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The crowd also understood what Aunt Liu meant by her words.
It seems that she encountered this girl when she went outside the city with the Zhang family yesterday to distribute porridge, and then she brought the girl in.
Also, because Aunt Liu’s son is already in his thirties and still doesn’t have a wife, she thought of letting this girl be her son’s wife.
Upon hearing this, the crowd immediately divided into two factions.
On one side, some people believed that Aunt Liu brought the girl in and even saved her life, so her demands were not unreasonable.
However, there were also people who felt that Aunt Liu’s demands were too difficult to fulfill.
Her son is already in his thirties and still a fool. There is no hope for a better life if someone spends the rest of their life with him.
Moreover, the girl’s family members have already been found, so it would be better to return her to them.
Upon hearing the crowd’s suggestion of returning the girl, Aunt Liu felt strongly unwilling in her heart.
How could she let go of this prospective daughter-in-law who has come right to her doorstep!!!
Meanwhile, Shen Yu’an also understood the situation after inquiring about it.
It was similar to what Aunt Liu had explained.
After Song Xiao Ni got separated from her family, she arrived at the outskirts of Dashan County. She searched around but couldn’t find her family.
She heard that porridge was distributed in the city every morning, so she decided to wait until the next day to beg for a bowl of porridge before making further plans.
However, after days of exhaustion and fright, coupled with two days without food, Song Xiao Ni passed out as soon as she lay down.
She remained unconscious even when the people from the city came out the next day to distribute porridge.
When she woke up, it was already today.
After waking up, Aunt Liu, in order to prevent her from escaping, only gave Song Xiao Ni two sips of water to drink.
Then they wanted to let her foolish son have a “wedding night” with Song Xiao Ni.
Song Xiao Ni was terrified, but Aunt Liu’s foolish son really didn’t understand anything.
Taking advantage of that moment, Song Xiao Ni secretly escaped. However, Aunt Liu still discovered her and chased her all the way here.
Aunt Liu’s face turned red, but it was out of anger. She said, “Want me to give her to you? No way!”
As she spoke, she tried to push Shen Rong away and pull Song Xiao Ni out, scratching and grabbing at Shen Rong’s face.
Shen Rong had to be careful not to let Aunt Liu scratch his face, while also protecting Song Xiao Ni from being dragged away. He was momentarily flustered.
Suddenly, Shen Yu’an said, “Stop!”
The crowd heard her gentle voice, but they thought there was no way Aunt Liu would listen to her.
However, to their surprise, Aunt Liu paused for a moment and actually stopped, taking two steps back.
What they didn’t know was that Shen Yu’an had used her psychic control on Aunt Liu when she said those words, naturally making her obedient and compliant.
Shen Yu’an didn’t want to get too involved with Aunt Liu, but simply snatching Song Xiao Ni away wouldn’t be realistic either.
She wanted to first calm Aunt Liu down and negotiate with her.
She said, “We’ll give you five taels of silver, we’ll take my cousin away.”
Aunt Liu had regained her composure and shouted, “No way! I won’t trade her even for a hundred taels of silver.”
After finally finding a wife for her son with great difficulty, how could she willingly give her up?
“Ten taels of silver, and we’ll take her away,” Shen Yu’an proposed.
Aunt Liu opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but nothing came out. “…”
After a moment, she managed to squeeze out a word from her mouth, “Fine!”
Satisfied, Shen Yu’an nodded and said, “Since that’s settled, take the silver and go back quickly.”
Shen Yu’an took out a silver ingot from her pocket and handed it to Aunt Liu.
Without hesitation, Aunt Liu took the silver and immediately turned around, running at a speed that caught everyone off guard.
The crowd watched this scene with confusion, not understanding why things had turned out this way.
Fei Yanchen looked at Shen Yu’an with a pensive expression but didn’t say anything. Instead, he quietly stood by Shen Yu’an’s side.
Song Xiao Ni watched as Aunt Liu walked away, relieved, and gratefully glanced at Shen Yu’an.
However, she cried so hard that she couldn’t control her hiccups.
The onlookers, seeing that there was nothing interesting to watch, gradually dispersed.
However, observing Shen Yu’an taking out the ten taels of silver without hesitation, they couldn’t help but marvel at their wealth and boldness.
However, Shen Yu’an and the others didn’t exactly fit the image of being wealthy and bold at the moment, considering they were covered in dirt and dust.
Shen Yu’an walked over to comfort Song Xiao Ni and, remembering that she had mentioned fainting from hunger outside the city gate, she took out a few pastries from the backpack she was carrying and gave them to her to fill her stomach.
Afterwards, Shen Yu’an still took them to a clothing store. Now that they had Song Xiao Ni with them, they needed to help her buy a couple of outfits.
The clothing store was not far behind them, and the shopkeeper inside had witnessed everything that had just happened in front of his store.
Naturally, he also saw Shen Yu’an exchanging ten taels of silver for a girl.
So when Shen Yu’an and the other dusty customers entered his shop, the shopkeeper did not show any signs of disdain. Instead, he warmly welcomed them.
Shen Yu’an didn’t disappoint the shopkeeper either. She directly purchased several sets of clothes, spending a total of six taels of silver.
Once the clothes were all packaged up, the shopkeeper smiled warmly as he escorted Shen Yu’an and the others to the store’s entrance.
After leaving the clothing store, Shen Yu’an and the others didn’t immediately leave.
Instead, they walked to the nearby wonton stall near the city gate and sat down, ordering five bowls of wonton soup and started eating.
Song Xiao Ni was extremely hungry, and she finished a whole bowl of wontons in just a few bites.
Shen Yu’an didn’t order more for her. After not eating for several days, it wouldn’t be wise to consume too much oily food all at once, as it might upset her stomach.
After everyone finished their meal, they paid the silver and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, they also bought several buns from the neighboring stall.
However, things didn’t go as planned.
The more they tried to leave the city, the more they seemed to be unable to escape.