After crossing over: kidnapping a female hunter to be the stepfather of the three cubs

Zhao Huanxi felt a little strange. This grown man gave her a silver hairpin for no apparent reason. If she remembered correctly, in ancient times, wasn't it called private giving and receiving?

Seeing that Da Sunshi looked calm and collected, she didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with this. Could it be that she watched too much TV? Wasn't this era really that feudal?

Thinking of this, Zhao Huanxi said to Da Sun:

"Aunt, please take it back. I... this... Last time, Brother Xu came over and gave me a piece of leather, but also a few taels of silver. The leather is enough, and I want to return the silver, but I absolutely cannot accept this hairpin again."

Of course, Da Sun knew what Xu Qingzhao had given her, but she thought about how miserable Zhao'er's life was. It was so hard for her to find a girl of the same age to talk to her, so she wanted to help Zhao'er establish this friendship.

The two argued for a while, but when they saw someone coming, the matter was finally dropped.

On the other side, Xu Qingzhao saw that his wound had almost healed in the past two days and he felt like he didn't need a cane to walk anymore, so he wanted to go to Zhao Huanxi's house to check it out. However, his current identity made it inconvenient for him and he was afraid of being gossiped about by the villagers.

That’s right, Xu Qingzhao has always been disguised as a man in the village.

She was originally Xu Mingzhe, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate during the reign of the previous emperor. Her mother was Jiang Mingyue, the third daughter of the Minister of the Supreme Court. Logically speaking, with her status, she could live comfortably in the capital, even if she was not overbearing.

It was just because his father stood in the wrong position when the crown prince succeeded to the throne, which caused resentment from Chu Ye, who was the fourth prince at the time. After he ascended the throne, he could not wait to find a crime and put the whole family in jail.

She was the most mischievous little girl in the family. She had always loved swordplay and spearplay since she was little, and had no interest in needlework, chess, calligraphy, or painting. Because her family had two older sisters who were both talented in arts and literature, she was not a candidate for marriage, so Madam Jiang doted on her and followed her along. She even found a female martial arts instructor for her.

When this happened, I was traveling with my master.

But the new emperor would not give up until he caught her. Facing the pursuers, her master died to save her. Before leaving, he asked her to go to Dashi Village in Shang'an Prefecture to find her wet nurse. In order to avoid the pursuers, she had no choice but to disguise herself as a man and pretend to be a beggar to beg all the way here. She met the village chief Lu Youmao who was going to the town to attend a meeting.

The meeting was filled with official documents and facial drawings sent down from above regarding the crackdown. It was said that if a serious criminal was brought to the county government, he would receive ten taels of gold. Lu Youmao had been an apprentice in the capital, and his wife had been chosen by a wealthy family to become their wet nurse. Lu Youmao even saved his life in the capital thanks to this family's connections.

Unfortunately, the situation became unstable later, and Lu Youmao had no choice but to take his wife and children back to Shang'an Prefecture to escape. There was no news of that wealthy family again.

When he was going home, he saw a beggar sleeping on the road. He tried to check the man's appearance. At just one glance, Lu Youmao was sure that the child was related to that family.

When the child woke up and asked him about his wife, Lu Youmao became even more convinced.

After waiting to go home and see Da Sun, the two hugged each other and cried for a long time. Then he told them his experience.

After hearing this, the village chief just sighed. He definitely couldn't show his original identity to others now. He could only change his name and gender and live in this small place of Dashi Village.

The child was sensible and never caused the village head and his wife much worry. However, the child was extremely hungry when he was escaping, and suddenly fainted when he came back to have sex, which scared the old couple half to death.

They could only invite Doctor Lu to come and take a look. From then on, there was one more person in the village who knew her gender. These three people were the only ones who knew her past.

Over the years, she has lived alone and always thinks of her father, mother, and sisters in the dark of night.

That time, she encountered a pack of wolves in the mountains and her life was hanging by a thread. She thought she was going to see her parents, but it was Huanxi who came into the mountains to save her, and it was Huanxi who dragged her back home little by little for treatment.

My father once said, "I will repay the kindness of saving my life with the kindness of giving me a ring." I will definitely repay the kindness of saving my life with my life.

That day on the street, she saw the orchid-patterned silver hairpin in a jewelry shop and felt that it was tailor-made for Huanxi. So she pretended to let Sun A Niang choose and guided her to buy the hairpin.

What would it look like if she wore it? It would definitely look amazing...

Now Xu Qingzhao has gotten used to wearing men's clothes and no longer needs Da Sun to take care of his daily life. He continues to live his lonely life.

Ever since she settled in Dashi Village, there has been constant gossip.

When I was older than Jade, some older girls would secretly come to my house to see how I looked. I heard from Sun A Niang that several girls refused to marry after seeing how I looked.

Xu Qingzhao's face flushed slightly as she thought of this. She thought of that woman. It seemed that every time she met her, she always had a sunny look on her face, like a warm little sun, making people want to get closer.

Listening to Sun A Niang's story of her life, she found out that she was actually a poor child. Her second daughter died early, so she felt particularly distressed about the suffering of girls. Therefore, she would pay close attention to Huanxi's movements for her.

At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Sun A Niang's voice pulled her out of her thoughts.

"Zhao'er, are you asleep?" Da Sunshi noticed there were no lights on. It was past the hour of Xu (19:00 PM - 21:00 PM), and Zhao'er usually stayed awake at this time. She was wondering if something had happened.

"Mom, I'm not asleep yet." He opened the door from the inside.

Seeing Xu Qingzhao's dazed face, Da Sun went into the room, lit the oil lamp and looked at the furnishings in the room.

There was a wooden bed inside, and a long square table by the window, on which were some writing brushes, inkstones, and some poems written on them that he couldn't understand. There was also a small square table for drinking tea on the other side.

She put down the basket and took out some food. Tonight she was at Zhao Huanxi's house, and Zhao had packed a portion for her to take to Zhao'er. Zhao'er cooked according to the principle of "eating until you are full and not dead". Her cooking skills had not improved at all over the years. Zhao's cooking skills were very good, so she thought she must bring some back for Zhao'er to try.

"You haven't eaten yet, hurry up and eat. This is what Zhao girl asked me to bring back."

"Is this Miss Zhao's craft?"

Xu Qingzhao sat down, picked up the chopsticks and tasted it, and his eyes suddenly brightened up.

"Yes, Miss Zhao's cooking skills are really good. I couldn't help but eat more when I ate at her house."

Looking at the thin Zhao'er, Da Sun suddenly felt sad. Her Zhao'er was a fat ball when she was born. She watched her grow up happily until she was eight or nine years old before leaving the capital.

I didn't expect Zhao'er to have changed like that when we met again. At that time, I couldn't even believe the suffering Zhao'er had endured on the road. Damn that emperor, he wanted to kill a teenage girl, which was obviously to wipe out the Xu family.

Fortunately, the oil lamp did not shine on her face, so Zhao'er could not see the tears in her eyes, otherwise he would be heartbroken again.

"Thank you, Auntie. It's delicious. It tastes just as good as Auntie's cooking."

"You, hurry up and eat. I have to go to Zhao's house early tomorrow to help. You should go early too and follow your uncle Mao. Do you hear me?"

"it is good."