Just after the third day of March, I woke up early in the morning, and a misty drizzle began to fall in the sky. The drizzle was accompanied by a cold wind, and it was cold and gloomy. Although it was early spring, the weather was still very cold. It's not as cold as winter, but it's also bone-chilling. It had been drizzling all morning, and finally stopped before noon, and after a long day of sun, my son finally showed his face.

The pork shop at the entrance of the village opened its doors early, as usual. There were a few knives of meat on the board, a few large bones lying next to it, and a pair of dirty pigs hiding under the board. This is the only pork shop in the entire Castle Peak Village. It is also a place where those who have nothing to do often gather.

At this time, a woman with long shoulders and a round waist stood in the butcher's shop, leaning against the pillar behind her, and was gossiping with several women foaming at the mouth.

"Well, what do you think is the matter? The things of this old An family are one after another. This second brother has just been gone for less than a year, and this second daughter-in-law has also followed, leaving these four sisters and brothers, but they will suffer a big crime!" It was Zhang Tuzi's daughter-in-law who spoke, and the saliva she said at the moment was splashing, and she was slapping her thighs, and she was suffering from a red and black fat face, and she didn't know whether she was worried about the children of An's second family, or she was afraid that others would not believe her words.

Mrs. Wang also gossiped, "Alas! Speaking of which, this old Anjia is really excessive, the two of them have just left, and these people in the upper room are going to exchange other people's daughters for money, and you are not afraid of losing their conscience. ”

"What? No way? This eldest daughter of the second family is quiet, it's not a fuel-efficient lamp, that girl is amazing. I have learned kung fu with his father since I was a child, and the boys in this village are not opponents, so I can't make a fuss now?" The dog mother said that because her dog was quietly beaten. So the tone of her speech is a bit yin and yang.

"You don't know this, that quiet suffered from the wind cold a few days ago, and he can't afford to be sick. I don't know if I can wake up for two or three days, and I don't know if I can wake up? No, those people hit the idea on the head of the second girl's peace of mind, the second girl's name is good, and the person is with her mother and grandson, and she is a handsome person. This girl is not only good-looking, but also has a soft temperament. Without the protection of her father and mother, the eldest sister who can stand up to things has fallen ill again, and she is a teenage girl's house, isn't it just meat on people's boards, and it's not because those people want to do anything. Zhang Tuzi's daughter-in-law said, and pointed to the meat on the board with her chubby, oily hand.

Mrs. Wang turned her head to look out, and then lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "I heard my eldest son who works in the town say that the old An family sold the girl to the town's Zhou family as a happy lady!" ”

"What? A town last week? The young master of the Zhou family in this town was born a fool, and if it didn't go his way, he would beat and scold his subordinates. I've heard that I've killed people before. By the way, I heard that this stupid young master fell into the pond some time ago and almost drowned. This week, the family invited countless Langzhong, and after exhausting the good medicine, they just took a breath. This big guy said, this stupid young master is about to die this time? The people in the town are talking about this Zhou's family behind their backs, saying that this week's old man's family is afraid that he has done something unconscionable, otherwise how can he have only such a son after several wives and concubines? And this only son is still a fool. Now even this stupid son has to be taken away by God, isn't he just doing something unrighteous and being punished by God? The dog lady said happily when she heard this.

"Well, don't worry, there's more to it than that. I heard my eldest son say that the lord and wife of the Zhou family were afraid that their son would not be able to survive, so they went to the underworld to be lonely and lonely, and there was no intimate person to serve them, so they asked people to ask around, wanting to buy a girl with a good temperament, good appearance, and not diligent hands and feet. said that if the son is good, he will keep it and be a roommate, and if it is not good, he will give them the funeral of his stupid son. Alas, don't you say that this is in response to what the people in the town said, this stupid son is going to be taken in by God, and he is still doing immoral things. Mrs. Wang's words frightened several women into wide open mouths. They couldn't believe that someone wanted to buy a live person with **, which was damned!

Zhang Tuzi's daughter-in-law glared and said urgently: "How can you abuse people like this? Isn't this about human life? How can the hearts of big families be so vicious? Although he said so, he also knew in his heart that the girl who signed the death deed he bought was dead or alive, and it was the owner's decision to do so. The life of this poor child, in the eyes of the rich squire, how can it be called life?

"Yes, this is a good thing to say, but it's ugly, isn't it just to die. Can this old An family agree? The dog mother said and looked at the princess.

"Why can't you agree? Mrs. An's wife and son should have gone down, and even the money was collected. Guess how much money this old woman has received? As he spoke, he pretended to hold out two fingers mysteriously.

Seeing that Mrs. Wang stretched out two fingers, the dog mother shouted in surprise: "Twenty taels!"

"Phew! Uninformed. It's two hundred taels! Mrs. Wang pretended to take a bite of the dog, and then said.

Zhang Tuzi's daughter-in-law and Gouziniang exclaimed at the same time: "What? Two hundred taels! ”

"I'll drop a good one, two hundred taels! I can marry ten daughters-in-law. No wonder this old An family can be ruthless, that's two hundred taels. I can't save more than two hundred taels for a lifetime! Zhang Tuzi's daughter-in-law suddenly realized.

The dog mother was also stunned and said, "Yes, two hundred taels of silver, I have never seen two hundred taels of silver when I am so old." ”

"Alas, dog mother, butcher daughter-in-law, today's matter, out of my mouth into your ears. But don't spread it, if it gets out and spoils the Zhou family, the Zhou family won't have to tear our mouths! When Mrs. Wang saw the stunned appearance of the dog mother and Zhang Tuzi's daughter-in-law, she regretted that she shouldn't have said it. It's also to blame her, in order to show that she knows a lot of things, she actually pouted this matter by the way. My son knows, so I wonder how to blame her?

"It's provincial, it's provincial" The two of them were still immersed in two hundred taels of silver, and when they heard the words of Mrs. Wang, they answered absentmindedly.

The next few people gossiped a little bit about the family, but obviously their minds were not on these. Because their hearts are still thinking about the two hundred taels of silver.