Last night, Mrs. Lin heard her mother-in-law and her husband Luo Dagen say, "The eldest girl is over nine years old. It would be best to sell it to Xiangmanlou at this age. The madam likes little girls of this age the most. , Fortunately, the eldest girl and the second girl both followed Lin's appearance and sold the eldest girl first. The eldest girl is handsome and beautiful, and her facial features are also good-looking, and can sell at least ten taels of silver. After a few years, the second girl will also be sold. When I get old, I will sell Er Niu to Xiangmanlou, so I will have 30 taels of silver, and I will divorce the Lin family and help you marry a wife who can give birth to a big fat son, Dagen, what do you think?"

Luo Dagen muttered, "If this is for the surrounding neighbors to know that I sold the big girl and Erniu to Xiangmanlou, you must not drown us with saliva."

No matter how poor this place is to the point of selling children and daughters, they still sell their children to wealthy households or officials and grandpas to be servants. Sending them to a place like a brothel would be shameful, and he didn’t want to be scolded by the neighbors.

In the past, his mother sold his sister to that kind of place, and the money in exchange gave him to marry the Lin family.

He doesn't have much feeling about selling his daughters, what's the use of girls' films, and it's good for them to be able to raise them to grow up.

Mrs. Luo said in a low voice, "Manxianglou is in Raozhou City, not in Zanyuanbao Town. Who would know if it was sold to Raozhou City? When someone asked, they said that the family was poor and could not afford to support two girls, and that the eldest son would not be able to support them. Niu sells to other places to be a little maid for a wealthy businessman's family."

Luo Dagen was a little moved.

Lin Shi, who was sleeping in the back room, was trembling all over. She covered her mouth, but did not dare to go out to confront her mother-in-law and husband.

She couldn't resist, her mother-in-law beat and scolded her every day. Although Luo Dagen didn't beat her often, but he did beat her, and he was more ruthless than her mother-in-law.

She knew that her mother-in-law and her husband were thinking about selling the eldest girl and the second girl to the brothel, but there was nothing she could do.

If she could reconcile and leave Luo's house with her two daughters, she would be willing to go out to beg.

But going to the government and Li Yijue, the two daughters are surnamed Luo, she can't take them away, unless there is a way for the county magistrate to award the two daughters to her, or the Luo family is willing to let her take the daughters away.

Even if he was very angry, Lin didn't dare to leave.

If she left with Li, the two daughters would have no way to survive.

So the next day, her mother-in-law asked her to go to Xu Xiaoniangzi's restaurant to find an errand, and she agreed, thinking that if she could get 800 pennies a month, her mother-in-law and her husband would not think about selling big girls.

She even wanted to sell miserably in front of Mrs. Xu, talking about what her mother-in-law wanted to sell the big girl, maybe Mrs. Xu would make her work in the restaurant, but when she saw Mrs. Xu, she didn't Nothing can be said.

Miss Xu's face was white and looked delicate, but her eyes were different from those of other little ladies. There was a feeling that she didn't dare to continue talking. Little Miss Xu's eyes were firm, and she would not hide from others.

After being rejected by Mrs. Xu, she came back and heard her mother-in-law say this again.

She went back without even thinking about it, she was no longer afraid of anything.

She looked at her mother-in-law blankly, and repeated the words just now with her mouth open and closed, "I said that Mrs. Xu is not a little bitch, you disgusting old goddess, if you dare to sell the big girl, I, I just..." She had never threatened anyone, so she didn't know what to say at this moment.

Mrs. Luo had never seen Mrs. Lin dare to fight back, and she was trembling with anger. She didn't even think that she wanted to sell the big girl to Manxianglou.

She originally planned to take the eldest girl to Raozhou City secretly to sell it while the Lin family went out to starch the laundry.

"You little bastard, it's the other way around!"

When did Mrs. Luo suffer from this kind of anger, it was her daughter-in-law who had always been cowardly and submissive. She picked up the broom next to her and swung it towards Lin Shi.

Speaking out the words hidden in his heart, Lin's mind is blank at the moment, and his heart is frightened and scared, but he is also intertwined with another kind of emotion that is suddenly bright, fearless and even a little refreshing.

When the mother-in-law cried and waved the broom down, she also subconsciously raised her arm and grabbed the broom with her hand.

