Seeing that Lao Liu was completely fooled, Su Man pretended to be impatient and said, "Alright, alright, I don't want to waste any more time on this. If you can do it, it's fine. If not, I'll go to other villages to ask. I won't continue to argue with you."
Back then, there were no Jiayuan.com or Baihe.com, so finding a marriage was all about traveling. Especially in a remote village like this, it would take at least several days to arrange a marriage.
Seeing Su Man was about to leave again, Lao Liu quickly stopped her and said, "Wait."
Su Man took the opportunity to bargain, "What are you waiting for? You won't sell it for 3,000. It's getting dark. I have to go down the mountain quickly."
"Add a little more, a little more, three thousand five, three thousand five and the child will be yours."
Su Man straightened her headscarf and said, "Brother, I see that you are a straightforward person, so I will be honest with you. I only have 3,000 yuan on me, which I originally wanted to use for the engagement. If you want more, I will have to go home to get it. However, I have to say this in advance. If I see something better somewhere else later, I may not come back."
"This..." Old Liu stopped talking.
Ever since Su Man said that a nine-year-old child only cost 3,500 yuan, Lao Liu's attitude softened a lot. However, he felt that 3,000 yuan was too much of a loss, and he was in a dilemma for a while.
Coincidentally, when Suman was adjusting her headscarf, he saw the silver bracelet on Suman's wrist. His eyes rolled and he immediately had an idea.
"Sister, I see you're also interested in this child, but three thousand is too much for me. Since you don't have any extra money, why don't you give me this silver bracelet?"
"What, you want my bracelet?"
Although she had done it on purpose for Old Liu to see, Su Man was still very surprised. "How can you buy things like this? And you even want bracelets."
Seeing that Su Man was unwilling, Old Liu also got angry and said, "Three thousand yuan plus a bracelet, not a cent less!"
"you!"
"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you. It's because I like this kid.
Su Man took off the bracelet as if she had suffered a great loss. Old Liu reached out to take it, but Su Man shrank back and said, "Bring me the agreement to buy this child. Don't even think about coming back to her family later."
"Okay, okay, you wait."
After a while, Lao Liu took out a piece of paper from inside. The words on it were crooked and there were two red handprints underneath.
Then Suman rewrote the agreement and asked him to sign it before giving him the money.
Old Liu counted it twice, bit the silver bracelet with his teeth, and after confirming that there was no problem, he pushed A Di and said, "Follow me."
But A-Di refused and struggled to run away, "No, I won't go with you. Mom knows I'm here, and if I leave, she won't be able to find me!"
Old Liu was already furious about paying the money, and what A-Di said made him even more furious. He grabbed her by the collar and slapped her in the face, "Fuck you! Get out of here right now."
After saying that, he threw A Di out the door and closed the gate.
A-Di wanted to run back at first, but she refused to go even when Su Man pulled her. Helplessly, Su Man pulled her aside and lowered her voice, "Look over there."
With tearful eyes, she looked towards the place not far away. Xiaofeng was standing beside a tree, tiptoeing anxiously. She didn't dare to shout, but waved desperately, as if this would make A-Di come to her quickly.
"Mother..."
A-Di couldn't believe it at first, but when she realized what was happening, she couldn't contain her excitement any longer and rushed towards Xiao Feng, "Mom! Mom..."
"Adi, my Adi."
The mother and daughter hugged each other tightly. Xiaofeng's tears had already burst out as she held her daughter who had been lost and found again. "Adi, Mommy is sorry for you, Adi..."
A-Di shook her head, her voice choked with sobs. "I know Mom will come to save me. I know."
Xiaofeng was speechless and could only nod desperately.
After the two of them calmed down a bit, Su Man looked at the sky and urged, "It's time to go."
Xiaofeng wiped A Di's tears and pulled her to kneel down in front of Su Man.
Su Man was startled by her and pulled her, "Get up."
Xiao Feng shook her head. "If you hadn't helped me, A-Di's life would have been ruined. You are the benefactor of A-Di and me."
As she spoke, she pushed A-Di and said, "Hurry up and kowtow to your aunt."
A-Di kowtowed obediently and said, "Thank you, Auntie."
Su Man helped A Di up and said, "Okay, now is not the time to talk about this. Let's go first."
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On the way down the mountain, A-di chattered about her experiences at the Liu family.
After all, he was a child, and he quickly recovered his spirits after returning to his mother. However, he still shuddered when talking about being beaten.
When Xiaofeng heard that A-di was beaten and starved because she insisted on going home, she burst into tears and kept apologizing, "I'm sorry, A-di. It's my fault that I didn't take good care of you."
"Don't cry, Mom."
A-Di helped Xiaofeng wipe her tears, her little face full of regret, as if she was regretting that she had said too much and upset her mother. She clumsily comforted Xiaofeng, "It didn't hurt that much, really. It was about the same as when Dad hit me."
Xiaofeng cried even harder when she said this. She was afraid that she would scare A-Di, so she forced a smile and said, "Mommy will be fine soon. Watch your feet and don't fall."
Su Man glanced at Xiao Feng, then bent down and held out her hand to A Di, "Come, let auntie hold your hand."
"Okay~"
A-di liked this beautiful aunt very much, and since Suman saved her, she took Suman's hand without hesitation and walked downstairs while holding her hand.
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We walked with A-Di and the others even slower than when we came up, and it was almost dark when we reached the foot of the mountain.
Su Man did not enter the village immediately. She looked around at the entrance of the village for a while. After making sure that there was no movement, the three of them crouched down and walked towards Zhao's house.
When we entered the village, we found that not only was there no movement inside, but even the old ladies and young wives who usually sat at the door and chatted were gone.
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