It's early spring in February, but Wanzhou, a small city in the north, is still very cold.

Baijiaying, a small village on the western outskirts of Wanzhou, was shrouded in a foggy twilight, the road in the village was empty, and the dead leaves on the poplar trees on both sides were rustling in the wind.

At the west end of the village, a girl in a green dress and a blue skirt walked over.

The girl is about eleven or twelve years old, although the dress on her body is washed white, but her eyebrows are picturesque, her skin is fair and delicate, and her figure is slender and feminine.

The laundry basket that Bai Yuyu was carrying in her hand was filled with freshly washed wet clothes, and she walked step by step with difficulty.

When she arrived outside the door of her house, she couldn't lift it anymore, so she put the laundry basket on the ground outside the door of her house and rubbed her hands that were already red from cold.

Bai Yuyu was about to stretch out her hand to push the door, when she suddenly heard a voice from the courtyard, as if she was talking about "silver" and "yellow flower girl".

Thinking of his father and mother, whose hearts were thousands of miles away, Bai Yuyu hurriedly put his ear to the crack of the door, trying his best to listen to the movement inside.

The gate of the Bai family was hidden, and the voice inside came out clearly, it was the big voice of Yu Yu's mother-in-law, Sister-in-law Bai: "...... Mother Yan, since you came to my house directly to ask, you must have seen my daughter, how is my Yu Gardenia born, do you know in your heart? It's not that I'm talking too hard about the price, it's really my jade gardenia worth the price! ”

Hearing this, Yu Yu's back straightened instantly, her heart pounded, and she hurriedly pricked up her ears to listen to the conversation inside.

In the hall, Sister-in-law Bai took a sip of the tea on the square table, and then said: "Have you heard of Zhen Dongguan, the bustard's mother of Xinghualou in Dongguan, Wanzhou City?" Zhen Dongguan personally asked the people of Dongguan to pay my sister-in-law to come to my house, and specially asked me the price of my jade gardenia, and they opened thirty taels of silver! What price is your mother Yan offering? Fifteen taels of silver! Send Hanako away! ”

Yan's mother glanced at the sister-in-law Bai who was sitting opposite, and then looked at Bai Futang, who was sitting on the threshold with a smoking bag, knowing that it was the sister-in-law Bai who was in charge of the Bai family, not Bai Futang, who was like a stuffy gourd.

She smiled slightly, and said without hurry: "Sister-in-law Fu's price is thirty taels of silver, and my bid is fifteen taels of silver, but she wants to send your daughter to Xinghualou to suffer, but I want to send your daughter to the Xingping County Mansion in Qingzhou to enjoy happiness!" Although Xinghualou gives you thirty taels of silver, it is a fireworks cave where thousands of people ride and ten thousand people press; The Xingping County Mansion gave you fifteen taels of silver, but it is a blessed land that everyone envies! ”

Bai Yuyu's father, Bai Futang, coughed, knocked the cigarette pouch pot on the brick floor inside the door, and said in a muffled voice: "If you want me to say, it's better to be the prince of Xingping County!" ”

Seeing that Sister-in-law Bai was still a little hesitant, Yan's mother began to talk endlessly about the benefits and disadvantages of Sister-in-law Bai Futang: "After entering Xinghualou, your daughter receives twenty or thirty guests every day, can she live to be twenty-five years old?" After entering the Xingping Palace, if you are blessed in the future, you will be taken in by the masters, and you will have a son and a half daughter, and you will also be half a master, wouldn't you be blessed? Don't you and Big Brother Bai have light on their faces? ”

Sister-in-law Bai thought about the thirty taels of silver opened by Xinghualou's bustard's mother, and then thought about the fifteen taels of silver opened by Yan's mother, and her face showed hesitation.

Yan's mother glanced at Sister-in-law Bai, knowing that a woman like Sister-in-law Bai only has a son in her heart, and her daughter is not a fart, it is useless to say anything else, but it is absolutely useful to say that it is beneficial to her son.

She looked at Sister-in-law Bai with a smile: "Sister-in-law Bai, isn't your son a showman?" With the help of the sister in the palace of Xingping County, your son can be regarded as a person in the court, and he will be able to ascend step by step in the future to glorify his ancestors, and maybe he can be recruited by big officials and marry a beautiful lady......"

When Sister-in-law Bai heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little moved-the reason why she wanted to sell her daughter was because her son had just entered school, and she should send a bundle to her husband, she should buy books, pen, ink, paper, and inkstones, and she should make two decent Confucian robes for her son...... The son needs money everywhere, but the family has no silver or two, so he only has the idea of selling his daughter!

Bai Yuyu was so angry that she trembled, and was about to push the door in, but after thinking about it, she understood that according to her father's mother's love of face, she broke in at this time, and they were annoyed and angry, maybe they sold themselves to this person on the spot......

She gritted her teeth and thought about it, and decided to hide to the side first, and then find a way when the human teeth were gone.

