"No more. I borrowed the money I gave to my family last time, and I haven't returned it yet. Also, I gave my family so much money, why did it disappear so quickly?"
"Dad made a bet and said that if he didn't get the money, he would sell Yaoyao to a brothel."
"Sell, sell, sell. You know how to sell your daughter. Why don't you guys sell it?"
"Father said that having a daughter is capital, just use it."
"Is it for sale? Then I have already sold all of it, so why do you still come to me for money? I am now a member of the Taiwei Mansion and have nothing to do with the Wang family."
"Then Daddy can only sell Yaoyao. How about I go find the person who lent you money to move some money?"
"Impossible!" Qiaoyu opened the door, "Just leave, I really have no money."
"Sister! Do you really want to watch Yaoyao being sold?" The young man was anxious and grabbed Qiaoyu's arm.
Qiaoyu frowned, and finally took out a dozen pennies from her pocket, "I only have so much."
"That's okay." The boy grabbed the money and ran away.
"Wang Yaozong——" Qiaoyu wanted to give a few more instructions, but the young man had already disappeared. She sighed helplessly, straightened her clothes, picked up the broom placed by the door, and went out to work.
Mu Run, who was sitting on the tree, thought for a moment, put the half-unzipped men's socks in the unused bird's nest among the branches of the tree, gathered some internal strength, climbed over the roof and followed Qiao Yu's younger brother Wang Yaozong.
But I saw that this boy was surrounded by a group of ruffians as soon as he left the gate of the Taiwei Mansion.
One of the gangsters held an ax in his hand and pointed it at Wang Yaozong's head, "Where's the money?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Wang Yaozong gave the gangster the dozen coins he had just snatched from Qiaoyu, "Brother the local security guard, have mercy on me."
"That's it, just sending the beggars away."
"But my sister hasn't been paid yet. Why don't you wait and give me a few days? You also know that I work at the dock and give all my earnings every day to the land security brother."
"For your sister's sake, let me tolerate you for another month. If you don't return the remaining five taels of silver with interest after one month, I will kill you!"
"Yes Yes."
A group of local ruffians let him go.
Wang Yaozong patted the dirt on his body and took out the remaining two cents from his arms, "I can still buy two steamed buns."
Mu Run followed him all the way, watching him buy steamed buns, eat one, then put the remaining one in his pocket, and entered a place that looked like a garbage dump.
There were dead dogs and cats inside, and there were cockroaches and mice running around everywhere. But Wang Yaozong was accustomed to it and walked into the innermost part.
There is a shabby shack here.
In front of the dilapidated shack, there was a little girl who was missing one leg. She was sallow and thin, sitting on a pile of straw, knitting sandals.
There are three or four pairs already knitted in the basket beside me.
"Yaoyao, brother is back and I brought you steamed buns."
"Brother, eat, I'm not hungry." The little girl showed a weak and cute smile.
Wang Yaozong walked over, took the half-knitted straw sandals from her hand, and gave her the steamed buns, "I've eaten them, you can eat them."
"Brother really ate it."
"After eating it, I lied to you that I was a puppy."
"Yeah." Yaoyao then took the steamed bun and took a bite, "It's delicious, thank you brother."
"Eat quickly. Let's leave here after my brother pays off all the gambling debts dad owes, okay?"
"But sister, she..."
"She is the eldest maid of the Taiwei Mansion, and she is respectable. There is no need to worry about her. It is best if we live our lives well and stop causing trouble to her."