Mrs. Luo's face was extremely ugly, and she pulled the broom twice, but it didn't move.

Lin Shi was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that her mother-in-law was just an ordinary thin old woman, not even her height, nor her strength, obviously from the beginning, she could easily raise her arms Stop the bullying.

Mrs. Luo was trembling with anger and began to insult Lin Shi.

All kinds of humiliating words.

Looking at the swearing face that was a little twisted, and the chattering mouth on the old face, Mr. Lin couldn't help but lift his foot and kicked Mrs. Luo's stomach.

This is not what she learned from Mrs. Luo.

Mrs. Luo hits people in conspicuous places, for fear that others will not know that she hits her daughter-in-law and teaches her daughter-in-law.

She thought about it countless times in her heart, if she had the opportunity to fight back, she would definitely fight in the least conspicuous position, so that the old goddess could not tell the pain, even if she was outside, no one believed her.

Originally, she wanted to resist countless times.

Mrs. Luo was kicked down by this kick, and she fell to the ground and cried out.

She was beaten at her age, and this kick would not kill her, but it caused her pain in her stomach, and she couldn't struggle at all, so she just lay on the ground like that.

The eldest girl and the second girl were hiding next to her. She thought her mother was going to be beaten by her grandmother again. The second girl had already started to cry, but she didn't dare to cry out and hugged her sister tightly. Both children were already starting to get scared.

But didn't expect that mother didn't let grandmother beat her today, but she held the broom and kicked her grandmother's stomach.

The grandmother lay on the ground, not at all the horrible appearance she used to be.

Both the eldest girl and the second girl were stunned, and the second girl even forgot to cry and stared blankly at her grandmother and mother.

When Mrs. Luo saw the big girl and Erniu, she didn't come up to help, and scolded: "Two little hooves, your mother is crazy. If you don't hurry up and hold your mother, she dares to hit me."

Lin looked blankly at the mother-in-law on the ground, she was originally so fragile.

She stepped forward again and punched Mrs. Luo in the stomach. She didn't use all her strength, but Mrs. Luo's face was twisted.

After that, she threw punches and punches at Mrs. Luo's body. No one could see these parts. She didn't use the greatest strength, and there should be no bruising. She was beaten by Mrs. Luo too many times. , already know how much force will not appear traces.

Mrs. Luo looked at Mrs. Lin viciously, and scolded: "You vicious prostitute, wait for Dagen to come back and see if I don't complain to Dagen, you dare to beat me, and I will let Dagen beat you to death when Dagen returns."

Lin said with a cold face, "Do you think they will believe that I hit you? As long as you complain to them, I will hit you again tomorrow."

She is not afraid of anything now! She also knew how to deal with this old goddess.

Mrs. Luo pointed at the eldest girl and the second girl and said, "You two girls are in your eyes, and they will testify to me to see how sophistry you make."

Lin Shi looked back at the eldest girl and the second girl.

The two were not frightened, they looked a little strange, and looked at Lin with admiration on their faces.

The big girl even shook her head at Lin Shi, she would not tell her father and grandfather.

The grandmother beat and scold them every day. She heard her grandmother talking to her father even at night. She was talking to her father in the main room, thinking they were all asleep, but she didn't. She heard her grandmother say she was going to sell her to a brothel. , she was so frightened that she dared not tell her mother.

She hated her grandmother, as well as her father and grandfather. She hoped that her mother could take her and Er Niu away, even if she would go out with her mother to beg for food, she did not want to be sold to a brothel.

Erniu doesn't like them either.

Lin Shi turned back and smashed Mrs. Luo with another punch.

When Mrs. Luo finally couldn't stand it anymore and began to beg for mercy, Mrs. Lin stopped and took the eldest girl Erniu back to the room.

Back in the room, she whispered to the two girls, "I will think of ways to take you away. Are you willing to leave here with your mother?"

She already knew that after taking this step today, she is no longer afraid of anything. She wants to force Mrs. Luo to divorce her from Mrs. Luo and ask Mrs. Luo to give her both daughters, otherwise she will die. Day beat her secretly like this.

Both girls nodded vigorously.

Mrs. Luo lay on the ground for a while, her body hurt very much, she got up slowly, went back to the room and lay on the bed.

