Chapter 140 The Female Tramp
Ye Wan carried the things back with Hui Gu, and before they even reached their doorstep, they ran into Er Ya and San Ya.
Er Ya shouted, "Mom, a refugee has come to the village, and everyone is watching. San Gou said he wants to stay and be her wife. Let's go see!"
After saying that, she ran off with Sanya, afraid that Ye Wan wouldn't let them go.
Ye Wan, "A female homeless person?"
"They must be refugees. Madam, you should keep an eye on them and let Sha Niu go with them." Hui Gu said, taking the things from Ye Wan's hands.
"I'll go." Ye Wan was worried about Er Ya and San Ya, so she followed.
Before they even got close, they saw a group of people pointing and talking about a person who was covered in dirt and smelly and whose appearance was unrecognizable.
It's been hot these past few days, and you can smell the stench emanating from this person even from a distance. Their long hair is filthy and matted together, their face is so black that you can't even make out their features, and their clothes are tattered and smelly, with lice crawling around inside. You can barely tell they're a woman from their heaving chest.
Ye Wan felt uncomfortable looking at it and stopped, not moving closer.
"I don't have a wife yet, village chief, please let my family take her in." San Gou looked the woman up and down and asked the village chief who was not far away.
Some people mocked him, "San Gou, you still want her even though she stinks? You can't even see what she looks like. What if she's an ugly old woman? You'll be scared to death."
"Village chief, please let me take him back. My family needs someone to do the work," Aunt Liu said, glancing at San Gou.
"If we let San Gou take away an ugly girl, and she doesn't make it past tonight and gets kicked out again, wouldn't that be a hassle for you again?"
San Gou spat, "Liu family, don't think everyone doesn't know. Your family has a stupid nephew. You want to take her back to have children with your stupid nephew, right? She's already in our village, so of course I'll go first."
Aunt Liu was displeased. "Hey, how can you talk like that? Things are different now than before. It's not easy to support an extra person. I'm just giving her a way to survive. This is all out of kindness. Don't you all agree?"
"I'm just being kind. Even if she's ugly, she's still a woman after she's washed!"
"Hahaha, San Gou, who told you to laze around all day and not be able to afford a wife? Now you're really getting desperate."
The men in the village started jeering, and the women gossiped. The woman, covered in filth, shrank back in fear, trying to run away, but she was surrounded by people.
Seeing this, Ye Wan couldn't help but frown and say, "Village chief, let her choose for herself. She can follow whomever she wants, or give her two steamed buns and let her go."
No one laughed when she spoke.
The village chief nodded, "You're right, our village isn't a den of robbers."
He asked the dirty, smelly woman, "Do you want to leave or stay?"
“Mud…” The woman looked around blankly, and finally pointed at Ye Wan.
"What did you say?"
Aunt Wang, who was standing nearby, said, "Oh, Madam Ye, she said she wants to follow you. This woman has a good eye for choosing; she knows you're a kind-hearted person."
To be honest, apart from the village chief's family, only Ye Wan's family is doing well in the whole village now. The village chief's family has a solid financial foundation and a lot of laborers.
Ye Wan has now gotten close to the Liu family; the whole village depends on her for their livelihood.
"Madam Ye, you have so many people to support, why don't I take this woman with me? I'll take her back and have her give birth to my baby," San Gouzi said with a fawning smile to Ye Wan.
Ye Wan knew perfectly well what life would be like after the person was taken away. "Forget it, I'll take her back first. Maybe I can find her family."
San Gou was a little unhappy, but ultimately didn't dare to say anything.
Ye Wan told the woman to follow, and she did.
Upon reaching the courtyard gate, Ye Wan asked, "What's your name?"
The woman shook her head.
Do you remember where your home is?
He still shook his head.
Huigu stepped forward and said, "She may have injured her head, or she may be born mentally challenged. Let her wash up and change her clothes first, and I'll take a look."
Upon hearing this, Ye Hua quickly brought out her new clothes.
Silly girl took people to wash it. It's so dirty, we can't wash it at home. What if lice get into the house?
She led the person to the woodshed in the backyard until they had washed up, and then let them into the house to use the bath tub.
An hour later, the woman reappeared before them.
"this……"
Ye Wan was somewhat stunned.
The woman, now clean and refreshed, was beyond description.
It's not ugly, it's beautiful.
Like the most beautiful flower in the world, like the bright moon in the sky, she was dressed in the most ordinary clothes. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was a fairy descended to earth. The only thing that ruined her beauty was the scar right in the middle of her forehead.
After a long while, Ye Wan finally found her voice, "No wonder she was so dirty. If she wasn't dirty, she wouldn't have been able to get here."
“She’s a woman with a hard life. Have a bowl of chicken soup.” Huigu said, placing a bowl of chicken soup beside the woman.
We just happened to kill a chicken today and have some chicken soup.
The woman smiled at Huigu before picking up the chicken soup to drink.
Hui Gu's heart skipped a beat, and she thought to herself that if she were a man, she would have been bewitched.
She has a scar on her forehead and looks quite old, yet she still looks so good. I wonder how beautiful she must have been when she was younger and without the scar.
Ye Wan had always thought that the phrase "one smile can topple a city, two smiles can topple a country" was a bit exaggerated, but now she doesn't think so at all.
There really are people in the world who are this good-looking.
Er Ya whispered, "Mom, are you going to keep people here again? We don't have a place to live now."
This time she wasn't sarcastic; she was just stating the facts.
Ye Wan glanced at the woman and said, "There's room in the woodshed too. If we just kick her out like this, it will only hurt her."
With such a face, even a slight flaw would make it difficult for her to go out. One can only imagine how much suffering this woman endured.
"Okay, but she's really pretty, it's just that she has a scar on her forehead. If she didn't have that scar, she would definitely be a beauty." Er Ya whispered, "My mother will definitely have a way to remove that scar."
Huigu said, "This scar looks quite old. It might be difficult to completely hide it, but we can cover it up."
"I got such a bad burn last time, but my mom cured me. Look at me now, I'm as fair-skinned as my mom. I'll definitely be a beauty in the future," Er Ya said, starting to boast again.
“Your mother isn’t a god either, but this would look great as a tattoo.” Ye Wan suddenly thought of a flower.
Sanya ran in, "Second Sister, stop admiring yourself, you should go wash the dishes."
"It's me again. My dad never made me wash the dishes when he was alive," Er Ya muttered.
Sanya said, "Dad is telling you to eat wild vegetable porridge, why don't you go and eat it?"
Er Ya stomped her foot, "San Ya, why are you deliberately going against me now? I didn't do anything to you, did I?"
Daya chimed in, "It must be because you bullied Sanya when you were little. She remembers it. We take turns washing the dishes in our family, so don't be lazy."
Er Ya felt guilty and stopped talking.
She took care of this younger sister the most, and also bullied her the most.
The three girls went out, and Aunt Cai also went to school with the old man today, so she's not here either.
Ye Hua went to pull weeds behind the house, and Sha Niu went to work too.
Only Ye Wanhui and this woman remained in the room.
Ye Wan looked at her for a long time before speaking softly, "Don't you remember your name? I'll give you one, it'll be..."
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