Chapter 34: Buying a Child

Early the next morning, Li Miaomiao followed Aunt Wang into the mountain. Because of the dense trees in the deep mountains, it is exceptionally cool, if it weren't for the wild beasts in the mountains, Li Miaomiao felt that building a house in the mountains would be beautiful to use to escape the heat in summer.

The two came to a familiar place, and sure enough, the new fungus grew very well.

The two of them quickly picked a basket, and there was nothing else to pick, so they went back.

Walking on the road, Li Miaomiao said, "Aunt Changlin and Sister-in-law Changlin work at their aunt's house every day, and if they go back to dry, they will inevitably be seen, if they ask, the aunt will tell them clearly."

"But this is what you discovered", Aunt Wang hesitated.

"It's okay, I didn't say it before, I just wanted to watch these things eat, but now I don't have to, and besides, they didn't help me less, just a little something", Li Miaomiao said indifferently.

"Then tomorrow when they ask me, I'll say."

Seeing that she agreed, Li Miaomiao continued, "I won't go to the mountain tomorrow, my aunt can take them directly, it looks like there is quite a lot, it's no problem to pick a few times, you just have to be careful, don't go inside."

Aunt Wang understood that Miao Miao was asking her to be a favor, and she was moved in her heart.

Li Miaomiao returned home, there was nothing to do, so she taught a few children to read, she only had a three-character scripture in her hand, or she copied it by hand, and only she could read the words. But fortunately, she knows all the words, and she also understands the big questions, and it is more than enough to teach a few three or four-year-old children.

"At the beginning of people, nature is good, sex is similar, habits are far away, no teaching, sex is ......"

Changlin walked outside the house and heard the sound of the child reading aloud, and he was even more grateful to Li Miaomiao, as if since he came into contact with her, his own life has become better and better. The eldest son went to school, and his daughter-in-law and mother-in-law could earn dozens of dollars every day, and now the younger son also got to know him, and everything is developing in a better direction.

Seeing Changlin coming in with firewood at the door, Li Miaomiao asked the children to read by themselves, and walked out, "Why did Brother Changlin come over?" ”

"I went to the mountains with firewood, and I hunted a lot, so I will bring you a bundle." With that, he brought the firewood to the kitchen.

Li Miaomiao hurriedly followed, watched Brother Changlin put the firewood in the corner, and said, "How embarrassing is this, and let you help me collect firewood." ”

"Big sister, don't be polite to my brother, I know how good you are to our family, Aunt Wang told my daughter-in-law today, you are a good one. If there is any work in the future, as long as my brother helps, just open my mouth", Brother Changlin said sincerely.

Seeing that it was because of this incident, Li Miaomiao was not polite, "It is said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, and I will have more trouble with my brother in the future."

Brother Changlin waved his hand, letting her just come from home before him if she had something to do.

After sending Brother Changlin away, Li Miaomiao continued to teach a few children to read.

The next day, Aunt Wang took the two of the Changlin family up the mountain.

Since a few children who went to school could come back at noon, Li Miaomiao took Yanyan to the town to pick up people.

She decided to keep the fungus she picked yesterday and didn't carry it. It was still early, and she was going to go to the bookstore to buy two books.

was walking on the road when suddenly a small figure bumped into her, she pulled Yanyan tightly and was almost knocked to the ground.

Stabilizing her body and confirming that Yeon-yeon was not injured, she raised her head to look at the person who hit her in front of her. What caught my eye was a dirty little face, the clothes on his body were stacked with pudding and patches, and his exposed arms were covered with scars, and his small body was not as thin as it looked.

Li Miaomiao suddenly remembered what she looked like when she first saw Lei Lei, this kid was much more miserable than Lei Lei.

Distressed, he stuck the child in front of him and asked softly, "What are you doing in such a hurry, and have you hurt anything?" ”

The child looked at her with wide eyes open, and did not speak.

"Are you hungry, my sister will take you to eat something", he said and gently touched the child's hand, seeing that he did not object, Li Miaomiao was ready to pull someone away.

"Who are you, let go of this child", suddenly a sharp voice came.

I saw a woman in her thirties coming over and was about to snatch the person from Li Miaomiao's hands.

Before he could react, the child hid behind him. Li Miaomiao pulled Yanyan behind her, looked at the woman and said,

"What is my aunt doing, do you want to rob the child on the street?"

"How can I rob the child, this child belongs to my family, I will take him home to do something to you, don't meddle here", the woman said angrily.

Seeing that she was going to pull the child again, Li Miaomiao moved her body again to prevent her from succeeding.

"What evidence does the aunt have if she says that this child is your family, and another one, look at the injuries on this child's body, who is willing to beat the child like this", said that, he pulled the child's sleeve up again and let the onlookers see.

