Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

"My little lady, may I ask how much food you are giving us and what kind of food it is?"

A man wearing a long gown covered with mud came forward to talk to Li Zhijuan and bowed to show his etiquette as a scholar.

This man is Zhang Qingyan’s uncle, the scholar, the eldest son of the Zheng family. He is 27 years old this year and has not even passed the Tongsheng exam, but he still calls himself a scholar.

He lied to his parents that he was just unlucky and had not met a mentor. One day he would soar to the sky and pass the imperial examination.

Two idiots believed it too!

"You've already sold your brother's wife, why are you pretending to be so literati like me? Who is a well-educated family that wants to eat with the food from selling your brother's wife? You must have read so much that it went into a dog's stomach. Pah. There's only one bushel of cornmeal for the food. I agree to sign and seal."

Li Zhijuan looked down on this person. What the hell!

"You. You are rude. You are disrespectful!" Mr. Zheng was so angry.

One dou is 45 jin, and one jin of cornmeal is 8 qian, which is 360 wen in total. This is only during the famine years, otherwise no one would sell it at such a low price!

"Okay, okay, sell it!" Grandma Zhang Qingyan said hastily. The family had been out of food for a while, and they had originally been pushing a cart with food out.

As a result, during the heavy rain a few days ago, they encountered refugees who robbed their entire village. No one in her family dared to step forward, and seeing the weapons in the refugees' hands, they dared not to stop them. They were robbed the most thoroughly.

I'm really hungry now. I've been eating wild vegetables for the past few days, and my stomach is burning. It's really uncomfortable.

"If you want to sell it, come and sign the seal. Hurry up, we are very busy."

Li Zhijuan took out the deed and asked them to check it and sign it if there was any problem.

Zhang Qingyan's uncle saw that the contract was beautifully written, and the wording and terms were clearly written. He was more and more convinced that this was purchased by a wealthy family. He signed without any doubt.

I even wrote my words very neatly, thinking that I might leave a good impression in the wealthy family.

His brain may have been eaten by a dog. For him to sell his brother's wife for food, as a scholar, would be despised by most people. How could a wealthy family look down on him?

Besides, his handwriting has no style at all, it's just neat. I wasted more than 20 years of calligraphy practice, and this is all I got? It's not as elegant as Zhang Zijin's.

Everyone signed, in duplicate. Li Zhijuan also asked the village chief to sign, after all, he was also a witness.

Then Li Zhijuan took her people and was about to leave.

"Hey? Little lady, we haven't given you any food yet!" When Zhang Qingyan saw him leaving, she quickly stopped him. She hasn't given you any food yet, and everyone at home is waiting for it to be cooked.

"You can't do without it, it's all here." Li Zhijuan said sarcastically.

At this time, Zhang Xinshuo carried a bucket of grain over, threw it on the ground, and left with his sister-in-law and little aunt.

Zhao Yuanzhen and her friends hurried over. In order to wait for them, their carriage was the last one in the convoy.

"Second sister-in-law?! Second sister-in-law, why are you here? Where is my mother? Is my mother okay?" Zhang Qingyan was very excited when she saw Zhao Yuanzhen.

I thought I would never see my family again in this life.

She whimpered.

Zhao Yuanzhen pulled them over and hurried to the carriage, and everything would be discussed once they were on board.

In the car, Qian Xiaohui had already taken Zijin back to pack up and put away all the things that could not be seen.

Zhao Yuanzhen and his companions trotted along the way and finally caught up with the carriage after a while. Then they pulled Zhang Qingyan onto the carriage.

When they entered the carriage, steamed buns and pickles were already placed on the table. Zhao Yuanzhen also poured her a glass of water and asked her to eat first before talking.

Looking at my sister-in-law like this, she is so thin that she looks unrecognizable. I know she must not have eaten for a long time.

Zhang Qingyan was eating while crying.

Woo woo woo, I originally thought that I had been sold and would never see my parents again, but I didn’t expect that I could still see my sister-in-law now, and the one who bought me turned out to be my sister-in-law and her daughter-in-law.

I must have burned incense to have such a blessing.

My sister-in-law gave me such delicious steamed buns. In previous years, when the harvest was good, I never ate such steamed buns! Not to mention steamed buns, I could only eat some watery food. I didn't even have any dry food.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked her to eat slowly. After she finished, she poured her a glass of water before she thought for herself and spoke.

"Qingyan, it was Zijin who found you when he went to the bathroom. I wanted to solve this matter once and for all, so I thought of buying you first. Now I am in a hurry and cannot go to Zhengjia Village to make a scene and delay the trip.

Otherwise, according to the past, they would have to teach Zhengjia Village a lesson. However, the Hejian Prefecture was forcibly recruiting soldiers, so the villagers had to hurry on their way and not get caught.

Although I paid for you, you should just pretend that nothing happened. This is just a temporary measure to get you out of the wolf's den as soon as possible.

But I can't give you this deed. I'm afraid your in-laws in Zhengjia Village will make trouble in the future. This deed is kept with me as evidence. Of course, I won't go to the government office to exchange it for a contract of sale. You are still free. I will go to my mother later, and you two can discuss what to do next."

