I hate domestic violence!
"Husband, no."
Han Juhua was terrified, but she dared not struggle; she was no match for this man.
She could only deliberately soften her voice:
"My dear husband, I will try my best to have a child for you as soon as possible. Please don't eat me, okay?"
"Besides, didn't my mother come by? My family has meat."
Han Juhua was terrified. She tried everything she could to persuade the man not to use a knife on her.
"Does your family have meat?"
Xu Ermazi smiled disdainfully:
"If your family had meat, why would they have sold you with so little grain?"
"That was before. Now the seeds we plant all belong to my cousin. She has plenty of meat."
Han Luoxue from Hutouya Village treated the villagers to meat, which consisted of slaughtering several pigs and sheep. They had all heard about it.
“My mother will definitely come again. When she comes again, I’ll ask her for meat for you. Husband, okay?”
Seeing the woman's gentle and weak appearance, and her wholehearted concern for him, Xu Ermazi felt extremely at ease.
"That's fine, but you have to give me a son first."
As he spoke, he carefully placed the knife in his hand aside, then rolled over and pressed himself against Han Juhua, causing Han Juhua's heart to ache.
But she dared not show it at all; she only hoped that her mother could find a way to take her away as soon as possible.
Han Juhua looked at the still-unhealed scar on her wrist and smiled bitterly:
If she hadn't targeted Han Yuchen back then and had instead made a move on him, would she have been sold here?
Probably. She could choose someone she likes from a nearby village and live a simple, ordinary life.
But was she wrong at the time?
All she wanted was a better life, to stop starving.
Feeling extremely bitter, Han Juhua's greatest wish now is for Han Luoxue to come over.
She knew that her mother didn't have that ability, unless Han Luoxue intervened.
Because of the Lunar New Year, you can usually see a lot of people on the streets of every village.
The sudden appearance of two dark blue carriages was a big deal in the village.
They usually don't see a single one.
"It's right in front of the store."
Xujiazhuang is not very big, about the same size as Hutouya Village.
Xu Ermazi's courtyard was very dilapidated, located at the end of the village. Seeing the yamen runners clearing the way ahead, someone had already gone to call the village head.
"Magistrate Su, what brings you here?"
When Su Hu came over, the village head smiled obsequiously.
Su Hu glanced at the village head, his tone arrogant:
"Is this where Xu Ermazi lives?"
When the village head heard the name Xu Ermazi, his heart skipped a beat. Had this guy gotten into some trouble?
However, he seems to have been staying in the village lately and hasn't been going out to wander around.
"Yes, I'll go and wake him up right away."
The village head went up and knocked on the door, and after a while, a man's voice came through.
Han Luoxue and Zhou Jie also got off the carriage. The people of Xujiazhuang were even more curious when they saw two beautiful women get off.
However, many people recognized Meng when they saw her.
"They are that woman's family members."
"What family members? They don't seem like them to me."
"Exactly, I can believe that the woman is from her family, but these two girls..."
Everyone's eyes were sharp. Meng Shi and Han Juhua looked very alike, but Han Luoxue was completely different from them.
Han Luoxue never seemed like a villager before, and now, with a little dressing up, she seems even less like one.
"They must be from the city, right?"
The crowd was buzzing with discussion, but Su Hu was sizing up Xu Ermazi.
"Sir, has Xu Ermazi done something wrong?"
The village head asked nervously.
"Nothing much, I heard you bought a wife recently?"
Su Hu got straight to the point, without wasting any words.
Hearing that it was about his daughter-in-law, the village head was relieved.
"Sir, buying a wife is a normal thing."
"I know, but since her family has come to redeem her, why don't you agree?"
"I've heard that you almost beat your wife to death. Her family is offering three times the amount of grain."
The village head looked at Xu Ermazi, his face turning cold:
"Xu Ermazi".
"My lord..." Although Xu Ermazi was arrogant at home, he dared not be presumptuous in front of the county magistrate.
"My lord, I'm innocent! I love my wife very much."
"Then let your wife come out for a moment."
Han Luoxue spoke calmly, without moving closer.
Upon seeing Han Luoxue speak, Su Hu hurriedly said:
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and bring it out."
Xu Ermazi was reluctant, but at this point he dared not disobey.
After a while, Han Juhua finally came out. Looking at Han Juhua, who had become so thin that she was unrecognizable, Han Luoxue had mixed feelings.
Her life is really not easy at all.
In my memory, my past life self wasn't much better than her.
"You're the wife Xu Ermazi bought?"
Su Hu was also surprised when he saw the person, but he didn't show it. Mainly because there are many people this thin these days, and he had seen them before.
"Yes, sir."
Upon seeing the person who had arrived, Han Juhua hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down with a thud.
"My lord, please help me! He's about to beat me to death!"
“He hit me when he was drunk. Look at me, I have no good spots on my body.”
Han Juhua truly lives up to her reputation as a child of the Meng family; she always knows what's best for her.
As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeve, revealing her scarred arm.
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