So the two returned home and went straight to the woodshed, where Zhao Xiuxia had already been cornered by those big dogs with nowhere to escape.
Though they couldn’t bite her, their frenzied appearance was truly terrifying. She kept screaming, her whole body trembling. Her legs shook like they had no control, and her pants were soaked with urine several times. Seeing the Liu brothers arrive, they held back the dogs, and Zhao Xiuxia breathed a sigh of relief, crawling and begging them to let her go.
"Big brothers, it was my brother who made a mistake. It was too dark, tomorrow we will definitely..."
"Where’s our wife?" Slap! The eldest slapped her, and Zhao Xiuxia fell hard to the ground, her mouth instantly filled with blood.
She cried out in pain, "I’m really not lying to you! Please let me go!" People from Xiong’er Ridge are truly ruthless! They hit like they’re going to beat someone to death!
The eldest of the Liu family shouted, "Do you really think we’re easy to fool? Spending two thousand to buy an old woman, you really dared to do that, making us lose face completely, do you think we’re fools?"
The two didn’t care about anything and just unleashed their anger with punches and kicks.
Zhao Xiuxia had never suffered such pain before, crying out for her parents, her pants soaking wet from urine.
"No, I really want to give you Sun Chan, but how would I know she got caught by mistake? Please let me go, I’ll get Sun Chan over for you..."
"Shut up! I’m telling you, I don’t want a woman anymore! Return the money immediately!"
Zhao Xiuxia was already scared to death! Hearing them ask for the money, she hastily agreed.
"Alright, I’ll return the money, tomorrow I’ll have my brother pay it back, please don’t hit me!" Zhao Xiuxia sobbed, cursing internally countless times. Damn Sun Chan, I’ll endure this time, repay the money, and then sell you to someone else! Next time, two thousand won’t be enough; I’ll sell for three thousand!
"You’re smart, very obedient, but listen, besides what we gave you before, you must compensate us half, I want four thousand!" The eldest of the Liu family sneered.
Zhao Xiuxia was shocked: "What did you say? Obviously, it was two thousand, since when did it become four thousand! You are so unreasonable..."
The second brother kicked fiercely, hitting Zhao Xiuxia’s stomach, and with a scream, she flew away, her body heavily crashing into the dirt wall behind her, a scattering of dust falling on her head, almost knocking her out.
The eldest sneered, "You dare say we’re unreasonable? I’m telling you, four thousand means four thousand, if you don’t agree, don’t think about leaving Xiong’er Ridge! We don’t care about you, but there are those sixty-something bachelors here who definitely want a wife!"
Zhao Xiuxia shivered, is this a place for people to stay? Beaten and cursed every day, she definitely didn’t want to stay, quickly saying: "I understand. I’ll give you the money! Just let me go!"
"Write an IOU! I won’t trust the crap from your mouth!"
The two found a piece of burnt black wood from the woodshed and tore a piece of white cloth from the window sill, making Zhao Xiuxia write an IOU for four thousand on it. Zhao Xiuxia and the Li brothers didn’t know many words, used circles for the words they couldn’t write, determined they wouldn’t believe her if she dared not acknowledge it later!
Zhao Xiuxia shakily finished writing: "Can... can I leave now?"
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