Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

"It's not a hoax, but they blocked the door of my workshop so early in the morning that the workers couldn't go to work."

"You can't produce any evidence, and you want me to pay you based on your empty words? I showed you the evidence, but none of you can read it?"

"I said I've reported it to the authorities and asked the county magistrate to make a decision, but you're not happy about it." Du Wenxiu spoke rapidly, and several people lowered their heads in embarrassment.

"That's it, and you still have the nerve to tell me that this is not a joke. Do you think that this kind of unreasonable thing is normal in your village?"

"Why don't we harness the cart and go to your village to ask the elders for their opinion, so that I can see which family's rules gave rise to this principle."

She smiled coldly and asked Guan Shaorong to ask someone to harness the carriage.

"Hey, Madam Du, in business, harmony brings wealth. Why are you so angry..." Jiang Si Niang said with a smile and stopped Guan Shaorong.

Du Wenxiu snorted and laughed, "Now I have no idea what to do. I can't understand it no matter how I talk about it. I can't understand it no matter how I look at it. I think there is no other way except to report it to the authorities and ask the elders to make a decision. Why don't you teach me, Madam Jiang Si, how to deal with it?"

"Well...why don't we go back first and ask the eldest sister-in-law of the Wu family first?" The latter sentence was said by Jiang Si Niang and the women who came with her.

Everyone came over and echoed, "Yes, maybe the eldest sister-in-law of the Wu family deceived us, so we came here to make trouble."

"Oh, that's right. I haven't seen her go out recently. When I met her, she gossiped about her, and she only said bad things about her sister-in-law."

"Hey, I haven't heard you say that. Her family relies on her sister-in-law for food. What bad things can she say?"

When it comes to gossip, everyone lets down their guard and starts talking noisily.

Guan Shaorong listened with great interest, but Du Wenxiu felt a bit of a headache.

Even with the golden finger of time travel, Wu Ziwei can still live like this. She is so stupid.

As a fellow villager who traveled through time, he always felt ashamed when she caused trouble.

After hearing them making a lot of noise, Du Wenxiu raised her hand and shouted to stop them, asking them when they would go back.

If you don't leave now, it's time for lunch in the workshop.

"Well, Madam Du, I wonder if your workshop is still hiring?" Some people with heavier family burdens saw the level of hard work here and were quite interested, so they asked.

Du Wenxiu looked at her in surprise and said, "My workshop is always hiring people, but if you live too far away, it might be inconvenient for you to travel back and forth."

"Oh, what's the big deal about being far away? My eldest brother's home is in the city. If I come here to work, I can stay at his house." The woman clapped her hands.

Du Wenxiu frowned slightly: "If it's far away, it's better to go to the workshop in Taohua Village than to come to work here. Madam Chi over there has complained many times that she is too busy."

When she said this, the group of women became even more interested.

They all come with families and live under someone else's roof, but they don't earn as much as their own men who go out to work as long-term workers for a few days.

One might even worry that one would miss the farming season and not be able to work as a long-term worker, which would be unprofitable.

But Taohua Village is different. It is only two villages away from my home. I can go there early and come back late. It is not a problem at all.

So, they all started asking questions at once. Since it was her own business, Du Wenxiu didn't hold grudges and explained it to them in detail.

After a discussion, they said goodbye to Du Wenxiu. They might still be a family from now on, and the relationship was much warmer than before.

There were also those who were straightforward. They said they would go to the eldest sister-in-law of the Wu family to ask for clarification. If they were treated like fools, they would have to pay the price.

After seeing off this group of people, Du Wenxiu felt exhausted from head to toe.

After saying something to Du Wenchan, she slowly walked towards home.

When she was almost at the door, she saw from a distance a man standing at the door with his head tilted to look out. When he saw her coming, he quickly retracted his head back inside.

Du Wenxiu thought it was Qi Sanniang, and thought to himself: Doesn't she usually not even go out of the second door? Why is she peeking in from the main door today?

Thinking of the man he had just arrested last time, he suddenly realized and said to himself that he knew what was going on.

When he entered the house, he saw Qi Sanniang holding Haisheng. Du Wenxiu asked, "Why are you waiting here? Although it's not hot today, the sun is scorching."

Qi Sanniang smiled awkwardly and said, "Haisheng is missing you. We are standing here waiting for you and we just arrived."

In fact, she was very nervous and worried that Du Wenxiu would come back and meet the man who came to see her last time.

Then he stood guard at the door and kept looking out, but he had never seen the man's eyes. When he saw Du Wenxiu, he quickly retracted his head.

I don’t know if Du Wenxiu saw me or not. After thinking it over and hesitating for a long time, I decided to wait here. In case he saw me, I would have something to say.

But seeing that Du Wenxiu seemed to be fine, taking Haisheng from her arms and walking towards the second gate, she slowly let down her guard and followed him to talk.

A few days later, Madam Chi from Taohua Village came to deliver pickles, and she said that the people from Wu's Pickle Shop went to her to ask if she wanted to recruit workers.

After all, they were all experienced and could get the job done in three or two days, so Madam Chi hired them all and assigned them tasks.

Listening to their gossip, it turned out that it was the eldest sister-in-law of the Wu family who instigated the blockade of Wenyuefang. Her own business could not continue, and she wanted to find something for Wenyuefang to do.

"It's ridiculous that she instigated people to cause trouble at our house, but she ran to our Taohua Village workshop to look for work. Fortunately, someone from the same village who knew her told me, and she was able to be accepted."

Du Wenchan came back and relayed what Madam Chi said, stamping her feet with laughter.

Du Wenxiu smiled slightly and said that evil will be punished.

Du Wenchan added, "Mrs. Chi also said that these newly recruited women went to her house and made a big scene before they came. A man followed them and took away all the valuables in her house to pay for their work."

"Didn't they say they didn't work much that month?" Du Wenxiu asked.

If they act like this, which workshop would dare to hire them?

But Du Wenchan smiled and said, "They didn't go to work because Wu Ziwei and the eldest sister-in-law of the Wu family were there. Maybe they were just holding back their anger and came to our house to cause trouble."

"Besides, Madam Chi is the most fair in her dealings, and she has many brothers. As long as she behaves properly, why would she be afraid of these women from other villages?"

Du Wenxiu thought silently for a while, nodded, and said that it was indeed the case.

Madam Chi is a person who appears cold on the outside but is actually warm-hearted and reasonable. She is well-known for this in the surrounding area.

If they were under her control, she wouldn't have to worry about them causing trouble.

"Mid-Autumn Festival is coming in a few days. I don't know if Master Chi will come back to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with Yue Niang. Yue Niang seems to be worried these past two days."

"That's right, why not invite Sister Yue Niang to our house for dinner, invite a group of actors, and have dinner and fun with In-law Fan. That would be quite lively."