Chapter 142: Indenture
So Jiang Laoliu quickly said, "No problem. As long as you let me go and let everyone in Sanwan Village go, I can hand over these two little girls to you for disposal and sign a contract to sell them."
Chu Ci sneered in her heart. Jiang Laoliu's tactic of sacrificing the rook to save the king was really clever. He actually dared to use her.
However, she also didn't want to see Qiya's parents homeless.
So, she cooperated with Jiang Laoliu and said, "Are you really sure? But these relatives behind you just seemed to say that they want to expel your family from Sanwan Village."
As soon as Chu Ci asked this question, the villagers who had been shouting just now immediately changed their tune: "No, we were just too emotional before."
Chu Ci knew clearly that the villagers changed their words because they were afraid of offending him.
At this time, they also realized that Chu Ci did not want them to expel Jiang Laoliu's family from Sanwan Village.
After realizing this, many villagers quickly reassured: "We are all one family. Even if our bones are broken, they are still connected by tendons. How can we just kick someone out of the village?"
Whether Jiang Laoliu truly understood or was just pretending, his face was filled with gratitude: "I knew it, I knew it. You guys are not cold-blooded people..."
When the villagers of Sanwan Village heard what Jiang Laoliu said, they all echoed, "Yes, yes, we are all one family. We were just too scared before!"
Chu Ci saw it all. These people were not only bastards and greedy, but also dramatic and adaptable. But this was not a bad thing. It made her less worried.
So, after Fan Jingrui received Chu Ci's gaze, Guan Yan beside him prepared pen, ink, paper and inkstone for Fan Jingrui.
Fan Jingrui signed two indentures with a flourish of his pen.
Then, Guan Yan handed the two indentures to Jiang Laoliu and said, "Sign them. If you do, our young mistress will let you go."
She simply put away the indenture contract and said expressionlessly, "Alright, whenever you bring someone here, everyone here will go back! But..."
Jiang Laoliu and others thought that the matter was over after Chu Ci accepted the indentures of Yun Guo and Qi Ya, but Chu Ci's "but" made them anxious again.
Chu Ci just said: "I don't trust you, Jiang Laoliu, so let your wife go back!"
Although Qi Ya Niang was somewhat reluctant, she did not dare to go against the wishes of Jiang Laoliu and the people of Sanwan Village who were strongly encouraging her.
But as a weak woman who seldom left the village, she was really scared and wanted to find someone to accompany her, but she didn't know who to find.
So, she could only speak timidly: "I, I will go. I, I'm scared. Can I..."
Qi Ya Niang had not yet finished her words.
Qiya had already guessed what her mother was thinking, and immediately took the initiative to kneel in front of Chu Ci and said, "Young Madam, can I accompany mother for one last time? With me here, I'm sure Second Sister won't be too resistant."
Although Qi Ya said this, she still couldn't suppress the fear in her heart when Jiang Laoliu signed the contract to sell herself and heard that Chu Ci insisted on having her second sister Yun Guo.
After all, at this moment, Qi Ya really couldn't be sure whether Chu Ci would sincerely help herself and her second sister. But now that things have come to this, she can only wait and see and cross the river by feeling the stones.
If this could be accomplished, it would be wonderful. She would be filled with gratitude to Chu Ci and would remember this kindness for the rest of her life.
Even if things don't work out, the two sisters can take this opportunity to learn more, broaden their horizons, and then find other ways.
Although Chu Ci didn't understand what Qi Ya was thinking, she could see clearly that Qi Ya's actions were definitely not just to accompany her mother. After a moment's hesitation, she replied, "Okay, Shuang Rui, you're fast, so why not accompany them?"
"Yes." Shuangrui responded and then stood beside Qiya.
When Qi Ya heard this, she glanced at Shuang Rui lightly, then kowtowed to Chu Ci again and pulled her mother down the mountain.
Seeing that they were no longer needed here, Captain Yu, who was standing by, offered to leave.
Chu Ci didn't stop him, just gave him a look. Guan Yan immediately took out a blue purse and said, "Thank you for your trip, Captain. Here's some tea money. I hope you won't refuse it!"
Captain Yu took the purse and weighed it secretly. It was very light, so it must be silver bills.
The smallest denomination of a banknote was ten taels. Five of them came on this trip, so even if they took the lowest denomination of ten taels, they could still earn two taels of silver.
Captain Yu was very satisfied with this.
Before leaving, he bowed and said, "If you need anything in the future, just let me know, brothers!"
Guan Yan flattered them and personally escorted Captain Yu and the others to the foot of the mountain. Then he turned back and whispered a few words in Fan Jingrui's ear.
Fan Jingrui nodded and said to Chu Ci, "Madam, since the matter has been resolved, I will go back first and pick you up after school."
"Okay." Chu Ci understood that Fan Jingrui was deliberately avoiding it, but he did not hide his inner joy.
However, Jiang Laoliu and his group, who were detained at the college gate, were not in such a good mood. Even though Qi Ya and his group hurried, it took them two hours to go back and forth.
During this period, God sent down two rainstorms to suit the occasion.
Jiang Laoliu and his group were really tired, hungry, and wet, feeling really uncomfortable.
Therefore, when Jiang Laoliu saw Qiya and her mother coming empty-handed, he could no longer suppress his anger and stepped forward to kick Qiya's mother.
"My dear father, I..." Qiya's mother was kicked so hard that she curled up in pain.
Qi Ya was about to go forward to help, but was stopped by Yun Guo.
Yun Guo stepped forward and said, "Dad, when my seventh sister and I are not home, if you hurt Mom now, there will be no one to do the housework."
Jiang Laoliu was stunned when he heard this, and his face turned ugly, but as Yun Guo expected, he stopped and prepared to kick out again.
At this point, Yun Guo no longer paid attention to her parents, but instead pulled her sister Qi Ya over to Shuang Rui. "Brother Shuang Rui, please take us to see the Madam!"
"Er Ya, Qi Yatou--" She wasn't particularly kind to her daughters on ordinary days, but when she saw that her daughters didn't care about her at all, she felt uncomfortable. This was the case with Qi Ya's mother.
However, whether it is Yun Guo or Qi Ya, they will never look back.
Qi Ya'niang seemed to have sensed something and wanted to call the two of them to tell them about her difficulties, but was forcibly pulled away by Jiang Laoliu.
Although Chu Ci was not present, someone relayed the entire scene to her.
Hearing this, Qian Xi couldn't help but frown and said, "Sister-in-law, are they too cold-blooded?"
Chu Ci understood Qian Xi's thoughts, which was also the view of most people in this era.
Chu Ci was powerless to change this era and could only say, "Maybe, but I prefer to believe they were forced to do so. After all, some people, even if someone tries to save them, will only drag the rescuer into the quagmire."
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