"That's all. The money I gave home last time was borrowed, and I haven't paid it back yet. Also, how could so much money I gave home be gone so quickly?"
“Dad gambled and said that if he didn’t get the money, he would sell Yaoyao to a brothel.”
"Sell, sell, sell! All you know is how to sell your daughters. Why don't you sell all the boys?"
"Dad said having daughters is an asset, something to be used for..."
"Is this for resale? I've already sold them all, so what's the point of asking me for money? I'm now a member of the Grand Commandant's mansion, and I have nothing to do with the Wang family anymore."
"Then Father will have to sell Yaoyao. Or should I ask the person who lent you money to borrow some more?"
"Impossible!" Qiaoyu opened the door. "Go away, I really have no money."
"Sister! Are you really going to just stand by and watch Yao Yao get sold?" The boy was getting anxious and grabbed Qiao Yu's arm.
Qiaoyu frowned, and finally took out a dozen or so coins from her pocket. "That's all I have."
"That works too." The boy grabbed the money and ran off.
"Wang Yaozong—" Qiaoyu wanted to give him a few more instructions, but the boy had already disappeared. She sighed helplessly, straightened her clothes, picked up the broom by the door, and went out to work.
Sitting on the tree, Mu Run thought for a moment, put the half-finished men's socks in his hand into an unused bird's nest in the tree branch, gathered his inner strength, and flew across the rooftops to catch up with Qiao Yu's younger brother, Wang Yaozong.
But as soon as the young man stepped out of the Grand Commandant's mansion, he was surrounded by a group of thugs.
One of the local thugs, holding an axe, pointed it at Wang Yaozong's head and demanded, "Where's the money?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Yaozong handed over the dozen or so coins he had just snatched from Qiaoyu to the local thug leader. "Brother, spare my life."
"That's all? Enough to feed a beggar."
“But my sister hasn’t been paid yet. Can we wait a few more days? You know I work at the docks, and I give all my earnings to the local security guard.”
"I'll give you another month for your sister's sake. If you don't return the remaining five taels of silver with interest after a month, I'll take your life!"
Yes, yes.
Only then did the group of thugs let him go.
Wang Yaozong patted the dirt off his clothes and took out the remaining two coins from his pocket. "That's enough to buy two steamed buns."
Mu Run followed him all the way, watching him buy a steamed bun, eat one, then put the remaining one into his pocket and enter a place that looked like a garbage dump.
Inside, there were dead dogs and rotten cats, and cockroaches and rats scurrying about everywhere. But Wang Yaozong was used to it and walked closer to the innermost part.
There is a dilapidated shack here.
In front of the dilapidated shed, a little girl with one leg missing sat in a pile of straw, her face pale and thin, weaving straw sandals.
There were already three or four pairs of woven shoes in the basket beside me.
"Yaoyao, your brother is back. I brought you some steamed buns."
"Brother, you eat. I'm not hungry." The little girl gave a weak but adorable smile.
Wang Yaozong walked over, took the half-woven straw sandals from her, and gave her the steamed bun, saying, "I've already eaten, you can have this."
"Brother really has eaten."
"I've already eaten. I'd be a dog if I lied to you."
"Mmm." Yao Yao took the steamed bun, took a bite, and said, "It's delicious, thank you, brother."
"Eat quickly. Once your brother pays off all of Dad's gambling debts, we'll leave this place, okay?"
"But my sister..."
"She's the head maid of the Grand Commandant's household, and she's quite influential, so there's no need to worry about her. The best thing we can do is just live our own lives and not cause her any more trouble."
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