Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

Mrs. Hu wanted to ask something, but when she saw her husband shaking his head slightly, she stopped asking.

Shen Xianzhu also followed him out of the courtyard gate. After walking a few steps, he saw a middle-aged driver holding a lantern standing by the cart: "Master Shen."

When they got closer, they saw a little girl squatting at the driver's feet.

She saw Shen Lingzhu stand up, her little childish voice filled with innocent hope, "Kind sister, please buy me!"

"?" Shen Lingzhu was stunned for a moment, and found that her forehead was smeared with ash and blood on the edge.

He immediately reached out and grabbed her: "Come, I'll bandage your wound. How old are you?"

"I'm five years old. My sister is willing to buy me? I can do the work, such as cutting grass, making fire, and washing clothes." The little girl smiled happily and took a step towards her, but she didn't leave when she saw her shaking her head.

Shen Lingzhu turned around and wanted to carry her away, but the little girl struggled hard and he couldn't hold her for a while.

Shen Xianzhu wanted to reach out and hug her, but his father stopped him, "It's no use. I almost got bit on the face when I tried to hug her just now."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Zhuzi slapped the child on the butt and said, "I won't buy it for disobedient children. You have to wash your face so that I can see if you look good."

“Will you buy it if it looks good?”

"Correct."

"Okay, I'm obedient."

The little girl obediently let Shen Lingzhu hold her, but Shen Huai asked her to walk slowly and ask the head of the village whether he could carry her home.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the brother and sister asked the driver, saying that on the way to pick up the doctor, his car ran into a ditch and almost broke down. After he barely got back, he got stuck here again.

When he handed the mule cart to another driver and came to repair the cart with a lamp, he saw the little girl walking along the wall. She was so silent that she scared the driver.

Shen Xianzhu wanted to take her, but she twisted her body and refused.

Shen Lingzhu shook his head at him and patted the child's back to comfort her, but the little girl hissed in pain.

She ignored the outside and quickly lifted the back of her clothes. Under the light, the red marks from being beaten were clearly visible, some of which were still bleeding.

No wonder the child doesn't want anyone to hold him.

"How dare you hit a child so hard?" The driver also had a child, but this was not the way he would hit a child when he was angry.

"I have to ask the head of the village who it is. If this injury is not treated, it may become swollen and festered, and even fatal." Shen Xianzhu ran towards the gate of the courtyard angrily and bumped into someone who was coming out.

When the village head came running over, Shen Lingzhu was asking the child's name and who was at home.

He sighed and said, "Let's take him home and ask a doctor to apply medicine."

"Head of the village, what's going on with this family?" Shen Xianzhu asked in a deep voice. Shen Lingzhu almost ran to carry the child back. Someone with sharp eyes recognized him among the people who were leaving the yard.

So everyone started talking:

"Chen Lu's wife hit Daya again?"

"Not a thing."

"The problem lies with Chen Lu. If there is a stepmother, there must be a stepfather."

"I tried to sell the child several times, but the price was too high. I heard that the stepdaughter-in-law planned to secretly sell him to a filthy place."

"You're such a scoundrel! The Chen family owns 20 mu of land, 5 mu of which was Dayaniang's dowry. Why didn't God just send a thunderbolt to kill her?"

As the discussion faded away, Mrs. Hu held Miaozhu's hand and said, "Let's go inside and take a look."

As a result, when the two came in, they saw that the girl who had taken off her shirt had wounds all over her back, and luckily they didn't curse at her.

Shen Miaozhu and Shen Lingzhu quickly cleaned themselves up. The doctor looked at them and prescribed some medicine, saying, "It would be best if you don't have a fever until dawn. If you do, come to me as soon as possible."

"Doctor, would you please stay? There is a patient next door." Shen Lingzhu said.

The doctor smiled awkwardly.

Mrs. Hu knew the reason: "We are willing to pay for the child's night care. It is inconvenient for you and your husband to stay in the same room for a while."

As she said that, she handed the purse to her eldest niece, and the senior sister gave the consultation and medicine fees while the doctor was packing the medicine.