It didn't matter if he pulled it, seeing the whip marks all over his arm, some of them were even oozing blood, Li Miaomiao's distressed tears almost fell.

The onlookers also talked about this scene when they saw it, and they surrounded Li Miaomiao and the three of them in a safe range without a trace, and Li Miaomiao was grateful.

"I see that you are a kidnapper, the big guy helped me go to the yamen to report the case, in broad daylight, someone dared to abduct a child."

When the woman heard this, she hurriedly said, "Don't talk nonsense, you stinky girl, this child is a slave I bought, you don't care how I want to fight", and took out the deed of sale from her bosom.

Seeing that she really took out the deed of sale, the onlookers also fell silent. In the big family, the official government doesn't care about the master killing the slave, and they naturally can't control it.

Seeing that the situation had changed, the child behind him grabbed Li Miaomiao's clothes tightly.

"Sister, brother is so pitiful, let's be awesome with him", Yanyan whispered.

Li Miaomiao patted the heads of the two little guys and said to the woman in front of her, "You bought this child for one or two silver, how about I buy it for one or two silver", Li Miaomiao just saw that the deed of sale was one or two silver.

"The girl said that I bought it for a tael of silver, and I didn't need to spend money to raise him for so long", the girl in front of the woman wanted to buy it. This stinky boy couldn't find enough things in her hands, she had long wanted to sell them, and she couldn't find a suitable buyer.

After thinking about it, he said, "If you want it, it's ten taels of silver, and if you can't get the money, don't talk nonsense and delay the old lady." ”

Saying that, he dragged the child away from Li Miaomiao, how could Li Miao's small body resist it. Yanyan on the side cried in fright, "Sister, sister, save your brother."

Li Miao held Yanyan in her arms and comforted her. Looking at the pleading eyes of the child, he made up his mind.

"Okay, I'll buy this kid"

The woman was overjoyed when she heard this, but she was worried, "The girl won't tease me, can you agree?"

"Don't worry, auntie, what I said is naturally true, but I don't have so much money on me, so I'm bothered that my aunt will go with me."

Everyone in the audience saw that Li Miaomiao really wanted to buy someone, and there was a lot of discussion.

Li Miaomiao no longer paid attention to the crowd, held a child in one hand, and took the woman to the Quanmanlou.

"Is my uncle here?" Without waiting for Xiao Liu to speak, Li Miaomiao opened her mouth and winked at Xiao Liu at the same time.

Xiao Liu comprehended, "Miss, please wait a moment, I'll go and ask the shopkeeper to come over." With that, he went to the back hall.

After a while, the shopkeeper Gu came out, cooperating with Li Miaomiao's acting, "My niece is here."

Seeing him cooperating, Li Miaomiao was naturally happy, and came to him with two children and said, "Uncle, I have a crush on a child, and I didn't bring enough money to go out, so you can help me pay it, a total of ten taels of silver." ”

Without saying a word, the shopkeeper Gu asked Xiaoliu to take the money to the woman, and took back the deed of sale, and the matter was not settled until it was confirmed.

After hearing Li Miaomiao tell the whole story, the shopkeeper Gu sighed, "You kid is kind and smart, you brought people to me to bluff that woman, so that she won't dare to find trouble in the future."

Li Miaomiao smiled, "You still understand me, and the money will be sent to you next time I come to town." ”

After saying that, I was ready to leave with my two children.

This girl wants to run away when she runs out, but Shopkeeper Gu doesn't want to let her go like this, "Why are you going to go?"

"I'll take this kid to eat something first."

Listening to her go to eat, the shopkeeper Gu had an idea, "Don't go out to eat, I have everything in this kitchen, you go and make something to eat."

Knowing that he wanted to eat, Li Miaomiao no longer shirked and went to the back kitchen to cook food for him, but wherever she went, she had to follow this child, Li Miaomiao had no choice but to take him.

Seeing that there was fish in the kitchen, Li Miaomiao made a sweet and sour fish, and made a kung pao chicken and a cucumber. Take out some for the child, and send the rest to the shopkeeper Gu, smelling the smell, the shopkeeper Gu couldn't close his mouth with a smile, Li Miaomiao knew that he was satisfied, so he didn't care about him anymore.

The two children on the side are also eating very deliciously, Yanyan has been used to eating good things recently, not that she is greedy, but the children next to her are eating and gobbling up, choking and reddening.

Li Miaomiao said while helping him to calm down, "Eat slowly, go home with my sister, and my sister will make you delicious food every day in the future." ”

The child who had not spoken until now had tears falling down, and the stinger was distressed.

Li Miaomiao gently took the person in her arms to comfort her, and the little girl Yanyan on the side also said flattering words, and the person finally stopped crying.

After the children had eaten, Li Miaomiao took the two of them to Zhang's house to pick up Lei Lei's children.