But Yan Heng didn't want to listen to Mrs. Luo's sophistry at all, and waved at the county magistrate, "County magistrate, please handle it yourself." Then he pointed at the county magistrate's wife and said, "Madam, you can't even manage the harem, so you'd better let someone else take over the position of mistress."

After saying that, he took Xia Xiaorou's hand and turned to leave, "Shanshan, pack up and go back to the village."

"Yes, my lord." Shanliang replied, turned around and went back to Yan Heng and Xia Xiaorou's room, packed their outer clothes and some jewelry in a box, and left with it.

Not only did the county magistrate not dare to stop him, he had to see him off respectfully.

The county magistrate's wife was thinking about Yan Heng's words and was in a state of anxiety. Did Yan Heng want the county magistrate to divorce her?

She just said a few words to Xia Xiaorou, but Yan Heng actually held such a grudge?

-

Yan Heng's mood was disturbed and she didn't want to live in the county magistrate's house anymore, so she took Xia Xiaorou and Shanliang to live in an inn outside the city.

When the county magistrate learned about this, he personally chased Yan Heng to the inn, but ultimately failed to win back Yan Heng's heart.

He knew very well that he had offended this important man. After returning to his mansion in a depressed mood, he vented his anger on the county magistrate's wife and scolded her severely.

The county magistrate's wife blamed him for doting on his concubine Lan Ruxin, which led to Lan Ruxin daring to enter Yan Heng's room and steal. The couple quarreled until dawn.

-

The next morning, Xia Xiaorou slowly walked down from the second floor of the inn.

When she walked to the stairs, she happened to meet Lan Ruxin.

Lan Ruxin was no longer wearing her gorgeous silk dress, but a plain coat. She had no rouge on her face, which looked gray, just like an ordinary maid in the county magistrate's mansion.

At this moment, she was being held tightly by two fierce middle-aged men and women, and was walking forward with difficulty. When Lan Ruxin saw Xia Xiaorou looking at her, her eyes suddenly ignited with rage.

But after a while, she laughed again, "It turned out to be Madam Xia. Madam Xia is very rich, why would she stay in such a small inn?"

Xia Xiaorou didn't want to pay attention to her. A woman who was sold would never make any waves in the future.

But Lan Ruxin mocked her like this, so she stopped and looked at her calmly, "Mrs. Lan, if you didn't commit suicide, how could you fall to such a state? If you are not doing well, don't always blame others, reflect on yourself first."

Lan Ruxin was touched in a sore spot and gritted her teeth and said angrily, "If you don't sue Wenshan, will I end up being someone's concubine?"

Xia Xiaorou smiled, "Lan Ruxin, you knew that Song Wenshan was married, but you still wanted to marry him. You should have thought that his affairs would be exposed sooner or later. You are asking for it!"

Lan Ruxin's lips trembled slightly, and her eyes were full of anger. "Did you harm me yesterday? I don't need money, why would I steal your things?"

Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes, "You are not short of money, but why did you enter the guest room of Yan Langjun and I? Could it be that you want to steal something else?"

“……” Lan Ruxin widened her eyes and was speechless for a moment.

Although she was short of money, she was not stupid enough to steal Mr. Yan's money and belongings.

She went to find Xia Chunfang, but was hit with a stick and then fainted.

Xia Xiaorou brushed her sleeves and walked past her, "Lan Ruxin, put away your calculations. If you plot against me again, you will only die more miserably."

Lan Ruxin gritted her teeth and asked, "Did you scheme against me?"

Xia Xiaorou curled the corners of her lips lightly and walked away.

She calculated?

She was too lazy to do it.

Xia Chunfang entered the guest room she and Yan Heng shared, just to look for Yan Heng. At this time, Lan Ruxin went to grab the "evidence" of Xia Chunfang, but Shanliang took action and knocked Lan Ruxin unconscious.

As for the two small pieces of jewelry in Lan Ruxin's hand, they were of course arranged out of kindness.

When Xia Xiaorou heard Shanliang talking about this, she was very surprised and asked him how he knew that Lan Ruxin wanted to harm people. Shanliang shrugged and said that Yan Heng arranged for him to go.

Yan Heng actually realized that someone was trying to harm him?

She was worried for nothing.

-

After a brief stay in the county town, Xia Xiaorou and Yan Heng returned to the village.

Xia Xiaorou said she had other things to do and did not follow Yan Heng back to Yanyuan.

She asked Yan Heng to take her to the door of her house.

Yan Heng pinched her chin and frowned, "I asked you about your wedding date before, have you thought about it?"

Xia Xiaorou thought about her poor status and was afraid that if she married Yan Heng, she would be bullied by other noble ladies.

She still remembered the sarcasm of the county magistrate's wife yesterday.

Even a mere county magistrate's wife looks down on her. Will she be even more ashamed when she meets more dignitaries in the future?

"I will arrange it as soon as possible. My sister's leg is still injured, so I have to take care of her first." Xia Xiaorou said, pursing her lips.

Yan Heng was not angry, and stroked her cheek, "Okay, I'll wait for your reply."

Xia Xiaorou returned home.

I heard a child crying in the house.

She took two quick steps and entered the main room.

I saw Xia Xiaoying hugging her eldest daughter Danier and comforting her, while the youngest daughter was standing beside her crying.

"What's wrong, sister?" Xia Xiaorou walked over, hugged the crying little Ni'er, and then looked at the big Ni'er.

"Oh, it's just a small matter. Little Ni knocked over the stove and burned Big Ni's hand."

"Is it serious? Let me take a look." Xia Xiaorou pulled Danier's hand over to look.

A small blister the size of a copper coin appeared on the child's hand.

"We need to go see Doctor Chen." Xia Xiaorou took Danier's hand and went into the kitchen, soaked her hand in cold water, and said to Xia Xiaoying in the main room, "Sister, I'll take Danier to see her hand, you stay home and take care of Xiaoier."

"Xiao Rou, take a rest for a while. I'll take her there." Xia Xiaoying struggled to stand up with the help of a crutch.

Xia Xiaorou took Danier's hand, walked out of the kitchen, and waved, "Sister, your leg is still injured, I'll go, I'm not tired."

She held Huang Dani's hand and walked towards Doctor Chen's house. On the way, she coaxed Huang Dani, "It will stop hurting after applying the medicine. Your sister is young and doesn't understand. Don't bother with her."

Fearing that Huang Dani would feel wronged, she took out a small toy from her purse and stuffed it into Huang Dani's hand, "I saw it in the county town and bought it for you to play with."

This is a small ball carved from a walnut. It contains small beads and makes a sound when you shake it.

Huang Dani grinned, "Thank you, auntie."

"You're welcome, Dani, be good. Auntie likes you." Xia Xiaorou touched Huang Dani's hair.

I went to Doctor Chen's house and applied medicated mud on Huang Dani's hands. When I came back, it was already late.

The two of them walked in the moonlight, talking about interesting things as they walked.

At this time, Xia Xiaorou saw a familiar figure sneaking into a house.

Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes, confused. Wasn’t that person Xia Chen?

What was she doing in Hu Dasheng's house?

Hu Dasheng is a butcher in the village. His wife died of illness many years ago and he never remarried. He is left with his old mother and a dull and mute son at home.

A bold guess flashed through Xia Xiaorou's mind, and she whispered to Huang Dani, "Dani, you stand here and play with the walnut bells, don't make any noise, auntie will go to the front and take a look."

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