Yi Xin as a concubine

When they arrived at the door, Wei Yu took out a sign from his arms and handed it to the gatekeeper, who immediately turned from a vigilant look to a respectful one.

"Master, please come in." As he said this, the lackey personally led the man into the village.

By mid-afternoon, the village seemed very quiet. There were two rows of houses, front and back, lined up neatly, with a solid road in the middle. There were drainage ditches on both sides of the road, and on the other side of the drainage ditch was a tree bed. It was December and the leaves were almost gone, so it was impossible to tell what kind of trees they were.

There are some dry flower vines under the tree. Xin Baoer can imagine how beautiful it would be in spring and summer with red flowers and green leaves contrasting with each other.

Further inside the tree beds are the private plots of each family, with one plot in front and one in back of the house. People can grow their own vegetables, or they can fence it off and raise chickens, ducks, cattle, sheep, etc.

The passage from the road to the yard has to cross the drainage ditch, so every household has a stone bridge. The road across the stone bridge to the yard is also paved with gravel, so you don't have to get your feet dirty even on rainy days.

Looking beyond the village into the distance, one can see neatly reclaimed square plots of farmland. The crops have now been harvested and stored, leaving behind neat and tidy stubble.

Because it was the off-season, farmers had two meals a day to save food. At this time, it was time to cook dinner, and smoke rose from every household. Because the village was small, there were only about 20 to 30 households. One of my daughter's families cooked something delicious, and the fragrance spread throughout the village with the breeze.

"Life here is quite comfortable." Zhao Xian said as he walked.

"You are wrong. It was not like this a year ago. More than 20 families lived together in round tents, and the smell of cow and sheep dung was everywhere." Qin Chu recalled.

"Master, I am late. Please punish me."

While they were talking, a man in his forties, accompanied by several blue-clothed guards and a group of men, women, old and young, came over. Seeing Xin Baoer and her group, the man trotted up to her and bowed down to her.

Xin Baoer quickly gave Wei Yu a wink, and Wei Yu understood and helped the man who was about to kneel down.

"Master, please forgive me. After receiving the news that you were coming, we were ready to welcome you. Just now, two wild boars came from somewhere and rushed into the village. I had no choice but to take people to catch the wild boars." The man explained anxiously.

After hearing what he said, the villagers behind him began to speak out in support of him, making Xin Baoer wonder if she had done bad things in the past, which was why they were so frightened.

Xin Baoer looked at the middle-aged man in front of her with interest. He seemed humble, but in fact he had calculations in his eyes and a gloating look in his eyes.

She opened her red lips and asked slowly, "You are the manager here, what's your name?"

"My lord, my surname is Zhou, and I'm from Zhouzhuang," said the man.

"Zhouzhuang is pretty good!" Xin Baoer smiled gently and warmly, looking harmless.

But only those who are familiar with her know that her smile does not even reach her eyes. It seems that someone is in trouble.

Xin Baoer wasn't actually that angry. This person wanted to intimidate her, and she actually understood that. After all, she was just a girl under 20 years old, weak and fragile, and looked like she could be easily bullied.

But she doesn't like to show off, and people who are not familiar with her have no chance of knowing what she does.

"Where do we live?" Wei Yu asked coldly.

This person obviously knew Wei Yu. The contempt in his eyes was less, and his tone was much more respectful. He looked in Xin Baoer's direction, but his words were obviously directed at Wei Yu.

"Follow my subordinates. We are ready."

Wei Yu's mouth twitched slightly. She looked at the man as if he were an idiot. She didn't even bother to say anything more. She turned to Xin Baoer, who was protected by her, and said, "Miss, please."

"Puchi", Qin Chu finally couldn't help laughing out loud. She didn't expect that such a small place would have such a blind manager. She also didn't expect that Wei Yu would behave like this when she disliked someone.

Wei Yu looked at Qin Chu expressionlessly, and it was hard to tell whether her eyes showed grievance or anger. This woman was definitely a bad friend.

Qin Chu was really afraid that Wei Yu would get angry and catch this self-righteous manager and beat him up, which might cause dissatisfaction among the villagers. After all, it can be seen that this small village is managed quite well, which shows that except for his poor vision, this person's abilities are still remarkable.

