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Thirteen years ago, a hunter who went hunting in the mountains met a woman carrying a baby in her arms. The woman's complexion was very bad, she only said that her family had been persecuted by the adulterers, so she had no choice but to take her children and avoid the city.
"Benefactor, my heartless mother-in-law will definitely not allow this child to live. The little girl was found by them, but she was only locked up for a few meals. But if the child was found by them, then there was absolutely no way to survive! I hope that benefactor can save this child. In the future, Shen Xuan will definitely thank you! "
Hunter was a soft-hearted person. After hesitating for a while, he accepted the baby.
"Shen Xuan still has some important things to pass to benefactor …"
Chapter 1 Unmarried Women
October. The autumn wind was blowing. Leaves fell from the trees in the mountain. From time to time, small animals would pass through the forest in preparation for winter.
There was a sturdy wooden house surrounded by a fence in a slightly flat clearing halfway up the mountain on the west side of the Thousand Life Mountain. The wooden house was not big, about three rooms, one for the grandfather-grandson pair, one for the living room, and two bedrooms. In front of the house, there was a small shed built into the empty space to serve as the kitchen. The firewood was neatly stacked under the wattled fencing. The firewood was as tall as a person and showed how hardworking the owner of the house was.
At this moment, a voice came from the living room.
"Second Uncle, Second Aunt, please go back. I won't become any kind of aunt." A round-faced girl with a tender face said impatiently to a middle-aged man and woman sitting in the living room.
"She Miao, your aunt and uncle are all thinking for your sake! What's wrong with that landowner's house! Not to mention being an aunt's mistress, even his family's little girl would have a good time. There are new clothes on every season of the year, and it's not as good as digging in the ground for food. " The young girl's Second Aunt, Madame Zhao, tried to persuade her earnestly with a face full of regret, "If my family's Spring Flower could be taken fancy to, I would have married her long ago!"
She Miao sneered, "Aunt, don't lie to me. Who didn't know that only the main wife would formally carry the bridal sedan chair and marry, while the concubines were all casually carried in through the side door? "Aunt is not exactly a marriage." Without waiting for Mrs Zhao to refute, she quickly said, "I, however, have to get my husband, his wife, his wife, and the palanquins to come and marry me before I'm willing to nod my head!"
Lady Zhao's triangular eyes narrowed, and her plump lips pressed up and down. With a smirk, she said, "What an ignorant little girl! Your family can't even afford a dowry, which family has a palanquin to carry you? Even the second pockmarked brat from Posterior Mountain Village wanted you to make two thin quilts and a thick jacket for your own wedding before pulling a donkey to marry you! Er Linzi's mother was only willing to pay two taels of silver, but that Zhang Family was even willing to pay ten taels! The betrothal gift is also given with good silk and cotton cloth, sugar biscuit, fruits, chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep. These are all for you, so you don't need to put up any other dowry! " Mrs Zhao stretched out a palm and flipped it over, her eyes shining brightly. Actually, the price of Zhang Family was twenty silvers, which was more than half what her family wanted to say.
"I won't go even if it's fifty taels!" She Miao said angrily. She had asked many of the men who came to collect mountain goods for information. These men had obtained good mountain goods, fur and other valuable items, but they were all meant to be sold to rich people, who had a lot of hidden secrets. Occasionally, she would go down the mountain to buy some food for her daily use. She even heard that someone's concubine in the city had been killed, or someone's concubine had been sold while the master wasn't around! Wasn't this worse than a cat or dog? In any case, she wouldn't call her family's Da Huang. She didn't think she would sell it.
Big Yellow seemed to have felt the little master's intentions. He lied down at the little master's feet and wagged his tail to please him.
He touched Big Yellow's dog head, picked up a yellow apple from the table, and stuffed it into Big Yellow's mouth. Big Yellow bit down hard.
"Father, look, this girl doesn't know what's good for his …" Second Uncle Tian faced the old man who sat at the side without making a sound.
Old Man Tian opened his drooping eyelids and waved his hand. "Since Nannan is unwilling then I will not go."
"Father!" The seedlings were already fourteen! If we don't set an agreement, it will be even more difficult to find a wife! " Mrs Zhao grumbled in dissatisfaction.
Old Man Tian still didn't nod. He felt that sending Nannan to be an aunt was not good, as this was his eldest brother's only daughter so no matter what, he must choose a good marriage.
Second Uncle Tian knew that he couldn't settle this matter today and left unhappily.
"Lady Zhao thought of the missing ten taels of silver and felt a heartache. She then fiercely spat on the ground." Pui! Father is still protecting that bastard! Let's see how many more years he can live for! When the time comes and he leaves, we'll still have to think of a way to make him pay! "