After lying down for two hours, when the pain was not so great, she ran out and saw a neighborhood neighbor standing and chatting in the alley, she went up and cried: "I'm so pitiful, I just said that the daughter-in-law at home She said a few words, and when she came up, she kicked me, punched and kicked me." She wanted to tell all the neighbors in the neighborhood, so that everyone would scold Mrs. Lin to death.

The two women next to her looked at her in surprise.

An older woman sneered, "Old lady Luo, what fart are you talking about? Who doesn't know that your daughter-in-law is the most obedient and has been beaten by you for ten years. How dare you fight back? If you dare to fight back, you should send her to the hospital sooner." Yamen is gone."

"I'm telling the truth!" Mrs. Luo was in a hurry, she opened her clothes to reveal her soft belly and wanted to show them, but there was nothing on her belly except looseness and folds.

The two women couldn't bear to look directly at them, and turned their heads directly, "You old woman is really shameless, you reveal your belly in public, not to mention that you don't have any marks on your belly, and you want to wrong your daughter-in-law?"

Mrs. Luo was also stunned, it shouldn't be wow, she still hurts even now.

Of course Lin heard the commotion outside.

In fact, even if Mrs. Luo was really left with bruises, outsiders would not believe that it was her who beat her.

For ten years, everyone thought that she was cowardly and deceitful, and would never fight back when beaten by her mother-in-law. Even if Mrs. Luo had bruises on her body, they would only think that she was bumped by herself, or that the old man Luo beat her, because in the alley Everyone knows that old man Luo will beat his wife.

Mrs. Luo rushed back to the house angrily, but she didn't dare to scold Mrs. Lin for fear of being beaten by Mrs. Lin again.

She was sitting in the room, thinking hard, she couldn't even figure out why her daughter-in-law dared to beat her all of a sudden?

Could it be that the daughter-in-law resisted because she knew she wanted to sell the big girl to a brothel? Or was it instigated by Mrs. Xu?

The daughter-in-law went to Mrs. Xu and beat her when she came back. She scolded Xu Qinyu in her heart, but she didn't dare to come to Xu Qinyu's house to trouble her, for she was afraid that he would use a knife to deal with her.

After finally waiting for the evening meal, Luo Dagen and his father, the old man Luo, came back.

Lin's was still the same as usual, leading the two daughters to cook in the kitchen.

Seeing her husband and son returning, Mrs. Luo immediately cried to them, saying how Mrs. Lin kicked and beat her today.

Luo Dagen looked impatient, "Mother, do you think it's credible for you to say this? Do you think we will believe it? Dad and I are very tired, so let's have a good rest. Besides, if she dares to fight You are still cooking evening food in the kitchen at this moment? Shouldn't the sky be turned upside down long ago?"

"Big, big root." Mrs. Luo was anxious, "Mother didn't lie to you, she really beat her."

Luo Dagen didn't believe it at all, and ignored his mother, and went back to lie down.

Mrs. Luo stomped her feet angrily, and went to talk to old man Luo again.

Old man Luo pushed her and scolded: "Don't get in my way, you didn't see how tired I was."

After finishing speaking, he went back to the room and lay down, not believing what his wife said at all.

Mrs. Luo was almost dumbfounded.

She still refused to give up, and when the family was sitting in the main room eating dinner, she asked the big girl and the second girl, "Big girl and second girl, tell your father and grandfather the truth, did your mother kick me and hit me today?" ?”

The big girl shook her head, "No, we didn't see it, it was grandma scolding her."

Er Niu also shook her head and did not speak.

Mrs. Luo almost died of anger, she raised her hand and wanted to slap the two girls.

Before she could wave her hand, the old man Luo punched Mrs. Luo in the face, "Have you had enough, old woman? Can you let us have a peaceful meal?"

Every day when he smelled the scent of every house in the alley, he hated it, because the old woman was greedy for cheap, so they couldn't eat such delicious fish, and they could only eat some unpalatable boiled vegetables.

Mrs. Luo screamed miserably after being beaten by Old Man Luo's fist, and she shrank back and did not dare to speak.

...

Early the next morning, Mrs. Lin waited for her husband to leave with her father-in-law. She went to Mrs. Luo’s house and beat Mrs. Luo again. Mrs. Luo wanted to call out, but she covered her mouth and beat her.

