Traveling to ancient times, with space

Chapter 16 Beating the Autumn Wind

After Wang Xiaohua returned from the mountain, she did not tell Wang Dahua the method Su Yue had taught her. Instead, when she went to call them to eat, she overheard her second aunt persuading her grandmother to sell her and her sister to a slave trader.

She was just young and had never left the village, but she wasn't stupid. There were many gossipy women in the village, and she would always hear them say that selling a human trafficker would result in being sold to some or some other place.

After getting the knife, Wang Dahua was heartbroken by her parents' reaction. In this family, she and her second sister were the only ones who were equally pitiful.

When Wang Xiaohua saw that her older sister had gone crazy, she disregarded everything else and joined the crazy group.

While chaos reigned in the Wang family's courtyard, the villagers simply watched from the sidelines, with no one offering to help.

Some people not only don't help, but they also say they're selling something at a loss and then they just sell it.

The farce dragged on until midnight before Village Chief Su arrived and brought the chaos to an end.

Su Yue had gone back to her room to sleep when the Wang family was in chaos, unaware that the rest of the Su family had watched the whole thing.

Uncle Su was still relieved that Su Yue only hit people a little hard, but he didn't expect that the two girls next door would go crazy and slash people indiscriminately. Look at the Wang family members, all of whom were covered in blood.

When Su Yue woke up early in the morning, she noticed that her second uncle was unusually attentive, and she knew perfectly well why.

Su Yue quite enjoyed being waited on, and the Su family also treated her with some kindness.

After eating the black flour pancakes made by Aunt Su, Uncle Su and I walked to the town.

Su Yue didn't want to force herself to eat dark-colored food every day; she wanted to eat better.

The two walked for more than an hour without stopping, heading straight for Uncle Su's house.

However, due to the drought, the pickle shop run by Aunt Su's family was so bad that there wasn't a single customer.

The two arrived at Liu's pickle shop, only to find that Uncle Su was the only one there.

Hearing someone enter the shop, Uncle Su quickly came out from behind the counter, afraid that the customer he had finally managed to get would leave again. When he looked up, he saw that it was his second brother.

"Hey, what wind blew Second Brother here? This is...is this Xiaoyue? She's grown so tall." Uncle Su said sarcastically.

He wondered if these two were trying to freeload off him. He decided to be careful.

"Third brother, what are you saying? Can't your second brother come to see you even when there's nothing wrong? You know life in the village isn't easy!" Uncle Su began to play the victim.

Su Yue echoed her second uncle, saying, "That's right! Third Uncle, the village is almost starving. My second uncle and I plan to stay here for a few days until the drought is over before returning to the village."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Su's face immediately fell. He said, "Second Brother, we made a deal back then that Yue'er would be raised by your family. How can you go back on your word?"

"Cough cough~" Uncle Su pretended to cough awkwardly, then turned to the side and looked around the pickle shop.

Seeing her second uncle's guilty look, Su Yue knew she couldn't count on him.

Without even glancing at Uncle Su, he walked straight to the counter, smashed it to pieces with a punch, shook his hand, and gave Uncle Su one last look.

Uncle Su's face turned green instantly. Who would have thought that this little girl, whom he hadn't seen for so long, would be so strong?

He was the only one in the shop today. He couldn't beat them, so he went to get some food and thought he could get rid of them.

Su Yue was somewhat dissatisfied that her Uncle Su was trying to get rid of her with such a small amount of food after walking such a long way.

Think back to when they sold the original owner's father's house and divided the money, why didn't they mention that it all went to the original owner?

Dissatisfied, Su Yue dragged her third uncle behind the counter and gave him a good beating.

Uncle Su was unwilling, but he dared not show it on his face. He had already given away the grain, so why was he still beaten?

Su Yue patted her clothes.

Seeing that Uncle Su San still didn't understand, Uncle Su Er leaned over to remind him, "Yue Yatou means that the clothes are old and should be replaced with new ones."

Uncle Su then understood what it meant and quickly took out half a stack of money from the counter.

Su Yue looked at this half-string of cash; was it meant to be given to a beggar?

"Second Uncle, it's almost noon. Why don't we have lunch at Third Uncle's place before we leave? I heard that the people in town have plenty to eat and drink, and they can eat chicken, duck, fish and meat every day. Let's try it today."

Uncle Su was really asking for an exorbitant amount. In those days, apart from a few wealthy families, anyone in the town who could afford to eat their fill every day was already thanking their lucky stars.

Fearing that Su Yue would really stay, he cruelly took out a one-tael piece of silver from the counter and put it in Su Yue's hand.

"Yueya, look, there's no business in this shop. Your third uncle's family is also struggling. Go buy some clothes for yourself first. When your second uncle's shop is doing better, I'll invite you to come and play at your third uncle's house."

Su Yue then led her second uncle away from the pickle shop, knowing that she couldn't squeeze the pickles too dry at once, otherwise she wouldn't be able to extract any more oil later.

After leaving the pickle shop, Su Yue took her second uncle to the cloth shop first, where they spent 230 coins to buy two cotton undershirts, a grass-green outer garment, and a piece of cloth in the same color as the undershirts.

There was plenty of fabric in the space, so Su Yue only bought one or two pieces to wear first, and then she could have someone make more for her later.

Finally, she took Uncle Su to the grain shop and found that the price of fine rice had risen to 120 coins per catty. Su Yue exclaimed: "I can't afford it! I can't afford it!"

Even the black flour that usually sells for 12 yuan a pound has risen to 25 yuan a pound, more than doubling in price.

The Su family had three half-grown sons. As the saying goes, half-grown sons eat their fathers out of house and home. They didn't have much food to begin with, so how could they afford to eat so much?

In the end, Uncle Su spent 500 coins to buy 20 catties of black flour, which he carried and followed behind Su Yue.

As soon as they left the grain shop, Uncle Su began to complain to Su Yue: "The grain shop owner is really heartless. This black flour used to only sell for twelve coins a pound, and fine rice for thirty-four coins a pound. It hasn't been long, and now... he's really heartless."

Su Yue didn't respond to him. She was hungry and wanted to eat the noodles she had eaten in town the other day, but she had walked almost the entire street without seeing a noodle stall.

In the end, she could only buy ten sesame seed cakes. She ate them as she walked out of town, not wanting to walk back. She didn't want to tire herself out and stunt her growth.

Uncle Su couldn't stop Su Yue either, so he had to pay six coins for the two of them to take the oxcart back to the village.

Upon returning to the Su family home, Su Erbao and Su Xiaobao immediately came up to Su Yue and chattered away in her ear.

Su Dabao was actually reading a book under the jujube tree in the yard, but his mind was elsewhere!

He still can't quite let go of his feelings; he tries to curry favor with Su Yue with the pitiful pride of a scholar, and when he sees her come back, he grabs his book and tries to go inside.

Before anyone could enter, Su Yue called out to him, "Big cousin, I have a deal for you. Are you willing to do it?"

Su Yue wanted to learn the characters of this dynasty; she didn't want to be illiterate—that feeling was too unpleasant.

It's absolutely unacceptable to send a student who received nine years of compulsory education in modern times here to be completely blind, not knowing when she'll be sold out and then having to count the money for the seller.