Reborn girl from poor family

Chapter 22 Another transaction (2)

There was silence in the woodshed.

No one expected Su Ya to have such strong hands.

After a short period of silence, the woman let out an "ouch", got up and jumped on Su Ya, but Xue Jun jumped on her first and hugged her tightly.

Su Ya reached out and pinched Mrs. Xue Ergui's soft tendon and pushed her onto Xue Ergui, "You falsely accused Uncle Liu and sent him to the county jail. Do you really think you did a perfect job? Uncle Liu, be honest, I didn't

So easy to bully."

Xue Ergui's steel fork almost pierced the live flesh. After Xue Ergui's soft tendons were pinched, she couldn't stand still for a while, and the two of them were in a panic.

Su Ya sneered and pointed at them: "Let's make this matter bigger now. It's best to report it to the officials quickly and let the county government see: Xiaojun has not only eaten, drank, and received no medicine under your hands, but also

If you want to touch the soles of black shoes to change money for you, what kind of uncles and aunts are you?"

She pretended to push open the broken window of the woodshed, "You have a reputation for doing all kinds of evil in eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, haven't you offended a lot of people? I don't believe there is no witness! I, Uncle Liu, am a righteous man and don't want to see Xiaojun suffer, but he was

You were put in jail, is there any Xiao Jiujiu here?"

"What do you want to do?" Sure enough, as soon as Mrs. Xue stood firm, she asked in a high voice when she saw her movements, and she quickly came over and held down the window lattice.

A trace of sarcasm flashed in Su Ya's eyes.

She has been observing the expressions of the two of them, and saw that although they were aggressive from the moment they entered the door, they kept their voices down deliberately and did not even make a fuss when they were slapped. This was not their character.

"What are you doing?" she said, "Of course I'm calling for witnesses. We're going to the county office right now. We must convict you of abusing your nephew and falsely accusing a good citizen!"

"Where to go?"

"You want to kill someone?"

Su Ya sneered, "I am not a nameless person now, especially someone you can kill if you want!"

Xue Ergui and the other two didn't know her reality, so they couldn't continue the play and froze there.

Standing closer, the smell of poor-quality fragrant powder on Mrs. Xue's body was pungent. Su Ya breathed out quietly, feeling a little anxious in her heart.

The light in this woodshed is no longer as dim as it was just now, the sky is getting brighter, and Huai'an City is about to burst into smoke.

In order to avoid Shen Huai, she chose to go out in the middle of the night. Unexpectedly, accidents happened one after another, so that she was dragged down to this moment. When Yan got up early to cook, she would be anxious because she couldn't see her people, and there was no guarantee that new trouble would arise.

.

"Stop acting here and tell me what you think!" She simply brought the key point to the table, "Looking at your actions, you have already regarded Xiaojun as a burden. You failed to blackmail Uncle Liu a few days ago. Now, don't you?

Have some regrets?"

She squinted at Xue Er with an extremely disdainful expression, "I heard that your brother took good care of you when he was alive. They knew it well. If they knew that you were treating Xiaojun like this now, would they come back to find you?"

Xue Ergui's veins jumped at what she said, and she raised the steel fork again. However, Xue Ergui turned around and hugged the man's arm. She seemed to pinch her hand hard. She turned back to Su Ya and said: "You have a sharp tongue, you don't have a sharp tongue."

How can we, Xue Jun, live so long? It’s not that easy if you want us to let you go today!"

"Oh, what would be easier?" Su Ya asked.

The woman rolled her eyes and said, "I pulled shit out of him, fed him, clothed him, and taught him how to do things. Now that his wings are hardened, you come to pick up ready-made labor one by one? I can't afford this."

eat."

"Yes, it's easy to take him away, just bring him the money!" Xue Ergui added in a strange way.

Su Ya sneered unabashedly, these two idiots had been bullying the weak and weak for so many years, and no one took care of them.

She pointed at Xue Jun's leg, "Do you still want money? This leg was broken by you, and you don't get medical money for the treatment? It's been delayed for so long, and it's still unclear whether it can be restored to the past. You're just sending a little lame person out to be sold.

, probably can’t be sold either.”

Xue Jun was holding on to the wall and feeling uncomfortable. What Sister Su Ya said was true, but it was too true.

A little cripple will become a big cripple in a few years, and he does not have the skills of Liu Laizi. The labor force that could still be used to get money from home will be lost in his hands, and there will probably be no way to survive.