Mrs. Luo herself is a thin and short old woman. Even if Mrs. Lin doesn't have enough food on weekdays, she is only in her twenties and is considered a strong worker. Mrs. Luo couldn't resist her at all and was beaten again.

After the fight, Mrs. Lin panted and said to Mrs. Luo who was lying on the ground, "Let your son put me off, but both the big girls and the two girls have to follow me, or I'll beat you like this every day."

She can't beat Luo Dagen, can't she beat this old woman!

After Lin Shi finished speaking, he took the eldest girl and the second girl out to work.

She took up some scattered work, and planned to take her daughter with her when she went out these days, otherwise she was afraid that Mrs. Luo would drag the eldest girl to Raozhou City and sell it to a brothel while she was away.

When she went out, some neighbors saw that she was still with the big girl Er Niu, and couldn't help asking, "Why did you bring the two girls with you when you went out to work? It's not too much trouble."

Lin Shi glanced at the neighborhood leader and hesitated.

The big girl doesn't care about this, wiping her eyes and crying, "My grandma said that she would sell me to Xiangmanlou in Raozhou City, and my grandma said that the prostitute in Xiangmanlou likes eight or nine-year-old girls best. Teach me, I The milk also said that in a few years, when my sister grows up, she will also sell it to Xiangmanlou, and the money from the sale will allow my father to marry another daughter-in-law and have a son. My mother is worried and will take us all when she goes out. "

Xiangmanlou is the largest brothel in Raozhou, and even the people of Yuanbao Town have heard of it.

Hearing this, the face of the neighborhood leader changed.

"Sorry, how can this old lady be so cruel."

"You don't know that she sold her daughter to that kind of place. Before, she sold a brothel in Yuanbao Town. Later, her daughter was so humiliated that she hit a pillar and died. After ten years, she wanted to sell her own granddaughter again. It's so vicious to sell it to that kind of place."

"This old lady is not afraid of retribution."

Even if there are people who sell their sons and daughters in Yuanbao Town, they won't sell their daughters and granddaughters to that kind of place.

Even if there is, it is because the parents in the family have passed away, and the brother-in-law or the uncle of the mother's family will sell their sister or niece to that kind of place when they see money.

The neighbors in Guihua Lane began to condemn Mrs. Luo.

Mrs. Luo lay at home for a long time, and then went out to complain to others, but no one believed it. The neighbors even scolded her, saying how she wanted to sell her granddaughter to such a place. Mrs. Luo thought it was her daughter-in-law. Yes, angry and angry, can only go back in despair.

In the days that followed, Mrs. Lin would always beat Mrs. Luo while Luo Dagen and Old Man Luo were away, and she didn't beat her every day, every now and then.

She also didn't beat Mrs. Luo in front of Da Niu and Er Niu, no matter what, she hoped that Da Niu Er Niu could be an upright person in the future, instead of being the same as her, she could only use this method to leave Luo's house in the end.

How Mrs. Luo complained to outsiders and her family, no one believed her.

She didn't even think about going to the yamen reporter and saying that her daughter-in-law beat her.

Because she went to the yamen, she had to have evidence to prove that her daughter-in-law beat her. No one could prove it except herself. Even if a neighbor was invited, the neighbor would only tell the county magistrate that she had beaten and scolded Lin every day over the years.

When she went to the government office, if she made a false accusation, she would be punished, and if she had no evidence, she would be punished.

In just half a month, Mrs. Luo has aged a lot.

...

In the past ten days, Xu Qinyu received a total of more than 50 job applications, so she went to gossip with the sister-in-law of the Xia family.

Wu Wan had also lived nearby for several years, and knew more or less about the women in the surrounding neighborhoods than Xu Qinyu.

She recognized almost all the women on Xu Qinyu's application list, and immediately screened out more than half of them for Miss Xu. Live poorly, don't like to be clean, etc.

There are only a dozen or so candidates left.

Finally, Wu Wan pointed to the names of the two women above and said, "Both of them are hardworking and capable, and they don't steal or play tricks. This one named Yuan Yueying is a widow. A few years ago, the man went out with the caravan and died in the caravan. Outside, she relied on her two sons and daughters, who were very diligent and quick at work. She didn't like to talk, so she just worked hard, and her own sons and daughters were also very filial and obedient. Another one named Chen Chunhua, He is a very forthright person with a good eloquence, his parents-in-law are still alive, her husband is a hunter, her family life is quite prosperous, and he is also a quick and straightforward person."

