Chapter 29 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father
Mrs. Li led Yan Zhiqiang to meet the tenants in Zhuangzi and learn about the situation in Zhuangzi, and then the group set off back to the county town.
After this, the Zhuangzi was handed over to Yan Zhiqiang to take care of.
In the carriage, Daohua sat next to Mrs. Yan and said: "Grandma, Zhuangzi is so big that Uncle San will definitely not be able to handle it alone. Let's help him when planting next spring."
"I think you want to come out and play!" Mrs. Yan nodded her forehead and glanced at Mrs. Li with a smile, "Now that your parents are around, I won't care about your affairs in the future. You
Ask your mother if you can come out."
Daohua immediately looked at Mrs. Li.
Looking at her daughter's sparkling eyes, Mrs. Li smiled. After spending these days together, she also knew that her daughter was a little out of touch, but this was not Yanjia Village, and she could not let her have her way.
Although their family is not an aristocratic family, the female family members do not have to strictly abide by the rule of never leaving the front door or taking a second step, but they are not allowed to go out at will.
These days, because she has just arrived in the county, I have allowed her to run around all the time. After that, the rules that should be followed must be established, otherwise other people in the family will have objections.
Mrs. Li thought for a while and said with a smile: "Your father attaches great importance to academics. Your third sister is now reading The Analects of Confucius. As the eldest sister, you cannot be left behind."
Daohua immediately said: "The Analects of Confucius, I have also read it."
Mrs. Li was stunned and looked a little surprised: "Has Daohua also started to learn the Analects of Confucius?"
At this time, Mrs. Yan interjected with a smile: "You girl, you have a good memory. Third uncle has lamented to me several times, saying that it would be great if Daohua was a man. In that case, our family might be able to produce another Jinshi.
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Mrs. Li was really shocked: "Is the third uncle so optimistic about Daohua?"
Mrs. Yan looked proud: "That is, do you remember the grandson of the patriarch? He is several years older than Daohua, and his study progress cannot keep up with our Daohua."
Seeing Mrs. Yan's proud look, Daohua felt a little ashamed.
The reason why she reads quickly is not really because she is smart. She has an adult soul, so she can naturally calm down and sit still better than a child. Besides, where is the nine-year compulsory education? She can't compare to the children of ancient times.
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However, in this life, her memory is really good. Not to mention her memory, she can remember 80% to 90% of many things after reading them three or four times.
She felt that this was probably because she ate the high-quality food produced in the space.
The food grown in the space is of high quality and rich in nutrients. After eating it, the body will develop better.
In the Yan family, whether it is Mrs. Yan, Yan Wentao, or Yan Wenhui, if they eat too much food from the space, their health will be much better than that of ordinary people.
Just like the third aunt Wu, it is reasonable to say that she has been exposed to the sun in her hometown. Standing with Mrs. Li and Mrs. Sun, she should look more vicissitudes. However, because of eating things in the space, whether it is skin or body
, not inferior to these two pampered ladies at all.
Mrs. Sun has secretly asked Mrs. Wu several times in private, asking how she takes care of herself. Unfortunately, Mrs. Wu herself doesn’t know, and only says that she has never taken care of herself.
Sun didn't believe this. It wasn't like she had never seen village women before. She just felt that Wu was just like them in the countryside and didn't do any farm work at all.
All the way after that, Mrs. Yan kept bragging about how smart Daohua was. She praised her so much that if it wasn't for the wrong gender, she would have almost said that she was a Wenqu star who came to earth, which made Daohua herself blush.
However, Mrs. Li didn't feel anything was wrong at all. She listened with a smile on her face and chimed in a few words from time to time.
One really dares to speak and the other dares to listen.
Half an hour later, Daohua was covering her head in thought when she suddenly heard her third uncle say that the city gate had arrived.
For this reason, Daohua breathed a sigh of relief.
We finally arrived, and if she continued to listen, she would feel that the person Mrs. Yan was talking about was not her.
However, when they arrived at the city gate, the carriage stopped unexpectedly.
"Hey, why don't you leave?"
Daohua opened the curtain and found that many people had gathered around the city gate, blocking the road.
After waiting for a while, before the carriage left, Daohua couldn't help but want to lift the curtain again. Unexpectedly, Yan Wentao opened the curtain first from the outside.
