Sister was not taken away, but the third sister was taken away.

That family said that sisters were all the same, just at a lower price.

Grandpa didn't want to waste such a good resource, so he had to carry the body of the third sister to exchange for money.

I know what they are doing with the money.

Yao Zong's foot was rotten, but it wasn't the sudden break they claimed.

If we don't find a solution soon, it will rot up to the root of his thigh.

For three months, family members would come over in the name of visiting their daughters every now and then.

Once the door was closed, they would mercilessly torture me.

Seeking the protection of the Divine Lord.

Gradually, they realized that punishing me did not bring the usual benefits.

They knew that I had failed.

Even though every household in the village gave two ounces as punishment, the money to treat Yao Zong's illness was still not enough.

Since the village head's wife gave birth to a monster, families seeking children started giving birth to deformed babies one after another.

More and more people came to cut my skin, dip into my blood.

The village head's wife also came here on the third day after giving birth.

She came here while yelling "my son", turning her man into a lump of flesh.

The people seeking punishment and seeking protection from the Divine Lord suddenly decreased.

The already insufficient money became even more tight.

What should we do?

Grandpa came up with a good idea.

He took Dad and uncle to the town to buy a pig's head and delivered it to the new village head's house.

He also contributed two barrels of rough rice at the village entrance.

Finally, the story of the Wang family's village sin woman spread.

In this way, more people from the town and neighboring villages came.

But the villagers remained silent about the side effects of seeking children.

Sister cried with red eyes and said to me in tears:

"Mother is pregnant again, she can't give birth anymore, her stomach is as thin as paper!

"And dad, his hand, just like Yao Zong's, can't be cured by any doctor."

"Er Ya, why is our family so miserable."

Is it miserable?

It is not, the luck that was borrowed back then is now being returned.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Human Day.

Everything is going wrong.

The angry outsiders that I imagined hadn't arrived yet.

Instead, a person whom we would never see in our lifetime arrived.

The arrival of the person was grand, with the vehicles accompanying him stopping from one end of the village to the other.

There were hundreds of people serving him at the front and back.

He looked majestic, just standing there, the village elders all lowered their heads and their legs were trembling.

He walked into the dilapidated temple and smiled at me.

The smile he forced out was stiff and false.

He said, "I know your secret."

"I have killed all the troublemakers who were coming to settle scores with you, now you must do something for me."

Who is this person, they were going to die anyways.

Did he need to go to such lengths?

I stared at him for a long time, then turned to look at my parents who were hiding quails in the corner.

In just a moment, Dad's arm that had never recovered completely rotted into black water.

Dad fainted instantly, and Mother's screams made the men turn to look back.

But his fake smile faded, genuine joy shining in his eyes.

"Marvelous!

"I can still do this?

"Make any request, I will fulfill it!"

He stared at me, eagerly and urgently.

I felt the prohibition that was holding me back from leaving dissipate with his arrival.

Perhaps, I could save them.

"After you have completed your task, take her away, grant her a lifetime of prosperity, wealth, happiness, and worry-free living." I pointed to Sister peeking from behind the Buddha statue, in a calm tone.

"Good!" The man waved his hand, ordering his attendants, "Take the young ladies back to the mansion!"

Before leaving the village, Dad passed away.

In his last moment, he rushed out of the house like a flash of light.

He kneeled towards the direction of the child tower.

Then, he lost his breath.

Even in death, he maintained the position of kneeling in repentance.

As Grandpa arrived home just in time to witness this scene, his mouth twisted and his eyes went askew in an instant.

It looked as if he had gone mad and wet his pants.

Mother, carrying Yao Zong who could no longer walk, stopped the carriage I was leaving the village in.

"Er Ya, Mother begs you, please take Yao Zong away!

"Mother can endure anything, but Yao Zong is the only root of our family!

"Er Ya, this is your little brother, you can't abandon him!

"What do you want Mother to do, anything is fine, Mother just asks you to take Yao Zong to the capital to see a doctor, okay?"

I bent down, lightly brushing her stomach that was as round as a drum.

"Where there's only one stalk, don't you still have one hidden?"

Mother moved away from my hand, subconsciously saying, "What if it's another worthless girl..."

She suddenly snapped out of it and stopped herself mid-sentence.

She gave birth to three "worthless girls", one of whom died young and was married off to a spirit, leaving two who are now favored by the nobility.

She had to rely on them to secure a future for her beloved son.

I sat up straight, calling over a nearby servant.

I pointed to a few girls washing clothes in the icy water in the distance.

"Prepare a carriage, heat up some soup, those girls, I want to take them away together."

That agonizing night, the rice soup that flowed down my throat like water, and the few trembling, sobbing girls.

I will never forget.