"Pandi, you know our family's situation right now. The fortune teller said that if you continue to stay at home, I won't be able to have a son. Do you want our Wang family line to end?"
Wang Yougang's wife scolded him with a cold face.
Yes, they decided to sell their daughter not only because they were poor and greedy, but also for another reason.
The fortune teller said that Pandi would bring misfortune to her younger brother...
"Alright!" Brother Li snapped impatiently. "I've already paid the money. I'm taking the person away now. You can go back!"
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed Pandi's arm.
"No! I don't want to go with you! No... Help!" Pandi struggled in terror.
She was already ten years old and knew what being sold into a brothel meant...
But how could a ten-year-old girl, so thin and small, possibly compete with the strength of an adult?
"Little girl, be a good girl and come with Uncle. Uncle will take you to eat and drink your fill..."
"I don't want to..." Pandi had already started crying.
Just then, Liu Yingying came out of the restaurant and coldly reprimanded her.
"stop!"
"Auntie, save me!" Pandi cried out as if she had seen a savior!
The Wang couple and Li Ge all looked at her. Li Ge looked impatient. "I've already given you the money. I advise you to mind your own business!"
Liu Yingying walked towards them and said calmly, "I am Liu Yingying, the Lady of Lihe Township."
Upon hearing this, Li Ge's expression changed slightly, and he looked at her with a hint of apprehension.
She simply identified herself, then shifted her gaze from Li Ge to the Wang couple.
"Didn't I already give you one or two taels of silver and specifically instruct you to take good care of this child?"
Only a few days later, this wolfish couple actually wanted to sell Pandi!
"This...this..." Wang Yougang's wife stammered, not daring to look Liu Yingying in the eye.
Liu Yingying was too lazy to argue with them, and instead asked Li Ge directly, "How much money did they charge you?"
"Two ounces!"
"What, do you want to take this girl away from me?" Brother Li looked at her with some doubt.
Liu Yingying tossed him two taels of silver; "Take it, I want this little girl!"
The Wang couple were stunned by what they saw. When did their worthless daughter become so valuable?
There are actually people scrambling to buy it?
"Wait... This two taels of silver is the money I spent to buy the child, but I came all the way from Furong County, and now I'm going back empty-handed, not to mention it has delayed so many of my things. You have to give me an explanation, right?"
A sly glint flashed in Li Ge's eyes, and Liu Yingying naturally understood that he wanted more money.
However, she never wanted to bother with things that could be solved with money.
So he threw another tael of silver over and didn't give Li Ge any more chance to bargain.
"If this is still not enough, why don't we go and have a chat with the county magistrate? It just so happens that my status as a village lady was also obtained with Lord Shen's guarantee!"
Most women who were granted the title of "village lady" had made outstanding contributions to the county.
What Liu Yingying did is common knowledge in Furong County.
Many people are now spreading rumors that Lord Shen is having an affair with Lady Liu of Lihe Township, which is why he's so protective of her...
Li Ge was just a pimp in a brothel, so naturally he didn't want to get into trouble. He knew when to stop, so he smiled a few times and left in a hurry.
Liu Yingying knelt down in front of Pandi, looking at her gently and asking, "Pandi, don't be afraid, you won't be sold to that kind of place..."
"Thank you, Auntie... Thank you!" The ten-year-old child can distinguish between good and evil.
She knew she had met a kind person.
Liu Yingying glanced at the Wang couple again, but did not intend to pay them any attention. Instead, she continued to ask Pandi.
"Pandi, you are free now. No one has the right to take you away unless you want to!"
"Now your auntie is asking you, do you want to go back with your parents, or do you want to come with your auntie?"
"Your aunt has two younger brothers, about your age, and an older sister who is a few years older than you..."
Upon hearing Liu Yingying's words, Pandi couldn't help but show a hint of longing in her eyes.
But soon she seemed to remember something, and turned her head to look at the Wang couple timidly.
When the Wang couple saw that Liu Yingying was letting Pandi make her own choice, they started to have wicked thoughts again.
They've already received two taels of silver from Brother Li today. If this girl goes back with them, they can sell her again later and get a few more taels of silver.
For once, the two Zhongshan wolves showed a rare look of affection towards Pandi.
"Pandi, why don't you go home with your parents?"
"Your parents promise you'll never sell you again!"
Pandi looked at them with some hesitation, seemingly conflicted.
Just when the Wang couple thought the woman would definitely choose them over Liu Yingying, a stranger, they heard Pandi say;
"I want to go with Aunt Xiangjun!"
"I want to go with Aunt Xiangjun!"
She repeated it twice, her tone firm.
"Alright!" Liu Yingying smiled and patted her head, then glanced at the dumbfounded Wang Yougang and his wife, and said coldly, "Then let's go to the village headman now and write the indenture!"
She could have directly adopted Pandi as her daughter, but if she had, Wang Yougang and his wife would still have been a problem in the future!
If she signed the indenture, Pandi would truly have no further connection with them.
They will have no reason to leech off their daughter in the future!
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