Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Yue Niang helped Qiao'er take down the door and opened the shop, while Du Wenxiu took the woman home.

He also boiled water for her to wash her face, let her wash herself, and gave her his clothes.

"You are about the same size as me. This is my old, washed clothes. Try them on. Don't be disgusted."

The woman washed her face and looked like a pretty lady. She quickly stood up and bowed to Du Wenxiu, thanking him repeatedly.

Seeing that she was also a well-mannered person, Du Wenxiu felt that he had not saved the wrong person. He closed the door and let her change clothes alone in the east wing.

Soon, the woman opened the door, walked straight to Du Wenxiu and knelt in front of him, with two lines of tears hanging on her face, making her look even more pitiful.

"Thank you for saving me, sister. From now on, my life belongs to you. Qin Dingxiang will serve you like a cow or a horse for the rest of my life without any complaints. Please agree to my request, sister."

Du Wenxiu jumped up in fright as soon as she knelt down. He reached out to pull her and shouted to Qiao'er and Yue Niang to come and help. He didn't hear clearly what she said at all.

When Qiao'er and Yue Niang came in and saw what was happening, they hurried over to help pull her up.

Qin Dingxiang was already weak and had been hungry for a long time, so how could she compete with the three of them who worked regularly? She was pulled up by them like a little chicken.

After careful questioning, the three of them also learned about Qin Dingxiang's origins.

It turned out that she was originally from Fengning City. Her mother died early, and her father had to join the ranks of traveling merchants to support the family. He entrusted her to an old woman in the neighbor's house to raise her.

In the first few years, he would bring some silver and money to the old woman, but later he went home less often and did not ask anyone to bring any messages.

Later, she heard that her father had remarried and had a son. She was afraid that he had forgotten about her as a daughter.

Unfortunately, the old woman who had fostered her in that family also died of illness. When her son came back to attend the funeral, he saw her current appearance and had evil thoughts.

In desperation, she devised a plan. At night, she got the old woman's son drunk under the pretext of toasting him, and then she escaped.

However, the woman was alone and had no money. For her own safety, she smeared her face and neck with wood ash and begged for a living all day.

When I was a child, I heard my father mention Dongxing County, so I came here begging for food.

She was really hungry today and wanted to ask for two buns, but the stall owner thought she was blocking the attention and bringing bad luck, so she had to secretly extend her hand.

"If I don't eat something, I'm afraid I'll starve to death... I don't want to die yet..." Qin Dingxiang lowered her head, raised her right hand and wiped her tears with her sleeve.

"Alas, the world is difficult. It is even more difficult for women." Yue Niang sighed.

The voice of Old Yang came from outside the door. It turned out that he came to pick up Yue Niang. The county was still far away from Taohua Village compared to the town, so they had to go back early, otherwise it might be dark when they got home.

Yue Niang stood up and said goodbye. Du Wenxiu wanted to let her stay at home for one night, but then he thought that Qin Dingxiang would probably have to stay at home today.

If Yue Niang stayed, she would have to squeeze on the same kang with Qiao'er and Qin Dingxiang. She was afraid that it would not be comfortable, so she didn't stay long.

After seeing Yue Niang off, he asked Qin Dingxiang about her next plans.

"Thank you for saving my life today, sister. If you don't mind, I am willing to work like a cow or a horse to repay you for saving my life."

Qin Dingxiang raised her little face slightly, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks.

For some reason, when Du Wenxiu saw her like this, he thought of Yulan.

I wonder what her current situation is, and whether she has suffered as much as Qin Dingxiang...

Du Wenxiu just felt very upset.

"Well, if you have nowhere to go, you can stay here. I can do that for you."

Du Wenxiu paused and continued:

"But you can see that we are not a wealthy family. You can stay here just to not have to worry about food and clothing. As long as we have something to eat, we will never let you go hungry. But there will be no better days."

Seeing her relent, Qin Dingxiang nodded hurriedly. "I am already grateful that my sister is willing to take me in. How dare I ask for anything else?"

After saying that, she was about to kneel down and kowtow to Du Wenxiu. At this time, Du Wenxiu had already been on guard and hurriedly held her back with Qiao'er.

At this time, she heard someone calling from the shop in front, and Qiaoer answered and ran out.

After a while, he came back with a red face.

Du Wenxiu looked at her in confusion. Qiao'er turned her face away, moved towards her step by step, and slowly handed her a hairpin with her clenched hands.

Looking at the rather exquisite silver hairpin in his hand, Du Wenxiu teased Qiao'er: "Let me guess who gave it to you... Was it that young and inexperienced Mr. Fan?"

Qiao'er's face turned redder. "As soon as I went out, he stuffed it in my hand and ran away. It's not what I wanted. I can't chase him on the street..."

Du Wenxiu couldn't help laughing out loud and quickly covered his mouth.

"Don't worry, when your brother comes back, I will have him return it to Fan Chengyi. He behaves like a playboy every day. He needs a good beating before he learns his lesson."

Qiao Er said anxiously: "Just let brother return it to him, why do you have to hit him?"

As soon as he said this, he felt something was wrong. Looking at Du Wenxiu's playful eyes, he couldn't help but cover his face and ran away.

Qin Dingxiang was standing by, looking at the silver hairpin in Du Wenxiu's hand with an envious look in her eyes:

"Such an exquisite silver hairpin, I'm afraid it will cost two taels of silver to buy it."

Du Wenxiu looked at her in surprise: "You actually understand all this."

Qin Dingxiang hurriedly explained:

"When I was a child, my mother also left me a silver hairpin like this. Later, my father was short of money as a merchant, so he pawned it. I only knew the price of it when I heard my father mention it to others."

After hearing her say this, Du Wenxiu didn't ask any more questions. They were all sad things, so there was no need to rub salt into other people's wounds.

After taking the silver hairpin, she took Qin Dingxiang to the front and explained to her in detail what she and Qiao'er had to do every day.

Although they took her in, the family, which was not well-off to begin with, could not afford to keep an idle person, so she still had to work.

Qin Dingxiang is also well-behaved. Perhaps she is tired of the wandering life, so she studies very hard.

In the evening, Lu Fanghai came back and Du Wenxiu told him about this. He frowned.

"If she has nowhere to go, it's ok for her to stay at home for a few days. If you want to keep her at home, I'm afraid you need to know her background first."

After Lu Fanghai said this, Du Wenxiu's heart began to beat. At that time, she just felt sorry for her and thought that her thinking was indeed not rigorous enough.

Seeing that she was worried, Lu Fanghai comforted her again:

"Fengning City is very far from here. If any of our colleagues go there on business trips, it won't be too late to ask. Don't worry, she is just a weak woman after all. As long as she behaves herself, we won't make things difficult for her."

After hearing what he said, Du Wenxiu felt relieved and only told Lu Fanghai not to forget about it.

She then told him about Fan Chengyi's visit today and handed the silver hairpin to Lu Fanghai.

"What do you think of him? Is he a fool or a fool? The store door was wide open and there were so many people on the street, but he dared to put the money into Qiao'er's hand. He wasn't afraid that Qiao'er would shout and arrest him as a pervert."

Thinking of Du Wenxiu, I get so angry. Why is this guy so rash?