Qian Duo is starting a fire.
Her face was full of worry. Her parents had actually asked for fifty taels of silver, without considering how she would stand in that family in the future.
If the Ning family members had a slightly worse temperament, she would only have a miserable future.
She's their child too, how could they treat her like this?
When Qian Duo was a child, she also had doubts about whether she was a child of the Qian family.
But she was disappointed.
She was indeed born to her mother.
Everyone in the village can testify to this, and the reason they dislike her is simple: her mother had a difficult childbirth when she gave birth to her—
Qian Duo thought dejectedly.
Just then, Qian's mother suddenly led an older woman in.
This aunt's clothes are quite nice, a brand new fine cotton jacket, and she even has a gilded hairpin in her hair.
The older woman came over, looked her over from left to right, and her finely trimmed eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Oh dear, young lady, this girl is too thin. It won't be easy for her to have children."
Qian Duo turned his head to look over, his unease growing stronger.
She's the thinnest person in their family. What is her mother trying to do?
"It's just that we're poor. My daughter is very healthy. As long as we take her back and take good care of her for a while, her health will naturally recover. Then, she'll definitely have two children in three years." Mother Qian smiled obsequiously.
"You're kidding me. How old is this girl? She's only ten. You think she can have children after a while? Do you think she's stupid?"
The person in front of me is a member of the Luo family.
That is, the family with a mentally challenged son.
This family wanted to find a child bride for their mentally challenged son. They asked for eighty taels of silver right off the bat.
Qian's mother was immediately tempted.
Although she had already agreed to the Ning family's request and given them three days, the Ning family only offered fifty taels of silver, while the Luo family offered eighty taels.
Fifty taels is nowhere near as much as eighty taels.
"Mother, what are you saying?"
"You have a lot of money. Your mother has found you a good husband."
"What?" Qian Duo stood up abruptly. "I've already promised myself to Anuo, and I will never marry anyone else."
Giving so much money, they must not be a good family.
Besides, she—likes Anno. She doesn't want to marry anyone else.
"You little slut, what nonsense are you spouting?" Mother Qian slapped him across the face, making Qian Duo stagger back two steps.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you to death."
"Go ahead and kill me, since you've never treated me like your daughter anyway."
"Oh dear, young lady, what's going on? Let me tell you, the Luo family doesn't raise other people's children."
"That's all just kids talking nonsense. Well, she's taken a liking to a family that's dirt poor. As her mother, I just feel sorry for her."
"You're really not a virgin?" Although this girl looks young, she might just be young.
“Of course, a pure and innocent young woman.” Mother Qian slapped her again, her eyes filled with disgust. It was as if the girl in front of her was not her daughter, but something that bothered her.
"I will not marry him, I would rather die than marry him." Qian Duo took two steps back, her heart felt as if it were immersed in ice water, freezing her whole body.
The Luo family?
The only family in the village that could afford eighty taels of silver was the Luo family.
Willing to spend eighty taels of silver—it certainly wasn't for their eldest son, it must be for that foolish youngest son.
She pulled out a fire poker. "I will absolutely not marry him. Auntie, if you marry me and something happens to your family, don't blame me."
Sparks flew from the fire poker, causing Qian's mother and the old woman's expressions to change.
"You have a lot of money, put the stick down."
"I don't."
“Young lady, look at your daughter, she’s really outrageous. I’d better not have her. Otherwise, one day, before I can hold my grandson, my son might be gone first.”
There was a fierce glint in the girl's eyes.
Who knows what they might do?
Forget it, anyway, with eighty taels, what kind of girl can't I buy?
The aunt left without hesitation. Seeing the eighty taels of silver fly away, Qian's mother was furious. When she saw Qian Duo put down the fire poker, she picked up a wooden stick and hit him hard.
One or two blows, and Qian Duo's mouth was bleeding, and he was swaying precariously. "Mother..."
"Don't call me mother, you little slut."
"If I had known you were this kind of person, I should have strangled you the moment you were born."
The mother was hitting him with ease until Qian Duo's entire back was covered in blood and he fell into a coma. Only then did she pause slightly in her hand holding the wooden stick.
"You brat, stop pretending to be dead and get up to cook!"
Seeing that Qian Duo remained motionless, Qian's mother's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
Was he killed?
If she dies, it would be best to have the head of the household throw her into a mass grave as soon as possible. Or just dig a hole and bury her anywhere.
I can't stay at home.
What happened?
"Honey, I was a little too rough just now, and I accidentally killed Qian Duo."
When Qian's father came in, Qian's mother was startled and dropped the wooden stick she was holding.
"Are you crazy? This is fifty taels of silver!" Old Man Qian glared at him and slapped him across the face.
"It wasn't because she was angry with me. You know, they offered eighty taels of silver, but she just wouldn't agree. I got angry and hit her a little too hard."
"And now? Eighty taels gone, fifty taels gone too."
Father Qian sneered.
"Father, Mother, I think my sister can still be saved. Why don't we take her to the doctor?"
Qian Lai trembled all over as he touched Qian Duo's nose; his breath was very weak.
But he's still alive.
"Send it to the doctor? That's easy for you to say. How much will the treatment cost?"
"But as long as we can save my sister's life, we can at least get some money."
Qian Lai shed tears of despair.
Although her parents still seem to love her, she knows perfectly well that this love is based on her looks. They only treat her a little better because they think she has a bright future.
No one can say what the future holds.
My sister has already been sold; what fate awaits her?
Qian Lai suddenly felt a sense of shared sorrow, like a rabbit mourning the death of a fox.
No matter how fast Ning Hong runs, she is no match for a wild boar.
Especially since it was a wild boar that knew the terrain well and had an explosive survival instinct, it was lost in no time.
Fortunately, he later unearthed a fifty-year-old Ganoderma lucidum and also hunted a deer.
A live deer is worth much more than a wild boar.
Ning Hong led the deer to town, and not long after they arrived, Lingzhi and the deer both made their move.
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