Chapter 407: Ruthless (1)_1
The Tang Family’s house was situated towards the back of the village. Due to the lack of labor in the Tang Family, when they were settled in Liu Yang Village last year, they only built a narrow three-room thatched cottage. It seemed quite pitiable compared to the spacious cottages of their neighbors.
Though the weather was very cold, the commotion caused by the Tang Family’s selling of their daughter was too great, drawing all the surrounding villagers to come and watch. Now, the Tang Family’s doorstep was surrounded by people, three layers deep on the outside. The thick snow on the ground was trampled down quite a bit, leaving behind yellowish-brown mud footprints.
"Mother Yu, it’s not that I’m boasting, but my little girl has been beautiful since she was young. Back in our hometown, all the boys in the village loved talking to her. I had hoped to raise her well and find her a good marriage, but we are so poor we can’t even lift the lid off our pot. Otherwise, why would I bear to send her away?"
In the main room, Tang Yushi was disingenuously wiping away her tears, praising her stepdaughter’s beauty to Mother Niu, who specialized in scouting girls for the brothel, as if to say, just add a bit more silver because the girl is pretty!
"I understand what you mean, but the girl’s beauty might be alright in a backwater like this. It doesn’t amount to much in bigger places," said the woman known as Mother Yu, pulling the corner of her eye and giving Tang Xin a sidelong glance, while she spoke undistinguished words but her heart was extremely satisfied.
She looked down on Tang Yushi’s greedy display, but this was how she lived a life of luxury. Moreover, the girl truly had a good look. Such merchandise was highly sought after in the famous establishments, and she stood to make a tidy profit.
"Mother Yu, I’m a straightforward person, speaking straightforward words. What the girl looks like isn’t a mystery, like lice on a monk’s head. If you are sincere, at least give me a straight answer, right?"