Liu Aiguo had never done such a thing before. He knew it was illegal, and he was still a little scared after his mother told him about it.

"Mom, selling people... if the police find out, we'll go to jail. It's too risky. Do we really want to do this?"

"Aiguo, don't be afraid, listen to your mother. We'll be careful and sell her secretly, without anyone knowing. Think about it, she's been enjoying going up the mountain these days, staying there all day until dark. After we sell her, we'll say she didn't come back from the mountain, either fell off a cliff or was killed by wild animals. The mountains are so dangerous, no one will suspect anything."

Let me tell you, the eldest daughter-in-law of your cousin's family in the next village was sold. Your cousin said she got lost in the mountains and didn't come back. Later, her family went to the mountains to look for her, but what good did it do? She was moved away and no one knew where she was sold to. They couldn't find her at all, and no one suspected your cousin.

If others can do it without anyone noticing, we should do the same. Your aunt's wife is a local, and she still couldn't do anything to your aunt's family. Li Hongying is from out of town, and she doesn't even have any relatives here. If something happens to her, who will care about her? Besides, she said that all her relatives in Beijing are dead, so no one will come looking for her.

Think about it, if her family doesn't care, no one else will either; no one will investigate how she disappeared.

After listening, Liu Aiguo felt that his mother's analysis made a lot of sense. In addition, his mother spoke with great confidence, which gave him courage.

So he nodded in agreement.

"Mother, let's do as you say. When are we going to sell her? By the way, who are you going to sell her to?"

“If you’re going to sell her, sell her to outsiders, to the villages near us. Relatives will keep coming back sooner or later. We have human traffickers from out of town who come here to make connections with locals. When I have time, I’ll go find those contacts, hand Li Hongying over to them, and they’ll send her to the traffickers. As for where the traffickers will sell her to, that’s not our business. She definitely won’t be sold here.”

"Alright, Mother, you take care of this matter."

"Hmm." It was Liu's mother's first time doing something like this, and she was a little nervous. After calming herself down for a while, she instructed Liu Aiguo: "Remember, you must act as if nothing happened in front of her. Treat her the same way you treated her before. Don't let her notice anything unusual and become suspicious of us, understand?"

"I know, Mother. I'll be careful not to let her suspect anything."

After living a normal life for a while, Zhuang Feifei gradually couldn't hold on any longer.

Because she had no money left.

She wrote home a few days ago, asking her family to send her money, but her mother replied that she already knew about the money she stole from home before going to the countryside, and refused to send her money, citing family difficulties.

The only valuable thing she owns now is the house she lives in. She wants to sell it, but most of the villagers are poor, and even those who are slightly better off can't afford to buy her house, so she can't sell it for the time being.

But she needs money. She can work hard now, but unfortunately the work points she earns can only be exchanged for grain in the fall, and she won't get a dividend until the end of the year. It's still a long way off.

She had considered marrying herself off and having a man support her, but the men in this village and the surrounding villages were all genuine farmers who only knew how to toil in the fields, lacking skills and education. Not to mention their looks, those two points alone did not meet her requirements.

When she's looking for a partner, looks are secondary; the most important thing is that the man has the means to make her successful. Only men like that will she consider a relationship.

The ideal thing, of course, is to marry a military commander and become his wife.

She hadn't yet met anyone who satisfied her here, and she couldn't settle for marrying someone from this village just because of some minor difficulties; that would ruin her grand plan to become the leader's wife.

After much deliberation, she decided to go home, admit her mistakes to her family face-to-face, communicate with them properly, and repair the damaged relationship.

Regardless, she was a member of that family. Her parents and sister were kind-hearted people, and they wouldn't abandon her out of consideration for family ties.

As long as she is willing to put aside her pride, what's wrong with gaining her family's favor again?

The main work in the fields now is weeding, hoeing, and spraying pesticides. It's not as busy as the spring planting and autumn harvest. She went to the brigade leader and lied that her mother was seriously ill and she urgently needed to go home to visit her. The brigade leader then approved her leave to visit her family.

Luo Jingyan will be going to the county town to sell a batch of supplies in a few days. She currently has not only food, but also electrical appliances.

Radios were not yet common in cities, and families with televisions were extremely rare, let alone refrigerators and washing machines.

She had already sold radios before and planned to test the waters by selling a few televisions to Chen Yinghao first. After a year or two, she would consider selling washing machines. As for refrigerators, since they were more technologically advanced and more expensive than the previous ones, she could postpone that for a while.

After putting on her makeup, she entered the black market and easily found Chen Yinghao.

Of course, she couldn't just sell televisions; her main products were grains and fruits, with televisions being a side product.

Chen Yinghao was very surprised that she was able to get a television set, but in their line of work, the most taboo thing is to ask the other party about the source of the goods, so he strictly followed the rules and did not ask a single word.

In the past few months, Luo Jingyan has been doing business with Chen Yinghao, and with Qin Zhenzhen occasionally helping her deal in radios and watches, her savings have increased by another 30,000 to 40,000 yuan.

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