The woman didn't seem to think much about it, and agreed, so she pulled the chair over directly, put it in front of Su Jinyao, and put the hairpin on the chair along with the red silk cloth.

When the woman let go and took a step back, Su Jinyao stepped forward, squatted down and looked at it carefully, making sure that there were no major breaks, and when she would not break when she touched it, she carefully picked it up with her hand.

The woman also said, "It's all right, look, it won't break if you take it." ”

Su Jinyao smiled this time and took a closer look at the jade hairpin. The hairpin is the simplest style, like a chopstick, this hairpin head is not carved, it is a white jade cylinder. There is a slight crack in the fracture, but it does not extend to most of the hairpin.

Su Jinyao raised the hairpin again, shone it in the sun, and found that the jade was very delicate and moist, and it was indeed a good mutton fat white jade.

However, there is no carving to speak of, it is still broken, and there is only a small section of such an inch long, which is really not of much value. As the woman said, even if it is given to the jade master to repair it, it will cost a lot of money. In this way, it is really better to buy a new one.

Su Jinyao put down the hairpin again, shook her head and said, "Auntie, if I change this, it will be useless, why don't you keep it and try to create a pair of earrings?" If you give it to me, don't feel like you're at a loss again. ”

"I said that it would cost a lot of money to rebuild, and my family can't get it now." The woman said, picked up the hairpin again, looked at it, and then handed it directly to Su Jinyao and said, "Little girl, if you think it's okay, just take it." I just want you two curtains, I'm willing to change them, so I won't feel at a loss. ”

"But isn't this your family heirloom? Why don't you discuss it with your uncle? Su Jinyao still didn't agree. She didn't want to make trouble for herself.

When the woman heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she held back for a while before she said, "That...... It's my mistake, it's not a family heirloom, it was picked up by my dad when he was in the market. I haven't had the money to rebuild, so I gave it to me, and I've been collecting it for a long time, but I don't have the money to build it, and keeping it is keeping, such a small thing, maybe I don't know if I lost it that day, and it's a pity. ”

Su Jinyao knew that this thing would definitely not be an heirloom. Because if it's a family heirloom, even if it's broken, there won't be such a small piece left. I should probably keep the rest of the part, and put it together to be a whole hairpin.

Now that it sounds, it turned out that she really picked it up, no wonder she didn't feel distressed to take it out and exchange it.

Su Jinyao nodded and said, "Okay, just change it." Anyway, I can't hang so many curtains in my house, and your thing is small, so it's convenient for me to keep it. ”

Seeing that Su Jinyao agreed, the woman was quite happy. Stuffed the white hosta wrapped in red silk into Su Jinyao's hand, and said, "Then I'll go pick two curtains." ”

"Okay, pick it. It's all first-come, first-served. Su Jinyao readily agreed, and put away the small hairpin.

To be honest, if it is about the jade quality of this white hosta, it is really a top grade. But there is only such a small section left, and Su Jinyao doesn't know what the use is for the time being. However, it is only worth thirty-five copper plates, which is also cost-effective.

The woman had chosen, smiled and went into the house with the curtains.

After a while, the honest middle-aged man also came back with the little lamb.

The little lamb, who had eaten enough milk, seemed to be much more energetic again. When she saw Su Jinyao, she still ran towards her side with a "baa" scream, and kept rubbing her head against Su Jinyao's hand, which seemed very intimate.

When the middle-aged man saw that this little lamb was circling around Su Jinyao as soon as he came back, he smiled and said, "Okay, it seems that this little lamb really has to be taken away by you." I just took it to feed, and I didn't see it making out with me. ”

Su Jinyao also began to like this little lamb, touched its head with a smile, and said, "Then I'll take it away." ”

"Take it away. It is not good to stay in my house to raise it, and in the end, it will be the life of the knife. If you have a stutter, you can grow up. After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he came over again to help Su Jinyao tighten the hemp rope tied around the neck of the little lamb. After making sure that the lamb's neck was not strangled, and the knot would not be loosened, he said: "Okay, just lead the way on the road, and ensure that the rope will not loosen." ”

