Chapter 216 Selling Herself to Bury Her Father
"Is it all well hidden?" Wu Xiyuan asked.
Su Jiuyue looked up and met his teasing eyes. She lowered her head with embarrassment and gave a soft muffled sound.
Wu Xiyuan stood up, "Let's go, I'll take you to eat."
Su Jiuyue was indeed a little hungry and stood up. She pointed to the dirty clothes she had put in the basin and said, "I wanted to wash them for you, but I didn't know where to get water. Let's go eat first, and when we come back later, you can take me to the water."
Wu Xiyuan held her slender waist and said with a smile, " It does not matter. Let me wash them myself. Jiuyue, you have come a long way to see me, how can I let you help me wash my clothes?"
Su Jiuyue pursed her lips and stubbornly refuted him, "You have to study. Don't waste time on this. Since I am here, I will do this chore for you."
Wu Xiyuan knew she was doing it for his own good and was moved by it.
In their last life, she followed him and suffered a lot. In this life, he was still not able to give her a good life.
He squeezed her hand. No words to describe how he felt.
Su Jiuyue rarely come here once, Wu Xiyuan specially ordered two more dishes.
Yongzhou City was different from their small town. There were more things to eat here.
Seeing that he had actually ordered four dishes, Su Jiuyue frowned and accused him, "Why did you order so much? It's too wasteful if we can't finish them."
Wu Xiyuan returned the menu to the waiter and turned his head to Jiuyue with a doting smile, "Not much. My dear Jiuyue is growing up. I can let her starve."
Su Jiuyue ate a lot in recent days. And she felt that she had grown a little taller.
Previously, when she stood with Xiyuan, she only reached his chest. But today she suddenly found that she was actually close to reaching his shoulders.
If her mother-in-law hadn't been so kind to her, considering her growth, and using a big bowl every time she served her rice, she would have been hungry every day.
After the couple had eaten and left the house, Wu Xiyuan wanted to go to the inn to find a room for Su Jiuyue to stay for the night. And she could leave tomorrow.
If she went back now, it would be late when she arrived home. He was really worried. So it was better to let her go back tomorrow.
No sooner had they left than they ran into a group of people in front of them.
Those people were clustered together in a group. It seemed that they were getting together for fun.
Su Jiuyue was curious, so she pulled Wu Xiyuan over to see.
After they tried to stretch their necks to see the situation inside, they found a woman wearing a mourning robe with linen on her head kneeling there to sell her to bury her father.
The sign wrote, 'only twenty taels.'
Su Jiuyue had mixed feelings, but there was not even a single person around to help.
Su Jiuyue reached out and touched her purse. However, she was dragged out of the crowd by Wu Xiyuan in time.
"Honey, what are you doing?"
Su Jiuyue looked back at the crowd again with a worried expression.
"She is so poor. I want to help her. ​Even if you don't want me to give her twenty taels of silver, I want to give her some money so that her old father can be buried soon."
Wu Xiyuan laughed. Su Jiuyue stared at him, "How could you laugh?"
Wu Xiyuan knew that his wife was simple and surely could not see through the woman's trap.
"Honey, have you ever thought that one really needed twenty taels of silver to bury someone? If that's true, then I'm afraid not many people can be buried."
Su Jiuyue was stunned. She had never handled this kind of thing before and didn't know exactly how much money could be used. But twenty taels was definitely not possible.
Most people couldn't earn twenty taels in a year and have to pay for their family's expenses.
According to the woman's appearance, she should also come from a poor family. There was no such thing as a generous burial for such a family.
Two taels for a good coffin were regarded as filial piety.
"Right. It does not cost twenty taels of silver to bury a person. This girl must not have done this before, why don't I go and remind her?"
Seeing her going to the crowd, Wu Xiyuan hastily pulled her back, "It's not what you think at all. Not everyone is willing to live a hard life all the time. This girl set such a high price, I'm afraid she is waiting for a high branch!
Su Jiuyue's eyes were wide. Through the veil, Wu Xiyuan could not really see her expression. However, he could imagine her wide almond eyes with a look of disbelief.
He felt a little amused, "Look, all these people around are just watching. No one came forward to speak for her. Because everyone knows in their hearts that she is not really selling herself to bury her father. It's just a gimmick."
All this was against Su Jiuyue's values. She never knew it could be like this.
"So... So what you're saying is... I should not meddle?"
Wu Xiyuan nodded, "Maybe you'll even spoil others' good deal!"
Su Jiuyue wrinkled her nose. The crowds were buzzing again.
Wu Xiyuan raised his chin at the crowd, "Look, isn't this the one who is willing to take the bait?"
Su Jiuyue also looked over and saw a man wearing a sapphire blue robe and a white jade crown walking in with a group of subordinates.
"Well... ​Let me see. There is another girl who sells herself to bury her father today?"
As soon as his voice came out, the people around him made a way for him. He walked over and got close to the sign to take a look, "Twenty taels?"
And he used the handle of his fan to lift the girl's chin and scrutinized her face for a moment. He then withdrew his hand and put it behind his back.
"I say, young lady. Twenty taels is a bit too much."
As soon as he said this, the people around him laughed out loud, and there were even a few folks making jokes.
"Mr. Wang, a few days ago you bought a girl back for a hundred taels. But at that time, you did not mind that girl was expensive."
The young master surnamed Wang skimmed, "You know nothing! Do you know that every penny counts? From my point of view, that girl was worth a hundred taels!"
"As for this one today... Ten taels, it can't be higher!"
The people around were laughing and joking. But Su Jiuyue didn't feel comfortable in her heart. She kept her eyes on the woman, wanting to see how she would react.
And young master Wang turned his head to look at the girl again and asked, "What? Girl? Ten taels of silver, will you come with me?"
The girl who had not said a word from the beginning slowly bent down and bowed to him, "Thank you for your mercy, Young Master Wang."
Su Jiuyue's face fell. She held and tugged at Wu Xiyuan's sleeve, "Xiyuan, let's go."
Wu Xiyuan knew what she was thinking, so he nodded, "Okay, let's go find an inn."
They had only just taken a few steps when Su Jiuyue suddenly realized something was not quite right.
"No good. There's a thief."