Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

The clan chief's wife arrived, and with the help of a young maid, she separated the two men with a stick each, saying, "At your age, what are you fighting for? It's shameful."

Li Dan: "Madam, please help me! My husband is gone, and everyone is bullying me. I don't want to live anymore!"

The village chief had to act as a go-between for villagers to go to Southeast Asia. Of course, he wouldn't help for nothing; everyone would receive a small fee for their efforts. If someone unfortunately drowned on their way to Southeast Asia, the village chief would return the fee.

The clan leader's wife was responsible for arranging the marriages of the "water merchants" (people who went to Southeast Asia to work through relatives), and was respectfully addressed as "First Wife" by the clan members.

When Li Dan mentioned her deceased husband, the first wife had to deal with it carefully, scolding Yang Lina with a stern face, "Seventh son's wife, what kind of behavior is this, coming to someone else's doorstep to bully them?"

Go back and give Lao Liu's wife two dried fish as payment for medical expenses. Are you satisfied with this arrangement?

Yang Lina lowered her head after being scolded and said meekly, "I will listen to the First Madam."

"Then hurry back and bring it to Lao Liu's wife."

"Hey, hey, hey!" Yang Lina echoed, her two little feet scurrying away as she ran, not daring to stop.

Li Dan touched her hair; exchanging a few strands for two dried fish was still a good deal. She smiled and said to the First Madam, "Thank you, First Madam."

First wife: "In that case, everyone may leave."

Xiong Bufan kept staring at the women's small feet. It was the first time she had seen such strange things. Compared to her own feet, she thought her own feet were prettier.

Everyone else had almost left, but Xiong Bufan was still sitting there motionless. The First Madam looked at Xiong Bufan and said, "Little Xing, you should go back and take care of your mother."

Xiong Bufan: "Doesn't your foot hurt like that?"

Lifting her foot, the First Madam's face turned pale and then red. It was because she hadn't bound her feet long enough that she had such large feet. It was one thing for the concubines to laugh at her, but now a younger sister-in-law was asking her questions. She said in an unfriendly tone, "This is an honor. You will never have the chance in your life."

Xiong Bufan shook his head and pointed at the first wife's feet, saying, "I would never make my feet look like that, ugly and painful."

The First Madam disliked people talking about her feet the most, especially since it had been mentioned twice. She snorted coldly and told her maid to help her away. She was going to have a good talk with the Fifth Prince. He said that they couldn't spoil the younger sister too much, otherwise, what would happen when the son was born?

Li Dan looked at Xiong Bufan with schadenfreude. This brat is going to have a hard time. It's just a pity about the meal I had.

Seeing that there was no excitement to watch, Xiong Bufan strolled away. She wanted to go back to sleep, eat and drink well, and take good care of herself.

Walking at a slow pace, Xiong Bufan noticed that most of the women in the village had bound feet. Curious, he asked Kongkong, "Kongkong, do people with bound feet have money?"

After flipping through the book for a moment, Kongkong said, "No."

Walking was difficult even with their tiny feet, so Xiong Bufan continued, "Is it hereditary?"

"No, it was done by humans. When they were three or four years old, their mothers or grandmothers would break off their toes and wrap them with cloth. Some were afraid that their little feet would grow bigger, so they would also wrap broken glass and broken tiles inside their feet until their little feet were fully formed."

Hearing Kongkong's description, Xiong Bufan felt pain himself and wondered how they managed to endure it.

These were all things Xiong Bufan was encountering for the first time. Feeling bored, Xiong Bufan quickly ran back, only to find a large crowd gathered at the courtyard gate demanding an explanation.

Xiong Bufan thought that she had eaten all the edible things in the house, so he took down the bamboo door of the small warehouse, found some charcoal and rouge, wrote and drew on the door panel, and finally stuck the wooden door straight in front of the door. "Three silver dollars to enter and visit once. Pay to enter."

Kongkong: "Bufan, are you sure they want to come and visit?"

"We can't let them come all this way for nothing." But Xiong Bufan overlooked one thing: the villagers might not be literate, and even if they were, they might not recognize simplified Chinese characters.

The people at the door were talking amongst themselves. They couldn't understand why Xiong Bufan would put the door up in front of them, with all sorts of random things drawn on it. It was such a waste to put such a nice piece of rouge on it.

"Is Xiaoxing possessed by an evil spirit?"

"I think she's gone mad. What girl would dare to tear down a door?"

First wife: "Little Xing, what are you doing?"

"Quickly put the door back and call your grandpa and grandma back." They've come to complain, but how can they watch the show and complain when the adults aren't home?

Xiong Bufan stood at the door and said, "Pay up, then come in and take a look."

"Don't block the way if you're not looking. If you don't look, plenty of others will." After saying that, she shooed these people away. She hated these freeloaders the most. Did she think it was easy for her to write the signs? And she even went through the trouble of finding signs for them.

The First Madam, supported by her maid, took a step back and said in an unfriendly tone, "Little Xing, what are you doing?"

Xiong Bufan felt that these people not only wanted to get something for free but also wanted to brainwash her. Suddenly, he sprang up, shoved the maid aside, held the knife to the first wife's neck, and said, "Do you think I'm joking with you? Give me the money, hurry up."

No one knew where the knife came from. The first wife simply raised her hand and said, "Let's talk this out. Don't use the knife."

"Pay up, pay the venue fee, otherwise we'll just let you stand at the door for nothing."

The First Madam didn't know what the venue fee was. At this moment, she was trembling as she was making change for Xiong Bufan. She emptied her entire purse and only found a silver dollar and a dozen copper coins, which were the kickbacks she received today for going to Southeast Asia.

Xiong Bufan stuffed the money into his pocket and kicked the First Madam into the yard. She didn't want to stay with her any longer because she smelled bad. "I've given you the money. Go inside and take a look. Don't say I'm dishonest in business when you leave."

The first wife stumbled and fell, her red robes covered in mud. The maidservant rushed over to help her up, but Xiong Bufan blocked her way at the door with his sword. "Did you pay before you went in?"

The maid was bought into the household for four silver dollars. She often bullied the original owner in the village by taking advantage of the madam's influence. If you asked her to take out three silver dollars, she would never be able to.

The First Madam scrambled to her feet and said to the maid at the door, "Xiao Tao, quickly go and invite the Master over. Tell him that the Fifth Master's wife, Deng Lang, has gone mad, and ask him to come and uphold justice."

Xiao Tao was about to cry, "Madam~"

Xiong Bufan took the knife away and kicked Xiao Tao aside. Xiao Tao ran away in a panic.