Before Wei Yu made a move, he put his arm around Zhou Zhuang's neck, and the two of them walked forward like good brothers. Xin Chengzhi was so angry that he wanted to catch up with her and tear her arms off, but thinking that she was wearing men's clothes, he endured it, but his face didn't look very good.

The two people walking in front seem to be arm in arm, but the actual picture is like this.

"Brother, what...what are you going to do? How can it be proper for two grown men to be pulling each other like that?" Zhou Zhuang said nervously.

"Manager Zhou, I'm doing this for your own good. If I hadn't pulled you away, I guarantee that your respected Commander Wei would have beaten you so badly...that even your own mother wouldn't be able to recognize you." Qin Chu said seriously.

Zhou Zhuang looked puzzled and asked humbly, "Why?"

Qin Chu hissed and said earnestly: "Old Zhou, I think your future is worrying!"

Zhou Zhuang's confusion turned into anxiety, and he asked anxiously, "Why?"

He is an expert in this field. His achievements this year are obvious to all. The villagers like him very much and send him food and drinks from time to time. The brothers who follow him also respect him. He enjoys this feeling very much.

How come his future was in jeopardy when the master came? Could it be that his thoughts were known by the master? He didn't do anything, he just felt a little unwilling to be controlled by a little girl.

"Baoer, don't be angry with that idiot. This Zhou guy has no brains. I will beat him up and he will behave himself later." Wei Yu said.

Xin Baoer shook her head and said with a smile, "He's almost forty, don't do anything bad to him. I know him, he wasn't the first one to follow the Lin family, he was rescued by Manager Lin later, he had a good life before he fell into poverty, he had many wives and concubines, he was a bit of a male chauvinist, but Manager Lin said he was quite capable," he looked around and continued, "Facts have proved that he is indeed quite capable."

Wei Yu looked at her disapprovingly and said, "He doesn't respect you, and you still speak for him."

"He won't do anything to me, and I am the master and she is the servant. As long as he follows my instructions and does his job well, it will be fine. I am not a Bodhisattva or a god who needs to constantly absorb the power of faith to have unlimited magical powers." Xin Baoer joked.

Wei Yu stopped talking and just stared at Zhou Zhuang's back with cold eyes, which made Zhou Zhuang's spine feel cold. He became more and more certain that Qin Chu was not joking with him and Commander Wei really wanted to beat him up.

His eyes rolled and a plan came to his mind. He was the one who had a trump card, but the credit might be gone. Oh, forget it. As long as the merits and demerits could offset each other, he would not get beaten.

Although Zhou Zhuang had some character flaws, he was still very thoughtful in doing things. The accommodation he arranged for Xin Baoer and others was very clean and tidy, and was even specially decorated to be very warm, making it very suitable for women to live in.

Xin Baoer was satisfied in her heart but did not show it on her face. With her clothes fluttering, she walked to the main seat with great momentum and sat down.

"Zhou Zhuang, do you admit your guilt?"

Xin Baoer put down the teacup, making a slight clash sound, and then Xin Baoer's voice was heard floating down.

Zhou Zhuang, who had been looking very calm and even somewhat proud of his elaborate arrangements, suddenly felt his legs go weak when he heard the voice, and he fell to his knees with a plop.

"Subordinates, subordinates don't know."

"I don't know?" Xin Baoer's voice was slightly cold, with an upward tone, full of questioning tone.

Zhou Zhuang shuddered unconsciously, and his back bent a little more. The villagers who followed behind him originally wanted to plead for mercy for the benefactor, but seeing Xin Baoer's posture, they all shrank like quails, not daring to enter the courtyard gate, but just watching silently from a distance, not daring to eavesdrop on a word.

"Do you want me to remind you?" Xin Baoer asked again. Seeing that he looked frightened, she kindly added, "Manager Qian."

When Manager Qian was mentioned, Zhou Zhuang suddenly became alert and said, "Master, Manager Qian is really a piece of shit. If he hadn't made trouble, I could have taken more land for you and planted more food."

"Idiot! If it weren't for the rich shopkeeper protecting you, you would have died countless times." Wei Yu replied expressionlessly.