37. The natal family does not want second-hand girls
"If I were half as smart as Sister Haitang, my life would not be in vain." Lamei was still sighing in the room. These things were something she could never imagine even if she thought about it.
Everyone has the same head. I really don’t know how Sister Haitang’s head grows. Is it because she gave birth to a child?
Sister Haitang wasn't that smart before giving birth to a baby, but it's completely different after giving birth...
Thinking of this, Lamei became more convinced that giving birth to children will make her smarter. When she meets the man she likes, she will get married and have a baby immediately, so that she can become as smart as Sister Haitang.
Even if it becomes half or even a small half, I will be satisfied.
Bai Haitang paid five copper coins for each piece of cloth weaved, which was half the cost of buying cloth outside.
Someone would send a piece of cloth every few days, and after a month, there were ten pieces of cloth put on Bai Haitang's gray cloth rack.
Whenever someone brought cloth, Bai Haitang would pay for it immediately without any delay. As a result, she gained a good reputation and more and more women were willing to weave cloth for her.
Seeing the coins clanking into other people's pockets, the stingy old rich man gritted his teeth angrily. Especially when he saw the smiles on the faces of the women in the village, the stingy old rich man became even more angry.
He likes to see everyone's frowning faces, while he stands at the entrance of his cellar, bathing in the smell of copper coins, smiling as elegantly as a chrysanthemum in his heart.
"You guys, start weaving for me at Bai Haitang's house today. You can earn a lot from weaving." This morning, the old rich man had another idea for nine of his concubines.
If they are divorced, their parents' families will definitely not accept second-hand girls anymore. These women don't even have basic food, clothing, housing and transportation, so no one dares to disobey the old rich man.
Even though I'm hungry and skinny now, at least I have food to eat and a place to live.
The nine concubines came to Bai Haitang's house timidly and were very embarrassed to speak.
Bai Haitang looked at them all in ragged clothes and skinny bones, and the childless daughters-in-law looked as embarrassed as yellow-faced women. How could he not feel distressed.
Although everyone in the village usually hated the old rich man, these nine concubines were quite pitiful.
Compared with the four wives of the county magistrate, they are like heaven and earth. Besides, the county magistrate is not as rich as the old rich man.
Sure enough, men are afraid of getting into the wrong profession, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. Bai Haitang suddenly thought of this sentence.
She was originally a pretty Xiaojiabiyu, but who would have thought that she would be tortured like this by the old rich man.
"You are here to weave too, right? Wintersweet will teach you how to make materials, and the wages are the same as everyone else." Bai Haitang naturally did not embarrass these nine women who had suffered a lot.
"Thank you." The nine concubines are grateful. Every time they go out to work, they are always looked down upon. They are all thanks to the old rich man, and they hate the house.
Unexpectedly, Bai Haitang was so polite to them. This surprised the nine women.
When he got home, the old rich man was so happy when he heard that the matter was successful, he rewarded each person with an extra cornmeal bun, which was regarded as a "big hemorrhage".
"This old rich man is an old miser. If I don't punish him, I, Bai Haitang, will really feel unworthy of the woman." Bai Haitang thought to herself.
I heard that the old rich man also made a rule that if a concubine is added every year, people in the village will naturally not marry her. But if someone from another village cannot afford to raise a daughter, they will give her a concubine for free. At least they will not starve to death.
If this continues, I don’t know how many women will suffer.