fists at Zheng Kecheng and Li Chunxia, and said respectfully.
“Three fire points?”
When Zheng Kecheng heard this, a trace of undetectable gloom flashed in his eyes, and he said immediately. "Let me take a look!"
"Madam, what Butler Chen said is true. The fire was in the mourning hall, the wing room, and the main hall."
Zheng Kecheng walked towards the ruined mourning hall. After checking it carefully, his face gradually became gloomy and he said. "According to my many years of experience, if a candle falls over and catches fire in the middle of the night, there will be only one point of fire! This is obviously someone who killed my brother and his family!"
"What? Someone set the fire to kill me. The life of my brother and his family?"
Li Chunxia stepped forward and looked at the three fire points Zheng Kecheng said, gritting her teeth. "Kecheng, I treated you well when I was alive. You are the closest person to me. Now, my family has been murdered. You must find out the murderer and avenge me!"
"Madam, it's my brother's business. It’s my business!”
Zheng Kecheng slapped a granite roller in front of the mourning hall into pieces and said sternly. "I will definitely find out the murderer who set fire to my brother, skin him with cramps and cut his body into thousands of pieces to comfort my brother's spirit in heaven!"
Yanyun County.
Chen family.
In a side hall.
Sitting there is a woman who is about sixty years old, has a graceful temperament, wears a green thumb ring on her right index finger, wears a brocade fur coat, and exudes an imposing nobility.
Behind her, stood two pretty maids aged seventeen or eighteen. In front of the woman, stood four thinly dressed girls, about fifteen or sixteen years old. These four girls lowered their heads and did not dare to look at the lady in front of them. They were all very reserved.
"Xiao Zi, Xiao Lan, Xiao Qing, Xiao Mei, you all sold them to my Chen family laundry room because your family had no way to survive."
" Do you want to make a lot of money to support your family? "
The old woman looked at Qin Xuemei and the other four people in front of her with a warm expression.
Qin Xuemei, Xiao Zi and other four girls raised their heads, twirled their clothes one by one, and nodded.
“I believe you have heard that during the Jiangshen Festival half a year later, it will be my Chen family’s turn to give birth to a virgin!”
"As long as the virgins are willing to serve as sacrifices, each of them will receive a subsidy of 20 taels of silver for your family!"
"And you don't have to go to the laundry room anymore, you will be satisfied with good food and drink in the past six months!"
>The old lady glanced at Qin Xuemei and others, and narrowed her eyes slightly.
These four little girls are young and yellow-flowered girls. They are the best candidates to offer sacrifices to Jiang Shen. She is telling them that if they are disobedient and unwilling, the laundry room will take special care of them and torture them to death. It's only been half a month.
Hearing what the old lady said, the three girls, Xiao Zi, Xiao Lan, and Xiao Qing, all watched in silence. They knew in their hearts that sacrificing to the River God was to be thrown into the river on the day of the sacrifice to the River God. , became a sacrifice to the River God, in exchange for good weather and a good harvest in the coming year.
To say it nicely means to serve Jiang Shen, but to say it badly means to be dead.
"Madam, I. I am willing."
"Before offering sacrifices to Jiang, I want to see my family."
Qin Xuemei slowly raised her head and looked at Madam, she knows in her heart that this is a notice, not a discussion with you. There is no choice!
Once you disobey, the Chen family has plenty of ways to torture you to death.
Anyway, everyone is dead.
It’s not as valuable as dying.
I voluntarily sold myself to the Chen family in exchange for 600 yuan, just so that my younger brother could survive for a while.
If I get another 20 taels of silver, my brother can build a house. At least, his life will be worry-free.
Who doesn’t want to live?
But if the outcome cannot be reversed in the end, it is better to exchange for 20 taels of silver to help his brother for the last time. From now on, he can only rely on himself.
"Very good, what's your name?"
The old lady looked at Qin Xuemei and was very pleased.
Every year, the sacrifice to the River God requires twelve sets of Yanyun County. The four major families take turns to give birth to boys and girls. Naturally, these big families will not make sacrifices. They are all boys bought with money. It was already customary for virgins to be substituted for sacrifices.
This is also the original intention of the Chen family to buy a laundry slave in advance this time.
"Madam, my name is Qin Xuemei."
Qin Xuemei lowered her head and twirled the corners of her clothes.
"Yes, very good."
The old lady nodded to Qin Xuemei and looked at the other three people with displeasure in her eyes. "You don't want to?"
The three girls, Xiao Zi, Xiao Lan and Xiao Qing, remained silent.
No one would think about death.
"I am informing you, it doesn't matter, you think about it for three days and then reply to me."
The old lady's face darkened, if she hadn't been worried about the crying sacrifices during the sacrifice. After Jiang Shen was killed, she just kidnapped the laundry slaves. Why bother to spend extra money to talk to them?
They are all sold to the Chen family. Even if the owner is beaten to death, it won’t be a big deal.
Mrs. Chen is gone.
"Sister Xuemei, becoming a sacrifice means death, are you serious?"
The three girls Xiaozi, Xiaoqing and Xiaolan all looked at Qin Xuemei.
Although they were sold into the Chen family, their parents said before leaving that they would redeem them in the future if conditions permit, so they naturally did not want to die.
"Do you and I have a choice?"
Qin Xuemei lowered her head and looked at her toes, muttering to herself. "If I hadn't come to Chen's house, I would have starved to death. Madam, this is a notice. If you don't agree, you won't be able to live for half a year."
Xiao Zi, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Lan were all silent.
The old lady has already spoken. If you don't agree, you are ignorant. In the future, she will definitely be beaten to death and disappear silently like other sisters!
(End of this chapter)