The first step in the book is to start selling tofu

"Sister, if you have something to say, just tell me directly." The coachman said in a friendly manner.

At this moment, he thought that Wang Xiaohua was the last person he notified, so he didn't need to rush to the next house, and it was okay to go back later.

In the past few days, he has been busy with various tasks assigned by Lin Zhi.

First, he took the trouble to give money and gifts to several families, and then he conscientiously and responsibly notified more than ten people to return to work after the New Year.

Thinking about giving gifts, the coachman finally remembered that he had forgotten something.

"Girl, wait a moment." The coachman said hurriedly and immediately walked out in a hurry.

After a while, he came in with a piece of meat in his hands and said sincerely, "This is the New Year gift from Lin Dong's family to the trial workers. I almost forgot about it."

Wang Xiaohua's mother looked at the piece of fat meat weighing almost two kilograms and swallowed involuntarily, but... she couldn't take it.

"Take it. This is for everyone on trial. It's not just for your Xiaohua." The coachman urged anxiously.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart at Lin Zhi's generosity. He was not even an employee but was able to receive a New Year gift.

If Lin Zhi hadn't given him a generous enough fee for running errands, the coachman would have wanted to embezzle these New Year gifts.

When Wang Xiaohua's mother heard the coachman's words, she did not reach out to take the meat, but suddenly knelt down.

"Girl, what are you doing? Get up quickly!" The coachman was startled, his hands trembled, and he almost dropped the meat in his hands.

"Brother, I don't want the meat anymore. I beg you for a favor." Wang Xiaohua's mother knelt with her head lowered even lower, her voice full of pleading.

Seeing her resolute attitude, the coachman dared not agree casually: "Tell me what it is first."

Wang Xiaohua's mother saw his resolute attitude and finally said helplessly: "Can you help me ask the boss to buy my daughter directly? I don't need a high price, just three taels of silver will be enough..."

The coachman's eyes widened.

Based on Wang Xiaohua's mother's behavior at home just now, he always thought that she was a mother who loved her children very much.

But the child's mother now wants to sell the child at a low price.

The driver, who was lost in thought, came back to his senses and heard Wang Xiaohua's mother explain: "Xiaohua can only survive if she leaves this home."

"What do you mean?" the coachman asked with a puzzled look on his face. Even if Xiaohua's father was a little angry, he probably didn't want to kill the child.

After Xiaohua's detailed explanation, the coachman finally understood what was going on.

It turned out that the older Wang Xiaohua got, the more horrible the condition on her face became, and everyone in her family, except Xiaohua's mother, disliked her.

If Xiaohua had not been diligent since childhood and her family had not been able to serve as a soldier, she might have been abandoned by her family long ago.

However, even if the Wang family had not abandoned her, her life would not be much better.

After growing up in hardship, for the sake of face and money, Wang's father and grandmother wanted to sell Xiaohua to earn money for their grandson/son to marry.

But the little flower is ugly, and most people don’t want it even if it’s given to them for free, let alone think about selling it.

So, after much searching, the Wang family finally found a buyer.

The buyer came from an extremely poor family and, most importantly, had a tendency to violence.

His first wife was beaten half to death by him and died of illness. The second wife was beaten and thrown back to her parents' home. The third wife...

His reputation gradually became bad and no one was willing to marry him. Even families who wanted to exchange their daughters for money did not think of letting their daughters die directly.

Therefore, the buyer, who was old and childless, became anxious and wanted to buy someone to have children to continue the family line.

Wang Xiaohua was the person he had his eyes on, mainly because she was cheap and could be bought for only one or two taels of silver.

The Wang family sold it without thinking because this person was the only one willing to buy Wang Xiaohua.

It was only because Xiaohua's mother strongly opposed that they had not succeeded.

"I can't stop it. If no one offers a higher price after the new year, Xiaohua will be sold to him." Xiaohua's mother began to sob, and her cry was extremely miserable.

If that man was married, Xiaohua Niang could still comfort herself by saying that the man had reformed.

But that person was determined to buy it.

The coachman looked at Xiao Hua Niang with sympathy and said, "I can't make the decision on this. I have to go back and ask Mr. Lin first."

"I know, so big brother, can you please ask for me? I beg you." After saying this, Xiaohua's mother started to kowtow, and her forehead turned red.

She stopped only after the coachman persuaded her again and again.

"I will go back and ask Mr. Lin today. If it's quick, I will give you an answer tomorrow." He was afraid that Xiaohua's mother would kneel down again. After he finished speaking, he hurried to the car.

Xiaohua's mother insisted on throwing the fallen meat into his car as payment for his help.

"Mom..." Wang Xiaohua's eyes were red and she looked at her mother with a choked voice.

Xiaohua's mother gently touched her head and said, "Xiaohua, don't blame me for being cruel. I'm doing this for your own good."

Xiaohua lowered her head and said nothing more. She just hugged her mother gently, and her tears soaked her mother's clothes.

......

The coachman returned to the city and immediately found Lin Zhi and told her about Xiaohua.

Lin Zhi frowned upon hearing this, and then said, "Okay, I'll have someone write a contract of sale tomorrow and you can take it to her family to sign it."

Lin Zhi took three taels of silver and gave it to the coachman: "Let's lower the price first, so that her family won't ask for too much."

The coachman nodded quickly, as he was familiar with bargaining.

"After signing the contract, let Wang Xiaohua come again on the 16th day of the New Year." Lin Zhijiao said.

The coachman said he knew and stepped back.

"Mom, didn't you say that now is not a good time to buy someone? Why?" Daya asked after the coachman left.

Lin Zhi said: "Just tell others that he is a farmhand, and just pity the child."

However, Lin Zhi thought that maybe Wang Xiaohua didn't want to see outsiders, so no one would ask.

.......

The next day, the coachman came to Wang Xiaohua's house with the contract of sale. When Wang's family saw the contract of sale, their eyes lit up and they signed it in a hurry.

Xiaohua's mother looked at the contract of sale with mixed feelings. She felt relieved that Xiaohua was able to get rid of that terrible buyer, but she was also reluctant to part with her daughter.

Wang Xiaohua stood aside with a bewildered look on her face, feeling mixed emotions.

The other members of the Wang family were very excited about the huge sum of money that Wang Xiaohua was able to sell for more than two strings of silver.