newbobooks Chapter 152 Sold Wen Pandi
Chapter 152 Sold Wen Pandi
Wen Pandi's face turned pale upon hearing this, and she stumbled out, only to be pulled back by Wen Zhuzi.
Wu Hong, who was picking her teeth, did not stop them. She had only mentioned it to Wen Zhuzi briefly last night.
Yesterday, she didn't even get to eat meat at Lai Zi's place, only two cornbread buns, and now her stomach is terribly empty.
This useless man couldn't hold back so quickly, well... even though she's just a little girl, she's still capable of being sold into a wealthy family as a concubine.
Some old men just like young wine; they can sell it for a good price!
Pandi was thin and weak, and struggled violently after being grabbed by Wen Zhuzi.
Wu Hong chimed in, "I've raised you for so long, you should repay me. I've already found someone for you, I guarantee you'll live a life of luxury there."
Lai Zi told her about this yesterday, otherwise she wouldn't have remembered it.
He said his friend knew a big shot in town, and if Wen Pandi were sent there, they would definitely get a lot of money.
Now the family is so poor we can't even afford to eat, all because of that useless eldest son! He can even get arrested and thrown in jail for causing trouble at the shop!
If it weren't for the couple, that hundred taels of silver would have been enough for them to live a carefree life for a long time!
Now Wen Youcai is also acting crazy, and Yang Xiu, that little hussy, has run away with all the money, as if it's gone down the drain.
You want to buy that idiot a wife? You might as well just eat him!
Seeing that Wen Pandi had stopped struggling due to the disparity in strength, Wen Zhuzi felt that she had become docile and so he withdrew his strength.
Feeling her arm loosen, Wen Pandi turned around and bit Wen Zhuzi's wrist hard.
"Oh my, you brat!"
Wen Zhuzi raised his other hand and slapped Wen Pandi's little face twice. The little girl was knocked to the ground, quickly got up, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and then turned and ran outside.
Wu Hong wanted to chase after him, but her body was still a little sore, and she almost fell to the ground when she got up.
"No need to chase after her pillar, I don't believe this worthless thing can run away anywhere." Wu Hong sat back down, picked up the bowl of water and gulped it down in a few mouthfuls.
That brat will come back once she figures things out; there's no need to chase after her. Don't waste your energy.
Wen Zhuzi thought it made sense, and seeing the two rows of clear teeth marks on his wrist, he was so angry that he simply went back to his room to lie down and sleep.
Wen Dazhuang took a bowl of water in and fed it to Old Zhou, then ignored him. Qian Zhaodi was so hungry that her stomach was sticking to her back, so she simply went outside to see if she could mooch a meal from someone else.
When she passed by those potato fields, she realized where the potatoes she ate yesterday came from. Tonight, she would dig up some here and some there so that she wouldn't have to worry about not having enough to eat.
Surprisingly, those potatoes tasted pretty good. She only ate a few yesterday and already felt a bit full.
No one paid any attention to her on the street, and it was boring to be out there hungry, so she went back to sleep.
Wen Youcai was running around wildly in the yard, and Old Zhou from inside the house had defecated so badly that the entire bed board was covered in the stench of excrement and urine, which spread into the yard.
Wen Pandi ran along the path to where Wen Luozhi's family was now living. When she saw Wen Luozhi, she felt as if she had seen a savior and ran towards her quickly, dragging one shoe along the way.
"Pandi! What's wrong?"
Sun Sanjie was the first to spot her, and was surprised to see her face was swollen and red, making her look like a beggar.
Wen Luozhi frowned upon seeing her expression and quickly took a few steps to catch her.
As if she had found a backer, Pandi clung to Wen Luozhi's waist, her voice trembling with tears, pleading, "Little cousin, please save me! Please! My father is going to sell me!"
When Wen Luozhi squatted down, she noticed that the girl's face was swollen beyond recognition. Although she had seen this little girl with injuries before, she had never looked so miserable.
"Was your face slapped by Wen Zhuzi?" she asked in a low voice.
Pandi nodded, and Wen Zijin, standing to the side, said to Wen Luozhi, "Take her inside first; they'll be here soon."
Wen Luozhi nodded, comforted Pandi for a few moments, and led her into the house.
Actually, she understood what was going on even without Pandi saying it. That lazy family probably had no other choice but to sell the little girl; otherwise, she would starve to death.
Finally, after Pandi's repeated pleas, Wen Luozhi agreed to take her out of the village first thing tomorrow morning. They could hide at the Dessert House first, and they would figure out a way later.
While eating, Pandi's eyes never left her, as if she was afraid that she would abandon her.
Sun Sanjie hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered her courage and tugged at Wen Luozhi's sleeve. "Sister Luozhi, there's something I want to tell you."
She glanced up at Wen Pandi, pursed her lips, and looked somewhat embarrassed.
After understanding her meaning and exchanging a few words with Pandi, Wen Luozhi pulled her aside and asked, "What does Third Sister want to say to me?"
Sun Sanjie took a deep breath, then gestured for Wen Luozhi to bend down and whisper a few words in her ear.
Wen Luozhi's small mouth gradually formed an "o" shape, it was so shocking!
Wu Hong is incredibly bold! She actually dared to eat a toad! Ugh, how disgusting!
She gave Sun Sanjie a few instructions and then casually retreated, thinking that perhaps she could start with Pandi's matter from there.
Wu Hong waited at home all day but didn't see Wen Pandi. In the middle of the night, Qian Zhaodi pulled Wen Dazhuang out of bed and the two of them went to the fields together.
On the way, Wen Dazhuang complained again, "Why are you out so late? Don't you let people get any sleep?!"
Qian Zhaodi pinched his waist hard, which chased away his drowsiness.
"We can dig up some potatoes and take them back. We can eat them and even sell them for money!" she whispered, crouching down.
Everyone in the village except them planted a lot; each household dug up a bit and had plenty!
When Wen Dazhuang heard that he could still make money from potatoes, he got excited. He stopped using his hoe, squatted down, and started digging with both hands. After picking up the potatoes, he replanted them, and it seemed like nothing was wrong.
The last person dug a full basket before reluctantly going home, happily returning under the moonlight overhead.
On the first day, they simply brought everything to town. They were initially worried that they wouldn't be able to sell them, but luckily, they were all snapped up.
This continued for several days in a row, and the two of them secretly sold two taels of silver each.
When the shop was closed for the holidays, Grandma Sun suddenly had a whim and asked Old Man Zhao to go to the field to check on the potatoes.
The elderly couple nearly collapsed in anger upon seeing this: their potatoes had all their leaves turned yellow for some reason! Yet some leaves remained lush and green.
Looking at the others, they also seemed a bit listless.
Old Zhao thought there was something wrong with his planting method, so the old couple quickly went to find Wen Ziming to ask him to help them figure out what was wrong.
Wen Luozhi found it strange after hearing about it, so she went along as well.
When Wen Ziming arrived at the field, he immediately started pulling up the potatoes with yellow leaves. He simply lifted them up and they were uprooted.
Wen Luozhi frowned, bent down and pulled up several plants in a row, but the result was the same. She dug around in the ground and found that there were no potatoes at all.
"No need to pull it out, brother. It's been dug up and then buried again."
When Wen Ziming heard her say that, he pulled up a green plant, and sure enough, when he lifted it up, there were several potatoes hanging from it, and they weren't small at all.