Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

The concubine Qian Duoduo sat in the carriage and watched the couple leave. She glanced at the women from Linjia Village who were heading towards the woods in groups. Her eyes lit up instantly and a charming smile appeared on her face.

Qian Duoduo opened the bag beside him, took out a large hollow gold bracelet and put it on his hand.

She asked the maid to bring a basket, and she took the basket and walked towards the place where the woman was digging wild vegetables.

After taking a few steps, he caught a glimpse of the maid following closely behind him.

"You go back, I'll go over there."

The maid didn't say much, but nodded her head in agreement.

Before they entered the woods, the rain on the leaves and weeds had already wet Qian Duoduo's clothes. Her delicate embroidered shoes were covered with mud. She pouted in disgust, but she was already halfway there, so she could only endure it and keep going.

Seeing her suddenly appear, the women looked at each other and there was silence for a moment.

"There are no vegetables at home. I want to dig some wild vegetables with my sisters." Qian Duoduo smiled timidly and said a little stiffly.

After traveling together for a few days, the women recognized her as the concubine of the merchant Wu Xingwang. However, at that time she sat in the carriage all day and rarely showed up except to rest.

After a long silence, Aunt Li took the initiative to smooth things over and took out two common dishes from the basket.

"These are dandelions and shepherd's purse. You should dig these two."

Aunt Li was kind enough to give her a sharpened wooden stick.

Qian Duoduo smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, sister."

Aunt Li waved at her, picked up the basket and walked away, leaving the space to her. Seeing this, the other women also tactfully walked away.

Wu Xingwang had bought food for the village, so they would not offend his family, let alone approach them, because the Wu family was a merchant family.

Qian Duoduo looked at the woman whose underwear was exposed in the blink of an eye, as if she were a jackal, tiger or leopard, and felt a little amused and helpless.

She looked around and saw a woman still in the open space, digging wild vegetables and ignoring her.

Aunt Li and the others left tactfully, and Yu Suqin pretended not to understand the other women's hints.

After a day's walk, she would not have come out to dig wild vegetables if it was not to save some food. Why should she give up this place close to the camp to a merchant's concubine? She did not buy food from Wu Xingwang, so she did not owe him a favor, and there was no need for her to be so humble.

Qian Duoduo walked up with the basket and squatted in front of the woman, using the wooden stick given by Aunt Li to dig the fresh shepherd's purse.

She picked up the wild vegetables she had dug and handed them to the woman. The golden bracelet on her hand was very eye-catching.

"Sister, do you think I should dig this plant?"

The other party was standing in front of her and talking to her. Yu Suqin could no longer pretend. When she raised her head, a golden light pierced her eyes.

Yu Suqin was stunned, staring at the gold bracelet on Qian Duoduo's hand without blinking.

She had never seen such a big gold bracelet in her life!

Seeing this, Qian Duoduo's smile deepened. Glancing around and seeing that there were only the two of them around, she quickly took off the gold bracelet on her hand and stuffed it into Yu Suqin's arms.

"This is our first meeting. Since you like this bracelet, I'll give it to you as a gift."

The gold bracelet seemed to be hot, and Yu Suqin quickly returned it to Qian Duoduo, "No, no, it's too expensive."

"It is my blessing to meet you, sister. Please don't be polite to me! Our master is so poor that he only has money left. This bracelet is nothing at all."

"Although they didn't say it explicitly, I can tell that they must be disgusted by my status as a concubine."

Yu Suqin felt dissatisfied in her heart, not only do they dislike you for being a concubine, but also a concubine of a businessman.

How could Yu Suqin resist such a man with so much money, beautiful faces and sweet words? After a few interactions, she hid the gold bracelet in her arms, intending to leave it for Huier to marry in the future.

For the sake of the gold bracelet, Yu Suqin became much more enthusiastic towards Qian Duoduo and even gave her half of the wild vegetables she had dug with great effort.

Obviously, Qian Duoduo's mind was not on digging wild vegetables.

"Sister Yu, I saw a lot of people surrounding a carriage a few days ago. What's going on?"

"Hey, it's all because Third Master Yun wants to please that little bitch Lin Yinan." Yu Suqin snorted coldly, speaking in a sour tone.

Qian Duoduo casually said, "By the way, Miss Lin looked fine before, how come her belly suddenly got so big?"

"Who knows when they will get pregnant?"

"It seems that Young Master Yun cares a lot about his wife." Qian Duoduo's tone was full of envy.

"Bah, she's just a two-faced bitch."

"..."

In the evening, Wu Xingwang's family sat around the fire, and the couple chatted with Qian Duoduo about the news they had gathered during the day.

Wu Xingwang sighed, "The attitude of the Guanyun brothers towards us today seems to be that they don't want to get too close to us. The Su family in Jiancheng is very famous, but the scholar Su Kunliang is too arrogant and looks down on us. I heard that they also moved their entire family south. The old fox head of the Lin family talked for a long time, but it seemed like he said nothing."

Madam Wu frowned, "One branch of the Yun family is a southern noble family. If we can get close to the Yun family, our Wu family will have a smoother road ahead."

"Both sons of the Yun family are married, and the youngest son has just turned fourteen. Miss Yun doesn't even have to think about it..."

Qian Duoduo glanced at Wu Yao and said with a sweet smile, "Master, you worry too much. Madam Yun gave birth less than three months ago and she can't take care of Mr. Yun at this moment. Miss is in her prime. If she can win Mr. Yun's favor, what else do we have to worry about?"

Mrs. Wu had previously been interested in Yun Mo. "Didn't you say that the Third Young Master Yun was unmarried? How come a wife suddenly appeared?"

Qian Duoduo told everyone the news he got from Yu Suqin.

Wu Xingwang praised Qian Duoduo with a smile, "You are really thorough."

Mrs. Wu's face froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal.

Looking at her own two children, the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously. She had to make good plans for them.

As it got dark, Lin Yinan's family started to eat.

Old Mrs. Zhao cooked all three rabbits that Yun Mo sent her and stewed them with fresh wild vegetables. There was vegetables, meat, and soup, and it was eaten with wild vegetable cakes.

Chun Niang held the bowl and lowered her voice, "When we were digging wild vegetables this afternoon, I saw Yu Suqin secretly accepting a gold bracelet from the merchant's concubine. It was that big."

She gestured with the hand holding the chopsticks.

Mrs. Zhao's heart sank. "What is this lazy woman going to do? I hope she doesn't do anything weird."

"I don't know. I watched them from a distance whispering to each other for a long time."

Lin Qingxiang asked, "Didn't you hear anything they said?"

"I didn't dare go closer, for fear that they would find out."

Lin Yinan took a bowl full of rabbit meat and gave each of Lin Yichun's children a piece, two pieces for Lin Xiaomei, and tore off a few pieces of tender meat for Lin Zhiyan.

After drinking a bowl of soup, she said nonchalantly, "He is just trying to find out the situation in our team and try to get close to us."

"That's right. Who in the team doesn't want to be attached to our son-in-law now?"

Zhang often dealt with women in the village, so how could she not know the little calculations in their hearts?

"Scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, even though they have a lot of money and call servants, they are still of low status, not as good as us peasants!"

The Wu family was in a state of panic. After all, Lin Shuo had received some education, so he could see the problem at a glance.

Lin Yinan thought it was not worth worrying about and concentrated on eating the rabbit meat in the bowl.

Seeing that she had a good appetite, Li Shulan took the food from her own bowl.

After dinner, Lin Yinan planned to take a walk outside the tent to digest the food, when he saw Yun Mo and the secret guards carrying two bundles of grass to feed the family’s horses.