Chapter 14 Leaf Flower

On the other side, Ye Wan and San Ya bought everything they could at the market, and while San Ya wasn't looking, they threw most of it into their spatial storage.

Sanya, perhaps due to malnutrition since childhood, was somewhat slow to react, couldn't recognize numbers, and failed to discover Ye Wan's secret.

Seeing that she had bought almost everything, Ye Wan remembered what she had found in that purse last night.

There were only ten taels of silver in the purse, and a black thumb ring. I couldn't tell what material it was made of; it didn't look like gold or silver.

I've almost spent all ten taels of silver today. Since I'm already here, why don't I just pawn that thumb ring while I'm at it?

I don't know if it's valuable or not.

This seems rather immoral, but Ye Wan has no morals.

Carrying ten chicks in a basket, he led Sanya to the pawnshop.

"I'll beat you to death, you useless piece of trash! You've done absolutely nothing good, all you've dug up are worthless medicinal herbs, and my two taels of silver have been wasted!"

"Go somewhere else to make a call. Don't block the store's business by doing this!"

A crowd had gathered at the entrance of a nearby clinic. A man was beating a woman, and a young apprentice from the clinic came out and started cursing.

"Come on, you idiot, you're as stupid as a pig! I'll teach you a lesson when we get back!"

The man was cursing and pulling at the woman.

Ye Wan had no intention of watching the commotion and was about to pull Sanya away when the woman being pulled saw her.

"Little Bend!"

Ye turned around, and the woman who had been beaten was the one who called out to her.

Suddenly, memories of the original owner flashed through her mind: Ye Hua? Her eldest sister?

"younger sister."

When Ye Hua saw that it was really her, she was overjoyed. She quickly broke free from the man, tidied her messy hair, and walked over.

"Little sister, I can't believe it really is you! What's going on here...?"

Ye Hua looked at the child Ye Wan was holding hands with.

Ye Wan didn't speak. She remembered that Ye Hua had been very good to her two younger sisters. About two months ago, Ye Hua was sold to a widower in the next village whose wife had died.

Wang Hu noticed Ye Wan's lewd gaze and said, "This is your sister who costs twenty taels of silver. It's a pity I don't have the money, otherwise I would have bought your sister. Which man did you sell her to? Oh, she's a stepmother, and she already has children."

Sanya, somewhat frightened, grabbed Ye Wan and called out "Mother."

Ye Hua's face darkened. "What nonsense are you spouting!"

Wang Hu lewdly looked at Ye Wan's figure, "How am I talking nonsense? Your own mother is like selling her daughter. She talks nicely about giving a dowry, but what's the difference between that and selling your daughter? Your second sister was sold to a slave trader!"

All three Ye sisters were sold into indenture.

It's normal for a mother to accept betrothal gifts when her daughter marries, but signing a contract of servitude is a different matter entirely.

"Little sister, go away." Ye Hua wiped the blood from her nose; she shouldn't have called him "little sister" in the first place. Wang Hu was no good.

"Where are you going? I don't want you anymore, you worthless wretch! You were blind and mistook the medicinal herbs for mine, causing me to lose money. Let that old woman give me this pretty one as payment!"

He paid two taels of silver for a spot to enter the mountains, but all he dug up were worthless medicinal herbs. Wang Hu became angrier and angrier as he talked about it.

Seeing the basket in Ye Wan's hand, she exclaimed, "You bought so much stuff! Let me see!"

"ah!"

Before his hand could even touch it, a rock hit him on the head.

Ye Wan's eyes lit up when she saw Lin Anyuan. "Where have you been? Why have you been gone for so long?"

Lin Anyuan glanced at Ye Wan, then looked at the new shoes on her and Sanya's feet.

"I ran into someone and we exchanged a few words."

Wang Hu, who had been hit, covered his head and immediately softened when he saw Lin Anyuan. "You...who are you?!"

"You want to steal my things?" Lin Anyuan looked at Wang Hu with a fierce gaze.

Wang Hu immediately took a step back. "No, no."

Don't let his fierce beating of the woman fool you; he's actually quite a coward in public.

