The first time in history

Qian Mingduo did not speak, he just gently lifted up the face of one of the girls. Although the girl's face was not clean, she was very pretty. Qian Mingduo then lifted up the face of another girl.

"Huh?" he wondered. The two girls looked exactly the same. "Are they twins?" Qian Mingduo asked.

"Yes, sir," the woman replied, "they are twin sisters."

"Who are you?"

"I am the mother of two children." The woman said earnestly, "Master, I am not a human trafficker. If it weren't for the fact that our family had no food and it was hard to make ends meet, I really wouldn't want to sell the children."

"Is this woman really your mother?" Qian Mingduo looked at the woman. "If she is a human trafficker, I am the judge of Lin'an Prefecture and will make the decision for you and your sister. Don't be afraid!"

"It's my mother." A girl said, "We have two younger brothers at home, and they haven't eaten for a few days."

The woman kept kowtowing, "Master, please be kind, it's not expensive. Only three taels of silver for a child, please be kind!"

Qian Mingduo sighed, "How old are these two children?"

"To answer your question, both children are thirteen years old."

"Here are ten taels of silver." Qian Mingduo took out the silver and put it in the woman's hand. "Since you can't afford to raise them, then sell both children to me."

The woman held the silver tremblingly, "Master, I don't have any money to give you." She looked at the children beside her and hardened her heart. "Since you want to buy them, you should give me five taels of silver."

"No need." Qian Mingduo stood up, "You don't need to change the money. Go home and buy some rice and flour to get by."

Qian Mingduo pulled up a girl with one hand and said, "Kowtowing to your mother, don't bear a grudge against her. This is the damn era, it's just like this, girls are just fucking commodities."

After taking the two girls back home, Li Shishi listened to Qian Mingduo's account of what happened, and then ordered Ling'er to take the two girls to the bathhouse on the street to take a bath and change all their inner and outer clothes.

At dinner time, two girls in new clothes came to the table. They knelt down together and said, "Thank you, Master and Madam, for giving us new clothes so that we can live."

Li Shishi smiled and said, "I think we should call them Yu'er and Feng'er?"

Qian Mingduo nodded, "Okay, let's call Yu'er and Feng'er." Li Shishi waved her hand, "Let them live together in the west wing for now. We'll make plans when we get to Jiankang Prefecture. Ling'er, take them downstairs to have dinner first. I'm sure they haven't eaten for several days."

In early June, Qian Mingduo and his family arrived at Jiankang Prefecture, where officials were waiting for him in front of the government office.

In ancient times, the government offices were usually located in the front and the palace in the back. The Jiankang Palace was originally very large, so the palace in the back had not only gardens, but also waterside pavilions, ponds, rockery, etc.

There are several small courtyards around the garden. Li Shishi is the wife of the main house, so she naturally lives in the main house. Lu Shishi lives in the cross-courtyard on the east side, and Xiaocui lives in the cross-courtyard on the west side. There are two small courtyards in the back seat, which are temporarily uninhabited.

Qian Mingduo knew that although he was the head of the family, he did not have his own bedroom. According to the rules at that time, he could rest in any of his wives and concubines every night.

The room behind the altar was vacant, so Qian Mingduo converted the east room into a study.