"Third brother!"
Lin Wu cried out in surprise, feeling aggrieved. He glared at Su Yun fiercely, "Third brother, you don't know how mean this old woman is. She wants to sell Su Mu to her uncle from the Wang family. That old man is almost as old as she is, and he still likes to beat his wife. They are pushing Su Mu into the fire pit!"
"I can do whatever I want with my son. Why should you, an outsider, interfere?!" Su Yun's face turned green and she yelled angrily.
"Auntie Su, since you registered Su Mu as a slave at the government office, I will buy him now. Here is fifteen taels of silver, keep it." Lin Mo's cold voice sounded, he really didn't want to delay any longer.
Su Mu's face turned blue, his lips were cracked, and he could hardly open his eyes. If he delayed any longer, Su Mu would not be able to hold on. His eyes fell on Su Yun, and a hint of murderous intent flashed across his eyes. He, Lin Mo, would remember this account!
Lin Mo placed the silver on the only worn-out four-legged stool in the yard, ignored everyone's attention, and walked towards the staggering Su Mu in two steps and three steps, and picked him up.
"I'm sorry, I'm late and made you suffer." Lin Mo felt distressed. In just over two months, this man had become so thin that only a bag of bones was left.
Su Mu leaned weakly in Lin Mo's arms. The wound from being hugged by Lin Mo didn't seem to hurt so much anymore. His eyes became hot and he couldn't help sobbing and crying, like a wounded kitten. He collapsed in his arms, sobbing and whimpering softly, each sound pierced Lin Mo's soul. It felt like a hole was drilled in his heart, and he was in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.
"Brother, Su Mu is seriously injured. I'll take him to the doctor first." Lin Mo held Su Mu gently, not daring to use force. His tone was indescribably soft, which sounded strange and terrifying to the ears of Su Yun and others.
"Okay... okay, take Brother Mu to see it quickly. If Awu hadn't passed by the street yesterday afternoon, he would have drowned in the river." Lin Sheng hadn't yet reacted to the huge sum of fifteen taels that Lin Mo took out. He was stunned for a moment, but when he thought of Su Mu's body, he worriedly urged Lin Mo to leave quickly.
Lin Mo's face darkened after hearing this, and he felt even more resentful towards the Su Yun family. However, before he even reached the door, Old Madam Su said in an unpleasant voice, "Who said we only want fifteen taels? Since Su Mu has been enslaved, whether we sell him to someone else or to the Wang family is up to us, and how much he gets is up to us, the Su family. Anyway, we won't sell him to you!"
Hearing this, Su Mu couldn't hold back any longer. He clenched Lin Mo's clothes tightly with his hands covered with calluses on his back. He shouted in collapse, his thin waist was trembling, and he cried out loudly. Lin Mo could feel his despair and felt so distressed that he held his hands tighter.
This family is truly cold-blooded! Since they won't let him have an easy life, then no one else can have an easy life either. Lin Moji will definitely repay today's vengeance double in the future!
"Be good and have a good rest. Leave it to me." Lin Mo's low voice was extremely gentle as he comforted Su Mu who was about to get off the ground.
When he said this, Su Mu paused, met his determined eyes, and then she relaxed and collapsed in his arms and closed her eyes. Lin Mo's face changed drastically in fear, and he was relieved when he felt the weak and shallow breathing.
Lin Mo's cold gaze fell on Old Lady Su.
"I wonder how much your Su family is willing to sell Su Mu to me?" Lin Mo smiled faintly, but his smile at this time made people feel frightened for no reason. People who know him will know that Lin Mo is already furious at this time!
"Mrs. Su, you are too shameless. You clearly agreed to give all fifteen taels to Lin Mo, and you have the nerve to go back on your word."
"That's right. People should be as shameless as trees. I didn't expect that such a shameless person would appear in our Maolin Village."
"Shame on you! Even if Su Mu isn't her biological child, he was conceived by Su Yun herself. How cruel of her to be so."
"Yeah, Lin Mo went out to do business and finally saved some money, but this family is so ruthless that they still want him to give it all away!"
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The villagers began to chatter. Lin Mo turned around, lowered his head slightly, and whispered in Lin Sheng's ear, "Brother, Mu Mu fainted. I'll take him to the doctor first. You find a way to get his indenture back. Ah Wu, go get the village chief and the head of the village. No matter how much the Su family wants, don't worry. Just agree to it. I saved a lot of money from this business trip."
"Twenty taels! No no... thirty taels! After all, our family has raised Su Mu for nineteen years, thirty taels is enough!"
Before everyone could react, Su Yunchun had already opened his mouth for a huge sum of money. He looked Lin Mo up and down, and became even more certain that Lin Mo must have made a lot of money.
Hiss~!
Except for Lin Mo, almost everyone present gasped. Thirty taels, an ordinary family would have to save for several years to earn that much, and Su Yunchun had the nerve to ask for it!
"Su Yunchun! You...you shouldn't go too far!" Lin Sheng was so angry that his whole body was shaking and he couldn't speak for a moment. It was the first time he had seen such a shameless person.
The other members of the Su family had smiles on their faces, and seemed to be very satisfied with the price Su Yunchun mentioned.
"Did you, Su Yunshi, raise your child for gold or silver? You insisted on having your son registered as a slave at the government office, disregarding the reputation of Maolin Village and selling him for a high price. How dare you!"
Suddenly a deep voice sounded, and everyone turned around. The person who came was the village chief Liu Da, and standing next to him was the village head Liu He.
"Village Chief, I'm determined to marry Su Mu and am willing to pay 15 taels for her indenture. It's just that Brother Su is deliberately making things difficult for me. Su Mu is now unconscious. I'll take him to see Doctor Yang at the foot of the village. I hope the village chief will make the final decision later."
Lin Mo hugged Su Mu and didn't have much good feelings towards the village chief in front of him. If he said that he didn't know about this, Lin Mo would never believe it even if he was beaten to death. He was probably only willing to help now that he saw that the village chief could come up with the money.
Lin Mo carried Su Mu and ran to Doctor Yang. The original owner had gotten medicine from him many times over the years, so he was very familiar with the way to his house.
All the medicines the original owner took over the years were obtained from him. Doctor Yang had a lame son. His wife died on the road when he was fleeing in his early years, and he later settled in Maolin Village. As an old man raising a child, his life has not been easy over the years.
"Oh, pitiful! Which mother of his is so cruel that she can kill such a little kid?"
Doctor Yang's face twisted as he looked at Su Mu with pity and continued, "I'm an old man, and it's not right for me to apply medicine to a young man like him. This ointment will heal the wound faster. Since you said you want to marry Brother Mu, you can apply this medicine to him."
Lin Mo nodded, took the ointment, and waited until Doctor Yang left before carefully lifting Su Mu's clothes. There were many crisscrossing whip marks on the back, and the skin was still bleeding. There were also bruises and scars of varying depths on other parts of the body.
The old wounds have been there for many years, leaving only obvious ugly scars, but the new ones are still intertwined with each other in a hideous manner, looking even more glaring and terrifying.
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