Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Lu Fanghai turned the silver hairpin over and over again, and laughed muffledly: "This kid... But if he becomes my brother-in-law, I think it's not bad."

Hearing this, Du Wenxiu was so angry that she reached out to pinch Lu Fanghai's waist, but her hand slipped down because his muscles were too strong. Lu Fanghai laughed and pulled her into his arms.

Du Wenxiu pushed him and said breathlessly: "What's the use of you feeling good? You have to get the girl's nod..."

Lu Fanghai responded with a random “hmm” and waved his hand to turn off the lights.

In the east wing, Qiao'er and Qin Dingxiang also took off their clothes and went to sleep. Hearing the laughter coming from the main room, Qiao'er couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth.

"Your brother and sister-in-law have such a great relationship, they are inseparable, it's really enviable." Qin Dingxiang lay on the outer side of the kang and asked Qiaoer to call her if she wanted to drink water at night.

Qiao'er told her not to be so polite, but she couldn't persuade her, so she went inside to sleep. She also said, "Sister-in-law is good, and brother is also good to sister-in-law."

Qin Dingxiang sighed, stood up and blew out the lights. She said faintly, "I don't know if we will meet such a good person in the future and live a peaceful life."

Qiao'er's eyes opened in the dark like stars in the sky.

Qin Dingxiang turned over, facing Qiao'er, and asked with a smile: "Is the one who sent the silver hairpin to you today your beloved?"

Qiao Er remained silent for a long time before she sighed and said, "I don't know either."

"You are really... so boring." Qin Dingxiang muttered, as if she was dissatisfied with the answer.

"Go to sleep. You have to get up early to open the door tomorrow."

Lu Fanghai hadn't seen Fan Chengyi all day, so he asked Wu Xiaoliu and the others, "Didn't he come today?"

"That's a strange thing to say. Master Fan is not one of our yamen runners who comes to work every day. He just comes to help with a difficult case. We also said that he comes more often than usual now."

Wu Xiaoliu and a few others laughed and said this, and Lu Fanghai finally reacted.

Fan Chengyi came to the duty room to report almost every day, and I unknowingly treated him as a colleague.

When asked what he wanted to see Fan Chengyi for, Lu Fanghai just laughed and gave a vague answer.

After finishing his mission, Lu Fanghai went to Fan's house and knocked on the door.

It was Fan Chengyi's servant Dacheng who came to open the door. He was a little surprised to see Lu Fanghai coming, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Lu, are you here to talk to the master? The master hasn't come back yet..."

"I'm not looking for Master Fan, I'm looking for your young master. Where is he now? Take me there quickly." As he said this, he was about to enter the house.

Dacheng quickly stretched out his hand to stop him, not daring to let him in. Lu Fanghai frowned and said, "What's the matter? Can't even guests come in now? It shows that I still have no face in front of Master Fan."

"You, Lu Fanghai, are really good at talking." A laugh came from behind him. Lu Fanghai quickly turned his head and saw that the person standing behind him was none other than the county lieutenant Fan Zhao.

He pointed at him and smiled helplessly.

Lu Fanghai bowed and apologized. "I was rude, please forgive me, Master Fan."

Fan Zhao waved his hands and shook his head, saying, "It's okay, it's okay. I know you were joking, and I was just trying to please you. Now that you're here, come with me into the house and sit down and talk."

He reached out and held Lu Fanghai's arm, then walked in.

The servant Dacheng followed behind with a bitter face. The young master had ordered to keep Lu Fanghai outside the door, but now the master had brought him in. If he was asked to convey the young master's orders in front of the two of them, he would not dare to do so even if he had the courage.

Fan Chengyi hid in his yard and quietly watched the movements outside the door. He unexpectedly saw his father and Lu Fanghai coming towards this side. He stepped back in a hurry and knocked down the ladder beside the door.

Hearing the noise in his son's yard, Fan Zhao asked the servant to call him out to entertain the guests.

Lu Fanghai had a smile on his face and only chatted with Fan Zhao about official business in the yamen without mentioning the purpose of his visit.

Fan Chengyi came to the study room reluctantly, bowed his head and sat down. Lu Fanghai then said:

"Mr. Fan went to my shop yesterday and accidentally dropped a silver hairpin. I knew it was valuable and was worried that Mr. Fan might have lost it, so I asked me to bring it to you."

As he spoke, he took out the Ruyi silver hairpin and placed it on the table.

Fan Zhao felt something in his heart, stroked his beard and looked at his son.

Fan Chengyi's face turned red and white, and he was very conflicted. After a while, he gritted his teeth and spoke.

"Brother Lu, this silver hairpin didn't fall into your house accidentally. I went to that silver shop and carefully selected it for a long time. I bought it specially for Sister Yu Qiaoer..."

"Bastard!" Before he could finish his words, Fan Zhao yelled, and Fan Chengyi suddenly fell to his knees.

Fan Zhao was so angry that he stood up and looked around for something handy. Lu Fanghai considerately handed him a feather duster.

Fan Chengyi was hit twice on the back and said aggrievedly: "My parents said that I can't marry Qiao'er just to repay their kindness. Now I like her and want to marry her, why do I have to be beaten?"

"You!" Fan Zhao pointed at him twice with a shaking finger, then clasped his fists and said to Lu Fanghai helplessly, "It's all because I didn't teach my son well enough. I've caused trouble for the Lu family."

Lu Fanghai kept saying that it was not necessary, and the two of them exchanged a few more polite words. Lu Fanghai then tactfully took his leave so as not to delay Mr. Fan's training of his son.

They met Mrs. Fan coming towards them accompanied by her maid. Both parties greeted each other and Dacheng sent Lu Fanghai out.

When they got home, Lu Fanghai told them about this, and Qiaoer couldn't help but frown. "I said I was returning something, but why did I get beaten?"

Lu Fanghai said with a smile: "If Master Fan thinks nothing of his lecherous behavior, I'm afraid we should stay away from his house in the future."

"It's deserved!" Lu Wenxiu chuckled.

"Sister, what season is it now? Unmarried men and women are having sex privately. If it gets out, he is just a young playboy, but you will be looked down upon for the rest of your life. Although our family runs a shop to do business, he cannot treat us with contempt."

Qiao'er seemed to understand something after hearing this and lowered her head without saying anything.

Qin Dingxiang joked, "Could it be that Qiao'er is heartbroken because she hit her beloved lover?"

The whole family suddenly frowned, and Du Wenxiu said in a deep voice:

"You must not say such nonsense. Who is he and what does he have to do with my sister? If this word gets out of our family, what will happen?"

Qin Dingxiang quickly raised her hand and slapped herself lightly on the face, saying that she would never speak nonsense like that again.

Lu Fanghai was already suspicious of her, and this made him even more unhappy. He frowned, glanced at her, and went back to his room to change clothes.

But in the evening Fan Chengyi came again. When Lu Fanghai came out to see him, he grimaced and cried out in pain, demanding that Lu Fanghai take responsibility.

Lu Fanghai was so angry that he laughed and sat down aside:

"What responsibility do you want me to take? You were the one who harassed my sister first. I didn't hit you because of our brotherhood. How dare you come here and make a scene?"

"I like your sister, but I behaved a little rudely. You even went to my house to complain, and I got a beating."

Then he came closer to Lu Fanghai and said with a smile: "But this is a blessing in disguise for me. My old man has already agreed. He will let my mother find a matchmaker to propose marriage in a few days."

The tea in Lu Fanghai's mouth sprayed out, and Fan Chengyi couldn't dodge it and was sprayed all over his face.