CHAPTER 173: CHAPTER 173: A GIRL GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE

Gu Nian felt that Mrs. Jiang was sometimes really contradictory.

The person who promised to give Lin Pandi clothes and quilts was her, being kind and generous was her, yet being stingy and petty was also her.

Still, Gu Nian liked her like this.

Having a bit of kindness inside, it’s okay to be a bit stingy, lest being too kind ends up being easy to be bullied.

Mrs. Jiang carried a large bag of cotton, and Gu Nian followed behind her, walking one after the other on the street.

Suddenly, Gu Nian was attracted by the noise ahead.

At the front, there was a large crowd gathered, chattering about something to do with selling oneself.

The first thing that came to Gu Nian’s mind was the four words "sell oneself to bury father."

According to conventions, sell oneself to bury father, then encounter a wealthy playboy, and the hero saves the beauty.

Out of curiosity, Gu Nian hurriedly stepped forward a few steps and pulled on Mrs. Jiang, "Mother, look at how lively it is ahead, what is going on? Let’s go have a look?"

Mrs. Jiang usually does nothing but work at home all day long, so it’s rare for her to be out, not a bad idea to see some excitement. She nodded, "Alright, hold onto mother’s dress, don’t ever let go. With so many people, if we’re squeezed apart, it’ll be hard to find!"

"Okay." Gu Nian responded, and followed Mrs. Jiang forward.

In the crowd, an old man stood with a tall young girl among them.

The old man had a listless expression, while the girl looked simple-minded, not very clever.

Someone advised, "Old man, you have raised this daughter to be so big, even if the family is poor and can’t support her, go back and find her a good family to marry into. It’s a fulfillment of this father-daughter bond. Why sell her off as a slave?"

"You don’t understand. Old man, I have no choice. This daughter of mine is famously able to eat from a young age, but no matter how bitter and difficult, I raised her this big. If there was any way, I wouldn’t be selling her now." The old man said forlornly, "It’s because my family is poor and can’t afford this child. Her reputation for being able to eat has spread outside, even no family is willing to marry her. I really have no way, so I thought of the method of selling her on the street. I don’t want Silver Coin, only wish a kind-hearted person could take my daughter, give her a full meal, and treat her well."

"Can’t even find a family to marry into, how much can she eat?" Someone couldn’t help but discuss.

The old man was an honest person, didn’t hide anything, "My daughter can eat four or five bowls of noodles in one sitting, ten or so buns, one person eats enough for a whole family’s servings!"

In the crowd, there were inevitably sighs, "Eating so much, no wonder she can’t get married, but also, if a family marries such an eating wife, won’t they be eaten into poverty?"

The old man heard this, and suddenly became panicked, "My daughter can eat, but she can also work, all the farm work at home is carried by this child. It’s just that our family background is thin, we don’t have a few acres of poor land. If any family needs a worker, just take this child back, this child can work, taking her back won’t be a loss..."

No matter how well the old man spoke, the appetite successfully scared everyone away.

Seeing that even giving away the child wasn’t working, the old man sighed helplessly, and couldn’t help but become sad.

"Father..." The girl being sold was also downcast, looking at the old man apologetically.

The old man helplessly patted her shoulder and said, "Forget it, forget it, let’s go home. After all, there’s something to eat at home, father can’t just let you watch and do nothing!"