Chapter 33: Selling People
Zhou Chen told Su Ling about the matter, it turned out that his aunt wanted to raise a little girl and it was useless, so he wanted to sell Xiaoting. In the past, the brother and sister were unaware, but today, the buyers have already come to the door to collect people.
Hearing that the Zhou family was going to sell Zhou Ting, Su Ling was really surprised. Although I knew that their sister-in-law was not good to them, I didn't expect that I would want to sell them!
If it is sold and the deed of sale is signed, it can be regarded as a slave. Although it is said that some people have become slaves in good families, they still live a good life. Some rich and noble families, the slaves are all dressed in gold and silver, and it looks better than living a poor life in the countryside.
However, those who are slaves do not have to endure hardships! If one of the masters is unhappy, they will not be beaten or scolded.
"What can I do!" Su Ling also didn't know what to do. Now, the uncles and aunts of the Zhou family are the elders and guardians of Zhou Chen's brothers and sisters, and it is okay to sell them. After all, Zhou Chen's father and grandparents have passed away, and now they are really in the hands of his uncle and aunt.
Although in terms of public opinion and morality, such behavior is really too ruthless. However, it is not illegal.
She really wants to help Zhou Chen's brothers and sisters, but she really doesn't know how to help!
Zhou Chen also fell silent. In the village, he really didn't know who to turn to for help, and although the people in the village sympathized with his brother and sister, they really couldn't help much. He really had no choice, so he came to find Sister Xin.
However, this seems to be very embarrassing for my sister.
Su Ling thought about it, but still thought about going to see the situation first, maybe she could think of a way! So she asked Sister-in-law Liu to help her watch the basin first, and took Zhou Chen all the way to Zhou's house. It was noon, and after lunch, many people rested under a large banyan tree in the village.
By the way, it seems to be very lively.
There is a big banyan tree in the middle of Yangjia Village, and I don't know how old it is, but it is very big anyway, and two adults can't surround it. The canopy of the tree is also really large, with lush branches and leaves, looking at it from a distance, it looks like a huge umbrella.
The people in the village don't know how many years this big tree has existed, but they just heard a few old people talk about it, as if when they were children, this tree felt like this.
Seeing Zhou Chen's wolf appearance, some people asked with concern what happened. Su Ling simply said that Zhou Chen's uncle and aunt were going to sell Zhou Ting.
The people in the village were also a little stunned, they didn't expect Zhou Chen's uncle and aunt to really do such a ruthless thing! The two children were already pitiful without their fathers and mothers, and there were still such uncles and aunts.
After listening to the Zhou family's affairs, there were some people who followed them to the Zhou family, as for whether they wanted to help or wanted to see the excitement, it was unknown.
When Su Ling and the others arrived at Zhou's house, the buyer was about to give money to Zhou Chen's uncle Zhou Hai. Yueting was crying in the courtyard, and she didn't want to go with others.
"Wait. Su Ling shouted. All of a sudden, so many people came to the courtyard of the Zhou family, which made several people here stunned.
"Uncle and aunt, you can't sell Xiaoting. Zhou Chen stepped forward and protected Zhou Ting in his arms.
"Tell you when it's your turn. Zhou Hai's wife, Zhang, stepped forward and gave Zhou Chen two slaps. "I keep you to live and you to eat, but you don't work all day, and you are only lazy, but if you sell it, you can sell it for a few taels of silver. ”
"Auntie, what you said is too much!" Su Ling stepped forward, "It's true that you are raising two children now, but it's not that they don't have any property! Now you live in the house and you also occupy the land, but you have been struggling with the two children."
"Let's not talk about scolding, it's commonplace, and the big guys in the village know this very well. Not only that, but they are always made hungry, and on cold days, they are always only made to wear thin clothes. Don't let anyone know what you're doing. ”
Su Ling is really a little angry, she just can't see anyone abusing children. Although they are not their own children, where can they do anything to their children! They all say that the old and the old, the young and the young, even if you really can't treat other people's children as your own, but you can't abuse other people's children!
"It's Miss Dong, when will it be your turn to take care of the affairs of our Zhou family?" Zhang glared at Su Ling, "Miss Dong, it's better not to meddle in things." ”
"I don't want to be nosy! Su Ling smiled slightly and carefully looked at the Zhou family's house. The Zhou family's mansion is still relatively large, but it used to be divided into two halves by building a wall from the middle.
Half belongs to Zhou Chen's father, and half belongs to Zhou Hai. However, after Zhou Chen's parents died, the wall was demolished, and the courtyard was occupied by Zhou Hai's family.
"Why do you care? What the chief doesn't care about, is it your turn to take care of it?" Zhang stretched out his finger and pointed at Su Ling, and his finger was about to touch the tip of Su Ling's nose.
"How much silver did you sell Xiao Ting?" asked Su Ling. Su Ling suddenly thought that maybe she could buy Xiaoting, in this case, Xiaoting's life would always be better!
"Twenty taels of silver, what, what else does Miss Dong want to say?" Zhang looked at Su Ling with a sarcastic expression, "Could it be that Miss Dong can give a bigger price?"
"You just want silver anyway, then I'll give you thirty taels, you can sell Xiaoting to me!" Su Ling said with a smile.
"This girl is here to make trouble, right?" the buyer glared at Su Ling. I didn't expect this to be almost done, but suddenly there was such a change. "It's only thirty taels of silver, does the girl think I can't take it out?"
Su Ling glanced at the buyer carefully, a man in his fifties, with shrewdness in his eyes, and he didn't know who it was. "Xiaoting is so big, and she can't do any work. If you just buy it back, it's useless! If you have so much money, you might as well go somewhere else and buy another good one. As Su Ling spoke, he touched his purse. There was a sign inside, which was given to her by the old lady of the Li family when she was about to leave the Li family.
Said that if she was in any trouble, she could take out the sign. In these surrounding places, almost everyone wants to give the Li family a face. She didn't think she would use it, but she kept it in her purse. It's just that she doesn't want to use it unless she has to.
She doesn't like to be dependent on others, because once she gets used to it, it's hard to quit. Therefore, she wants to rely on her own ability to achieve everything.