Who else could it be banging on the table, if not Old Lady Mu?
Ni Yang didn't say a word.
With a laugh, Li Shu smoothed things over, "It's all right, kids will be kids! Don't be mad at her, auntie."
Cold iciness filled Ni Yang's down-cast eyes.
Li Shu sure knows how to play the good Samaritan!
Does she really think Ni Yang is unaware of her ulterior motives?
Ni Yang remembered being fooled by Li Shu's fake facade in her previous life.
Li Shu had sold her to an old bachelor for 500 yuan. It wasn't until much later that Ni Yang discovered the true relationship between Li Shu and that old bachelor.
It was disgusting!
Even after a long time, every time Ni Yang recalled those experiences, she felt a chill run down her spine.
Who would believe that such nightmares, akin to hell, were actually real, if they hadn't personally experienced them?
Ni Yang simply kept her head lowered.
In the eyes of others, she was simply a timid little country girl.
Li Shu looked at Ni Yang with a sneer.
This little country bumpkin, she wondered what she could achieve in the future to make Li Xianxian so scared.
As far as Li Shu was concerned, Ni Yang wasn't even fit to lace Li Xianxian's shoes!
Upon hearing Li Shu speak, Old Lady Mu's expression softened a bit, she chuckled and said, "Ah Shu, you are always so kind, not like this ungrateful girl! You ungrateful girl, aren't you going to thank your Aunt Ashu!"
Ni Yang looked up at Li Shu, stuttered and said, "Th-thank you, Aunt Ashu..."
Li Shu laughed, feeling very satisfied, convinced she had Ni Yang completely under her control, ready to manipulate at will, "You're welcome, you're welcome, we're all family here, come on my dear, eat more."
Li Shu put a chicken leg in Ni Yang's bowl.
Even Old Lady Mu was stunned!
She couldn't even bear to eat that chicken leg herself, having saved it for her beloved grandson, and Li Shu had given it to that money-losing wretch!
Ni Cuihua was also surprised at Li Shu, moved to tears.
It seemed she had misunderstood Li Shu before.
Li Shu was a good woman.
In the future, she would take good care of Li Shu.
Ni Yang, of course, did not let go of the chicken leg, she immediately took a big bite and mumbled, "Thank you Aunt Ashu! You're really nice! You're even better than my mom!"
Li Shu said, "Good girl, eat more, you're too thin..."
So pitiful.
She was about to be sold to that old bachelor.
And who knows what kind of torment she will endure.
A sinister smile tugged at the corner of Li Shu's mouth.
...
As Li Shu had a score to settle, after the meal, she specifically called Old Lady Mu and Mu Jinbao together to chat.
After a roundabout discussion, Li Shu asked, "Mother, Jinbao, is YanYan still in school?"
Upon hearing this, Old Lady Mu looked disgusted, "Why mention that wretch all of sudden?"
Just a wretch, her sheer mention would ruin the mood.
One can imagine how Ni Yang usually lived in the Mu Family.
Mu Jinbao responded, "In school? Who's got the money to send her to school? We don't have the money for her to go! She was tutored by the literacy class in the village for a while, but she's dropped out long ago!"
Li Shu chimed in, "That's right, girls get married off sooner or later, there's really no use in going to school. As the saying goes, 'A daughter married off is like a bucket of water thrown out'."
Old Lady Mu liked what she heard and happily said, "Indeed, Ashu understands me, not like that Ni Cuihua, who only knows how to enrage me! She even had the audacity to ask me to pay for that wretch's education! She's shameless!"
Her money was for her beloved grandson's upbringing, not for a hopeless cause!
Li Shu then asked, "If YanYan is not going to school, then is she engaged?"
In the rural areas of this era, girls had no status at home. Their parents, fearing a wastage of food, mostly married them off early.
Many girls were already married by the time they turned 15.
Moreover, the family was also raising a child bride.
Ni Yang was seventeen, the age when it was time to talk about marriage.
Hearing this, Mu Jinbao shook his head, "Not yet, but we're asking someone to look for opportunities..." The main reason was to collect a larger dowry, but at that time in the rural areas, there were too many girls and none were wanted. The situation was financially difficult for everyone; it was tough to collect a large dowry!
So, the marriage affair of Ni Yang had been put on hold.
Otherwise, Ni Yang would have been married a long time ago.
Lady Mu stated, "We, the Mu family, have raised the money-losing girl for seventeen years; we can't let her get married on the cheap!"
Li Shu chimed in, "Mom, you're right. There is a good marriage opportunity available here, would you like to listen?"
Old Lady Mu trusted Li Shu a lot, so she responded, "Ashu, I trust you. Go on and tell me."
Li Shu said, "My cousin has been struggling to find a suitable wife. He heard that Yangyang is only seventeen this year and is very beautiful, so he offered to buy Yangyang for 200 yuan. Mom, what do you think?"
Bought.
Li Shu was talking about buying.
Ni Cuihua was also bought by Mu Jinbao. A bought wife can't return to her maiden home.
It was like signing a slavery contract.
That's why the Mu family dare to bully Ni Cuihua so unreasonably.
In fact, Ni Cuihua has a brother who has not visited the Mu family in all these years.
Ni Cuihua, who was bought for a few yuan, never thought her daughter could be sold for 200 yuan!
This was 200 yuan!
For that era, 200 yuan was a huge sum!
You must know that at that time, the price of salt was just 1 cent per kilogram!
A kilogram of pork was just a few cents!
Old Lady Mu never dreamed that Ni Yang could be sold for 200 yuan. "Ashu, is that money-losing girl really worth that much?"
Li Shu laughed and said, "Mom, listen to you, I could cheat anyone but not you! And the person offering this is my cousin! He told me himself!"
Hearing this, Old Lady Mu was almost laughing her eyes out, and Mu Jinbao was also very happy.
Listening to the discussions in the room, Ni Yang's face was filled with sarcasm.
Just as in her previous life.
On the first day of Li Shu's arrival, she couldn't wait to sell her.
A saying from the future couldn't be more accurate.
The most fearful thing in the world is not ghosts, but people!
Ni Yang narrowed her eyes slightly, stepped lightly to leave, and dragged Ni Cuihua out of the house. The darkness of the night effectively concealed their figures, "Mom, lower your voice, listen to what my father and grandmother are discussing in the room!"
"What?" Ni Cuihua was somewhat puzzled.
Ni Yang directly raised her hand to cover Ni Cuihua's mouth, "Listen carefully."
Ni Cuihua stared blankly at her daughter.
The moonlight tonight was beautiful, shining evenly on Ni Yang, as if coating her with a silver hue. In the moonlight, she was like a fairy coming down from the moon, stunningly beautiful.
It must be said, the changes in Ni Yang were too pronounced.
At this moment, the voices in the room were heard again, "Mom, Jinbao, if you agree to sell Yangyang to my cousin, tomorrow Jinbao and I will go over there, to finalize things quickly, to avoid unnecessary delays."
Ni Cuihua frowned slightly.
Generally speaking, shouldn't Li Shu call Old Lady Mu as Auntie?
Why did she call her Mom?
Did she mishear?
Before Ni Cuihua could react, Old Lady Mu's voice came from inside the house again, "Ashu, are you saying that money-losing girl can actually be sold for 200 yuan?"
"Absolutely!" Li Shu hurriedly nodded.
Old Lady Mu continued, "Why is he willing to spend 200 yuan to buy a wife?"
Old Lady Mu was too curious.
Li Shu hesitated for a moment, then said, "Because... because... because my cousin is... a castrated man who can't have children...."