The person Wen Ran saw was a woman from the same village, Auntie Yongfu. She rolled her eyes and said:
"Aunt Yongfu, what's the matter?"
"There is a big issue! Your mother and your granny ruined a suit of clothes that cost the landlord's family dozens of yuan, and they want your family to pay the money. You better go now! Or else they'll get into trouble!"
Widening her eyes, Wen Ran with a pale face and red eyes, raised her voice and asked, "Really, how much money do they want?"
The family has already lost all the money !
"I don't know, but the clothes were custom-made from a tailor in town. One piece cost more than fifty yuan! Some are even more expensive! I'm telling you, you've suffered a great loss. Your mother and granny better explain this to the family soon! If not, you'll be in real trouble. I just came from the family's house. The house keeper is furious and told us to demand compensation from you. If not, she'll take it to the village committee, or even the town's mediation office."
Aunt Yongfu is a famous gossip monger woman in the village. Wandering around here and there and if there is any gossip, she knows the fastest!
Aunt Yongfu left these words and was about to turn around and go home for dinner.
There was a slight smell of chicken porridge in the air, and she sniffed deeply.
'I don't know who made the chicken porridge it is so fragrant that the smell drifted to the end of the village.'
She smelled the scent of chicken porridge, and she was croaking with hunger.
Aunt Yongfu had doubt that it was the chicken porridge made by Wennuan Home. Her family was dragged down by the illness and the family often ate chaffy vegetables. How could there be chicken porridge!
Fortunately, she had doubts, otherwise she would have definitely stayed and eat.
Wen Ran stood there trembling, tears welling up in her eyes. She turned and went back to her sister.
After hearing the conversation, Wen Nuan came over from inside and saw Wen Ran at the door. She approached her and whispered, "Sister, are you okay? What happened?"
"Hm? Oh, someone said that mom and grandma have torn clothes of the feng family and we have to pay the money otherwise they will take this matter to the committee. Aunt said they wanted it quickly, and everything in our house is cheap what will we sell? Can we sell the chicken porridge? "
"How much would a chicken even cost? And how much would the soup cost?"
"Don't worry, don't rush. Mom and Grandma just had a bit of a dispute with someone, they had washed clothes for so many years maybe it's all a misunderstanding." Wen Nuan tried to calm the situation.
The child was frightened by the words of few silvers.
"Oh."
The two rushed to Feng's house in the neighboring village by running.
Wu's brought Wen Ran here before, so she knows the way.
At this time, in the courtyard of the back door of the big house where Feng Dizhu's family lived, a woman yelled at Wang and Wu, "What's going on now? You just washed that outfit. When I gave it to you before, there was nothing wrong with it. Don't lie and say there was a problem. It was perfectly fine! . This is my lady's new autumn dress this year, and she hasn't worn it once!Two taels of silver, hurry up! If you can't pay then accompany me to the court!"
Wu looked anxious: "Auntie, I really didn't lie. I just picked up this dress, and before I started washing it, I found it torned. It really wasn't me who washed the clothes torn. If I did it I will recognize it naturally."
Wang stood patiently on the side, and said in a low voice: "Sister Qian, I can testify about this. This dress was really torn when I picked it up! Could it be damaged when you bought it? You also know that we have been washing clothes for so long, and there has never been such a thing."
"Bah, when I bought this dress, there was no problem at all. I checked it once before handing it to you, and there was no problem at all! Don't deny it, just pay for it!" Said Madam Qian the housekeeper of the feng house.
Wennuan and Wenran ran to Wang and Wu.
Wen Ran: "Grandma, mother."
Wu's expression changed: "How come you're here?"
Wennuan was panting, she slowly said: "Grandma, mother, why didn't you come home to eat?"
When Mrs.Wang saw Nuannuan, sweating profusely, she was shocked!
This girl just got little better, so why did she ran over, she quickly took out a veil and wiped the sweat on her forehead: "Why are you here? Ranran why did you bring your third sister here!"
Granny Wang's tone was a bit fierce.
Wen Ran also thought of third sister's health at this time, and her face turned paler in fright, and she was speechless for a while.
Wennuan hurriedly pulled Wang's sleeves: "Grandma, don't blame sister, I want to come by myself."
"You child, why are you not obedient! You should stay at home and keep your body healthy." Mrs. Wang is reluctant to scold nuannuan, since she was weak and sick since she was a child, which makes people feel distressed.
Wu stood on the other side to Wennnuan smoothing her back. The child has grown so old but she didn't even walk a few steps faster, let alone run away. She was worried that the her body could not stand it, and she could not afford to be sick again, so she hurriedly said: " Wenran, take your sister home quickly."
Wennnuan saw them nervous and tried to placate them and said: "Mother, I'm fine, why haven't you and grandma came home since it is so late?"
Ms. Qian's gaze swept between Wen Nuan and Wen Ran, as if evaluating their value like goods. Her heart filled with joy, and she laughed:Your mother has washed my lady's clothes torn. If you want your mother and grandma to go home soon, then you can quickly pay two taels of silver! If you don't have money, I think your little girl is a good match. If you allow her to be a child bride for my son then , I will pay you the two taels of silver! You can continue to do the work of the landlord's family in the future."
Mrs. Qian pointed to Wen Ran. As for Wennuan, when she saw Wang and Wu were so nervous, she might be the diseased seedling, the god of plague, who is well-known for many miles and eight villages, she didn't dare to ask for it!
In fact, the reason she wanted this girl as a child bride-in-law was because this Wu's eldest daughter was a child bride-in-law for Qian Xiucai's family in their village.
She often goes to the fields, do activities like farming, washing and cooking, raising pigs, all the housechores at home are also done by her alone!
And she has a very good temperament. Every day she is beaten and scolded by Qian Xiucai, but she doesn't dare to say anything.
Qian Xiucai is unemployed, so she just sits there and eats every day.
She looked indescribably envious! I would like to have such a child bride-in-law, sitting at home every day, enjoying the good fortune.
Ms. Qian knew that they had absolutely no money to pay!
'I heard that there is a plague in this family. In order to treat her illness, the family sold houses and land and sold people, the family was destroyed.'
Yesterday, her daughter accidentally cut a small hole in Miss's clothes.The cost of clothes were two taels of silver which is her salary for half a year, so she cannot afford to lose it! Since It happened to be the day when Wang and Wu came to wash the clothes, so she tore the hole a little bit bigger with her hands and laid it on them.
They have money to pay, but they don't want to pay, and her daughter doesn't have to be afraid of being punished by the young lady.
And since the Wen's don't have the money to pay for it, there will be a child bride in their own family.A child bride worth two taels of silver isn't a bad deal. In the future, she will be able to do nothing like Xiucai's.
She is so smart, she can think of the best of both worlds!.
Wen Ran's face turned pale, and she subconsciously hid behind Wu's. She didn't want to be a child bride and leave home.
But if there is no money to pay then ...
Wen Ran glanced at Wennuan: Third sister is not in good health, so she can't be a child bride. If she goes to someone else's house, she will definitely be disliked.
But, two taels of silver, how can their family be able to afford it?
Wu shi shielded Wen Ran behind her: "Impossible, don't u dare have any thoughts of letting Wenran become child bride ! I didn't wash the clothes. I haven't started to wash them yet, they're just soaked in water! I won't pay for the silver!"
"Don't get me wrong! If you don't let her be my daughter-in-law, then you will have to pay money! If you don't pay money, I will report to the official!" Madam Qian looked at the timid Wen Ran who was hiding behind Wu's, and the more she looked, the more satisfied she became!
It's good to be timid, and only the timid can be tamed she thought.