Traveling through time as a peasant girl, buying a husband and raising a child

Inside Mu Jiaojiao's yard in Lihua Village.

After selling meat, the father and his two sons finished their dinner and sat under the old tree in the yard.

"Dad, why hasn't Mom come back yet?"

Xia Zhao looked at the sky which was getting darker and couldn't help but said to Xia Jin.

"It should be soon."

Xia Jin glanced at the courtyard gate that Liu Lizheng had repaired today when he brought people to buy meat, and said to Xia Jin.

In fact, at this time Xia Jin was thinking that it was so cruel for a woman to leave her husband and child at home.

"Oh~~" Xia Zhao glanced at his father who was insincere, then got up and went into the house to light a candle and read. His father Liu and his younger brother were standing in the yard as a watch stone for his wife.

Shortly after Xia Zhao walked into the house, a man in black jumped into the yard and knelt in front of Xia Jin.

"Your subordinate An San greets the master."

Xia Jin looked at the person kneeling in front of her and said calmly, "Get up."

"Yes. Thank you, Master."

An San stood up to thank him, and then without waiting for Xia Jin's instructions, he took the initiative to report the reason for his appearance.

"Today, after selling her braised meat, Miss Mu went to Tongji Pharmacy to buy medicine. On the way, she saved Liu Nian, the eldest son of the Liu family in Maple Leaf City.

Then, on the way back to Lihua Village, the owner of Fulai Restaurant sent two hooligans to steal the braised pork recipe. After Miss Mu dealt with the two men,

I went to the Jinyu Mantang, the restaurant opposite the Fulai Restaurant, and came out after dinner. Now I’m almost at the entrance of Lihua Village.”

An San finished his narration without any emotion. He didn't understand why his high and mighty master would care about this ugly village woman.

Although he had followed Mu Jiaojiao for a whole day, his opinion of this village woman had indeed changed to some extent. He felt that she was not like an ordinary village woman, but this woman was not worthy of their respected master!

However, as secret guards, the first lesson they learned on the first day of entering the Anbu was to obey the master's orders. So even if he did not understand the master's decision, he would absolutely obey and diligently follow and protect Mu Jiaojiao.

"What's going on with Fulai Restaurant?"

After hearing this, Xia Jin asked about the situation at Fulai Restaurant.

"Li Fulai, the owner of the Fulai Restaurant, is a bully in Hexi Town. He is the brother of the eighth concubine who is guarded by the government in Hexi Town. He has set his eyes on Miss Mu's braised pork recipe and wants to steal it from her."

An San reported to Xia Jin everything he had learned. This Li Fulai was really courting death by daring to steal things from the person his master liked!

"Is she hurt?"

Xia Jin asked An San.

"Miss Mu is unharmed, but the two hooligans were tortured badly by the drugs she used."

Although Xia Jin did not explicitly say who 'she' was, An San understood it.

Speaking of Miss Mu dealing with those two hooligans, An San trembled at the screams they made.

Miss Mu's medicine is really very torturous!

"Okay, I understand, let's go down."

After hearing that Mu Jiaojiao was unharmed and seemed to be having a lot of fun, Xia Jin casually let An San go.

An San looked around and noticed the figures of Wushuang and another secret guard An Er, so he stood up and jumped onto the tree.

The three people on the tree were all taciturn, staring at each other in an instant.

…………

Before it got completely dark, Mu Jiaojiao finally returned to their dilapidated house.

Seeing the newly installed door in the yard and the dim candlelight flickering in the house, Mu Jiaojiao actually had a vague sense of belonging.

Today was really full of twists and turns, and it was really tiring!

Mu Jiaojiao pushed open the tightly closed gate of the courtyard and saw Xia Jin holding Xia Xiao standing in the middle of the three rooms, looking at her with a smile.

"I'm back, my lady~~."

His voice was gentle, just like a husband who was looking forward to his wife coming home.

It gives Mu Jiaojiao the feeling that she is the husband who takes care of the outside affairs while Xia Jin is the husband who takes care of the inside affairs!

Ugh, what the hell am I imagining? This is my fake husband!