And the little girl, Daya, fell asleep on the bed...

Although he was very tired after running around for most of the night, Shen Huai still talked about what to do after his two nieces fed the child the medicine.

"I heard from the village head's grandson that Daya was beaten when she got home because she didn't give the candy she received to her younger brother, Erwa.

This child..." He roughly told what he had learned.

Mrs. Hu said, "We only have ten taels of silver left, and the Chen family's asking price is too high.

But if I don’t buy her, I’m afraid she’ll suffer in the future.”

"It's illegal for human traffickers to sell people, but isn't it also illegal for parents to sell people?" Shen Lingzhu asked.

Shen Miaozhu said: "It is also illegal, including those who buy people."

Hu: "..."

"This dynasty does not allow the keeping of human beings as slaves, and prohibits common people from keeping slaves.

At the beginning of the country, only officials were allowed to keep maids according to their ranks, but except for prisoners of war, everyone else had to sign a contract of employment and be paid.

Nowadays, times have changed. It has become common for wealthy families to keep slaves, and many parents think it is a blessing to sell their children to be slaves.

Basically, no one pursued the matter. Shen Xianzhu couldn't understand why anyone would be willing to send their own flesh and blood to be used as slaves.

Shen Lingzhu asked: "Can I adopt him?"

The whole family looked at Shen Huai. He pondered for a moment and said, "We can't buy it, not even the adoption documents can be written."

Shen Lingzhu couldn't help but call out "Uncle", and her senior sister stepped on her foot again. She endured the pain and waited for what happened next.

Shen Huai continued, "Someone is waiting to catch me by the hair, and keeping slaves at this time will only harm both others and myself.

However, you can send her to the Qixing Monastery. Even if she becomes a nun, she can return to secular life in the future."

Shen Lingzhu clapped his hands: "That's a good idea."

Hu: "Her family?"

"Please ask the head of the village to ask Daya's relatives to come." Shen Huai had his own response.

Since it had been agreed that they would not be able to set off early the next day, Shen Lingzhu went to bed with peace of mind.

Then the next day she was awakened by the noise outside. When she opened her eyes, she saw that there was no one around except Daya who was sleeping soundly.

She sat up and listened carefully. It was the headman's wife who was cursing.

At first Shen Lingzhu thought she was beating and scolding her youngest sister, but after she cleaned up and opened the door, she heard her scolding someone outside the gate.

Through the low courtyard wall, she could clearly see many villagers watching. When she wanted to go over and take a look, her senior sister waved to her from the kitchen.

Shen Lingzhu ran over to take a look, and wow, her aunt, her youngest sister and her daughter, and the midwife were all there.

Everyone pricked up their ears to listen to the headman's wife scolding Daya's stepmother.

She asked, "Did you come to my house?"

Shen Miaozhu nodded and prepared some water for her to wash her face before eating.

Listening to the village head's wife's rhythmic and satisfying scolding, Shen Lingzhu really wanted to go to the scene to watch.

But after Mrs. Hu glared at her, she sat down and ate her meal obediently. She had just finished half a bowl of food when she heard a commotion outside and shouts of "fighting".

The youngest sister was worried that her mother-in-law would suffer, so she pushed her daughter away and rushed out. Shen Lingzhu couldn't help it, so she grabbed her senior sister's hand and ran behind the courtyard wall to watch.

The headman's wife was seen slapping a fat woman with a broom: "Get lost! Don't come to my door to cause trouble! My little grandson is frightened. You won't live in peace for the rest of your life."

"Oh my, the wife of the village head has killed someone." The fat woman saw Shen Lingzhu and the other person, and dodged as she pounced on them with a broom.

The headman's wife pulled back the broom in time so it didn't hit the two of them on the head.

Shen Lingzhu and her senior sister saw the fat woman kneeling down outside the wall, shouting for Daya to be returned to her.

The two of them bent down in tacit understanding and ran to the kitchen. When they entered the room, they were met with a sneer from their aunt: "Did you see the excitement?"