Chapter 64 Sold
Li Jidao and A Liu rinsed their mouths and washed their faces. The sun had already set outside, and the early-rising moon echoed with the lights of thousands of homes. The streets still retained the hustle and bustle of the day.
Li Jidao walked out of the yard and A Liu hurriedly followed him.
Perhaps the common people knew that dignitaries were coming to the city today, so the streets were indeed very busy, and all kinds of small vendors selling snacks gathered here.
The palace guards did not chase anyone away, and some people even came out to buy fruit to eat.
Li Jidao saw a man wearing casual clothes and with his hair casually pinned up with a wooden hairpin. Although he did not seem to be of prominent status, Song Jie, whose face was so attractive that people could not take their eyes off him, was standing in front of the sugar man.
Ah Liu also saw it and said excitedly: "That, that, that is not..."
She didn't say anything else, but pulled Li Jidao over to say hello: "Um..."
"There are eleven in my clan."
"Shiyilang, are you coming out to join in the fun as well?" A Liu asked excitedly.
Song Jie nodded slightly as a sign of agreement.
After that, he didn't say anything, just stared at the crowd, as if he was thinking about something.
Li Jidao didn't say anything either, just watched the people coming and going.
So deserted.
In the midst of the hustle and bustle, no one around me was talking.
A Liu thinks it's really boring for these two people to be together.
"My wife, look, why are there no women walking on the street? Is the moral environment here very bad?" A Liu suddenly discovered a problem and spoke to his wife.
However, the lady never replied to her.
Li Jidao had already discovered this problem a long time ago. Since they came to the town, they had rarely seen women.
The ones I have seen are those who are getting older. I have never seen any young girls.
There are no little girls among the children.
"Very strange!" Song Jie said. He went to the stall selling Mohele and bought three dolls. Then he asked the stall owner, "Why do you rarely see girls?"
The stall owner was a man in his sixties who spoke with a dialect, had leaky teeth, and spoke quickly and indistinctly.
"There are no girls anymore. All the babies born are boys." The old lady smiled knowingly when she said this: "With the blessing of the gods, all the babies born are boys."
Suddenly, she said solemnly, "But it's not good if every family has boys. It's hard to find a wife."
Ah Liu understood, and she frowned and said, "What kind of deity is so powerful that all his children are boys?"
The old lady pointed to the mountains in the distance and said: "Lihua Village, Lihua Village, men sleep with their wives, and all the babies they give birth to are boys."
Ah Liu's heart skipped a beat and he looked at Li Jidao.
Oh, my lady is stupid and doesn’t understand.
She looked at Song Jie again: "My dear, what exactly did she mean?"
Song Jie said: "It should be a bad meaning."
Ah Liu: “…”
It's the same as not asking.
"A Liu!" Suddenly a sweet voice came from behind.
Ah Liu's body felt like it was electrocuted, and goose bumps appeared all over his body.
She turned around and saw Li Sanniang and her two maids standing behind her, calling her.
Ah Liu asked, "Miss San, are you calling me for something?"
"What do I want you to do? Come here, I have something good to give you." Li Sanniang said with a smile on her face.
Ah Liu shook his head and said, "I won't go. I have to protect my wife."
"You...you are so insolent. You don't listen to me?" Li Sanniang's face showed anger.
Ah Liu rolled his eyes: "Why should I listen to you? I am not your slave."
"you……"
Li Sanniang was angry for a moment, then a bright look appeared on her face again. She walked up to Li Jidao and pulled her behind the stall.
Ah Liu hurriedly followed and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Do you have to mind my conversation with my sister? Don't forget your status. You are just a slave. I have given you enough respect."
Ah Liu hugged his shoulders and snorted: "Then I will listen to what you have to say..."
As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a pain in the back of her neck. She fainted without even being able to scream.
Afterwards, Li Sanniang whispered to the maids, "Throw her into the ditch and don't let anyone find her."
The two maids threw away the bricks, carried A Liu and walked away.
Li Jidao looked back and realized that it was completely dark. There was no light behind their stall. Although some people on the street looked over there, they didn't seem to notice anything unusual and just left.
Li Sanniang looked at Li Jidao with a malicious smile on his face and said, "Ah Jian, can I take you to buy some candy?"
There was no need for Li Jidao to say anything. Li Sanniang pulled her roughly to a carriage at the end of the street.
There was no one around, so Li Sanniang said to the driver, "No need to pay, I'll give it to you, but once it's gone, you can't give it back."
The driver, a man in his forties, jumped off the car to inspect the goods.
Li Sanniang held the driver's hand and said, "She is indeed a little ugly, but I don't want money. Aren't you going to buy a wife? A woman who can give birth to children is enough. You can't give her up just because she is ugly."
The driver nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes... young lady, please help her and take her to the car."
Li Sanniang wished that this "fool" would die quickly, so of course she was willing.
But just as she turned around, the driver chopped Li Sanniang down with a knife and threw her into the cart: "We want the ugly ones, but we want the pretty ones even more. There hasn't been a new woman in the village for a year. How can we let you get away?"
Afterwards, the driver turned around and looked at Li Ji and said, "I want to see how ugly it is."
He lifted Li Jidao's veil and saw that the woman's mouth and eyes were crooked, saliva was dripping from the corners of her mouth, and her chin was wet. The most frightening thing was that she stared at him straight in the eyes, as if he was some kind of delicious meal, and she slurped twice.
Really, the woman who was forced here has some intention, but this kind of person covets him, which makes people feel disgusted at the first sight.
He quickly put down the veil and wiped his hands as if there was something dirty on them: "It's really too ugly, but she is a woman after all, so I'll keep it."
What a fool! The driver didn't take any precautions and just threw the person into the car and left him there.
I'm not afraid that she'll run away.
After getting into the car, Li Jidao slowly adjusted her veil, then looked back and found that not only Li Sanniang was in the car, but also Li Sanniang's two maids. He estimated that this man had already taken action when Li Sanniang was talking to him.
In addition, there was another person who was left alone. He was leaning against the corner of the carriage with his eyes tightly closed. His long eyelashes were slightly curled up, and his pink little mouth was pouting like a baby's. He seemed like a good child, pure and beautiful, and she wanted to destroy him.
It’s Song Jie.
Li Jidao thought about it, covered Song Jie's mouth with one hand, pinched the flesh inside Song Jie's thigh with the other hand, and then exerted force.
Song Jie woke up in pain and suddenly opened his eyes. He saw the little girl pulled her hand back and sat quietly beside him, as if she was not the one who had pinched the person just now.
But the flesh on the inside of his thigh still hurts. If it wasn't her, then who did it?