Chapter 111

"You money-losing item, we said we were looking for you everywhere! Hurry up and come back with us!" Chen Lianzhen and Pei Fugui pushed and shoved Pei Huaimei from both sides.

"I'm not going back! I want to work at the Qingyue factory! I will support myself from now on!"

Pei Huaimei said with an unusually firm gaze.

"You dead girl, you still dare to talk back?! We told you to sign up a few days ago and you didn't come; it's too late now!"

Pei Fugui pulled her back without a word.

Everyone didn't take it seriously, as this was the Pei family's usual style; many people in the village had this attitude toward the daughters in their families, so they were used to it.

When they reached a deserted road, Chen Lianzhen pinched Pei Huaimei hard. "Go back, take a bath, and clean yourself up. Don't go to the Lai family tonight looking like this!"

"Mother, what did you say?!"

Chen Lianzhen slapped Pei Huaimei on the head. "What are you shouting about? You stupid thing, marrying into the Lai family is a blessing you burned incense for!"

Upon hearing this, Pei Huaimei felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar!

The Lai family was an old widower in Qingshan Village, forty-six years old this year, with a son older than her.

"Mother, I'm not even nineteen yet! I beg you, I will listen to you from now on, please don't sell me!"

Pei Fugui grabbed Pei Huaimei and pulled her up. "Nineteen is old enough to get married! The Lai family has money, and Lai Qiang has no parents; you won't have to serve parents-in-law when you marry over there. How comfortable that will be."

But the father and son of the Lai family were not good people.

Wasn't this pushing her into a fire pit!

"I'm not going! I'm not going! Father! Mother! I beg you! How much money did they give you? I'll give it to you! Don't sell me!"

Pei Huaimei knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. Chen Lianzhen was furious. "Dead girl, do you have money?! Do you have five hundred yuan?! If you have the ability, give it to me now!"

"Your second brother's baby is about to be born; doesn't everything cost money for food and drink? You'll help the family more once you marry over there. We found you a good match, and you're still making a scene!"

Chen Lianzhen stopped talking nonsense and dragged her home with Pei Fugui.

Shen Xunbao walked over with a basket of radishes he had pulled from the field.

"Educated Youth Shen, I know you are kind-hearted, please tell my eldest brother that I am being sold by my parents!"

Pei Huaimei had finally waited for someone to come down the road and shouted hysterically.

Shen Xunbao's footsteps paused, but he walked on without looking to the side.

"Letting you shout for me, you money-losing item, always causing trouble! People don't even care about you!" Pei Fugui kicked Pei Huaimei hard.

Pei Huaimei was completely desperate, her tears streaming down like a broken string.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Hurry up, the gate has been knocked on for a long time!"

Su Qingyue pulled her fair, tender feet out of the basin and pushed Pei Huaiye. "I'll put on my shoes myself."

Pei Huaiye opened the door and said impatiently, "What is it?"

Shen Xunbao told him everything he had seen. "Your sister Pei Huaimei is in trouble!"

"If we don't take her away, something will really happen. Who knows if Educated Youth Shen will be meddlesome and report to Pei Huaiye!"

After Pei Fugui finished speaking, he checked the rag stuffed in Pei Huaimei's mouth. He shouted to Pei Huaigang, "Let's go, let's go together and send her to the Qingshan Team, hurry up."

Pei Huaigang didn't want to move, but thinking of the five hundred yuan, he stood up.

The two of them pushed Pei Huaimei in a cart and sent her to the Lai family in Qingshan Village.

"Lai Qiang, Pei Huaimei is yours from now on."

Pei Fugui said, panting, "Watch her well. I've delivered her to you; if you can't keep an eye on her, that's not our concern."

Lai Qiang laughed happily, his fat face shaking, and settled the remaining money with Pei Fugui. "The five hundred yuan is all here, count it."

Pei Fugui counted it once, then had Pei Huaigang count it once more. After confirming there were no problems, the two of them pushed the cart and left.

