allonlinenovel Chapter 1 What? Selling a daughter?
Chapter 1 What? Selling a daughter?
"Madam Wan, your child is only ten years old. Even if you sell her to me, I still have to spend time to train her and provide her with food and drink until she is thirteen years old. This also costs me money. So, three taels, I really can't give more."
Wen Yan's eyes were all white, and she could only hear a sharp voice talking in her ear. After a while, she stood up straight and looked clearly in front of her.
A middle-aged woman in gauze, with a large area of white skin exposed on her chest, was picking and choosing the little girl in old clothes in front of her. After looking at her for a long time, she looked over and said, "Mrs. Wan, what have you thought about?"
"What's going on?" Wen Yan asked subconsciously.
"Sanliang, you sell this child to me. From now on, she will be the girl of my Wanhua Tower, and she will have nothing to do with you anymore."
The child under the madam's care was skinny, but one could vaguely see that his facial features were regular and beautiful. At this moment, he was looking at her, crying silently. At this age, he was sensible enough and knew where he was going to be sold.
Wen Yan perked up and quickly grabbed the child in front of her, "Selling a child? And selling it to a brothel? Isn't this illegal?"
"Breaking the law?! Then as a mother, selling your child is not breaking the law?" The madam's face changed. In her line of work, what she hated most was people who talked about the law and illegality. Everyone came to the brothel to have fun. She smiled coldly, "In that case, Madam Wan, go back. I don't need this girl."
Having said that, the madam ordered two thugs behind her to chase her out.
Only after they left Wanhua Tower did the child in her hand burst into tears. But she didn't call her mother or say anything, she just cried.
Wen Yan wanted to comfort her, but suddenly many other memories emerged in her mind. She was shocked to realize that she had traveled through a book.
The protagonist of the book is not her, but her sister-in-law, Wan Er Niangzi, Xu Xiaorou. The original owner is just a control group, using her miserable life to set off Xu Xiaorou's happiness. When I first read this book, I knew there was a female supporting role with the same name as me, but she didn't have many scenes and was soon offline.
In the book, she and Xu Xiaorou married into the Wan family in the same year. She married the elder brother and Xu Xiaorou married the younger brother. At the beginning, the family was harmonious and Mrs. Wan loved them both.
The next year, Wen Yan became pregnant and gave birth to her eldest daughter, Wan Dongling. Old Lady Wan's attitude towards them suddenly changed. She would mock them at every turn, saying that she had given birth to a money-loser. Later, she even began to cut back on food. The original owner was also stubborn and wanted to give birth to a son to change her position in the family.
Because she was young and in good health, she actually got pregnant again not long after. However, this time the baby was still a daughter.
The original owner's treatment in the Wan family did not improve, but became even less popular. Old Madam Wan had already discussed with her husband, Boss Wan, about taking another concubine, but it happened that the court was recruiting soldiers, and Boss Wan left home to serve in the army, so the matter of taking a concubine was put on hold.
After Boss Wan joined the army, he seldom returned home. Every time he did, the original owner tried her best to have another child. Finally, three years later, she became pregnant again, and this time it was twins, a boy and a girl.
Logically speaking, now that she had a son, the original owner's status in the Wan family should have been much better, but the son she gave birth to not only had a birthmark on his face that almost covered half of his face, but was also stupid. He could only stand when other children could run, and could only walk when other children could talk.
Old Madam Wan still disliked the original owner, but considering that the original owner's child was her own after all, she did not skimp on his food.
Three years after the twins were born, the younger son finally began to speak, but the first thing he said was, "Daddy is dead."
The news happened to be heard by Old Lady Wan who was passing by. She fainted from anger. Soon after she woke up, she actually received news from the border saying that Boss Wan had died.
Old Mrs. Wan felt that the child born by the original owner was a monster that would bring disaster to the entire family. In order to avoid being criticized, she kicked her out of the house a year later, saying that she didn't want to delay her, along with her four children.
The original owner was of course not happy. She came from the countryside and married into the Wan family in the town. She didn't know how many people envied her and how she wanted to leave easily. So she thought of a way to sell her eldest daughter and leave the money in the town. She wanted to let the old lady know that she could live well even without the Wan family.
This is how the scene at the beginning came about.
She probably died suddenly from working overtime. She remembered that she was working overtime in the last second, and came here after losing consciousness in the next second.
When I think about the book, where she would sell all her daughters step by step, and pressure her son to take imperial examinations, and eventually her son passed the exam but gave up on her, letting her die of illness on the street, I get a headache.
Perhaps Wen Yan had been silent for too long. Wan Dongling, with tears on her face, stood beside her and glanced at her cautiously.
The little hand in Wen Yan's hand gradually warmed up. It was late autumn now, and the clothes she wore were quite decent and warm, while the clothes worn by the little girl beside her were much thinner. Her face was purple from the cold, and the two of them did not look like a mother and daughter at all.
She didn't say anything to comfort him; that was not like the original owner's character.
The ten-year-old already has memories, so she has to change slowly.
Several other children stood at the edge of the wall opposite the door, and Wen Yan matched their names one by one to the ones she remembered.
The one holding hands is the eldest daughter Wan Dongling, the tallest, strong and fierce one is the second daughter Wan Xiaqing, the crying little girl is the third daughter Wan Xuan, and the little boy with his head down playing with his fingers is the youngest son Wan He.
Wen Yan sighed. She didn't have a penny in her hand. She only brought a few decent clothes. It was getting dark soon, so she had to find a place to live. She was hungry. These children looked malnourished. I'm afraid they were hungry too.
She walked over to the children and raised her hand to wipe away Wan Xuan's tears, but was blocked by Wan Xiaqing. This little tiger girl was about the same height as her sister. Although she was thin, she had a big frame and looked like someone who was not easy to mess with: "What do you want to do!"
Wen Yan tried to hold back her laughter. The little guy looked so cute when he looked fierce, but she had to hold it back. As a result, her expression gradually twisted, which made the children panic. She said coldly, "Wipe your tears, or your face will be frozen when the wind blows."
She paused for a moment and continued to make amends: "I don't have the money to treat you."
As soon as she said this, the youngest Wan Xuan stopped crying and just stared at her blankly.
Wen Yan resisted the urge to touch her head and said to the two older brothers, "You two hold your brother and sister tightly, don't get lost."
The original owner had a strong deterrent effect. After she said this, several people followed her quietly.
Wen Yan looked back from time to time to see if the little kids behind her had caught up with her. She remembered that there was a pawnshop on this street. After walking for a few minutes, she saw a pawnshop with a flag hanging on it with a big "Pawn" written on it.
Let a few little kids wait for her outside the door, Wen Yan walked into the pawnshop and took off a silver hairpin on her head. The silver hairpin was bought for her by the deceased boss Wan, when he and the original owner were in love and had a long sweet life together.
When she stretched out her hand, a thin jade bracelet dropped from her wrist.
Wen Yan's eyes flickered with a wave of emotion. Wasn't this bracelet passed down to her by her mother in her original world? How could it come with her?!