Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

The madam glanced at her sideways, and Lu Fanghai walked to the front to block Du Wenxiu.

"No wonder the young lady is so confident, she really has a good husband." The madam lowered her head and smiled, then threw a coquettish glance at Lu Fanghai.

"Now that the money and goods have been paid, young lady, please get off the boat with your thugs. Don't delay my journey. If you miss out on making money, you can't afford to pay for it."

The madam ordered the guest to leave, took the silver, and went into the cabin twisting and turning.

Du Wenxiu helped Du Wenchan get off the boat with Lu Fanghai and others.

The people who gathered around found out what happened and couldn't help but give Du Wenxiu a thumbs up and praise his righteousness for being willing to spend a hundred taels of silver for his sister.

Du Wenxiu didn't want her sister to become the topic of conversation after dinner, so she smiled and nodded to those around her, then hurried away under the protection of Lu Fanghai and others.

Little did they know that on the flower boat behind them, the still charming old procuress was standing at the bow again, watching them leave with a somewhat sad look on her face.

When they disappeared, the madam became a little bored, turned around and ordered them to set off.

Lu Wenxiu and his group returned to the shop and thanked Wu Xiaoliu. Lu Fanghai invited him to have a drink the next day, and Wu Xiaoliu readily agreed. He bowed and said goodbye and went back to his duty room.

Seeing Du Wenxiu looking at him again, Fan Chengyi hurriedly said:

"Sister-in-law, please don't be so formal with me. I'll go and have a meal with my brother tomorrow when he treats Xiaoliu."

Du Wenxiu smiled suddenly and said seriously:

"It's not about this. Did the person you borrowed the money from say when he would pay it back?"

"Well, sister-in-law, don't worry. He has a lot of money, so he can afford this little bit. It doesn't matter if it takes ten or eight years."

Fan Chengyi said loudly.

"Nonsense." Du Wenxiu said angrily.

"In that case, the fact that someone was willing to lend us the money really saved our lives. How can we refuse to pay the debt?"

Fan Chengyi smiled and said, "How do you plan to pay him back, sister-in-law?"

Du Wenxiu hesitated for a moment, and just as he was about to speak, Fan Chengyi rushed to say:

"Now that my sister-in-law has just bought some land in the countryside, I'm afraid she's thinking of selling it, right?"

Du Wenchan timidly called out "Sister", tears streaming down her cheeks.

Du Wenxiu put his arm around her shoulders and smiled bitterly: His family had only moved to the county town a year or so ago, and they had a shallow foundation and no permanent property. Apart from these few acres of land, they had nothing else to offer.

"Don't worry, brother-in-law. Your land will be well preserved."

Fan Chengyi turned his head away and said unhappily:

"What are you talking about, sister-in-law? Your farm is gone. Do you want me to live on the farm by myself? And don't even mention that you will help us look after it. How can you be so concerned about your own future?"

"Stop playing tricks like that." Hearing that Lu Fanghai was about to hit him.

Fan Chengyi hid while shouting:

"The man who borrowed the silver is my childhood friend. We grew up together naked. His family has businesses all over the country and is very rich. I can give him a hundred taels of silver whenever I have it. If he sells his land, how will his family eat in the future?"

"Well, you wait here." Du Wenxiu said, and went into the house.

Fan Chengyi and Lu Fanghai looked at each other, not knowing what she meant, but they didn't dare to move.

After a while, Du Wenxiu came out with a piece of paper with wet ink on it, blew it dry, and then handed it to Fan Chengyi.

"This is the loan agreement I wrote. You can give it to your friend. Since I don't know his name, I only wrote down the borrower. In the future, no matter who comes with this loan agreement, I, Du Wenxiu, will acknowledge it."

Du Wenxiu said in a sonorous voice.

Fan Chengyi chuckled, carefully folded the IOU and put it in his arms.

"Sister-in-law, this is a very open thing. I will keep this IOU and pass it on to my son. By then, the interest will compound. Just by sitting at home, I can rely on my sister-in-law to become a rich man."

Seeing his smug look, Lu Fanghai couldn't help but kick him, then drove him away with a scolding and laughter.

Then he yawned, said he was sleepy and needed to wash up, and left to give the place to Du Wenxiu and her sister.

Du Wenxiu reached out and pulled Du Wenchan over, holding her hand and walking to the east wing, sitting on the kang, and said softly:

"Don't be afraid. Since they have sold you, they can no longer control your life or death. It's all in the past."

Du Wenchan looked up at Du Wenxiu, then hugged her waist, buried her head in her arms, and cried so hard that she couldn't breathe.

Du Wenxiu stroked her hair and comforted her softly:

"It's all over. It's okay now. If you feel wronged, just cry it out. Don't keep it in your heart and feel bad."

Du Wenchan didn't say a word and cried until her throat was shut down.

Only when she was tired of crying and fell into a deep sleep did Du Wenxiu return to the main room and see Lu Fanghai sitting on the kang waiting for her.

"Is the girl asleep?" Lu Fanghai asked softly.

Du Wenxiu nodded, fetched some water to wash, and then came over. He sat on the kang, sighed, and said:

"Why is the life of a woman so miserable in this world? First, Qiao'er was slandered and almost driven to death."

"A Luo gave birth to children in the Du family, but was eventually sold as a servant. Now even their own daughter is being sold to a brothel to be raped..."

"Have these people's consciences been eaten by dogs? How can they be so black-hearted?"

Du Wenxiu became angrier and angrier as he spoke, and finally he remembered that he had also been sold to Lu Fanghai.

I kept wiping my tears with my sleeves, but the more I wiped, the more tears came, and I felt even more depressed.

Lu Fanghai embraced her and held her in his arms. Du Wenxiu could no longer hold back and burst into tears.

In this world, why is it so difficult to be a woman? Why is it so difficult!!!

But thinking back to the past, before I traveled through time, as a woman, I had to work harder and do better than men, but I still might not get the same treatment.

It’s difficult for women at any time of the year!

Why is it so difficult!

Du Wenxiu raised her head with red and swollen eyes, her messy hair scattered on both sides of her cheeks, looking pitiful.

She looked at Lu Fanghai, and her heavy nasal tone made her voice even muffled.

"Fang Hai, from now on, we will only have sons and no daughters, okay?"

Lu Fanghai didn't know why she said such nonsense for a moment, he just found it funny.

Knowing that she was in a bad mood, he reached out and held her back in his arms, gently patting her back.

“Why is it so difficult to be a woman?”

Hearing her sobbing and mumbling these words, Lu Fanghai lowered his head and kissed her forehead, and said softly:

"Xiuniang, don't worry. If our child is a daughter, I will never let her encounter such a thing."

Du Wenxiu hugged his waist tightly, sobbing continuously, her tears wetting his chest.

Perhaps he felt that he could not empathize with the woman next to him, but he could truly feel her powerlessness and sadness.

He also hugged the woman in his arms tightly, but was afraid that he would use too much force and hurt her.

The next day, Lu Fanghai went to the duty room first, thinking that after reporting for duty, he would find an opportunity to go to the Du family to see if the family had returned.

But when I arrived at the duty room, I saw Wu Xiaoliu hurriedly about to go out. I said that he had not slept all night and was very dedicated to his work, and now he was going home to sleep.

When Wu Xiaoliu saw him coming, he waved and called out, "Hurry up, something big has happened at your father-in-law's house!"

Lu Fanghai was shocked and asked what was going on. Wu Xiaoliu didn't have time to say anything and just walked out quickly, asking him to follow.