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When Xiaowan discussed this with Ling Chaofeng, Ling Chaofeng said that he would be leaving for some matters in two days, and that he would be staying in the capital for a day. At that time, he would personally tell Ershan that he would try to see if he could improve on this kind of situation.

Only now did Xiaowan hear from her husband that the second princess of the Supreme Emperor had married into the Jin Nation, and the first thing she did to change it was to forbid the trade of women and children. However, this was a matter that could not be tolerated by the law in the Daqi, so no matter how vast the empire was, there was always a time when the Emperor could not reach his side.

Naturally, if Ling Chaofeng wanted to stay in the capital for a day, just calculating the distance between the Baisha County and the capital would allow his husband to only be able to return home at least ten days.

Before and after the birth of the child, it had been a long time since the husband and wife had been separated for so long. But she knew that Ling Chaofeng had already delayed many things in order to protect her and her child. Also, he had to repay the favors of the people who had helped him in the past few days.

"Master, Susu said that the sesame candy in the capital is delicious. I want to eat some, can you buy some for me? "Buy more and you can eat them even if you keep them for the winter." The Xiaowan laughed leisurely, "I will ask Susu which family ate it later."

Ling Chaofeng knew that his wife was considerate and kissed the Xiaowan. "Don't worry, I will settle this matter and the sesame candy for you."

Xiaowan asked: "Then what about Third Lady, will she stay in our store?"

Ling Chaofeng said: "If her mother-in-law can't catch his, she will definitely come to the inn to find trouble and send Buddha to the west. I think that it would just be losing some money, why not leave Third Lady here with us, and wait for her mother-in-law to let her go, then let her think of a way to find her child. "Our shop doesn't lack people. We can't really leave her here."

"Husband, you really are a good person." Xiaowan said gratefully, "I hope Third Lady can successfully find her daughter."

As a result, before dusk, the old granny came back as Ling Chaofeng had said. Seeing her daughter-in-law sitting in the hall, she rushed up and slapped her twice, but Aunt Zhang and Uncle Biao came over and pulled her away.

The Aunt Zhang said: "If you continue to beat him, don't blame us for being impolite and sending you to the yamen. It's just a meal on a board."

She rolled up her sleeves and used her palm as a fan. Her forehead was full of sweat as she hatefully said, "I want to see what you guys told the officials. It was you who hid my wife. As for me hitting her, it's my family's ghost if she lives or dies, which grandma doesn't teach her daughter-in-law a lesson? "

Third Lady was curled up behind them. When her mother-in-law shouted loudly, she trembled in fear.

Xiaowan watched as she held the child in her arms. She heard from Susu that her husband, the childhood sweetheart, had come with the family and in the end, had actually washed their Ling Xiao Inn with blood.

A weak girl had personally killed a family of three and disappeared with her daughter. And what angered her wasn't the abuse she had suffered, but the fact that her mother-in-law wanted to sell her daughter as a child's daughter-in-law in order to save the family's business.

Why was the life of a girl so worthless? Although there were some who sold boys, in comparison, there were still fewer.

Thinking about it this way, her father had treated her quite well. He had threatened Madam Xu with a loud voice, saying that he definitely would not allow his stepmother to sell him.

Before Xiaowan could recover her wits, there was already a ruckus downstairs. That old granny was very powerful, she did not dare do anything in the morning, and now that her daughter-in-law was here, she felt like she was in charge. Her waist was also stiff, and she started making a ruckus downstairs.

There were a few guests who wanted to enter the door, but upon seeing this scene, they hurriedly ran away. It seemed that this woman would not rest until she had achieved her goal.

Ling Chaofeng walked over from the back, took a piece of paper, and a bag of money. He placed the piece of paper on the table and said: This is the contract, we are inviting your wife to work here, how much money do you want?

That mother-in-law blinked and sized up the people here. The moment she opened her mouth, she said, "Five hundred silver taels."

In the morning, it was still 100 taels, which became 500 taels after half a day. Such shamelessness and greed, it could be seen that there were countless people like the Madam Xu in this world.

Ling Chaofeng laughed coldly: "One hundred liang, press your hand here."

The lady spat and scolded, "A hundred liang, are you going to send the beggar away?"

Ling Chaofeng said indifferently: You can either take a hundred liang of silver and leave, or use it to bury your Baisha River, what do you think?

The woman was stunned for a moment, but she did not dare to do anything like killing someone. She forcefully lifted her nose and humphed, "Five hundred taels of silver, not a single copper can be missing."

Ling Chaofeng looked at Uncle Biao, who snickered and rolled up his sleeves, walking towards the old lady, scaring her so much that she had to retreat and scream.

However, Uncle Biao had already taken off her waist, and in the blink of an eye, her hands and feet were tied up. He put them on his shoulders and said to Ling Chaofeng: "I will tie a few more stones to her and sink her down tightly."

"Let me go, let me go …" The woman screamed and finally begged for mercy, "One hundred taels, that's one hundred taels."

