Chapter 1060: A sudden scene

To tell the truth, regarding Huang Li's physique, Wang An felt that if she could just stand there without being blown away by the wind, that would be quite an achievement.

And for someone like her to say she could work, Wang An truly didn't believe it.

Of course, it wasn't just Wang An who didn't believe it; anyone who had seen Huang Li wouldn't believe it either.

Wang An hadn't missed seeing her thighs just now. To tell the truth, those thighs were really not much thicker than Wang An's arms.

Therefore, Wang An subconsciously wanted to refuse.

But seeing Huang Li's eyes full of hope, Wang An's heart finally softened.

Just as Wang An opened his mouth to agree, he heard Huang Baoguo say in an unkind tone:

"What work are you doing? You're getting married in a few days. You don't even know how to take care of your body. What if they dislike you then?"

As soon as Huang Baoguo finished speaking, Huang Li suddenly started crying very excitedly, shouting:

"I don't want to marry that old man! I'd rather die than marry him, woooooo..."

As soon as she finished shouting, Huang Li squatted down and started crying. She cried so heart-wrenchingly, so sorrowfully.

This sudden scene made Wang An stunned for a moment, and then he frowned deeply.

Because Wang An heard very clearly that Huang Li said she was going to marry an old man. That's right, an old man.

A seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl marrying an old man? Screw that!

Consequently, Wang An shifted the gear he had just engaged back into neutral.

He heard Huang Baoguo say with a gloomy face but a sorrowful tone:

"Why are you so ignorant? Was it easy for me to raise you this big? If you marry over there, our whole family can survive. If you don't marry over there, what will happen to our whole family? What will we eat? What will we drink?"

Wang An understood. Huang Baoguo was selling his daughter, just like Mu Hua and his wife had sold Mu Xueqing back then.

However, the difference was that although Zheng Fei was a gambler and had poor character, at least his age was comparable to Mu Xueqing's.

As for an "old man," that was beyond evaluation. Anyway, in this era, anyone who could be called an old man had to be at least fifty or sixty years old.

Such a person, to put it bluntly, had one foot in the grave. If Huang Li married him... damn, it would be no different from finding a grandfather to serve for half a lifetime.

As for Huang Baoguo's words, it was clearly moral kidnapping—or more accurately, leveraging gratitude to demand repayment. After all, he was Huang Li's father, and he was the one who had raised her.

But from Huang Baoguo's tone, it wasn't hard to hear that as the head of the family, he was truly forced into a corner by the survival of the family.

Trading Huang Li's lifelong happiness for the family's chance to survive—this deal was cost-effective from Huang Baoguo's perspective, but from Huang Li's perspective...

After Huang Baoguo finished shouting, Huang Li didn't speak, still squatting there crying.

Wang An shifted into neutral, turned off the sidecar, got off, and asked Huang Baoguo with a drooping face:

"What's the meaning of this, Brother? Who is that old man? How much money did he give you?"

If this had been the Wang An of the past, he definitely wouldn't have bothered with such matters, and might not even have taken a second look.

Because there were too many tragedies in the world. Who could manage whom without absolute strength? Everything had to depend on oneself.

But the reborn Wang An had truly changed a lot. So, if he didn't know about Huang Li's situation, that would be one thing, but having seen it with his own eyes and not doing anything... the current Wang An truly felt his conscience wouldn't allow it.

The main thing was that for the current Wang An, this matter wasn't even a matter at all.

Hearing Wang An's question and noticing Wang An's unkind expression, Huang Baoguo said with some panic:

"Young Master Little An, this is her fate. You've seen how our family is. I really have no other way..."

Seeing Huang Baoguo still wanting to drag it out, Wang An said very impatiently:

"Don't give me that useless crap. Just tell me how much money that old man gave!"

When he said the last few words, Wang An's tone became extremely stiff, with the posture that he would start throwing punches if things didn't go his way.

The main thing was that although Wang An understood Huang Baoguo's approach of selling his daughter, understanding was one thing, but accepting it was absolutely impossible.

So if Huang Baoguo said any more nonsense, Wang An's big foot would definitely measure Huang Baoguo's big face.

Huang Baoguo was startled by Wang An's suddenly raised voice. The main thing was that Wang An's posture of firing his gun at the slightest disagreement had truly shocked Huang Baoguo, so he said cautiously:

"Three... three hundred yuan."

Wang An glared at Huang Baoguo and took a deep breath, mainly to stabilize his emotions. Otherwise, Wang An was truly worried that his big foot would accidentally fly onto Huang Baoguo's face.

Three hundred yuan—in this era, that was more than half a year's salary for a formal employee, almost equivalent to seventy or eighty thousand yuan in later generations.

But one had to know that in this era, most bride prices were thirty or fifty, at most eighty or a hundred yuan.

Therefore, for someone to be willing to pay such a high bride price of three hundred yuan, one could see how damn old that old man must be.

But it had to be said that the old man was a good calculator. With just a mere three hundred yuan, he bought a young girl who could solve his special interests and serve his daily needs.

No wonder the ancients said, "Old people are cunning, old horses are slippery." This old bastard was truly capable of calculating!

Thinking about all this, Wang An very decisively took a stack of "Big Unity" (ten-yuan notes) from his pocket, quickly counted out 30, thought for a moment, counted out another 10, and handed the 400 yuan to Huang Baoguo.

As he handed over the money, Wang An said fiercely:

"Selling your daughter is selling her to whoever, anyway. I'll pay 400 yuan to take my niece away, and I'll be responsible for finding her a good family. That's no problem, right?"

But what Wang An didn't expect was that Huang Baoguo didn't look at the 400 yuan, but said with a mournful face:

"Young Master Little An, I really have no other way. I don't want her to marry that old man either, but our whole family has to live..."

It was clear that Huang Baoguo wasn't pretending, but was truly in pain. The burden of the family was about to crush him to death.

Wang An noticed that Huang Baoguo's wife was also shedding tears at the dugout entrance, and beside her was Huang Zhong, wearing only a pair of tattered underpants.

Wang An held the money, listened to Huang Baoguo's rambling for a long time, thought for a while, and then said unhappily:

"Alright, alright, a grown man crying like that... you're not ashamed of yourself. That's it, she called me 'Little Uncle,' so she can't call it for nothing. But I can't give this money for nothing either. How about this: my niece will work at my house for 3 years to offset this 400 yuan."

Thanks to "Emperor of the Great Empire" for the tip, thank you, thank you, thank you very much!

Wishing you, Big Brother, a happy and fulfilling life, and may wealth flow to you!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1061 =====