"Xiaochun!" Huo Jiang ran over, picked up his daughter, and then pulled the rag out of her mouth.
Xiaochun burst into tears, her cries were deafening.
The child was terrified.
She never imagined that she would be kidnapped by her own mother, Sun Hongying, just for going out to throw out the trash.
What she never expected was that her own mother wanted to sell her to someone as a child bride in order to raise money for her cousins' school fees!
Thinking back on the journey, her mother kept nagging about how difficult it was for a girl like her, a worthless burden, to sell for fifty yuan. She said at least she was still somewhat useful and that she should be content. She also told her that when she grew up and did well, she should remember to help her cousins, saying that her cousins were her family, proper relatives, and that her stepmother's children were all bad apples who came to steal their things...
When Huo Jiang saw his daughter crying so hard, his heart broke. He clumsily wiped away her tears, repeatedly saying, "Don't cry, don't cry."
Huo Hai watched anxiously from the sidelines, "Quickly untie the ropes on the child and check if he's hurt anywhere!"
Huo Jiang then tried to untie the rope with trembling hands, but after a long time he couldn't get it right. Ye Weiwei then took a knife and cut the rope in a few strokes.
Then, she touched Xiaochun again and found that she only had a few minor scratches and was otherwise fine, so she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Auntie." Xiaochun cried even more pitifully when she saw Ye Weiwei, pointing at Sun Hongying and saying, "She's going to sell me to a mentally challenged man as his wife, waah... I don't want to be a mentally challenged man's wife..."
Ye Weiwei patted Xiaochun's head and said, "Don't worry, no one would dare to sell our Xiaochun! Our Xiaochun is so sensible and good, she will marry the best young man in the world, definitely not a little fool!"
Xiaochun looked at Ye Weiwei shyly, "Really?"
Ye Weiwei couldn't help but chuckle; this little girl was quite precocious.
"real."
Xiaochun felt relieved. She knew her aunt was a lucky star, and what the lucky star said would definitely come true.
When Ye Weiwei and her group returned to Sunjia Village with Xiaochun, Sun Hongying, and Shidanzi (the person who bought the child), they saw Zhao Dabao and his group in a tense standoff with the Sun family. Behind them, the Sun family's house was in a mess; the doors had been removed, the windows smashed, and everything that could be smashed was smashed, even the cooking pots were completely destroyed.
Ye Weiwei was quite satisfied after scanning the area with her mental energy.
Well done!
Sun's mother was throwing a tantrum on the ground when she saw Sun Hongying brought back tied up. Enraged, she rushed over and began punching and kicking Sun Hongying, yelling, "You jinx! What good are you to me! Look what you've done to the family! I'll beat you to death, you useless thing..."
Sun Hongying's leg was still injured, so she couldn't dodge in time and became her mother's punching bag, getting a severe beating.
Ye Weiwei glanced at the Sun family members, then said to Zhao Dabao and the others, "We are so grateful to all of you villagers for finding Xiaochun today. We will remember this kindness."
Zhao Dabao quickly said, "We're all from the same village, this is only right! The Sun family dared to come to our village to snatch children and sell them, it's already a show of righteousness of us not to demolish their houses!"
"Yes, yes! Sister-in-law, this is what we should do."
"We people from Daqingshan Village are not cowards. If someone bullies us to our doorstep, will we just stand by and do nothing?"
Ye Weiwei sneered: "They should be glad Xiaochun was found in time and the child is alright. If they dare to do it again..."
The Sun family felt a chill run down their spines as Ye Weiwei's gaze swept over them. Sun's mother couldn't help but retort angrily, "What else do you want? We just want to find a husband for Xiaochun, isn't it all for the child's good? She's just a girl, keeping her at home is a waste of food! Finding her a husband sooner will save her from being tormented by a stepmother!"
"Pah!" Liu Guilan was so angry she was practically spitting fire. "So you're saying I should be grateful to you for selling my granddaughter? You heartless bastard! You sold my granddaughter to a fool as a child bride just to feed your grandsons and send them to school. How vicious can your heart be to say such shameless things!"
Seeing Liu Guilan trembling with anger, Ye Weiwei was afraid that she might get into trouble because of her emotional outburst. She quickly stepped forward, took Liu Guilan's arm, and secretly channeled some of her supernatural power into her to calm her down. Then she said coldly, "Did everyone hear that? Any of you with daughters should be careful of this family, lest they try to kidnap your children and sell them, leaving you to remember their kindness!"
The people of Sunjia Village also despised the Sun family's actions.
Some of them had gone with them to the Huo family last time. At first, they thought the Huo family had gone too far, making Huo Jiang and Sun Hongying divorce over such a small matter.
Looking back now, everyone feels that the Huo family did the right thing.
With in-laws like the Sun family, and someone as clueless as Sun Hongying who only cares about her own family, even selling her own daughter to feed her nephew, who could stand that?
For a moment, the people of Sunjia Village looked at Sun's mother and the others with strange eyes, secretly warning themselves that they must stay away from this family in the future and be wary of them.
This family is not to be trusted!
After giving the Sun family another beating, Ye Weiwei and the others returned to the village.
After Ye Weiwei and the others left, Shi Danzi and the others didn't give the Sun family a friendly look either. They argued with the Sun family for a while, took back the fifty yuan from Sun Hongying, and then asked the Sun family for twenty yuan as compensation before leaving.
Sun Hongying's poor handling of the situation led to the Sun family's house being vandalized, resulting in a loss of twenty yuan. She became a sinner to the Sun family and was increasingly disliked by them.
In order to recoup their losses, the Sun family tried every means to exploit Sun Hongying.
Sun Hongying suffered terribly in her attempt to atone for her sins.
As soon as Ye Weiwei and the others returned to the village, they saw Zhao Lingdang waiting at the village entrance.
Seeing that they had found Xiaochun, Zhao Lingdang breathed a sigh of relief and took out two candies from her pocket to coax Xiaochun into eating them.
Xiaochun had no animosity towards Zhao Lingdang at all. She thought her stepmother was much better than her biological mother. At least her stepmother would give her candy, while her biological mother would always take away her and her sisters' treats and always scold them as worthless girls who didn't deserve to eat good food.
After returning to the village, it was long past dinner time, and Ye Weiwei realized she was starving.
Fortunately, Su Xuemei and Zhao Lingdang had already prepared lunch for them, so they could eat as soon as they got home.
Ye Weiwei ate three large bowls of rice, a cornbread, and a lot of other dishes before she was full. Her appetite completely astonished Zhao Lingdang.
Seeing this, Liu Guilan quickly said, "We were able to find Xiaochun today thanks to Weiwei. She's pregnant, so she should eat more."
There are still three mouths in her belly, so it's normal for her to eat a lot. She had always thought that Weiwei's appetite was too small, and she was always worried that she wasn't getting enough to eat.
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