"Xiao Lei, Xiao Qian, your sister-in-law has something to do outside this afternoon, she'll be back before dark."
You can play at home or outside, just be careful not to go to dangerous places, okay?
After finishing her meal and washing the dishes, Wei Yuyan prepared to put her plan into action.
"Okay, sister-in-law, don't worry, we'll be fine."
Wu Lei probably knows what Wei Yuyan wants to do.
"Okay, be good."
Wei Yuyan patted the two children on the shoulders and then went out.
As Wei Yuyan walked along the road, she felt a little uneasy. Would Xiaohua's parents stop her from taking Xiaohua out?
As I was thinking, before I even reached Xiaohua's house, I saw Xiaohua carrying a large basin of clothes back from the riverbank.
"Little Flower~, why are you doing laundry at this hour? Have you eaten yet?"
Wei Yuyan was somewhat surprised.
"Sister-in-law Wu, I've already eaten. I was busy with housework this morning and didn't do the laundry."
"I'm going to chop firewood this afternoon, so I'm doing laundry at this time. Where are you going?"
The girl's face no longer bore the sorrow of yesterday, but her eyes still held a trace of melancholy.
"So many! My sister-in-law came here specifically to see you."
Wei Yuyan looked at the large basin of clothes, pursed her lips, and realized that she had to wash all the clothes for the whole family.
"Looking for me?"
Xiaohua was puzzled.
“If you don’t want to marry that idiot, you have to come to town with me now. Isn’t this the place to talk? We can do it and talk.”
Wei Yuyan looked around and decided to keep it brief.
"Sister-in-law Wu, wait for me on the path for a moment. I'll hang up the clothes and come right away."
Xiaohua's eyes seemed to light up again. After saying that, she picked up a large basin of clothes and prepared to go back to hang them up.
Wei Yuyan shook her head. If Xiaohua wasn't at home, her younger sister would probably become the next her.
But I'm not Guanyin Bodhisattva, I only wanted to help her because of her kindness towards Qianqian.
Wei Yuyan wondered when she would ever be able to overcome her soft-heartedness. After thinking about all this, she headed down the path.
"Sister-in-law Wu, I'm here. I'm sorry, I still need to settle my younger siblings in before I go out."
Xiao Hua looked apologetically at Wei Yu Yan, explaining that she had been delayed because her younger siblings had no one to look after them.
He specifically told them to stay home and sleep, and not to go out after they woke up. He also gave them some candy that he had hidden for half a year.
"It's okay, let's go, Xiaohua. To tell you the truth, I don't know if we'll succeed either."
But I want to take you to try it out; it's better than doing nothing, right?"
Wei Yuyan felt that even failure was better than sitting and waiting for death.
"Thank you, Sister-in-law Wu. Whether it succeeds or not, I am grateful to you."
Xiao Hua looked at Wei Yuyan gratefully.
"Let's go, let's try to be as fast as possible."
Wei Yuyan and Xiaohua quickened their pace.
It only took half an hour to reach the town. Wei Yuyan didn't know where the embroidery workshop was, so she could only ask for directions as she walked.
"It's right at the end of this street, the sign is really big, you can see it as soon as you walk over."
An older woman gave them directions.
"thank you".
The two walked in the direction the woman had pointed.
"This is it."
Looking at the large characters "Pearl Embroidery Workshop," Wei Yuyan couldn't help but sigh, "It's really impressive."
Looking at the gate so close at hand, Wei Yuyan felt a little nervous. Would they want Xiaohua?
"Sister-in-law Wu, can you take me to this place?"
Wei Yuyan told her on the way that it was an embroidery workshop, and she felt a little flustered.
"We should give it a try. Let's go ask."
Wei Yuyan took Xiaohua's hand and led her inside.
"May I ask if you are looking at ready-made clothes or fabric?"
As soon as Wei Yuyan entered, a girl who looked a little older than her came out to greet her.
"Is your boss here? I'd like to ask if your embroidery workshop needs any more staff?"
Wei Yuyan couldn't very well say that she was there to sell people.
"Our boss is here. Please wait a moment while I go and inform him."
The girl went inside and came out quickly.
"Go in."
The girl pointed to the room inside.
Wei Yuyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was good to see the boss; she was just afraid he wouldn't be there.
The two mustered their courage and went to the door of the room. Wei Yuyan knocked on the door.
"Come in".
It was a woman's voice. Wei Yuyan was a little surprised, but it was fleeting. She pushed open the door and went in, only to see a woman with heavy makeup sitting at her desk.
No, to be precise, she was an older woman, probably over forty.
"Madam, do you need any help with your embroidery workshop?"
Wei Yuyan thought for a moment and realized that calling her "boss" seemed inappropriate, so she decided to call her "madam."
"Is it you? Or her?"
The woman looked up and glanced at the two people.
"It's her."
Wei Yuyan responded.
"Do you know the rules of our embroidery workshop?"
The woman put down her account book and stood up to stretch her limbs.
"I know a little bit about it; I heard you have to sell yourself to get in."
Wei Yuyan answered truthfully.
"Your understanding is rather one-sided; here, it takes from morning till night to embroider."
Most people can't endure this hardship, and it strains their eyes; some people's eyes are ruined as early as forty."
After the woman finished speaking, she looked at Xiaohua, wanting to see her reaction.
"I can, I can, madam, please accept me."
Xiaohua showed no sign of regret; on the contrary, she looked at the lady with a hint of joy.
"Can you embroider? Embroider a flower for me to see. Who is she? Your sister? She doesn't look like her."
The woman seemed to have a very sharp eye; she gave Xiaohua a piece of cloth and a needle and thread and then sat down.
"Madam, I am from the same hometown as her. Her parents want to sell her to a fool as his wife for a few taels of silver."
I couldn't bear to do it, so I brought her here, hoping you'll like her and buy her."
Wei Yuyan spoke the truth, after all, there was nothing to hide in this situation, so she had to be honest.
"That's ridiculous. So her parents don't know yet? Aren't you just wasting my time? Go back."
After hearing Wei Yuyan's words, the woman no longer wanted to get involved in such family matters.
"Madam, I won't leave, please. If you don't take me in, I'll only have one way out: death."
Xiao Hua knelt down and begged the lady, saying she would rather go blind from embroidery than marry that fool.
"You... are of a decent age, but you haven't seen much of the world, so you can't embroider anything special. At most, you'd be worth eight taels of silver."
My rule for buying people is that they cannot leave within five years. If they want to leave after five years, they need to bring eight taels of silver to get a contract of indenture.
For the next five years, I had to embroider from morning till night, but I could guarantee that I would have food to eat and clothes to wear, though I would have no freedom.
If you stay for five years, you'll gradually start earning some wages. If you save up eight taels of silver, you can leave.
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