The daily struggles of divorced women in ancient times

It was already night when Xia Mian got home. Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er were still sitting at home waiting for their mother.

The two little kids were no longer at the age where they knew nothing. They knew exactly what their mother was going to do today, and Xia Mianwan did not hide it from them.

Seeing that Xia Mianwan looked tired, Chen Ge'er hurriedly poured her a cup of tea. Ruzhu wanted to help, but Chen Ge was unwilling.

Yu Jie'er also sat next to Xia Mianwan, "Mother, how are you today?"

Chen Ge'er was also very concerned about this issue and pricked up his ears to listen to what Xia Mianwan had to say.

"As for mother, let me just say one thing: mother will not hand you over to the Zheng family."

Chen Ge'er clenched his fists and pursed his lips even tighter, but it was still not strong enough...

Xia Mianwan held one of them with one hand and said, "Don't worry, everything is fine."

Yu Jie'er nodded worriedly. Seeing her mother's tired look, Yu Jie'er felt for the first time that what Chen Ge'er said was right. Only by having absolute strength can one avoid being bullied by others.

After returning to her room late in the evening, Xia Mian carefully reviewed what had happened during this period of time and felt that she had taken things for granted. After all, this was ancient times, not the era before she traveled through the book where people could pursue freedom of love and gender equality.

Although she is trying to adapt and change history little by little.

However, the character and thoughts in one's bones will never change.

Since I can't change it, I can only make myself stronger instead of coming here in vain.

Originally, Old Madam Zheng wanted to come and see Chen Ge'er and Yu Jie'er, but after the previous commotion, Old Madam Zheng gave up the idea.

However, Xia Mianwan knew that the Zheng family had been following her, and using Pei Yanxu could fool her temporarily, but not forever. But it was still possible to extend her life...

Xia Mianwan wanted to use the God of Cooking Competition to get herself and Pei Yanxu to appear in the same place and show their faces.

The chefs participating in the God of Cooking competition have arrived in Yanzhou in batches. Xia Mianwan has already ordered people to send these chefs to the God of Cooking courtyard specially built for them.

After flipping through the scrolls in his hand, Xia Mianwan took one of them and went to find Pei Yanxu.

Pei Yanxu heard someone report that Xia Mianwan was outside asking for a meeting, so he asked someone to invite Xia Mianwan in.

"Madam Xia...what's the matter?" Pei Yanxu asked when he saw Xia Mianwan holding the scroll and the maid holding a food box in her hand.

Xia Mianwan said with a smile: "Master Pei, this food box is filled with all kinds of snacks I developed for this cooking competition. It would be great if we can become famous together."

Pei Yanxu raised his eyebrows and asked: "So..."

Xia Mianwan said with a smile: "So, I want Master Pei to try it and give me some advice."

Pei Yanxu looked at Xia Mianwan curiously, "Shouldn't you ask Su Zhi for these matters? I just borrowed someone, but I'm not in charge of this matter!"

Xia Mianwan smiled without changing his expression. "You are the governor, you must see how the people of Yanzhou live. Since you have helped, this matter is so serious that you should take a good look at it."

Pei Yanxu took the food from the food box and tasted it half-doubtfully. His eyes lit up instantly. He pointed at the food in one of the small boxes and asked, "What is this? Why is it so delicious?"

Xia Mianwan said with a smile: "This is called potato chips, isn't it delicious!"

Pei Yanxu nodded, and tried a few other snacks. As expected, he was amazed by them all.

Pei Yanxu was also surprised. He didn't expect that this seemingly inconspicuous snack was so delicious.

"What if we sell it to the capital?"

"Of course it's sold out all over Beijing!" Pei Yanxu answered without thinking, and only realized it after he finished speaking, and he coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment.

Xia Mianwan laughed secretly, and seeing that the first step was successful, he pretended to say, "The development of our Yanzhou during this period... Sir Pei, do you want to go with me to see if there is anything that needs to be improved in the Cooking God Competition?"

Pei Yanxu thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay."

Xia Mianwan and Pei Yanxu went out together. Xia Mianwan told Ruzhu not to follow her and took Pei Yanxu to the Kitchen God's Courtyard. They also went to the downtown area for a stroll, which took them a full hour.

Xia Mianwan originally thought that she had to trick people into coming here just to show off in front of everyone. But who knew Pei Yanxu was a real talent, and Xia Mianwan actually extracted very useful information from Pei Yanxu's suggestions.

Xia Mianwan was deeply impressed: "Master Pei is really amazing. I never thought of what you said."

Pei Yanxu smiled and said nothing.

After strolling around for a while, Xia Mianwan felt that it was about time to show up, so she said to Pei Yanxu, "Thank you for disturbing me today, Master Pei."

Pei Yanxu stared at Xia Mianwan for a while, then smiled and said, "Nothing to do, just relax. It's good for Yanzhou to be better than me."

The two were silent for a while. Xia Mianwan racked his brains but couldn't think of anything else to say, so he said, "Then I'll go back?"

Pei Yanxu nodded: "Well, I'll take you there. It's on the way."

Xia Mianwan was secretly delighted. There was such a good thing. Now the Zheng family’s stalkers should be able to believe it.

Pei Yanxu nodded to the secret guard when Xia Mianwan was not paying attention, and the secret guard who had been following Pei Yanxu closely left quietly.

……

Pei Mansion.

"Sir, you're back!" Butler Zhong Bo hurried over to greet Pei Yanxu when he saw him coming back.

"What's the matter?" Pei Yanxu asked.

"My wife wrote to me, saying that she has found a few girls from good families in Yanzhou for you to go and meet." Zhong Bo watched the mother and son, fighting their wits and courage over the marriage all day long.

"Mother is too unreasonable. I came to Yanzhou on official business. A real man should put his country before his family." Pei Yanxu's abacus beads clattered in his mind.

Uncle Zhong said with a bitter face: "Sir...it's no use for you to tell me, Madam Xu and the other two are about to arrive in Yanzhou."

Pei Yanxu was horrified when he heard this. Aunt Xu was the most powerful person in their Pei Mansion. It was a headache...

Pei Yanxu returned to the study, and the secret guard came to report: "Sir, we found it."

"Say!"

"There are indeed people from the Zheng family watching outside Madam Xia's house. They are all good hands."

Pei Yanxu nodded and waved his hand to let the secret guard go.

It seems that Xia Mianwan's move today was fake because of the cooking competition, and his real intention was to take advantage of his power.

Pei Yanxu tapped the table with his fingers, thought carefully, and felt that it was not impossible to borrow strength from each other.