Chapter 191 Selling Myself into Slavery
The two of them started howling as soon as they heard it.
The Zhao brothers also looked worried. They couldn't bear to see their child lose his hand. If his hand was broken, he would become a disabled person.
But one hundred taels of silver, even if you sell your whole family, it may not be worth that much money.
Are we going to sell the land? Land is our foundation, and it is also what our ancestors left us. If we sell it all, will the whole family be left with nothing?
No matter how rich the Li family is, they don't have the face to borrow from them. With the little income from farming and odd jobs, it will take them forever to pay it back.
Li Wanyue glanced at the Zhao family. Her own parents also looked worried and seemed to be hesitant to speak.
She asked, "Cousin, do you really owe so much?"
"We only borrowed 20 taels from them, and within a few days, with the interest compounded, they said we had to pay back 60 taels, and now they suddenly said it was 100 taels."
Li Wanyue said: "I think the county magistrate has been busy with the imprisoned Cao County Magistrate and others these days, and has not had time to clean up your shops.
Everyone knows that blocking the way is like transferring money from one hand to the other. If you insist on taking a hundred taels, then just chop off their feet and keep their hands, so that they can help their family weave baskets to sell. This way, they won't have to block the way anymore, and the whole family can have a peaceful life.
After chopping them off, we will take them and the severed leg to the county government office to ask the county magistrate to judge the case and ask whether what you did is legal and compliant. "
The sturdy man frowned. This little girl is very brave. Their shop used to be protected by County Magistrate Cao. Now that County Magistrate Cao has been imprisoned, they have restrained themselves a little.
But these peasants were timid and would take the money obediently after a little scare.
However, he couldn't lose his momentum.
"Who do you think the county magistrate is? You can see him whenever you want? Hurry up and pay me back, or I'll chop off their hands and feet."
"It seems that you didn't ask about our family's situation before you came. Then give it a try. Go ahead and chop."
The sturdy man saw that Li Wanyue looked determined. If it was really like what she said, he might not be able to get the money and he would have to go to jail.
The current county magistrate is no pushover and won't respond to any persuasion.
Their boss also told them to be careful in the future and not to run into the county magistrate's trap, otherwise he would not take care of them.
Thinking of this, he said, "How about this, you guys pay back sixty taels, it can't be any less."
"Twenty taels. If you want it, take it. If you don't want it, just take the person away."
The sturdy man saw that the others didn't say anything, and Li Wanyue was a tough one.
After hesitating for a moment, he thought that these two people were already addicted. Unless they kept them tied up, they would still come after him and he could make money then.
He said, "Okay, twenty taels is twenty taels. Give me the money and I'll let him go."
Zhao Mancang said bitterly: "Come back to Shangwan Village with me, and I will give you the money."
Let these people leave the Li family first.
Li Wanyue patted Zhao Mancang's arm and said, "Uncle, I have other uses. Please wait a moment."
After saying that, he turned and went into the yard. After a while, he came out with a tray in his hand with a few pieces of paper on it.
No one knew what she meant.
Li Wanyue pointed at two of them and looked at Zhao Wenhu and Zhao Wenliang.
"My two cousins, these two deeds are for selling your bodies. If you sign them, I will help you pay the money. The twenty taels of silver will be the money for selling your bodies."
The two looked at Li Wanyue in disbelief. What did her cousin say? Let them sell themselves into slavery?
Everyone present didn't expect her to do this and were stunned.
Zhao Xiuying came to her senses and wanted to help persuade them, but was held down by Zhao Suying.
The two aunts immediately said, "Yueyue, this money is a loan from us, we will definitely pay it back, how can we sell ourselves into slavery?"
Li Wanyue said calmly: "Aunt, do you think it is better to sell yourself into slavery or to cut off your hands and feet?"
The two of them stopped talking immediately.
Zhao Mancang and Zhao Manliang looked at each other and said in unison: "We agree, let them be sold to you as slaves."
"Dad." The two of them shouted anxiously.
"Don't call me dad. I don't have a rebellious son like you. I was planning to cut off all ties with you when you came back."
Li Wanyue said, "Sign it. If you don't sign, you can go out and deal with it. Either you lose your hands and feet, or you keep your hands and feet intact and become a slave. Choose one."
Zhao Wenliang's eyes rolled. No matter how much they were his cousins, it was impossible for them to be his slaves. Even if the contract was signed, it could be invalidated.
He immediately said, "I'll sign."
As he spoke, he stretched out his fingers with great effort and pressed his fingerprint on the deed.
Seeing this, Zhao Wenhu had no choice but to press his fingerprints obediently.
Li Wanyue pointed to the two silver ingots on the tray and said, "This is the receipt. Once you sign it, you can take the silver away. Remember, these two people will be slaves in the future. I will send them to the boss in the county tomorrow. If they come to block your place again, the boss will beat them to death."
The strong man didn't expect her to do this. As a result, he could no longer let the two of them enter the blockade.
He angrily pressed his fingerprints, took the money and left.
Zhao Mancang raised his foot and kicked Zhao Wenhu hard: "It's fine if you bring shame to your own village, but you also implicate your aunt and her family. Since you have been sold to your aunt's family, I will treat you as an irrelevant son from now on."
After saying that, he looked at Zhao Suying and said, "Sister, Yueyue, I am sorry to trouble you. Now he is your family's servant. You can use him if you want. If you don't want to use him, just sell him to another family. We will never interfere."
After saying that, he strode out of the door with his family.
Zhao Manyang said the same thing and followed him.
The Zhang family followed closely behind.
Li Youshan went to deliver it and secretly gave Zhao Mancang and the other man ten taels of silver each.
He had just heard that they were borrowing money and selling land, so he went back to the house to get the money.
No wonder these two look much older than last year.
If the two children hadn't gotten involved with this stuff, life wouldn't be so difficult for their family.
Brother Zhao Mancang was shocked. This was too much, so he quickly pushed it back.
Li Youshan whispered, "Big brother, second brother, take it first, and buy some meat for the family. You can ignore yourselves, but you should also take care of the children. Look at the child's pale face."
Zhao Mancang sighed and had to accept it: "Brother-in-law, consider it a loan from you. I will definitely return it to you later."
Li Youshan nodded.
Zhao Suying and her sister were walking behind. She asked, "No wonder the relationship between Zhang Dahai and you doesn't seem the same as before. Is it because of Wenhu and the others?"
Zhao Xiuying smiled bitterly: "Not entirely, my family members work in the town, and sometimes when I see them, I give them some sesame cakes or buns, which makes the Zhang family unhappy.
Plus, there are two stalls next to us, one selling sesame cakes and the other selling steamed buns and wontons. Business is not as good as before, so they think I always give food from home to my mother's family, which damages my family's fortune. I also know that I am a little too much, but... Alas."
"Why didn't anyone tell me?"
"Your family is not doing well either. Although Sandong returned the money to us before, I thought you were also tightening your belt to make ends meet. Sandong's marriage also requires money, so how could I possibly tell you?
If someone hadn't told me about this, my elder and second brothers wouldn't have thought of telling me."
Zhao Suying sighed, hoping that after getting over this hurdle, her elder brother and the others could return to a peaceful life.
Li Wanyue followed behind and asked, "Aunt, are you selling sesame cakes and buns now?"
"right."
"Do you want to put vegetables in the sesame cake?"
Zhao Xiuying shook her head.
"Aunt, I have a suggestion. You can try it."
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