Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 207 Silver and Money

When the woman's identity was questioned, she quickly shook her head and said, "My dear mother, I am her real mother. I raised her with all my hard work."

A passerby who was not happy with the woman's behavior scolded her: "You are such a person and you still love your mother. How can your mother bear to do this to her own daughter? Isn't she your own flesh and blood?"

"It must be a stepmother. Only a stepmother would be willing to treat someone else's child like this. How could she be willing to do this to her own flesh and blood?"

"How cruel! How cruel!"

Facing the buzz of discussion, the woman took a few steps back and said in confusion: "But my mother treated me like this. I have been beaten since I was a child. When I have a child, I can beat the child."

"Hey! Are you going to let your daughter go through the same suffering you went through?"

"That's right. If you don't feel bad for your own daughter, it's okay for your sister to feel bad for her!"

Everyone's contemptuous eyes shifted from the thin woman on the ground to the woman.

Facing everyone's contemptuous eyes, the woman felt extremely embarrassed, but she didn't know how to refute, so she could only transfer her anger to her daughter: "She is just a little girl, her legs are broken, so what? As long as she can still have children, someone will naturally want her when she is old enough."

The indifference in the woman's eyes frightened Princess Wuyang.

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Princess Wuyang almost asked Xu Jinyu in a trembling voice: "Is this how life is for common people? One leg is not even worth a meal of wine from her father."

Xu Jinyu nodded and said in an almost cold voice: "That's right, girls are never worth much. They can be a meal of wine from his father, a handful of food during a famine, or even a new set of clothes."

Xu Jinyu had always known that women in ancient times were worthless, but seeing it with her own eyes was a completely different story.

She didn't dare turn around and talk to Wuyang, because she didn't know if her tears would fall the next moment.

Xihua was from the common people and knew that such things were impossible to distinguish. She ignored the woman and asked her directly: "I remember your name is Cao'er, right? What happened to your sister's leg?"

Cao'er looked at Xihua gratefully, then quickly lowered her head and said, "Miss Xihua, my sister went to work in the mountains and accidentally fell down. Her ankle was broken. It will cost at least one or two taels of silver to treat it. My parents think it's too expensive, so they don't plan to treat it."

"But if it's not cured, even if my sister can get married, she will suffer for the rest of her life. Who would want to marry a daughter-in-law with a foot problem? Even if they marry her reluctantly, they will be reluctant in their hearts. My sister's life is not about living, but about enduring."

"When she dies, it will be her good day."

After saying this, Cao'er began to sob softly.

"Poor kid."

A passerby who was watching the excitement sighed and said, "Miss Xihua, how about I pay for this sister's medical expenses? And give the money to her mother!"

When Cao'er's mother heard this, her eyes suddenly lit up. This was good. This way, her husband would have money to drink, and she would also have money to treat her daughter's leg. This way, she wouldn't have to be beaten.

Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Xihua.

"Thank you for your kindness, sir, but that's not how it works. If you give her money this month and give her less next month, her parents will still cause trouble. Can you give her money every month?"

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Passersby are speechless. It’s okay to help occasionally, but no one wants to be a sucker and give money every month.

The passerby thought about it and took a few steps back, signaling to Xihua that he would not interfere in the matter anymore.

Xihua nodded and said, "Okay, then you can treat your sister's leg. You pay half of your monthly salary of one tael of silver to your mother as a token of filial piety to your parents, and the remaining half will be used to treat your sister. The remaining money will be deducted from your monthly salary next month."

Cao'er nodded hurriedly and knelt down in front of Xihua with a plop.

"Thank you, Miss Xihua. Thank you, Miss Xihua. When my leg is healed, I will definitely let me kowtow to you."

Xihua nodded with satisfaction. To be able to apply for a job in the Glazed Palace, she thought that she was quite smart.

The matter of Cao'er has been settled.

But Cao'er's mother suddenly jumped up.

