Chapter 71 Selling for a good price

Liang Yuanwen stepped forward and grabbed her, "Don't accuse me without evidence. Have you forgotten about the brown sugar cake?"

"Brown sugar cake?" Speaking of brown sugar cake, Shen Yuefu suddenly remembered those hooligans who stole the brown sugar cake last time. It was Huanxue who found them!

She turned around, grabbed Liang Huanxue and asked, "Have you seen Gazi and the others?"

"Gazi? Have you seen Gazi?" Liang Huanxue asked the villagers who were helping to search.

Ever since those hooligans came back, they have been wandering around the village all day, teasing cats here or dogs there, causing trouble.

The village chief couldn't do anything about them, but no one saw Gazi today.

Even in the caves where they usually frequented, there was no sign of them.

"It must be Gazi and the others who took Huanxue away!"

"Where would they take Huanxue? Would they sell her to a human trafficker?"

"If we want to find the human traffickers, we have to go to the county town. If we chase them now, we might still be able to catch up!"

Nian Huayue and Wang Xifen stayed to accompany Shen Yuefu and Old Lady Liang, while the rest of the people all rushed to the county town.

At this time, Liang Huanxue had been released from the sack and was sitting in a yard in the county town. A fat woman stood in front of her, looking her up and down.

"It looks very good and is very pretty. If I raise it for a few years, I'm sure it will fetch a good price."

"Aunt Mei, how much money do you think I'll give you?" When Gazi heard this, his saliva was about to flow.

This girl is indeed worth her money. Fortunately, I didn't listen to Liu Chunhua and kill her.

Wouldn't that mean a huge loss?

"I haven't heard her speak since she came in. Could she be mute?" Aunt Mei stared at Liang Huanxue and saw her beautiful eyes blinking with confusion in them.

"How can you be mute? You have a nice voice!" Gazi blew on Liang Huanxue, trying to get her to speak.

But Liang Huanxue didn't make a sound.

Then she looked at him with questioning eyes.

It seems that he doesn't understand the purpose of doing this.

"Liang Huanxue, you... don't pretend in front of me! Say something quickly, or I'm going to hit you!" Gazi stretched out his hand again and was about to hit Liang Huanxue in the face.

Seeing this, Big Dog stopped him and said, "What if it's damaged? Wouldn't it be even harder to sell? I think it's frightened, so it can't talk. I've seen this before."

Wu Erwa also joined in, "Aunt Mei, you are a human trafficker, you must have seen this before, right? He was so scared that he couldn't speak, but he will be fine after a few days!"

"I've seen it before, but this isn't just like being unable to speak, it's more like being unable to hear." Aunt Mei felt that Liang Huanxue looked like she was deaf and dumb, and that it was a waste of her good looks.

"Aunt Mei, she is really good at talking. Haven't you seen her in the county? She often comes with her mother to sell rouge in front of the rouge shop on East Street. She sits on the ox cart and her voice is crisp and sweet."

Gazi thought that anyone in the county who had seen Liang Huanxue would remember what she looked like.

Unfortunately, Aunt Mei had never encountered Liang Huanxue selling rouge, so she doubted what he said.

"You've made up a lot of lies. You can even say something like this." Aunt Mei thought for a moment and said, "How about this, let's lock her up here for a day. We'll know tomorrow whether she's mute or not."

Liang Huanxue was taken to the door of a room.

The door was locked with a thick iron chain with a large padlock on top.

Aunt Mei unlocked the door, ripped the chain apart, and then opened the door.

There were about a dozen children locked inside, huddled in a corner, looking outside with horror on their faces.

"If any of you can get her to speak, I will let you out." After saying this, Aunt Mei pushed Liang Huanxue in roughly.

Then the door was closed again.

The longer Liang Huanxue sat on the ground, the longer the children cried.

The crying didn't stop until she stood up from the ground.

These dozen or so children, most of them are girls, and basically they all look pale and thin. It doesn't take much thought to know who sold them here.

Even if we can rescue them, where can we send them?

Those boys were good-looking. One of them was wearing a satin dress. He had a rosy complexion and fair skin, and it was obvious that he came from a wealthy family.

He is also the most timid one, and has been hiding in a corner from the beginning until now.

Even the crying was so quiet that it was almost inaudible.

Liang Huanxue walked over, grabbed his trembling little hand, and said, "Don't be afraid."

"You...you can speak?" The girl who pushed her heard her talking and hurried to her side, almost falling down.

"I can speak, but I'm just pretending to be dumb. Otherwise, the people who sold me would have already taken the money and left. If I were deaf and dumb, I wouldn't be able to get a good price. They would definitely start arguing, and in the end, the deal might not even be done."

When Liang Huanxue said this, she raised her chin with a proud look on her face.

"You are so smart, why didn't I think of that?" The children looked at her with admiration.

Liang Huanxue asked them to sit down, and also let the young man who looked like he was kidnapped from a wealthy family sit next to her.

"How did you all get here?"

The answer was similar to what she thought. Many of them were sold to human traffickers by their own parents.

But they still wanted to go home.

"If you go back, aren't you afraid of being sold out by them again?" Liang Huanxue asked.

She knew that they were still young and would instinctively be attached to their home.

They must be made to know that this world is inherently cruel.

Even if they go back to the place called home, they will not get any warmth from there.

They will only be sold to human traffickers again.

At that time, there was no one like Liang Huanxue who could rescue them.

"Can you save us out?" The young master who had been silent looked at Liang Huanxue with moist eyes, just like a puppy. His voice was also thin and soft. If it wasn't for the quietness in the room, I'm afraid no one would be able to hear what he said.

"Of course!" Liang Huanxue answered with a smile, her face full of confidence, as if she was saying "I'll take care of it."

"My father is very rich. If you save me, he can give you a lot of money." The young master said hopefully.

"Why don't you tell them your identity? Maybe they will send you back?" Liang Huanxue was puzzled.

The young master's head shook like a rattle, "No!"

Liang Huanxue didn't understand why he was so scared, so she looked up at the others and asked, "Did anything happen before?"

"Before, there was a person who said that her family was rich and asked the human traffickers to send her back, but the human traffickers just threw her into the well." An older child explained.