"Thank you, uncle." Su Jinyao thanked her, picked up the little lamb, and turned around to pull up her small cart. When she was about to leave, Su Jinyao asked: "Uncle, let me ask again, I'm here to find Chunniu, the one who married into our Pingshan Village not long ago, where do they live?" ”

The middle-aged man said, "Oh, Chunniu's house." From the road in front of the door, go north, until you reach the head of the village, there is a small courtyard with a single family. Her house is two thatched houses, which are quite recognizable. If you are not sure, go to the village to the north and shout, and his family will hear it and agree. ”

"Okay, thanks, got it." Su Jinyao said hello, and then led the little goat and pulled the small cart away.

This Lijiatun is indeed too small, there are about 70 or 80 households in total, and most of them are dilapidated adobe houses and thatched houses. So it didn't take much time to walk from this side of the village to the north of the village. Su Jinyao saw the single-family thatched house she said.

Su Jinyao stood outside and looked, although it was a grass house, it was built with two large rooms, and the yard was not small. It looks like a mess in the yard, although there are no chickens, ducks, and geese, but some farm tools are placed randomly, and there are a few broken baskets piled up in the corner, and the baskets still seem to be in tatters.

Su Jinyao watched for a while, but no one came out, and was about to ask if this was Chunniu's house, and then ask if Chunniu was back. But I heard a cry: "Brother, mother, I can't marry again." Don't force me, I've been married once, and I have a man. Siping is my man, he is good to me, and I am willing to follow him. ”

Siping? Needless to say, Su Jinyao knew that this was Chunniu's cry. But listening to this voice, it should have been crying for a long time, and it became hoarse.

Su Jinyao knew that things were big, and maybe what she was worried about was about to happen.

However, Su Jinyao also felt that this spring girl was really "real", and she was not even a little stupid. Why didn't she think of this layer, and now she ran home by herself, is it considered to be self-defeating? What's more, she ran back with such a lie, and Aunt Li's impression of her was not good, and it was really hard to say whether she wanted her or not.

Just as she was thinking about it, Su Jinyao heard a man inside yelling in a thick voice: "Shut up, dead girl, lose money, are you embarrassed to say?" Your man is a mute, and it's shameful enough to marry a mute man to fill the house, and their family still relies on half of the bride price money. What else do you say to continue to follow him? Are you so cheap, do you want to send it to someone to sleep in vain? Their family just saw a desperate bashi like you come to the door, so they relied on the bride price money not to give it. I now wonder if that mute man was not a man in the first place, so he married a wife and died before he could conceive. I married you again, but I still couldn't conceive, so I deliberately relied on our family's bride price. ”

I heard Chun Niu cry again: "No, no." Brother, Siping is a good person, a good man, he is really good to me, so I am willing to follow him. Brother, it's not that the Li family doesn't give the bride price, but their family really can't take out that much money. An ordinary family had already given five taels of silver when they married me and entered the door, and now let them take out another five taels of silver, it is really impossible to take it out. ”

"Chunniu, didn't my mother say you, you've been at their house for so long, why don't you know to grab some money in your hands? Your father is so sick, can you bear to watch him breathe? We didn't feed your girl for nothing, and we also fed a mouthful of rice and vegetables, and we spent more than ten taels of silver. Now that they have given their family all the bride price money, why can't they do it? "This time the voice is very old, it should be Chun Niu and her mother.

Without waiting for Chunniu to speak, her brother yelled again: "Mother, don't talk nonsense with her, tie it up and throw it in the back firewood room." Wait for the people of the Wu family to come to the door and carry it away. The Wu family didn't dislike that she had been married once, and said that they promised to give another seven taels of silver. This is counted, but it is two taels more than the other half of the Li family's bride price. ”

"Mother, brother, the eldest son of the Wu family is a madman. The two daughters-in-law who entered the door before were killed by him. Are you forcing me to die? Chunniu's crying was louder, and her voice seemed to be more hoarse.