Xu Qinyu wanted to recruit three people in total, Wu Wan was hesitant about the last one, and she didn't know the rest very well, so she couldn't help Xu Qinyu choose any more.

Xu Qinyu thanked Wu Wan, and the two chatted for a while.

Wu Wan secretly told Xu Qinyu, "Old lady Luo at the end of the alley, I heard that she has been telling others that her daughter-in-law beats her recently. How could that person from the Lin family beat her? If she wants to slander her daughter-in-law, it depends on everyone." Believe her or not."

In the past, Wu Wan and Xia Yuanzhi lived in Osmanthus Alley, so they were naturally familiar with Mrs. Luo, and they especially liked to take advantage of it. When they came to her cloth store to buy cloth, she always asked her to send another piece of cloth. In the end, she took a piece of silk with her when she left. The silk is a large piece of leftover material, which can be made into a purse, so it can be sold for tens of pennies.

After being discovered by her, she snatched the silk and satin, and scolded Mrs. Luo, but Mrs. Luo wanted to quibble, and finally she said to report to the official, which made Mrs. Luo leave in a hurry.

Xu Qinyu also heard about it.

Recently, in Osmanthus Alley, every household likes to gather a few women in front of the door to chat. The women's chats are nothing more than the affairs of each household. They are all talking about the Luo family, saying that Mrs. Luo slandered her daughter-in-law and beat her. , and said Mrs. Luo wanted to sell her own granddaughter to a brothel.

Hearing this, Xu Qinyu's fists hardened. The ten-year-old girl was almost sold to a brothel by her own grandma.

So she always saw Mrs. Lin going out with her two daughters these days.

Every time she saw her, Lin would nod her head slightly.

For some reason, outsiders didn't believe Mrs. Luo's words that her daughter-in-law beat her, but Xu Qinyu believed it a little.

If anyone dared to sell her daughter to a brothel, she would resist when she was weak.

So Lin may be weak, but for the sake of her daughter, she may really take that step.

Listening to the meaning in the neighbor's words, it seems that Mrs. Lin beat her mother-in-law every now and then.

Xu Qinyu thinks that Mrs. Lin wants to use this to force her mother-in-law, and wants Mrs. Luo to instigate her son to divorce Mrs. Lin, right?

Xu Qinyu felt that if Lin really had this idea, it would be a little difficult in the end.

The first choice is that Luo Dagen has no money to marry again, so he will not divorce his wife so easily.

Second, the two daughters of the Lin family are surnamed Luo. In this evil ancient times, it is very difficult for a woman to take the children away, no matter whether she is reconciled or divorced. If Luo Dagen must divorce Mrs. Lin but not allow Mrs. Lin to take away the two daughters, Mrs. Lin really has nothing to do.

No matter what, Xu Qinyu hoped that Lin could take the two daughters away from the Luo family smoothly.

After chatting with Xia's sister-in-law for a while, Xu Qinyu also left.

She first went to the restaurant to see how the repairs were going. She felt relieved that the pillars were there.

After finishing the fish in the afternoon, Xu Yunlan, the daughter of Xu Kongmu's family, came unexpectedly when the fish was sold out and ready to close the stall.

Xu Qinyu also hasn't seen Xu Yunlan for some days. Recently, the maids or servants from Xu Kongmu's family came to buy fish, milk steamed buns and milk yellow buns.

She knew Xu Yunlan because of the dishes cooked at Xu Kongmu's house for the county magistrate. Later, Xu Yunlan occasionally came to buy food made by Xu Qinyu, and the two chatted quite well.

This time, not only did Xu Yunlan come by herself, but she was accompanied by a white and fat girl. The fat girl had fair skin, and she was wearing a begonia red dress, which made her skin even fairer.

When Xu Qinyu saw a fat girl, she thought she was cute at first sight, but she looked a little too fat. Her height was about 160, but her weight was about 180 catties. This weight was already a lot overweight, and it was not good for her health. have a great influence.

Moreover, this girl is so cute even when she is fat, and her eyes are not too small. If she is thinner, she will be a perfect beauty.

It's just that the fat beauty's eyes are red at the moment, she must have cried.

Xu Yunlan was also filled with righteous indignation.