Xue Jun's head was hunched, his back was hunched, his hands were hanging down to support his injured leg, and he was huddled under the broken wall. He really didn't look like he was buying or selling.

Xue Ergui and his wife looked at each other and said, "You can take them away. At least you have to pay me for Xue Jun's food and clothing expenses over the years!"

Su Ya remained calm and asked: "How much?"

"Total one hundred taels of silver."

Su Ya laughed in anger. She worked in the bookstore and could earn one tael of silver per month. She worked as a helper in Zhou's house and could earn 700 taels of cash per month. In addition, the ladies and ladies often received rewards, which added up to 2 taels of silver per month.

Silver, earn no less than the average man.

This income is definitely enough for the daily expenses of a common people's family of three, but if you want to save a hundred taels, it will take decades.

Xue Ergui opened his mouth loudly. I wonder if he was greedy and stupid, or if he really didn't want to let him go?

"Sister Su Ya..."

The young man who was hit by the words "little cripple" murmured. He longed for freedom in his heart, so he had been silent just now. He thought that as long as he could get out of the sea of ​​suffering, he would spend the rest of his life repaying Su Ya.

of kindness.

But this one hundred taels of silver obviously shattered his dream, "Sister Su Ya, please leave me alone..."

Su Ya then asked him: "I really can't control such a large amount. Xiaojun, how much money can you earn every day doing odd jobs at the dock?"

"I'm young and can't get a job unloading goods. I pick up some odd things every day and make about ten cents. When winter comes, there are fewer ships and I can't get any miscellaneous work. I can earn two or three cents by collecting shoe soles." Xue Jun

I was so depressed that I could hardly stand.

One thousand coins is a piece of money, and a piece of money can be exchanged for one tael of silver.

If Xue Jun could maintain an income of ten cents a day, he would earn about one tael of silver in one hundred days, seven taels in two years, and seventy taels in twenty years... and he would still have to eat or drink.

Su Ya raised her head to Mrs. Xue and asked, "You know how to settle accounts, right? Just do the math, how many years will Xiaojun earn a hundred taels? He is lame, so he probably won't be able to earn any more."

Xue Ergui was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, and wanted to say whether he wanted to buy it or not, but his mother-in-law turned around and winked at him. He was stunned and closed his mouth suspiciously.

Mrs. Xue Er turned around and said in a pinched voice: "You can't settle the accounts like this, and his legs may not be lame. Besides, Xue Jun can do a lot with his skillful hands. He will naturally have a way to make a lot of money in a few years."

...Eighty taels, no more."

"Eighty taels is enough money for three or four young servants to sell themselves."

But this dynasty does not allow civilians to keep slaves, that is, they do not allow civilians to buy and sell people. Su Ya thought about it in her mind and said decisively: "Thirty taels, Xue Jun has nothing to do with you from now on. You still have to go to the Yamen with me to make it clear.

Let Uncle Liu out."

"You want us to retract our confession? He, Liu Laizi, has no good intentions to begin with. He deserves it!" Xue Ergui said.

Su Ya refused to give in, and said with a straight face: "I only have this little money, and I still have to borrow thirty taels. If it works, it will be fine. If not, I will report it to the officials and accuse your uncle and aunt of being ruthless and exploiting my nephew!"

You know how bad your reputation is, and I can always find witnesses, so I can naturally find a way to save Uncle Liu."

"Okay!" Xue Ergui's mother-in-law was very happy, "I'll get the pen and ink and make a written document."

This family is illiterate, but they still have pen and ink at home?

Su Ya felt a little strange in her heart, but it was eliminated by the crow of the rooster, and she nodded in agreement.

She didn't have any money with her, and she was afraid that something might happen again if Xue Jun was left behind, so she had to create a document to take him away.

After a while, the woman came back, holding a bald pen and a piece of linen cloth in her hand: "Just write on the linen cloth. This is the only pen at home, and Xiaobao picked it up outside."

Su Ya looked at the pen and saw that it was indeed as bald as a bald chicken's butt. This... just treat it as a dead branch that can be dipped in ink, right?

She reached out to pick it up, but Xue Ergui's mother-in-law unexpectedly threw the linen cloth over Su Ya's face, and a bunch of powder wrapped in it flew up and sprinkled all over Su Ya's body!

Xue Jun, who was standing behind Su Ya, fell down without saying a word.

Su Ya shook her head reluctantly, throwing the pen in her hand outward in a weak arc, and threw herself to the ground with a thud.

(End of chapter)