Chapter 19: The Shadows
After all, Liu Miao's accident left a psychological shadow, and she was particularly dependent on Liu Ya.
As long as Liu Ya is not at home, Liu Miao will not say a word, Liu Wang's family takes step by step, extremely insecure, and it makes people feel distressed.
Liu Ya, who has not studied psychology systematically, can only give companionship as much as possible, and hates the old mansion a little.
And the people in the old mansion were not much better, they didn't listen to the village chief's words and stole Liu Miao, and they were collected by Wang Pozi's debts.
"The money has been returned to you, what do you want? You just killed the old woman and me, and I didn't want any money! ”
Mrs. Liu had already taken out thirty taels of silver to settle the matter, but Mrs. Wang still brought it over every once in a while to make trouble.
The reputation of the Liu family in Yangliu Village is not good, and what Mrs. Liu has done recently is even more disgusting, watching them being bullied only see jokes and not help.
"Phew! Is your dead old woman's life worth anything? Thirty taels is the money I bought for the girl, and you should pay it back. But the old lady and I offended the senior officials because of this matter, you just give a hundred taels of silver, and the old lady also suffers. Besides, these people don't pay their wages? ”
Mrs. Wang deliberately slandered people, and gave Li Ying face and would not touch Liu Ya for the time being, which does not mean that the entire Liu family has to show mercy.
Mrs. Liu slapped her chest angrily, but she didn't dare to say cruel words to Mrs. Wang, who was the master who dealt with the ruffians and hooligans.
"What the hell do you want? My third son is a scholar, maybe he will come back with fame this time, are you sure you want to offend my Liu family? Mrs. Liu didn't have much confidence.
Mrs. Wang sneered, she dared to come and make a fuss because she had investigated the affairs of the Liu family.
"Your third son is filial, so you have to wait for him to come back after taking the fame test. My mother-in-law went to the government to sue you for abducting and selling other people's children to cheat me out of money, and the official master will not care if you have a son in your family who has taken the famous test. ”
Mrs. Wang spat at the mouth, pointed to the house of the big house, and said, "Either give me ten taels of silver to compensate, or hand over one of your other granddaughters, and I will give you twenty taels." ”
"Why?" Mrs. Liu shouted.
"Ask your son, I bought the girl for thirty taels of silver, and the deed of sale is clearly written."
Mrs. Wang's patience was exhausted, and she didn't want to delay earning silver for the Liu family's affairs, so she shouted: "Give you a stick of incense, either pay me ten taels of silver, or I will let someone rob you of one of your granddaughters to pay off the debt, and I will not give the buyer's silver again." ”
Mrs. Liu immediately understood what Mrs. Wang meant, glared at the room of the big house angrily, and said angrily: "I will accept twenty taels of silver from the old woman, and whoever takes the rest of the silver will go to you!" ”
After Mrs. Liu finished speaking, she went into the house, slammed the door shut, and didn't care how the big house wanted to solve this matter.
The old man Liu in the house smoked a dry cigarette, and he never went out to make any trouble outside, and he was silent, as if he was an outsider, and he was not even interested in joining in the fun.
"Dead old man, why don't I smoke you to death!"
Mrs. Liu scolded, and lay on the kang with a sullen breath, leaving Old Man Liu with a back.
Glancing at his wife, Old Man Liu snorted, pressed the cigarette bag and pot with his fingers, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile.
The big room cried for mercy from the father and the mother, and the two little girls cried even more miserably, but the princess did not give up until she got the silver, and it was very lively for a while.
It wasn't until the village chief couldn't help but come forward that Dafang made a choice between silver and his daughter.
When Liu Ya went to the village to buy noodles with copper coins, she heard about these things, but she just smiled faintly and didn't say anything.
My own daughters are reluctant to repay their debts, and other people's daughters can sell them casually, and the people in the old house are really inhumane.
"Little sister, are the dumplings delicious?"
Liu Ya only changed a large bowl of noodles and wrapped a meal of dumplings with wild vegetables and eggs, and the rest of the noodles could still make a meal of gnocchi.