However, Ling Chaofeng said coldly: "Ten taels of silver, take the silver and leave, not the silver that will sink the river."

"Ten taels …?"

In the end, under the Third Lady's old granny's tears, she pressed the handprint, took ten taels of silver and left dejectedly. If she wanted to come and cause trouble again, it would be the court meeting.

The granny finally left. Third Lady hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to everyone, thanking everyone for saving her life. Aunt Zhang suddenly remembered to interrogate the granny about where she sold her child to. When the Uncle Biao heard this, he immediately ran out and caught the woman.

She made a ruckus and asked what they wanted. Knowing that she wanted to know the whereabouts of her granddaughter, she laughed, "If you want to know, bring me some silver, I'll tell you." But if I were to tell you, would you believe me? "

Ling Chaofeng said: "You should be honest, after we find the child, I will send someone to send a hundred silver taels to your home. If you do not, we will not be able to find the child. If you don't believe me, you can give it a try. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I can still find you. "

The woman was skeptical in her heart. When she heard those words that threatened to drown her to death, she felt that this might be retribution. She trembled and said, "Child, child has been … Sell it and use it as a sacrifice for the river god. I mean it, or I'll die a horrible death. "

Third Lady's entire body twitched, she rushed forward and grabbed her granny's arm and asked: "Sacrifice for the River God?... "You … you all …"

Hearing that his daughter was sacrificed to the River God, who had long passed away, and that her grief-stricken mother had fainted, Susu and Aunt Zhang hurriedly helped her up. Ling Chaofeng's heart froze as she looked at Uncle Biao, who angrily threw him out.

Third Lady was helped upstairs to rest. When she woke up, her eyes were blank. Susu had prepared porridge and rice tea for her, she did not eat nor drink, so she put it aside for her to eat when she was hungry.

After that, all the way until nightfall, Third Lady did not make any sound. In the middle of the night, Little Fei and Little Qi cried non-stop.

When he went to the door, he saw that the second floor's room was lit. Xiaowan and Ling Chaofeng looked at each other, and Hubby went to check on the second floor, and told her that Third Lady was eating.

The Xiaowan said with a sigh, "She's really pitiful. Now that there's no hope, how are we going to live our lives in the future? We can't take her in either."

Ling Chaofeng said: "Arrange a place for her to go. If we just let his go, he might fall into his mother-in-law's hands again."

Xiaowan's heart felt warm. Her husband being so kind caused her to feel at ease, but he was worried that if he was too soft-hearted, it would make things difficult for her husband. However, ever since their marriage, she had often felt that Ling Chaofeng was actually the kindest person.

It was a peaceful night. The next morning, when Xiaowan came down to eat breakfast, she and Third Lady were talking at a table. Seeing her, Third Lady stood up and bowed. Xiaowan hurriedly said: No need to be so polite, your body is weak.

While eating breakfast, she heard from Aunt Zhang that Third Lady wanted to ask them to find a good home with a wet nurse. She wanted to continue helping others take care of their children.

Her own child would never be able to eat again, so she would feed a child that she could not eat enough. Bringing that child up in the future would also be her consolation.

"Otherwise, I don't know if there's any meaning in living on. I don't want to go back to that family ever again. My man and my mother-in-law are not things." The Third Lady said, but she did not cry anymore.

"What about your parents?" Xiaowan asked.

"I was sold to this house as a child's daughter-in-law by someone else. I have long forgotten whose daughter I am." Third Lady smiled bitterly, "I don't have a family."

Buying a daughter-in-law and selling her granddaughter, that woman really didn't do anything to lose money. How could such a person live with such peace of mind?

Seeing Ling Chaofeng coming down the stairs, the Xiaowan said this to her husband. Ling Chaofeng looked at Third Lady, sighed in his heart, and said: I will get someone to ask, but this is not something that can be done immediately. In a few more days, will you be able to do it?

Ling Chaofeng did not have the face to say those words, but Aunt Zhang said: "That's right, could it be that you have already recovered? When the time comes, I will find you, but you will not be able to feed it to him, it is not a waste of effort."

Third Lady shook her head. No one knew what Little Pei had done to his brother upstairs, but Little Qi's crying voice came down through the stairs. Ling Chaofeng frowned and wanted to go up to take care of Little Pei.

She embarrassedly covered her chest while Xiaowan was secretly envious of her. If she could also be so generous like this, she wouldn't have to worry about the two children not having enough to eat.

However, she really didn't intend to let others feed their children.

In a blink of an eye, two days had passed and Ling Chaofeng should be out. He had already sent people to settle the matter with the other party, but there was still no news of him in a short period of time, but he could not delay the matter any further.

kissed his daughter's little hand and said to Xiaowan: "Don't work too hard, take care of your own body too. I'll be back in a few days, I'll bring you some sesame candy."

The Xiaowan pouted. Just as he was about to give his husband a kiss, Ling Chaofeng said in displeasure: "On the main road, aren't you ashamed?"