Moreover, due to long periods of outdoor work or wandering, their skin was tanned dark. Only their big, round eyes stood out on their dirty, dark, and thin faces, making them look quite energetic.
After the two strong men looked at it for a while, one of them curled his lips and said nonchalantly: "Huh, it looks average. If you want to sell it, I'll give you this bag of coarse grains."
As he spoke, he pointed to a bag of coarse grains lying on the ground next to him, which didn't look very full.
When the old woman heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up, and a hint of surprise flashed in her originally turbid eyes.
She agreed immediately without even thinking about it, and said hurriedly: "Sell it, I'll sell it!"
As she said that, she stretched out her hand without hesitation and pushed the two little girls who were still in a daze over.
The two girls were pushed and staggered, almost falling to the ground, and then stood together in a daze, not saying a word.
In fact, both children knew in their hearts that not long ago, their parents passed away and the pillar of the family collapsed.
Grandma has always been partial to my uncle's family. Whenever she has something delicious or useful, she always gives it to my uncle's children and ignores the two of them.
Now that there is no food at home, grandma is definitely unwilling to support them. Rather than starving to death on the road with grandma, perhaps they can still have a glimmer of hope by being sold. At least they can have something to eat and won't starve to death.
Thinking of this, tears welled up in the eyes of the two little girls, but they held back their tears and just stood there quietly, waiting for their unknown fate.
When the people in Sujia Village saw this heart-wrenching and shocking scene, their faces were filled with confusion, and their eyes were filled with bewilderment and surprise.
They really didn't understand what was going on, so they quickly grabbed the people next to them and asked anxiously.
After asking this question, I found out that the people in front of me were actually from the pawn shop.
These people usually engage in human trafficking, and now, taking advantage of the famine, they have seized the opportunity and come here from far away, thinking of buying people at extremely low prices while everyone is desperate.
Look at this situation, the businessman's sense of smell is extremely sharp.
On ordinary days, if you want to buy a person, you have to spend several taels of silver and you have to bargain a lot.
But now, the situation is completely different.
Now, as long as you offer a little bit of food, even just a small bag of coarse grains, there will be a lot of people lining up and vying to sell themselves or even their relatives.
The eyes of those people were filled with the desire to survive, even though they knew that if they were sold, their future days might be plunged into endless darkness and suffering. However, under the pressure of hunger, they had no choice but to choose this path that seemed to save their lives temporarily.
The people of Sujia Village witnessed all this, and their hearts felt as if they were weighed down by a huge stone, heavy and heavy, and everyone felt a sense of empathy.
They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts that in this chaotic world, human life is as worthless as grass!
In this world full of disasters, human life seems to be worthless. In order to have a bite to eat or to survive a few more days, people have to give up their dignity, freedom, and even the right to be with their loved ones. How sad and lamentable it is!
In this chaotic and panic-stricken scene, Mrs. Li saw the human traffickers blatantly engaging in human trafficking, and a fierce light flashed in her eyes.
She turned around suddenly, her eyes shooting towards the three granddaughters beside her like lightning.
The wrinkles on her face were deepened by her distorted expression. Her wrinkled lips trembled slightly, revealing a vicious expression. She began to scare her three granddaughters at the top of her voice: "Did you see that? Look carefully at those people over there! If you don't obey me and dare to act mischievously, I will sell you all! You too will have a taste of what it feels like to be sold like animals!"
Her voice was sharp and shrill, and it was particularly harsh in the noisy environment. It instantly reached the ears of her three granddaughters.
Daya and Erya were two timid girls, and they were usually frightened by Mrs. Li's strict discipline.
Hearing this, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale, and their bodies trembled like fallen leaves in the wind, hugging each other.
Their lips were trembling constantly, their eyes were filled with fear, and their big eyes, which were once bright, were now filled with endless fear and pleading. They looked at Mrs. Li tremblingly and cried out in tears: "Grandma, we will be obedient, we will be very obedient, please don't sell us! Please, grandma,..."
San Ya was completely different from her sisters who were trembling with fear. Her little face was tense and she looked unconvinced, and her round eyes were rolling around non-stop.
She knew very well in her heart that her grandmother was not very nice to her sisters on a daily basis and was obviously biased towards them. Now that she saw this matter of selling people, she actually wanted to sell her and her sisters. How could she accept this!
Thinking of this, San Ya gritted her teeth, took a step forward with her calves, swung her arms and ran quickly towards the direction of the village chief.
After a while, San Ya ran to the village chief. She was breathing heavily, and her little chest was heaving.
Before she could even breathe properly, she impatiently grabbed the village chief's clothes, tilted her head up, tears welling in her eyes, yet revealed a stubbornness as she shouted, "Village chief, my grandma said she wants to sell me and my sister! You have to help us, village chief. I don't want to be sold, and my sisters don't want to..."
When the village chief heard San Ya's words, his eyes widened and his face turned ashen in an instant.
He was so angry. Mrs. Li was always harsh to her granddaughters because she favored boys over girls. She either made them do hard work or had a bad face. Although the village chief felt that these things were inappropriate, he thought that it was someone else's family affair after all, so he didn't interfere too much.
But now, he is even thinking of selling his granddaughter. This is too much!
The village chief became angrier and angrier as he thought about it, and his fists clenched unconsciously.
The village chief frowned and looked serious. He followed the anxious San Ya through the crowd and soon found Li Pozi.
When Mrs. Li saw San Ya, she was staring at her with displeasure, as if she wanted to eat her alive. She was cursing in a low voice: "You dead girl, wait and see how I'll deal with you when I get back!"
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