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His head hurt!

Lin Xiaoqi rubbed her temples and slowly opened her eyes. Everything in front of her was reflected in her eyes. She took a deep breath and concentrated on observing the dark room.

Inside the empty house, there was an old and worn out square table. The walls were mottled with mud and were covered in streaks of water. As Lin Xiaoqi raised her head along the water trail, her heart trembled when she saw a few rotten wooden beams hanging from the ceiling. Sold to a poor mountain village? Become a wife for an old virgin?

He clutched the sheet in vain.

A figure suddenly appeared in his mind and his heart felt like it was being eaten by millions of ants.

Lin Xiaoqi closed her eyes to calm her heart.

Two footsteps rang out.

"Mistress Yun, Xiaoqi looks like she's almost at her wit's end, let Wang Family carry the person away tonight. Sooner or later, there will be a day when we can drag it out, our Wang Family cannot drag it out, we have already released the corpse for seven days, we can't wait any longer, we can't make things difficult for Wang Family." A man's voice rang out.

"Child's her father, how can you be confused. Xiaoqi isn't dead yet, how can she be a Yin marriage partner for Wang Family brat? If Wang Family is anxious, we can find another dead girl to marry to, it would be the same, our family didn't accept their silver." A female voice sounded somewhat annoyed.

"Mother has already accepted the silver." The man suppressed his voice and said.

The woman exclaimed, "What?"

Silence reigned in the room.

Lin Xiaoqi was puzzled as she listened to their conversation. Was she seriously ill in bed? Matchmaking? The man's tone was very calm, and the woman's tone was filled with annoyance and unwillingness.

Xiaoqi?

Could he be referring to himself?

With a head full of fog and a clear consciousness, if he didn't open his eyes, he might be buried tonight.

He slowly opened his eyes and opened his chapped lips, "Water, do you have water?"

"Xiaoqi." When the sobbing woman heard the sound coming from the bed, she ran over in pleasant surprise. She stared at the frail girl on the bed and her tears flowed even more fiercely. "Poor Xiaoqi, you're only ten years old. Can you survive this?"

"I'm fine, just give me some water." Lin Xiaoqi said weakly.

She quickly poured a big bowl of water and sat up with Lin Xiaoqi in her arms. As she fed the water, she smiled and said, "Xiaoqi, you've finally survived through it. After a few days, Mother will send someone to send a letter to the county, asking your elder sister to bring you some silver taels to buy pork chops to replenish your body."

"Mother." Lin Xiaoqi shouted.

Was the woman in front of him his mother? She wore an old blue dress with a few patches sewn on it. She had an ancient hairstyle and her hair was tied up in a bun. Half of her chopsticks was stuck in her hair. Her skin was slightly dark.

"Xiaoqi, where do you feel uncomfortable?" A man's voice rang out.

Lin Xiaoqi looked at the man in the middle of the room. He was about thirty years old and was tall and thin. He wore a black coarse robe and had a dark and honest face. There was a trace of pleasant surprise on his face as he walked towards her.

"Illness comes like a landslide, illness goes like drawing silk. Other than my body being a little weak, everything else is fine." Lin Xiaoqi said indifferently, her eyes looking at the man, but she suddenly asked: "Earlier, I heard Father and Mother say that Wang Family, for what reason?"

The man stopped walking and averted his eyes. "Am I done eating?"

Waiting for the man to leave, the woman then said in a low voice: "Xiaoqi, since you've already heard it, mother will not hide it from you. Third brother Wang Family has already been dead for seven days, and is waiting to be buried.

"So, father and mother thought of me?" Lin Xiaoqi sneered.

The woman looked miserable and guilty, not daring to look at Lin Xiaoqi at all. Her head was about to drop down to her chest, and she said to herself in a low voice: "Mom can't help it, since everything in the family is under your care, even if they make the decision, how could Dad and Mom dare to say no, even if your Big Sis came back and made a ruckus, she still wouldn't be able to change your mind. Xiaoqi, don't blame your grandpa, they are afraid that you will die without a burial, and the unmarried girls can't enter the Lin Family Graveyard, so they can bury themselves in the Wang Family Graveyard, so they can't be considered lonely ghosts anymore."

You should just go and lie to the devil!

What did he become after death? Who knows?

