C86 Losses
"Dad, don't nag, I've heard you talk so many times on the way here. I heard boss say that the girl is doing pretty well, and we have to thank her brother for his arrangements. Don't just whisper, you took the wrong path."
women complained with her hair combed back in a bun on the oxcart.
"Um, fellow villagers, may I ask if Xiao Family is heading this way?" Old Man Luo, who stopped on the ox-cart, asked the villagers politely.
When the villagers on the road heard this person ask about the road and Xiao Family, they immediately ran over to watch the commotion.
"What kind of guest is Xiao Family here again? Just a moment ago, someone sent a cart full of dried meat and dried rations, and now, another cart full of people has arrived. Could it be that Xiao Family is a hot topic, with so many people squeezing inside?"
"We've heard about it. That was the fruit vendor Lee Family. I heard that Mrs. Xiao helped them with an idea and made the fruit sell for several times more. That's why they talked so much and earned a few hundred taels of silver." Some of them gritted their teeth in hatred.
If these villagers knew that Luo Mannmann had given them a thousand taels of silver, how could they even dare to think about it? The Xiao Family person had always kept a low profile and was as thrifty as ever.
"The Xiao Family is developed now, it's different from the past. Ah, that third aunt, I heard that you have a good relationship with the Xiao Family. If there's anything good in the future, you have to protect us."
Xiao Family was currently a popular figure in the village, and even the villagers who had a good relationship with Xiao Family were basking in the light.
"Sure, sure." third aunt pulled a smile on her face and replied, "Oh, this master, what do you need Xiao Family for?" third aunt asked enthusiastically, her eyes rolling around in curiosity.
Old Man Luo's mind was still on the road, who knew that his own woman would be so concerned about the villagers' money that was just spent discussing Xiao Family.
Did she hear wrong just now? Another few hundred taels of silver had been transferred into her Xiao Family. She dug out her ears in disbelief.
His eldest son Luo Daniu muttered: "Mother, look at how rich our sister is now, maybe she can still remember us poor own family."
"If it wasn't for you selling a good family for your sister, your sister wouldn't have such glory today."
"Of course, just based on this point alone, sister should still give us money." Luo Daniu was a bit guilty when he said this. Outsiders knew that he was in his twenties, yet he had never gotten married. He was also fond of gambling, so his parents kept nagging him to get married.
Alright, he calmed down and decided to take a liking to a good family. In the end, they got a betrothal gift of 50 taels of silver. Their family was so poor that they were almost to the point of drinking wine from the northwest wind.
He had accidentally found out about the girl's current wealthy life, but he didn't want to take the opportunity to fish for her. Anyway, that coward was bullied by him since he was young, so he must ruthlessly earn some money.
"Can you all calm down? I'm still asking for directions?" Old Man Luo glanced at his wife and son with a dark expression.
He smiled at the villagers who were watching the show, "My daughter married into Xiao Family, so we came to see her." The cry of a girl could smash a pot in the crowd.
"So it's Mrs. Xiao's own family?"
"Isn't Xiao Family my wife who I bought? I've never heard of a own family. "
"This is also a heartless own family. He killed them with a thousand daggers and then sold his daughter. He must have definitely seen that her Xiao Family was flourishing now and wanted some benefits. He's too shameless."
Right now, Xiao Family was the village's Large family, so in order to curry favor with Xiao Family, the villagers naturally went over to Xiao Family's side, and one by one, pointed at the few people on the ox-cart.
Old Man Luo's smile froze on his face. He saw the young man on the oxcart wave impatiently and shout, "Dad, why are you wasting time talking to these insignificant people? Hurry up and go to the Xiao Family and get the girls."
Old Man Luo felt a little awkward. He waved his bull whip and drove the oxcart to Xiao Family.
"Let's go check out the Xiao Family." The villagers, who had eaten a pile of dust, spat a few times before catching up. Which family didn't have any vexed relatives?
After lunch, Xiao Yiming, who was working in the yard, naturally heard the noise outside and saw someone knocking on the door.
They thought that Lee Family and his wife had returned, so they hurriedly opened the door to take a look. There, they saw an ox-cart parked at the entrance, and a group of villagers who were looking out to see what was going on.
"Aiyo, what a handsome young man. You must be Xiao Yiming, right?" As the ox-cart spoke, women, who had a dark complexion and was dressed in a coarse coat, got off. Her eyes were roaming around, making people uncomfortable.
"Yes, I am. Where can I find you?"
"Ya, good son-in-law, what are you standing there for? "We're not going to invite us in. I came all the way here and shook the yellow mud all the way. I'll have to give you a cup of tea. I'm dying of thirst." women bluntly entered the house.
This time, it was Xiao Yiming's turn to stutter. Who could tell him that the old man who got off the oxcart, women, a sloppy youth and a chubby boy were his wife's own family?
