Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

After he said this, Fan Chengyi realized what his father had not said last night, and he also understood why Du Wenxiu wanted to beat him as soon as he heard it this morning.

He couldn't help but raise his hand and knock on his forehead, saying that it was a good hit.

At this time, they arrived at the duty room of the county government office. Lu Fanghai laughed, patted him on the shoulder, and went to the government office to report.

Du Wenxiu was waving a broom around the store, sweeping the floor over and over again, muttering in dissatisfaction.

Unexpectedly, Qiao'er came out from inside and the broom almost hit her face. She was startled and quickly put it down and went to check if it hit her face.

Qiao'er smiled and comforted her that everything was fine, and then helped clean up the store.

There were few people at noon and it was not busy. Du Wenxiu leaned against the door frame leading to the inner courtyard and watched Qiao'er wiping and sweeping.

"Qiao'er, stop sweeping. I've been sweeping for the whole morning and there's not even a speck of dust left."

Qiao'er smiled slightly, put the broom away and put it behind the door.

"Sister-in-law, what do you want to eat for lunch? I'll make it."

Du Wenxiu said he was not in a hurry, and pulled Qiao'er to sit on a small stool in the store, and asked in a low voice: "This morning, Mr. Fan came to me and said he wanted to marry you. You must have seen it. What did you think?"

Qiao'er blushed and lowered her head. It took a long while before she spoke: "Sister-in-law said she was willing to let me stay at home and support me. Could it be that she regrets it now?"

"Oh, what are you talking about? I was thinking that this matter was caused by him, and the Fan family is an official, and Mr. Fan is a scholar, so how can they not be better than the Liu family? If the man is in love with the woman, it will be a good story, right?"

"Sister-in-law, it's better not to mention this again in the future." Qiao'er raised her head and said to Du Wenxiu in a serious tone.

"My life was saved by Master Fan. Don't say that this incident was caused by him. It was the Lu family who harmed me, and it was Master Fan who saved me. If you put the blame on Master Fan, it would be that our Lu family is repaying kindness with enmity. We must never do this."

"Besides, Master Fan is a very good person. If we marry him after weighing the pros and cons, what will others say about my brother and sister-in-law? I'm afraid that I will sacrifice my reputation to cling to him and cheat others to find a good marriage for my sister. How can I feel at ease to marry him at the expense of my brother and sister-in-law's reputation? Sister-in-law, don't mention this matter again in the future."

Du Wenxiu felt warm at heart. In the past, he always thought Qiao'er was weak, but after listening to her words, he felt that this aunt of his was even more rare.

Qiao'er, who has never been to school, can actually say such words with correct values. One can't help but sigh that good shoots come from bad bamboos, and that a person like Fang can actually raise such a daughter.

But thinking about Lu Fanghai, he is such a kind person. I guess the brother and sister took after their father-in-law whom they have never met.

Lu Fanghai came back late at night. He frowned and said nothing when he entered the door. Du Wenxiu thought it was still because of Fan Chengyi's incident, so she comforted him:

"Mr. Fan also seems to be a straightforward person. Maybe he really doesn't think that much. There's no need to be too picky with him."

Lu Fanghai's brows were still furrowed. After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Du Wenxiu with a complicated look in his eyes.

"It's not about this. Today, someone came to turn himself in about the Taohua Village case."

Du Wenxiu was sitting under the lamp discussing with Qiao'er. When they heard this, they both raised their heads and looked at Lu Fanghai in surprise.

"Could it be that the Sangui brothers are back?" Du Wenxiu asked anxiously, holding his thread-wrapped hands in the air.

Seeing Lu Fanghai shaking his head and taking a long breath, he urged him again:

"Who is that? It's been so long, why are you coming back to turn yourself in now? Didn't you say that..."

"It's Ershun." Lu Fanghai looked gloomy.

"Er Shun said that he did it alone and it had nothing to do with San Gui. San Gui went out to sell goods with the merchants who came to the village a few days ago."

"Did the county magistrate believe it so easily?" Du Wenxiu couldn't help but raise his voice.

Lu Fanghai nodded. "All the details matched, and there was a motive for murder. He was imprisoned on the spot and sentenced to immediate execution."

Du Wenxiu and Qiao'er no longer had the heart to tangle the string, so they rolled it up and put it aside, looking unhappy.

"Brother Ershun has become well-behaved..." Qiao'er looked at her brother and sister-in-law, feeling a little sad.

"If you're not honest, you won't necessarily run into this kind of thing." Du Wenxiu added. "Some people tend to bully honest people."

After saying that, he seemed to remember something.

"Should Sangui's arrest warrant be withdrawn?"

Lu Fanghai nodded. "We have already withdrawn today."

The three of them looked at each other, but didn't say what they were thinking.

The next day, Du Wenxiu packed a jar of pickles and cut some pickled meat. He asked Lu Fanghai to take some money and buy some wine and go to the prison to see Ershun.

A few days later, the execution was carried out in Caishikou according to the verdict. From then on, the Taohua Village murder case was considered settled.

Er Shun's surrender caused a stir in the peaceful Taohua Village. When Qiu Yong came to deliver the goods, he said that everyone was talking about the tragic situation at that time again.

"Tsk, I never thought that an honest man could be so scary when he goes crazy." Qiu Yong shook his head and sighed.

Du Wenxiu took a bag of dried black fungus from him and said:

"Yeah, that's why they say you can't bully honest people. Honest people keep everything to themselves and don't say anything. When they can't hold it in anymore, it will cause disaster. So... they are the ones who bully others."

"That's right. What man can stand this? I would chop them up too."

Qiu Yong said angrily as he moved the bamboo shoots that had just been pickled a few days ago into the store.

Du Wenxiu burst out laughing:

"You really deserve to be beaten for saying that. What kind of person is his wife? What kind of person is your wife? I'll tell your wife to punish you later."

Qiu Yong begged for mercy quickly. How could he take this casual joke seriously?

As they were chatting and laughing, a gorgeously decorated carriage passed by on the street. The curtains were half blown open by the wind. The person sitting inside turned his head to look outside and shouted to the coachman to stop.

After the car stopped, the man looked carefully at the Lu family shop again and again before lowering the curtain and telling them to continue walking.

"Sister Fang Hai, are you going to the temple fair on June 13th? If you do, bring Yue Niang along."

After unloading the cargo, Qiu Yong collected the rope and asked Du Wenxiu.

Du Wenxiu brushed off the dust on his body, took the tea handed to him by Qiao'er, and said with a smile: "Why don't you accompany Yue Niang for a walk? What's the point of me accompanying her?"

"Oh, I made an appointment with Shitou to go into the mountains that day. He is getting married at the end of the year, and his father-in-law wants five taels of silver before he is willing to let his daughter marry him. I can't give it, so I have to work hard to earn money."

"Then you can ask Yue Niang to come to my shop, and Qiao Er and I will close the shop and go shopping with her for a day."

Du Wenxiu calculated the money and paid the bill to Qiu Yong. He received a satisfactory reply, and Qiu Yong drove away happily.

Originally, Lu Fanghai would go back to Taohua Village to transport goods, but now that he has a public office, he only has a few days of rest every month when he has free time.

Qiu Yong's family made money from the family business left by Du Wenxiu, so they simply bought a mule cart and used it to deliver goods to the town and county, saving Du Wenxiu a lot of effort.

Qiu Yong and his wife were also grateful people. After making money, they would remember the kindness of the Lu family and would give them some seasonal harvests from the fields from time to time. The two families helped each other in this way and became closer and closer.