"Hmm." Liu Miao nodded, and her wrist was strangled, making the chopsticks a little inconvenient.
"When the second sister goes to the town again, she will cut half a catty of pork and come back, that dumpling is more delicious, and the second sister will drool just thinking about it."
Liu Ya deliberately made a swallowing motion, and Yu Guang noticed the change in Liu Miao's expression.
I saw that Liu Miao was also greedy, but she buried her head in the bowl and refused to speak again.
Sighing silently, Liu Ya sandwiched a few more dumplings for Liu Miao, no longer in a hurry to let Liu Miao speak, as long as she is not completely autistic, she will have a chance to recover her health.
Liu Wang shed tears, looking at the little girl full of guilt, but he didn't dare to say a word, for fear that the little girl would ignore her and blame her in his heart.
Almost all the silver earned before was lost to Mrs. Wang, except for one or two taels of silver from the village chief, Liu Ya only had a few hundred yuan, all of which were earned by selling game in the vegetable market, which was too far from the ransom money of twenty taels.
"If only the things in the space could be taken out and sold."
Liu Ya sighed lightly, she knows medical skills and knows a lot of prescriptions, but her current identity can't make money from this.
Liu Ya thought so, and in the next moment, there was an extra palm-sized fish in his hand, still jumping.
"This ......" Liu Ya was stunned for a moment, and then was ecstatic, "Is the space upgraded again?" Is it because I helped the old man? ”
After trying a few more times, Liu Ya can control the fish in and out of the space with his mind, which is undoubtedly another entry.
Early the next morning, Liu Ya took the only bucket in the family with her, ready to go to the town to sell a wave.
Liu Ya deliberately got up early to hurry, and filled the bucket before entering the town, and the fish were alive and vibrant.
"This fish is so fresh, do you sell it, little girl?"
Before they could reach the vegetable market, Liu Ya was stopped, and her eyes were fixed on the bucket and she couldn't move away.
There are also people selling fish in Xiaoyang Town, but these are all small fish in this season, and they can only be eaten as fish sauce or fried fish, which is too small when stewed.
"Sell, uncle is my first customer today, you look at the price and let me open a pot."
Liu Ya hurriedly put down the bucket, in fact, she didn't know how to set the price, and the original owner had never bought fish.
"Such a big fish are all alive, and they cost two cents a pound in the summer, and a larger one three cents a catty. So, you bring me five, and there are many people in the family. ”
The man said that he counted the copper coins and wanted to give them to Liu Ya, but Liu Ya was embarrassed.
What does she use to pack fish for her guests?
"The little girl didn't forget about her work before going out, right? I've got straw here, and you can take a few handfuls of it, enough for you to sell that bucket of fish." Just right, give me three too. ”
The stall owner of the noodle stall generously handed over the dry straw used to ignite the fire, and counted three cents.
"Uncle gave me five cents, this straw should be bought by me, how can there be a reason not to open first, but I buy the uncle's straw first, and the uncle will buy the fish."
Liu Ya smiled and thanked him, watching the guests skillfully use straw through the gills of the fish, and then he knew how the ancients bought fish and brought them home.
At the beginning of these two, Liu Ya sold out a bucket of fish without moving the nest, and the person who got the letter late asked Liu Ya when he would come over.
I regret that I didn't take out the wild eggs and sell them together, otherwise there will be more inputs.
"You're here to see the eldest lady again?"
Seeing that Liu Ya didn't carry firewood, Mrs. Zhang, who was guarding the back door, asked.
"No, I caught some fish to sell, and I specially left a few for the eldest lady to try them, so I won't disturb the eldest lady. These two wild eggs are for you to taste, I picked them up at the foot of the mountain. ”
Liu Ya deliberately found a dead end to release a few fish strings, and took out two wild eggs with body temperature from her arms and handed them to Mrs. Zhang.
owes Li Ying so much favor, after all, she has to pay it back, and this bit of heart should be interest.
What Liu Ya didn't know was that someone was looking for a little girl selling fish everywhere, and her head was full of sweat.