Shen Jiaojiao thought about what she had just said about Liu Fugui's philandering ways, and felt that it was similar to what Mingyue and the others had said when they came back.
So I asked, "By the way, what did you mean by your dad planting seeds before?"
Liu Shasha looked at Shen Jiaojiao with a distant gaze.
About five years ago, my father had a fight with someone from the main family. I happened to be hiding in a corner of the side courtyard that day.
A strange man berated Liu Fugui: "What's wrong with you? It's been a year since any new girls have been born. Are you out of your mind?"
"My lord, I'm really exhausted from planting every day! I'd like to take a break for a while."
"No, if you're no longer usable, then I'll take back all the power and money you have!"
"No, no, no! Sir, I still have a use. I'm only in my thirties, still quite young. I've been feeling a bit tired lately because of the cold weather, but it won't affect anything. I'll go to the pharmacy to buy medicine tomorrow."
"Well, you know that, right? You know where all those useless people went without me having to tell you, don't you?"
"I know, useless men are all sent to feed the worms."
"Hmph! Good that you know. Remember, you must give birth to a healthy boy. The ancestors will reward you. Women will be sent over every day. You must sow the seed every day, understand?"
"Understood, understood!"
Liu Shasha recalled the events of that day. Although she did not see the two people in person, she could tell from their tone that Liu Fugui was extremely respectful to that person and spoke very humbly.
Shen Jiaojiao began to ponder. In other words, the girls who had disappeared from the capital had been taken to the south and distributed to the Liu family's offspring, so that they could continue to reproduce for them.
That's insane!
Liu Shasha genuinely despised Liu Fugui and the Liu family.
Her voice was filled with disgust: "The Liu family is a bunch of scum, worse than pigs and dogs."
“They don’t treat people like human beings. Liu Fugui was just a tool for sowing seeds. They took all the boys born and left the girls behind!”
"Once the girls grow up, they are all married off to other people. To put it bluntly, it's like selling them off. They don't even consider who the other person is."
Shen Jiaojiao felt somewhat ashamed; the further south she went, the worse her impression of the Liu family became.
"Were the boys who were taken away much better off?"
Liu Shasha laughed directly: "Hahaha, how could that be? Animals don't have hearts. Calling them scum was too much of a threat."
"Actually, the boys in the Liu family are the most pitiful. The girls can at worst marry into a family through an arranged marriage and serve a man. If they are lucky, they can live a life of plenty."
"The boys are in a worse situation. They are trained to learn various skills from a young age. When they are around fifteen years old, the useful ones will be kept and assigned various tasks. In particular, the healthy ones will continue to live like Liu Fugui. Anyway, if you are a boy, you either die or you will never have freedom for the rest of your life."
Shen Jiaojiao was deeply shocked by what she heard, and her eyes looked at Liu Shasha with a hint of sympathy.
How do you know so much?
Liu Shasha said mischievously, "Hehehe, don't they all think I'm stupid? Stupid people don't understand anything, so they speak without restraint."
"Alright, that's all I know. Ask Liu Fugui about the rest; he knows more than I do. I have to go now."
Her eyes darted to the large vase containing the silver notes, glancing at it again and again, subtly hinting at Shen Jiaojiao through her actions.
Shen Jiaojiao already knew the answer in her heart and secretly laughed, but she just wouldn't tell her.
"Okay, let's go then. I'll see you to the door."
"Ah? Oh..." Liu Shasha was reluctant to leave... not for the people, but for the silver notes!
Alas! What's meant to be will be, and what's not meant to be, you can't force.
He still had the money from selling people, which should be enough to get by for a while.
Upon reaching the door, Liu Shasha smiled and said, "Then I'm leaving."
"etc!"
Shen Jiaojiao took out the silver notes from her bosom; these were the silver notes that Liu Shasha had slipped to her at the gate of the mansion earlier.
"Take it!"
Wow! Hahaha! Is it really for me?
Liu Shasha jumped up with joy, her mouth stretching all the way to her ears.
He said, "Oh dear, I'm so embarrassed!"
She deftly scooped it into her arms and stuffed it inside, then patted it happily.
Shen Jiaojiao laughed and scolded, "Sorry, then give it back to me!"
Liu Shasha hugged her chest and took a few steps back: "No way, once it's in my pocket, it's mine, hehehe."
"Sigh! Lord Shen, I genuinely liked you before and wanted to be with you, but if you don't like me, that's fine with me. I don't care. Thank you for this money today!"
I'll repay you properly when I have the chance. See you again in the future!
Liu Shasha made a gesture reminiscent of a martial arts practitioner towards Shen Jiaojiao.
Shen Jiaojiao couldn't help but laugh: "You're leaving empty-handed without taking anything?"
Liu Shasha didn't care at all, patting her chest: "What's there to be afraid of! I'm not short of money now, I can buy whatever I want, and I don't need to take those junks."
"Alright then! Have a safe trip."
"Okay! Goodbye!"
Liu Shasha turned around gracefully and left with light steps. First, she needed to get a carriage, and then she could head to Lingnan.
Shen Jiaojiao was happy for her, seeing the relaxed aura emanating from her.
Once the people were out of sight, Shen Jiaojiao returned to the study. Since Liu Shasha said there were things here, she decided to search for them carefully.
By the way, searching alone is too slow, let's call Zhou Tianqi along.
Previously, Zhou Tianqi had stayed at the door after returning from going out with Liu Shasha.
"Tianqi, stop standing at the door and come in to search Lord Liu's study!"
"yes!"
Zhou Tianqi followed him in, looking around, unsure of where to begin.
Seeing him standing there dumbfounded, Liu Shasha said, "Let's look around and see if there are any secret rooms or hidden compartments!"
"Oh, okay! Good!" With a direction in mind, Zhou Tianqi began searching around.
Sometimes it knocks on the wall, sometimes it knocks on the floor, and sometimes it flips the bed.
Shen Jiaojiao simply moved a stool to get the silver notes from the large vase and counted how many there were inside.
Grab a handful, count them, ten bills, each worth one hundred, one thousand taels.
With one grab, another thousand taels.
Arrest them again, arrest them again…
My goodness! That's a lot of money!
Zhou Tianqi was also envious, so he went to the wall and moved a large wooden box specifically to store the tickets.
When all the bills were taken out, they filled an entire box!
"My God! So much money! I've never seen so much money in my life!" Zhou Tianqi exclaimed, looking at the large box full of neatly arranged banknotes.
This is all money! One hundred taels per bill! Tens of millions of taels in a box, my goodness! His poor little head couldn't even count it all.
"If this were replaced with large chicken legs, how many would that be?"
Shen Jiaojiao laughed and scolded, "If you exchanged it for chicken legs, it would be enough for you to eat for several lifetimes!"
"Hahaha, that's a lot of money!" His eyes lit up, as if he could already see countless chicken legs.
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