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Zhou family in Yangliu Village.

Zhou Ruyu was embroidering a sachet in her room. She was going to give it to Zhong Laosan when it was finished. Although she didn't like Zhong Laosan very much, she didn't want to be sold to an old man as a concubine by her parents like her sister.

The conditions of the Zhong family were pretty good, and she wouldn't have to suffer much if she married into the family. She had to keep the third brother Zhong tightly in her hands.

She was concentrating on embroidering the sachet when the door was suddenly pushed open with great force, and her second brother's voice was heard.

"Zhou Yuru! You hide in your room all day long and don't do any housework! Do you think you are going to marry into the Zhong family and become a young lady?"

The sound came from far away and got closer. Zhou Yushou walked in quickly and saw her holding needle and thread, embroidering a sachet.

Thinking about how he couldn't even get into the gambling house because he had no money these days, he became furious. He snatched the sachet from Zhou Yuru's hand, picked up the scissors beside him, and cut the sachet into pieces in a few strokes.

Zhou Ruyu didn't expect that he would grab it directly, and there was no time to stop him. He watched helplessly as the sachet that was almost finished turned into a few pieces of rags.

She screamed and tried to tear Zhou Yushou apart, but he pushed her to the ground.

"Who do you think you are? You really think you can turn a pheasant into a phoenix by hanging around with Zhong Lao San!"

Zhou Yuru was pushed to the ground and her father and mother came in, still complaining about her.

"You are the same. You stay in your room all day without cooking or washing clothes. People who don't know would think you are in confinement after childbirth! Do you think you are as lucky as your heartless sister? You don't have to work to have food to eat? If you have the ability, you can find a rich family to marry!"

"Come on! Stop looking so sad all day long. Hurry up and go cook some dinner. Stop showing off your face to others!"

Zhou Yushou came in and threw things around, then left cursing. As soon as he left, Zhou's father and mother also followed him out of the room.

No one even looked at Zhou Yuru who was sitting on the ground, let alone helped her up. She could only get up by herself after everyone left.

She stood up with gritted teeth. Under her feet was the sachet that was cut into pieces by Zhou Yushou. She was so angry that she almost cried.

But she didn't dare cry because she had to go out to cook, because if her family saw her, they would scold her again.

She suddenly felt very envious of her sister. If she hadn't heard someone say that the wealthy family next door wanted to buy someone to be a maid when she went to the town to sell medicinal herbs, she would not have been able to live the good life she has now.

My parents went to find someone to find out what the rules were for a rich merchant buying a girl as a concubine. After finding out clearly, they asked a human trafficker to contact the rich merchant's manager. Both parties agreed to buy the eldest girl from the Zhou family for one hundred taels of silver and to pick her up in three days.

The eldest daughter of the Zhou family didn't know that her parents had sold her for a good price. She secretly married the eldest son of a family in the village. The two grew up together and had long been in love with each other. They were just waiting for him to come and propose marriage. They had already agreed to choose a good day and invited a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.

Who would have thought that before that day came, the eldest daughter of the Zhou family was sold by her parents, and all the money was given to their son to pay off his gambling debts.

The eldest daughter of the Zhou family found out three days later that she had been sold by her parents. Before she could even resist, she was tied up, gagged and sent away.

Poor girl, she and her lover thought they could be together for the rest of their lives, but they didn't expect this to happen. When the man heard that his beloved girl had been sold, he came to ask for an explanation.

The Zhou family beat him up so badly that he vomited blood. The man's family would not let it go after seeing their son being treated like this. The two families started fighting and swore at each other.

What about "your daughter is so young and she knows how to find a man to marry secretly. It's obvious that she is not a quiet person. Fortunately, my son didn't marry her, otherwise he wouldn't know whose child it was when he had a child!"

Or "What do you think your son is? He's nothing. He took the exam for the title of scholar for so many years and still failed. If you don't have the brains, don't even think about becoming an official! Your family is not destined for that!"

