Sister-in-law Qiu Ju hurried over and grabbed Li Qiu's sleeves to prevent her from entering.
"Why are you going to kill pigs? My mother is going to sell you into the Red Sleeves! The old madam is sitting in the house. You should go away quickly and far away. Don't come back again."
Qiu Ju shivered in her sleeves for a long time before she took out a few big coins and stuffed them into Li Qiu's hands.
"I saved this, don't be too little, just keep it for emergencies."
Li Qiu stared at the big coins, his eyes slowly turning red.
Since she entered the Zhang family as a child bride, Qiu Ju has been the only person in the family who has been kind to her. In the dream, Qiu Ju also tried to send her a letter, but unfortunately she could not escape.
She returned the money to Qiu Ju and solemnly made a promise to Qiu Ju: "If I have a prosperous day in the future, I will never forget your kindness."
And today is when she, Yuan Liqiu, changes her destiny.
After calming down, I entered the yard and saw my mother-in-law, Mrs. Liu, waving at her through the window to come in.
Li Qiu slowly walked into the upper room, and was dragged to the Kang by Mrs. Liu: "Her aunt, look at this face, this teeth, this body, you don't need more than ten taels of silver!"
Sitting on the other end of the kang was a thin woman with a big pimple on the corner of her mouth. Her triangular eyes were so smiley that they became slits. The light coming out of the slit was as cold as a poisonous snake. It was called Li Qiu. I couldn't help but shudder.
It's Ping Gu! It was Hong Xiu who recruited the old bustard who caused her tragic death in the dream!
Beginning of Autumn instantly recalled the countless humiliating days and nights in his dream, and he shivered all over.
As soon as she saw Chiqiu shivering, Ping Gu immediately turned down her face and said, "Oh, are you sick? I don't accept sick rice seedlings here!"
Mrs. Liu kept smiling: "This girl has a strong body!"
She pinched Li Qiu and then pushed Li Qiu towards Ping Gu: "Her aunt, please take a closer look and give us an accurate price!"
Pinggu squinted her triangular eyes and looked Li Qiu back and forth from head to toe several times before snorting: "Is your body broken?"
"No, I originally wanted to handle this matter when I got the hairpin, but my third child was taking the examination for scholar, so I didn't let this girl seduce the third child. No, this girl is already sixteen, or It’s just a baby.”
Just like in the dream, Aunt Ping's eyes were gloomy. She asked Li Qiu to turn around, nodded to Mrs. Liu, and said she would discuss the price with Mrs. Liu.
Mrs. Liu's face immediately lit up with joy, and she sent Li Qiu out. The two of them were locked in the room, mumbling, and they couldn't hear what was said.
The rain outside gradually stopped. At the beginning of autumn, I stood under the eaves, looking up at the washed blue sky, greedily breathing in the fresh air after the rain.
Thinking of the scenes he experienced in his dream, Li Qiu chuckled and picked up the sickle.
Even if she fights to the death, she will never make the nightmare come true.
"beginning of autumn!"
Sister-in-law Qiu Ju rushed out from the west room and grabbed Li Qiu's arm.
"Listen to me and leave quickly, Hongxiuzhao is not a good place!"
"Don't worry, I know that Hongxiuzhao is a dirty place that eats people without spitting out their bones. I, Yuan Liqiu, am the daughter of a good family. My pure and white body must not be soiled by those beasts!"
Li Qiu wiped away her tears, smiled at Qiu Ju, and rushed into the upper room with a sickle in hand.
"The beginning of autumn..." Qiu Ju was so frightened that her bones were weak and she couldn't scream, so she followed in tremblingly.
Mrs. Liu and Aunt Ping were also shocked. They had discussed the price and were about to sign a deed of sale when Li Qiu rushed in.
"What are you doing!" Mrs. Liu patted the edge of the kang hard, "You little bitch, you're going against the grain!"
Li Qiu was not as afraid of her as usual, and glared back fiercely despite Mrs. Liu's eyes: "Mom, let me ask you again, do you really want to sell me to the Red Sleeve Soldiers to be a kiln girl?"
There is still a trace of goodwill in Liqiu, after all, the Zhang family has raised her for seven or eight years.
Back then, the family was running out of food, so Ms. Liu exchanged half a bag of millet for the beginning of autumn.
At the beginning of autumn, she entered the Zhang family. She was said to be the child bride of Sanwazi, but in fact she was a slave of the Zhang family. She ate less than chickens but did as much work as a strong laborer.
Liqiu had no complaints, he just hoped that Sanwazi would be admitted as a scholar.
Unexpectedly, Zhang You was admitted as a scholar, but he wanted to marry a rich girl as his wife, completely forgetting about her as a child bride.
With a rich girl as his wife, Mrs. Liu doesn't like Li Qiu. Now that she has the intention to sell Li Qiu, how can she be soft-hearted?
She said "shua" with a gloomy face: "Now that you have entered my house, you are a member of my family. I can do whatever I want, and it's up to you! Get out! If you make any more noise, wait until your father and eldest brother come back. , I’ll ask them to beat you!”
Li Qiu sneered a few times.
From the day she entered the Zhang family, was there any day when she wasn't beaten?
If you wake up late, you will be beaten. If you eat too much, you will be beaten. Even if you say one more word on any given day, you will be beaten severely.
She had been beaten enough, what was she going to do? The humiliation and torture in the dream that made her unable to open her mouth were the real hell on earth.
She can't back down no matter what she says today. She wants to fight for herself, and she won't become a slave girl even if she dies!
She took a deep breath, swung the sickle, and struck it hard on the Kang mat. She was so shocked that Mrs. Liu almost fell over: "Qiu Ju, hurry up and call someone, tell them that Li Qiu is crazy and wants to kill someone!"
Qiu Ju responded, rolled around, trembling, and went out to call for someone.
Aunt Ping also felt a little embarrassed. This was the first time she had seen such a fierce village girl, but there were few such rare beauties in Hongxiu Zhao.
It's a pity that I didn't bring anyone here today, otherwise I would have kidnapped this little lady and taught her a lesson.
"Sister-in-law of the Zhang family, I think we can't do this business today. I'll bring someone here tomorrow, and we'll hand over the money with one hand."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Qiu picked up the sickle and struck at Ping Gu: "You are still doing business, I will let you do business! Get out of here! Otherwise, I will chop you!"
"Oh my mother, she killed someone!"
Pinggu jumped off the kang with a "ouch" sound, ran out of Zhangjiamen crying and howling, jumped on the donkey cart, and drove the donkey away.
Mrs. Liu didn't dare to stop Li Qiu who was going crazy with a sickle. She could only watch as Li Qiu chased the donkey cart and ran away.
I don’t know how long I have been running, but the donkey cart has disappeared, and I have also lost a shoe in Liqiu. As soon as I relax, my energy is gone.
Her mouth was bitter and her heart was even more bitter. She rolled into the grass nearby, lay on the ground and started crying.
"Hey, what are you doing!"
A man's scolding voice sounded in the grass, startling Li Qiu.
She sat up and looked around, and saw Gu Changan, the village lair, squatting opposite her, with a cynical smile on his face and a piece of grass in his mouth: "Isn't this the fire-burning girl from the scholar's family? Why are you here? ?Did you come here specifically to see me poop?"
