Travel to the mountains and make a fortune in silence

Wang Qing'er had long seen through this seemingly fierce human trafficker; he was nothing but a tough nut to crack and wouldn't dare to act recklessly or act arrogantly in the village.

That's why they deliberately brought up the village chief and all the villagers to pressure him.

Although the slave trader was extremely reluctant and kept muttering complaints, he eventually nodded reluctantly and agreed: "Alright, alright, I'll take a look then."

After saying that, he walked over to the maids.

He first glanced at them briefly, then moved closer to each one and examined them carefully.

He lingered at Da Ya's place for a while longer, but his face did not show any satisfaction.

However, when his gaze fell on the other, slightly younger children, he kept shaking his head and muttering to himself that these little ones didn't look presentable enough and probably wouldn't be easy to deal with.

The eldest girl looks alright, but she's still not quite satisfactory.

However, looking at the second and third sisters, they were really ordinary-looking, with nothing outstanding about them. What was worse, their faces were covered with dense spots, which was quite an eyesore.

As for the fourth, fifth, and sixth children, they are still young, thin, and have many freckles on their faces.

These kinds of children are not only cheap, but they are also very difficult to sell!

That cripple Wang is a real scoundrel. The other day when he was looking for a employer, he kept praising his daughters to the skies, as if each of them were a beauty that could topple kingdoms.

Hmph, and what was the result? This is exactly what happened!

Fortunately, the master was clever and shrewd and was not fooled by his nonsense.

In the end, they successfully bought them for a mere one hundred taels of silver.

If we had listened to Wang the Cripple's nonsense back then, we would have definitely lost money!

Wang Qing'er stood to the side, silently watching the slave trader and taking in all his little expressions.

Seeing that the slave trader had finished examining the people, she quickly stepped forward and asked, "Brother, what do you think?"

The slave trader nodded slightly and replied, "Hmm, this young lady is so-so, not bad. I plan to take the eldest one away today and send her to Master Liu for him to take a look. As for the rest, I'll come back to pick them up tomorrow. Is that alright?"

Although the slave trader seemed to be answering Wang Qing'er's question, he deliberately raised his voice, making it so loud that all the villagers watching could hear him clearly.

You should know that at this moment, the villagers had surrounded them in layers, making it impossible to move.

If these villagers do not agree to let the slave trader take the people away today, then no matter how capable the slave trader is, he will definitely not dare to forcibly take the people away.

"The biggest one has pretty fair skin, but it has some freckles on its face, what a pity! In my opinion, it can only sell for forty taels at most."

"And look at these two kids, oh my, how come they have so many freckles on their faces? It's such a pity, they won't fetch a good price at all!"

"This one is as thin as a stick; that one also looks malnourished; and the youngest one is even shorter and thinner! He has freckles on his face, I really don't know if I can sell him!"

"That Wang the Cripple is so despicable! He actually sold such a girl to you!"

Wang Qing'er walked around the six maids, deliberately frowning as she carefully examined them. She shook her head and sighed, casually saying to the slave trader:

The slave trader beside him nodded repeatedly in agreement:

"Who says otherwise? Only this big one is worth a little bit of money. These two smaller ones, at most, can only sell for thirty taels of silver each. As for the three even smaller ones, if we sell them now, they'll only fetch twenty taels each at most! Humph! Just thinking about that Wang the Cripple makes me angry. If I ever run into him, I'm going to have a good fight with him!"

The slave trader grew angrier and angrier, thinking that he would definitely settle accounts with Wang the Cripple in the future.

Just then, Wang Qing'er suddenly changed the subject and said, "Big brother, how about this? I can just sell all six of these girls to you at the price we just agreed on. What do you think?"

She was worried that if she had said she wanted to buy several people from the beginning, the broker would have asked for an exorbitant price, so she went through all this trouble to get the price out of them before directly saying she wanted to buy six people.

Although she has money, she doesn't want to be taken advantage of.

It's still a bit expensive, but isn't the goal to save a few people?

It's better to stay with her than to be sold somewhere else, right?

Judging from the village chief's reaction, she guessed that the wealthy Liu was not a good person. If Daya was really sold to the Liu family, who knows what might happen to her?

"Qing'er?" Wang Cuiying exclaimed in surprise when she heard her daughter-in-law say that she wanted to buy them all.

"Girl, are you telling the truth?" The broker was also shocked, his mouth agape. This girl didn't seem to be talking nonsense, but did she really have that much silver?

"Mother, I'll explain when we get home." Wang Qing'er reassured her mother-in-law before turning to the slave trader and saying, "Brother, it's definitely true. I bought all six of them for 160 taels of silver, and I also bought their land and house."

“Mu Nan’s wife, are you really going to buy those sisters and their land and houses? Wang the Cripple is no good person. Aren’t you afraid he’ll cause trouble when he comes back? Even though there’s a contract, it’s not good if he keeps coming to our house to make trouble.”

The village chief saw that Wang Qing'er was really going to buy, and he also knew that the Mu family now had the strength to buy six people and these fields.

But thinking of Wang the Cripple's character, he kindly reminded Wang Qing'er.

"The village chief is right, Qing'er, we'd better not get involved in this mess."

Wang Cuiying was very grateful that the village chief had kindly reminded her daughter-in-law, as she was worried that Wang the Cripple would cause trouble at their home every few days.

“Village chief, auntie, don’t worry about Wang the Cripple causing trouble. He fell into the river and drowned.”

Several people sent by the village chief to find Wang the Cripple had just squeezed into the crowd to tell the village chief that Wang the Cripple was dead when they heard the village chief's words of persuasion to Wang Qing'er. They hurriedly spoke loudly.

They went out but couldn't find Wang the Cripple. When they returned to the village, they happened to run into someone from the neighboring village who came to deliver a message saying that a body had been pulled from their village's river, and it was Wang the Cripple.

The village chief of the neighboring village has already reported the incident to the authorities, and the body has been taken away by the yamen runners.

Everyone was in an uproar, and surprisingly, not a single person felt sorry for Wang the Cripple, including his children.

“Retribution!”

"It really is karma."

"I didn't expect the retribution to come so quickly."

"It's just..."

……

For a time, the courtyard was filled with such discussions. Some villagers whispered among themselves, while others cursed Wang the Cripple without any restraint. In any case, not a single nice word was uttered.