Chapter 1: About to be sold

March 17, 2023Ai Hrist

At Shangxi Village.

Shi Qingluo slowly opened her eyes, and what she saw was a small farmyard.

She had a severe headache. There were many memories in her mind that did not belong to her.

Before she came back to her senses, her arm was suddenly grabbed.

“Dead girl, you dare pretend to be dead to this old lady.”

“You broom star, even if you die today, I will send your body to the town.”

After the bitter woman finished speaking, she raised her hand angrily to hit Shi Qingluo in the face.

Shi Qingluo instinctively raised her hand and grabbed the woman’s hand that was about to slap her.

Because of the extra memory, she instantly understood what happened.

She looked at the woman with cold eyes and said, “I won’t go. The marriage was arranged by you, so you go if you want.”

Sadly, the woman who grabbed her and wanted to slap her happened to be the biological mother of this body, Mrs. Niu.

Because she gave birth to the owner of the body with great difficulty, she regarded her as a broom star, treated her harshly, and scolded her all the time.

When she was five years old, a Taoist Priest came to the village and built a Taoist Temple in the middle of the mountain. People from five to twelve years old were recruited to become Taoist disciples.

Every month, the family can go to the Taoist Temple to receive a salary of 100 copper coins.

The owner of the body was sent to the Taoist Temple by her parents, two months ago, the Taoist Temple exploded, and the Taoist Priest and three disciples died in the explosion.

At that time, the owner of the body went down the mountain to fetch water, so she escaped a catastrophe.

After going down the mountain and returning home, her parents made a marriage for her, her future husband was the son of the wealthy Wu Family in the town.

The owner of the body was honest and kind. She believed what Mrs. Niu said when she said that because she owed her, she took the trouble to find this good marriage for her.

Who knew that last night, when the owner of the body was in the toilet, she overheard her parents talking?

It turned out that Young Master Wu, a rich son, suddenly became seriously ill some time ago, and he was too sick that he can’t get out of bed.

Young Master Wu was very favored at home, so the Wu Family can’t bear him to leave before he gets married.

So they wanted him to marry before he died, and let his wife be buried with him after he died so that he would not be lonely.

The Wu Family also knew that this matter was difficult to handle, so they released the news that they were willing to spend one hundred taels of silver as a bride price.

The bride and the groom will take a normal wedding ceremony and then will be buried together. As long as the bride’s natal family agrees, the government will not be able to interfere.

If Young Master Wu was healthy, who knows how many families will rush to marry him?

But the bride will be buried with him, so as long as it was not an insane family, it was impossible to send their children to get married.

By coincidence, the owner of the body met such insane parents.

For a hundred taels of silver, they sent their daughter to die directly. Only their family was willing in the whole village.

Today, the Wu Family sent people to the Shi Family to pick up the bride and go to the town to prepare. The marriage will be held tomorrow.

The owner learned the truth, so she was naturally unwilling to go.

However, Mrs. Niu forcibly dragged the owner of the body away, slapped her a few times, then pressed her on the ground and beat her up.

While avoiding, pushing, and shoving, the owner of the body’s head hit a sharp stone and died, and then the core was replaced by her.

Mrs. Niu didn’t expect that this honest and cowardly daughter would dare to grab her hand and resist.

She was so angry that her face turned black: “You dead girl, this is not something you can decide.”

Then she reached out to pull Shi Qingluo, trying to drag her out of the gate.

The carriage of the Wu Family was waiting at the door.

Shi Qingluo avoided her hand, and let go of the wrist that was holding her.

Then, taking advantage of Mrs. Niu’s retreat, she rushed into the woodshed.

She quickly found a few small black balls scattered on the ground from the corner of the woodshed, and then walked back to the yard again.

In the yard, not only Mrs. Niu was there, but also the owner of the body’s grandparents, First Uncle, Second Uncle, Third Uncle, and Fourth Uncle.

But these people only watched this incident with cold eyes. And her Fourth Uncle, who passed Tongsheng was the instigator.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the owner of the body’s parents who were in the village most of the time know about the Wu Family in the county town.

The owner of the body heard from Mrs. Niu and her husband last night that after taking one hundred taels, they would give this Fourth Uncle 50 taels to use to take Imperial Examination, and another thirty taels for the family to use as expenses at home.

Therefore, no one in the entire Shi Family was innocent of selling the owner of the body.

Mrs. Niu Shi also rushed over at this time, still holding a cane in her hand.

“You dead girl, it’s your blessing that you can marry into the Wu Family. There is no reason for you to hesitate about these blessings.”

Since giving birth to this daughter with dystocia, she has given birth to three more daughters one after another. None of them was a boy, so she can’t hold up high her head up at home.

She always thought that this daughter was a broom star who restrained herself and her husband.

However, she felt that being able to be the wife of a rich family like the Wu Family in the town was a blessing for this broom star.

Shi Qingluo rolled her eyes: “Since marrying into the Wu Family is such a great blessing, why don’t you go and marry? I will give you this blessing.”

This scum doesn’t hold back whether standing or talking.

The people sitting in the yard did not expect Shi Qingluo would say such a thing, it was simply unfilial.

Mrs. Niu choked, this dead girl’s words were too poisonous, if those words spread out, what will the people think of her?

She was so angry that she picked up the cane and rushed to Shi Qingluo to beat her: “You broom star, how dare you talk nonsense? I will beat you to death.”

Shi Qingluo was not the owner of the body. She has no scruples about filial piety, and she doesn’t long for family affection. She will not work hard to please her, nor just stood still to be beaten.

She nimbly dodged Mrs. Niu’s cane, and the two chased and ran in the yard.

At this time, the old mama from the Wu Family who was specially sent to pick up the bride frowned.

“If you delay any longer, it will be too late to return to the town.”

When Old Lady Shi heard her say this, she first laughed with her.

She then turned around and yelled at Mrs. Niu with a calm face: “The Wu Family’s carriage is still waiting outside, don’t dawdle and make people wait anxiously.”

Mrs. Niu stopped, turned her head, and glared at her man: “Come over and help.”

Shi Laosan, who was originally sitting, stood up with a fierce look on his face.

He looked at Shi Qingluo impatiently: “Dead girl, are you coming here by yourself, or I will come to catch you?”

Shi Qingluo knew that with the owner’s body’s family’s character, it was impossible to let go of one hundred taels of silver.

And these were the ancient times when filial piety was more important than heaven, and children cannot object to their parents when they talk about marriage.

Even if the parents sell their daughter, most people will say a few words, but it was not a big problem in everyone’s eyes, let alone breaking the law.

The owner of the body sneaked out in the morning to beg the village head and clan elders.

The other party only told her that this was their family matter and they couldn’t interfere and sent her back to the Shi Family house again.

A few words of persuasion were blocked by Mrs. Niu. And because of the face of her Fourth Uncle, they left her alone.

After they left, she was beaten by her superb parents who locked her up in a rage.

It wasn’t until the Wu Family came that they released the owner of the body.

Shi Qingluo’s principle of life was that it was better to rely on herself than to rely on others.

So she has already figured out a plan to help herself.

* Tongsheng – a candidate who has not yet passed the county-level imperial exam