4. Be sold
was hesitating to see the excitement or go back to cook, Brother Dazhu of the house next door walked back happily with a big burden on his back: "Ningxi, your father has brought you silver again, why don't you hurry up." β
"What? Again? Ning Xi captured two pieces of information from his words, first, her father did not ignore her, but would bring the silver back to her; Second, this is not the first time.
Thinking of this, Ning Xi's heart was on fire for a while, she always thought that she was relying on her uncle's family to support her, so even if the eldest aunt treated her very badly, she still tried her best to help them work, but she didn't expect that they had received her father's silver, and they didn't give people enough food after receiving the money, is this what people do?
Ning Xi threw the basket of clothes in her hand and hurriedly ran over with the people, she wanted to take the belongings that her father brought back, and then set up her own door, never letting the tigress take advantage of her again.
"Oh, Ning Xi, yes, this time your father brought you back five taels of silver, and your aunt took them home." The old believer happily told SΓΉ Ningxi.
Five taels of silver, what kind of concept is that, in this small mountain village, five hundred wen can be exchanged for a ploughing cow, many families can't spend two taels of silver a year, everyone flocks to the maid of the mountain villa, a month's silver is only fifty wen, and according to the news from Ning Xi, her father will bring back three to five taels of silver to her every six months, which is enough for her and her uncle's family to live a prosperous life, but her aunt still lives like this, there must be something wrong with this.
With unwillingness and doubts, Ning Xi returned to the uncle's house, and the aunt did not scold her for coming back too late, and even greeted her dryly to the table for dinner.
There was already a person sitting at the dinner table, it was the younger brother of the eldest uncle's mother's family, Ning Xi had seen it once, he was oily and powdery, and at first glance he was a lazy man, as far as she knew, the eldest uncle's maiden family was also a country man who was shaving in the field, and I really didn't know how such a family could support such a man who was not doing his job.
Ning Xi looked at this man unpleasantly, and then looked at the dry cornmeal nest on the dinner table, she had no interest in eating with them at all, thinking that the animals on the mountain were all edible, she never wanted to go back to this house to eat.
Simply hid in the stove, leaning on the firewood pile to think about things, this family doesn't want to stay any longer, I have to think of a way to take the silver out of the hands of the eldest uncle, but the most difficult thing to do is the problem of living, there is no extra house in the village, the only thing that can shelter from the wind and rain is the land temple, but then the doors and windows can't be closed tightly, is it really reliable for her to live there as a girl? Or do you want to live here for the time being, and wait for your weak little body to grow up a little before making further plans?
Thinking about it, I didn't even know when the eldest uncle and her brother left, and suddenly found that the uncle pulled the eldest uncle into the stove: "You gave all the silver that Ningxi and her father brought back to your brother?" β
The high stove blocked the view, and they didn't find Ning Xi under the firewood, Ning Xi pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
"What's the matter, my mother's family, I will marry my good yellow flower girl to you, a lame poor bastard, and give you children, I haven't had a good day, what's wrong with making up for my mother's family?"
Ning Wenzhao's legs and feet are indeed inconvenient, when he married Qin Sulian, he also exchanged five loads of grain for him, he always felt ashamed of her, so he just buried himself in work every day and let her be a blessing.
"But this money is for Ningxi, you can't ...... it"
"Ningxi? What happened to Ningxi? This girl eats and drinks for nothing in my house, am I short for her to eat or short for her to drink? Her father makes a lot of money outside, has he ever taken care of you eating bran vegetables? It's good for you to pick up a money-losing goods and come back to serve your ancestors! As he spoke, he stretched out a finger and poked Ning Wenzhao's forehead, a man who was five big and three thick, was so bullied by her that he didn't even dare to raise his head.
Ning Xi couldn't help jumping up: "You stinky woman, where did I eat and drink you for nothing, not to mention the silver that my father brought back, just say that the work I did for your family is enough for me to eat these rags of yours." β
"I'll just say that this dead girl is a white-eyed wolf, and she dares to talk back to me if she eats and drinks me for nothing, see if I don't kill you!"
"You fight, see if you can fight!" Ning Xi dodged nimbly, not letting Qin Sulian get close.
"Mother, I'm back!" Ning Shuanggui shouted as soon as he entered the door.
Qin Sulian hurriedly threw down the firewood stick in her hand, combed her hair, and snorted at Ning Xi fiercely, and then greeted her with a smile on her face: "My baby girl is back, how is it, have you chosen?" β
"Of course!" Ning Shuanggui smiled proudly, "I heard that it was because there were distinguished guests in Zhuangzi and there were not enough people to serve them, so they came to the village to select people. In the future, if you serve well, maybe you can go back to the city with your guests! β
"That's a good daring, girl, you can't forget your mother and your brother when you live a good life in the future!"
"Mother, don't worry, with your daughter's appearance, let alone a girl, even if you are an aunt, it is not difficult!"
