Chapter 593: Chapter 585: She’s Really Only Worth 500 Dollars Chapter 593: Chapter 585: She’s Really Only Worth 500 Dollars Such a day was bound to co.
She just hadn’t expected it to be so soon, she wasn’t even prepared yet.
No, even with more ti, she may not be ready for this.
“Is this the woman?”
A tall, skinny middle-aged man looked at Tang Yuxin for a while, then tugged at her hair.
“So skinny, can she bear children?”
“All won can bear children,” the human trafficker grabbed at Tang Yuxin’s chin, “she may be thin, but she is decent looking.
With so nourishnt, she will fatten up.
Besides, if she didn’t look like this, how would I be able to sell her to you for 500 RMB?
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You’re getting a bargain, I’m losing money.”
“Are there any others?”
The middle-aged man still seed unsatisfied.
She was too thin, her cheekbones protruded noticeably.
This face, no matter how he looked at it, was not quite satisfying.
If there were other options, that would be better.
The human trafficker thought for a mont, then signaled to his n.
Soon, two more won were brought forward.
One had sothing wrong with her eyes, the other with her foot.
The only whole one was Tang Yuxin.
The human trafficker patted Tang Yuxin’s shoulder again, treating her not as a human but as at for sale.
The middle-aged man was now in a bind.
He had hoped for a better pick, but all that was available were damaged goods.
Eventually, his gaze settled on Tang Yuxin.
“Okay, I’ll take her.”
Though she was skinny, she could be fattened up.
But eyes and legs could not be replaced.
At least Yuxin was healthy, capable of doing household chores and tending the fields.
A blind girl or a cripple were just burdens.
He couldn’t just waste his hard-earned 500 RMB.
He was buying a woman, not a useless being.
Plus, who knows if their diseases were congenital?
If their genes were passed onto his children, the whole family would suffer.
“Okay, I’ll take this one.”
The middle-aged man weighed his choices, gritted his teeth, and finally decided on Tang Yuxin.
As soon as he paid, two more villagers approached.
They each handed over 500 RMB and took the two remaining won with them.
This transaction didn’t seem like human trading, but more like a sale of junk.
They didn’t regard the won as human at all.
The middle-aged man broke out in a cold sweat.
He was relieved that he had acted quickly.
Or else, he wouldn’t even have been able to pick a woman without any physical defects.
“Old Song, you’re sowhat lucky.
You picked one without any issues,” remarked a young man, his tone sour with envy.
His eyes kept drifting towards Tang Yuxin.
He regretted being too late, missing out on a healthy woman.
Old Song gripped the woman he’d bought tighter.
These won often had thoughts of escaping, so they were all tied up like animals.
“Look at how skinny she is, who knows how much rice it’d take to fatten her up?
Even though my girl has an issue with her eyes, at least she looks energetic.
She will be able to bear children.”
“Hah…,” the man laughed bitterly, “mine can surely give birth, yours, not so sure,” as he continued to examine Tang Yuxin, his gaze filled with spite.
“I reckon even if I gave you a stronger woman, you’d still have a lot of dreaming to do.”
Old Song stiffened, his face flushing a deep red.
He was obviously hurt by those words.
Throughout the conversation, Tang Yuxin remained quiet.
Escape didn’t cross her mind, not under these circumstances.
Unless she sprouted wings, she knew she wouldn’t be able to break free.
Her captors chatted all the while.
From their conversation, she understood that Old Song had bought her to be his son’s bride.
But what was wrong with the son?
“Go,” Old Song tightened the rope around Tang Yuxin and pulled her forward.
“Let tell you, don’t even think about running.
Our village has a tradition of buying wives, not one woman has ever escaped.
If you dare to harbor such thoughts, I will kill you.”
Old Song’s intimidating gaze caused Tang Yuxin to flinch.
His threat was real.
She didn’t doubt for a second that he would carry it out.
Of course he was threatening her, why wouldn’t he?
She was nothing more to him than an animal he’d bought for 500 RMB, easily replaceable and expendable.
Old Song led Tang Yuxin to his ho.
The entire village was poor and underdeveloped, without proper water and electricity.
Every household used a kerosene lamp, and water was drawn from an old-fashioned water pump.
The Song Family was no exception.
They lived in a mud-brick house, with a barren mud yard inside.
In one corner of the yard were so vegetables; in the middle stood a big tree, which must have been there for at least twenty years.
A few chickens road the yard freely, hunting for food.
“You bought her?”
An elderly woman with white hair approached, her expression fell as soon as she saw Tang Yuxin.
“How can she be so skinny?”
“There were two others, one blind, one a cripple.
Only this one is healthy.
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Proper care will fatten her up, and she will be able to bear children.”
The middle-aged woman curled her lip, clearly unsatisfied with their purchase.
“She looks like a skeleton, scares just looking at her, who knows if she can even bear a child.”
There was nothing to be done; the purchase had been made.
And it had drained their years’ worth of savings.
Even if they could afford another, there was nobody left to sell.
All that was available were the rejects of others.
They had no choice; it was their poverty.
Yes,
all because of poverty.
The entire village was poor, their household even more so.
Scraping together 500 RMB had taken begging and borrowing from everyone they knew.
Even if they could scrape together another 500 RMB…
Who knew when the traffickers could co back with more won?
No use waiting for seven or eight years by which ti, his son would be old as well.
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