Farmhouse life after traveling back to ancient times

However, Lu Fanghai found an opportunity in the county government office to inform the county lieutenant Fan Zhao of tonight's appointment, and decided that the two of them would go together in the evening.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion from others, the two men returned home after leaving the yamen.

It was not yet dark, and Du Wenxiu was sitting in front of the window of the main room, fiddling with the wick of the oil lamp.

Since moving to the county town and their business picking up, the Lu family's situation has improved a lot compared to when they were in Taohua Village.

The table beside the kang was no longer empty, with only an oil lamp on it. There were now a few boxes of rouge and powder and a bronze mirror.

There are also several account books.

Du Wenxiu looked at the oil lamp in front of him and recalled the first time he came here.

Although she has never made any grand promises about achieving any great achievements, she is still full of confidence and wants to live as a modern new woman in this era.

Now, has it been assimilated?

What I feel more is the injustice, powerlessness and helplessness of fate.

As a woman at the bottom of this society, you are not allowed to control your own destiny.

It is extremely difficult to cross the class line.

So, what is easy to do?

Maybe it was the pregnancy hormones that made her feel anxious and restless.

"Why don't you turn on the light?" Lu Fanghai walked in and found her sitting at the table like that.

"Oh, I don't know where I put the tinderbox." Du Wenxiu answered casually.

Lu Fanghai walked to the place where he often set fire to the fire and touched it with his hand.

The oil lamp was lit, and the flickering light reflected Du Wenxiu's calm face.

But Lu Fanghai felt that beneath the seemingly calm situation, there were raging storms.

Sitting beside her quietly, Lu Fanghai wanted to hold her hand, but she pulled it away inadvertently and got up from the bed.

"Chan'er, is the meal ready?"

Du Wenchan's voice of agreement came from the kitchen, and she quickly brought out the food.

The family sat together and ate their fill, but the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

Du Wenxiu was in low spirits and didn't say a word, so Du Wenchan and her brother-in-law naturally had nothing to say either.

Lu Fanghai just thought that she was in a bad mood because she sent Xiaohu away. He wanted to say a few words to comfort her, but didn't know how to start.

Du Wenxiu ate a few mouthfuls of rice and lost his appetite, so he put down his bowl and went back to lie on the kang.

I stared at the roof with my eyes wide open, my mind full of complicated and chaotic thoughts.

Lu Fanghai came in and greeted her, but she didn't say anything.

As he was concerned about the agreement, Lu Fanghai didn't say much. When it was midnight, he just said hello and left.

He and Fan Zhao agreed to wait at the street corner. When he got there, Fan Zhao was already waiting.

After making a gesture, Lu Fanghai led the way without making a sound, and Fan Zhao followed behind.

When they arrived at the house they had been to yesterday, Fan Zhao came up to block his hand from knocking on the door, and Lu Fanghai looked at him in confusion.

As if listening carefully, Fan Zhao let go of his hand. Then he knocked on the door as he had learned in the army, two long knocks and three short knocks.

The door opened quietly immediately, Lu Fanghai rushed in first, followed closely by Fan Zhao.

Just like last night, the bean-sized lamp in the main room flickered. When the two men went in, they closed the door tightly. There were people guarding outside the room, and only whispers could be heard, but no one could hear what they were saying.

It was not until the third watch drum sounded that the two of them tiptoed out of the yard. After they went out, they looked at each other without saying a word, and then went their separate ways.

When I got home, the moon was at its highest point in the sky, casting a silvery glow on the ground.

Du Wenchan didn't know he had gone out and bolted the gate to the courtyard.

But this did not pose a problem for Lu Fanghai. He took a few light steps backward, stepped onto the wall and climbed to the top, then turned over and entered the yard without making any sound.

The light in the main room was still on. I wondered if Du Wenxiu was waiting for me on purpose. I couldn't help feeling warm in my heart.

After entering, he gently closed the door and lifted the curtain of the inner room. Du Wenxiu was still lying on the bed with her clothes on, looking at the ceiling with her eyes open.

"Xiuniang, Xiuniang." Lu Fanghai went up and pushed her, and she glanced at him with a dazed look.

"Take off your clothes, wash up and go to bed. It's so uncomfortable."

Du Wenxiu nodded blankly and got up from the kang stiffly.

Lu Fanghai hurriedly stopped her, went to the kitchen to scoop up some hot water, and brought it to her for washing.

But after a while, the water had become cold, so he added more firewood to boil water, and the water became noisy again.

Du Wenchan's door creaked open and Du Wenchan, wearing an outer coat, came out, yawning and sleepy.

Without waiting for her to ask, Lu Fanghai explained a few words in a low voice and she went back.

After all this trouble, it was already very late when we went to bed.

Lu Fanghai held Du Wenxiu in his arms, knowing that something must have happened to her at Yulan's place, which was why she behaved like that after returning.

I made a decision in my heart to ask again tomorrow. If she still doesn't tell me, I will go directly to Yulan.

But the next morning, Du Wenxiu was completely different from the day before. He was full of energy and in high spirits.

Seeing that she seemed to have recovered, Lu Fanghai went on his mission with peace of mind.

In the afternoon, Du Wenxiu packed some things and asked Du Wenchan to send them to Qiaoer. She was pregnant, and although she couldn't tell anyone, she also had to keep it a secret.

Du Wenchan took a look and saw that they were all food and children's clothes. She teased her:

"Sister, why don't you keep a few more for yourself? In a few months, our family will also need to prepare these."

Du Wenxiu smiled slightly and said that she was a chatterbox and asked her to send it off without saying anything.

Du Wenchan thought she was just shy and took a basket of things to Fan's house without mentioning it.

As soon as his sister left, Du Wenxiu sat bored in the shop, watching people coming and going on the street.

Suddenly I felt something unstable in front of my eyes, and there was a constant clanging sound. I turned around and saw that the jar of pickles on the shelf was shaking like a sieve.

"The earth is turning over!" There was a loud shout from the crowd. The people who were confused for a moment reacted immediately and rushed around like headless flies on the shaking street.

A pile of bamboo poles leaning against the wall over there fell to the ground with a loud noise, and the mud on the stall over here rolled to the ground and broke into pieces.

There were cries, shouts, screams everywhere...one after another, it was so lively.

The vendor's stall collapsed, and all kinds of stuff, scraps of cloth, buns, etc. were scattered all over the ground, but no one picked them up.

Du Wenxiu's originally blank brain finally woke up from its shutdown state. He stood up, held onto the door frame, and moved towards the inner courtyard.

At this moment, someone ran in, grabbed her and dragged her out, which frightened her to death and she screamed at him to let go.

"Don't go back, it's dangerous!" the man shouted at the top of his lungs. Du Wenxiu looked at the unfamiliar face and was pulled by him, staggering along as he followed him.

They dragged her straight into the street, where people were running around.

Many people were pushed to the ground, and before they could get up, they were stepped on one after another, leaving only wailing sounds ringing in their ears.

She struggled to break free from the man's hand, but the earthquake pushed him back a few steps and hit him against the wall.

"Hiss." The man touched the back of his head and shouted at her: "Sister-in-law, I came to see Brother Lu yesterday and saw you."

Du Wenxiu, who was swaying from side to side and trying to move away from the man, stopped walking reluctantly and turned around to look at him.

At this time, an even more violent earthquake occurred, and a dilapidated earth wall over there was immediately shattered into powder, burying the people who were hiding against it.

"Sister-in-law, come with me." The man came over again at some point, grabbed Du Wenxiu and ran out.