Hong Ling clutched the quilt tightly and looked at the two men in horror, "Who are you?"
The two men looked similar, both dark and thin.
They were talking and gesticulating, but Hong Ling couldn't understand. She didn't know to which of them she was sold.
The two men gestured for a while and then went out.
Hong Ling finally had the strength to cry. She burst into tears, and the faces of the two men and the old lady appeared outside the window one after another.
Although they are called windows, there is actually no glass. There are just a few wooden strips nailed on them to block the wind.
But they stood outside the window with their hands behind their backs for a long time, but no one opened the door to come in and take a look at Hong Ling.
At dinner time, a tall man came in with a bowl of noodles.
He sat on the edge of the bed and clumsily picked up the noodles with chopsticks and was about to feed them to Hong Ling.
Hong Ling turned her head and ignored him. The man tried a few more times and was almost knocked over by Hong Ling. Then he took the bowl away embarrassedly.
Hong Ling was tired from crying and fell asleep again in a daze. When she woke up, she found that it was dark.
Hearing the sound of someone unlocking the door, Hong Ling quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be asleep.
A man walked to the bed, lifted the quilt and was about to lie down. With the moonlight coming in through the window, Hong Ling could see clearly that it was the tall man who fed her noodles during the day.
Hong Ling screamed in fear, "Get out!"
The tall man scratched his head, smiled at Hong Ling, and lay down.
No matter how Hong Ling resisted, she couldn't push the man away.
Hong Ling cried all night long until dawn. She finally figured it out. She couldn't die. Her Kaikai was not grown up yet. She had to escape!
At noon, the old lady came in with noodles, and there was even a fried egg on top.
Hong Ling picked up the noodles and ate them all without saying a word.
The old lady grinned and gave Hong Ling a thumbs up.
Hong Ling ignored her and fell asleep. She had to recover as soon as possible so that she would have the strength to escape.
However, at night, when Hong Ling looked at the little man climbing onto the bed, she completely broke down.
Hong Ling couldn't believe that Wu Huafen actually sold her to the two brothers as their wife.
Her desperate resistance was met with beatings and kicks from the men. In the following days, Hong Ling was tied to the bed with ropes, and every day she lived a life worse than death.
Qian Lili was also devastated. She never expected that Qian Jinshu and his son were really penniless.
She actually thought that the compensation her eldest brother received after being laid off would be enough for the father and son to use for a few years.
Who knew that it would have been spent without a penny left.
Before, Qian Lili thought that as long as she helped Qian Jinshu wash clothes and cooked an extra portion of food for Qian Jinshu, that would be enough.
Who could have imagined that Qian Jinshu would even have to ask her to pay the rent?
She didn't dare to ask if Lei Lei also needed her to pay for his living expenses?
Alas, if I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have bothered with this trivial matter!
Big brother has already said that he can turn a blind eye, so why should I feel guilty for him?
Qian Lili regretted it deeply, but it was too late to regret now.
She went to Ding Zhaolong's house to find Hong Ling, hoping to invite her back to continue living with her elder brother.
Who knows, Ding Zhaolong doesn’t know where that bitch ran off to?
Qian Lili had no choice but to take on the responsibility of taking care of her elder brother. She finally waited until Qian Lei had winter vacation and she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
During dinner, Qian Jinshu told Qian Lili, "Lili, I will follow Leilei back to Beishan County tomorrow.
You have to be on duty during the New Year, so let Nana go back with us to celebrate the New Year."
Qian Lili smiled and said, "Forget it, this child has never left me since he was a child.
I'm worried that she won't be able to sit still and will come back to make a scene."
When Nana heard this, she quickly said, "No, no!
I will definitely listen to my uncle and cousin. When my cousin starts school, I will come back with him."
Qian Lili disagreed, "Nana, your uncle is in poor health, and your cousin will be out doing odd jobs after the New Year, so there's no one to take care of you.
Just follow me and finish your homework at home."
Nana dropped her bowl and ran upstairs with a pout on her face. Qian Lili sighed, "This child is disobedient. Let's just leave her alone."
After dinner, Qian Lei urged Qian Lili to go up and see Nana, "Aunt, go see Nana, I'll clear the table."
Qian Lili nodded and went upstairs.
Qian Lei remembered that when he was a tutor, the little girl gave him a pretty squirrel pendant, but he had just forgotten to give it to Nana.
Qian Lei took out the little squirrel pendant and said, "Dad, I'll give this gift to Nana and then come down to wash the dishes."
Qian Jinshu nodded, and Qian Lei walked upstairs.
When he arrived at the door of Qian Lili's rental house, the door was ajar. Just as Qian Lei was about to push the door open, he heard what the mother and daughter were saying.
Nana asked Qian Lili, "Mom, you have to be on duty during the New Year, why don't you let me go back to our hometown with my uncle and his family to celebrate the New Year?"
Qian Lili said in a doting voice, "Nana, Mommy doesn't need to be on duty. That was all a lie to your uncle and the others.
Then we, mother and daughter, can celebrate the New Year here by ourselves."
Nana exclaimed, "Why?"
Qian Lili said impatiently, "Because Mom has no money.
If you go back with them, I will have to buy them New Year's food. The money from buying food will be enough for us, mother and daughter, to celebrate for several New Years."
Nana suddenly realized something, "Oh, is that so? Then buy me something delicious."
I want to eat seafood, and buy me some beef jerky."
Qian Lili said with a smile, "Okay, okay! As long as you study hard and get into college like your cousin in the future, mom will buy you whatever you want to eat."
Nana sighed, "Mom, it's a mess here. Either the kids upstairs are crying or the kids on both sides are fighting. How can I study well in such an environment?
Didn’t you say you wanted to use my dad’s compensation to buy a house?
When should I buy it?
Qian Lili sighed, "Nana, houses are too expensive nowadays.
The compensation your father received for his life isn't enough to buy a house. We still need to save for a few more years."
Nana snorted, “Mom, why do you insist on buying a house near my school?
It would be cheaper if you buy it farther away, so we can take the bus to and from school.
If you don’t have enough money, just buy a smaller one.
Look at it, it’s not worth it to pay rent every month.”
Qian Lili put the peeled apple on the coffee table and said, "Let's talk about it after the New Year.
Nana, remember this! Don’t let your uncle and the others know about these things.”
Nana ate an apple and said incoherently, "Don't worry, Mom! I understand!"
My uncles and his people are a bottomless pit. If they knew you were rich, I don’t know how they would try to take advantage of you…”
Qian Lei went downstairs with a gloomy face and threw the little squirrel pendant in his hand on the table.
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