A farmer's daughter travels through time, farming and dividing the family to fight for the best

She didn't look like a village girl at all, and she seemed to be the one making the decisions on all matters big and small in the family, which made people more and more curious about her.

Li Xiaoxiao didn't know that he would think so much, she just wanted him to get better quickly and leave.

Si Chengxu got up and went outside. He had been stuck inside for three days. As soon as he went out, he saw Li Ruolan feeding the rabbits with freshly cut grass, Li Dahai weaving bamboo baskets, Li Xiaoxiao drying and sorting the herbs picked from the mountains, and Sun was cleaning. Everyone in the family was doing their own thing.

Seeing him coming out, Sun went into the house and got a stool for him to sit down. Somehow she felt close to him: "Mr. Si, is your wound feeling better?"

"Much better." Si Chengxu nodded slightly and said lightly.

"That's good. Take good care of your injuries and leave after you recover."

It was obvious that Li Xiaoxiao did not tell Sun that she had asked him to leave.

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Tomorrow is Li Huawen's day off, and Li Dahai has just made a few bamboo baskets and plans to take them to the county town to sell.

It was the first time that his son had been away from home for such a long time, and Li Dahai missed him very much and wanted to go with him. Li Xiaoxiao readily agreed. However, the bamboo basket took up space and it was inconvenient to take it on a ox cart, so they had to borrow Li Quanfu's ox cart so that there would be room for another Li Dahai.

Now that they have moved to a new home, if they want to run a small business in the future, they will have to go to the county town. It is not a good idea to always borrow someone else's ox cart. Maybe they should buy one.

Li Xiaoxiao was thinking in her mind that they had already arrived at the county town. Li Dahai had good skills and solid workmanship, so the bamboo baskets were sold out quickly. She went to the cloth shop to buy a set of ready-made clothes for Si Chengxu, and then went to the academy to pick up Li Huawen. Li Huawen had changed a lot in just one month of study. He spoke less frivolously and more steadily. The teacher in the academy also praised him for his serious study and said he would become a useful person in the future.

The three of them went home chatting and laughing all the way.

As soon as I arrived at the village entrance, a fellow villager said to me, "Dahai, go home quickly. Something happened in your family."

Li Xiaoxiao felt panicked after hearing this. What could have happened at home? Could it be Si Chengxu? She didn't dare to think any further. She raised the whip in her hand and hit the ox hard. The big yellow ox felt the pain and ran forward quickly.

From a distance, she saw that the door of her house was open and there was a faint figure inside. Something must have happened at home. Before leaving the house in the morning, she specifically reminded Sun not to open the door casually.

When they reached the door, Li Xiaoxiao jumped off the ox cart and strode towards home: "Dad, tie up the ox cart."

"Okay." Li Dahai was also anxious.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw a lot of people gathered in the room where her mother lived. After squeezing in, she could see that Sun's head was covered in blood and she was lying motionless on the bed. Aunt Wang was holding a handkerchief in her hand, wiping the blood off her face.

Seeing that it was her, the villagers started talking at once. It took Li Xiaoxiao a while to understand what was going on.

It turned out that not long after she went out, someone came to her house and knocked on the door. Li Xiaoxiao had specifically reminded Sun before leaving, and she remembered it. She didn't want to open the door, but the other party said he was passing by and was really thirsty, so he wanted to ask for a bowl of water. Sun was kind-hearted and opened the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the door opened, the other party knelt down in front of her and shouted, "Mother-in-law, accept my greetings." Then he kowtowed to Sun.

A man who looked about the same age as her came up and kowtowed and called her mother-in-law, which confused Sun. Before she could react, a group of grown men came rushing in.

"Who are you?" Sun took several steps back before she could steady herself.

"Mother-in-law, I'm from Zhaojiatun. Today is the day I'm getting married to your eldest daughter, and I'm here to pick up the bride." The man was big and strong, with a full beard, and spoke in a hoarse voice. He didn't look like a good person at first glance.