Listening to Chunniu's cries for a while, Su Jinyao understood it, and she couldn't help but block it in her heart. With such a mother and such a ruthless brother, Chunniu's life is really sad. But just like that, she is still stupid to run back?

Chun Niu was crying and screaming, it is estimated that her brother really tied people up in the house. Chunniu kept begging, saying that her mother would let her let her go, and she would go back to Li's house to ask for a bride price.

Chunniu's mother said again: "You can really get back the five taels of silver, and my mother won't force you to marry into the Wu family." But can you really come back? ”

Chunniu's brother said, "Mother, don't listen to her." This woman is not in the middle, she is deceiving you. Tricked us into letting her go, and she ran back and never came back. We can't be stupid, don't let go of the seven taels of silver, and ask her to go back and ask for the five taels of silver. Just think that we will suffer a loss, and the girl will sleep for the dumb white of the Li family. ”

Is this sentence still what a brother should say? Su Jinyao stood outside the door and listened to it in her ears, grinding her teeth in anger.

Just then, the door opened. A tall, strong, dark-faced and rough man pushed the tied Chun Niu out the door. One hand grabbed Chunniu's hair, and the other hand grabbed her arm, looking really afraid that Chunniu would run away.

Then, another stocky old lady came out. Although she has gray hair and many wrinkles on her face, she looks like a woman who is used to doing work when she walks, and she looks very strong.

It's no wonder that Chun Niu is so sturdy, it turns out that their family is like this.

Su Jinyao was still standing at the door, and when Chun Niu and her brother saw Su Jinyao, they were stunned for a moment, and asked viciously, "Whose girl are you, what are you doing standing at the door of my house?" ”

Chun Niu heard her brother's words and glanced towards the door. looked at Su Jinyao at once, and immediately cried: "Jinyao, save me." My brother wants to sell me and marry the crazy son of the Wu family, and I will have no way to live if I marry him. Save me, Jinyao, I will repay you when I turn back and be a cow and a horse. I want to go back and live a good life with Siping. ”

Hearing Chunniu crying like this, and seeing her messy hair, red and swollen eyes from crying, and blood stains on the corners of her mouth, it seemed that she had also been beaten, and Su Jinyao was even more sympathetic in her heart.

It's just that Su Jinyao didn't answer her immediately. After all, Chunniu used herself as a guise to trick her sister-in-law into running back secretly. Such a bold person will deceive people, why don't you want to think about the consequences? If I agreed to her easily, I wouldn't be able to get involved in it again in the future.

Seeing that Su Jinyao didn't answer, Chun Niu bit her lip and showed a desperate look. The crying was not so loud, she just looked at Su Jinyao silently, and suddenly shook her head suddenly, shook her shoulders again, broke free of her brother's hand that grabbed her hair and arms, and slammed into the wall.

Su Jinyao didn't expect Chunniu to suddenly make such a move, she just wanted to hold her back for a while, and then negotiate the conditions with her brother, so that Chunniu could have a long memory, and she could think about things first in the future.

But Chun Niu thought that Su Jinyao didn't care about her, so she went directly to hit her head and find her dead, which also scared Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao threw down the things in her hand, pushed the door and rushed in. And Chunniu's brother also came back to his senses and grabbed Chunniu.

But that's it, it's still a little late. Chun Niu's head had already hit the earthen wall, and it wasn't heavy, but it also broke her scalp, and blood gushed out all at once.

Chunniu's mother was stunned for a moment, and when she came to her senses, she threw herself on Chunniu's body and cried. After all, she is still her own daughter, and forcing her to marry can't force her to die.

And Chunniu's brother still grabbed Chunniu and didn't let go, but his face was also pale with fright, probably because he was afraid of letting go of his hand Chunniu and going to seek death again.

Chunniu bumped and fainted for a while, she didn't come back to her senses for a long time, and there was not much air out or air in her mouth, which scared her mother to cry, calling "girl, girl", and shaking Chunniu's shoulders vigorously.