"No! If I can't get even one tael of silver back, his father will beat me up. No! No!"

"I'll get beaten, no! No! Her father will beat me to death."

Faced with Xihua, who was obviously not an ordinary person, Cao'er's mother did not dare to make a move and could only repeat these meaningless words.

The onlookers also pointed and talked at the woman.

"You're quite strong enough to hit your own daughter, but why don't you hit your own husband?"

"Bah! You are just bullying the weak and fearing the strong."

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The woman ignored everyone's instructions and just kept repeating, "No! No!"

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Seeing this, Wuyang couldn't help but wanted to jump out, but was held down by Xu Jinyu.

"There are so many people. If you take care of this one, do you have to take care of the other one as well? Can you manage them all?"

“But...but..."

Wuyang looked at the girl named Cao'er, whose face was covered with scars but she was holding a purse and smiling with satisfaction.

My heart was filled with an indescribable feeling of sadness.

"But we can't just ignore it. That's the money she worked so hard to earn. Besides, that money has to be used for medical treatment."

"Then let's try another way."

Xihua glanced at the woman, frowned, and said in a cold voice: "Then take your daughter back! I don't need her here anymore."

"It doesn't make sense for me to hire an employee and have to take care of all the miscellaneous matters at her home."

"Yes! Take it back!"

The men who were watching on the side struggled to squeeze in.

"Hehehe! Miss Xihua, this Miss Cao'er has been taken back. Can I let my daughter have a try?"

"Hehehe, one ounce of silver a month. If my daughter could earn that much, I would worship her as my ancestor."

The man looked at Xihua flatteringly.

When Cao'er's mother saw this, she dared not say anything more. If she lost her job and had one or two taels of silver less income every month, her father would not just beat her, but beat her to death.

He snatched half a tael of silver from Cao'er and turned and ran away.

Without any excitement, the crowd dispersed in a short while.

After everyone had left, Xu Jinyu entered the back hall of the glass shop.

After sitting down, Xu Jinyu said one sentence,

"Xihua, please call the girls in the store in batches. I have something to ask them."

"Yes."

Xihua responded and walked out.

Looking at the silent Xu Jinyu, Wuyang asked a question after a long time.

"Tai'an, how are you going to help these women?"

"Let's talk about it when Xihua comes back."

After a while, Xihua came back, followed by a dozen women.

After these women came in, they stood there obediently waiting for Xu Jinyu to question them.

"Can you tell me where your monthly salary goes? Tell me one by one." Xu Jinyu asked the girls with a smile on her face.

"Your Highness, my monthly allowance was taken away by my father, who said he was saving it for me."

"Your Highness, my mother took my monthly allowance away, saying it was to save up for my dowry, but she gave me a hundred coins for pocket money."

"Your Highness, I gave my monthly salary to my father, but I have the highest status in the family now. My father said that if I have the ability and can make money, I will be the pillar of the family. I am now treated the same as my father in the family."

"My money was taken away by my brother and sister-in-law. They said it was for my support over the years. I have to work the same way after work."

"I used my money to pay my younger brother's tuition, and my parents still complained that I earned too little."

"My father took my money to gamble, and it was all gone in just...just half a day." The little girl started crying as she spoke.

"My money was taken away by my grandparents, who said that I was a child and couldn't handle so much money."

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After Xu Jinyu asked around, she found out that only one or two girls had some money, while the rest had nothing and were looked down upon by their families.

Xu Jinyu originally wanted to let these women go out to work. With money in their hands, they would naturally be more confident and would not sell themselves for a few taels of silver as a betrothal gift.

But Xu Jinyu's idea was too good. This was ancient times, and filial piety was more important than anything else. Just these words could make them hand over the money.

Then we have to think of other ways.

"Wuyang, what do you say? We should join forces to open a bank, a bank exclusively for women."

Xu Jinyu knocked on the table and looked up at Princess Wuyang, his eyes flashing with an astonishingly bright light.