In the dim room, Pei Huaimei opened her eyes in a daze.

It felt as if a thousand-pound stone was pressing on her body, and she could barely breathe.

"Lai Ming, go outside and keep watch, guard the door for your father."

Lai Qiang's voice sounded. The moment Pei Huaimei inhaled, she shuddered. She opened her eyes wide and saw the face of an oily, disgusting old man.

Her heart instantly turned to ash!

"Huaimei, from now on we are husband and wife, I will be good to you." Lai Qiang's eyes were lewd, and he said many obscene things.

Pei Huaimei was so scared that her whole body trembled.

She held her head and screamed in terror.

Bang!

A heavy object smashed the door open, and Lai Ming fell to the ground with blood flowing from his nose all over the floor!

Pei Huaiye kicked the door open. "Get lost!"

"Huaimei, are you okay?"

Su Qingyue came out from behind Pei Huaiye and pulled Pei Huaimei into her arms to comfort her.

"Wuwu, Sister-in-law, I..." Pei Huaimei cried until she couldn't speak, holding onto Su Qingyue and not daring to let go, her hands and feet shaking.

Li Zilan and Kong Shan looked at each other, their eyes turning red. Lai Qiang was old enough to be their father, and Pei Fugui and his wife had no conscience, selling their daughter to such a family!

They were simply not human!

"What right do you have to hit people? My wife was bought with my money, so what's the problem?" Lai Qiang, beaten until his face was bruised and swollen, pointed at Pei Huaiye and cursed.

"You broke into my house like bandits and hit people; do you know that's against the law? Let's go, let's find your Team Leader Xiang and reason this out!"

"I'm right here, what are you looking for!"

Xiang Jianming was so angry his hands were trembling. "You still have the nerve to speak! This is a new society now; wives must be married through proper channels. Buying a wife with money is human trafficking; do you know that's against the law?!"

"What are you arguing about? Shuangshui Village, not sleeping in the middle of the night, coming to our village to cause trouble?"

Team Leader Shi was wearing a military jacket, chewing on a cigarette, and smiling with malicious intent.

"How is it not a proper marriage? The Pei family arranged the match, found a matchmaker, both families agreed, and Lai Qiang paid the bride price; that's how he married his wife!"

Zhang Jun watched the Pei Huaiye family from the side. "This is clearly a proper marriage. You, Pei Huaiye, coming to our village to hit people, you're the one who needs to give an explanation!"

After he finished speaking, a dozen men emerged from behind him, each carrying hoes and tools, looking aggressive.

Pei Huaiye couldn't even be bothered to lift his eyelids. "If your eyes weren't blind and your brains weren't broken, you wouldn't say it was a proper marriage. My sister didn't agree, so this is human trafficking!"

"And the participants include your own father!"

Pei Huaiye smiled without smiling. "So he and Lai Qiang will both be punished! The organization will not let any bad person go!"

"Including yourself? Hitting people at will?" Zhang Jun asked aggressively.

"Protecting a victim from being violated, I am acting in self-defense for a relative and doing a righteous deed!" Pei Huaiye said unhurriedly.

Zhang Jun still wanted to argue about something, but then he saw Yuan Guang and Liu Qing driving over with the Public Security Officers.

Liu Qing got out of the Jeep. "Lai Qiang and Pei Fugui are suspected of human trafficking, get in the car! Pei Huaimei and Pei Huaiye, you come too to make a statement."

Su Qingyue stopped worrying about Pei Huaiye the moment she saw Yuan Guang.

Seeing the police car leave, Xiang Jianming took the villagers back to the village. Zhang Jun stared fixedly at Su Qingyue, still wanting to make things difficult, but was stopped by Team Leader Shi.

He whispered a reprimand, "Stay calm, didn't you see that they have someone backing them up!"

Pei Fugui had just sold his daughter to Lai Qiang, and then Pei Huaiye arrived, followed shortly by a police car; it would be strange if no one had tipped them off.