Miss Zhou's lover was injured in the melee, and was pushed and shoved in the middle. He finally couldn't bear it and fell down. Zhou Yushou took the opportunity to step on his chest several times, and he almost died on the spot.

It was the man's mother who noticed it and hugged her son who was lying on the ground, wailing. Only then did everyone slowly stop.

The Zhou family was panicked. If someone was beaten to death, it would be a serious matter and they might even end up in jail.

The man was sent back and rested for a long time. Although his body recovered, he was depressed all day long. A cold in winter took his life.

His family members came to Zhou's house to make trouble several times, but Zhou's family refused to admit that they beat him. They just said that he accidentally fell and vomited blood and was injured, and it was none of their business. The two families became enemies from then on, and every time they met in the village, they would spit and curse at each other a few times before they would stop.

After this incident, the Zhou family’s reputation in the village was completely ruined, and the villagers were unwilling to associate with them.

At first, the Zhou family thought that since Miss Zhou was sold to a rich family as a concubine, they would be able to benefit from it, so they wanted to ask the rich family for money, saying that Miss Zhou was a beautiful girl who married into their family, and they had raised her for nothing, so she should give money to be filial to her parents, otherwise it would be unfilial.

Unexpectedly, when Miss Zhou heard that her lover was beaten and vomited blood by the Zhou family in order to seek an explanation for her, he fell ill and died.

She was disheartened and begged the rich businessman's wife to help her get rid of the Zhou family, a family of blood-sucking parasites.

The rich businessman's wife was a kind-hearted person. She gave birth to a son and a daughter in her early years and was unable to have any more children. She was bullied by her mother-in-law several times, both openly and secretly, so she took the initiative to propose to take a concubine for her husband.

However, she still had her own little thoughts. She couldn't take a concubine from a powerful family, otherwise if the two of them came back and they came into conflict, she wouldn't be able to gain the upper hand.

She asked the manager to find the human traffickers to ask if there were any suitable ones. It would be best if the person's family was so poor that they could not afford to support him. After the person was sold, they would have to sign an agreement and put their fingerprints on it. After that, the person would belong to the family and no one could come to look for him.

A few days after this statement was made, the manager received news from a human trafficker that a family in Yangliu Village wanted to sell their daughter. The girl was seventeen years old, good-looking, with regular features, and of the right age, so she would be able to have children if she married into the family.

The rich businessman's wife gave money, asked someone to choose a date, and brought the girl back a few days later.

But unexpectedly, the girl was not willing to do so. She already had a lover in the village and was just waiting for a good day to ask a matchmaker to come and propose marriage.

But the money had already been used by Zhou's parents to pay off their son's gambling debts. The wealthy businessman's wife advised her to stay, otherwise she would not be able to pay the money back, and might even be sold again if she returned.

Miss Zhou had no choice, she was afraid that she would be sold again. But the rich businessman didn't like her, but his son liked Miss Zhou.

The rich businessman's wife decided to marry her son as a concubine. Miss Zhou was unwilling, but she had already been sold to the rich businessman and she had no choice.

It’s not too bad, there aren’t any messy people in the rich businessman’s family. At most, there’s a terrible grandmother - the rich businessman’s mother.

Seeing that her son didn't want to take a concubine, she brought up the fact that Miss Zhou had been married for several years but had not given birth. Now that Miss Zhou finally had a baby, she was anxious to take a few more concubines for her grandson.

It was the rich businessman's wife who stopped him, saying that Miss Zhou was pregnant and it would be better not to do anything that would make her sad. Her son also didn't want to take another concubine and said that he only wanted Miss Zhou.

After Miss Zhou finally let go of her past thoughts and was willing to live a good life, the Zhou family came to their house again to ask for money. During the argument, they also revealed the affairs of Miss Zhou's lover, which caused her to have a miscarriage and give birth prematurely.

Fortunately, her health was good during this period of time in the rich businessman's family, and the child was born safely. It was a boy, and the rich businessman's family was very happy.