Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

Lu Fanghai took advantage of his day off to look at the fields and bought some farmland. After discussing with A Luo's mother and daughter, he moved A Luo there.

She said she wanted to avoid the Du family to prevent them from finding out about her twin and causing trouble. She wanted to live in a quiet place on the farm and feel comfortable there.

But Du Wenchan was an unmarried woman, so it was difficult for her to see A Luo.

Du Wenxiu also promised that when he was not busy at the end of the year, he would find an excuse to let Du Wenchan and A Luo meet.

The remaining heat from the autumn heat gradually dissipated, and Du Wenchan chatted quietly with Du Wenxiu:

"Last night, my eldest brother brought back a girl. She was so noisy that she didn't fall asleep until midnight. My mother even poured tea on me this morning and said she didn't recognize me."

"What kind of woman is it?" Du Wenxiu said with a curled lip. "What kind of woman can he marry now? It's good enough that someone is willing to be with him."

As they were talking, someone came to buy bacon. He hurriedly stood up to help the person weigh it and pack it, then smiled and sent the person away. Then he came back and continued:

"If you ask me, she should stop being picky, otherwise she will say that she didn't leave any descendants and ask us to pay for a concubine."

This happened once before, when Le sat down in the shop and shouted loudly that the Du family would have no descendants.

The two sisters were asked to each take out five taels of silver to buy a good concubine who could bear children for their eldest brother, but they were unwilling to do so.

After a quarrel, even the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore and came out to say that it was unreasonable for sisters to buy concubines for their brothers. If they wanted to buy a concubine, the parents should pay for it.

Le was so angry that she jumped up and down and had a big quarrel with others, which made Du Wenxiu lose face. It was not until Lu Fanghai heard that someone was causing trouble at home that he brought the yamen runners over and half coaxed and half scared Le away.

"Alas, these days they complain that the money I bring home is too little, and my eldest brother looks at me more and more unkindly. I'm really afraid that they will bring up the old matter again and want to sell me off." Du Wenchan sighed softly.

Du Wenxiu sat down beside him, opened his mouth to speak, but didn't know what to say.

Du Wenchan is old now. Fortunately, the world is at peace now. If she were in a certain dynasty, she would be forced to marry someone randomly if she didn't get married before a certain age.

But it was impossible for an ordinary family to let their daughter stay at home for her whole life, not to mention that Le's mother and son were eyeing her betrothal gift.

What I'm afraid of is that as she gets older, she'll be able to ask for less and less money. By that time, if I become cruel, I won't know where I'll take her.

"Your brother-in-law said he wanted to go and take a look at the farm in the country. Now he has borrowed a lot of money for those farms. We dare not let them do whatever they want. We have to keep an eye on them all the time. When he sets a date, I will tell father and ask you to go with him. Let's go and see aunt and see if she has any ideas."

As he spoke, Du Wenxiu closed the door and asked his sister to stay for dinner before leaving.

Du Wenchan was very happy to hear that she could see A'luo. Although she didn't expect her to be able to give her any advice, she felt relieved after all.

After the date was set, Du Wenxiu packed a dozen eggs, asked Du Wenchan to watch the store door, and went to the street corner with a basket to find Du Xiucai.

It is said that every autumn rain brings a chill. The autumn wind started right after the rain. The old scholar Du was shivering in single clothes as he sat behind a simple table.

Du Wenxiu put the basket on his wobbly table and quickly held it up, fearing that the table would fall apart and the eggs would get spilled.

Seeing Du Xiucai still asking her what she was doing in a pretentious manner, Du Wenxiu suppressed her disgust and smiled as she explained her purpose. She wanted to take Du Wenchan back to the countryside to receive the goods, but she was afraid that they would have to stay for a few days.

Mr. Du shook his head and exclaimed how disgraceful it was. He then lectured Du Wenxiu, saying that it was a shame for a woman to show her face in public.

Du Wenxiu could no longer hold back: "I was just talking about this to give Dad a few eggs to eat to nourish his body. Since Dad looks down on me so much, I think the things I brought would not be pleasing to Dad, so I'm leaving now."

After a lot of talking, he picked up the basket and turned to leave. Du Xiucai hurriedly stepped forward with agility that was not in line with his age, and blocked Du Wenxiu in three steps, pretending to scold:

"Why are you so perverse now, little girl? I just said a few words to you, but you responded with all these words."

Du Wenxiu turned away and avoided Du Xiucai's hand that was trying to help her, and went back to put the basket on the table. Du Xiucai shouted from behind, asking her to be gentle and be careful not to break the eggs.

"If you don't go, you don't have to come to the shop to work these days. You can just treat it as a holiday. But I have to be frank. This is the time when I need her, but I can't use her. Although I let her work for the sake of sisterhood, she won't be paid for these days. Whether to let her go or not is up to you."

Du Wenxiu was too lazy to waste words with him. In the eyes and hearts of this family, she and her sister were not considered as one family.

Mr. Du was reluctant to part with the basket of eggs, and secondly, he was reluctant to part with Du Wenchan's daily wages. Although he could not give them to her, at least he could coax his old wife not to make trouble with him.

If Du Wenchan didn't go to work and had no income, he was afraid that his wife would stretch her hand to him for household expenses. The daily salary of his ghostwriting was not even enough to cover the cost of drinking, so how could he have money to feed several mouths at home?

After haggling for a long time, he finally agreed to let Du Wenchan go with him. After all, she was just being taken away by her sister, and no one else could say anything.

After getting his approval, Du Wenxiu went back and urged Du Wenchan to pack her clothes. Du Wenchan smiled and said:

"Sister, why are you in such a hurry? I don't have any clothes to pack. I just came here to help you. I packed up the few clothes you gave me. There's no need to rush back."

I just felt pity for her after hearing this. When Du Wenchan first came to the shop, her clothes were only slightly better than those of a beggar, and the sleeves of her clothes were much shorter.

Du Wenxiu packed up some of her old clothes and gave them to her, and even wanted to tear off some cloth to make new clothes for her, but she stopped him, fearing that Le would know that she had money to make new clothes and come back to ask for money under some pretext.

"Oh, only when I get married can I escape from his clutches." Du Wenxiu murmured to herself.

After hearing this, Du Wenchan lowered her head and said nothing.

Perhaps this is my fate. I will just endure one day at a time. A Luo has already left that cannibalistic home, so I have nothing to worry about.

Du Wenxiu could only sigh. As a married elder sister, according to social conventions, she had no right to interfere in her younger sister's marriage. If she hoped that the family had a conscience, she was afraid that their conscience would have been thrown to the dogs long ago.

I can only try my best to make sure Du Wenchan is warm and well fed at home, but there is nothing else I can do.

On the day that Lu Fanghai had his day off, he called for a car and waited at the door early in the morning. Du Wenxiu packed her things and waited for a long time but Du Wenchan didn't come. She was afraid that something happened at home and she couldn't let her go, so she hurried over to pick her up.

Sure enough, the noise inside the Du family could be heard clearly outside the yard. Du Wenxiu hurried forward and knocked on the door. After a long while, Du Wenchan came out with red eyes.

"What's the matter? Your family doesn't want you to go with them?" Du Wenxiu pulled her and asked softly.