Chapter 407: Ruthless (Part 1)
Chapter 407: Ruthless (Part 1)
The Tang family was situated towards the back of the village. Due to their lack of manpower, when they resettled in Liuyang Village last year, they could only manage to erect three narrow thatched cottages, squeezed between the spacious ones of their neighbors, which made their situation appear quite pitiful.
Despite the cold weather, the commotion caused by Tang's family selling their daughter attracted villagers from all around. At this moment, layers upon layers of spectators surrounded the Tang residence, with the thick snow on the ground trampled into muddy yellow prints.
"Oh my, it's not boasting, but my little daughter has always been fair-skinned since she was young. Back in our old village, all the boys loved talking to her. I had hoped to raise her well and find her a good husband's family in the future, but our family can barely make ends meet. Otherwise, how could I bear to send her away!"
In the main room, Yu shi was pretending to wipe her tears, skillfully praising her stepdaughter's beauty to Madam Liu, who was looking for girls for a brothel. She almost directly said, "Look at how pretty that girl is, give us more money!"
"I understand what you mean. But this girl's looks, while good in your poor village, are nothing in bigger places." Madam Yu pulled at her eyelids and gave an indifferent glance at the expressionless Tang Xin. Though her words were casual, she was actually quite satisfied.
She despised Yu shi's greedy behavior, but she thrived on it. Besides, the little girl was indeed pretty. Such quality would be highly sought after in the famous houses, earning her a good sum of money!
"Madam Yu, I’m an honest person and speak honestly. This girl's looks are obvious, just like lice on a monk's head. If you are sincere, at least give a fair price, right?"
Yu shi felt a bit unhappy hearing this. She had planned to sell the pretty girl for a good price. If she couldn’t get a good price, she might as well keep her at home to work like a horse for a few more years and then get some dowry money.
"I came all this way, naturally, I am sincere." In Yu shi’s envious eyes, Madam Yu smugly touched her gold hairpin and said unhurriedly, "Since we both have the surname Yu and were family five hundred years ago, I won’t treat you unfairly. Tell me, what price do you want?"
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Yu shi was delighted, almost feeling the silver in her hands. She rubbed her hands together, her voice stuttering, "Th-this, how could I say, better for Madam Yu to offer a price, we can discuss it slowly."
Although the broker said last time that selling a girl to such a place could fetch forty taels of silver, who knows if that's true? If she asked for too much and scared her off, what then? But if she asked for too little, she'd suffer a loss. Better let this woman offer a price and then add a bit more, to be safe.
Madam Yu could see through Yu shi's thoughts and felt even more disdain. Such a brainless, timid fool, destined to live a life of scratching in the dirt. But such people were easy to deal with, and she was set to make a big profit this trip.
Thinking this, she showed a bit of genuine-looking smile and said, "A flat price, twenty taels. If you agree, we can sign the contract now."
With that, she pulled out two bright silver ingots from her sleeve, each weighing ten taels, making Yu shi, who had never seen so much silver, stare in a daze.
Twenty taels?
The villagers watching compared this to the eight taels the Mo family got for selling their granddaughter and quickly realized that Yu shi planned to sell her stepdaughter to a brothel. They couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "What a sin."
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