Dahe Village has always been united.
Not a single child came back late at night, so half the people in the village got out of bed to help look for the child.
This child's surname is Xu. He is the only Miaomiao of the Xu family. He is six years old this year. He has three older sisters and two younger sisters. He is a boy who is held up and doted on by the whole family like a pearl. If something goes wrong, The old lady and old man at home collapsed on the ground crying.
"You are indeed a troublemaker!" Mrs. Xu pointed at an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl and yelled, "The fortune teller told you before that you had a bad fate and found several families for you. The other party either died or broke off the engagement. You... Sangmenxing, why don’t you die?”
The eldest sister-in-law of the Xu family raised her hand and slapped her hard: "Xiao Cheng is the only incense of our Xu family. If something happens, I will make you pay for it."
"Okay, okay." Li Zheng's wife went over to stop the fight, "Dashan Niang is here with Xiao Hei Xiaodian, hurry up and take out the children's usual clothes."
Old Mrs. Xu got up from the ground, went into the house and took out a piece of clothing. Xiao Hei Xiaodian stepped forward and smelled it, then turned around and ran towards the back hill.
The villagers immediately followed the two wolves and ran up the mountain.
Cheng Wanwan also followed, but from the corner of his eye, he saw the girl named Xu Mei standing there, covering her face with her right hand, biting her lower lip, and tears kept falling from her eyes.
After she came to Dahe Village, she heard many people mention this girl. Before she was fourteen, this girl's life was normal. But after she was fourteen, things started to go wrong. Her first husband was her cousin. After getting engaged, my cousin died suddenly. A year later, I found a man from a neighboring village who also just got engaged. The man rolled down a mountain and broke his leg, so he came to cancel the engagement.
These two incidents made Xu Mei's ominous reputation spread, making it even harder to find someone to marry her.
Two years later, things calmed down, and the Xu family told her about another family in the city. But before they even got engaged, that family was imprisoned for some things.
Just like this year after year, Xu Mei went from the age of fourteen to nineteen and became a famous old girl in the village.
Xu Mei was not well-received by her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law at home. She did the hardest work and ate the worst food. While working every day, she had to look after her nephew, who was This is an age that even a five- or six-year-old dog would be disgusted with. How can a working man look at it?
No, something happened today.
Cheng Wanwan was sighing when he saw Xu Mei walking towards a well not far from Xu's house.
She suddenly felt excited. This girl couldn't think of jumping into a well to commit suicide. She was only nineteen years old. At the same age, there were still many possibilities in life.
Cheng Wanwan quickly caught up and grabbed Xu Mei's wrist: "Don't do anything stupid."
"Aunt Zhao..." Xu Mei turned around, her eyes moved slowly, and then she smiled bitterly, "Aunt Zhao misunderstood, I didn't jump into the well, I was fetching water. I will definitely boil water to take a bath when Xiao Cheng comes back. , if I move slowly, my sister-in-law will be very unhappy."
Cheng Wanwan didn't know what to say.
She stood on the stone and looked towards the back mountain. She saw that the crowd had returned, and she must have found the child.
It turned out that the child was lost. He didn't know how to go down the mountain when it was dark. He hid in a tree hole alone and didn't dare to say anything. He was tired and hungry and fell asleep. Little Hei Xiaodian came out and pulled the child from the tree hole. If it weren't for these two wolves, the whole village might not be able to find them all in one night.
"You loser, why are you still lingering here!" The eldest brother of the Xu family came over and kicked Xu Mei's knee, "Why don't you hurry up and get water and boil it? I won't be too lazy to look at your skin!"
Xu Mei was caught off guard and was kicked to the ground. The bucket beside her was also knocked over, and the water flowed to Cheng Wanwan's feet.
Cheng Wanwan frowned.
Sister-in-law Xu held the sleeping child in her arms and said with lingering fear: "With her in our Xu family, the Xu family will not be able to live in peace for the rest of their lives. Fortunately, nothing happened today, otherwise the Xu family's incense will be cut off."
Li Zheng's wife coughed and said: "We are all one family, so don't say such hurtful words. Xiaomei is a good girl..."
"She is good, but her life is not good." Sister-in-law Xu gritted her teeth, "Don't she know how many men she has defeated? My son must not be defeated by her! Xu Mei, if you really miss the Xu family Okay, you can leave today and go as far as possible."
Xu Mei's eyes widened in disbelief, and her gaze fell on Mrs. Xu.
"Xiaomei, my family has raised you for nineteen years, and my kindness and righteousness have been exhausted." Mrs. Xu said with a cold face, "You are too capable of causing trouble. The Xu family cannot keep you. You can find a way out by yourself."
Brother Xu said coldly: "How can she find a way out? Tomorrow morning, I will take her to Ren Yazi's place to see how much money she can get from selling her."
"This, this..." Aunt Wang was extremely shocked, "Xiaomei is working as a cow and horse in your Xu family, and she is also in charge of the affairs in the fields. She is such a good girl, why are you cruelly selling her out? She is the daughter of the Xu family!"
Old man Xu smoked a dry cigarette and choked: "Fortunately she can work, otherwise the Xu family would not be able to accommodate her."
Xu Mei collapsed on the ground, tears flowing quietly, her eyes filled with despair.
Cheng Wanwan walked into the crowd and said quietly: "Boss Xu, are you sure you want to sell Xu Meifa?"
Brother Xu didn't dare to look directly into Cheng Wanwan's eyes, always feeling scared. He avoided looking and said in a low voice: "For the sake of the peace of our Xu family, this is the only thing we can do."
"Okay, then I'll buy it." Cheng Wanwan's voice became even colder, "Let's make a price."
She originally didn't want to act like a master and a servant, but when things got to this point, she had no choice but to step forward.
First, there is indeed a shortage of people in her family. Second, Xu Mei is a hard-working girl. Third, just think that she pities Xu Mei. She has parents and her life is even more miserable than that of an orphan, so she feels compassion for her. , so I want to help.
Sister-in-law Xu suddenly became excited: "Dashan Niang, do you really want to buy this Sangmenxing back?"
The eyes of the villagers also fell on Cheng Wan's head.
Although they all sympathized with Xu Mei's experience, they never dared to bring Xu Mei in. They would rather believe in the existence of the Lost Gate Star than in its absence. They were in awe of ghosts and gods.
How could Cheng Wanwan, a modern person, believe such remarks.
She nodded: "Sister-in-law Xu, please give me a price."
Sister-in-law Xu rolled her eyes, coughed softly and said, "These days, you need to pay a bride price of half a tael to marry a wife. Xiaomei has a smooth appearance and hard-working hands and feet. From now on, we will be sold to your family. We Xu Asking for two taels of silver is not too much."
"Isn't this too much?!" Li Zheng's wife was immediately shocked, "Even if Dashan Niang is rich, she can't be so open-minded..."
"Aunt Li Zheng, just two taels of silver." Cheng Wanwan knelt down and helped Xu Mei up, "Are you willing to sell yourself to be with me?"
Xu Mei cried for a long time and gradually calmed down.
She turned to look at the Xu family. Her father and mother had cold expressions on their faces. Her brother and sister-in-law looked like they wanted her to get out of here. Her nieces, who had grown up under her care, didn't care whether she stayed or left.
This home is no longer home.
She turned around and knelt straight on the ground: "From today on, my surname will no longer be Xu. Please give me a name from Sui Ru people."
