Quick Wear: Cousin, Come to the Bowl Quickly

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd watching the show exploded, and they all cast disgusted looks at Lin Daniu, and some even spat at him. This Lin Daniu is really a piece of shit, to be able to think of such a vicious method. It hasn't been long since his brother died, and he is already finding ways to sell his own niece.

Lin Daniu felt guilty when he saw people pointing and talking, but he suddenly pretended to be angry and said, "Sister-in-law, I didn't expect that you would slander me even at this time. It was you who secretly found me a few days ago and said that Erniu was dead and you couldn't support three children, so you asked me to find a way to sell Xiaomiao.

I felt sorry for Xiao Miao and tried to persuade you for a long time, but you didn't listen. I had no choice but to go through a lot of trouble to find a good family for Xiao Miao. Who knew that after I took the money and signed the deed, you suddenly changed your mind and now you want to slander me!"

His grief-stricken look actually frightened some people. The crowd, who were just filled with righteous indignation, couldn't help but be quiet for a moment, although most people were still sober and knew that Lin Daniu, who was idle on weekdays, could not be trusted.

But a small number of people still cast their suspicious eyes on Zheng. After all, she looked sickly, and it was possible that she had other thoughts because she could not support the child.

Zheng was so angry at his distortion of the truth that she started coughing violently, but she had no evidence to refute Lin Daniu's words. She could only point at him breathlessly and call him "you" and "you" for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.

The head of the village couldn't help but feel a headache when he saw both sides arguing with each other. Although he believed Zheng's words more in his heart, neither side could produce any evidence and he had no way to make a judgment. Moreover, the most important thing at the moment was not to distinguish right from wrong, but what to do with the child Xiao Miao.

After thinking for a moment, he looked at Zheng and said, "You two have your own reasons. I can't control it. Erniu's family, I just want to ask you one question: do you still want Xiao Miao as your child?"

Zheng quickly said, "Of course I want it. This is the flesh and blood that fell from my pregnancy! I would rather die of illness or starvation than sell the child!"

"Okay! In that case, you should return the silver to the family and redeem Xiao Miao." The head of the village made a decision and turned to the matchmaker and said, "Old sister, the child's mother doesn't want to sell the child anymore. You can redeem him." Seeing this, the matchmaker rolled her eyes and nodded in agreement.

When Zheng heard this, she hurriedly ordered her little daughter who was standing beside her to get the money. Lin Daniu wanted to stop her, but was blocked by the women standing next to Zheng. He could only watch Zheng tremblingly open the cloth bag of money and hand over seven taels of silver to the matchmaker without a penny less.

Unexpectedly, the matchmaker took the purse, took out a piece of paper from her bosom, blew it, and suddenly laughed, "This little money is not enough."

Zheng's eyes widened: "How can it not be enough? I didn't touch a penny of the seven taels of silver."

"Oh! Seven taels! When I bought it, I paid ten taels of silver ingot. As for redeeming the person, the price will be more than this number." She looked at Lin Xiaomiao, who had just woken up and looked confused, and a determined smile appeared on her face.

"What ten taels? It's obviously..." Zheng was halfway through her rebuttal when she suddenly understood. She looked at Lin Daniu and started coughing violently again.

The village head didn't expect the matchmaker to do this. Looking at Zheng who seemed to be dying at any moment, he gritted his teeth and said, "How much does it cost to redeem her?"

"It's clearly written in black and white on the contract: ten taels to buy a person, and ten times that to redeem her."

"Ten times! That's one hundred taels! Oh my god, this is too dark." The villagers who were digging for food in the soil in the yard were stunned by the number. Even if they didn't eat or drink, they couldn't save up one hundred taels of silver in half a lifetime.

Zheng was so shocked by the number that she fell back into her chair. She was sweating and her face was pale. She looked at her eldest daughter who had woken up in a daze and looked confused, and her heart suddenly died of despair.