Seeing her nod, Zhao Yuanzhen got out of the car to find her mother-in-law.

Li Zhijuan and Qian Xiaohui also jumped off the carriage, and Li Zhijuan gave the deed to Zhao Yuanzhen.

Zhao Yuanzhen took it and put it away.

He ran a few steps quickly to the carriage next to the old house.

"Mom, please come down for a moment. I have something to discuss with you." Zhao Yuanzhen whispered to Sun Zhang in the carriage.

Sun Zhang nodded and shouted at Zhang Qingshan.

"Boss, stop the car. I'll get off for a moment."

Zhang Qingshan stopped the carriage, and Sun Zhang jumped down.

The little old lady is quite brave and has very nimble legs.

Zhao Yuanzhen took her to her carriage.

"What's the matter, second brother? What happened?" Sun Zhang was a little anxious. What happened?

"Mom, it's nothing, I just bought you a person!"

"What? Who did you buy? I don't need anyone. Food is so scarce now. I can do any work at home."

"Please look at what people are saying first." Zhao Yuanzhen decided to tease the little old lady.

Sun Zhang grumbled to herself, saying that no one is as capable as I am.

He was randomly helped into the carriage and the curtain was opened.

"Qingyan? My Qingyan, why are you here? Why are you so thin! Did those people from the Zheng family treat you harshly? Mother will go find them! You bastard, how dare you bully my girl."

When Sun Zhang saw that her daughter was so thin and even a little scary, her heart ached.

Over the years, the second eldest family has branched out. Every time the girl comes back, her eldest sister-in-law doesn't treat her well, fearing that she will come to her parents' home to ask for money. After so many times, the daughter hasn't come back for several years.

Before fleeing, I was worried and asked my eldest son to go to their village to inform them. He even told them the approximate route, for fear that he would not be able to see his daughter again.

Who would have thought that my daughter would be tortured like this by her husband's family.

In the early years, it was pretty good.

What she didn't know was that since Zhang Qingyan stopped going back to her parents' home, her husband's family thought that her parents no longer had any contact with her, and slowly began to bully her. Seeing that her parents' family didn't come to support her, they became even more aggressive. Now they dare to sell her out at will.

Zhao Yuanzhen called the two children off the bus and gave the carriage to them so that they could have a good talk.

Zhang Zijin and Zhang Xinshu went to sit in the carriage in front.

Li Zhijuan was driving the carriage, and she was sitting on it. Zhang Xinbai was walking.

Zhao Yuanzhen was actually a little curious about how these two would solve this problem.

"Mom, I thought I would never see you again. Wuuuu, I missed you so much." When Zhang Qingyan saw her mother, she couldn't stop crying and burst into tears.

Seeing her like this, Sun Zhang also hugged her and cried.

In an instant, the carriage was filled with crying.

Zhao Yuanzhen raised her eyebrows. This little old lady's cry was so loud.

After crying for a while, their emotions finally calmed down.

"Mom, I was sold by the Zheng family in exchange for food. Zijin saw me when he passed by, and my second sister-in-law asked Zhijuan to buy me."

Now her emotions are stable and Zhang Qingyan can speak well.

"What? Damn it! These beasts, little bastards! Wait till I find your father, I'll beat them to death!"

As she said this, she was about to rush down again. This time, she really couldn't hold it in. She was a miserable girl!

"Mom, come back. Don't go."

Zhang Qingyan grabbed her mother. She was afraid it was too late and the old lady would jump off the carriage.

"Don't be afraid. We are more in number and I am very strong. Your mother-in-law can't beat me!" Sun Zhang thought her daughter was afraid that she would suffer a loss.

"No, Mom, don't get excited, just listen to me!" She held her mother tightly.

"Tell me, what can you say? If you can really say something, you can still be sold out!"

He rolled his eyes at her and refused to follow her lead, allowing herself to be bullied for nothing.

Zhang Qingyan blushed, her mother's fighting power is still so strong. The person on the other side was speechless.

"Mother, this is a good thing for me. I was sold this time and I was able to meet my second sister-in-law and was rescued by her. If we go looking for them and they know that I have returned to my parents' home, my parents' home will not be safe in the future.

If they want to take me back and sell me again, how can my second sister-in-law come to save me! I have escaped from the wolf's den! Besides, I heard from my second sister-in-law that Hejian Prefecture is forcibly recruiting soldiers, and we have to hurry on our way, so we really can't make any more mistakes. "

"That's true. Now that you come back, you won't have to worry about food. Come on, follow me back. Look how hard I've tortured you. I'll give you some good treatment. We'll have to settle the matter with the Zheng family in the future. If they see me next time, I'll beat them to death. How dare they sell my girl?"

As he said this, he was about to jump out of the car again, this time dragging her girl with him.

"Mom, I won't go back with you. I've just made up my mind. Since Second Sister-in-law bought me, I will become her family member. I will work hard. Second Sister-in-law is a good person and will not deny me food. I can't let Second Sister-in-law be without food and a person."

"You kid, what do you want to buy? The second family will definitely not have such an idea. They just want to rescue you. Don't worry about the food. I will give it to your second sister-in-law later."

She pulled again, but still couldn't move it. Although this old girl is thin, she is still quite strong.