Hearing this, Sun quickly protected the trembling Li Ruolan behind her and pretended to be calm, "Leave my house. My daughter is not engaged to you."

"Mother-in-law, it was your mother-in-law who took the initiative to find me and arrange the marriage with me. At that time, you had just separated, and I didn't have enough money, so I paid fifteen taels of betrothal money first. A few days ago, I finally got enough money together and gave it all to her." Zhao Laixi was tall and saw Li Ruolan as soon as he entered the room. The girl was so pretty and the money was well spent.

When Sun heard this, she almost fainted. She then remembered that when the family had just been divided, a matchmaker had indeed passed by her house, and she seemed to have praised Ruolan for her beauty. It turned out that at that time, Old Lady Li had sold her daughter.

"No, I don't agree. I'll return the silver to you, but you can't take my daughter away." Sun protected Li Ruolan behind him like an eagle protecting her chick.

Zhao Lai Xi was not a good person. Old Mrs. Li had said before that her son and daughter-in-law might not agree, so she asked him to be prepared. So when he came, he called several friends who usually ate, drank and had fun together, saying that he was coming to pick up the bride, but in fact he was trying to kidnap the bride.

"I'm telling you in a nice way, don't refuse my toast and then drink a forfeit. The money I spent cannot be returned." Zhao Laixi became impatient and revealed his true colors. He had a ferocious look on his face and shouted that he was going to catch Li Ruolan.

They lived halfway up the mountain, so even if they shouted at the top of their lungs, the villagers probably wouldn't be able to hear them. Few people from the village usually came here. At this moment, Sun regretted very much that she hadn't listened to Li Xiaoxiao and should not have opened the door.

Sun tried her best to block the big hand he stretched out, and at the same time she hoped desperately that Li Xiaoxiao and the others would come back soon. Zhao Laixi failed to catch Li Ruolan for several times. In anger, he picked up the wooden stick standing beside him and hit Sun on the head. Sun could not dodge in time and fell to the ground after two feints.

"Mom, mom, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me." Li Ruolan was so frightened when she saw the fainted Sun that she didn't know what to do. Blood was flowing down Sun's cheeks.

Zhao Laixi didn't care whether Sun lived or died. He grabbed Li Ruolan's wrist and pulled her out. Li Ruolan was a little girl, very weak. No matter how she struggled, he held her hand and didn't move at all.

They pulled her all the way to the door, and Li Ruolan bit Zhao Laixi's hand. Zhao Laixi let go of her hand because of the pain, and then used his other hand to slap Li Ruolan in the face. Immediately, five red slap marks appeared on Li Ruolan's face, and she saw stars and temporarily lost the ability to resist.

Zhao Laixi tied up Li Ruolan with a rope in a few seconds and threw her onto the ox cart.

"I'll go with you, please, save my mother." Li Ruolan knew that she could not escape her fate, and she was very worried when she thought of her mother's appearance.

"I don't have time to care about her. She brought this upon herself. I tried to talk to her in a nice way, but she wouldn't listen." Zhao Laixi drove the ox cart towards Qinghe Village. He has never been a low-key person. He finally got married with a wife, so of course he had to let others know, even if she was robbed.

The oxcart drove through Qinghe Village with great fanfare. Li Ruolan shouted to everyone she saw: "Uncle, Auntie, my mother has fainted. Please go and save her. She is alone at home now. Please, Xiaoxiao will be back soon."

Seeing Li Ruolan like this, many strong men in the village wanted to stop her. Zhao Laixi shouted, "I spent thirty taels of silver to marry her. Let's see who dares to meddle in my business." His arrogant look scared away the villagers who wanted to help. In the end, they could only watch Li Ruolan walk away crying.

Several women, led by Aunt Wang and Aunt Huang, wanted to help but were powerless. They didn't know how Sun was doing, so they decided to go to Li Xiaoxiao's house to check on her.