Spoiling a Good Young Wife
33

Xue Zhan looked straight at Aunt An with eyes dark as water: A few days ago, you sold your eldest daughter to the old woman, and the old woman gave you fifty or thirty taels of silver.How long has it been? Can't come with silver now?

Aunt An was surprised, thinking that Xue Zhan was quiet all day, only knew how to hit the iron, and turned a deaf ear to other things, but he did not expect Xue Zhan to know that he had sold his eldest daughter, and even sold her for thirty-five taels of silver.

Aunt An rolled her eyes, showed a crying face, and immediately lamented: it was not because my family was poor, I was unable to support some children, and our family had no more food.

I couldn't bear to sell the big girl for money, but I had to buy food and also buy cloth for the kids to make some clothes, plus a few days ago, the boy's father was sick, he said,

and had spent a lot of money on his medicines, so there wasn't much money left, and we still had to spend the New Year with the rest of the money.

While wailing aunt An looked at Xue Zhan's response from the corner of her eyes. But, no matter how sad he was to cry, Xue Zhan looked at him with cold eyes, which made him panic and bewildered.

"Aunt An, I know your family is poor, so the money and flour I lent you at the beginning are also worthless, I don't plan to ask for it back, but you slandered my daughter-in-law like yesterday, so I can't stand it, and now the end of the year, I won't care about it, but after the new year, after the new year, five taels of silver and twenty-two catties of flour, you must return them and send them to my house!" Xue Zhan's words were full of decisiveness, clearly leaving no room to bid.

He picked up a bag of flour on the ground, then closed the door, letting Aunt An knock on the door and beg, but Xue Zhan did not even bother to say a word.

Aunty An's family lives by cutting firewood, and Aunt An usually helps the rich people of the city to wash clothes and blankets. This family life is mediocre, but since Aunt An has the first child and the second child is a girl, it's because,

Only this year, she finally gave birth to a son, the An Family was so happy, all the good food and nice clothes were given to her only son.

If there is a piece of meat in the family, it will be divided into two parts, one part will be eaten by a boy, and one more piece will be kept for the boys to eat tomorrow.

The four daughters had to learn household chores at a young age, such as cooking, washing clothes, and caring for her younger brother. They are not full of food, do not wear warm clothes, let alone sleep.

This life was so unbearable, that the An family sold their eleven-year-old eldest daughter to the old woman, yet all the money they earned was spent on her only son.

Xue Zhan already knew these things. When the roof of the An family was blown by the strong wind, Xue Zhan lent money and flour to the An family, hoping to help them overcome the difficulties, but who knew that they had money and food, and who knew that they had food, but still want to give birth to boys one after the other.

The other girls seemed to have been picked up, and they had been fully maids or nurses beside the boys.

Xue Zhan brought the bag of flour back to the kitchen and put it in a container in the cupboard. Then he did his job again at the store.

After Su Zijin boiled the hot water and washed himself first, he tidied up the bed, placed the copper pot that had filled the hot water under the blanket, and called Xue Zhan to sleep.