"Haha!" Ning Xi couldn't help laughing, it turned out that this was her Ning Shuanggui's great ambition, she really didn't dare to agree!
"Laugh what a laugh! Ugly, if you change it, you are not even worthy of lifting shoes for the master! β
"I'm not rare, whoever likes to mention it!"
"Humph!" Ning Shuanggui ignored Ning Xi, turned his head to Qin Sulian and said: "Mother, I will go to the villa tomorrow, people say that when I just go in to do things, I must take care of it up and down, so that it will be convenient to act in the future, and I will not be given small shoes to wear." β
"This mother knows, the mother is ready for you, and she is reluctant to let the child not be a wolf, this truth is still understood."
"It's still the best mother, mother, in the future, my daughter will enjoy the glory and wealth, and my mother will definitely be indispensable!" Ning Shuanggui lowered his voice and asked quietly: "I heard that the believer is back today, Ning Xi's father should bring back a lot of silver, mother, you bring it to me first." β
"This ......" Qin Sulian smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "Your second uncle has been here today......"
"What? To the second uncle again? Mother, it's not that you don't know, the second uncle is a muddy person who can't get on the wall, what do you give him the money for! β
"Then I can't watch him being beaten to death by debt collectors!"
"How will his gambling debts be paid off one day? Then you give him all the money, what can I do? Are you just watching your daughter being bullied in the villa? β
Qin Sulian mysteriously avoided Ning Xi and whispered to Ning Shuanggui: "Didn't I say that your money was ready?" Come, come into the room, and say. β
Ning Xi went around to the back of the house and eavesdropped under the window, only to hear Ning Shuanggui "Ah! There was an exclamation, and then the two of them laughed cheaply, but they couldn't tell what they were saying. Pouted, he simply went out for a stroll.
I met the old man from the house next door and greeted the uncle who went out with a hoe: "Brother Ning, the family is about to have a happy event!" β
Ning Wenzhao had just had an argument with Qin Sulian, and he was in a bad mood, so he replied angrily: "Fart, no shadow!" β
"No, I saw someone carrying several loads of things to your house in the morning, and your mother-in-law said it herself, it's a dowry!"
"Impossible, why don't I know about this?" Ning Wenzhao didn't believe it, the only person in their family who was of the right age was sixteen-year-old Ning Shuanggui, but she obviously said that she was going to work in the villa!
"If it's not true, I'll cut off my head and use it as a urinal!" The old man is also a screwing man.
Ning Wenzhao thought about it, threw the hoe away, and turned around to find Qin Sulian, Ning Xi also felt that something was wrong, dowry? There are only two girls in the Ning family, not Ning Shuanggui's, is it difficult to ......
Ning Wenzhao ate the courage of the ambitious leopard this time, and actually had a quarrel with Qin Sulian, and the matter was clear, Qin Sulian really sold Ning Xi, or sold it to the poorest family in the back mountains as a child daughter-in-law.
The four brothers of the Wang family are so poor that they only have one pair of pants to wear out of the house, the eldest is in his thirties, and he is still a single, and he can't talk about his daughter-in-law at all.
Ning Wenzhao was so angry that she wanted to beat someone, Qin Sulian slapped her thighs with both palms, sat on the mud ground and cried, making a fuss that if Ning Wenzhao didn't agree to this, she would take her son back to her parents' house, this day is over! Anyway, his daughter went to work in the villa, and she didn't have to point at him for a lame life in the future.
Qin Sulian cried twice and hanged herself three times, Ning Wenzhao was instigated, and squatted on the ground with her head in her arms and cried: "I'm useless, it's all my uselessness, Ning Xi, uncle is sorry for you!" β
Seeing this scene, Ning Xi knew that the uncle could no longer be relied on, so before Qin Sulian noticed her, he hurriedly ran out, no matter what, he couldn't stay here and wait for death.
Qin Sulian shouted loudly behind her: "Run, run, run, see where you can run!" If you run to the edge of the sky, you have to obediently come back to marry me! β
Ningxi really can't run anywhere, the household registration management in this era is very strict, even if you want to go to the neighboring village to sell some home-grown corn, you must have a road guide to let you go, let alone enter the city or go somewhere else, in a word, there is no complete household registration certificate, no road guide, it is difficult to move an inch.
If you want to escape, you can only flee to the mountains to be a savage, but it is okay during the day, but Ningxi does not dare to go up the mountain at night, this is a pure natural ancient mountain forest, even if there are no tigers and lions, wild boars and wolves and other fierce beasts must be indispensable.
Now the only savior that Ning Xi can think of is her father who has never met before, although her father has never come back, but judging from his behavior of always bringing money back, he should still care about his daughter, if he knew that Qin Sulian was going to sell her to the poorest family in the mountains, he would definitely not stand idly by, Ning Xi thought, he must let his father know the news!