manynovel Chapter 113 The Oldest Son and Grandson Were Sold
Chapter 113 The Oldest Son and Grandson Were Sold
"Sister-in-law, there is no precedent in our Jiang family of forcing women of good families into slavery. If this gets out, it will bring shame to our Jiang family." The patriarch immediately refused.
"The Gao family is happy to work like a slave to pay off their debts. After all, they have become rich and powerful, so they will need servants in the future. It is better to buy their own people than others. With the indentures in their hands, they deserve to be beaten and scolded. Even if they are asked to die, they will not complain."
The old lady's legs were weak, but her eyes were firm.
"Although my daughter-in-law is also a member of my Gao family, it is not easy for me to make the decision. I am an old woman with no strength and can't do any work, so I won't make trouble. She will take care of her own life and death in the future, and will have nothing to do with Gao Shan anymore. If you don't want them, then sell them and it has nothing to do with me anymore."
"Mom?" Gao Shan was heartbroken and burst into tears.
"Grandma! It's all my fault!" At this moment, Gao Shuisheng finally shed tears of regret.
: "Has this old lady lost her mind? Why did she sell all her sons, grandchildren and grandchildren?"
"I think this is the smart thing for the old lady to do. You don't know that the story of the daughter-in-law from the mountain going back to her parents' home to borrow food has spread everywhere these days, but no one has surplus food these days! My brother and sister-in-law have to live, right? They can't borrow food, and the family has been hungry for two days. Yesterday I saw them chewing on tree roots."
: "So miserable? No wonder he said he was going to die! What a sin! But this is also Gao Shan's own fault."
Jiang Youzhen sighed. You really can't underestimate this old lady. It's really a waste of her talent to stay here! Why wasn't she born in a deep mansion? This house fighting ability is awesome.
"This? That won't do!" The clan leader still disagreed. They thought that if they bought someone from the same village and made him a servant, it would not sound good to tell others about it.
"I beg the Jiang family to help me and give our Gao family a way out." The old lady said as she was about to kneel down again.
Aunt Ya stopped him when she saw this and refused to let him kneel down.
Jiang Youzhen sighed. It seemed that sending the case to the authorities was impossible, but he absolutely could not just let the matter go.
"Alas! It's not that I want to be aggressive, it's just that Gao Shuisheng is here and I'm afraid he'll kill me. If he really comes to my house, I'll be even more nervous, right? I think he's very unconvinced!"
"It's not difficult! Anyway, the lives of the three of them are in your hands. If they dare to make a move, you should be the first to kill them. If you are still worried, Gao Shan's wife is here, and so is I. You don't have to do anything. I will do it myself without saying a word. If you kill them, I will hit my head and die."
The old lady was determined to give these three people to the Jiang family. Jiang Youzhen wanted to refuse again, but Gao Shuisheng suddenly crawled towards Jiang Youzhen with great effort.
Shen quickly pulled Jiang Youzhen behind her, looking alert.
Unexpectedly, this boy slowly knelt up and started to kowtow to Jiang Youzhen without saying a word.
The noise was really loud. The ancestral hall was paved with stone slabs. With such a loud noise, wouldn't the person's head be broken and bleeding?
Jiang Youzhen leaned his head out to look. The boy said nothing but kowtowed quickly and loudly without any hesitation.
After a few strokes, there were a lot of blood stains on the floor.
"Oh! Get up quickly, what are you doing?" Shen quickly stretched out her foot and placed it on the place where Shuisheng was kowtowing.
"I have worked like a slave for you all my life. I know I was wrong. But I am responsible for my own actions. They are implicated by me."
Then he turned around and knocked in another place, again making the same bang-bang sound, which made Jiang Youzhen stroke his forehead and sigh.
This boy is pretty stubborn, but he's nice to his sister.
Guozi rushed forward and hugged Shuisheng, "Let me be your slave, just sign my indenture contract!"
At this moment, Gaoshan's family all started crying, looking miserable.
"If I had known this would happen, why did I do it in the first place?" The clan leader sighed, then waved towards Jiang Youzhen.
"I think this is feasible! Anyway, you have to study in the future, so you have to find some trustworthy servants. They have the leverage over you, and they can restrain each other and dare not have any bad intentions.
I can't be wrong about him. Gao Shuisheng is a bit stubborn, but he is also stubborn and sticks to his guns. He is loyal to his family, but a little stupid. But if you teach him well, he can be a help to you in the future."
Hmm? Jiang Youzhen was a little confused. When did she say she was going to study?
"Well! My sister said I want to study~" Jiang Youzhen explained.
"Didn't I discuss with your father before that we would send you to a private school after the spring? It's settled. I think you are a good student and you can't let it go to waste. I'm not wrong. You can study without worry. If you don't have money, our clan can get some for you."
When Jiang Youzhen heard the clan leader's words, he immediately felt that this matter needed to be explained clearly.
"Grandpa Patriarch! I am not interested in this! I like making money, not studying. Thank you for your kindness, but I am afraid I will let you down."
"If you want to make money, you have to learn to read, right? I heard that you are learning to read from the boy from the Tong family. He is going to take the imperial examination. Don't bother him all the time. Why not pay some tuition and go to a private school to learn?"
The clan leader patted Jiang Youzhen on the shoulder. "Ah? No!" Jiang Youzhen hurriedly grabbed the clan leader's sleeve, but he turned around and asked someone to get the indenture from Gao Shan's mother. Since it's been delivered, I'll take it all.
I don't need to learn this! I know those words very well!
However, Jiang Youzhen's opinion was not accepted at all! He is so insignificant that his words are not taken into account!
This farce started with a bang and ended with a thunderclap. The fact that the Gao Shan family was sold to the Jiang family as servants was worth talking about for a long time by the aunts and uncles.
The topics of conversation after dinner made them eat two more bowls of rice at every meal, and even the rice and noodles at home were almost finished early.
Jiang Youzhen felt a little headache when he saw the Gao family members following him. He took another look at the contract in his hand and thought about what the clan leader said. It did make sense.
Spring is coming soon. Apart from other things, we still need to hire some long-term workers. Also, we need to help with cooking and so on. The three sisters are getting married soon. It’s not good to do housework all the time. We need to take care of them. It’s best to have someone to share the burden.
"You guys go back!" Jiang Fugui suddenly felt a headache when facing the three people from the Gao family.
Gao Shan used to be his good brother, but now he is treated like a servant and he is really not used to it.
Unexpectedly, this sentence made the three of them kneel down immediately. Gao Shan said nothing, and it was obvious that he was still a little embarrassed.
Gao Shuisheng said, "My grandma sold us out. From now on, we are members of the Jiang family and we can't go back home. We will stay in the Jiang family and work like slaves for them."
Guozi kowtowed three times without saying a word.
Sighing, Jiang Youzhen finally spoke: "As you can see, before we built the house, my family only had this much land, and there was no extra space for you to live in. You can go back to Gao's house for the time being, and come to work during the day."
The three of them hesitated for a moment, but it was already late, so they had no choice but to leave.