Xiaoxiao became more and more curious about what was going on! When she got home, she asked Yang Ming, and after hearing the answer, Xiaoxiao was completely shaken.
It turned out that trafficking in this place was quite normal, and many people from their village also went out to buy wives! Although it was considered normal, Yang Ming’s grandfather still found it disgraceful, so he used a cover-up.
"How did you find Xiaoqiu then?"
"It was still the folks from Si Shenniang’s maternal family who helped because Xiaoqiu has a red birthmark on her hand, which is easy to recognize, and the family didn’t change Xiaoqiu’s name!"
Those rascals were really shortsighted, but even if they had changed her name, the mark on her hand would still be recognizable. Xiaoqiu was indeed fortunate in her misfortune; it was good that murder was illegal here, or else it wouldn’t have been possible to scare them!
"Then why didn’t you buy a wife?"
Xiaoxiao, as if possessed, blurted out the question.
"..." So he actually wanted to buy one! Can’t afford it? Was it that expensive?
The topic was really too heavy. Xiaoxiao wanted to ask about the situation of another sister, but seeing Yang Ming’s gloomy face, she couldn’t bring herself to ask.
Not long after, she heard someone approaching outside. Xiaoxiao immediately went out to check.
"Second sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, great news, truly great news!"
As soon as Xiaoxiao heard this, it was Si Shenniang again; she always had lots of news!
"Si Shenniang, what’s the good news?"
"Yang Ming’s wife, you’ve become quite famous now!"
"..." Famous? What did she do this time?
"My maternal family sent another letter, saying how a fierce girl led ten strong men over there and sorted that family of deadbeats out, thrashing them soundly! They must be talking about you! I heard that before you guys they acted like grandsons!"
"..." They didn’t really fight, right? They acquiesced, persuaded by reason if you ask me; how wildly exaggerated this tale is!
"Hehe, Si Shenniang, sorry, that was indeed me!"
"Well done! Now let’s see who else dares to bully our Yang Family folks." Si Shenniang said, looking very proud.
Si Shenniang, that’s the Zhong Family nobody dares to mess with, okay! The Yang Family men were too scared to go!
"Come on, come on, come on, go find your mother!"
Saying this, Si Shenniang pulled Xiaoxiao into the house.
"Second sister-in-law, retribution has come, my maternal family says that the deadbeat’s family has lost everything and were beaten, and apparently it was quite serious. They must have offended someone..."
"Finally, someone has taken care of them; that family in the village always defaulted on their debts, bullying the villagers. Now it’s over, and they initially wouldn’t even let us see Xiaoqiu..."
As soon as Si Shenniang entered, she started chattering non-stop like a machine gun!
Xiaoxiao listened on the side! She hadn’t even made a move, how did the other party end up ruined? Who did it? Thinking over and over, it couldn’t be the scholar, could it?
Xiaoxiao quietly slipped out and returned to her own room.
"I hear Xiaoqiu’s in-laws have lost all their money!"
"And were beaten terribly!"
"Who do you think did it?"
As Xiaoxiao spoke, she watched the scholar’s reactions; seeing not a hint of surprise, as if he had expected it, he then uttered "the evil doer will always get his due" and just continued copying books.
What a show off! Looking at him, it was definitely him! This scholar really acted fast; who would have expected a frail scholar to be so capable!
Yang Ming continued copying, thinking it was best to keep knowledge of this matter limited. He had recently met some people at the county gambling house and asked them to set up a trap. If only they had taken care of them earlier, his sister wouldn’t have...