Seeing her pitiful appearance is so heartbreaking and makes anyone cry.
Everyone kept persuading them to go back to the village and find a solution, saying that maybe the child was still there.
Ruan's father and mother wanted to deny it, but they also knew that it was impossible for the two to cause trouble in Xiaogang Village. It was that those familiar women would not lie to them, so they could only go back in shame.
I searched again in my own village, but the result was the same, nothing.
At this time, the couple had some vague guesses.
"Father of the child, do you think that damn girl Haizhu would secretly run away with the nobleman?" asked Ruan's mother with a pale face.
This was the result she was most unwilling to accept, as it would mean that she would lose everything and gain nothing.
Father Ruan also had a livid face and sat in the yard in silence, in a daze.
Seeing his reaction, Ruan's mother couldn't help crying and wailing.
Her daughter's betrothal gift and her money were gone just like that!
The convoy continued to move forward and entered the pastoral area before dark.
No matter how high-spirited Ruan Haizhu was, she was just a little girl. After leaving Qiongzi, all she had left in her heart was fear. Even though she could not walk any more after walking for a day, she did not dare to stop to rest, for fear that she would be left behind by the convoy and left alone to face the vast grassland.
That would be tantamount to suicide.
Seeing the convoy stopped, Ruan Haizhu couldn't hold back her tears, staggered closer to the convoy, looked at the escorts hesitantly, mustered up the courage to approach and talk to them, "Can I ask you for something to eat?"
She didn't think too much when she went out. After walking for a day, she had eaten all the food she had and was tired, hungry and thirsty.
The escort didn't understand what she said and reported the situation to Su Tai.
Su Tai asked Yu Mei and a young woman who knew Ruan Haizhu to go and negotiate with her.
The two came in front of Ruan Haizhu.
Ruan Haizhu didn't know Yu Mei, but she knew Ruan Fang. She immediately happily held Ruan Fang's hand and kept saying, "Sister Fang, I have no food or water. Can you tell the noble to give me some food and water?"
Ruan Fang glanced at Yu Mei, who looked indifferent, and hurriedly scolded, "Why are you running around? Is this a place for a little girl like you to come? What if something happens?"
Ruan Haizhu pouted stubbornly, "I just don't want to stay in the village and be married off casually by my parents. I want to leave. This is my only chance."
"Bullshit opportunity!" Ruan Fang poked Ruan Haizhu's head fiercely, and angrily scolded, "Everyone sells themselves because they can't survive. You have a father, a mother, and brothers. Isn't it good to live a down-to-earth life? Why do you have to mess around! Selling yourself means working like a slave for others. How can it be a good thing? Hurry up and go back tomorrow!"
Ruan Haizhu shook her head wildly, "I don't want to! I don't want to go back! If I go back, my parents will break my legs, and I've been walking for a whole day and I don't even know the way back. Sister Fang, can you please ask the nobleman to take me in?"
Ruan Fang's face turned pale and she quickly dodged backwards, "Don't hurt me! I'm just a servant. I can't even protect myself, let alone plead for you."
She sold herself with her eight-year-old daughter, and even for her daughter's sake she couldn't care about Ruan Haizhu.
Ruan Haizhu cried angrily, "What should I do if you don't care about me?"
"Who made you so willful? You have to clean up the mess you made yourself. We really can't do anything about it!" Ruan Fang was both scared and angry. She secretly glanced at Yu Mei, who had an expressionless face, and asked anxiously, "Sister Yu Mei, what should we do with her situation?"
Ruan Haizhu followed Ruan Fang's gaze and looked at the well-dressed Yu Mei, her eyes full of envy.
Yu Mei did not ignore the naked greed and desire in her eyes, and turned away without saying a word.
"What does she mean?" Ruan Haizhu was anxious.
Ruan Fang shook her head with a pale face, not daring to care about Ruan Haizhu anymore, and trotted to catch up with Yu Mei.
Yu Mei came to the carriage and reported to Su Tai angrily: "Madam, Ruan Haizhu is a trouble. We can't keep her here. But she has already followed us here. If we rush back, if something happens, it will cost a life. If we take her with us, I'm afraid she will pester us."
She never thought that a little girl could be so brave.
Xu was furious. "Go back and talk to those people in detail. If they are like Ruan Haizhu, we will not let them off easily."
Yu Mei nodded repeatedly.
Su Tai chuckled calmly, "It's okay, just ignore her."
"But... she is penniless, has nothing to eat or drink, and it's obvious that she's relying on us." This is what annoyed Yu Mei.
Su Tai called the escort leader over and gave him some instructions.
The escort leader immediately followed Yu Mei to see Ruan Haizhu.
The escort leader spoke one sentence and Ruan Haizhu translated it.
"This is the escort leader of the caravan. My wife is the employer and she paid them for protection. You are seeking the protection of the escort agency, which has nothing to do with us. If you have anything to say, please talk to the escort leader yourself."
Yu Mei's words made Ruan Haizhu's heart sink to the bottom. She wanted to find Ruan Fang to plead for her, but found that Ruan Fang was nowhere to be seen.
Facing the tall, stern escort leader, she did not dare to be presumptuous at all, and asked in a trembling voice: "I want to go to Langya Kingdom with you, but I have nothing to eat or drink."
The escort leader frowned and complained unhappily, "Why are you looking for us for nothing? I'm here to do business and I want money!"
Yu Mei translated his words.
Ruan Haizhu was frightened and cried.
The escort leader became even angrier and yelled a few words.
Ruan Haizhu stopped crying immediately.
Yu Mei said: "The escort leader means that you can follow them, but if you don't have money, you have to work for them. When you arrive in Langya Country, you have to work for the escort agency first, and you can't leave until you pay back all the money you owe."
Ruan Haizhu opened her mouth, not very happy, but when she looked at the escort leader's face, she didn't dare to say anything. She could only agree with tears in grievance.
In this way, Ruan Haizhu caught up with the convoy, but had nothing to do with Su Tai.
Ruan Fang has been secretly keeping an eye on Ruan Hai Zhu's situation.
I couldn't help but feel relieved to see her being taken away by the convoy, and then I became curious.
When the convoy arrived at Bingyuan Town, they happened to meet Ke Dasong's family and many herdsmen who were setting off for Langya Kingdom for trade.
It's a good opportunity for us to go together.
When Ke Dasong learned that Su Tai had bought another thirty servants, he laughed happily.
Ruan Fang and others had never seen so many cattle and sheep before and were all stunned.
Not to mention Ruan Haizhu. In her eyes, these were all valuable things. Looking at the houses and streets of Bingyuan Town, she became more and more convinced that it was right to leave Qiongzi. A beautiful person like her should not be trapped in a poor and backward seaside fishing village for her whole life.
Su Nizi brought her whole family over to talk to Su Tai, and also gave the people in the caravan goat's milk, milk and other food.
When her eyes swept over Ruan Haizhu, Su Nizi looked at her twice more and couldn't help frowning. (End of this chapter)
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