PNB Chapter 236 Mo Niang
Chapter 236 Mo Niang
The buyer had teeth marks on both arms from the woman's bite, and there was a bite on his face that almost went into his eye.
This time, there's no chance of getting something for nothing; in fact, the money that others lost before has been gone.
After seeing the buyer off, he was about to go look for someone when he discovered that the woman was actually in the cage she had been in.
He grabbed a stick and started hitting her, but she probably couldn't take it anymore and suddenly pushed him away and ran away.
They had been hiding and chasing each other for half an hour and were exhausted, but the woman seemed tireless, continuing to hide and run.
"What did Boss Wen say she was trying to achieve with this?"
She had a chance to escape, but she still came back. What else could she get besides the indenture?
Wen Luozhi also found it strange. This person had already left the brokerage and injured the buyer, so he could have easily gone further away.
I'm not some wanted criminal. Even if I don't have a contract of servitude, I can just lie low for now and figure out a way to get one.
Why go back after finally getting out?
Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, it's none of her business.
She stood up and pulled Wen Zi'an, saying, "Mr. Wu, be careful not to get hurt. We have things to do at the restaurant, so we'll head back now."
Wu San'er also got up, and the three of them moved in the same direction, one in front and two behind.
Now Wen Zi'an dared not slip away, and kept glancing back and keeping an eye on his surroundings.
He only breathed a sigh of relief when they reached the restaurant entrance, then pushed Wen Luozhi inside, saying, "Sister, just stay inside and don't come out. Call us if you need anything."
According to that kid, the woman who got lost was too fierce and terrifying.
I wonder if they've caught the person yet. It would be troublesome if they hadn't caught them and they still came here.
Wen Luozhi knew that the collision had frightened Wen Zian, but it was just too sudden at the time. She was also thinking about things and knew that it would definitely not happen again.
She nodded obediently, because Jiang Zhaochuan's birthday was in five days. Back in Guan Langbatian's room, she rested her chin on her hand, thinking about what kind of little show she should put on.
Wolf Batian was sleeping soundly beside her, snoring softly. She had originally thought of having it perform the fire-jumping trick from last time.
Thinking about it, it still won't work. Things I've seen before aren't anything special, and besides, this guy caused trouble today, so it's not good for him to come out again.
After thinking it over, she decided to perform as a bubble-playing clown herself, since she knew how to do it and didn't need to look for anyone else.
If we find someone else, we'll have to learn from them, and time is tight.
Once the decision is made, she will go out to order some items to be used on that day, such as longevity bowls.
When they went downstairs, there were only a few people eating. Wen Zizhou was at the counter counting the multiplication tables on the back of his fingers. Seeing that he was too serious, Wen Luozhi did not dare to make a sound to disturb him.
Everyone was busy with their own things, and no one noticed her walking out.
Once outside the town, she went straight to the largest porcelain kiln in town, left the design of the longevity bowl, paid the deposit, and then went to look at other things.
It was an hour later when she finished what she was supposed to do. She originally wanted to go back, but instead she turned around and went to Sanli Lane.
There's an old scholar there too. There used to be two, but I heard one of them moved away, and I don't know where he went.
She could visit the school first, since it needs teachers to give lessons once it's built, and she's afraid that by the time she remembers it, it will have been moved away.
She walked halfway down the alley and gave him about twenty copper coins before she finally found the old scholar's house.
The door was closed. She raised her hand to knock, but then she heard a scolding voice coming from inside:
"Why did you even come back?! That's Gold and Silver Valley! You won't have to worry about food and drink there!"
Inside the room, the old scholar Xu Fengqing was already in tears, heartbroken to see the person kneeling on the ground.
He found her on his way back from taking the imperial examination in Beijing. She was still a little girl then, and he raised her until she grew up.
He failed the exams every time, and eventually his family was ruined by his studying. His elderly parents passed away, leaving only the two of them.
Later, the two moved to Sanli Lane, and more than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.
He usually made a living by copying books, and he wanted to find work at the private school, but he was worried that she would be bullied at home.
I don't know if it was from exhaustion, but he fell seriously ill and now all his money is gone.
Worried that she would go hungry if she stayed with him, he found her what he considered a good marriage, and on the day of her wedding, he told her that they would never see each other again.
That man was wealthy, and the girl who always called him "brother" would at least have no worries about food and drink after marrying him.
However, the condition was that they could no longer have any connection; otherwise, forget about it. He agreed.
But there's no such thing as a free lunch. He was too naive.
Rather than saying she married into the family, it would be more accurate to say she was carried there. It turns out that the wealthy man was a womanizer, and he already had eight concubines in his household. She was just a concubine in the past.
Later, she escaped but was caught again when she saw him. He wanted to bring her back, but the servants of the mansion told him that it would cost one hundred taels of silver.
When he finally managed to scrape together a hundred taels of silver after nearly going blind from copying books, he took the silver to exchange for the person, only to be told that the person had already been sold.
In the end, the silver was still stolen, and he didn't know where the little sister he had taken in had gone.
"I told you I'm not going anywhere! Why are you kicking me out?!"
Mo Niang almost screamed herself hoarse, her eyes filled with an indescribable mix of hatred and something else as she looked at Xu Fengqing.
Xu Fengqing opened his mouth as if to explain that he didn't want to drive her away, but was afraid that she would suffer a hard life with him.
But seeing the way she was glaring at him, he raised his voice, "I'm doing this all for your own good!"
As soon as she said that, Mo Niang chuckled softly, "For my own good? For my own good, my brother is going to have me carried into a high-class mansion as the lowest concubine?"
"Brother, do you know what kind of life I was living there? I was accused of being wicked simply for feeding that lady's child a sip of water."
"She beat me half to death and threw me into the woodshed to fend for myself."
"Later, I was sold to a child trafficker at a low price. I humbly begged them to buy me, hoping that I could come out and see you!"
As Mo Niang spoke, tears streamed down her face, her voice choked with sobs, "Someone wanted to buy me, but I hurt them and ran away only to return to the brothel."
"Because they're not locals, if I'm taken away, I really will never see you again."
She didn't dare come back to him directly, fearing that the people from the business and the buyers would cause him trouble.
Even so, he still blamed himself for coming back, for not staying obediently in Jinyingou, a place where it was said every household could eat meat every day.
Xu Fengqing choked and didn't know what to say.
Mo Niang smiled self-deprecatingly at his stunned expression. He had already done more than enough by taking her in and raising her all those years ago.
What more could she ask for? She hasn't even repaid them yet.
Maybe now they feel that the best way to repay him is to stop bothering him?
She turned and walked away from the house, looking dejected.
Wen Luozhi, who was outside the door, couldn't hear very clearly. She didn't know whether to knock or not, and after thinking for a moment, she withdrew her hand.
With a creak, the door opened just as she was about to turn around, revealing a dirty and ashen face.