“You…” Mr. Zhong sighed, “Young man, that’s life. Even if you feel bad, you can’t toss your body like
this. Your parents will be sad if they know so.”
Kerry Ye smiled and said in a hoarse voice, “They died long ago.”
Mr. Zhong was startled, and he didn’t know how to comfort him, so he went into the kitchen to cook.
At around eight o’clock, Tianye Mu finally called. Kerry gazed at the screen for a while, and took a deep
breath before answering it.
“Hello?”
Tianye hesitated for a few seconds, “Kerry?”
“Of course it’s me.”
“What happened to your throat? It doesn’t sound good.”
Kerry rubbed his brow, “I didn’t sleep last night. How’s the result?”
Tianye seemed to deliberately make him anxious, so he spoke after a while, “It’s not Venus Mu.”
Kerry instantly felt relived and spoke in a relaxed tone, “Okay, I see.”
They hung up the phone without saying too much.
Even though he hadn’t slept all night, Kerry was lit up by this result.
When he left Mr. Zhong’s house, Henry took out 2,000 yuan to pay for their lodging and food, which
annoyed Mr. Zhong.
“Don’t. I won’t take it.” He said. “Sir, please.”
“I won’t. My wife and I don’t need the money.” Mr. Zhong said seriously.
Henry, at the moment, was not sure whether he should take the money back or not.
The old lady smiled kindly and said, “We are very happy that you have come to stay with us. We don’t
need the money. If you insist, he will be pissed off.”
Kerry, standing beside Kerry, spoke, “Henry, go and help them pack up their things.”
When Henry heard this, he put the money in his pocket.
The old lady saw the haggard Kerry, comforting him, “Young man, do you ever hear this? If there’s no
news, that’s good news. Take it easy, she will be blessed by God.”
“Thank you and thanks for the dinner last night. It’s delicious.” Kerry said. Although he ate little, it tasted
great.
The old lady was happy to hear this, “You’re indeed a good boy. Thank you.”
The old man was speechless beside her. Old ladies still loved handsome young men.
In the morning, Kerry continued their way.
Five kilometers away, in a village, a good-looking girl was basking in the sun, whose movements were
a little stagnant. Her beautiful eyes covered with a thin layer of mist, with strange expressions.
A fatty middle-aged woman came out of the house and put the food on the stone table in the courtyard,
shouted at her, “Come here. It’s time to eat.”
When the girl heard the voice, she turned her head to look at her, dumbfounded.
The middle-aged woman went over to her and grabbed her arm, “When I say it’s time to eat, don’t you
understand? Yes, you are a blind fool, so how can you understand me? Here, sit down.”
She sat her down on the stool, scooping up some porridge to feed her.
The girl instinctively opened her mouth.
“I’ve never served anyone like this before. If it weren’t for the fact that you can still be sold for a few
bucks, I wouldn’t bother with you.” As she fed her, she complaining, “I’ll sell you to the Gawa of the next
village, and I’ll go to the city and have a good time. Here, one more.”
It was almost finished and a small middle-aged man with a nasty look came, who couldn’t take his eyes
from the girl. He grinned, “Is there any food left? Go and give me some.”
“It’s in the pot. Do it yourself.” The middle-aged woman said in a huff.
“Hey, she’s an idiot and you’re so goddamn good to her, but I’m your man.” The man was annoyed, but
he still headed towards the kitchen.
The woman laughed, “This fool can be sold for 60,000 yuan. If you can earn this much, no, just 30,
000, I’ll treat you the same.”
The man took the food out, sitting across from them while staring at the girl, “The girl was fished out of
the river by the two of us, and I have a part in it.”
“Well, fine. Today Gawa will bring the money to us and you’ll have 1,000. But remember, don’t say
anything wrong.” The middle-aged woman warned him.
“Don’t worry, I won’t. No matter who asks, I’ll tell them she’s my distant cousin and the family doesn’t
want to keep her, so they asked me to find her a husband. I know what I should say.”
“Good.”
This stupid and blind girl was Venus.
After jumping off that day, she was quickly swept up by the waves and drifted down the river. The
couple was fishing by the river at the time, and was shocked to see a person floating in the distance, so
they fished her over, finding she was still alive. In the end, they took her home.
Of course, saving Venus was for money, not for good kind.
Some people here believed in marriages to dead ones, so if Venus died that day, they would sell the
corpse to earn 30,000 to 40,000 yuan. Since she was alive, they could make a lot of money by selling
her to single old men here.
Venus slept all night, and opened her eyes slowly the next day.
“Hey, she’s alive.” The man cried in ecstasy.
The middle-aged woman patted Venus’s face and asked, “What is your name and where are you
from?”
Venus turned blind and her head had hit many rocks in the river, so her reaction was very slow. She
stared at the ceiling without saying anything.
The middle-aged woman had a look at her husband, “She’s a fool, is it?”
“It’s better to be a fool. She can’t run away.” The man said cheerfully.
The middle-aged woman suddenly realized something, “You’re right. Hey, doesn’t Gawa of the next
village always want a wife? Isn’t just nice?”
“Yes, yes, yes, Gawa’ s family is also rich.”
So, the next day, the man called Gawa’ s parents over to take a look at Venus, and they were very
satisfied with Venus’s look, white and clean, but they couldn’t accept her blindness.
The middle-aged woman said, “She can’t run away even if she wants to. And besides, don’t you always
want to have a grandson? She can help you.”
The couple looked at each other and nodded, “Okay, but the price can’t be too high, and we want them
to get married as soon as possible.”
“The betrothal gift is often worth 100,000 yuan, so how about 60,000? I have to give some to my
cousin’s family, right?”
So, that’s the deal and they chose a good time to hold the wedding.
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