I asked you to dig wild vegetables to pay off your debt, not go up the mountain to pick up money!

The villagers looked at each other in confusion. Isn't this Old Wang's family's business? What does it have to do with Song Anning?

Although the engagement was broken and it was wrong for Wang Qingshan to go and snatch the girl away, men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough. It seems understandable that he did it for the sake of his daughter's marriage.

A few people in the crowd were still whispering, and they all felt that Song An Ning should not stop others from marrying their daughter.

Who would have thought that Wang Qingshan would say tremblingly:

"It was all my wife's idea. She insisted that we couldn't read and didn't know what a body-selling contract was. She said she wanted to take the person away while you were away."

"Indenture? What indenture?"

"Wang Qingshan, please tell me clearly, whose indenture is this?"

The crowd was in an uproar. They were all farmers who worked hard to make a living in the village, but they had never heard of anyone buying a servant and who could afford it.

Song An Ning and Second Grandpa looked at each other and both knew that after such a fuss, the matter of Wang Qiuyue selling her indenture could no longer be concealed.

At this time, Wang Qiuyue stood up and said loudly to the villagers:

"This is my indenture! In order to allow my sister and I to survive and have a place to live, I, Wang Qiuyue, went to Aning to ask for it.

I begged Aning to buy me and give my sister and I a chance to survive.

The village head had already told Wang Qingshan and his wife about this. Unexpectedly, while Aning was away, they resorted to rogue tactics and tried to kidnap that man.

While Wang Qiuyue was talking, Song Anning also took out Wang Qiuyue's indenture contract from her bosom. It was stamped with the official seal and could not be faked.

Thinking back to when Wang Qiuyue and her brother went to the mountains to dig bamboo shoots and nearly lost their lives, asking Aning to take them in was the last resort.

"Alas, Qiuyue and her brother have such a hard life..."

"Wang Qingshan, you clearly knew that Qiuyue had signed a contract to sell herself, yet you still dared to come and snatch her away. If I send you to the authorities, it would be a serious crime."

"That's right, the two children have suffered enough, please stop committing more sins."

"I've noticed that Qiuyue and Ah Sheng have gained weight and look much better in the past twenty days at the Song family."

Among the onlookers, many were busy in Song Anning's fields. The men were picking up stones from the ground and digging the foundation, while the women were hoeing the ground and pulling weeds.

Men were paid sixty cents a day, and women forty-five cents, which was considered high wages in the town.

This was what Song An Ning specifically requested at the beginning. Spending a little more money can make everyone happy and work harder, so why not do it?

So when He Fangfang was making fun of Song An Ning just now, no one agreed with her, and many people even told her to stop talking nonsense.

Su Chen walked to Song An Ning, picked up the indenture contract, took a look at it, and said exaggeratedly:

"Oh, it's a death contract? That means this girl named Wang Qiuyue belongs to Song Anning in life and will be Song Anning's dead person in death.

Let me think about what the laws of our Nanyue Dynasty said. It should be exiled two thousand miles to the northwest.

Uncle, since we're going such a long way, shouldn't you and your wife discuss who will carry the luggage?"

"..."

When the government and the law were mentioned, Wang Qingshan was terrified and knelt on the ground begging for mercy:

"It has nothing to do with me. It's all because of that bitch He Fangfang. That family gave too much! Fifty taels, hahahaha, fifty taels of silver, enough for our family to live for half a lifetime."

Wang Qingshan's incoherent speech was a bit scary, but Song Anning still heard something wrong.

"Fifty taels? I'd like to see how wealthy this family is. They're willing to spend fifty taels right away. What do you think?"

The crowd began to whisper again.

"Who would spend fifty taels on a skinny village girl these days? Even a brothel wouldn't pay that much."

"Who said it wasn't? I'm afraid there's something strange here..."

"That young man, you tell me, it was your family that bought the person."

Just now, Song An Ning could tell at a glance that the man who came with Wang Qingshan and his wife should be a servant of a wealthy family.

When Song An Ning took out the indenture, the man's face was filled with shock, and he obviously didn't know that Wang Qiuyue had sold him.

"This girl, it's none of my business. I'm just an errand boy."

"Oh? An errand boy? Since you want to take my people away, I have to know who your master is, right? Otherwise, the police will arrest you."

"..."

The servant forced an ugly smile on his face and said helplessly:

"This is all a misunderstanding. Our master didn't even know Wang Qiuyue had signed a death contract. How could someone from another family go down to accompany our young master?"

"???"

Go down? Where?

Not only Song Anning, everyone present was confused, even Wang Qingshan.

Didn't you say you wanted to be the wife of a sick young master? That's what He Fangfang had told him at the beginning.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, the servant remembered Song An Ning's violent attack just now, so he could only tell the truth:

"My young master is ill and will soon die. The doctor said he has ten days or half a month left to live, so my wife is thinking of buying someone to come over. Then..."

"What then? Tell me now!"

The servant lowered his head and hesitated for a moment before speaking:

"Find a girl from the countryside, arrange a ghost marriage for her, and let her serve my young master downstairs."

"..."

"What? Did I hear correctly? What kind of vicious parents are they, to sell their child for a ghost marriage..."

"I've only heard that two families' children must be dead to be matched with this. Qiuyue is a living person, could it be possible that..."

The more they thought about it, the angrier they became. Two elderly people who were nearby even stepped forward and kicked Wang Qingshan.

"You wicked thing, are you too immoral to live? This is your own daughter, and you're willing to let her do this?"

"To put it bluntly, these fifty taels of silver are essentially buying Qiuyue's life! What a sin!"

"Are you still a human being? You are really bringing shame to our Half Moon Village."

Wang Qingshan stared blankly at Wang Qiuyue and Wang Sheng. Yes, this was his child. How could he arrange a ghost marriage for him?

Didn't He Fangfang say that going to that house would be a way to enjoy a good life, with maids and old women serving her, and Wang Qiuyue only needed to take good care of her man? Why did she hear something different now?

"Now you can see that you can't take Wang Qiuyue away with you, so you can ask whoever your wife gave the money to.

From now on, don’t let me see your family again.”

Song An Ning sent the servant away in a bad mood, leaving the couple alone.

Wang Qingshan kept saying he didn't know and wasn't clear. He might not know about Wang Qiuyue's ghost marriage, but what about the indenture?

He committed a crime against the law, and now he is playing the role of a pitiful person?

"Sister Qiuyue, even though we've severed our relationship, Wang Qingshan is still your father after all. I'll leave it to you to decide how to deal with him."

It is difficult for her to make a decision on this matter. Whether it is a minor matter or a major matter, someone will make fun of it. As the person involved, it is better for Wang Qiuyue to handle it.

"Qiuyue, Dad was wrong. Please forgive me this time, okay?

This was all He Fangfang's idea. I don't even know which family wants someone to be married after death. If..."

"If you knew, you would agree.

There's no need to put on such a disgusting face in front of me. Everyone has seen how you treated me and Ah Sheng over the years."

Wang Qiuyue wiped away her tears, the bitterness of those years still vivid in her mind. If possible, she wanted to make this family disappear from this world.

However, filial piety is more important than anything else. Aning was right. Even if the relationship was severed and bones and tendons were broken, this man was still her father.

What else could she do?