Chapter 639 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father
Chapter 639 Selling one’s body to bury one’s father
Shen Ruyi refused outright, saying, "I don't owe money, and there's no reason to borrow money to buy things."
I spend more when I have money and less when I don't; spending tomorrow's money today is not a good habit.
"Xiao Hui is a person, not an object. How can you say that about Miss Xiao Hui?"
The young man in brocade quickly waved his hand, "You've misunderstood, you've misunderstood. You don't need to pay me back; I gave it to you for free."
"Gifts are even worse, wouldn't that mean I'd owe you a favor? You can owe anything but favors."
Besides, since Miss Xiaohui is buying herself to bury her father, why don't you just buy her a coffin as a gift?
Wouldn't it be better to make her owe you a favor? It doesn't make sense for her to make me, an innocent bystander with no connection to her, owe money and a favor when she's burying her father.
Such a thing doesn't exist.
After Shen Ruyi finished speaking, she glanced at the girl Xiao Hui out of the corner of her eye. Sure enough, the girl's expression changed instantly and became quite ferocious.
However, it changes very quickly and recovers even faster.
Then the tears flowed even more fiercely, and she didn't say anything, just continued to cry pitifully.
After thinking about it, everyone realized that it made sense.
He said to the young man in brocade robes, "Young master is right. Since Miss Xiaohui doesn't fancy you, you might as well just give her a coffin."
Shen Ruyi chimed in, "That's right. How about this, those with money contribute money, and those with strength contribute strength. Although I don't have much money on me, I can still contribute some strength."
Go buy a coffin. While there are many of us, let's also help Xiaohui dig a hole and bury her father.
To save her from being unable to handle it on her own, let's just consider it a step-by-step solution, how about that?
"If we do this, Miss Xiaohui won't have to become a slave; she'll still be free. What's better than being a free person when you're a maid?"
“That makes sense. Everyone wait here, I’m going to the coffin shop to buy a coffin right now,” the young man in brocade robes said before running off in a flash.
"Yes, yes, that's the best idea. This young master is so clever. Why didn't we think of that before?"
"That's right, that's right. How could Miss Xiaohui, with her frail and delicate body, bury someone herself? We didn't think this through beforehand."
"Yes, yes, everyone, don't leave! We can help carry the coffin or something later."
"Alright, alright, we won't leave. We're going to see you through to the end, aren't we? We were just saying that the young master hasn't figured things out yet."
Unexpectedly, his brain worked the best. Why didn't we think of that before?
"Who says it isn't?"
Everyone started discussing it animatedly, but Xiao Hui, who was kneeling on the ground, cracked her expression.
No longer caring about crying, he looked at Shen Ruyi with a stubborn yet dignified air and said:
"Young master, if you don't want to buy me, fine, but how can you insult me like this?"
"One should not accept undeserved rewards. How can a woman so easily accept things from others? This is not the behavior of a gentleman."
When he finished speaking, his eyes were fixed on Shen Ruyi as if they were hooked.
The key is that her tears seem to be refusing to fall, making her look exceptionally pitiful and touching.
It even made many men stare in disbelief, wishing they could hold her in their arms and comfort her.
Shen Ruyi thought to herself, "This is absolutely an Oscar-worthy performance. Look at her, her ability to control her tears is top-notch."
Unfortunately, her alluring glances were directed at the blind man, Shen Ruyi.
The public opinion, which had just begun to improve, is starting to revert to its previous state.
Some people even turned their disgruntled gazes toward Shen Ruyi again, feeling that it was all Shen Ruyi's fault. "Look what you've done to Xiao Hui!"
Shen Ruyi wasn't going to tolerate this: "You're really unreasonable. How did I insult you?"
I offered you advice, and it caused problems instead. I feel like you can't tell right from wrong.
Oh, you, Xiao Hui, are so aloof, so awesome, so virtuous, so unwilling to accept charity.
But you expect me, an innocent person, to come and do it for you? What kind of logic is that?
You don't want to receive something for nothing. You can't expect me to beg for money to buy you out of thin air, can you? I don't owe you anything.
You're alright looking, but you're a bit dim-witted, and your constant crying and whining are too depressing.
You've ruined all my good fortune with your crying and wailing.
They're not as good as my Xiao Cui. Not only is she capable, but more importantly, she's always smiling. She brings joy and happiness to people's eyes.
I really won't buy yours. I don't have the money to buy it, and I don't want to buy it. What's the point of buying it?
Look at you, selling yourself to bury your father and still being so picky about everything, you're too difficult to please.
If we buy someone like you, will we buy you to serve our master, or will our master serve you?
My family has plenty of ancestors, and besides, this is clearly a losing proposition; only a fool would buy it.
Let whoever wants to buy it buy it; I'm not buying it.
And stop trying to morally blackmail me. I don't owe you anything. If you think the other person has it tough, then you should do it yourselves.
Why are you encouraging an innocent passerby like me? I was just strolling around and saw a lot of people gathered here, so I wanted to come in and see what was going on.
Why are they still targeting me? This is the first time I've ever seen someone force a sale.
As soon as Shen Ruyi finished speaking, Xiao Hui, who had finally managed to stop crying, burst into tears again, this time sobbing loudly.
She cried and said, "I don't want to live anymore, I have no face to live, this is so cruel..."
This sparked public outrage, and people began to condemn Shen Ruyi one by one.
"She's a young woman, how could you say that about her?"
"Exactly, you look like a decent person, how can you have such a venomous mouth?"
Who would bear to make a lovely girl like Xiaohui do chores? Are you out of your mind?
"Exactly, how could you be so heartless as to make such a lovely girl do chores?"
Shen Ruyi thought to herself, "They're trying to pin this on me. I just don't know who's behind this."
Or perhaps they came here specifically for me from the very beginning.
It seems my itinerary has been exposed.
He retorted, "You guys are the ones with problems. When you buy something, you're buying it because it's useful. What else would you buy it for?"
If she doesn't work, are we supposed to worship her like a goddess, burning incense three times a day? What, are you short of ancestors?
Why would I want her to bring me bad luck if I don't value her or find her useful?
Look at her for yourselves. Her own father died, and instead of finding a way to bury him properly so that the old man can rest in peace, she didn't even think about doing it.
They actually used their father's corpse to make a raft and put on a grand opera there.
"If this won't work and that won't work, what's wrong with those young masters over there?"
She's rich, beautiful, kind, and compassionate, yet we don't appreciate her.
And yet she acts all high and mighty, picking and choosing? She's truly got a fragile life but a sky-high ambition, completely unable to recognize the situation and reality.
"Besides, how come I've discovered that this 'Little Hui' you're talking about has no intention of selling herself to bury her father; she's just fishing here?"
Shen Ruyi's words were enough to expose the other party's true colors.
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