"Third brother, what's wrong?"
Yan Wentao: "Some people are selling their bodies in front of me to bury my father, blocking the road. My father asked me to come over and tell my grandmother and aunt that we might have to wait a while before we can enter the city."
Upon hearing this, Daohua's eyes suddenly shone with astonishing light: "Sell yourself to bury your father!!!" This kind of plot is often seen in novels and TV. I didn't expect to see the live version today.<
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Daohua looked at Mrs. Yan and Mrs. Li eagerly: "Grandma, mother, I want to go down and have a look."
Mrs. Li wanted to refuse, but her daughter had an expectant look on her face and was unable to speak, so she looked at Mrs. Yan.
Old Mrs. Yan always knew Daohua's temperament, and knew that if she was not allowed to get off the bus today, she would probably spend a long time with them, so she said: "No trouble, just watch outside."
Daohua immediately promised: "Don't worry, I will never cause trouble." After saying that, he got out of the car.
Seeing this, Mrs. Yan shook her head: "Who does this girl look like?"
Mrs. Li is quiet and dignified, and the eldest son is also restrained and steady. How come he gave birth to such an out-of-the-box girl?
Mrs. Li smiled and said: "Master said, Daohua's temperament is very much like my mother when she was young."
Mrs. Yan recalled what she looked like when she was young and suddenly became happy: "Don't tell me, that girl does look like me."
Outside the carriage, Daohua pulled Yan Wentao into the crowd.
"Is there more than one person who sold his body to bury his father?"
At this moment, three corpses were placed on the side of the road outside the city gate. The corpses were simply covered with straw.
In front of the corpse, three little girls of fifteen or sixteen were kneeling.
Daohua took a closer look at the three little girls and found that one of them was very good-looking, with big watery eyes. She was crying because of the death of a relative, and she looked particularly pitiful.
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The other two have very ordinary appearances, and one of them is so hungry that he is almost skin and bones, and looks a bit scary.
Among the people watching around him, some sympathized with him, some just watched the excitement, and few came forward to buy him.
It’s not easy for everyone these days. Unless the family is relatively wealthy, who would buy someone at this time?
Daohua looked at the people around her and found that many men were looking at the pretty girl. A few young men even stepped forward to comfort the girl.
Not long after, a young man dressed as a scholar came forward and gave the girl a dime: "Girl, go and bury your father."
The girl looked up at the scholar but did not accept the money.
When the scholar saw this, he immediately said: "I don't want you to sell yourself, just keep the money."
The girl shook her head and bit her lip without speaking.
That stubborn look made the men around him look distressed.
Yan Wentao was worried for her: "Why doesn't she accept the cash?"
Daohua smiled: "Maybe... the scholar is not the girl's target." The scholar's dress does not look like a rich man, and the girl may not like him.
"Ah?" Yan Wentao didn't understand, and was about to ask. At this time, a young man in brocade clothes came over surrounded by people.
As soon as Mr. Jin Yi stood still, the girl who did not accept the scholar's money suddenly raised her head with tears in her eyes and looked at Mr. Jin Yi pitifully.
Seeing the girl's face clearly, Mr. Jin Yi's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he smiled softly and said: "Your father, I, helped you bury him."
Hearing this, the girl shed tears of gratitude: "Thank you so much, sir. I have nothing to repay, but I can only repay you with my body."
Hearing this, Daohua showed a true expression.
"It turns out that girl is interested in a rich man!"
Yan Wentao also reacted at this time.
Not only him, but others around him also looked enlightened.
Seeing the girl walking away with the young master in brocade clothes, the scholar stood there in shame and anger.
At this time, another girl spoke.
"Please do me a favor, sir. I can cook, chop wood, farm, and do any kind of work. I am willing to work as a cow or a horse to repay you."
The scholar glanced at the girl, dropped the money, turned around and left the crowd.
The girl picked up the silver, kowtowed three times in succession, and said loudly: "Bury your father, and I will go to the young master's side to serve him right away." After saying that, she asked the familiar refugees around to carry her father to the burial place.
The skinny girl was the only one left at the scene.
"They are all poor people!"
Daohua sighed, because the two people who sold themselves to bury their father were gone, the road was much smoother. The Yan family's carriage came, and Yan Zhiqiang asked them to get in.
Chapter completed!