Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

After serving the meal and sitting down, I saw Du Wenchan with tears in her eyes and slightly red nose. She didn't eat the pancake and just drank the dumpling soup.

"Eat, do you have to be polite in front of me?" Du Wenxiu gave in to her.

Du Wenchan wiped her tears and sobbed:

"My aunt is still hungry at home. I'm full here. How can I go back and see her starving and unable to sleep? She held her stomach in pain for half the night last night, so I saved this cake and brought it to her."

Du Wenxiu sighed and said:

"Eat your food, and when you are full, bring some back to Auntie. Don't save a bite or two. When I was a child, my clothes were torn, and it was Auntie who helped me mend them. You should show some respect to her."

Du Wenchan then ate without stopping until she had to hold her stomach and felt bloated.

After dinner, Du Wenxiu packed a few more pancakes and steamed buns for her to take. She unbuttoned her coat, spread out the steamed buns, laid them flat on her body, and wrapped them tightly with a rope.

The weather is getting cooler at this time of year, so I wear an extra layer of clothes, which only makes me look a little bloated.

Seeing her clothes were too short for her hands and feet, Du Wenxiu couldn't bear it, so she took out a few of her old clothes and wrapped them around her. They were of similar height, so there was no need for major alterations.

After seeing Du Wenchan off, Du Wenxiu sat in the store feeling uncomfortable for a long time.

Although I have only been here for over a year and sometimes I still feel like I haven't integrated into the place, I have generally gotten used to life here.

Life is hard for ordinary people.

But in the final analysis, the Du family is living like this, and it has nothing to do with other families' difficulties. It's purely their own fault.

As soon as Du Xiu could earn a little money, he wanted to take a concubine. With more people, he naturally needed food and drink, but he could not afford it.

It is not easy to raise and educate my own son. He cannot earn money and has to learn to spend it from other families. Now he relies on his daughter-in-law's dowry. What will he eat without the dowry?

Forget it, it’s not my turn to take care of it, so it’s better not to get involved in that family’s affairs.

After ten days or so, Du Wenxiu hadn't seen Du Wenchan again. He was worried and after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't sit still in the shop, so he packed some food and went to Du's house.

I went over and knocked on the door and called for a long time before someone answered. It was Du Wenchan who opened the gate with red and swollen eyes.

"Why are you crying? Did I hit you?" Du Wenxiu walked up to her and pulled her, asking with concern.

Du Wenchan shook her head. Du Wenxiu saw her staring at the food box in his hand and thought she must be hungry, so he grabbed her arm and pulled her out.

Unexpectedly, she couldn't pull it open. Du Wenchan clung to the door frame and almost cried out.

"My dear sister, it's hard for you to still think of me, but I can't go out to eat alone with you. I'm about to starve to death."

After asking carefully, I found out that it turned out that my sister-in-law was very efficient. She had just returned to her parents' home to file for a divorce, and right after that her brothers from her parents' home brought people and took away her dowry. All she had to do was go through the formalities and she would be single again.

The mother and son of the Du family went to make trouble several times, but were beaten back every time.

After the dowry was taken away, the Du family was left without a way to make a living, and they even had to worry about food. They went from three meals a day to two meals a day. Mr. Du now set up a stall on the street to write letters for people to make money.

There were many people opening their mouths to eat, but the income was little, so Le Shi started to think about selling A'luo and getting some money.

A'Luo was reluctant to leave her daughter, so she naturally refused to respond. However, she had no choice but to refuse to eat, saying that she would rather die in the Du family. Le Shi was not afraid of her threat, and was happy to have one less person to eat.

By now, I have been hungry for many days.

Du Wenchan did secretly hide a few bites of food, but A Luo was determined to die. He just watched his daughter cry and refused to eat a single bite.

Hearing her crying like this, Du Wenxiu was so angry that his teeth were itching, but there was nothing he could do.

He then put the food box into Du Wenchan's arms and whispered, "Let Luo eat something first. I'll find a way to make sure she can't be sold."

Du Wenchan nodded with tears in her eyes and watched Du Wenxiu's back gradually disappear with hope before she closed the door.

After returning to the west wing in a concealed manner, he told A'luo all this. Although he didn't know what ideas she could come up with, there would always be more hope if more people contributed.

A Luo's mind relaxed and he felt very hungry, so he opened the lunch box and gobbled it up.

But she had been hungry for many days, and Du Wenchan didn't dare to give her too much food. When she was almost hungry, she put it away.

Du Wenxiu strode back to the pickle shop, raising a cloud of dust, but found no one in the shop.

I entered the inner courtyard in confusion, and it was also quiet, without a sound.

Du Wenxiu called out Dingxiang, and the curtain in the main room was lifted, revealing Qin Dingxiang with disheveled hair, hurriedly tying her clothes belt.

"My sister will be back soon... I will go to the front to guard..."

After saying this in a trembling voice, he blushed slightly, lowered his head and ran past her.

Du Wenxiu was even more hesitant. When he entered the room, he saw Lu Fanghai, who was red-faced and drunk, lying on the bed, looking unconscious.

With such a scene, what else is there to not know?

Du Wenxiu immediately became furious, his hands and feet were shaking with anger. Without thinking too much, he turned around, picked up the broom and hit Lu Fanghai on the head.

"You have become more capable now, but you still dare to cheat on me at home. I'm afraid I will beat my wife to death tomorrow, so as not to ruin your happiness with your concubine..."

The drunk Lu Fanghai was beaten and scolded by her all the way. He just stood there in a daze, trying to protect his head and face, but he didn't know why she was so mad.

After a while, she didn't stop, but cried even harder.

Lu Fanghai was sober by now. While dodging the broom that was hitting him, he hugged her and asked her what had happened.

Du Wenxiu was hugged by him and felt a chill. Unable to break free, she opened her mouth and bit his arm.

The man had strong muscles and although he felt pain, he endured it without making a sound. This caused Du Wenxiu to bite so hard that her teeth ached.

"Xiuniang, what happened to you? Tell me clearly. If I did something wrong, you can beat me to death." Lu Fanghai comforted her in a gentle voice.

Du Wenxiu suddenly felt deflated and felt it was so boring. She relaxed, threw away the broom, sat down on the kang and wiped her tears.

Lu Fanghai squatted in front of her and tried to hold her hand, but was shaken off.

"Xiuniang, are you mad at me? We had nothing to do this afternoon, so we had a drinking contest. I've never been as good as them at playing, so I drank a lot. If you don't believe me, go ask Fan Chengyi. If you don't like it, I will never compete with them in drinking again next time."

Du Wenxiu looked at him with red eyes. Lu Fanghai, who was standing shorter, had a sincere and honest look on his face.

Thinking about herself again, Qiao'er was diagnosed with pregnancy one month after her marriage. Three months later, she secretly told Du Wenxiu. Du Wenxiu was envious and worried at the same time.

If it is true that I cannot have children because I traveled through time, what should I do in this era where inheritance of offspring is more important than anything else?

How would I deal with it if I let him take a concubine with my eyes closed?

"If you really like her, you can just tell me. Why bother..." Du Wenxiu choked up and couldn't continue, while Lu Fanghai looked confused.

Du Wenxiu calmed down and said with a wry smile:

"Could this be what people often say, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a secret lover... Ha, it turns out that there is no cat in the world that doesn't steal fish..."