Jiang Li thought for a moment and felt that what I said made sense.
As he was leaving, Jiang Li handed me a Red Envelope, which I accepted with pleasure.
On my way home, I heard a man's voice. I followed the sound and found myself at Chen Qi's house.
I knocked on the door and called out, " Ms . Chen, what's going on?"
Ms . Chen opened the door and sighed, "This man refuses to get close to my daughter, especially when it comes to having children. He absolutely won't agree."
"My daughter is gentle and kind; she doesn't hit or scold anyone. I don't understand what's wrong with him. Please help me talk to him!"
I pushed open the door to the woodshed, where the man was chained to a post.
"Are you the new one?" he looked up at me, his eyes filled with hostility.
"Get lost, disgusting," he spat out.
Ms . Chen stepped forward to protect me, saying, "How can you speak like that?"
"I'm not asking you to have kids with him; why are you so anxious?"
He turned his head away, unwilling to engage with me.
I asked Ms . Chen to step outside first, indicating that I wanted to have a serious talk with him.
"I know you're feeling desperate right now, but please hear me out."
"If you resist now, they'll keep you chained here. You can try to win Chen Qi over; she won't hurt you. If they stop tying you up every day, you'll have a chance to escape later."
He remained silent.
"You need to listen to me; this isn't a solution."
Finally, he reacted and turned his head to look at me. "Do you have a plan?"
I didn't answer him and simply walked away.
The next morning, that man came looking for me.
"Let's talk."
I followed him to a remote field, a place where no one usually came.
"My name is Chen Yong. What's yours?"
"Xu Kun."
"Have you ever thought about escaping?"
I shook my head. "I haven't."
He smiled slightly. "You're lying; your eyes betray you."
I was taken aback for a moment but chose to ignore him and went straight home.
Sure enough, within a day, news spread through the village that Jiang Li was looking to buy a new bride.
Yang Fan hurried over, and that evening, it was reported that Yang Fan had been detained at Jiang Li's house.
Ms . Lin learned of this and was furious.
"What is Jiang Li thinking? How could he detain Yang Fan?"
"How will we find men in this village in the future?"
Lin Yu pondered for a moment. "Mother, let's go to Jiang Li's house and see what's going on."
I stood up, wanting to follow them out the door.
"I want to go too."
Ms . Lin turned to look at me, thought for a moment, and said, "Alright, come along."
When we arrived at Jiang Li's house and pushed the door open, we found Yang Fan tied up on the bed, covered with a blanket.
His hair was disheveled, and it was clear he had suffered mistreatment.
Seeing me, Yang Fan seemed to see a savior and began to struggle wildly.
"Help me! Help me!"
Ms . Lin stepped forward, tugging at the blanket to confirm that it was indeed Yang Fan underneath.
"Jiang Li, what are you doing?"
Jiang Li stood to the side, holding a whip in her hand.
"Aunt, I've already taken him captive, and I won't let him go."
"Taken captive? You need to release him immediately!" Ms . Lin demanded angrily.
"I won't release him unless I get pregnant. Otherwise, don't even think about it."
Ms . Lin became even angrier. "You took him away! What about the others in the village?"
"I'll keep him for a month or two. Once I'm pregnant, I'll let him go right away. But if I do let him go, who knows if he'll retaliate against us or report us? Maybe we should find someone else to deliver men to us; after all, it's not like we're not paying."
Ms . Lin stomped her foot. "You... you..."
"Aunt, here's the deal: if you want a free man, once I'm pregnant, I can let you use him too. After all, if we drug him a bit, he won't be able to escape."
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