Chapter 332 Sold
Xiao Chengli suddenly pulled Wu Xiaolin, and quickly lay down and closed his eyes. Wu Xiaolin was startled, but reacted quickly and shrank into the corner.
The door opened and a familiar voice came in:
"Are you going to raise it yourself or what?"
"I have been childless for many years and my husband is gone too. I want to adopt a boy so that I can take care of him in my old age."
"Big or small?"
"It's better to be younger and not remember anything."
The voice was floating just above little Cheng Li's head, but it slowly floated to the big kang opposite. Perhaps the five or six children opposite were not in the woman's eyes, so the voice floated back.
"Oh my, is this child a boy or a girl?"
"It's a boy. I'll show you."
Xiao Chengli felt that his pants were touched, and a surge of anger rose from his chest, but when he thought about going out to report the news, he immediately suppressed it.
He was pretending to be unconscious and must not act rashly. His pants were still taken off by someone, and then a surprised voice came from above his head:
"It's a boy, I want this child."
"To tell you the truth, this child is precious, and you have enough money in your hand."
"How much?"
"one thousand"
"What? One thousand dollars. What's wrong with you?"
"Look at this child's appearance. His eyes are eyes and his nose is a nose. Now he is stunned by me. When he opens his eyes, you will know that those eyes can speak."
"Three hundred, not a cent more."
"Three hundred for those guys across the street."
"No, I want this one. This child is good-looking and I like him from the bottom of my heart."
Idiot, Xiao Chengli cursed in his heart, the more you act like you like it, the higher the price the human traffickers will charge. You might as well make trouble on purpose and get a cheaper price.
The woman seemed to have heard what little Cheng Li said and started to find fault: "Don't push me. This child is eight or nine years old. It's not easy to sell at this age. Who would want to buy a child who can remember things?"
The trafficker felt upset, because he had found this woman with great difficulty and knew that she wanted to find a boy to raise and take care of her in her old age, so he couldn't lose her.
"Nine hundred, no less."
"I only have 500 yuan, and the rest is for the fare to go home. My home is far away, and I need food and drink on the way. And I have a child with me, so how can I survive without money?"
"Eight hundred."
"I won't buy it. You are dishonest."
"How can I not be sincere? You said you wanted a boy, so I will show you a boy."
"But you said 300 for a boy and 100 for a girl, and you tricked me into coming here and then raised the price."
"What are you asking for? You don't want those boys who cost 300 yuan across the street? Look at how good this boy is. If I didn't already have a son, I wouldn't be willing to sell him and would take him home to raise as my son."
"Five hundred and five, no more than that."
The woman bit her lip and finally made up her mind. The human trafficker breathed a sigh of relief. The deal was finally successful. It seemed that he would have to target good-looking children next time.
The trafficker stretched out his hand, took the thick stack of money, and narrowed his eyes with joy. In fact, if the woman insisted a little longer, she would be willing to sell it for 500 yuan. The child was really old.
Cheng Li sighed inwardly. He was finally sold and could get out of here. No wonder his mother was always worried about him and told him not to talk to strangers.
"Do you want to take him away now or wait until the person wakes up?"
"Wait until the child wakes up before taking him away. I have to make him willing."
"No, take it away now, or I won't sell it to you."
The human traffickers looked at the woman as if she were a fool. Her child was already so big, how could she be willing to follow a stranger? And she did it voluntarily. I guess she was mentally normal.
The woman seemed to realize that there was something wrong with her words. She could only awkwardly take out the quilt she had brought with her, carry little Cheng Li on her back, and let the human trafficker cover little Cheng Li with the quilt.
"You really do love your child. You even brought a blanket with you, fearing that he would freeze to death."
"Since I adopted this child, of course I have to take good care of him."
Little Cheng Li secretly opened his eyes, glanced at Wu Xiaolin, blinked, and signaled him to go out first, asking her to wait for him to rescue her.
Wu Xiaolin also blinked. She understood what Cheng Li meant. She hoped that Cheng Li could escape from this woman and ask the police to come over so that they could bust this human trafficker's den.
Little Chengli pressed his whole body against the woman's back, which was covered with a quilt. His body felt warm, but he still kept his eyes closed, worried that he would not be able to get out of this place.
Little Chengli closed his eyes, carefully feeling the movements around him. The woman kept moving forward, doors opened one after another, and he finally felt the warmth of the sun shining on his head. With an moved heart, he came out.
I secretly opened my eyes a little, and sure enough, the sunlight filled the entire earth. Birds flew back and forth on the bare branches, constantly looking for food.
Occasionally, there would be one or two young men riding bicycles nearby, with pride and satisfaction on their faces. When they saw the woman carrying little Cheng Li on her back, they would ring the bell to remind them that they were riding their bicycles and not to get hit.
The woman nodded with a smile, indicating that she would be careful, but she felt something moving slightly on her back and heard some noises in her ears.
Little Cheng Li's face changed. He was hungry and his stomach rumbled with hunger. It was impossible for him to pretend to be asleep.
"Boy, you're awake. God has mercy on you. These people are so mean. They don't even give us food to eat."
The woman untied the ropes that bound the quilt, cursed the human traffickers, and let little Cheng Li down. Little Cheng Li dropped his feet to the ground and sat down on the ground.
The woman's face changed. She only saw that little Cheng Li had a pretty face and that he was a boy. She forgot to ask if the boy was healthy or if his leg was broken.
If the boy had a broken leg, she would have returned him. She adopted a boy to take care of her in her old age, not to serve someone else for the rest of her life.
"My legs are numb. I took too many drugs. I can't recover for a while."
When Xiao Chengli saw the woman's eyes rolling, he knew what she was thinking and quickly explained. He didn't want to be sent back to be sold again.
"Can you walk with your legs?"
"Yes, but I'm hungry."
"Oh, I heard your stomach growling. Here, do you want to eat some steamed bun? It's a little hard, so you need to have good teeth."
Little Chengli took the steamed bun, put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was indeed hard. This steamed bun was made of sorghum flour, completely different from the steamed bun made by his mother with white flour. It was impossible to bite it at all.
The woman smiled and said, "I'll go find a family and ask for some hot water. This steamed bun needs to be softened with hot water before it can be eaten. It seems that you are a child from a wealthy family."
Cheng Li's eyes lit up, and he took the woman's hand and asked, "Aunt, can you take me back? My mother will give you money and won't let you suffer any loss."
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