Bai Yuyu lifted the laundry basket and quietly walked behind the wheat straw stack on the west side of the courtyard wall.

She set aside the laundry basket, pulled some straw from the straw stack and spread it on the ground, and sat down on the straw.

Thinking of her father and mother who were bargaining with people in the courtyard wall, Bai Yuyu's heart was like a needle prick, and she was so uncomfortable that she was about to breathe.

For as long as she can remember, her father and mother have always been very partial to her brother, although she is dissatisfied, but she has endured it, but she didn't expect that her father and mother actually wanted to sell her for her brother to study, and she also planned to sell her to the fireworks cave......

Yu Yu felt a little itchy on her face, reached out and touched it, and found that it was full of tears.

Seeing that Bai Futang and Sister-in-law Bai were still hesitating, Yan's mother didn't say more, smiled and said goodbye, and led the donkey out of the Bai family's gate.

After riding the donkey, Yan's mother looked at Bai Futang and Bai Sister-in-law who came out to give her off, and said with a smile: "I said Brother Bai and sister-in-law Bai, you have to think about it, if your son becomes an official and a slaughterer in the future, people ask about the sister-in-law, but they say that they will be a bitch in Xinghualou, can they have a face at that time?" ”

Seeing that Bai Futang and Sister-in-law Bai changed color, Yan's mother smiled and slapped the donkey hard, and ran away on the donkey.

Hearing that Yan's mother left, Yu Yu wiped away her tears with her sleeves and sat there, bowing her head and silently thinking about countermeasures.

It seems that my father and mother are determined to sell her, and the brother Bai Yuhuai who has some conscience in the family is the one who has some conscience, so it is better to run to the Dushan Academy in the north of the city while it is dark, find the brother who is studying there, and beg the brother to come back and persuade the father and mother......

At this moment, the sound of Bai Futang and Bai Sister-in-law talking came from the other side of the gate, which startled Bai Yuyu - she thought that her father and mother had already returned to the house!

Sister-in-law Bai watched Yan's mother run away on a donkey, and then said: "The dignified Qingzhou City Xing'an County Palace, buy a stunning maid, and only then is willing to spend fifteen taels of silver, which is really enough to instigate!" ”

Bai Futang was silent for a while, and said in a low voice: "It's better to let Yan's mother be a middle-aged person and sell it to the Xingping County Palace, otherwise our Baijiaying is so close to the city, and Yu Yu entered the Xinghua Building and was seen by the villagers, wouldn't it be a shame!" ”

Sister-in-law Bai said stupidly: "But Xinghualou paid thirty taels of silver, and Yan's mother only paid fifteen taels of silver!" ”

Bai Futang looked at his wife and said boldly: "Then you go to Yan's mother and ask her to add some more silver!" ”

He has been weak and incompetent for most of his life, even if he sells his daughter, he doesn't dare to come forward to bargain, so he can only push his wife forward.

Sister-in-law Bai thought for a while and said, "I'll think about ...... again."

As she spoke, she suddenly saw a wet water trail on the dry loess road under her feet, which seemed to have reached her house first, and then turned to the west.

Sister-in-law Bai was very smart, and immediately thought of her daughter Bai Yuyu, who went to the West River to wash clothes, and immediately said to herself: "Huh? It's getting dark, why hasn't Yu Yu come back? ”

As she spoke, she put her fingers to her lips and motioned for her husband not to speak, then took her husband Bai Futang's hand and tiptoed towards the west wall.

Yu Yu was looking down to wipe her tears, but when she looked up, she saw her mother's face with horizontal eyebrows, and her little face turned white with fright.

Sister-in-law Bai didn't speak, but directly reached out to pick up Bai Yuyu's ear and dragged her towards the gate.

Bai Yuyu felt that her ears were about to be torn off by Sister-in-law Bai, it was hot, she struggled as hard as she could, like a little beast, and bit it on Sister-in-law Bai's arm.

Sister-in-law Bai didn't expect her daughter to dare to resist, so she was immediately furious, raised her empty left hand, and fanned Bai Yuyu's little face.

With the crisp slap sound, Bai Yuyi's right cheek suddenly burned, she still refused to let go, and bit Bai Sister-in-law's arm hard - is this for her brother, the mother who plans to sell her into the fireworks cave, is she still her own mother?

Sister-in-law Bai grabbed her daughter's bun, and angrily called her husband Bai Futang, who was standing on the side in a daze: "Bai Futang, what are you doing standing stupidly?" Don't come to kill this inhumane little slut! ”

Bai Yuyi's face has been burned by Sister-in-law Bai, her ears are also burning, and her scalp is also very painful, she is silently crying, trying her best to resist, pushing, biting, and pinching.

Bai Futang has been standing stupidly on the side, watching his wife beat his daughter.

After all, Hollyhock is young, only twelve years old, and he can't resist the very strong sister-in-law Bai, and in the end he was dragged back to the house by the sister-in-law Bai and locked up in the West House, where firewood is stored at home.