Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Qiao'er was so teased by Du Wenxiu that she ignored her for a long time. Du Wenxiu understood that girls are shy and stopped.

When Du Wenxiu was not joking, Qiao'er would come out for a walk, feed the chickens, and help make pickles.

It was a nice day, so Fang went back to her room to take a nap, while Du Wenxiu was busy with her pickles, preparing to empty the jars and send them to town tomorrow.

Qiaoer took a basin and filled it with the dirty clothes at home and went out to wash them.

There is a river outside Taohua Village where many women wash clothes every day, chatting while doing their work.

Everyone in the village knew about Qiao'er's marriage proposal. When the women saw Qiao'er, they couldn't help but make jokes about her. Qiao'er was shy and didn't want to join them, so she found a place where there was no one.

From afar, I could hear the women talking and laughing loudly about the village gossip, and vaguely some words about the Liu family in the big mountain village came from them, as if they were saying that the daughter of the Lu family had married into a good family.

Some people were jealous and said that the mother and daughter, who had almost starved to death before, could now marry into a scholarly family.

Qiao'er lowered her head, her face slightly hot. Thinking of that clean and tidy boy, she couldn't help but feel a little expectant in her heart.

At this moment, a hurried shout came from the road over there: "What are you doing?"

Qiaoer turned her head hurriedly, and a shadow flashed in front of her eyes. A strong force pushed her, and Qiaoer fell sideways and fell into the rushing river.

The water in the river was really cold. Qiaoer flapped her arms and opened her mouth to call for help, but she swallowed several mouthfuls of cold water.

The river water flooded her mouth and nose. She couldn't breathe. She choked and inhaled more river water.

It was so uncomfortable... Qiaoer felt more and more dizzy, and many figures flashed before her eyes, including her mother, her sister-in-law, her brother, and that clean young scholar...

She felt like she was going to die.

In a daze, it seemed as if something was approaching her and pulling her. Qiaoer climbed over with both hands and twisted her legs tightly.

I don't want to die, I don't want to die...save me...

Gradually, she lost consciousness and everything went black before her eyes.

When she opened her eyes again, Qiao'er saw the familiar roof of her home and Fang sitting beside her, wiping her tears.

Seeing Qiao'er wake up, Fang hurriedly asked her what happened, and then hurried out to call Lu Fanghai and Du Wenxiu back.

When they entered the room, they saw Qiao'er leaning weakly against the head of the bed with a quilt behind her. Du Wenxiu's eyes instantly turned red.

"This damn crazy woman must be sent to the authorities." Fang cursed and urged Du Wenxiu to stew an egg for Qiao'er to nourish her body.

After a flurry of activity, Qiao'er finally knew the truth of the matter.

Aunt Lu from next door came back from the fields and saw Qiao'er squatting by the river washing clothes alone. She looked worried and didn't even notice Qiao'er approaching.

Hearing the gossip of the village women discussing Qiao'er's marriage on the wind, Aunt Lu couldn't help but get angry: her daughter is still missing, and it was the daughter-in-law of the Lu family who helped Yulan escape. How could Qiao'er be able to talk about such a good marriage now...

Aunt Lu, who was already paranoid, became even more jealous and crazy. She became more and more evil and quietly approached Qiao'er.

Just as she stretched out her hand, she heard a man's voice stopping her. She was so frightened that she shivered, but suddenly stepped forward and pushed Qiao'er into the river with great force. She didn't dare to look closely and turned around and ran away.

The man shouted twice, but seeing that she didn't stop and Qiao'er had been washed away by the river, he quickly took off his coat and jumped in. Qiao'er clung to him tightly in a daze, and the river bank was slippery, so it took a lot of effort to rescue her.

The women who were washing clothes nearby gathered around to help rescue the man. The man took the Qiao'er off his body and handed it to the village women. He said that he had important things to attend to and left Taohua Village.

The women used folk remedies to treat Qiao'er, and someone ran to inform the Lu family. Only then did Lu Fanghai anxiously rush over and carry Qiao'er back home.

The Lu family also heard a woman who was washing clothes by the river say that she saw Aunt Lu flash by the river near Qiao'er, and heard the shouts of a man trying to save her. Lu Fanghai and his wife went to the next door and knocked on the door loudly, but no sound came from inside.

Fang was so angry that she said she could no longer be neighbors with such a family. Lu Fanghai went to ask the village chief to give her justice.

To be honest, since the death of Old Wantou and Sulan, Aunt Lu has been acting more and more unruly. The people in Taohua Village just understand that it is not easy for her to live as an orphan and a widow, so they don't really care about anything with her.

But she was unaware of this and became more and more eccentric. Today she would quarrel with this family, and tomorrow she would quarrel with that family in the fields. The villagers had been suffering from Aunt Lu for a long time.

Now Qiao'er's incident almost resulted in a death, and the nature of the incident was so bad that no one dared to speak for her anymore.

The village chief took charge and ordered people to look for her whereabouts. Finally, they found her hiding with Xiaohu at Aunt Lu's parents' home.

Aunt Lu's family was originally from Taohua Village. She was Lu Sangui's aunt. Her family did not dare to offend the village chief. Also, as the matter involved life, the villagers tied up Aunt Lu in front of them and reported the case to the police. Xiaohu was left at Lu's house to be taken care of by her sister-in-law.

Now that the matter has been reported to the authorities, it would be inappropriate to seek revenge in private. Lu Fanghai suppressed his anger for the time being and waited to see what the government ruling was. If the sentence was too light, he would make sure she had a "good" outcome.

A few days later, a villager who worked in the county came back and said that there was solid evidence that Aunt Lu had committed murder and should have been sentenced to death, but this month was the emperor's birthday and it was not appropriate to see blood, so the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

The villagers didn't understand where the county magistrate got the solid evidence, but it was a great relief that Aunt Lu was sentenced to life imprisonment. It was just a pity for Xiaohu...

Who made him have such a mother?

When Lu's sister-in-law, Gu, heard the news, she went to Aunt Lu's house cursing and turned everything upside down. The land deeds of Aunt Lu's family, as well as the compensation money of Sulan and Lao Wantou were all found. Then she returned home satisfied and promised Lao Da to raise this evil son.

From then on, Xiaohu lived a life of being beaten and scolded in the Lu family. One day, he couldn't stand it anymore and stole some money and ran away. Gu just cursed him all over the village as the ungrateful little boy born by a black-hearted old man. Lu was henpecked and didn't dare to go against her. He didn't even look for him and just let him go.

After a few days of recuperation, Qiao'er gradually recovered some strength. She said she was bored of lying down and would get up to help with some light chores.

It was just work that required her to go out and do it, but her family members refused to let her get involved.

I thought my mother and sister-in-law felt sorry for me, so I didn't suspect anything else.

Until one day, he discovered that a chicken was missing from the chicken coop. He inadvertently went outside and walked to someone's haystack. He heard two people gossiping on the other side of the haystack. They were talking about himself falling into the water.

"Who says it's not true? You and I both saw it. Qiao'er wrapped her legs tightly around the man's waist. That action...tsk tsk...was she pushed into the water or did she fall into the water because she was having fun? It's really hard to say."