Chapter 530: Chapter 530, Very Disdainful (34th update)
I didn’t know how many men had slept on it, nor how many women.
In the end, he didn’t go to replace it.
He thought about waiting until the time was right to get a brand-new one.
For some reason, he just disliked that bed.
It was quite inexplicable.
“Miss, do you not like this bed?” Aunt Chen asked.
“Mm, not very much, I’ll just make do for today…”
However, Aunt Chen shook her head, “Miss, it’s still early in the day, why not have someone take a look in the furniture shop? If there’s a mahogany bed, we can buy one and bring it back. We can make do with everything else, but not with where we sleep!”
She too disliked that bed, even though it looked big, it always gave off a gloomy feeling, better not to sleep on it.
“Alright then!”
Xie Zhinuan had people move the bed out.
“Miss, where shall we move it to?”
Xie Zhinuan thought for a moment, feeling the bed exuded a heavy, ominous aura, and it was giving her the creeps, “Chop it up and use it for firewood!”
“Miss, you can’t burn it, you can’t burn it!” someone quickly ran out.
It was a woman in her fifties.
She knelt with a thud in front of Xie Zhinuan, “Miss, I beg you, please don’t burn this bed. If you don’t fancy it, could you bestow it upon me? I will forever remember your great kindness!”
The old woman pleaded while kowtowing relentlessly.
She was genuine in her kowtowing, and within a few moments, her forehead was bruised and discolored.
Her face was smeared with tears and mucus.
She was tense and afraid, clearly hiding something.
Xie Zhinuan observed her and, after a moment of silence, said, “Since you say it can’t be burned, then tell me, why can’t it be burned? If you can give me a reason, I will give you this bed. But if you can’t provide a reason…”
Hearing this, the old woman knew some things couldn’t be kept secret anymore.
But, in front of all these eyes, how could she speak out?
“Let’s talk inside the house!” Xie Zhinuan said and entered the house first.
The old woman followed immediately.
Aunt Chen had someone set aside the large bed and sent others to buy a new one.
Inside the house.
Xie Zhinuan sat on a chair, and as soon as the old woman entered, she knelt down.
“Miss, my surname is Jiao, and I’m originally from Jiangnan. My family makes a living by performing arts. My husband, son, daughter, and I, a family of four, have been traveling all over these years. We have always thought that once we made enough silver, we would return to our hometown. I wanted to find a wife for my son and a good family for my daughter, but…” Mrs. Jiao said and began to sob.
The Jiao family made a living performing vaudeville. The father had a trick of breaking a large stone slab with his chest, always winning applause, but this act couldn’t be done too frequently – once a month was extreme enough.
After all, no one could endure having such a thick stone slab smashed with a hammer over their chest frequently.
Upon reaching Gaocheng County, they found a place to set up their stall. They earned quite a lot in a day, especially as they had a beautiful daughter. The young lady was enthusiastic and cheerful, attracting a lot of business. However, this also brought trouble for the daughter.
A son of the county magistrate appeared, acting like a tyrant. He took a liking to the young girl at first sight. But she was feisty and not an easy person to deal with. However, the son of the county magistrate had money, power, and people. He demanded that the father perform the chest-crushing stone act for ten taels of silver a time.
The old man refused, then it was a hundred taels.
A hundred taels! It would take their family who knows how long to earn that much.
But it didn’t stop there: the first time was a hundred taels, the second time two hundred, the third time four hundred, the fourth time eight hundred, and the fifth would be one thousand six hundred taels.
Five performances of the chest-crushing stone would sum up to an immense amount of silver, and the son of the county magistrate even paid the silver in a lump sum.
Thinking that with this silver, he could take his family back home, the old man agreed at once.
During the first stone crushing, the old man was fine; he endured the second stone as well. By the third, he gritted his teeth, but his internal organs were damaged.
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