"Tsk tsk, Naughty girl, your days are not bad. Look at this house. It's the best house in the village." Luo Daniu leisurely walked around the Xiao Family Courtyard with a piece of straw in his mouth, looking around.
They were drying their clothes over here. Just look at this cloth, it was many times better than the one their house was wearing.
Luo Daniu's eyes were filled with disbelief. If he didn't go to that brothel a few days ago, he wouldn't know that the person Mammy Yan was talking about would be his sister.
Were the six of them still squeezed into that small, crumbling hut?
Four people got off the ox-cart and went inside. When Luo Mannmann heard the commotion, she looked at the strangers and asked with a frown, "Who are you?"
Looking at their shifty eyes, it was as if they were hiding a belly full of evil intentions.
"Who are you? I'll go find my daughter and ask Luo Mannmann to come out. " The old lady put her hands on her hips and shouted.
"I am." The woman in front of him was wearing coarse clothes that could not conceal her temperament. Her large, watery eyes looked at her with a hint of suspicion.
I'm so envious of her. That Naughty girl actually lives in such a good place. Look at this spacious and bright room, the furniture is all solid wood and mahogany.
"My wife, are they your own family?" Xiao Yiming hurriedly ran into the room after closing the door. He got goosebumps when he saw the pairs of eyes looking around.
"own family, I don't know them?" Luo Mannmann looked at the woman in front of her with an astonished expression. She seemed to be in her forties.
Her dry hair was tied into a bun, and she was wearing a worn out set of coarse clothes. Her figure was thin, and her eyes were protruding from the corners of her eyes.
The two of them sized each other up, only to see women hesitating for a moment before her eyes lit up.
"Aiyo, old man, come quickly and take a look. This is our daughter."
"Look at how she married a good family and ate her tender skin. Furthermore, the clothes she wore were pretty good. She's living in a big house, so her days are really good." Luo Liu shouted excitedly while rubbing her chapped lips.
This little girl, if it wasn't for her eyes shining brightly and her silhouette, she really wouldn't be able to recognize him. This was Xiao Family, if they met on the streets, how would she dare to recognize him?
It seemed like what her son had said was true. This eldest daughter was living a good life. Luo Liu had a plan in her mind as she greedily watched.
Luo Mannmann's face was dark and she was about to say something when she heard a young and tender cry of surprise.
"Mom, I'm amazing, right? I discovered that there were many delicious foods, including white grains, cured meat, and fruits. There were also a lot of delicious foods."
A boy who was about six years old and was wearing coarse clothes began to chew on an apple in his chubby little hand. "So crispy and sweet, so delicious."
"Who allowed you to randomly take things?" Luo Mannmann called out with her brows. These people didn't know the rules at all. As soon as they entered the room, they started rummaging through things. There was no difference between them and bandits.
"Ah …" A young and tender cry rang out, and with a tremble of his fat hands, the other apple fell to the ground and rolled a long way away.
"You, don't scare me, my apple." The chubby boy shouted with a tone full of dissatisfaction.
Luo Liu was the closest to the chubby boy. When she saw the symptoms of her youngest son that made her want to cry, she hurriedly took two bright red apples from her basket and put them into her bosom.
"Don't cry, mother's heart is about to break when you cry. Don't worry, there are still a lot of apples here. No one will fight with you for it! "
Tsk tsk, what a waste. She had even seen rice, oil, and bacon in a basket beside the Eight Immortals Table just now, but their Xiao Family was unexpectedly this delicious. Even with all their Luo Family, they still could not eat good things throughout the year.
"What are you guys doing? And you, you fat boy, who allowed you to take things? Your hands and feet are already dirty, if you don't ask, you're going to steal, understand?" Luo Mannmann turned her head and glared at the woman.
"You damned girl, what's wrong, why did you call it stealing when the own family came to retrieve something? "Stupid girl, you're living such a good life now, yet you don't know how to show your filial piety to your family. You heartless loser."
own family... Money loss...
Looking at these unfamiliar and greedy faces, Luo Mannmann rubbed her forehead. A few memory fragments flashed through her mind:
Luo Family's family of six squeezed into a rundown thatched hut. There was a thin and weak Hei Ya's head, who woke up early every day to do farm work, washing clothes, cooking, and cutting pig cages to feed the pigs.
As for the mother who valued boys more than girls, she had always treated her good-for-nothing eldest son and spoiled her youngest son. Her family had a pretty good face, and she fantasized about being a young lady's younger sister every day.
Since Luo Mannmann was the elder sister, she was the one who took care of all the menial tasks in the family, so the younger sister easily became a beautiful young lady in the prime of her youth.
Meanwhile, Feng Jianniang hoped that a good-looking little sister could marry a good one, so she gave her eldest daughter the center of gravity for her work.
Fragments of information kept popping up in his head. Once, the big brother who owed her a pile of gambling debts had tricked her out of the town, sold her to Mrs. Teeth, and then resold her to the brothel mammy.