Travel back to ancient times and open a Sichuan restaurant

Chapter 186

Village Chief Zhuang nodded and looked up to the young girl in front of him. "So you just found out that your aunt was sold here? Didn't you know about it before?"

Her aunt was sold, and as her niece, she didn’t even know about it?

Or what kind of heart did their family have? How could they sell her to Zhuang Lao Si as his wife?

He wasn't trying to belittle him, but Zhuang Laosi's reputation in the surrounding villages was so bad that it couldn't be any worse!

Facing the suspicious look of the village chief, Zhong Ruyi explained, "My aunt's mother-in-law drugged her and sold her at night when no one was paying attention. The next day, she said she ran away with someone."

The first half of this sentence is true, but the second half is nonsense.

Village Chief Zhuang gritted his teeth and looked at Zhuang Lao Si, "Zhuang Lao Si! Didn't you tell me that you asked someone to introduce you to Sun's? If you keep talking nonsense, I will tear your mouth apart!"

"...Village Chief, I gave her thirty taels of silver! How come it doesn't count as an introduction? Why would she accept my money if she didn't want to?"

"Did you really give thirty taels?"

Zhuang Lao Si cried out, "Village Chief, you can't doubt my character! If I hadn't given her money, why would her mother-in-law sell her to me?"

Village chief Zhuang couldn't bear to watch Sun, who was kneeling on the ground, crying and begging him for help.

Yes, Zhuang Lao Si’s attack was so harsh that one day this Sun would be beaten to death.

He looked at Zhuang Lao Si and said, "Since you said you spent thirty taels on buying Sun's, then let Sun return you thirty taels today and let the person go!"

"No! How can this be possible! Who will do my housework in the future? Who will do my laundry, cook for me, and work in the fields?" Zhuang Lao Si stopped pretending immediately. He had been pretending to be cowardly, but he became unhappy when he heard this.

Village Chief Zhuang didn't care about that. "Do you know that you are buying Sun's house and this is considered human trafficking? Do you know how to deal with human kidnappers according to the law?"

"How, how to deal with it?" Zhuang Lao Si asked stutteringly. At most he would be beaten with a few boards, right?

He is still a member of Qianniu Village. How could the village chief send him to the government to be beaten?

So the village chief should just be trying to scare him, right?

He began to feel uncertain, but appeared calm on the surface.

Village chief Zhuang was so disappointed that he said, "Not only you, but also the person who sold Sun to you will be punished with capital punishment! Do you know what capital punishment is? It means making a hole in your forehead and pouring boiling hot iron into it!"

Zhuang Laosi's face turned pale and he muttered, "Don't they say ignorance is innocent? Village chief, please save me! I don't want to die!"

He really didn't expect that he would be punished like this for buying a wife. If he had known this would happen, he would rather remain single!

"Village head, I don't want this woman anymore! Just ask her to return the thirty taels to me!"

Village Chief Zhuang looked at Zhong Ruyi, "Girl, what do you say?"

Zhong Ruyi looked at Sun Tao, then at Jiang Qin, and seeing his pleading eyes, she sighed inwardly.

She said sternly, "That's right, Village Chief. My aunt was indeed sold here for thirty taels of silver, but she didn't get the silver. Look, my aunt has been here for three months. She is beaten by him every day while working and cooking. It will definitely cost a lot of money for us to take her back to see a doctor for all these injuries."

Village Chief Zhuang asked her, "So you don't want to give me the thirty taels?"

"No, what I mean is, for these three months, just treat my aunt as a helper. It's not too much to pay her 80 wen a day, right? Plus, since he beat my aunt, he should pay her some medical fees, right? Then, from the 30 taels, we have to deduct 7 taels and 2 qian of the wages, plus the medical fees, to make up 10 taels. We can still give her 20 taels, do you think it's okay?"

If there weren't so many people present, Village Chief Zhuang would have given her a thumbs up. He asked Zhuang Lao Si, "What do you think? Do you agree with what the girl said?"

Zhuang Laosi wanted to disagree. Why did he spend thirty taels and only get twenty taels in return? But when he thought about what the village chief had just said about boiling hot molten iron pouring into the body from the forehead, he couldn't help but tremble all over.

"...I, I agree!"

Forget it, he should send this woman away who will make him be poured with molten iron, so as to avoid losing his life.

"Okay!" Zhong Ruyi took out the purse he carried with him, which contained exactly twenty taels of silver.

There was no way. She came here today to discuss future cooperation with Sister Honghong and paid part of the silver. Fortunately, she brought some extra silver today, otherwise she would have to go back to get the money.

Jiang Qin was so ashamed that he couldn't even raise his head. From the time he and his two siblings were bought until now, not only did he pay back the money Sister Ruyi paid for their marriage, he also asked Sister Ruyi to spend money to buy them clothes, provide them with three meals a day, and give them a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

Now that Sister Ruyi has to pay the twenty taels again, he feels uncomfortable!

Zhong Ruyi knew what he was thinking just by looking at his expression, but now was not a good time to speak, so she could only wait until she got back to talk.

Zhuang Laosi took the silver and glared at Sun Tao fiercely.

Damn it! I lost ten taels of silver for nothing!

No! He had to go find the woman who sold Sun Tao to him and get the thirty taels back!

Zhong Ruyi asked Sun Tao, "Aunt, do you have anything else to take? If not, come back with us."

Sun Tao shook his head heavily, "No, no, let's go now!"

Today really felt like a dream. I saw my son and he was rescued.

She just wanted to leave quickly now, she didn't want to stay here long.

"Okay, Jiang Qin, hold your mother and let's go."

Zhong Ruyi turned around and thanked Village Chief Zhuang. If he hadn't been there today, the matter of Sun Tao would probably not have been so easy to resolve.

She had already thought about it and knew that Zhuang Laosi would definitely make a lot of money from her. She thought about going back first and finding a good opportunity to rescue Jiang Qinniang.

But she didn't expect that the village chief of Qianniu Village was so impartial and didn't blindly protect Zhuang Laosi just because he was from their village.

Sun Tao pulled Jiang Qin to kowtow to the village chief. She was able to escape from Zhuang Laosi thanks to Zhong Ruyi, the village chief and other villagers in Qianniu Village.

After kowtowed three times, she turned to kowtow in the direction of the villagers. After she kowtowed once, she was supported by a pair of hands.

She raised her head and saw Feng, who had been helping her these days.

There were tears in Feng's eyes. "Go back quickly with your son and niece."

"Sister Feng, thank you! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to make it through!" Sun Tao burst into tears.

These days, when she was beaten or had no food to eat, it was Feng who secretly helped her.

Sometimes Feng's eyes always made her feel like she was looking at someone else through herself.

Finally, Feng couldn't hold back her tears. If only someone had helped her sister, she wouldn't have been beaten to death and her body wouldn't have been thrown into a mass grave on the mountain.

After thanking the village chief and Mrs. Feng, she also thanked the villagers who had just spoken for her. She wiped her tears and stood beside her son.

"Let's go."