I feel so good after dressing up as a peasant girl

In order to prevent his father from trying to smooth things over for the sake of his reputation, official status and the future of the two little brats, Peng Xuan'an asked the owner of the noodle shop for the pen, ink, paper and inkstone used for accounting, and then quickly wrote a letter of complaint to his uncle.

He gave the letter to Bai Jingzhou and asked him to help deliver it to the post station.

Bai Jingzhou raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded, and agreed to help him.

Peng Xuan'an smiled, revealing two rows of teeth. He said, "Then we'll meet again later."

"See you later."

The two groups said goodbye to each other. Bai Jingzhou and Gu Wenxuan went to help Peng Xuan'an mail the letter, while Mu Jingzhi accompanied Peng Xuan'an back to the county government office.

In order to prevent Peng Xuan'an's stepmother from continuing to do bad things, they did not enter through the back door as usual, but went directly through the main hall of the yamen.

When Peng Xuan'an's father, County Magistrate Peng, heard the noise, he immediately ran out from his office to greet them.

He looked up and down at his son and the only friend his son had made at the academy, "Xuan, Jingzhi, I'm glad you're all right, I'm glad you're all right!"

Last night, the servants of the family brought Mu Jingzhi's entourage and hurried back to report that the two gentlemen were missing in Queshan. He was so anxious that he almost fainted in front of the county magistrate and others.

Fortunately, the criminal lawyer next to him not only quickly supported him, but also pinched his arm just in time, allowing him to regain his sanity as quickly as possible.

He sent out all the servants in his house and the yamen runners in the government office. As for whether someone would take the opportunity to accuse him of misusing public resources for personal gain, that was fine. As long as he could find his son as quickly as possible, County Magistrate Peng didn't even mind taking off the official uniform he had worn for many years.

The full name of County Magistrate Peng was Peng Ji, with the courtesy name Xiangyi. He was a man of average ability. Not only were his grades always mediocre when he was in school, but he also had no outstanding political achievements after entering the officialdom.

But he was a man of good character and temperament. He was able to become a county magistrate with the help of his wife's family, so even though his wife had passed away for many years, Peng Ji still followed the orders of his two uncles.

His first wife died of complications during childbirth of their eldest daughter, Peng Nian'an. Peng Xuan'an was only four years old at the time. His father-in-law was worried that the two children would be mistreated after he remarried, so he took the initiative to help him and his second wife get married.

His second wife is his first wife's cousin from her aunt's family. Her family's stable and prosperous life over the years is all thanks to his first wife's family.

However, the county magistrate's second wife, who married under the pretext of "taking care of the two children left by her cousin", was much more evil-minded than the county magistrate Peng Ji, who was worried about by her wife's family.

Even after marrying a second wife, County Magistrate Peng did not immediately forget his first wife. Not only did he observe three years of mourning for his deceased wife before consummating his marriage with his current second wife, but he also did not forget the support and protection of his in-laws because of the advice of his second wife.

He was determined to support his eldest son to inherit the family business. Even though the eldest son had been a playboy for many years and disappointed him, the solution he thought of still put the eldest son's interests first.

He wanted to find a smart and well-educated daughter-in-law for his eldest son, and then have his son and daughter-in-law give him two clever and lovely grandsons. In this way, after his big trumpet was ruined, he could learn from his experience and carefully train his small trumpet.

Unlike him who was wholeheartedly abiding by secular etiquette and fulfilling his promise to his deceased wife, his second wife not only had been adopting a strategy of praising and killing the eldest son left by his cousin, but also secretly tortured and mistreated his cousin's daughter who had lost her mother at birth in places where County Magistrate Peng could not notice.

The little girl was a chubby white baby when she was born, but as she grew older, she began to have trouble eating and sleeping.

Now nine years old, her little arms are not as thick as those of her four-year-old half-brother.

She was thin, haggard, taciturn, introverted and self-abased. She usually stayed in the room or in an inconspicuous corner. She looked even more timid and cautious than the maids who did chores in the mansion.

County Magistrate Peng and her brother Peng Xuan'an loved her very much. County Magistrate Peng even kept an old doctor with good medical skills for her all year round, but the child's condition was getting worse day by day.

By now, she has even developed to the point where she becomes nervous and uneasy once someone notices her, living like a frightened little white rabbit.

Peng Xuan'an's past life can be said to be smooth sailing. His biggest worry in life was that his younger sister, whom he promised his mother to protect and take good care of, suddenly started avoiding him when she was six years old.

No matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure out how he had offended his sister. She wouldn't tell him when he asked her, and when he asked her urgently, she just cried in front of him, which was really frustrating.

It was not until he was nearly killed in the mountains that Peng Xuan'an began to suspect his stepmother.

He was a boy, and usually spent more time with his father and away from home to study. His stepmother could not do anything to him, but his sister was different. Her sister had been held in the palm of the woman's hand since she was a baby.

Since his stepmother, who appeared to love him so much, could secretly plot his life, then was his sister, who seemed to be loved by his stepmother, actually not as favored as he and his father saw?

After the seed of doubt sprouted in his heart, Peng Xuan'an quickly remembered another thing.

Those maids and old women who were originally responsible for serving his mother and were later sent by his father to be with his sister seem to have been decreasing in number over the years?

Although those people all had their own reasons for leaving, and it didn't seem surprising at all, when he stepped out of the situation and looked at the overall situation, he found it hard not to wonder if there was something fishy going on that he and his father hadn't noticed.

Peng Xuan'an, who became suspicious of his stepmother, secretly decided to wait for his uncle and aunt to come. He would then tell them about his suspicions about his stepmother and ask them to help check whether his stepmother had withheld his sister's food, clothing and other expenses, and whether she had ever instructed the slaves to bully their master.

The young and inexperienced Peng Xuan'an didn't know at this time that the way his stepmother dealt with his sister was much more cruel than the way she dealt with him.

On the material level, his sister apparently enjoyed better treatment than her stepmother's sister, but in reality, all the things in her share were inferior goods.

For example, during the Chinese New Year, his stepmother only prepared a gold necklace for his half-sister, but prepared a full set of gold jewelry for his full sister.

At first glance, it seemed that his full sister had gained more, but in fact, his half-sister's gold necklace was a solid pure gold necklace, while his full sister's so-called full set of gold jewelry was actually hollow hair accessories, gold-covered copper bracelets and armlets.

As for the fabric, the woman also took advantage of the fact that County Magistrate Peng and Peng Xuan'an did not know how to play tricks in secret.

Those that are old, defective, outdated in design, or even old-fashioned in color and not suitable for young girls at all...the woman would secretly arrange for them to be used by Peng Xuan'an's half-sister.

She and her two children were all made of materials that were expensive, comfortable, and yet looked inconspicuous.

These are not the most vicious things. The most vicious thing is that this woman actually tortured a child who knew nothing on the mental level.