The Daily Life of a Down-on-Hard-Life Medicine Girl Supporting Her Family

Chapter 227

In the Zhang family, Zhang Laosi was beaten black and blue by the people from Chunfenglou.

The two children kept crying.

"Cry, cry, cry! You two are both jinxes, both unlucky bastards! If you keep crying, I'll sell you off, believe it or not?"

Damn it, the people at Chunfenglou are stupid and they blame him.

They paid ten taels of silver to buy a person, but they couldn't take them with them, so they turned around and came to cause trouble, demanding a refund.

They had already gambled away all their money and couldn't pay back their debts. Not only were they beaten, but they were also forced to sign an IOU for a whopping twenty taels of silver, demanding that he pay it off within a month, or they would chop off his hand.

When he saw that his parents and brothers were being beaten, none of them came forward to help him.

All the two kids do is cry, it's so frustrating!

The thought of selling children suddenly seemed like a really good idea.

"Mother, we want our mother..."

"Alright, alright, let's go, I'll take you to find your mother."

I can't go on like this. It's better not to have two children than to not have hands.

Ten taels of silver per person is not unreasonable, is it?
Hold one in your left hand and one in your right hand.

"Come on, I'll take you to the street to buy candy. After you eat it, go find your mother. The condition is that you're not allowed to cry."

The two children believed it and obediently wiped away their tears.

"Daddy, Xiao Er isn't crying anymore. Look, he's being a good boy."

"Yes, you're a good boy." Old Zhang thought to himself, "Just because you look so good, someone else could buy you as their son."

The father and his two sons then headed towards the town.

They met Luo Daya and her friends at a fork in the road halfway there.

"Mother, mother..."

Father hadn't lied to them after all; they had found their mother.

"Niu Niu, Xiao Er, where are you going?"

"Daddy is taking us to the market to buy candy and find Mommy." The little boy was overjoyed and wanted to run over to hug his mother, but his father held his hand tightly.

"Zhang Laosi, what are you doing?"

Luo Daya was astonished. That wasn't the road leading to Shuikou Village; it was the road leading to the town.

Given Zhang Laosi's character, how could he possibly buy candy for the child?
He used his money to buy wine and to win the smiles of courtesans, but he would never spend a penny on his children or wife.

Seeing Zhang Laosi's bruised and swollen face, Luo Daya remembered that when those people were sent away, they said they wanted to ask Zhang Laosi for a refund.

So, he was out of money and wanted to take the two children to exchange for money!
The thought of this possibility made Luo Daya tremble with fear.

"Zhang Laosi, you beast! Even tigers don't eat their cubs, yet you actually want to take Niu Niu and Er Bao..."

She was too anxious to say anything more, and of course, she was even more afraid that her two children would be traumatized.

"You stupid woman, what does this have to do with you?"

Zhang Laosi's eyes were bloodshot as he saw Luo Daya standing there unharmed. It was precisely because she was still there that he had been beaten up.

If you can't sell the big ones, can't you sell the small ones?

Unexpectedly, even selling the younger child didn't go smoothly, and he ended up running into her.

"Zhang Laosi, you're a beast! Give me back my child, or I'll fight you to the death!"

“Your life isn’t worth much money.” Zhang Laosi was naturally unwilling to give the child to Luo Daya, and held their hands tightly: “Come on, let’s see who can pull harder.”

"Dad, Mom, it hurts, my hand hurts."

Erbao burst into tears.

"You beast, let go!"

Luo Daya also cried. She couldn't bear to see her child in pain, so she didn't dare to pull hard, and as a result, she was pulled over by him as well. "Daya, let go first."

Aunt Luo walked over, swung the stick in her hand, and hit Zhang Laosi hard.

"You bastard, I told you not to sell my daughter! My daughter was married into your Zhang family, not sold to you! How dare you sell my daughter? I'll beat you to death!"

"That's not true. I didn't sell her. She wouldn't go with anyone, and I even lost ten taels of silver because of it."

"You still dare to be stubborn."

Aunt Luo continued hitting with her stick.

"Stop hitting me, you can't hit me anymore, it hurts, it really hurts."

It's good that it hurts; if it doesn't hurt, the child won't learn their lesson.

"Help! Someone's been killed!"

Old Zhang cried out to heaven and earth, shouting for help.

Just then, a member of the Zhang family who was passing by saw it and immediately ran back to call for help.

In a short while, twenty or thirty people from the Zhang family arrived and surrounded them.

The leader was an elderly man, who was undoubtedly the patriarch of the Zhang family.

"What's going on? Where did you come from? Why are you causing trouble on our Zhang family's territory?"

Immediately, someone whispered to the old man that Luo Daya was Zhang Laosi's wife.

"This is outrageous! My wife's mother is causing trouble at our Zhang family's house! Guards, tie them all up and interrogate them to see what they're up to!"

"Let's see who dares!"

A sharp shout came from outside the crowd.

When Aunt Luo saw Luo Xiaogang arrive with a man and a group of men, she couldn't help but shed tears.

"Husband, you've finally arrived! My daughter and I have been terribly bullied by them."

Uncle Luo ran forward and shielded his wife and daughter behind him.

"Which one is the clan leader? Please come out and answer."

Uncle Luo has a loud voice, and the source of his confidence is the more than thirty boatmen brothers behind him.

I heard that Brother Luo's eldest daughter was being bullied by her in-laws, and they all quit their jobs to come and help him out.

"Excuse me, who are you?"

"I am Luo Daya's biological father, and you are the clan chief?"

"It is indeed I, the old man." The clan chief glanced at the burly man behind him: "Our Luo and Zhang families are related by marriage, surely we shouldn't do this?"

They all looked like they were there to fight.

"Clan leader, you are a reasonable person. The reason we have come to this point is not because we are unreasonable, but because Zhang Laosi has gone too far." Uncle Luo said, "My Luo family only marries off daughters, not sells them. Who knew that after marrying into your Zhang family, she would be sold by her husband's family? I really can't swallow this insult."

"What did you say?" The clan chief was clearly incredulous: "Zhang Laosi is going to sell his own wife?"

"Yes, the people from Chunfeng Tower came to our door with a contract of indenture, wanting to help my daughter leave." Uncle Luo said, "Although our Luo family doesn't have any great abilities, we can still protect a daughter. These are all uncles and elders who watched our daughter grow up, and they won't allow her to be bullied like this."

"Father, he not only wants to sell me, but also Niu Niu and Da Bao," Luo Daya said. "Father, uncles and elders, please help me."

"Clan leader, did you hear that? This Zhang Laosi is a scoundrel, a disgrace to your Zhang family. Are you sure you want to protect him?"

"Is this really true?" the clan chief asked Zhang Laosi, turning to him.

Old Zhang lowered his head and dared not utter a sound.

"You little brat, who told you to do this?"

What a misfortune for the family! To have such an unreliable person has made him lose all face.

"You'd better apologize to your father-in-law right now, live a good life from now on, and never do it again," the clan chief said. "Otherwise, not even a god can save you!"