She treated people like cattle dealers treat pigs and sheep. Qin Xiaomi kept coughing because of her. The woman said, "You little thing, you don't know what's good for you. You're lucky. It's better to go to someone else's house than to stay here with you."
Li Lan said with a smile, "Sister Hua, I'm really sorry to bother you."
Qin Huai was shocked and angry. He slapped the woman's dirty hand away and shouted, "You damned woman, what are you doing?"
Although he asked this, he actually knew in his heart that this woman looked like she was not a good person and might be involved in human trafficking. Li Lan actually brought such a person home and targeted Xiaomi. Her purpose was very clear, and he was extremely angry.
The woman glanced at him and said, "Are you the lame child? You seem to care for your sister. Didn't your parents tell you that they wanted to send this girl to the landlord in Lin County to be raised? They don't have any daughters. Listen to me, don't worry about it. She'll go there to enjoy a good life."
This matter seemed extremely normal to her, because it was indeed normal in that era. When poor people couldn't raise their children, conscientious parents would give their children to others with tears in their eyes, while unscrupulous parents would sell their children for money, and then they would squander the money from selling their children on a feast of fish and meat at home.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. Qin Dashu has a salary in the city, and his life is not so bad that he can't make a living without selling his child, but they still want to sell their own daughter. These two people are not parents, and they have lost their conscience long ago.
"Did you sell Xiaomi?"
Qin Huai couldn't believe it. How could a mother be so cold and indifferent? Qin Dashu was earning a monthly salary in the city, yet her biological mother had abandoned her own daughter at home. She came back to get her daughter when she heard there was money and food at home. That would have been fine, but she also sold her daughter who was abandoned in the countryside?
Could human nature be so dark? Even storybooks about famine-era events wouldn't dare to describe it this way.
Li Lan took a few steps back under his gaze, then stood firm and said, "You have no right to speak on this matter. She is my child, and no one can stop me even if I beat her to death and feed her to the dogs."
"How much did you charge them?"
He asked, suppressing his anger.
Li Lan may still have a conscience, or perhaps because there were a lot of people watching, she didn't dare to answer the question or curse loudly again.
Grandma Hua sighed and said, "What a good child! The people who adopted him were very kind and righteous. They gave your mother 200 yuan as child support. How can it be considered selling a person? In this new society, it's a new Guo Jia. Selling people is not allowed."
She had just been talking about selling children, but now she quickly changed her words. Someone in the crowd said, "Widow Hua, you're talking first and then waving your hands. You're eating your own shit."
The widow said without blushing, "I was wrong before."
People are still human beings, but in order to survive, everyone has taken off all disguises and no longer considers themselves human beings, just like this woman, sometimes she is a good person, sometimes she is a bad person. Who can judge who is good and who is bad?
"You have salaries, do you really have to sell Xiaomi?" Qin Huai asked Li Lan calmly.
"It's none of your business." Li Lan felt offended.
"My sister can't eat much yet. I'll take care of her from now on. You don't need to worry about her. Please let us go and give us a chance to survive."
"You? You're seventeen and still asking me for money. What big words are you talking about in front of me? In the end, we still support you."
Li Lan said angrily that she had a good conscience when she said that. In fact, except for the first few years when she really raised them, the Qinhuai grass was not even as good as the weeds on the roadside afterwards.
It goes without saying that Qin Huai was adopted. Yatou and Qin Xiaomi were her biological daughters, but she abandoned them in the countryside without caring about their life or death. Thinking about the miserable life of herself and her two sisters for more than ten years, Qin Huai's heart was twisted with anger.
After hearing this, the villagers laughed and said, "Hey, Dashu family, there are so many eyes watching us in the village, don't tell lies. If you say something that's not human, God will strike you to death with thunder."
Li Lan was so embarrassed by what her fellow villagers said.
Widow Hua tried to smooth things over and said, "Oh, child, how can you be so ungrateful? The little girl is in your poor family and can't even get enough to eat. She might not even survive this winter. How can you, a cripple, support her if you leave her here? Why not let her go with me? It will save a person's food. In this day and age, saving a mouthful can save a life."
This flower widow was very good at bewitching people, and some of the villagers who came to watch nodded in agreement.
Li Lan also came to her senses and immediately squeezed out tears: "Even if there is any way, I can't send my own daughter to live with someone else. Isn't this the only way? Xiaomi is also a piece of my flesh and blood. I feel more distressed than anyone else. But you see, I have to support everyone at home, old and young. My life is difficult. Sending her away is not just to find a way for her to survive."
You can't know the truth by just listening to one person. If you just listen to Li Lan, everyone will say that she is a good person.
Qin Huai said, "Don't say nice things here. Everyone knows what you want to do. Whoever wants to take Xiaomi away today has to do it over me."
The skinny grandma said angrily, "You little bastard, if you don't move out of the way, I'll beat you to death."
The old lady was just bluffing. More and more people were coming to watch, so the lame young man had to be sent away as soon as possible, otherwise, with so many people around, it would be difficult to take Qin Xiaomi away.
Qin Huai said stiffly, "You should do something good for your descendants at your age. You are a grandmother who sells her own granddaughter. An old woman like you does such a shameful thing. Aren't you afraid of going to hell after you die?"
The people in Qinjiazhuang blamed Li Lan and her daughter, and Widow Hua was scolded so hard that she dared not talk back.
In the past, Qin Huai had a weak temper and his legs would go weak when he saw Li Lan. Now, Qin Huai is no longer the Qin Huai he used to be. If Li Lan and her husband really cared about Qin Xiaomi, he wouldn't say anything. But the couple clearly wanted to sell their daughter, and he absolutely couldn't let them succeed.
The old woman screamed, "Well, you dare to insult your elders? Come here quickly and beat him to death."
Suddenly, several strong men rushed in from outside, raised their fists, and smashed them down on Qin Huai's head. Qin Huai dodged by rolling and crawling, shouting, "Human traffickers have entered the village to rob people. The people of Qinjiazhuang don't care now, and when it's your family's turn, no one will care about you either."
He was no match for the strong man and could only incite the bloodiness of the people in Qinjiazhuang.
The men in Qinjiazhuang finally reacted. A dozen of them jumped out and said, "If you have something to say, talk. Don't use violence. You have the audacity to bully the Qin family in Qinjiazhuang. We're going to talk to you if you don't stop."
These thugs were brought by Widow Hua. Seeing that their actions had aroused the anger of the men in Qinjiazhuang, they dared not attack again. In this era, if they entered the village to rob people, even if they were beaten to death on the spot, it would be in vain. After all, the law does not punish the masses, and the people in Qinjiazhuang are in the right.
When Widow Hua saw that forceful tactics didn't work, she turned her eyes to Li Lan again, forcing Li Lan to speak out.
Li Lan naturally understood the meaning of her eyes and immediately started a new performance.
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