Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

When she stood up, the woman who was cursing the loudest in front of her was shocked and stood there in a daze.

But she immediately realized that she came here to have a fight and she couldn't afford to lose.

He put his hands on his hips, hunched his shoulders, glared with his triangular eyes, and was about to start scolding again.

"Who are you? Where are you from? You come to my workshop to cause trouble. Aren't you afraid that we will report you to the police?"

Du Wenxiu opened his mouth and took the initiative.

What a joke! When it comes to swearing, can she be better than this fierce woman who roams the streets?

Of course, Qiuyue was asked to quickly go to the county government office to find Wu Xiaoliu to come and calm the situation. He just hoped that he was on duty today and would not fail at the critical moment.

When asked, the woman shrank her head, and then she came to her senses and said:

"Why do you care who I am? I am the sister-in-law of Jiang Shuimei from your workshop. She was beaten by her husband twice, and she ran away relying on the protection of your workshop. What's the matter? You don't plan to get married, right?"

Behind Cheng Suying, the man that Qiao'er was protecting poked his head out and shouted in a harsh voice, "Yes, I don't plan to pass it. I won't pass it."

Pushing Cheng Suying aside, the woman named Jiang Shuimei squeezed out. At first glance, the people behind her all gasped.

His face was swollen and covered with bruises. His eyes were squeezed into a slit by the swollen cheeks. Two of his teeth were missing and he had a lisp when he spoke.

"If I don't make money, you beat me. If I make money, you beat me too. You go out and spend money every day, and when you run out of money, you come back to ask me for it."

"I went out to sell goods to others, but he disliked me for being too public. Is it so easy to find a job that doesn't require exposure to the public?"

The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt, and Jiang Shuimei began to cry.

"He finally found a job in a workshop, but he only worked half a day. The children at home were crying from hunger, and he lay on the kang and slept soundly, complaining that the children were noisy."

"What does the child know? He went up and slapped my ear so hard that it started bleeding and half of my ear became deaf."

Du Wenxiu was getting furious. It was true that the less capable a person is, the worse his temper becomes.

When he gets angry with others outside, he dares not say a word and just takes it out on his wife and children when he gets home.

"Is this the case? Should I still live with him? I'm living under his grandmother's feet. If I continue to live like this, I won't be able to save my life."

"You bully my sister-in-law from my mother's family for not letting me go home, and you bully me because I have no one to back me up. Now I am also working in a workshop."

"Madam Du, I have my own savings. If nothing else, it's enough for me to rent a house with my children. I won't bring trouble to our workshop."

Du Wenxiu remained silent, looking coldly at the woman with triangular eyes. She curled her lips and said:

"Sister-in-law, don't say I didn't advise you. There are still many widows around, not to mention you, a woman who has divorced her husband and has a child."

"Even if you can work in the workshop and get paid, can the workshop still take care of you for the rest of your life? Don't come crying and beg us for help when the time comes."

"Bah!" Jiang Shuimei stepped forward and spat in the face of the triangular-eyed woman, cursing:

"You are a bunch of wicked people. I would rather die of starvation on the street than go back to eat a bite of your food or drink a sip of your water!"

"Good, you have ambition!" Du Wenxiu clapped his hands, walked forward, raised his chin and looked at the woman with triangular eyes.

"As one of the owners of Wenyuefang, I assure the people working in my workshop that we will develop a retirement plan as soon as possible to ensure that everyone has a place to rely on and is well cared for in their old age."

"As long as my workshop exists, I will serve the workers wholeheartedly, so that everyone will not have followed me in vain."

"Great!" someone shouted loudly at the end of the crowd. As the crowd dispersed to make way, Du Wenxiu saw that it was none other than the county magistrate, Zhong Muqing.

When he first took office, the two had met before, but later on, fearing that they might attract the emperor's attention, they deliberately avoided each other and gradually their contacts became less and less frequent.

Du Wenxiu led the workshop staff to rush forward to pay their respects. County Magistrate Zhong raised his head and said with a smile:

"Mrs. Du, there is no need to be so polite. What you just said is exactly what our county has wanted to do for a long time, so that the people of our county can have a good upbringing when they are young and a place to rely on when they are old."

"As one of the largest workshops in the county, it is a blessing for the people of the county that Du Niangzi can have such aspirations."

Du Wenxiu lowered her head and repeatedly said that she was not worthy of it. Zhong Muqing smiled and waved his hands, looked at Jiang Shuimei with a bruised face, and gradually put away the smile on his face.

"Why does this sister-in-law describe it like this?" Zhong Muqing asked solemnly.

Jiang Shuimei bent her knees, knelt on the ground, and explained the whole cause and effect of her own affairs in front of everyone.

Jiang Shuimei is twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old this year. She married Zhang Ji, a student from Nancheng, eleven years ago and has two sons and one daughter.

When they first got married, Zhang Ji disliked his wife's appearance because she was not pretty. However, his family was very poor, and only Jiang Shuimei, who was despised by her sister-in-law, was willing to marry him.

Jiang Shuimei had no other problems except that she ate a lot. However, she was strong and able to work, so Zhang Ji had no choice but to accept it.

Zhang Ji, who has studied for more than ten years, has not made any progress so far and has not been productive. He has been living off his ancestral inheritance, but has already spent all his money.

Jiang Shuimei does odd jobs to make a living. Zhang Ji has no other skills, but he is good at criticizing his wife. Jiang Shuimei is submissive under his suppression and it has become a habit.

When Wenyuefang was recruiting workers, they hired her because of her strength. She did some work like moving goods. Although her monthly income was not much, it was enough to support her children and feed them.

However, the money she earned could not stop Zhang Ji from spending it quickly. He would use the money to drink and have fun with his friends, and would come back to ask for more money after he had spent it.

If they didn't give it to him, he would beat them up with punches and kicks. Over time, his boxing and kicking skills improved a lot.

This time, because Jiang Shuimei had work in the morning, her eldest son and daughter went to her uncle's house to help with some chores, leaving only the youngest son at home, and told him not to forget to cook some food for the children.

Instead, Zhang Ji said something like the scholar said "A gentleman should stay away from the kitchen" and asked her to find a way to solve the problem herself.

Jiang Shuimei was in a hurry to go to work, so she asked him to ask Mrs. Liang next door to help prepare a meal, and then she left in a hurry.

But Zhang Ji got up early, took money to buy wine, drank several pounds of cat urine, and fell asleep on the bed.

The child couldn't bear the hunger, so he pushed his father. Zhang Ji was furious and slapped the child twice with his backhand. The child's left ear bled and he kept shouting that he couldn't hear anything.

Zhang Ji was annoyed by the child's noise, so he yelled at him a few times, took the money and went to his lover.

When Jiang Shuimei got home from work, the child's throat was already hoarse from crying, and the blood in his ears had dried and scabbed over.

Jiang Shuimei's heart was broken. With the help of her neighbors, she found Zhang Ji, who was drinking and eating at the home of his widow.

Jiang Shuimei, who was so angry that she was about to burst into flames, lost her mind when she saw this situation. She went up and overturned the table and wanted to argue, but Zhang Ji, who was so angry that he shamed him, grabbed her hair and threw her to the corner, and then started punching and kicking her.

At first Jiang Shuimei covered her head and face and endured it as before. The child was frightened and came up to stop her crying.

Zhang Ji got so angry that his five-year-old son was kicked away. Jiang Shuimei screamed with red eyes and pounced on him to fight with him.