Xing Yuanyuan's uncle-in-law is a standard image of a small businessman, looking like he is kind and making money, but his eyes are shining, and he is looking at Xing Yuanyuan and Xing Yuanyuan at this time.The big bones are as thin as firewood, and at first glance they are shabby houses that can't eat; The small face is yellow and thin, and she must be a wild girl who lacks education.It's really unfortunate that such two poor relatives came to him, and I really wanted to let the dog bite them both to death."
Ahem, ahem!"
The torture boss covered his mouth and coughed a few times in a suppressed manner, and then he bowed deeply to Xing Yuanyuan's uncle.The criminal boss said humbly, "Yuanyuan her uncle, my body and bones are not good, it doesn't matter if I die, but Yuanyuan is lonely, so I want to entrust Yuanyuan to you?"
”When Xing Yuanyuan's uncle-in-law heard this, his brows furrowed, although his family was not short of money, he didn't want to raise someone for nothing.Xing Yuanyuan's aunt smiled, "Boss Xing, don't look at my scenery in the past few years, but I also have debts outside, dozens of taels of silver, and we are also out of breath, there are already many people eating in this family, and there are more Yuanyuan mouths, how can we live this day?"
”Xing Yuanyuan's uncle-in-law shook his head, looking distressed about money, and at this time, Xing Yuanyuan's aunt also sighed, and the woman stretched out her hand and patted Xing Yuanyuan's face lovingly.Xing Yuanyuan's face hurt when the pure gold bracelet hit, but Xing Yuanyuan didn't dare to dodge, just lowered his head and trembled.Xing Yuanyuan's aunt is her mother's own sister, and the two have grown up together since childhood, and the relationship between the sisters was very close when they were young.However, when he grew up, he had the same life as his mother, Xing Yuanyuan's mother married her father, and the two lived on the landlord's field.Although the days are tight, the climate in the south of the Yangtze River is good, the land is fertile, and the annual grain is also harvested every year, and there is still a lot of grain left after paying the rent every year, which is enough for their family to eat.But then one winter, there was a sudden heavy snowfall in Jiangnan, and the climate was colder than usual, and Xing Yuanyuan's parents forgot to add warm straw to the family's cowshed, and the cattle froze to death.The key is that this ploughing cow is not a criminal family, but their owner's family, at that time a cow was worth about ten taels of silver, and a girl was only five taels of silver, and the cow was more expensive than people in these years!
Her parents can't compensate this big buffalo even if they resist their lives, unless they buy Xing Yuanyuan for money, but the two of them are just such a daughter, how can they give it up?
So the two members of the criminal family had to flee to Changzhou with Xing Yuanyuan, and the criminal boss had no other skills, so he could only pick up the burden of the merchant and go to the countryside to make some hard-earned money.And Xing Yuanyuan's mother helped people pulp laundry to earn a meager copper coin, but her mother died early because she worked too hard.Xing Yuanyuan's aunt had a much better fate, the family she began to marry was surnamed Chen, and she also made a living from the tenants' fields, and her life was not easy.However, her man is more shrewd, and he is not willing to work in the field for a lifetime, and with the development of the textile industry in the surrounding area, many small towns have appeared.Compared with the mud legs that are shaved and eaten in the field, the lives of the common people in the town are obviously much more comfortable, at least after they have eaten enough, they can still have a little money to spare, which makes Xing Yuanyuan's uncle very envious.So he resolutely abandoned the field, and then went into the town without looking back, and it was difficult at first, and he couldn't find a job at all.Later, this boy won the trust of a boss who was in the silk business, and the little boss took him to the silk business.Although Xing Yuanyuan's uncle-in-law is in the Jiangnan area where businessmen gather, he can only be regarded as an unpopular character, and what he does is also a small business.But in those years, the commercial tax in the Jiangnan area was very low, and sometimes there was no need to pay even a penny.So in just a few years, Xing Yuanyuan's uncle-in-law saved a lot of money, bought a little maid at home, and became a mother-in-law, and his life was prosperous."
Hey!"
Xing Yuanyuan's aunt slapped Xing Yuanyuan's little face vigorously, and sighed at the same time, "Pity my sister who went early, leaving only such a little poor person, hey, I was born as an aunt, how can I not care?"
”Looking at the posture, is this aunt of Xing Yuanyuan ready to leave her?
The criminal boss cried with joy, pounced directly, knelt down for Xing Yuanyuan's aunt, and kept kowtowing.And Xing Yuanyuan's uncle almost squirted out a mouthful of tea, he hurriedly pulled his mother-in-law into the back room, and yelled, "What's the matter with your woman's family?
Our family's food is not blown by the wind, why raise a girl for nothing?
”Xing Yuanyuan's aunt covered her lips and smiled, "Don't worry, husband, you listen to the concubine." ”Xing Yuanyuan's uncle sneered, "If you have something to say, let it go, let it go, don't be a mother." ”Xing Yuanyuan's aunt glared at him, "You're still a shrewd person, why are you confused now?"
The concubine sees that the torture boss can't live long, and as soon as he dies, isn't this torture Yuan Yuan at our disposal?
Whether you use it or sell it, no one cares. ”Xing Yuanyuan's uncle-in-law hesitated, "The key is that this girl is too small to do heavy work, and she is not good-looking, so she can't sell it for a big price." ”Xing Yuanyuan's aunt said coquettishly, "How much work she does, our family will give her as much food as possible, in short, our family can't lose, and then wait for this little girl to grow up for a few years, and sell her to an old bachelor who can't say that she is a daughter-in-law, how can she earn a dozen taels of silver!"
Uncle Xing Yuanyuan thought about it, this is indeed the reason, adopting this little girl is really a profitable deal!
You must know that these days, it costs ten taels of silver to buy a girl casually, which is much more expensive than before.In the past, you could buy a beautiful girl back for five taels of silver, and you could buy an ugly one for two taels of silver.This is all to blame on the emperor in the capital, since he ascended the throne, he has killed a lot of Jiangnan scholars, and the fields of these scholars are all planted by the mud legs in vain, and the mud legs are full, who will sell their sons and daughters?
Xing Yuanyuan's uncle is called Chen Daodao, but this person has no morality, even his relatives are pitted, he cracked his mouth and smiled, "It's still a lady who has a business mind, and she is ashamed of her husband. ”The Chen family and his wife looked at each other and smiled, and then they came to the hall, the criminal boss was still kneeling on the ground, and he looked at the Chen family and his wife gratefully.Chen Daode hurriedly stepped forward, pretended to help the criminal boss up, and sighed.Chen Daode sighed, "My family is not rich, I didn't want to adopt Yuanyuan, but we are also Yuanyuan's uncle and aunt, and we are her only relatives in this world, if we don't adopt her, who will adopt?"
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