“I didn’t do anything. Grandpa Village Head, please talk to the children and make sure they don’t resent you later.”
Han Qiang nodded. He had considered ignoring the woman, but she was, after all, the mother of several children.
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Han Luoxue was sleeping soundly when she heard banging on the door again.
It's so early in the morning, can't a person get some sleep?
I rolled over and hugged the fluffy little bunny in my arms. It was so soft and warm, it felt incredibly comfortable.
The little rabbit in her arms opened its big, red eyes wide, afraid to move lest it be eaten by this woman.
Yunniang went out to open the door, and a figure stumbled and fell to the ground with a thud.
Yunniang was surprised, but still bent down to help the person up.
"Mother, it's reed catkins."
Han Luoyu also ran out and shouted loudly when she saw the woman lying face down on the ground.
Reed Catkins? Both were startled. Wasn't this Reed Catkins sent to Butcher Liu in exchange for grain? How did she escape? Butcher Liu wasn't easy to talk to, and it would take two hours to get back. Her return at this time... could it be...?
Yunniang's expression changed, and Han Luoyu also froze, not knowing what to do.
"Quick, go inside and talk to your father and older sister, see what to do?"
Logically, she should have helped the child in, but given the current relationship between the two families, she didn't dare to act rashly.
She didn't know anything about Luhua's situation, and it would be troublesome if that butcher Liu came looking for her.
Han Luoyu then came to her senses and turned to run away.
Just then, Han Luoxue was half asleep when she heard that Luhua had run back.
"This child is pitiful too."
Han Mingyuan sighed. He could be tough on adults, but a child...
"Have the Han family come and pick them up."
Han Luoxue opened her eyes, threw the rabbit into her spatial dimension, and the rabbit ran happily and flew up excitedly.
Going out to do business is too tiring; this isn't the kind of work a rabbit should be doing. But now this woman is much more considerate; she knows to feed it cabbage leaves, unlike before when she only let it drink water.
"This, Xue'er, the Han family has no conscience, isn't that wrong?"
Han Mingyuan was still a little reluctant, but Han Luoxue sneered:
"If it were me, do you think they could be so heartless?"
Han Mingyuan fell silent. Han Luoxue was right. If it hadn't been for her quick thinking, it would have been Liu the butcher's daughter who was sold to him.
"Alright, let the Han family handle it."
Han Luoyu nodded hurriedly, but she was afraid of Old Lady Han and looked at Han Luoxue pitifully:
"sister?"
"Okay, wait for me a moment, let's go together."
When Grandma Han heard that Luhua had returned, she went straight to the third son's house and immediately flew into a rage:
"Whoever's house they go to is responsible for them."
"You mean you're not going to do anything about it? Fine, then let her stay at the door. If she runs away, wait for Butcher Liu to come looking for her, then I think you can send that granddaughter back."
Grandma Han's heart skipped a beat. Although this brat's words were unpleasant, they were true.
Liu the butcher only needed to ask around a little to find out where they lived.
"Hurry up, hurry up and bring that brat back to me."
When Han Datou heard that Butcher Liu would come looking for him again, he turned pale with fright.
That's a ruthless killer; if they knew they'd tricked him, the consequences...
He felt pain in his buttocks again; he had been kicked twice and the pain had lasted for several days.
Grandma Han called her three daughters-in-law to go and pick up the people. Han Luoxue and her sister naturally followed, and Han Juhua and the others also went along. The group was a large and dark mass.
At this moment, Lu Hua had already sat up and was leaning against the door frame, her eyes glazed over and her expression blank.
"Reed catkins... Mother's daughter..."
Seeing her once obedient wife reduced to this state, Li Shi, the second son's wife, was heartbroken and couldn't hold back her tears.
She ran to Luhua and reached out to hug her, but Luhua dodged away.
Why...why did you sell me?
At this moment, Lu Hua's eyes regained focus. She looked at Li Shi expressionlessly, her voice flat and devoid of emotion.
"I...I don't know."
"Hehe, you don't know?"
Lu Hua suddenly chuckled, and before anyone could react, she ripped open her clothes with a ripping sound.
She wasn't wearing anything underneath, and the girl's thin body was covered with countless scars.
There are also burn scars, big and small, densely packed, with almost no unblemished areas.
At this moment, not only her own mother, Madam Li, but even Han Luoxue and the others had their pupils shrink slightly.
The images she received upon arrival depicted her suffering, but not in such detail.
However, thinking back, the original owner of this body had also experienced all of this, but no one knew about it.
"Why? I'm only eleven years old, why?"
Lu Hua suddenly raised her voice, almost to the point of hysteria:
“Do you know how he treated me? On my very first day there, he… Mother, do you know how much it hurt? I resisted, but all I got in return was his brutal beating.”
"Later I learned my lesson and stopped fighting back, letting him do whatever he wanted. But he wasn't satisfied and kept hitting me. Look, look, apart from my face and neck, is there any part of my body that's okay?"
Li burst into tears, and even the usually domineering and unreasonable Old Mrs. Han fell silent.
Han Juhua was trembling with fear. Luckily, her mother reminded her, otherwise she would be the one suffering now.
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