He hurriedly plucked a handful of leaves and flowers, saying, "Let's go quickly."

"Where are you going? That claw scared my chicken just now, and it even hit a woman!" Lin Anyuan blocked Wang Hu's way.

Ye Wan glanced at the chicks in the basket: ...

Wang Hu said in a low voice, "I was clearly hitting my own wife! What's it to you!"

Lin Anyuan glanced at Ye Wan, "She's my person, so her older sister can naturally manage her."

"So it's my brother-in-law! We're all relatives! We're all relatives." Wang Hu immediately put on a smile, looking honest and simple, completely different from the person he was just now.

“They’re relatives.” Lin Anyuan nodded.

Seeing that he nodded, Wang Hu leaned closer to Lin Anyuan and whispered, "Brother-in-law, did you buy this woman for twenty taels of silver?"

Lin Anyuan looked at him with disgust. "Shut your stinky mouth, you're stinking me."

Wang Hu's face was grim, but he didn't dare to speak.

Ye Hua, standing to the side, grabbed Ye Wan's hand, fighting back tears, "Little sister, are you alright? Mother... betrothed you to this man?"

She knew this person; although he was good-looking, he was just a... beast.

How could my little sister follow someone like that?

Ye Wan nodded, looking at the injury on her face, "Big sister, I'll take you to the clinic."

Ye Hua hurriedly shook her head, "No, no, I..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wang Hu muttered, "Taking a few punches doesn't mean you have to go to a clinic. Every woman gets beaten up. If she hadn't been blind enough to pick some expensive herbs, I wouldn't have had to pay for it."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ye Wan put down the chicks in her hand, threw a bundle at Wang Hu, and looked at him with a cold gaze.

"Try hitting my older sister again!"

Ye Hua was good to her, and Ye Wan didn't mind standing up for Ye Hua.

Ye Hua hurriedly stopped her, "Little sister, don't..."

"Are you going to stop me?" Ye Wan looked at Ye Hua.

Can't tell good from bad, huh?

Ye Hua was stunned for a moment, feeling that her little sister seemed to have changed. Her little sister used to be the most timid, and she felt surprised and warmed to see her standing up for her.

"It's not worth it." Ye Hua lowered her head, suppressing the stinging in her eyes.

She was touched, but worried about putting her younger sister in a difficult position.

Wang Hu's face turned ugly after being hit by the woman. Not daring to provoke Lin Anyuan, he pulled Ye Hua aside and muttered, "You shameful piece of trash, hurry up and come home with me."

Ye Hua reluctantly let go of Ye Wan's hand. "Little sister, I'm still busy at home, so I won't cause you any more trouble. I'll come to see you another day."

"Are you really not going to the clinic?" Ye Wan asked again.

"No need, I'm fine." Ye Hua smoothed her hair and followed Wang Hu, turning back every few steps.

Ye Wan frowned as she watched Ye Hua's retreating figure.

"Dad, Mom bought this for me, and she also bought meat."

After everyone left, Sanya happily showed Lin Anyuan her hair ornament.

"It looks nice. Is there anything else you want to buy?" Lin Anyuan took the items from Ye Wan's hands.

Ye Wanxin thought to herself that he was quite perceptive.

"I've never kept one of these before, can it survive?"

Perhaps it was because of the hot weather, but the chicks didn't seem very energetic. Lin Anyuan noticed that one of them didn't seem to be moving much.

"It can be done."

Ye Wanxin said that she had spiritual spring water, so what couldn't she raise? The chicks in her space had grown up and were all lively and energetic. These were raised openly.

"Dad, I'll catch some bugs to feed the chicks."

"good."

When it was almost time, Lin Anyuan picked up the fabric he had left in the shop and went to take the oxcart back.

On the way back, a woman boldly asked Lin Anyuan, "Lin Anyuan, your family has become rich, huh? You're buying so many things?"

They're usually so poor, how could they buy so many things at once? How much money must that have cost? It's hard not to be curious.

Lin Anyuan chuckled, "You'll be rich soon, so don't be envious, Aunt Wang."

Aunt Wang immediately fell silent. "Pah! No wonder someone like that can't possibly prosper. Even God can't stand it."