Transmigration: A Farm Girl’s Brocade
Chapter 437 - 239 Disregarding Human Lives_2

Chapter 437: Chapter 239 Disregarding Human Lives_2

The person looked up with a naive smile, "Ah, it’s my sister, be careful where you’re walking. I’m fine now, will head home right away."

Across the river, waves of golden wheat rolled with the wind, a magnificent sight, with faint glimpses of cowherds riding on oxen and farmers returning home.

The beautiful rural scenery, the leisurely country life, and the love of her family... Qian Yixiu truly wished time could stand still, allowing her to forever possess this comfort, peace, and beauty.

After returning to Guiyuan, she quietly went back to Lianxiang Water Pavilion, cleaned herself up, changed her clothes and shoes, and then went to Wangjiang Building to meet her stepmother.

Qian Yeejin had finished school and was already there, and then they, along with Ming Wa and Jingjing, went to the main house. As soon as they entered the main house, the siblings were hit by such staggering news that they burnt with indignation and were unable to calm down.

Cheng Yue hadn’t even entered the room when she heard so much noisy chatter, she decided to take the two children back to Wangjiang Building.

The trouble originated from Qian Mandua’s parents’ home, the Old Li Family. Normally, the Qian family wouldn’t meddle in their affairs, but this issue was derived from Qian Yixiu’s cannon testing incident.

Across the Hong River, a few miles west of Hong Bridge, there was a town called Shili Town, built alongside the river. Yesterday morning, a sudden "thunderclap" was heard, followed by a billow of gunpowder smoke on the other shore. The townspeople were terrified, thinking this was the heavens’ wrath, punishing mankind. They all knelt down and kowtowed toward the smoke.

In the town, there was a big landlord known as Landlord Ma who also witnessed the terrifying scene. He didn’t think it was the heavens’ anger, but rather the River God of Hong River’s wrath. Thus, he offered thirty taels of silver, claiming he wanted to buy a pair of children, a boy and a girl, to sacrifice to the River God.

Thirty taels of silver, twenty for the boy and ten for the girl.

The second son of the Li family happened to be in the town gambling all night with a few ruffians. His luck was bad, and he lost over eight hundred coins. He left cursing and thinking about how to raise money at home when he heard this "good" news.

Finding a pillow when feeling sleepy, he gleefully ran home to discuss it with his mother, Grandma Li. Ten taels of silver, that was the price of two acres of land, and Grandma Li was also delighted to nod in agreement.

After leaving the main house, Li Laoer first went to his room to get a piece of rock sugar, then went to the backyard to find Li Ahcao, who had just finished feeding the pigs. He said with a smile, "Ah Cao, have some rock sugar, it’s very sweet."

Although Li Ahcao was somewhat stunned and couldn’t understand why her usually fierce second uncle suddenly offered her a smile and sugar, she wiped her small dirty hands on her clothes, took the sugar, and stuffed it into her mouth. Indeed, it was very sweet, so sweet that it made her squint her eyes.

Li Laoer then said, "I saw your uncle in Shili Town. He bought some won tons at a restaurant and asked me to take you there to eat."

Li Ahcao felt that the person in this world who loved her most was her uncle. Only her uncle was always kind to her, only her uncle would visit her during New Year or her birthday, would bring her tasty food, and watch her eat without letting anyone else snatch it away.

Hearing that her uncle was waiting for her in Shili Town, she didn’t think too much and followed Li Laoer to Shili Town.

When Li Laoer came back in the late afternoon, he told Li Manduo the truth and gave her one tael of silver. Although Li Manduo didn’t like that girl who was as dark and ugly as Li Shuanzi, she didn’t want her daughter to be sold to sacrifice to the River God and started making a big fuss at home, saying she would get Li Ahcao back.

Enraged, Grandma Li, along with the wives of Eldest Li and Li Laoer, locked Li Manduo up. They had also planned to lock up Li Ahcai, but Li Ahcai stood with them. He even tried to comfort Qian Mandua, "Mom, stop making a fuss. Maybe after my sister is sacrificed to the River God, the god could bless Dad to come home safely, or I might become a general like my uncle Manjiang."

Li Laoer was overjoyed and said, "Good boy, you’ve finally done something that pleases me."

During dinner, he even gave Li Ahcai two pieces of chicken and a bowl of chicken soup.

The Li family was still worried Li Ahcai would go back to the Old Qian Family to report the situation, so they kept a close watch on him and didn’t allow him to go out. From early this morning, Grandma Li, Eldest Li’s family, and Li Laoer’s family had been arguing all day about how to split the silver and even started fighting in the late afternoon. That was when Li Ahcai found the chance to steal away.

He ran desperately to his maternal grandfather’s house in Huaxi Village and tearfully recounted how his sister was sold to Shili Town to be sacrificed to the River God and how his mother was locked up. At the same time, he shared how, after Li Shuanzi left, Li Laoer had tried several times at night to harass Li Manduo, only to be scared away by Li Ahcai wielding a stick. Li Laoer held a grudge against Li Ahcai and often looked for excuses to beat him. Lifting his shirt, his body was crisscrossed with many bruises and welts.