Such talk was endless along the way, forcing Zhao Yan to hear the whole story even when he didn't want to.
Pieced together, the gist of it was that a young woman had been sold to an old man, and rather than submit, she had thrown herself into the river and drowned.
Hearing the whole story left Zhao Yan with a profound sense of sorrow. They say money makes the ghosts push the grindstone, but nowadays people would actually sell their own flesh and blood for a little bit of money. It was truly disheartening, and people like that were utterly unworthy of being fathers.
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