Traveling through ancient times: daily life on the run

Luo Yu just wanted to hold his forehead. Was Qin Bingrui used to being a high-profile courtesan? Was he afraid that meeting her in such an occasion would not be enough trouble?

Qin Bingrui, who had just gotten out of the car, was resplendent in his finery. However, he was so rough that he rammed the gate open, causing it to creak and fall.

The onlookers turned their heads and whispered to each other.

"This is incredible! This young man is a powerful figure. He must have come to cause trouble for Chunhua's cousin. He even broke down the door."

"Yeah, those two scars on his face are so eye-catching, he doesn't look like a good person."

"Don't look, don't look, let's go quickly to avoid getting into trouble."

But Bingrui suddenly hugged Luo's shoulders with his two slender arms and cried out in a hoarse voice: "My sister, you have suffered! I finally found you."

The gossipy crowd turned back.

"Oh, they are brother and sister? Or sisters?"

"They must be siblings. How can a girl have scars on her face? This must be a scar from a fight."

"Even if they are siblings, hugging each other like this is inappropriate."

Qin Bingrui turned his head to look at the noisy and talkative woman and said fiercely, "What does this have to do with you?"

After saying that, he waved the knife in his hand, scaring everyone so much that they all retracted their heads to watch the fun.

Chunhua didn't dare to say a word. The man who claimed to be Zhou's cousin's brother looked not someone he was easy to mess with. Just standing in front of her dilapidated house, it was as if his whole body was emitting thousands of rays of light, so dazzling.

Luo Yu patted Qin Bingrui on the head and said with a smile: "Don't scare the elders. They are all Sister Chunhua's neighbors. We see them every day."

Qin Bingrui glanced at Sister Chunhua, walked over and was about to hold her hands to express his gratitude, but after a while he came to his senses and bowed.

"Sister Chunhua, thank you for taking care of me during this time."

When Chunhua heard this, she stood there without daring to move. It was obvious that her cousin Zhou took better care of her family.

But when the words came to my lips, I couldn't say a word.

The cute Jing'er walked up to Qin Bingrui, tugged at the corner of his sleeve, and said softly, "Young Master, we should thank Aunt Zhou."

When Qin Bingrui saw the little girl dressed as a young master, he happily picked her up and flew her twice in the air. Luo Yu held his forehead with his hand. Although he knew that Qin Bingrui liked children, he was not so excited.

"What's your name, little doll?"

"Young Master, my name is Liu Jing. Mom, Dad, and Aunt Zhou all call me Jing'er."

"Jing'er, it's a nice name. But don't call me brother. It makes me look younger than my generation." After putting Jing'er down, he rubbed her head and said, "Uncle Bing brought you a lot of gifts. Let's go and move the gifts."

Luo Yu whispered in his ear: "You are so high-profile. If you bring out a bunch of things, aren't you afraid that people around you will be jealous? I'm afraid it will cause trouble for Sister Chunhua's family."

"It's okay. I'll go to the city and hire two thugs to protect Chunhua's family for a year. Let's see who dares to mess with Sister Chunhua."

Luo Yu nodded. She knew that Qin Bingrui must have a lot of money, and she also believed that Chunhua's family would be better off in a year. If the Xu family could keep their word a little more, Chunhua's family would be better off in the future.

But what I said was for everyone to hear. Hiring thugs is just to come and take a stroll every few days. We can't really live in this dilapidated adobe house.

Bingrui remembered something and immediately called the coachman of another carriage to take Chunhua to buy a fence gate and install it. He also gave the coachman an extra twenty taels of silver and asked him to help Chunhua's family renovate the house.

After getting to know him over the past few days, he trusted the groom very much. He was a quiet man with a strong sense of loyalty. If he hadn't been taking Xia Liang on a trip, he would have thought it would be nice to have a reliable groom along.

The coachman knew that his journey was over. Master Qin gave him ten taels of silver, which made him very grateful. He immediately assigned him a task and said that he would do his best.

So the task of hiring thugs was also handed over to the groom. The groom took the five taels of silver reward given to him by Qin Bingrui and his mouth was grinning from ear to ear.

After almost arranging everything, Qin Bingrui hugged Luo Yu and cried again.

"Sister, you've become so skinny that you're almost shapeless. You must eat as much as you can today."

After saying that, he went straight to carry down a bucket of meat weighing over 100 pounds. After exercising for more than two months, he was full of energy.

More and more people came to watch the fun. They originally thought that Chunhua's cousin was already a powerful person, but they didn't expect that this young man could easily lift more than 100 kilograms of meat with his arms. If the bucket weighing more than 20 kilograms was added, it would be at least 150 kilograms.

Qin Bingrui looked at the group of people drooling, and suddenly patted the square table in Chunhua's yard and shouted to everyone: "Everyone who comes today will get a share. Each person will take away five taels of meat. If Sister Chunhua's family has any problems in the future, I hope that all the villagers will help."

Luo Yu believed that Qin Bingrui had fully adapted to the glamor of being an oiran.

The onlookers were in an uproar, their ears pricked up, unable to believe what they heard was true.

"But please don't join in the fun if you're from Brother Liu's family. Everyone, please help keep an eye on them. If anyone sneaks in and reports them, we'll give them an extra half pound."

Hiding in the house, Brother Liu was bewildered. What kind of person was this young man? How could he know so much about the Liu family after only being here for a short while? Cousin Zhou must have whispered this to him.

The villagers were happy because they had meat to eat and could gossip. Everyone was happy. They had to maintain a good relationship with Chunhua's family in the future. Who would have thought that her family would have such powerful cousins.

After dividing the meat, the family prepared a sumptuous meal together. Brother Liu looked at the table full of meat and vegetables with tears in his eyes.

Braised pork, pork belly stewed with preserved vegetables, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, stir-fried pork with celery, pork dumplings. Although they were all the same kind of meat, they didn't expect there were so many ways to eat it. They had never eaten so much meat at once in their lives.

When Chunhua saw Brother Liu's eyes filled with tears, she couldn't help but have tears in her eyes too.

Luo Yu and Qin Bingrui looked at each other, unsure how to comfort him. This dynasty is just as the literati said: when it prospers, the people suffer; when it falls, the people suffer.

There is no land in the world, and the farmer still starves to death.

They could only reward this ordinary and hardworking little family with a meal of meat.

The night is deep and the moonlight is hazy.

Sitting in the bare house, Qin Bingrui said to Luo Yu, "I'm afraid we can only act in the middle of the night. Prince Ning has sent secret guards to follow us."

"You can't beat him?"

"One or two is fine, but there are four of them, all top masters, so I dare not neglect them."

Luo Yu smiled and said, "It's okay. It's better for you to follow us all the way. It can also be regarded as an indirect protection for our safety."

"Are you sure you don't want to get rid of them?"

"Do you know where they are now?"

"Follow me into the city, and then I sneak out. They won't be able to find me for a while."

"Alright then, let's set off tonight. Oh, and I'll tell Xia Shi that we can't just pick her up right now. If the secret guards find out and word gets back to the capital, that wouldn't be good."

"Sister, what's your idea?"

"I'll let Xia Liang follow the carriage. Anyway, we won't take the official road for now. If there are mountains and forests, we can find a way to pick up Xia Liang."

"Okay, but it will make Xia Liang suffer."