C1 wedge (1/2)
In the afternoon of a summer's day, it was the hottest time of the day. If there was nothing else, no one wanted to go out and stay at home to take shelter from the heat.
At this time, Lin Dashun's door was opened from the inside. A woman around the age of thirty walked out. She was dressed in coarse clothes and her hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin. She was a typical ancient peasant woman. Perhaps it was because she was a little harsh and spicy with her personality, but she turned around to the loyal man and said, ”Come out, there's no one outside.”
At this moment, a seemingly loyal and honest man appeared. He was dressed in a short outfit, and had a medium build. He was even carrying a child in his arms. ”Let's go quickly. While no one is watching us, let's go.”
The woman, who was also Yang Lihua, nodded and said: ”Mn, hurry, it's so hot today.”
If you looked carefully, you would be able to see that the little girl in his arms was about four or five years old. Her face was pale, and she was skinny and skinny.
This girl looked to be only four or five years old and her name was Jin Niang. In fact, she was already seven years old this year, and this couple were Jin Niang's father and mother, who had been seduced by Xia Pozi to sell their daughter. Xia Pozi was a famous tooth granny here, not because she was famous, but because this person had a heart full of crap.
Although Jin Niang was skinny and dried up due to her long period of malnutrition, one could still see that she was a beauty.
's father, Lin Shuai, also looked indifferent. In terms of merit, he looked rather loyal and honest, but that was just looking at him.
Jin Niang's mother, Yang Lihua, was a mediocre person. Because she was usually harsh, she did not seem to be easy to get along with. However, such an ordinary couple had given birth to an extremely beautiful daughter.
A few years ago, it wasn't so difficult and people could barely eat their fill. At that time, people in the village were curious, how could such an ordinary couple give birth to such an outstanding daughter? Then, some people speculated that this child might not be Lin Dasheng's child, but rather someone like her own father.
Her own daughter did not have the same looks as the others, so she started to become sour, and then the news spread like this, and not long after, everyone heard about it, as if she had personally witnessed Yang Lihua's secret romance.
At first, Lin Da Shun did not believe it and was proud of having a beautiful daughter. But after a long time, every time he was pointed at, he started to suspect that Yang Lihua had brought a green hat for him when he went back home and beat his wife.
When Yang Lihua was being a daughter, she was indeed a daughter of Huang Hua, but she didn't seem to be very innocent after that. She didn't notice it before, but she felt a little guilty when someone said that, so she silently endured when she was beaten up.
She felt guilty towards Lin Da Shun, but that did not mean that she felt guilty towards Jin Niang as well. Instead, she felt that it was because of Jin Niang that she was abused by him, so from then on, Jin Niang did not have a single good day left.
Yang Lihua's treatment only improved after she had given birth to a son, because this son was similar to Lin Dasheng, who was carved out of the same mold.
Her treatment was good, but she still didn't like Jin Niang at all. The three-year-old child had already started instructing her to do housework, and started cooking and washing for her family when she was four or five years old, which wasn't enough to fill her stomach. The seven-year-old girl looked like she was in her early teens.
This made Yang Lihua and Lin Dasheng dislike her even more, because the eyes of the couple were not big, clearly showing that she was not a child of the Lin Family.
Hence, after being instigated by Xia Pozi, they agreed to sell Jin Niang off so that they could exchange him for food.
Even though they knew that the girls that Xia Pozi bought would not go to a good place, they still ignored them.
Jin Niang was afraid of despair in her heart, but she had no strength to resist.
She had seen a girl who had been sold and escaped. Her body was green and purple, and she had escaped not long ago. Although she didn't know what kind of treatment the girl had received, she knew that it definitely wasn't a good thing.
When she was at home, her mother hit her. It didn't hurt that much, but it hurt.
Lin Da Shun and Yang Lihua did not like her, so they would naturally not pay attention to her at this time. Even if they knew that she was sick, they did not plan to find her a doctor, as that would cost money.
If it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to sell her for money, he would have been willing to let her die early and save some food for his family.
Therefore, on the second day, when Yang Lihua went in to look at her while cursing, he didn't care if she was sick or not, and had to grab her to do housework. Seeing her pale face and cracked lips, and how she looked like she was about to die, she started to feel afraid.
They were afraid that things might get out of hand, so they directly brought their daughter to find Xia Pozi and quickly sell her to get the money.
Although Jin Niang had changed her mind, her body had become extremely weak due to chronic malnutrition, and because she had not eaten for the past two days, and because she had not fully recovered from his illness, she found it difficult to even walk around, let alone escape.
She could only watch coldly as her parents led her out of the village and around a corner to a neighboring house. The woman then knocked on the door.
A grumbling voice came from inside, ”Who is it? ”Come over at this time.” After that, the door creaked open and a 40-50 year old woman walked out. She looked rather rich, but her eyes were filled with curiosity and evaluation that made people uncomfortable.