bayedsolid Chapter 68 Redemption
Chapter 68 Redemption
After learning that no one in the school dared to bully Wen Yunhong, Wen Yuxia shifted her focus to the safety of her younger brother's classmates.
"Hong'er, you must never take advantage of your martial arts skills to bully other students at school, understand?"
"I know!" Wen Yunhong replied casually, but his obviously inattentive attitude could not escape Wen Yuxia's notice.
Wen Yuxia sighed helplessly and continued to earnestly persuade her, "As the saying goes, 'A hero needs three helpers.' Whether it's a private school or an academy, your classmates who study with you may become your helpers on your life's journey. Mutual help and support will allow you to go further and more steadily..."
Since subduing Zhou Shihao, Wen Yunhong felt he was the most powerful among his classmates in the private school, and that everyone should submit to him. He became very unfriendly towards his fellow students.
After hearing Wen Yuxia mention the importance of classmates, he finally came to his senses and felt ashamed of his previous behavior.
Zhou Shihao dared to be disrespectful to the students in the school because his father was a clerk in the county government. He himself was just a pitiful orphan, relying on his sister for support; what right did he have to act so arrogantly in the school?
Wen Yunhong lowered his head in shame, "Sister, I know I was wrong."
"If you have time, invite your classmates over for a get-together. Your sister will personally cook a big meal for you."
"Um"!
After lunch, Wen Yuxia left her house and headed towards the brokerage firm. Just as she reached the alley entrance, she saw three people rush out of the Chunfeng Tower.
The old woman stumbled and ran towards the alley entrance, with two burly men in hot pursuit. "Old hag, where do you think you're going?"
The old woman had just rushed to the alley entrance when she was grabbed by two burly men. "Girl, save me!" In her desperation, the old woman cried out to Wen Yuxia for help.
Chunfeng Tower is right next to the brokerage firm. Xiao Zhang once said that the owner behind Chunfeng Tower is the county magistrate's brother-in-law. Wen Yuxia isn't stupid; how could she possibly go against Chunfeng Tower for the sake of an old, faded woman?
She smiled apologetically at the old woman and said in a clear voice, "I'm sorry, I can't help you." With that, she turned and walked away.
"Da Ya, Da Ya, it's me, it's me! It's Grandma!" came the old woman's frantic shouts from behind.
Wen Yuxia turned around in surprise to take a closer look and found that although the old woman was extremely thin, her facial features were indeed very similar to her grandmother, Wen Linshi.
"Didn't you settle in Niutou Village with your family?"
Upon hearing this, Wen Linshi burst into tears. She had been devoted to her family, but they had sold her into the mountains to be a concubine.
She tried to escape several times, but was always caught and brought back by the men from the mountains. In the end, because she couldn't have children, the men sold her to the Chunfeng Brothel.
Less than six months later, Wen Linshi, who had been sold twice, faced her eight-year-old granddaughter and couldn't explain why her family had sold her. She could only choke out, "Da Ya, save me!"
There are many beautiful girls in Chunfeng Tower, but only Wen Linshi is old and ugly. Some perverted customers like her type. The big man didn't want to cause trouble, so he warned, "Little girl, don't meddle in other people's business!"
Wen Yuxia said with a wry smile, "Uncle, you've heard what she said too. She's my grandmother, my own grandmother. How can I ignore her?"
Regardless of whether Wen Linshi had been entertaining customers or not, since they had met, Wen Yuxia could not let her stay at Chunfeng Tower. She softened her tone and continued, "Uncle, I want to redeem her. Could you please help me find out the price?"
Looking at the little girl's innocent and carefree face, the burly man's heart softened. He said in a hard voice, "Wait."
The manager of Chunfeng Tower is quite shrewd; it's impossible for any of the girls there to redeem themselves. Has Old Kong lost his mind, risking punishment to ask about prices for a young girl?
Big Man B looked at Big Man A's (Old Kong's) back and muttered to himself, "How can a thug act on emotion? Old Kong, you're finished."
A quarter of an hour later, Old Kong calmly walked out of Chunfeng Tower and said to Wen Yuxia, "One hundred taels, and the person is yours."
He dared to inquire about the ransom price for Wen Yuxia because the person in charge was his cousin, but she quoted a high price, and he was worried that the young girl wouldn't have enough money to pay it.
Old Kong was worried for Wen Yuxia, but Wen Yuxia calmly asked, "Uncle, can we negotiate the price?"
Someone like Wen Linshi could only fetch 5 or 1 taels of silver at the brokerage. The manager of Chunfeng Tower was certain that she would have to redeem her. Wen Yuxia kept a straight face, but inwardly she was filled with regret. She wished she hadn't come to the brokerage today.
"The price is fixed and there are no arguments!" Old Kong said coldly. His aunt had already made an exception by agreeing to redeem him out of consideration for him; how could he possibly negotiate the price?
"Damn it! When this old woman was sold to the brothel, you only paid three taels of silver. Now you're demanding a hundred taels for ransom. This is blatant robbery!"
When Madam Wen heard that the ransom was one hundred taels, she panicked. She was afraid that Wen Yuxia wouldn't agree to redeem her, and she was also afraid that Wen Yuxia didn't have one hundred taels of silver. So she started crying and wailing.
"Shut up! It's a miracle the manager even agreed to redeem her. Our Chunfeng Pavilion girls can only walk in and leave sideways. Old woman, you should be secretly happy!" the burly man said mockingly.
Having stayed at Chunfeng Tower for several months, Wen Linshi was well aware of the rule of no entry and no exit. She didn't want to die; she wanted to leave Chunfeng Tower alive. Unable to negotiate a better price, she placed all her hopes on Wen Yuxia, shamelessly pleading, "Da Ya, save me!"
Wen Yuxia consoled herself, "Oh well, one hundred taels it is. Consider it a good deed." She slowly reached into her satchel, took out a silver note, and handed it to Old Kong.
"Uncle, here's the money, give me the indenture, and we're even," Wen Yuxia said seriously as she took back the indenture from Old Kong.
Then, he pulled Wen Linshi away from the alley entrance and headed towards the carriage. Wen Linshi was a shrew; it was inconvenient for her to stay in the county town, so she had to be sent back to Xinghua Village. Wen Dashan would decide how to settle Wen Linshi.
Wen Yuxia didn't want to interact with Wen Linshi, nor did she want to chat with the other passengers on the oxcart. Once on the oxcart, she sat down and closed her eyes to rest.
Wen Linshi didn't know which village Wen Dashan had settled in, and she was too embarrassed to ask since Wen Yuxia didn't say. Anyway, she went wherever Wen Yuxia went, so she wasn't worried. The easygoing woman chatted animatedly with the other women on the bus the whole way.
The oxcart stopped at the entrance of Xinghua Village. Wen Yuxia jumped off first, followed quickly by Wen Linshi. Then she waved goodbye to the women on the cart, saying, "Zhang family sister, Sister Yang, see you later!"