Then, she glared at Lin Daniu with her red eyes, wanting to die with him. Lin Daniu was frightened by her look, swallowed his saliva, and silently stepped back a few steps, away from her.

"That's right, it's one hundred taels. If you want to redeem her, you have to pay one hundred taels. Otherwise, don't even think about taking this girl away. I'm not afraid of your large numbers. Whoever wants to help can pay the money for her. Otherwise, even if you sue her to the government, I'll be in the right. By the way, you have to return the two taels of silver I gave you." The matchmaker looked at everyone proudly and pointed at Lin Daniu.

Hearing this, everyone spit on Lin Daniu again, and there was a bit more pity in their eyes when they looked at Zheng, but the words of the matchmaker still stirred up waves in their hearts.

The villagers all made a living from the land. Although they sympathized with Zheng, no one had the ability to come up with a hundred taels of silver. The few women who had just surrounded Zheng and Lin Xiaomiao also silently took a few steps back at the glances of their mothers-in-law and husbands.

The head of the village saw the reactions of the crowd. Although he understood their behavior, he was still a little disappointed. He did have the one hundred taels of silver, but taking out such a large sum of money would cost him a lot of money. His handsome son was old enough to get married, and his daughter would need a dowry if she married into the Du family. The yard at home also needed to be renovated. He had made up his mind, but when he turned around, the miserable situation of Lin Erniu's family caught his eyes again, and he hesitated for a moment.

Seeing this, the matchmaker sneered and signaled the two thugs to come forward and arrest the man. Zheng hugged Lin Xiaomiao into her arms, pulled off the only wooden hairpin on her head, and held it tightly in her hand. With red eyes, she screamed at the two men, "Whoever dares to come up, I will fight him to the death."

The head of the village hurriedly stopped them, "Stop it. You from Erniu's family should also calm down and don't hurt yourself and the child." However, Zheng seemed to have gone crazy and just kept waving the hairpin in her hand. The two thugs were shocked by her desperate momentum and did not dare to step forward for a while. The two sides fell into a stalemate.

"Wait!" Just when everyone didn't know what to do, a clear voice rang out, which was particularly obvious in the noisy yard. Everyone looked towards the source of the voice.

A young girl in an apricot-yellow dress pushed through the crowd and walked out. When everyone looked carefully, they found that she was the granddaughter of the head of the village. They couldn't help but look at her with doubt.

"Nannan, what are you doing? Come back quickly." Lin Xi turned around, gently pushed away her second brother who wanted to hold her hand, shook her head at him, and walked to the side of the village head.

The head of the village looked at his granddaughter, wondering why she stood up at this time. Lin Xi gave him a reassuring look and showed a gentle smile to the matchmaker: "I happened to pass by and saw that it was lively here, so I listened for a while. It was said that the uncle of the Lin family wanted to sell his niece?"

Seeing that she was a little girl with a big smile on her face, the matchmaker ignored her and snorted, saying, "That's right."

"Oh, so that's how it is. Poor little Sister Miao. Her grandparents died at such a young age, and she has two younger brothers and sisters to raise. Well, it seems that being sold off is one of her ways to survive." Lin Xi acted as if something had suddenly dawned on her, sighed softly, and covered her eyes with the fan in her hand, as if she was extremely sad.

Everyone was stunned by her words, and they all looked at Zheng in the middle of the yard and the old couple of the Lin family who had been standing under the shadow of the eaves. The head of the village was also stunned for a moment, then frowned and said, "Nannan, what nonsense are you talking about? Your Xiao Miao's grandparents and mother are all alive and well."

"Ah?! I haven't been out for a long time, and I thought Sister Xiaomiao's grandparents were all dead. Otherwise, why could Uncle Lin sell his niece? He really deserves a slap in the face." Lin Xi's face was full of regret, as if she was really ashamed of saying the wrong thing.

But then, she looked at the two people under the eaves, "Grandpa and grandma of the Lin family, I am just a child, and I can't restrain my words. Please don't hold it against me if I say something wrong."