Chapter 215 Selling a Wife
"And then..." Suddenly, the voice sounded unfamiliar, so I quickly looked over and saw a little girl.
A strange little girl.
"And then what happened?" Ji Yingying pretended not to see that look at her and even pushed the sunflower seeds in front of her: "Come on, let's eat and talk. What happened to that woman in the end? And what happened to the Zhang family in the end?"
The man grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and cracked them open as he said, "His wife jumped into the river, but she was rescued. It's a pity, though. She didn't know his family and even threatened them, insisting on a divorce."
"Did the divorce go through?" Ji Yingying placed some melon seeds in front of her, and the old woman grabbed a handful and continued, "The divorce went through, but Zhang Gou Dan was stabbed, and he's still recovering from his injury."
"Where does that woman live now?"
"She moved to the city. After the divorce, she originally lived in a dilapidated temple, but later she dug up a wild ginseng, made a lot of money, and moved directly to the city."
"That's amazing!"
"sharp?"
"That's right. If she could read, she might even become an official. Think about it, the imperial court now allows women to hold official positions."
"Really?" The old woman didn't believe it and said, "What's so good about women being officials? It's better to manage the household well; those are things men do."
“Who said that, auntie? Look, men only do one thing when they go out, but we women do so many things.”
"For example, washing clothes, cooking, feeding chickens and pigs, and working in the fields are all things that we women do. Oh, and raising children too. But what about the men? They only do one thing when they go out, and when they come back, they don't even know to pick up a soy sauce bottle that has fallen over."
Then, Ji Yingying pointed to an old lady and asked, "Auntie, does the old man keep the soy sauce bottle at home?"
After answering "I won't help...", she asked again, "What is a soy sauce bottle?"
"This..." Ji Yingying hesitated for a moment, then let it go, not caring about it: "Don't worry about that. Just say that a man only has one role, which is to bring money to the family. Do you think those men who don't bring money to the family and still rely on women are reliable?"
"Unreliable".
"That's right, by the way, does anyone else have melons?" Ji Yingying held out more melon seeds, clearly wanting to eat some melons.
Who are you? What are you doing here?
Someone suddenly asked a question, and everyone looked at her. Ji Yingying chuckled twice and said, "My name is Ji Yingying. I was just passing by and decided to take a look. Your village is much more lively than the one before. The other village was deserted."
Upon hearing that she came from the village ahead, everyone came over, afraid of being tainted by her bad luck.
"Are you really from that Ye Family Village over there?"
"No, I was just passing by when they told me to hurry up and leave, so I left immediately. Otherwise, I wanted to wander around that village a bit more. But they told me to leave, so I left. What happened to that village?"
Ji Yingying took out another bag of spicy strips. The spicy strips smelled so good that the middle-aged women sitting there were attracted by the domineering aroma and were frantically swallowing their saliva.
"Come on, try this. It's a famous spicy snack from Beijing. Give it a try."
Everyone took one out, took a bite, and fell in love with it.
"There's oil in this! There's oil! My family hasn't had oil in ages."
"My family is the same."
They ate in small bites, and even wanted to save some to take home.
"Here, one pack for each of you. I took out quite a few and ate quite a lot, so it's just enough to share." Ji Yingying gave each of them a pack and then chatted with them about gossip for a long time.
By the time it got dark, Ji Yingying had already familiarized herself with the entire village.
"Girl, come to my house for dinner. Although we don't have any fancy dishes, we can still have a full meal."
Ji Yingying refused; she didn't want to see hungry wolves fighting over food, and quickly said, "I was just about to leave, let's talk about it tomorrow."
As she was leaving, Ji Yingying thought for a moment and immediately asked, "Are there any big mountains nearby?"
"Yes, we usually go to that mountain over there to dig for wild vegetables. There's also a Lonely Cloud Mountain not far from there. That mountain has the most wild animals, so don't go there recklessly!"
"I see!"
[Host, do you want to go to Lonely Cloud Mountain?]
"I don't want to. I just wanted to ask. Let's find a place to eat first."
【Sure, hey... do you want to try some of this family's melon?】 Passing by a house, Ji Yingying heard Xiangxiang say this and even stopped to look at the door.
There doesn't seem to be anything special about it.
What kind of melon?
Do you know the term "wife-selling"?
[I know, it's just a special marriage custom where one side of the husband's family "lent" their legal wife, relinquishing her sexual or reproductive rights in exchange for some material benefit. You don't need to ask me; I naturally know this kind of term. Did the man in this family "lent" his wife?]
Yes, and she also had a son.
[Borrowing money from someone to have a son?]
No, he secretly pawned his wife off for money; she had no idea.
[Hiss~ So they slept together, then...shouldn't they have known?]
[She used date rape drugs, and those kinds of breeding drugs meant for pigs, etc. She was pawned at least ten times. The last time, she gave birth to a son, but they said he was stillborn. In reality, the man took him to pawn her.]
That woman was so stupid, she just let herself be sold like that?
No, that woman found out about it recently and is planning to wipe out the whole family.
How to say it?
After Xiao Shuai pawned his wife for the last time, she became pregnant. After giving birth, she became a slave to the family, eating the least and working the most—worse than an ox.
Most importantly, Xiao Shuai won't sleep with Xiao Mei anymore; he despises her and would rather sleep with a widow than his own wife.
What did the young man do with the money he pawned?
[Naturally, it's all about eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring—I'm broke anyway.]
Ji Yingying: …………
How did Xiaomei find out she had been scammed?
[My son has been found. I told her about it.]
Did you believe it?
Yes, because her son knew she was suffering and told her about the birthmark that indicated they were related.
Okay, okay, in this kind of plot, the birthmark is really important. So what do the mother and child plan to do now?
[The plan was to kill the whole family by poisoning them. However, Xiao Mei didn't intend to live either. She stole all the valuables from the house, planning to give them to her son. But her son had inherited his father's fortune and didn't care about the money; all he wanted was his mother.]
Xiao Mei was worried that her reputation would ruin him, so she thought she might as well die with this family.
Is it possible to save him?
Sure, it all depends on how you plan to save them.
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