Mu Jiaojiao shook her head, driving away these messy thoughts, and then said to Xia Jin, "I'm back."

Then she walked into the house and put down the bamboo basket, and Xia Jin followed her into the house.

"Madam, have you had enough time for dinner?"

He watched Mu Jiaojiao put down the bamboo basket and pounded her shoulders, then asked with concern.

"Yes, have you eaten yet?"

Mu Jiaojiao twisted her neck, then pinched Xia Xiao's little face in Xia Jin's arms, and asked Xia Jin while looking at her.

"Yeah, yeah... Yeah, yeah..."

Xia Xiao twisted in Xia Jin's arms and stretched out his hands for Mu Jiaojiao to hold him.

"You little sick cat." Seeing this, Mu Jiaojiao reached out to take him with a smile on her face.

"We ate it. It was time for us to sell the meat, so we heated up some of the dishes my wife had made and ate some."

Xia Jin looked at Xia Xiao smiling in Mu Jiaojiao's arms, touched his little head, and then answered Mu Jiaojiao carefully.

"How old is Xiaozi? Why can't he speak yet?"

Mu Jiaojiao looked at Xia Xiao who was playing with her in her arms, and suddenly realized that she had no idea how old this kid was, and he could only babble all day long.

"He will be one year old on the third day of next month."

Xia Jin looked at the mother and son playing and replied with a smile.

"The third day of next month, that would be the third day of August?"

Mu Jiaojiao calculated the days and asked Xia Jin.

"Yes, my lady."

"The little guy is almost one year old and still can't speak. Is he a stupid little cat?"

Xia Jin was already used to Mu Jiaojiao randomly giving the two children code names, so she just said, "Xiao'er might be a little late in speaking."

"You are just a little silly cat. Come and learn from your mother."

Mu Jiaojiao curled her lips and said, "Mom~~"

"Aiya~~~" Xia Xiao looked at Mu Jiaojiao.

"It's not 'Eagle', it's 'Mother~~'"

"Aiya~Aiya~"

"........."

Mu Jiaojiao was speechless...

"Forget it, just be stupid."

Mu Jiaojiao does have some patience, but not much.

Xia Jin looked at Mu Jiaojiao like this, smiled and touched Xia Xiao's head.

After that, I gave the baby to Xia Jin and went to wash and clean myself. I was busy all day and smelled of sweat. It was really enough.

…………

By the time Mu Jiaojiao had finished cleaning up, Xia Jin and his son were already sitting on the bed playing.

But Xia Zhao was still reading quietly under the candlelight.

"It's late at night, the lights are dim, don't watch it."

Mu Jiaojiao walked over and snatched the book from Xia Zhao's hand, "Be careful or you'll become a short, stupid, and mute blind kid!"

Xia Zhao: “………………” His brother is stupid and can’t speak, what does it have to do with him?

Seeing that he could no longer read, Xia Zhao reported to Mu Jiaojiao about the battle situation of the three men who stayed behind today.

"Mother, we sold four ounces of silver and fifty copper coins today. Dad and I couldn't cut the meat, so we asked Uncle Wang Gui to help. Dad gave Uncle Gui ten copper coins as wages, so we have forty copper coins left. It's all here."

Xia Zhao explained his income clearly to Mu Jiaojiao, and then handed the linen purse in his hand to Mu Jiaojiao.

Mu Jiaojiao took the purse with a beaming look on her face. "A good man should take the initiative to hand over his salary, don't you know?"

"Mother, what is salary?"

Xia Zhao felt that there were always many words in his mother's words that he could not understand.

"Oh, it means the money earned, family property and so on."

Mu Jiaojiao explained perfunctorily, and then after buying things for the braised meat seller today, she put the remaining one or two taels of silver into a linen purse.

"Oh~"

Xia Zhao seemed to understand, but Mu Jiaojiao didn't know that this unconscious action caused Xia Zhao to take his mother's words as the gospel in the future.

Xia Jin, who was teasing Xia Xiao nearby, naturally heard what the mother and daughter said. He thought to himself: Should a good man hand over money to his wife?

Oh, no, I’m handing over my salary to my wife.