Reincarnated as the Abandoned Daughter of a Marquis's Mansion: I Take Control of My Life

After spending some time together, we learned that the little girl in front of us was named Lan'er.

She and her mother were always hungry, which is why they were so thin. Moreover, her grandmother and father often beat and scolded her and her mother, saying that they would sell them to slave traders that day.

As they talked, the two embraced and cried, their sobs carrying into the room.

The old woman and man in the room heard the crying and were afraid of disturbing the young lady, as they would be at a great loss if she took the money.

Thinking of this, the old woman grabbed a stick and hurriedly opened the door, ready to teach the mother and daughter a lesson.

When Lan'er saw her grandmother come out, she was so frightened that she immediately stopped crying.

Without saying a word, the old woman raised her stick and struck Lan'er and Lan'er's mother. The two cried out in pain, but dared not dodge.

Su Yinyin stepped forward to stop the old woman. She pulled the two of them behind her, squatted down, and turned over the area where they had just been hit. When she saw the injuries on Lan'er's body, she couldn't help but frown.

"How could you treat a child like this!" Su Yinyin exclaimed angrily.

Seeing this, the old woman quickly smiled apologetically and said, "Miss, please calm down. I was just worried that the crying of these two good-for-nothings would affect your appetite. I was just disciplining them."

"Yes, we can't let these two good-for-nothings disturb you, Miss!" a man's voice echoed.

Only then did Su Yinyin notice a man standing at the kitchen door. This man had a pointed face and was tall and thin, and looked like a cunning and lazy person.

Su Yinyin stood up, stared directly at the man, and said sternly, "You're abusing Lan'er and her daughter! Is there no law left?!"

The man paused for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "Miss, you don't know this, but Lan'er's mother was our family's child bride. Now that this Chen Su can't give birth to a son, we've raised her for so many years for nothing, can't we even teach her a lesson?"

Su Yinyin sneered: "What a child bride! Even if she is a child bride, she shouldn't be treated like this."

The old woman couldn't stand others talking about her son, so she said to Su Yinyin rudely, "Hmph, you're really something, Miss. Our family's affairs are none of your business. You all hurry up and eat, and then leave."

Su Yinyin ignored them and was now just making excuses to wait for the human traffickers to arrive.

Su Yinyin and the others had just finished eating when they heard a knock on the door. Listening closely, they realized it was the slave trader, here to buy Lan'er and her daughter!

Su Yinyin's heart tightened, and she quickly put down her chopsticks and got up to walk towards the door.

The old woman opened the door and saw a middle-aged man standing outside, his eyes darting around.

"Are you a human trafficker?" the old woman asked bluntly.

The middle-aged man nodded. "Yes, I heard there are two girls for sale here, so I came to take a look."

The old woman was secretly delighted, but outwardly remained calm. "Come in, the person is inside."

She led the slave trader into the kitchen, and Lan'er and her daughter looked at them in horror.

"These are the girls we're selling. How much do you want for them?" the old woman said to the slave trader, pointing to Lan'er and her daughter.

The slave trader sized up Lan'er and her daughter, then said, "You old woman, you're trying to fool me. Didn't you say there were two girls? I look closer, and it's a mother and daughter. Here's what I'll do: I'll give you ten taels of silver."

Ten taels of silver! The old woman was startled; this was much higher than she had expected. She had originally thought she could only sell it for a few taels at most, but she never expected it to fetch ten taels.

"Okay, deal!" the old woman agreed without hesitation.

The slave trader produced the indenture and the letter of severance of kinship, and had the old woman and the woman's husband put their fingerprints on them.

When Lan'er and her daughter saw this, they ran to the old woman, knelt down, and kept begging for mercy, "Mother-in-law, husband, please don't sell us. We will definitely be obedient, work more, and eat less. Please, please don't sell us."

Lan'er clutched her grandmother's sleeve, looking at her with tears in her eyes. Her mother was also sobbing, but they could not resist the arrangements of fate. The old woman watched all this expressionlessly; she only cared about getting those ten taels of silver.

The slave trader said coldly, "Stop dawdling and hurry up and put your fingerprint on the contract." Lan'er's father gritted his teeth and finally put his fingerprint on the contract of sale.

Lan'er and her daughter wept desperately as they were dragged out of the house by the slave traders. Her gaze was fixed on Su Yinyin, as if pleading for help.

Su Yinyin clenched her fists. She wanted to stop it all, but she knew now was not the time. She could only watch silently as Lan'er was taken away and disappeared from sight.

After Lan'er and her daughter were taken away, Su Yinyin did not linger and led Bixia to the carriage outside the door.

When the fifth brother saw Su Yinyin approaching, he lifted the carriage curtain, and Su Yinyin got into the carriage directly. "Miss, everything has been arranged."

Su Yinyin's cold face remained expressionless. "Hmm, since they like selling people so much, let them taste what it's like to be sold."

The fifth brother drove the horse-drawn carriage, following behind the slave trader's oxcart.

Lan'er and her daughter, on the oxcart, kept crying and pleading for mercy. Along the way, the villagers saw the slave traders and understood everything.

The village suddenly erupted in discussion, with everyone talking at once.

"What a terrible thing to do, to really sell your wife and daughter?"

“Go and report to the village chief immediately. If this kind of human trafficking happens in our village, who will dare to marry into our village in the future?”

"Yes, that widow Chen is a real menace. Why doesn't she sell herself? She sells her daughter-in-law and granddaughter instead. What kind of person is she?"

Ignoring the gossip in the village, Su Yinyin had only one goal: to ensure that Lan'er and her daughter would not be harmed again.

The horse-drawn carriage followed the oxcart to the county seat, where the slave trader took Lan'er and her daughter to a courtyard.

This courtyard was prepared by Su Yinyin. Because of years of abuse and numerous injuries, returning directly to the capital was impractical.

Lan'er's mother looked around in horror, while Lan'er clung tightly to her legs.

The slave trader, accompanied by Biyu, waited for Su Yinyin and the others to arrive.

Su Yinyin alighted from the carriage and entered the courtyard. Upon seeing Su Yinyin, the slave trader respectfully approached her. "Miss, I have lived up to your expectations and safely brought these two people out."

Su Yinyin didn't even glance at the slave trader and went straight to her seat. The fifth brother behind her handed Su Yinyin a money pouch.

Su Yinyin took the money pouch, glanced at the slave trader and the middle-aged man, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. She tossed the pouch to the slave trader and said coldly, "This is one hundred taels of silver."

The slave trader looked at Su Yinyin in surprise; he hadn't expected this young girl to be so forthright.

Even without money, he would be willing to do anything to save his elderly mother's life.

The slave trader fawned, "Miss, please wait here for a moment, I'll go to the yamen to file a report right away."

Su Yinyin interrupted, "No need. Just give me the indenture, and I'll handle it myself."

"Yes, yes, then what about my elderly mother's illness?" the slave trader confirmed again.

“Biyu, go with him.”

After the slave trader left, Lan'er and her daughter realized that they had been bought by the young lady in front of them.