The journey of the only child of a peasant family to take the imperial examination

At this time, Wu Ya had been taken by those ruffians to the mountains seventy or eighty miles northwest of the county town.

He Xun's customer exchanged money for the goods and sold Wu Ya.

The buyer was a bachelor in his twenties. Seeing that he was getting too old and could not delay any longer, he mobilized his entire family and pooled some money to buy a wife from outside the mountain.

"Why is there no sound? Could he be sick?" said the old man who followed, kicking the sack.

He is this man's father.

"Don't worry about this, old man. She's full of life and a maid from a wealthy family that's fallen on hard times. Look at her delicate skin and tender flesh," the leading burly man said as he squatted down, grabbed Wu Ya's hair and showed it to the others.

It's like weighing meat to determine its quality, completely without dignity.

Seeing Wu Ya's eyelids fluttering, her body stiff, and irregular breathing, the traffickers knew that Wu Ya had woken up.

So he picked up a few caterpillars from the leaves of a nearby tree and put them on Wu Ya's neck, smiling maliciously: "You are still pretending to be asleep in front of me, don't you know who I am!"

The caterpillar crawling on her skin was so hot and itchy that Wu Ya couldn't help but scream.

This time she didn't care whether she was discovered by the traffickers or not. She opened her eyes and frantically slapped the caterpillars off her body.

After looking around again, she knelt down in front of the father and son who had bought her. Tears streamed down her face as she pleaded, "Uncle, brother, I'm not a maid. I'm from a good family. They kidnapped me and sold me here. Please, save me. My family will definitely reward you handsomely!"

The old man was very satisfied when he saw that the man was indeed in good spirits. He ignored Wu Ya's pleas for help and just nodded to the traffickers, saying, "Alright, since the man is fine and the money has been paid, we'll take him away."

After saying this, he told his son to carry the man up and leave.

The traffickers quickly returned to the way they came and disappeared.

The forest was silent, and Wu Ya's panicked cries could be heard from far away, but as she walked forward, she didn't encounter any human beings.

The old man stroked his messy short beard, feeling satisfied that he had accomplished another great thing.

Le Youyou said, "Girl, just give up. No one will come to save you even if you scream your throat out. We are all mountain dwellers in the mountains. Each family is far away from each other, and no one will meddle in other people's affairs. Just be my third son's wife and give birth to a big fat boy. Our family will not treat you badly. After all, women don't marry to give birth to babies. It doesn't matter who you marry."

Wu Ya looked at the father and son's cracked skin and yellowed teeth, as well as the foul smell of sweat coming from the man carrying her, and felt nauseous.

It would be better for her to die than to marry into such a family and give birth to a litter of ugly babies.

As she was thinking about it, Wu Ya felt so uncomfortable being shaken on the man's shoulders that she actually vomited.

"vomit……"

"What are you doing? You vomited all over me." The man was caught off guard and was vomited all over. He was so disgusted that he quickly put Wu Ya down from his shoulders.

"It's just the result of being jolted around for too long. It's okay. Just go home and lie down for a while," the old man said after looking at Wu Ya's expression carefully.

After saying this, he once again ordered his son to carry the man up, urging him: "Hurry up, be quick, it will take more than an hour to get back!"

"It's too dirty. He comes from a wealthy family, so filthy!" The man muttered as he prepared to pick him up again.

Wu Ya seized the opportunity, used all her strength to push the man away and ran forward.

The man was caught off guard and was actually pushed away by her. He was stunned for a moment.

But she hadn't done anything for a long time, and she was exhausted and panicked. She hadn't run a few steps when the man reacted, caught up with her, knocked her down, and put her into the sack again.

"Bah, you stinky woman, you dare to run!" The man spat, very angry. "You are so dishonest!"

"Forget it. It's not easy to have a wife. Why do you complain about this and that? Do you still want to continue to be single? Hurry up and don't care about her. It's the same after the lights are turned off!" The old man waved his hands. He was used to it. He had to run around like this a few times for a newly bought wife.

Wu Ya almost gasped when she heard this. She had been crying for too long and now her eyes were sore and swollen like walnuts. She felt like she couldn't even cry.

Along the way, Wu Ya was thinking about how to escape.

However, the father and son were in good physical condition, and no matter whether she vomited or fainted, they never stopped.

We climbed over seven or eight hills along the way and passed by several solitary households.

Wu Ya suddenly felt that she saw some hope, and she shouted for help, scratching and clawing at the man's back.

But these people seemed not to have heard it. After taking a quick glance, they continued doing what they were doing, unmoved and without even stopping the work in their hands.

I guess I'm used to it.

Wu Ya felt disappointed.

"Tu Wa, slap her hard on the face. This girl is too active. If I don't slap her into being obedient, she will make trouble again and run away. You will have to pay the price if you don't accept my invitation." The old man looked at Wu Ya crying for help with cold eyes, and when they were alone, he instructed his son.

The man didn't hesitate at all and slapped Wu Ya's face with a few slaps, making it swollen.

People in the mountains all have strong hands. Wu Ya only felt that her head was buzzing from the fanning, and her ears seemed to be covered with a layer of cloth, so she couldn't hear clearly.

The world was spinning before my eyes.

After a while, he finally couldn't hold on any longer and fainted.

When she woke up, she looked at the dim and dilapidated environment around her, the cobweb-covered roof above her head, and the brown and yellow mud walls, and she really realized that she had been sold to an unknown family in the mountains.

At this moment, she missed her family and her past life so much, and prayed secretly, hoping that her younger brother would come to rescue her as soon as possible.

It's impossible to say I have no regrets.

Among the family members, only my younger brother has the ability to help her.

Before she could finish her thought, the low and dilapidated wooden door was pushed open, revealing a little girl with messy hair, pale face and thin body, about eight or nine years old.

Seeing Wu Ya wake up, she slammed the bowl in her hand on the table without any expression and shouted rudely: "Hey, wake up and eat!"

They spoke in dialect, and Wu Ya didn't quite understand what they were saying.

Seeing that Wu Ya didn't move, the little girl came over and pulled Wu Ya with great strength.

Wu Ya subconsciously broke free and pushed the person away. The little girl immediately put her hands on her hips and shouted out the door: "Grandma, the little wife that Uncle San bought is disobedient and she won't eat!"

"What?" Soon, a dark and thin old woman with triangular eyes pushed the door open and came in.

His eyes were like knives, gouging Wu Ya from head to toe. Then, with a sneer, he took the bowl away and said, "Brother Yin, come out. If she doesn't want to eat, forget it. That dead girl doesn't know how to enjoy life. Just starve her for a few meals and that'll be all!"

Wu Ya was just about to follow them out and beg for mercy, offering some benefits to get the family to let her go.

Then I saw the old woman come back from outside and lock the door from the outside with a piece of wood.

Wu Ya felt a chill in her heart and pulled, but it didn't budge.

"Hey, let me out! You can't lock me up! This is against the law!"

But the people outside turned a deaf ear and cried out to heaven and earth but no one answered.

Through the crack in the door, Wu Ya could see that there were quite a few people outside, probably more than a dozen people, young and old, but no one paid any attention to her even though she shouted at the top of her lungs.

The old woman calmly discussed with her eldest daughter-in-law next to her about having dinner early in the evening and letting her third son have his wedding night.

It seems that there is no need to even hold a wedding banquet.

Wu Ya has been divorced, so how could she not understand the meaning of this?

If she really slept with this illiterate man here, got pregnant, and was trapped here, her life would be ruined.

Wu Ya thought of a lot in an instant.