Chun Niu shivered fiercely, and after taking a breath, she vomited with a "wow". After vomiting, I cried again. But this time it wasn't a loud cry, just a tear with his head down. The tears and the blood on his forehead were mixed and dripped on the ground, and it looked more and more miserable.

After all, Su Jinyao still rushed in from the outside, and when she came in, Chunniu's brother had already stopped Chunniu. Now seeing that Chunniu had recovered her breath, Su Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief, stood aside for a moment, and then stepped forward and patted Chunniu's face.

Chunniu's eyes were full of despair, she raised her head to look at Su Jinyao, lowered her head again, her tears still flowed, and she didn't say a word.

Su Jinyao looked at Chunniu's mother and brother again, and asked, "Are you really trying to drive Chunniu to a dead end?" It's not easy to feed such a big girl, can you bear to watch her die, or force her to marry that madman again, and live a life that is worse than death? ”

Chunniu's mother probably softened her heart when she saw her daughter bump her head like this. While shedding tears, he muttered: "I'm not reluctant, but my family is poor." Her father is going to be sick, and I can't just watch her father swallow this breath. It can be cured, but it still has to be cured. The doctor said that it was not hopeless, but that it would be sent to the big medical center in the town, and maybe it could be saved. ”

Chunniu's brother still had a tiger face, glared at Su Jinyao and asked, "Who are you?" Where did it come from? It's not ours, I haven't seen you. ”

"I'm from Pingshan Village. The Li family, who married Chunniu, is in the same village. Su Jinyao said, she had already taken out a handkerchief and pressed it on Chunniu's forehead, helping her stop the bleeding first. Then he asked Chunniu and her mother: "Auntie, I know what you mean, it's a man who is reluctant to be in charge of the house and just leaves." But Chunniu, she is also a life, she is the flesh and blood of you and your uncle, just watching her suffer, can the uncle's heart be comfortable? If he knew that the money for his treatment was obtained by selling his daughter and sacrificing her life's happiness, would he be at ease? ”

Listening to Su Jinyao's persuasion, Chun Niu's mother's tears flowed even more fiercely. Later, they simply hugged Chunniu, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried.

But when Chunniu and her brother saw this posture, their faces became even darker. He let go of the hand that had been holding Chunniu, raised his hand and was about to push Su Jinyao, and asked viciously: "You are from Pingshan Village, why did you come to our Lijiatun to meddle in things?" My father's illness can't be delayed any longer, and if it is delayed, it will kill someone. You little mouth will say it again, can you still discuss with Lord Yama and persuade him to get back a life? ”

Su Jinyao felt angry when she heard it, just now this brother was the most ugly talker, forcing Chun Niu to marry a madman. Now that it's like this, how can there be a bit of flesh and blood affection?

Su Jinyao flashed her body, dodged Chunniu's brother pushing her hand, flipped her wrist with her backhand, and pinched her brother's wrist with her thumb and index finger, just pinching on a numbing tendon.

Chunniu's brother is tall and strong, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, and she didn't take Su Jinyao, a teenage girl, in her eyes as soon as she entered the door. That's why he spoke so loudly, just to scare Su Jinyao. But he didn't expect him to push Su Jinyao to fail, but Su Jinyao's wrist was numb when he was pinched all of a sudden. Now he pinched Su Jinyao's real tiger whiskers, and suddenly his eyes flashed with a bit of surprise and shock.

However, Chunniu's brother is a tall man in his twenties after all, but there is no reason to be afraid of Su Jinyao because of this. shouted in his mouth: "Yo, little girl, do you know how to use both hands?" If you do it, don't blame me for hurting you. ”

Su Jinyao understood as soon as she heard that this Chunniu's brother turned out to be a scoundrel. Otherwise, I would never have said such a thing to a little girl like myself anyway.

But Su Jinyao was not afraid of making a move with someone, and laughed coldly, Su Jinyao said, "Since you want to fight, you can let the horse come." I'm in charge of Chunniu's affairs today. ”