The Tough Peasant Wife: Jin Niang

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.

Seeing Lin Dashun and Yang Lihua carrying the child over, a smile immediately blossomed on her face, "Aiya, it's you guys. Quickly, quickly come in, it's hot outside."

Yang Lihua and Lin Dashun looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes. They then followed Xia Pozi in.

After sitting down, Xia Pozi passionately poured water for them, "Hurry up and drink some water, it's really hot today."

Yang Lihua smiled as she accepted it, and downed it in one gulp. Her face also revealed a rather relaxed and joyful expression, "That's right, you've almost roasted everyone along the way."

As Xia Pozi said this, sshe couldn't help but size up the child in Lin Dasheng's embrace. With that, he frowned, "I say, what's wrong with Jin Niang? You're not giving me a sick child, are you? "

After Lin Da Shun put Jin Niang down on the ground, Jin Niang directly sat down and didn't move anymore.

Yang Lihua glared at her snappily, then turned her face and smiled at Xia Pozi: "Isn't this the fever from two days ago, when her body was a little weak? This is good as well, if she doesn't have the strength, she won't be able to escape, and I'll save you the trouble."

Seeing that Xia Pozi's expression was still not too good, she continued, "But don't worry, her sickness has already healed, and her body is still weak. She sounded confident.

Xia Pozi looked at the little girl again, then walked forward and handed her a bowl of water. Jin Niang was really thirsty, so he hugged the bowl and drank it all up.

Then, he smiled and turned to look at Yang Lihua and Lin Dasheng, "Because your family's Jin Niang is very good-looking, I won't scam you. Let's do it like this, ten silver coins, Jin Niang will be back, you can leave now."

Hearing that, ten taels of silver, Yang Lihua's and Lin Dashun's eyes lit up, looking very excited, they nervously swallowed their saliva, but Yang Lihua still greedily wanted more, thus she haggled: "Fifteen taels, you said it too, us Jin Niang look good, fifteen taels isn't a loss for you."

Xia Pozi frowned, she knew that this woman was greedy, and snappily said: "Just ten gold, if you want, people you can keep them, if you don't, you can take them away." It was very decisive.

Lin Da Shun angrily nudged Yang Lihua, then fawned on him with a smile, "Look at what you said, ten taels is ten taels. This woman is insensible, please don't lower yourself to the same level as her."

When Xia Pozi saw them acting like this, she felt even more disdainful. She coldly snorted, "You guys aren't even asking around, but a normal family's daughter would be able to break the heavens with only four or five taels of silver. Giving you ten of silver is not easy!

Lin Dashun immediately smiled in an extremely ingratiating manner. "Yes, yes, I still need to thank you." Then, he hesitantly said, "Look, this silver …" As he spoke, he looked at Xia Pozi with a greedy expression.

Xia Pozi looked down upon them, but she also knew that it was because of their existence that made her profitable. Furthermore, because she was satisfied with her help, she was happy, so she smiled and said: "Don't worry, you guys are here as well." Then she went back to the house to get them some silver.

Lin Da Shun rubbed his hands together with a smile on his face as he waited, but Yang Lihua actually threatened Jin Niang fiercely, "You better behave, otherwise, when you return, I will beat you to death!" It was not like talking to her own daughter.

Jin Niang did not even look at them. She was weak all over, hungry to the point that her stomach was rumbling, and she could not even run if she wanted to.

When Xia Pozi took out the silver, both Lin Da Shun and Yang Lihua's eyes were immediately glued onto it, their smiles were even more flattering and fawning on him. When Xia Pozi reached for the silver, she dodged it with a smile, then took out a paper contract, "Sign, this is yours." That was Jin Niang's indenture contract.

Lin Da Shun and Yang Lihua didn't hesitate at all, and immediately placed their handprints on it. They didn't even look at Jin Niang before panickedly taking the silver from her hands.

The two of them were so excited that they kept counting the silver. After confirming that the quantity was correct, Lin Da Shun immediately put it into his personal pocket, causing Yang Lihua who was unwilling to take the silver to immediately wilt from Lin Da Shun's glare.

Xia Pozi was satisfied with his indenture contract, and carefully kept it, not caring about how Lin Da Shun and Yang Lihua distributed the money to him, "Alright, if there's nothing else, you two can go back now."

Lin Da Shun and Yang Lihua immediately smiled and took their leave, not even bothering to look at their newly sold daughter.

However, Jin Niang, who had not made a sound since entering the door, suddenly moved at this moment. She stood up shakily, and followed Lin Dashun and Yang Lihua out.

As she stumbled into the courtyard, Lin Da Shun and Yang Lihua pushed her backwards. Xia Pozi went to pull her, and as she was arguing, Jin Niang suddenly fell down.

Xia Pozi and Lin Da Shun looked towards the direction where her gaze landed, only to see Jin Niang hitting her head on a rock.

The three of them were immediately stunned, Yang Lihua's reaction was fast as she dragged Lin Da Shun and ran, what would they do if their daughter broke the rules and Xia Pozi went back on her word?

Seeing that he was running out, Xia Pozi reacted, seeing that he was not doing well, he immediately shouted for his men to carry Jin Niang and chase after him, who would be so kind to do such a thing? Do you think that I, Xia Pozi, am easy to bully?