However, the person with the big thick leg she held in her arms did not speak or move. However, her grandparents and the madam also paused for a moment and did not move forward to grab him.

She was disappointed, knowing that she might have recognized the wrong person, because she didn't know if she had run a hundred meters.

She quickly stood up and continued running under the most crowded banyan tree in the village, crying loudly as she ran, hoping to attract the attention of the well-wishers in the village and get help.

But she was really small and weak, and she was caught up in a short time.

Just when Yao Dashi was about to catch her, the big thick leg just now stopped in front of little Nini.

Pulling the little girl with tears on her face and ragged clothes behind her, Patriarch Yan, who was wearing an old and patched gown, blocked the three people in front of him.

"Are you going to sell such a young girl to a brothel? Mr. Yao, your family is one of the richest families in the village, with dozens of acres of fertile land. Why is it like this?" A sonorous and powerful voice said.

The name of the patriarch of the old Yan family is Yan Zheqing. Everyone in the village gives him a thumbs up. He was a successful boy at the age of eleven and a scholar at the age of seventeen. He was ranked first in Qinghe County. I think he was the youngest in Qingliu County back then. Scholar.

Back then, he was the glory of the entire Qingliu County, but he was personally received by the county magistrate.

At that time, the villagers in Taohua Village felt that there was smoke coming from the ancestral graves in the village, and thought that a big shot was going to be born in the village, and at the worst, they would be elected. However, they did not expect that from that year on, Patriarch Yan started to have bad luck.

In the first year of the examination, my old father passed away and I missed the autumn period. Two years later, my old mother also died. It took a lot of money to observe mourning for several years.

Four years later, when I went out to take the exam again, I encountered bandits on the road and my leg was chopped off. The treatment of the leg ruined my family fortune.

The fourth time I arrived in Shengjing safely, but I fell seriously ill again and couldn't even enter the examination room.

After marrying a daughter-in-law and having grandchildren, the family became increasingly poor, and everything went wrong. The family went from being a wealthy family with dozens of acres of fertile land to only five shabby houses and three acres of thin farmland, and became a real poor family in the village. , all the ancestral property was lost in his hands.

The family lived in a dilapidated house, and grandchildren were born one after another. Everyone in the family was sallow and skinny, and they couldn't finish a meal. If he insisted on rushing for the exam, he would really lose face, so he took the initiative to put down his figure and stopped taking exams.

The people in the clan respected the scholar and initially chose him as the clan leader. However, seeing that his family was plagued by bad luck every day, the villagers, worried that he would be implicated, complained a lot and did not go near their home.

Patriarch Yan, who had grown from a smug boy in his youth to an old man who had experienced a lifetime of ups and downs, became disheartened and resigned, so he took the initiative to resign as the patriarch and applied to become a teacher at a private school in a neighboring village.

He earns one tael of silver a month to support his family. Although he is only forty-eight years old, he has experienced sixty-eight years of vicissitudes. In order to distinguish him from the current patriarch, people in the village are used to respectfully calling him "Old Patriarch".

Mr. Yao still wanted to save face, especially when he saw the scholar in front of him, Patriarch Yan, and lowered his head. His two eldest grandsons were still students of Patriarch Yan.

No matter how much the people in the village gossiped behind their backs about how Patriarch Yan carried Shi, they still treated him respectfully on the surface.

"Mr. Yan made me laugh. My little granddaughter is disobedient and I want to teach her a lesson." Old lady Yao said as she wanted to snatch little Nini away.

Little Nini couldn't believe them anymore and hugged Patriarch Yan's thigh tightly: "They are not teaching me a lesson, they really want to sell me to a brothel and give me all the money."

Little Nini cried so hard that she was out of breath, knowing that most likely the old patriarch was her savior.

Patriarch Yan looked at the heavily made-up madam next to him. How could he believe what they said: "You need a brothel's madam to teach a child. Are you asking a brothel's madam to teach you a lesson?"

He originally wanted to sell his granddaughter behind closed doors because of his face, but now that he has taken all the money, Mr. Yao just wants to settle the matter quickly and no longer wants to give Mr. Yan the face. He said firmly: "Even if you sell your child, it will be ours." Regarding family matters, Mr. Yan should go back and take care of his own children."

Patriarch Yan has read a lot of books about sages. The bad luck of more than 20 years has polished his spirit. He usually tries to reduce his presence in the village and keeps a low profile. Now he finally speaks out for justice. How can he see others selling his own children? Children into a pit of fire?

