The Female Lead Decides to Act Wickedly

Chapter 843 - 332: Screw Your Tragic Perfection (Part 2)

Old Lady Han saw her dear daughter had no reaction and misunderstood, thinking she was reluctant to sell her son.

Well, which mother in the world is willing to sell her child, especially when it is her only son?!

But the eldest daughter has to be willing, whether she wants to or not.

First, as Old Lady Han said, her precious son needs money and also needs food.

Secondly, they are now on the run from famine, and having more children is just more of a burden.

Now, it’s not easy to come across someone who’s buying boys, since even on the path of fleeing from famine, it is mostly women and girls being sold.

So the human traffickers looking to buy people usually directly shout for buying women and girls.

As for boys, it’s not that the traffickers don’t want to buy them, but even when a family is shattered and destitute, they still wouldn’t easily sell their sons.

But this time, the trafficker choosing people from the fleeing group actually said he wanted to buy boys aged four to ten.

And Old Lady Han’s cheap grandson, the only son of the eldest daughter, He Xiaobao, happens to be six years old, completely meeting the criteria.

That trafficker not only specifically requested to buy boys but also offered a high price.

A boy that meets the criteria can be sold for two thousand coins.

Of course, on the road of fleeing from famine, copper coins aren’t useful.

If the family selling the child doesn’t want the copper coins, they can also exchange them for food, a whole bucket of coarse grain.

If used sparingly, it is enough to feed one person for half a month.

Old Lady Han had long inquired about the price, secretly calculated, and then ran to discuss it with her beloved son Tian Yaozong.

So, that noon, Tian Yaozong started to "fall ill" with groans.

Old Lady Han then went to her eldest daughter Ms. Hetian to cry and repeatedly said—

"Daniu, the He Family doesn’t have many men, your brother is the only root, and it must not be cut off!"

"Your father and I are old, and we can no longer have children; if something happens to your brother, our family would be left without heirs."

"...I know you’re already married, but you need your maternal family to back you up even after marriage. With a brother at home, your husband won’t dare to bully you!"

"Rest assured, your goodness is remembered by your father and me, and you’ll never be treated unfairly!"

Tian Daniu, now Ms. Hetian, was brainwashed from a young age, with her worldview long distorted by the Tian Family.

Favoring sons over daughters, sacrificing everything for the maternal family, preferring to let her own son starve just to support the maternal family...

These are everyday affairs.

Now, the hometown was stricken by famine, followed by banditry, military disasters, and with no way to survive, the people of Tianjiawa left together to flee.

Ms. Hetian, as a married daughter, could still leave with her maternal family, which on the surface seemed like the maternal family provided her protection.

In fact?

Ha, ha, the food reserves in Ms. Hetian’s family were tightly held by Old Lady Han, and the big donkey raised by the He Family became Tian Yaozong’s exclusive ride.

Even the thick clothes of Ms. Hetian and her son He Xiaobao were taken by Old Lady Han to be given to her daughter-in-law and grandson!

Most importantly, Ms. Hetian is capable; as a woman, she is even stronger than men (especially Tian Yaozong) and can do the work of three people.

Having her is like having a strong laborer who brings her own food but refuses to eat her fill.

Old Lady Han is great at calculating and had long exploited her four daughters to the bone!

At first, she sent the other three daughters far away for high betrothal gifts, but she kept her eldest daughter married the nearest because she intended for her obedient and capable eldest daughter to help her maternal family.

Of course, Old Lady Han clattered her abacus in her heart, but she coaxed Ms. Hetian with these words—

"Daniu, your father and I care about you the most. Of the four daughters, only you were married to the nearest He Family Village."

"He Erniu is a good one. The betrothal gift he gave back then was lower than your other three sisters’, but your mother still married you to him. Why? Wasn’t it for your own good?"

"You went to the He Family with no mother-in-law above, no sister-in-law below, and could be the mistress as soon as you entered. How fortunate?"

"Also, Erniu is capable, strong-bodied, knows martial arts, and can work in the escort agency in the city during farm slack. Throughout the year, he can save quite a bit of money!"

"Your father and I thought of everything for you; you must not forget your roots, and even more so, do not forget your brother."

"Your brother is pitiful, having such incompetent parents, unable to even afford school..."

With a long-winded bunch of nonsense, Old Lady Han seemed to be an unparalleled mother who cared for her daughter.