To be honest, Xu Laiying did think about going to the Hongqi Production Brigade to look for him, but the idea was soon dismissed.
Firstly, their production brigade was quite far from Hongqi. They were to the west, and Hongqi was to the north. Even for adults, it would take nearly an hour to walk there. For a child as young as Baoya, running so far in the dark was not easy.
Another reason was that her son and daughter-in-law both had to work, so they couldn't possibly go so far to look for a child when they were so busy, right? She didn't want to do that, so naturally she didn't go.
She still felt that the five dollars was not worth it and wanted to get the money back from Chen Fengxia.
However, the money was already in Chen Fengxia's pocket, so how could she be willing to take it out?
"Aunt, even though you're my elder, there are things I can't help but say. I gave a good girl to Sister Hongli, and then your family lost the child. Now you're asking me to return the money. How can this be justified?"
"The child was lost at our house, but she was only bought less than half a day ago. How could she have been lost if she hadn't been running around? After all, she's your daughter, right? So let's each make a concession and you give half the money."
"That's not what I meant. I said it when I sold Baoya to Sister Hongli. Once you've paid the money, you can't go back on your word. It's none of my business if your family doesn't like it." Chen Fengxia refused to give in.
Xu Laiying frowned fiercely. She didn't expect Chen Fengxia to be so difficult to talk to.
She had good intentions when she came. After all, she was Chen Fengxia's elder, and her family spent money but got nothing in return, which was a big loss.
Besides, Chen Fengxia had always thought that girl was stupid, so she might be happy about losing her, as she would be free of a burden.
So, looking at it this way, her family suffered the greater loss. She thought, just consider it a loss, and instead of asking Chen Fengxia to return the full amount, she would just return half of it.
But she didn't expect that Chen Fengxia would not pay a penny.
"Fengxia, your silly daughter ran away on her own. We searched everywhere for her, and she disappeared before she even got warm. And you still want to keep all the money?"
"Even if our family suffered a little loss in this matter, you can return half of the money and let it go. Later, our family helped you find that girl, but we didn't want her after we found her. It's like your family earned two dollars and fifty cents for nothing. What else do you have?
You don't want to, huh?" Xu Laiying said with a sullen face.
"That's not how it works. I gave you the child, and I got the money. We're even now. From the moment you took the child away, she had nothing to do with me. Now that you've lost her and are asking me for money, I have to ask you, could it be that you're deliberately hiding Baoya so you can divide the money up?"
Although Chen Fengxia knew in her heart that the possibility was small, after she said it out loud, she thought about it and felt that it was not impossible.
Zhang Hongli works in the county town. If she really hid Baoya, where could she find it?
However, she was just saying that. She had already got the money anyway, so she didn't care whether Baoya lost it for real or not.
Xu Laiying pointed at Chen Fengxia and cursed, "You...what are you talking about? How could we make up such nonsense to deceive you?"
"That's hard to say."
Chen Fengxia sneered, "Aunt, I'm putting this on hold today. I don't care whether Baoya is real or fake. I've already sold her, and what happens next has nothing to do with me. I can't possibly pay her back."
Xu Laiying was furious, but there was nothing he could do and he could only leave.
It took more than an hour to get home, but Xu Laiying still hadn't recovered. So she didn't cook dinner and went back to the room to lie down and rest.
After the son and daughter-in-law got off work, they saw that it was still dark under the stove, so they went into the house to take a look. Seeing that Xu Laiying looked unhappy, they asked:
"Mom, what's wrong with you? What happened?"
When Xu Laiying explained the matter, her sons and daughters-in-law were furious: "This is too unfair! They won't even give us half the money?"
"Then Hongli wasted five dollars? Five dollars is enough to buy so many good things."
"We can't just let this go like this. Either give it to the person or return the money!"
"Mom, since Chen Fengxia has done such a terrible thing, there's nothing for us to be afraid of. Let's go to her team and make trouble!"
Xu Laiying was stunned when she heard this, and hesitated a little: "It won't look good if there is a commotion."
"Mom, why are you so afraid of looking bad? Chen Fengxia isn't afraid either. Besides, we didn't say we'd get all the money back. We can't be blamed for the child running away, right? Chen Fengxia didn't even want to give us half the money, so why are we being so polite to her?"
Xu Laiying thought about it and was also angry, so she gritted her teeth and agreed.
The next day, the two sons went to work, and Xu Laiying took her two daughters-in-law to the Yuejin Production Brigade. They chose noon, saw everyone coming back from work, and immediately shouted loudly:
"Everyone
"Hey guys, come and judge for yourself! We spent a lot of money to buy a fool, but before we could even recognize her face, she ran away. We searched for her and we still can't find her. She only cost five dollars!
"I worked so hard to save up so little money, just wanting to buy a daughter to love and cherish, but in the end, she is gone and the money is also wasted. What should we do now..."
At this time, everyone was going home for dinner and passing by. As soon as Xu Laiying shouted, a circle of people immediately gathered around.
"What?"
"What's going on? Five dollars for what?"
"Auntie, whose family did you buy the child from?"
Seeing that more and more people were coming, Xu Laiying and her two daughters-in-law immediately started to tell the story.
Before long, the news that Chen Fengxia sold her silly daughter for five yuan spread throughout the brigade.
Everyone criticized: "How could they have the heart to sell such a young child? Now he's lost again. We don't know if he's still alive."
"Even if he's a fool, he's still my own child. How cruel of me to be so."
"Baoya is a little bit stupid, but she can still help with housework. It's easy to feed her. I didn't expect her to be so mean."
"He even sold his own daughter. How cruel is this person!"
Inevitably, some people felt sorry for Baoya: "That girl looks so well-behaved, and after being dressed up, she looks so good."
"I don't know if he's still alive. What a wonderful child, but it's a pity he was born into the wrong family..."
This news soon reached Chen Fengxia's ears. She didn't expect Xu Laiying to dare to tell others about this. She was immediately furious. She ran out, pinching her waist and cursing:
"You lost that girl, and I haven't even settled the score with you yet, and now you're here to yell at me. Do you have any shame, huh?"
"How could your daughter get lost without running around? It's not like we haven't looked for her yet. So I have to ask, as a mother, why aren't you worried at all? I was wondering if you were the one who let the girl run away. I wonder if she's been sold to another family now!"
"You fart!"
Chen Fengxia was so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick. She was a hot-tempered person to begin with, and now she was so angry that she cursed without mercy.
Xu Laiying's two daughters-in-law were not pushovers either, and they quarreled fiercely with each other.
But no matter how much they quarreled, the fact that Baoya had been sold became known to everyone in the team.
Finally, seeing that things had gotten out of hand, Xu Laiying quickly took her two daughters-in-law away, leaving Chen
Fengxia was so angry that her lungs were about to explode.
She gasped, turned her head and met the condemning gazes of the people around her, and suddenly her eyes widened:
"What are you looking at?"
Chen Fengxia cursed all the way home, cursing Bao Yajing for causing trouble for her and cursing Xu Laiying's family for being shameless. She had thought she had gotten rid of a problem, but she didn't expect it to turn out like this.
As I stepped into the house, a shadow fell on my head.
"I'll beat you to death, you troublemaker! You're such a sin! How could our Liu family have such a disaster like you!" Tian Xiufang started to hit Chen Fengxia when she saw her holding a broom.
"Ah, Mom!" Chen Fengxia quickly dodged, and then there was another round of chaos.
Anyway, after this incident, everyone in the team knew that the Liu family had sold their daughter!
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