Chapter Forty-Six: Big Fat Boy
After Renhe and Hexiang were sent home, Qi Ling called all the workers in the workshop together.
"This morning, because everyone is working hard to find someone, let's get off work early, and in the afternoon, we will just come at the time I said, and we will still send everyone the whole day when the salary is paid, so you can go back and rest for a while."
Qi Ling knew that when he was looking for someone just now, the workers in the workshop were all very serious about looking for it, so when he looked at it, they were all tired and sweaty, and their faces were red.
When the workers in the workshop heard Qi Ling say this, they all said goodbye: "That's okay, let's go back first." ”
After everyone was gone, Peach Blossom pouted and said sullenly: "I am really reluctant to let go of Lotus Xiang so easily, I can't wait to let her suffer all the sins that Sister Ling and I have suffered." ”
"She's already crazy like this, don't care about her anymore, we have already told the lieutenant chief, the lieutenant will definitely go to her house, so that her father and mother will take good care of her in the future."
Aunt Zhao touched Peach Blossom's hand and said to her with pity on her face, her girl was finally found, and now how rare she is.
After they met at the entrance of the village just now, they went to the chief's house and asked him to find a few people to send Li Mazi from the land temple to the Hualiu Sick Village set up by the imperial court, and also told all the things that Hexiang had done.
Although the last time he bought the land, the lieutenant wanted to ask for more money so that he could swallow it privately, which made people think that he was not a good person, but in fact, he was quite responsible as a lieutenant chief.
Hearing that there was actually someone in the village who had flower willow disease, he was very frightened, and hurriedly called someone to send Li Mazi away, and later went to Hexiang's house in person, so that her father and stepmother could take a good look at her, and if she made any mistakes again, she would drive their family of three out of Gujia Village.
Hexiang's father is also surnamed Gu, and the chief said that the meaning of driving him out of Gujia Village is that he will never recognize him again after being deleted from the family tree, which can frighten Hexiang's father.
Being deleted from the family tree and expelled from the family is the most feared thing for people at this time, the fallen leaves always have to return to the roots, and when they die, they can't even enter the ancestral grave, which is too miserable.
As soon as the chief left, Hexiang's father casually took out a piece of firewood from the ground and beat Hexiang is head.
While fighting, he shouted: "You lost your family, you finally found a job, and before you and your mother brought back a few days of money, you itched to cause something, and dared to go to Li Mazi for help, when did you have such courage, I won't beat you today, I'm afraid you will forget which one of your sons is." ”
Hexiang is still a little stunned now, looking demented, even when her father hits her, she doesn't dodge. just squatted down and whispered: As long as she dies, as long as she dies."
Lotus Daddy became more and more energetic, a piece of firewood was interrupted, so he pulled out another one, and was about to continue beating her, when Lotus Xiang's stepmother saw it and hurriedly pulled him away.
In the past, when her father beat her with lotus, her stepmother would only blow the wind and fan the fire on the side, how could she be so kind today.
The stepmother glanced at the lotus flower before saying: "Why are you so stupid, you see that your daughter will already be a little stunned, what if you beat her again, what should you do if you really beat her stupid?" ”
Lotus Daddy replied impatiently: "I didn't always fight like this in the past, even if I was stupid, I would be stupid, so as not to go out and cause trouble." ”
"You can't be stupid now, anyway, she can't work in that workshop now, let's just sell her to a rich family to be a maid, I heard that the money from selling her body is more than a dozen taels, which is enough for us to spend a long time."
When the stepmother thought of that number, she felt like pie in the sky.
Father Hexiang hesitated a little: "This, can it work?" There is no precedent for our village to sell our children, and we will be poked in the backbone if we do this, and she is also my only daughter. ”
"Then if she does these things now, even if you don't sell her, won't you be poked in the back? Besides, if you sell her and get her money, let's go see the doctor, maybe I can give you a big fat boy. ”
Big fat boy, this is what Daddy Hexiang hasn't been looking forward to for many years!
Not having a son has been his heart disease for many years, in the village, he always feels that his waist is not straight, other people's families have several sons, but he only has Hexiang under his knees.
After the previous daughter-in-law died, he hurriedly married the current one, originally wanted her to give birth to a son for himself, but after several years, let alone a son, he didn't even give birth to a daughter, and he had already given up.
Now that I heard her say that she would go to see the doctor and give birth to a big fat boy when she came back, Father Hexiang was a little moved.
"Otherwise, if you sell it, you will sell it! But you're going to give me a baby! ”
Father Hexiang thought of his chubby son and the money-losing goods in front of him who was squatting on the ground and uneasy, so he decisively chose to sell Hexiang.
The stepmother smiled shyly: "Okay, I'll give you a few more." ”
None of them saw it, and at some point, Hexiang, who was squatting on the ground next to her, had already returned to clarity and listened to their conversation word for word.
She hates! Hate Qi Ling, hate the pair of dog men and women in front of him!
She swore that if she had the opportunity in the future, she would definitely repay the shame she received today! She won't let go of any of those who bullied her!
After a few more days, a trafficker suddenly came to the village and drove directly to Hexiang's house in a carriage.
"This is your girl?"
The trafficker looked Hexiang up and down, and nodded secretly in his heart.
Although she is very worn, this girl has a feeling of weakness and helplessness, and she looks very decent.
It's just that she definitely won't say this, but pretended to be very disgusted: "Why are you so thin, is it not in good health, if so, and paste me a few pieces of medicine money, then I won't lose!" ”
"Aunt Zhang, you are wrong, my daughter, is in good health, don't look thin or thin, but she is energetic, she does everything we do to chop wood and cook."
The stepmother was afraid that Aunt Zhang would dislike Hexiang and refuse to buy her, so she pulled Hexiang to Aunt Zhang's side and showed her Hexiang's arm.
Aunt Zhang pursed her lips, "How much are you going to sell?" Say the number, I'll weigh it. ”
Originally, Hexiang's father wanted to say twenty taels, but he saw that Aunt Zhang was a little disgusted with Hexiang, for fear that he would open his mouth and scare Aunt Zhang away, so he said tentatively, "What do you think of fifteen taels?" ”
Fifteen taels, then you can get dozens of taels if you change hands, this trip is worth it!
Aunt Zhang pretended to be very entangled and pondered for a long time before she spoke.
"Forget it, fifteen taels is fifteen taels, who said this is still my first time opening today, so I should buy a happy gas."
As she spoke, she counted enough money from her pocket and got it in her hand.