Lin Xiaoqi was not happy with her parents in front of her, so she spoke coldly and estranged from them. How about now? Wang Family has already agreed to it, how can they break the agreement? "

She pounded her chest and stomped her feet as she said, "You are trying to dig out my mother's heart. How can mother marry a girl to a dead man, and with my mother here, no one can sell you to the Wang Family. Mother will go beg your father's milk right now, so they can return the money for the Wang Family."

"Alright." Lin Xiaoqi's voice was ice-cold.

When Mrs Niu was about to open the door, Lin Xiaoqi got off the bed and said, "Mom, let me go with you." If his parents were not reliable, it would be safer for him to set out on his own.

"Xiaoqi, remember, do not make your grandma and grandma unhappy, we will beg for your life, and your grandma will agree to it just as soon as she relinquishes her engagement with you, and this kind of thing is indeed not a good thing." Xiaoqi, remember, do not make your grandma and grandma unhappy, we will beg for your life, and your grandma and grandma will agree to this kind of thing, the matter of annulling the marriage is indeed not a good thing at all. Mrs Niu's gentle voice was tinged with grievance.

Lin Xiaoqi laughed coldly in her heart, but she did not show any emotion on her face. "When is Big Sis coming home?"

"Why did you think of your elder sister?" Mrs Niu had a puzzled expression.

"Just now, mother said that elder sister came back to make a ruckus and left in a fit of anger. I must be feeling depressed. I'll wait until my illness recovers and then I'll go to the county to see elder sister." Lin Xiaoqi knew nothing about the current situation and could only use Mrs Niu's words to investigate.

The Sheng Mansion of the county is not something that can be entered casually. If you want to see your elder sister, you have to find a wife to pass on the message from the back door, there are many rules in Sheng Mansion, and although your elder sister is a level 1 servant girl, she is not free to act as she pleases, it is not comparable to having her own family. Mrs Niu was slightly complacent when she mentioned her eldest daughter.

"I want to see elder sister." Lin Xiaoqi frowned slightly.

Seeing the change in Lin Xiaoqi's expression, Mrs Niu coaxed her, "Your Big Sis usually dotes on you the most, so she'll probably come visit you soon. When she's free, Mother will accompany you to the county city to take a look at Sheng Mansion, then head to the Zhao Mansion and Yang Mansion, which are all official residences of the county city. We'll expand our horizons and take a look at your four elder sisters and eighth sister as well."

"Alright."

He followed behind Mrs Niu out of the house and looked around the yard. In an ordinary courtyard, there were three dilapidated mud houses in each of the east, west, south and north sides. It was obvious that this house was very poor with a single glance.

In the yard, two jujube trees were sprouting, verdant and green, giving people a refreshing feeling. Lin Xiaoqi glanced at the hay under her feet, and saw a pile of hay scattered on the ground.

Mrs Niu explained from the side, "The weather is good today. Take out all the straw mattresses that have been under the bed all winter to prevent bugs from growing on them."

"Yes." Lin Xiaoqi replied.

Mrs Niu's expression was extremely unnatural. Since Xiaoqi had woken up, she had been ignoring him, obviously having a surge of zhenqi.

The two of them entered the room.

In front of the square table, Lin Tiasan, who was smoking a cigarette, lifted his head to take a glance. He lowered his head and fiddled with the flame on the ash, his face dark.

Mrs Zhang, who was stirring the brown sugar water, curled her lips disapprovingly. "A dying person, why are you still shaking on the bed? Aren't you afraid of dirtying my land?

Mrs Niu's face turned green and white, she bit her lips: "Mother, Xiaoqi's condition has already been cured, there's no limit to the number of marriages in Wang Family, we have to inform them in advance, so as to not delay Wang Family's burial."

"Oh, you're quite capable. You're magnanimous enough to even meddle in Big Brother Wang Family's matters, thinking that you can ascend to the heavens just because you're pregnant? You can order whoever you want? We have always been your servants, have we served you? "Don't blame me for not giving you face, giving birth to a little girl, you shouldn't hope to have children in your entire life, look at the one in your stomach, that's probably also a little girl, why don't you marry a village widow into your family, and maybe even have a little kid?" Mrs Zhang said in a strange tone. She glanced at Mrs Niu's pale face with the corner of her eye, the corner of her mouth slightly curving upwards.

Mrs Niu's body swayed for a moment as she held onto the doorframe with difficulty and said: "Mother, about the Wang Family, we still need to talk earlier. If we're late, I won't forgive you, even if it means taking my life, we must not send Xiaoqi over."