The Second Sister of a Farmer's Family's Path to Imperial Destiny

Seeing the thugs being beaten in public, the people who had followed all the way from the West Market couldn't help but cheer. They had been suffering from them for a long time. Today they would lose something, tomorrow they would collect protection money, and the day after tomorrow they would molest girls on the street. It's not that no one had reported to the police before, but the government office really ignored it, or just fined them and let it go. It's not like today!

"happy!"

"Yes, these people should have been beaten long ago. They have caused us so much trouble over the years..."

The people in front of the yamen gathered together and talked in a buzz, all with smiles on their faces. Some even threw rotten vegetable leaves directly at Guo Wu and the others.

"Thank you for your help, sir." Guo Ruo bent his knees slightly in front of Pei Yuan, lowered his head slightly, and the hair draped on his shoulders slowly slid down along the arc.

She knew that if it weren't for the brave act of this young man today, she would have been kidnapped by the gangsters and would not have waited for her second sister to come.

On her way here, Guo Xin also learned about what happened in the West Market. She was very grateful to this young man, and she thought that winning the lawsuit today might be related to this young man's identity. When she was in the court, she noticed that the town magistrate looked at him deeply before making the judgment.

"Sir, may I know your name? If we have the chance to repay you in the future, we will do our best."

"Pei Yuan. Yuan, the color of peach blossoms on the Yuan River." A smile appeared on the man's fair face, and the wind happened to blow, lifting a corner of his clothes.

Guo Ruo looked at the man quietly, trying to engrave this appearance in his mind. He silently recited the two words "Pei Yuan" in his heart and also memorized this line of poetry. He would ask him what the word was when Sidan went to school.

"Thank you, Mr. Pei." Guo Xin bowed to Pei Yuan. In the previous life, the Pei family originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and prospered in the Han Dynasty. Until the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Hedong Pei family had become as famous as the Langya Wang family. It lasted for two thousand years. I wonder if the Pei family in this life is as glorious as the Pei family in the previous life.

At some point, the town official in the hall came to Pei Yuan's side, bowed deeply to him, his face full of respect, and said solemnly: "I don't know why Mr. Pei has come from so far away. I am sorry that I have failed to show respect to you."

Seeing the town official like this, Guo Xin knew that Pei probably had a very high status here, so he pulled Guo Ruo away silently.

Pei Yuan saw Guo Xin and others walking away, and knew that he probably wouldn't be able to buy duck blood vermicelli soup today, so he said a few perfunctorily to the town official and hurried back to Rufangzhai to report.

……

"Sister, are you okay now?" He had been busy fighting with that group of thugs and had not had time to carefully check whether she was injured. Now he carefully checked Guo Ruo from head to toe and walked around her.

Guo Ruo grabbed Guo Xin who was circling around her, held her thin hand, and said softly, "I'm fine, don't worry, I'm here."

These few short words soothed Guo Xin's anxious heart. Ever since she was reborn, she has attached great importance to her family and regarded all the warmth she received in this life as a gift from God.

"Sister, let's go back. We have sold all the things anyway." Guo Xin held Guo Ruo's hand, and they slowly walked back to their original stall. The winter sun was very warm, and their long shadows were reflected on the uneven stone ground.

"it is good."

"We also need to find a carpenter in the village to get a taxi so that we don't have to rent one when we go to the county town."

"it is good."

"If we have enough money, we can buy a donkey. Then the donkey can pull the cart to set up a stall in the town. We won't have to work so hard in the future."

"Okay, we sold about 180 bowls today, that should be enough..."

The two of them talked as they slowly pushed the cart back to the village, and on the way they went to Uncle Yang's to buy ten kilograms of duck.

……

Guo Zhi and Guo Xi, who were busy in Guojia Village, had no idea what was happening in the town. They were busy instructing the new workers in the village to bake taro chips.

"No, we can't do it this way." Guo Zhi watched as her grandmother, who was helping her, finished pinching her ankles and then put taro slices on the baking stone. She was so anxious that she swept the taro slices out and shouted angrily, "Grandma, we are going to make these for others to eat. If others see us making them like this, will they still eat them?"

Guo Xi, who was standing next to him, was not much better. Seeing that the aunt put so little firewood into the stove, he quickly grabbed some firewood and slowly put it into the stove. When he saw that the fire was much bigger, he was relieved and said, "Aunt, you don't have to save that little firewood for this stove. If there is too little, the taro chips will not be made."

When the two men were teaching the workers impatiently, a bright female voice was heard from outside the yard. Listening carefully from the direction of the voice, it seemed that there was also a child's voice mixed in.

"Excuse me, is this Guo Erya's home?"

Guo Zhi and Guo Xi looked at each other, a little confused, not knowing who had called them, so they walked out of the yard together.

What came into view was a donkey cart, which was piled with cassava placed randomly. There was a little girl sitting at the very edge. When the little girl saw Guo Zhi and Guo Xi appear, she shook her hands vigorously and shouted in a baby voice: "Brother and sister, mother and I are here to give you something~"

That was the woman who sold cassava in the county town that day. When she came here and saw the thatched house that seemed a bit run-down, she was a little worried that the family would suddenly not want the cassava. After all, it looked like they didn’t have the ability to buy cassava. She was a little hesitant: “You ordered cassava from me that day, and now I’m delivering it. Do you still want it?”

"Yes." Guo Zhi asked, "How many pounds do you have?"

"We weighed it at home, and it's exactly 200 kilograms. If the girl wants more, we can send it over later."

Guo Xi pulled on the corner of Guo Zhi's clothes, motioning her to talk aside. Guo Zhi looked at him in confusion, but still walked aside.

"You said you wanted it, so I'll take it. Do you know where the money is kept at home?"

Guo Xi was a little anxious. He agreed to the woman right away because he was afraid that if he didn't give her the money later, she would make a scene at the door of the house. There were many aunts and grandmothers inside. If she made a scene, he would really have no chance to live in this village.

Guo Zhi glanced at Guo Xi and twitched her lips: "If I didn't know, would I have asked for it? When my second sister left, she told me where the money was kept at home. Besides, she didn't hide it from us when she put the money. Didn't you notice it?"

After that, he smiled at the little girl who was looking at them eagerly in the car and said, "Wait a moment, I'll get the scale and give you the money."

Guo Xi was left alone facing the woman, and they looked at each other in bewilderment.

He was still thinking about what Guo Zhi had just said. His face was hot and the tips of his ears were red. It seemed that he really didn't pay much attention to the affairs at home and only knew how to follow orders.