"Yuanbao, mission completed." Xu Nian groggily got up, knowing she had completed another mission and was very much looking forward to how many points she would get this time.
"Congratulations, host, on successfully completing the upgrade mission and helping the small world upgrade. You are rewarded with one million points." Yuanbao was even happier than Xu Nian, jumping around as if it had earned so many points.
"One million! I'm rich!" Xu Nian happily picked up Yuanbao and spun him around in the space. She only put Yuanbao down after she had played with him enough.
"Host, do you still want to choose a mission yourself?" Yuanbao opened the mission panel.
"I'm not choosing anymore. From now on, all tasks will be random." Xu Nian also wanted to defy fate, but there was no point in arguing about it.
"Okay, the task is being randomly selected." As Yuanbao finished speaking, the task panel began to spin rapidly, and finally, with a random swipe of Yuanbao's claw, the task was finalized.
"Host, this is a pastoral romance mission. The original owner, Xu Nian, was sold by her own family to the Liu family in Butou Village as a bride to bring good luck."
The original owner had just finished her wedding ceremony with the eldest son of the Liu family when the eldest son died. Seeing that the original owner's attempt to bring good luck had failed and had even caused the death of their son, the Liu family took the original owner away and sold her the next day.
The person who bought the original owner was the male protagonist, and he took the original owner home and fed and cared for him well.
However, because the male lead looked fierce, the original owner was always afraid of him. Until the original owner met her childhood sweetheart, she had a little scheme and stole the male lead's belongings to elope with her childhood sweetheart.
But that childhood sweetheart wasn't a good person. After the two of them spent all the money the original owner had stolen, the childhood sweetheart sold the original owner into a brothel, where she eventually died of illness. Yuanbao recounted the plot of Xu Nian's departure.
"I understand. I'm going to steal the male lead's belongings and elope with that so-called childhood sweetheart, then get sick and die." Xu Nian seemed to understand, but in her heart she was plotting how to kill that childhood sweetheart and then get sick and die herself.
"Host, I can't go to this world with you. Take care of yourself." Yuanbao reluctantly rubbed against Xu Nian's hand.
"Then you stay here and watch the house, I'll be right back." Xu Nian smiled gently.
"Host, mission world teleportation initiated."
...
Xu Nian arrived at a very unfortunate time, just when the original owner of this body was being sold off by the Liu family.
Her hands were bound with hemp rope, and a fat woman was pulling her along.
After strolling around the village for a while, the fat woman shouted at the top of her lungs, "Anyone without a woman in their family, come and take a look! A fresh, beautiful, untouched virgin is available. For just five taels of silver, you can have a wife, children, and a warm bed."
The obese woman called out three times before someone finally answered, "Old Liu's wife, isn't this the daughter-in-law you used to bring good luck yesterday? Why are you selling her today?"
"My son didn't like her, so I had to sell her." The obese woman dared not say at this moment that her son had been cursed to death.
Otherwise, she won't get a good price, and without a good price, what will she do for her youngest son's schooling?
"This girl is too thin. Three taels of silver is the most she can get," a woodcutter said disdainfully, staring at Xu Nian's body.
"No, three taels is too little. I spent eight taels of silver to buy it, and now selling it for five taels is already a bargain for you. Look at this skin, and look at this face, so tender! If you don't buy it, plenty of others will." The fat woman's words made the woodcutter hesitate.
Women are scarce in these surrounding villages, and it's already a blessing to be able to buy a wife. But the price is too high; five taels of silver is his entire fortune. If he buys this woman and goes back home, he'll be starving.
The woodcutter wanted to haggle a bit more, but was interrupted by a gruff voice that said, "Five taels of silver, I'll buy it."
A tall, imposing man emerged from the crowd, extending his large, calloused hand. In his palm lay the silver the obese woman had demanded. "Here are five taels of silver. Give me her indenture."
The obese woman felt much less pained by the fact that Xu Nian had been sold so quickly and that a big, simple-minded man had taken the fall.
"Wang Pu'an, this is what you wanted to buy yourself. This is the girl's indenture. We've settled the transaction." The fat woman took the money and handed Xu Nian's indenture to the man.
Xu Nian watched helplessly as she was bought and sold like this, lowering her head and remaining silent.
"Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." Wang Pu'an walked up to Xu Nian and untied the ropes binding her hands.
Xu Nian kept her head down, and the tall Wang Pu'an could only see the woman's snow-white neck. He swallowed and thought to himself: This girl is really fair-skinned, as white as tofu.
“Come home with me, I’ll treat you very well.” Wang Pu’an stretched out his large hand, lowering his voice to appear gentler.
Knowing that she had to go home with the male lead, Xu Nian reached out and placed her hand on his large hand.
Wang Pu'an's palms sweated as he held her fair and slender hands.
Her hands are so soft and so small.
Although the onlookers envied Wang Pu'an for buying a beautiful wife, no one felt it was a pity.
In their eyes, only strong and sturdy women are good at bearing children. Someone like Xu Nian would have to be worshipped if bought, as she couldn't do any work and it was questionable whether she could even have children.
Xu Nian followed Wang Pu'an home in silence.
Opening the courtyard gate, Wang Pu'an said somewhat awkwardly, "My place is a bit simple now, but don't worry, I will definitely make sure you live a good life in the future."
Xu Nian looked at the mud-brick and tile house in front of her, which had only one room, and asked, "Where will I sleep tonight?"
"You can sleep with me. Don't worry, I absolutely won't touch you if you don't agree." Wang Pu'an blushed, wanting to look but not daring to look too much, and could only steal a few glances at Xu Nian.
"You live here all by yourself?" Xu Nian looked around and found no signs that anyone else had lived in the mud-brick house.
“My parents died early, and I’m the only one left in my family. I can hunt, I’m good at farming, and I can cook and do laundry. I can support you without any problem.” Wang Pu’an said, blushing again.
To convince Xu Nian, he took out the few taels of silver he had in his pocket and handed them to her: "This is what I got from hunting, it's all for you. And this is your indenture, that's for you too."
Xu Nian weighed the silver in her hand and returned it, keeping the indenture for herself.
Wang Pu'an looked at Xu Nian, somewhat bewildered, holding the silver.
As he felt uneasy, he heard a woman's soft voice say, "I'm hungry."
"I'll go cook for you right now." Wang Pu'an beamed, his smile stretching almost to his ears.
When he saw her return the money, he thought she didn't want to be with him anymore!
She said she was hungry. Does that mean she's willing to stay and live with him?
Wang Pu'an was very nervous. He had taken a liking to the girl at first sight, and he didn't know how to describe the feeling of seeing a gem.
He wanted to take her back and hide her away.
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