If they were selling their children to make a living as child brides or maids, that would be fine. Now they were talking about selling them into a brothel. Moreover, Mrs. Yao’s family was not a poor family in the village. They had fifty acres of fertile land and lived in a house. His house was also built with blue bricks and large tiles. How could he be forced to sell his granddaughter?

But Patriarch Yan is used to bad luck, and he doesn't do things as confidently as he did when he was young, and he is also worried that he can't take care of such noisy matters.

But little Nini is really too pitiful. Her crying face and big black and white pure eyes show timidity and pleading, just like a dying stray cat.

Little Nini is as thin as a bamboo pole, with a chin as sharp as an awl, and a very smart little face that makes anyone feel distressed when they look at it. How could the Yao family be willing to sell such a small child!

Patriarch Yan was angry: "You can sell it to others, but you can't sell it to a brothel. Otherwise, it will be our Taohua Village's problem, and the reputation of Taohua Village will be ruined. Otherwise, I will file a complaint and take you to the county." Go to the office."

Gradually, all the villagers who gathered around knew that although Patriarch Yan was in dire straits, he would still be able to speak a few words if he could let go of his old face and find the county government.

"What a sin! My family is also a scholar, how could I do such a thing?"

"According to me, they should be sued so that the Yao family will have a long memory."

"Call the village chief and clan chief and ask them to uphold justice, otherwise no one would dare to marry into Peach Blossom Village!"

Seeing the public outrage, Mr. Yao lowered his head, but still said stiffly: "Mr. Yan, why bother meddling in such nosy matters."

Patriarch Yan said to the madam with a straight face: "If you don't leave, I will write a lawsuit against you right now. The law of the Dasheng Dynasty stipulates that young children cannot be bought or sold."

The madam saw that the momentum was not right, and many people in the village gathered around her. All of a sudden, everyone around them was blaming her, Mrs. Yao and Mrs. Yao, but she couldn't bear to leave little Nini in her heart, and her eyes rolled around a few times. After seeing that there was no solution, he spat at the position of the old patriarch a few times, and then left unwillingly, cursing all the way.

"I'm so unlucky today, how could I meet such a nosy old dog!"

The madam left, but did not return the ten taels of silver to the Yao family. She thought that if she was still unwilling, she would definitely come back to kidnap little Nini.

Old man Yao and old woman Yao were livid and very angry, but they did not dare to curse old patriarch Yan in front of the whole village, so they could only stare and scold little Nini: "What are you hiding from, you idiot? Why don't you hurry up and give it to me?" Go home."

But little Nini was scared to death, and she held on to the old patriarch's hand tightly and refused to let go. She was determined not to go back, even if the transshipment space forced her to go through fire and water in the future.

Old Mrs. Yao got angry and tried to drag Little Nini back. She also cursed and pointed at Sang and Huai: "You are a scheming little bitch. Who would dare to want you except a brothel? Our family is so rich that we need to be the top scholar. But he can’t let you, an unlucky thing like you, affect his fortune. No one dares to buy you and raise him, so he’ll mind his own business, you idiot.”

The old woman was used to doing farm work and was quite strong. She pinched her so hard that little Nini kept crying: "Mistress, please don't pinch me, it hurts."

The people in the village just couldn't see what the Yao family was doing, and naturally they didn't dare to take Nini back. They didn't have enough to eat these days, so how could they dare to add anything to the family?

What's more, old lady Yao scolds Little Nini as a broom star and a disaster star every day. No one knows whether it is because no one wants to be as unlucky as the old patriarch's family.

Mr. Yao lost face in the village. He grabbed a stick from nowhere and swung it directly at Little Nini. The pain made Little Nini jump. Under the shabby clothes, there were old and new wounds, all of which were scars. The bloodstains and bruises were shocking.

Patriarch Yan couldn't help but drag Xiao Nini behind him again: "Did you just sell your granddaughter for ten taels of silver?"

"Which villager will help me get paper and pen? I will write you an IOU now. I bought this child." After saying that, the children ran home. There are still some children in the village who go to private schools in neighboring villages. I have paper and pen at home.

After signing the purchase and sale contract, the two Yao family members had their fingerprints pressed, and several villagers onlookers and the village chief who had just arrived were asked to witness it. Chief Yan, amidst the sighs of the villagers, took little Nini and walked home. .

The villagers all felt that the old patriarch was acting on his own initiative. Village Chief Yao also sighed behind him. He didn't want to bring this matter to the Yamen, otherwise the reputation of Taohua Village would be ruined, so he scolded Mrs. Yao and let them go.

"Ding, the master's request for help was successful. He owes a thousand gold coins, which must be repaid within a month." A baby voice sounded in Little Nini's ears for the second time.

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