206 Bringing The Little Girl Back
Liu Shi failed to react for a while.
What Big Sister?
Then she remembered that a little girl seemed to have come to the house, but she was quickly taken away.
“You mean the girl who came to the house? Two people who called themselves her uncles took her away,” Liu Shi said.
Little Ah Yu’s eyes widened. “Aiya, Mother, how can you hand Big Sister to those Uncles? Her uncles are bad people! They’re very bad!”
Liu Shi was busy cleaning up at that time and did not know much about this.
However, when she heard Little Ah Yu’s words, she was curious. “How did you know that they are bad people?”
“Fourth Aunt, Little Sister Ah Yu is right. That little girl’s uncles are bad people. The two of them slapped her face on the street and even made her crawl into an iron cage!” Wang Liulang hurriedly added.
Moreover, Wang Liulang spoke very quickly and told Liu Shi what had happened in the afternoon.
After Liu Shi heard this, she sighed.
Until now, she still could not understand why those parents could treat their children so ruthlessly.
Especially since Liu Shi had yet to give birth to a living child. The heavens had only given her Little Ah Yu.
She had a heart of pity for all children. She only thought that if it was her child, she would probably protect her with her life. How could she scold and beat her maliciously?
Not to mention selling the child!
It was too sinful!
Since they didn’t like children, why did they have to give birth to her back then?
Wouldn’t a parent’s heart ache for their child to suffer in this world?
“Mother, where did that Big Sister go? She’ll be beaten to death by her uncles, right?!” Little Ah Yu was anxious. “She ran away and was caught by her uncles. She’ll definitely be beaten up!”
Ah Yu had seen it before. There was a chick raised by the villagers. It was originally raised in a chicken coop. Later on, the chick escaped and was beaten up after being found.
Even such a small chick had been beaten up.
After being flicked on the head, the little chick felt dizzy.
Moreover, there were also the example of some brothers and sisters in the village. Sometimes, their family did not allow them to go out. If they still went out and were discovered, they would be beaten up.
Therefore, there were always the sounds of wild shrieks and howls in the village.
Not to mention other families, even if it was their family, if her brothers went too far away to play and did not return by dinner time…
After the Aunties called them back, they would receive a beating.
And those people liked their chicks and children. Even so, they would be ruthless and give them a beating. Let alone the Big Sister.
Little Ah Yu felt that she was very right, so she was even more worried about the Big Sister.
“There’s no need to worry about that. At that time, two people came to cause trouble. Your Grandma got someone to capture them and said that they were going to bring them to the officials. They all left.”
The reason why the house was so deserted was because those two people suddenly came to cause trouble, claiming that they were human traffickers who had kidnapped their child.
Then, the two of them clamored for their family to compensate them. They even asked for 10 taels of silver.
In this day and age, if there was still the open trading of children, a girl would definitely not be able to sell for 10 taels.
Liu Shi had even heard that even if a young lady from a good family was sold to work in those kinds of shameful places, she would only be able to fetch three to four taels of silver.
Children were naturally cheaper, let alone girls.
“Don’t worry, your Grandma has never suffered a loss before. As for that girl, she might not be a good person. Perhaps she saw that you children were innocent and deliberately pretended to be miserable to lie to you.”
Little Ah Yu pouted and disagreed with Liu Shi’s words. “That Big Sister is a good person. She even said that she wanted to take care of me!”
Wang Liulang also said at the side, “That’s right, that’s right. She said that she wants to be Little Sister Ah Yu’s maidservant and serve her. She doesn’t even want a salary!”
Liu Shi’s eyebrows twitched when she heard this. She hurriedly chased the two children to the kitchen and let them drink soy milk.
What maidservant? The more they spoke, the more ridiculous it became!
What kind of family were they? They were just ordinary farmers. Even if they had bought a house in town, they were still farmers.
What kind of farmer needed servants and maids?
Others would laugh to death.
Fortunately, no one else heard this. Otherwise, the neighbors would have laughed at them.
Maids and servants were different from ordinary helpers. They had to be bound to a slave contract. It was not something ordinary families could do.
Even the servants of Qin Huai’s family were probably just helpers!
Liu Shi chased Little Ah Yu and the others to drink soy milk. She was frightened and ran to look for Madam Ma, who was making clothes in the house, wanting to discuss it with her.
Madam Ma was mainly in charge of the family’s meals because everyone liked her cooking.
In addition, she made all the clothes for the family. Usually, when the other ladies helped cut the cloth, Madam Ma would sew them together.
Wang Chuangui and the others who were studying had a special large study room. Everyone usually went there to study.
After Liu Shi entered, she helped to cut the clothes. As she did so, she told Madam Ma about Little Ah Yu and the others’ childish words.
“Do you think that little girl is really here to join our family?” Liu Shi could not make up her mind. The main thing was that this matter was a little unbelievable.
Madam Ma bit the thread off. “I don’t think so. Our family doesn’t look rich. The others don’t know how rich our family is. They probably won’t come to be our servants.”
Although the servants did not have much status, they could still stand on the shoulders of the high and be above the lowly masses.
For example, some people preferred to go to rich families to be their servants. This way, they would earn more money. There would also be tips and other gifts.
If they went to a poor family to be a servant, they might even be unable to draw a salary all year round.
Madam Ma often went to the fabric store to buy fabric and all kinds of needlework. She often met other women who went there to buy things.
The women usually loved to gossip when they were bored. Madam Ma had heard a lot of stories, so she naturally knew more.
“Aiya, there’s no need to care so much. In any case, there’s still Mother-in-law holding the fort. Let’s wait for Mother-in-law to make a decision! We just have to be obedient.” Madam Ma waved her hand, not wanting to continue discussing this problem at all.
Liu Shi thought about it and agreed. In any case, why should she worry about things that she shouldn’t?
What she should be most troubled about now was to get Wang Chuanman to come back.
This was because in the afternoon, everyone had already made up their minds to let Wang Chuanman be the butler.
On one hand, Liu Shi felt that this was an opportunity, but on the other hand, she was a little reluctant.
Her husband was going so far away and would only be back for a month every year. Then what relationship would they have?
She was afraid that they would be too distant!
They did not have a blood child between them. But now, he would only be around for one month a year. Would she still have a chance to get pregnant?
If there was only Little Ah Yu in this life, it would actually not be bad. However, everyone emphasized on having more children. Having a second child was an additional form of guarantee for their old age.
In case Ah Yu grew up without any biological brothers to support her, what if she was bullied in the future?
When it was almost dark, Old Madam Wang finally returned. Her sons followed behind her. Other than that, the little girl was also there.
There was obvious joy on her face, and even her original gloomy expression had disappeared.