Chapter 9: Pit
Hu Xiner finally understood why the Luo family, as landlords with plenty of money, chose to target Mu Qing and do the kidnapping.
It turned out that he was attracted by the extraordinary grace of his Mu Qing and wanted to curry favor with the powerful.
Li Sangui felt guilty and hurried to a nearby shop to buy a set of pens, ink, paper and inkstone, as gambling money and to apologize for hurting Hu Xin'er just now.
Hu Xin'er didn't argue much, "Old Li, you said we should drink, are you treating us?"
"What are you talking about? Do you think I can expect a little girl like you to pay?" Li Sangui said, and raised his hand to slap Hu Xiner on the shoulder. Fortunately, Hu Xiner reacted quickly and moved half a step to the side, so that he missed.
Hu Xiner pulled Mu Qing and followed Li Sangui to the restaurant, when they suddenly heard shrill cries behind them.
"Erzi, Erzi, where are you?"
Hearing the noise, Hu Xiner thought to herself that she was in trouble!
Before he could hide, Luo Yan's voice was already approaching, "Erzi, why did you come out? Do you know how worried my sister is when she can't see you?"
Hu Xiner: Now that I have lost my chess piece to cling to the powerful, I don’t need to be anxious.
Mu Qing dodged Luo Yan's hand that was about to grab his arm. Luo Yan didn't grab it once and didn't move forward. She just faced Mu Qing and blamed him.
"Sister, you've only been away for a few moments, so why did you run out? And why did you come to a place like this? If you want to eat anything, just ask the servants to buy it for you."
Hu Xiner felt her stomach churning when she heard this. Her eyes rolled and she came up with an idea. She cried out "Wow" and strode to Luo Yan, using her body to separate Luo Yan and Mu Qing. She covered her face with one hand and pulled Luo Yan's sleeve with the other.
"Sister, why did you come just now?"
While crying, he pretended to wipe his tears and snot on Luo Yan's sleeves.
Luo Yan frowned, suppressing her nausea, and calmly pulled her sleeve out from under Hu Xin'er's hand. "But what happened? Were you bullied?"
How could Hu Xiner let her run away like that? She quickly snatched Luo Yan's sleeve back and used it as a rag.
"Sister, we broke Butcher Li's meat, and he wants us to pay him back, or he'll keep us here and sell the meat to pay us back. Sister, you have to save us!"
Every time Hu Xiner thought about selling her meat to repay the debt, it was hard not to feel ripples in her heart. With more experience, she had a lot more worries than these simple people.
Luo Yan now only wanted to push Hu Xiner away. When she heard her asking for money, her heart ached.
The Luo family was not short of money, but she brought Mu Qing back to sell him for money. She was naturally unwilling to do so since she had to pay money before any benefits came in.
But think about it again, if Mu Qing, with such beauty, were to be brought before the eyes of an honorable person, and the honorable person could show her a little advantage through his fingers, it would be enough to bring endless benefits to the Luo family.
You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing a child!
"How much silver?" She broke free from Hu Xin'er's clutches by pulling Hu Xin'er behind her to protect her.
With this posture, it seems that he is really protecting his younger brother and sister-in-law.
Li Sangui couldn't keep up with Li Xin'er's pace. Mu Qing, who was standing beside him, received Hu Xin'er's gaze and said timidly, "He wants three taels of silver."
Luo Yan exclaimed: "What? Three taels of silver, why don't you just go and rob it?"
When Li Sangui heard the three taels of silver, he thought to himself that this was an exorbitant price.
Looking at Luo Yan's arrogant look, he became angry again.
"Whoever knocked over my pork must compensate me! And your idiot ruined my piglets. Ten taels of silver in total. Don't even think about taking these two back if you don't pay me!"
The Luo family is the richest landlord in Shuangxi Village. The amount of silver and money Luo Yan carries with her is an amount that ordinary villagers dare not even think about, but such a large amount of silver is not something she would take out casually.
"I don't carry that much right now."
Luo Yan didn't want to take it either. Ten taels of silver was already a lot. Why should she give it to this ferocious butcher?
"Wow!" Hu Xiner burst into tears when she heard that Luo Yan had no money, and continued to wipe her snot on Luo Yan's sleeve while crying.
"Sister, sister, please save us! We don't want to help him sell pork! Sister, sister! Save us!"
Luo Yan was annoyed by her crying, and she felt that the sleeve was disgusting. She wanted to tear off half of the sleeve. "I'll give it to you, but I don't have that much money on me right now!"
"Then I don't care. I will return the person to you when you collect the money." Li Sangui stiffened his neck and refused to listen.
Others in Shuangxi Village are afraid of the Luo family, but Li Sangui is not!
"Sister!" Hu Xin'er still emphasized that she didn't want to help Luo Sangui sell pork.
Luo Yan finally emptied her purse and only took out two taels and eight cents of silver. She then ripped off the hairpin on her head and slammed it on the greasy table, "Don't force them to help you sell pork anymore!"
"Okay, but you can't take this person away!"
He still needs the money, so he has to wait until he gets the money back before Luo Yan can take the person away.
Hu Xin'er chimed in, "Sister, you better bring the money to redeem us as soon as possible."
Luo Yan was immediately furious and cursed Hu Xin'er in her heart for being more of a hindrance than a help. However, since she couldn't come up with the money, she could only make a harsh remark and left in disgrace.
She was unhappy, but Hu Xin'er was happy. She put her hand on Li Sangui's shoulder and said, "Let's go have a drink!"
"Let me tell you, I can drink quite a lot!" Hu Xiner is also a wine lover, so her alcohol tolerance is naturally beyond reproach.
Li Sangui sneered, "When it comes to drinking, I've never been afraid of anyone!"
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