Crossing the Homeland

Chapter 177

Xia Junyan took the post and was about to read it. Seeing that the kid was still leaving, she asked, "What's the matter?"

Qian Gui swallowed: "Grandma, how much money can we make this time?"

"I'm sure you won't starve to death." Looking at him like that, Xia Junyan shook her head helplessly, and walked away on her own.

Qian Gui clicked his tongue twice in embarrassment, looked around in the yard, and immediately lowered his face: "What are you watching, and you are lazy if you don't wash your dishes!"

Jiang Xiaolian hurried out from the door.She knew that other than the shopkeeper, other people in this store were very unfriendly to her, but they just didn't get angry in front of the shopkeeper.Even if it's the shopkeeper, she has a kind face, but she doesn't know what's going on in her heart.In the final analysis, it was probably because she was a runaway girl whose background was unknown, and she didn't know how long she could stay here.Jiang Xiaolian let out a long sigh, feeling uneasy in her heart.

Xia Junyan was looking at Mrs. Chen's famous post, and they all came in person, so she couldn't turn a blind eye.So I planned to bring a few snacks and visit the Chen Mansion tomorrow.Looking up through the wooden window, I saw Jiang Xiaolian honestly washing dishes in the corner of the courtyard, and my mood suddenly became complicated.

It would be easy to handle if it was true as she said, but if what the old man said was true, there would be no need for her to take her in.The child bride-in-law has signed a contract with the master's family, even if she wants to help her, she can't do anything, after all, she does not have the right to challenge the entire ancient social order.

"The shopkeeper is here. I've washed the dishes and I'm going to chop firewood right away." Jiang Xiaolian nervously put the washed bowls into the tub for Xia Junyan to check.

Xia Junyan took a look at a few of them, and they were all washed very clean. This Jiang Xiaolian is quite solid in her work.

"I remember when I took you in before, you said a word."

Jiang Xiaolian froze for a moment, not knowing what Xia Junyan meant by her words, and dared not answer for a while.

"You said at the time that as long as I took you in, you would rather sign the deed of sale to me." Xia Junyan looked at the clean bowls and chopsticks with a very relaxed tone.

"The deed of sale..." Jiang Xiaolian's face darkened.At that time, she felt that she would not be able to survive, and she was delusional. Of course, it would be good if someone took her in, but if she really signed the deed of selling herself, it would be tantamount to handing over her life to others.If Xia Junyan went back to find her parents with her deed of sale, if she was on the run, it would not only be as simple as making her parents angry.After being sold as a slave, the runaway servant was sued by the master's family, and once caught, he would be punished!

Xia Junyan also took a risky path. If Jiang Xiaolian was really the child bride-in-law of the old man's family, she would not dare to sign again, after all, this girl is not so courageous.But even if she is not, ordinary people are not willing to sell themselves casually.

"Who did the shopkeeper see today?" Jiang Xiaolian finally couldn't help asking.

She is smart.Don't say dark words to smart people, Xia Junyan didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "You said it, but I was in Shuanghe Village at noon today, and I happened to meet an old man who came to look for a girl."

Jiang Xiaolian trembled all over, as if she would fall down in the next moment.Xia Junyan couldn't bear to see her thin and small by herself, so she picked up a stool and asked her to sit down.Seeing that she was sitting firmly, Xia Junyan described the old man's appearance, and as expected, Jiang Xiaolian's expression changed drastically, and she knelt down with a plop: "The shopkeeper, save me, that person... that person should be my father. Can the shopkeeper... can you tell him that I am here?"

Xia Junyan shook her head: "Although I didn't say it, your father has already found Shuanghe Village, so it's not difficult to find him in the town. When he comes to take you away, I can't stop him."

Jiang Xiaolian's mind was blank, and Xia Junyan had already left by the time she regained consciousness.

(End of this chapter)