Chapter 136 Buying Fish

The girl's hands were cracked from frostbite and had a thick layer of calluses, and her red fingertips were trembling.

The red cheeks from being frozen looked very cold, and there were some red whip marks on the arms, which looked like they had been there for a long time, but there were new scars on the other arm.

"Why are you taking so long to get to the water? Come back and comfort your brother!"

The dissatisfied voice of a woman came from the house. The girl shuddered noticeably when she heard the voice. She shrank back and ran back into the house without stopping.

“Wait!”

Xu Miaomiao called the girl to stop her. The thin figure looked at Xu Miaomiao timidly, tilting his head in confusion without saying a word.

Realizing that she was being abrupt, Xu Miaomiao immediately explained: "I want to buy some fish."

"Today, there are no fish today."

"It doesn't matter." Xu Miaomiao explained, "I ordered a lot, it will be the same if I come again tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."

The girl nodded slightly, and just as she was about to go in, she saw a woman coming out of the house.

The thick cotton coat protected the woman very well. Her round body formed a sharp contrast with the girl's. They didn't look like they came from the same family at all.

Seeing the girl, the woman picked up a stick and hit her hard: "I asked you to pour some water, but you are still wasting time. I can't get you to do anything, right?"

Xu Miaomiao saw with her own eyes that the stick hit the girl hard, but the girl remained silent.

“Wait!”

Xu Miaomiao spoke immediately.

When the woman heard the voice, she saw Xu Miaomiao standing beside her. She frowned and looked at Xu Miaomiao in dissatisfaction: "Who are you?"

Xu Miaomiao bowed to the woman in front of her and said, "Madam, I am new here. I came here today to order some fish from you."

"Oh?" Hearing that there was some business, the woman raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Miaomiao: "How much do you want to order?"

"Fifty."

Xu Miaomiao spoke slowly and said that they did need to prepare some instant dried fish for the opening of the new store, so it would be better to buy them all here at once.

When she heard that they wanted to buy fifty sticks, the woman's eyes lit up and she threw the stick aside: "Fifty sticks!"

The woman put away her surprised expression and said seriously: "Even if you want to order fifty pieces, I won't give you a discount."

"No problem." Xu Miaomiao waved her hand nonchalantly, took out some banknotes from her sleeve and handed them to the woman: "This is the deposit, I'll come to pick up the fish tomorrow, okay?"

Staring at the banknote in Xu Miaomiao's hand, the woman was immediately attracted and nodded quickly: "Okay, okay."

Xu Miaomiao looked at the girl next to her before she was ready to go in. She had to observe for two more days before she could draw any conclusion.

Thinking about this matter in her mind, Xu Miaomiao couldn't sleep well at night. The next morning, she went to the fish shop early to take a look.

Because the fish shop was closed for the previous two days, there were unexpectedly many things to pack up today. I saw a busy little girl fiddling with the fish frame in front of her.

"Little girl, do you still remember me?

Xu Miaomiao looked at the small figure in front of her and asked.

The girl's eyes were dull and she carried the huge fish frame effortlessly, as if she was used to it.

Seeing that it was Xu Miaomiao, the girl nodded hesitantly and pointed to the fish frame next to her: "These are all for you."

As soon as she finished speaking, the woman next to her stepped forward and pushed the girl.

Although it seemed like she didn't have much strength, the girl went straight back and fell heavily to the ground.

Xu Miaomiao felt suffocated for a moment.

But the woman in front of him pretended not to see it: "Madam Xu, you are here. I have already prepared the fish for you."

Xu Miaomiao's mind was not here, so she could only perfunctorily hum and said to the woman, "There are so many fish, and the little Si I brought is not enough. Can you let this little girl go with me and help me?"

"Of course, no problem." The woman pushed the girl behind her, and the girl staggered forward: "Hurry up, do it for me."

The girl nodded slightly and picked up the fish frame.

After settling the remaining balance, Xu Miaomiao looked at the thin voice and said, "Come here first."

Because Xu Miaomiao was a big customer, even women had to be respectful to her, so the girl naturally hurried to Xu Miaomiao.

Pulling the girl's arm and getting into the carriage, Xu Miaomiao felt sad. She had known that the child was thin, but she didn't expect her to be so thin.

"Madam, what is this for?"

The girl tilted her head and looked at Xu Miaomiao with some confusion.

Xu Miaomiao lifted up the sleeves of her arms without saying a word, and all she saw were bruises and red marks.

Looking at the girl's chest, there were signs of burns.

"They fought?"

Xu Miaomiao spoke with mist in her eyes.

The girl said nothing, but just covered the red marks on her body.

Xu Miaomiao took out the ointment from the space and smeared it on the girl's arm with distress: "You have a younger brother?"

"Yeah." The girl nodded slowly.

Xu Miaomiao understood in her heart that this family probably favored boys over girls, but they wouldn't torture the child like this.

Soon all the fish purchased by Xu Miaomiao were moved in. Seeing the empty outside, the girl's eyes became a little dim.

Xu Miaomiao accurately captured the emotions in her eyes, and saw the nostalgia and fear clearly: "If you need my help..."

Before he finished speaking, the girl and her family jumped out of the carriage and prepared to leave.

"Why did you come back just now? I wonder if you want to escape!"

A sound came from not far away. When I looked over, I saw the woman hitting the child hard with a stick.

Xu Miaomiao was frightened by what she saw.

"stop!"

Finally unable to hold back, Xu Miaomiao spoke.

Seeing Xu Miaomiao, the woman immediately changed her clothes and expression: "Madam Xu, I am educating my child. If she doesn't obey, she will be beaten."

After she finished speaking, a little boy of six or seven years old came out of the room and imitated the woman and hit the girl with a wooden stick.

But the woman did not stop him. Instead, she smiled at the scene and said, "My son is awesome. He is so strong."

Xu Miaomiao fell silent. She had heard that boys were favored over girls here, but she had never thought it would be so serious.

"Madam, they are all your children. How can you favor one over the other?" Xu Miaomiao said while looking at the person in front of her.

Hearing Xu Miaomiao speak, the woman frowned in dissatisfaction: "What does my education of my child have to do with you? Sooner or later, my daughter will get married so that her brother can get money to support his wife. Isn't this the way it should be."

The man next to him also spoke up, and he seemed to be the girl's father: "Yes, it's just a girl, Madam Xu, don't worry about it."

Xu Miaomiao's brows knitted together for a long time, "You can't beat or scold me like that."

The woman looked at Xu Miaomiao with dissatisfaction as if she had lost her patience: "How about you buy her?"

(End of this chapter)