Quick Transmigration: The Green Tea Mistress's Guide to Seduction - A Master's Handbook

Sister Qiu brought the news on the third day, saying that she had already spoken to that person and asked him to come and propose marriage.

However, this time, the only betrothal gift they could offer was one tael of silver.

This sum of one or two taels of silver is quite a lot for a wedding, but Granny Xie is certainly not satisfied.

Just as Xie Qingyu had predicted, Granny Xie refused outright.

A girl like Qiu Jie would definitely be willing to offer more if she met someone who was short of wives, just like Chun Jie and Xia Jie.

Qiu Jie followed Xie Qingyu's instructions with some trepidation and went up the mountain the next day. She did not return until it was completely dark. Even Granny Xie muttered and asked Qiu Jie if she had not returned before she hurriedly came down the mountain.

When Sister Qiu came down the mountain, her clothes were disheveled and tears were on her face.

When Granny Xie saw her like this, she was about to start cursing and asking her which beast she was.

Unfortunately, Sister Qiu kept crying, saying she hadn't seen anyone.

Granny Xie was furious. You know, even human traffickers would check whether a girl was a virgin before buying her.

If it gets ruined, how can it fetch a good price?

Qiu-jie remained completely clueless when asked, and would only cry when confronted with questions.

Enraged, Granny Xie picked up a broom and slapped her several times before Xie Qingyu stopped her.

"Grandma, please stop yelling. If the neighbors hear this, and word gets out, how will Sister Qiu ever get married again?" Xie Qingyu said.

Granny Xie stopped when she heard the second half of the sentence.

"Tell me who it is, and I'll make a scene at their house and force them to marry you. There's no such thing as a free lunch," Granny Xie said, clearly unwilling.

She had originally thought that she could also sell two taels of silver from Qiu Jie's place, so that Fu Bao wouldn't be too short of money to get married. Who knew that such a thing would happen?

"I can't see her face..." Qiu Jie's sobbing voice came from under the blanket.

"Grandma, don't ask anymore. Do you really want to go to someone else's house and cause trouble? You can't find anyone else who would do such a thing except for those idlers. They're all dirt poor. If you cause trouble at their door, Sister Qiu will have no choice but to marry into their family. They don't even have two coins."

Xie Qingyu's words made a lot of sense and calmed down Xie Pozi.

"Those bastards!" Xie Lao Er knew about this as soon as he returned, which made him very angry.

All the idle men in the village were afraid of him, yet they still dared to do such a thing to Sister Qiu.

“I don’t think they’re necessarily from our village. Not every village can go to the back mountain. Everyone in our village knows Second Uncle’s reputation. Who could possibly bully Sister Qiu? It’s probably some scoundrels from other villages…” Xie Qingyu’s analysis calmed down the previously agitated Granny Xie and Second Brother Xie.

"How can she get married now?" Granny Xie sighed.

People who are willing to pay more money are usually not easy to mess with. What if Sister Qiu sells it and finds out it's not clean?

Granny Xie beckoned to Xie Lao Er to follow her out to find a solution.

After everyone had left, Xie Qingyu closed the door and patted Qiu Jie on the bed.

Qiu Jie's crying had not stopped.

Although it was fake, the crying was real. She had been holding back for so long, and it seemed that all the grievances in her heart were being released at this moment. Once she started, she couldn't stop crying.

Especially after she came back, it was clear that she had been bullied, but her mother didn't even come to see her.

Qiu Jie couldn't stop, and Xie Qingyu didn't force her.

She initially gave Sister Qiu two ideas.

One is losing their innocence, the other is feigning illness, the kind that manifests outwardly as a festering sore all over the body.

Xie Qingyu actually preferred the second option, since faking illness was simpler and easier to achieve; she could use simple herbs to give Sister Qiu that effect.

The first possibility is that if Granny Xie exposes it, it will affect Sister Qiu's reputation for life. At this time, such a thing could drive someone to their death, even if it's fake.

When these two options were presented to Sister Qiu and she was asked to choose, she actually asked if she could choose both, because she was afraid that one wouldn't be safe.

As soon as Qiu Jie asked, Xie Qingyu agreed.

That's how we ended up with the current result.

In the basket that Sister Qiu brought back, there were also medicinal herbs that Xie Qingyu had asked her to find.

Naturally, when Sister Qiu woke up the next day, her face was red and swollen.

It seemed that only then did Xie Ersao realize that something was wrong with her daughter. "What's wrong with you?"

"What?" Granny Xie had originally wanted to ask about what happened last night, but then she heard Xie Ersao's words.

She was stunned when she saw Sister Qiu's face.

"What's wrong?" Xie Qingyu could not see, so she could only ask.

Sister Qiu didn't say anything, but just scratched the red and swollen areas on her body, saying, "It's so itchy."

"What happened? It's all red," Granny Xie asked.

The main problem is that Qiu Jie looks even worse now that her face is swollen. Plus, she cried yesterday, so her eyes are also swollen. At first glance, her face looks swollen all over, which is a bit scary.

"I don't know, it's just so itchy." Sister Qiu scratched herself all over as if she were being pricked.

"Is it because you didn't shower yesterday?" Xie Qingyu asked from the side.

Xie Qingyu couldn't see, so she asked this question. Granny Xie didn't say anything. She could tell it wasn't because she hadn't bathed. She hadn't had this problem even after not bathing for a year and a half.

"It's so itchy," Sister Qiu kept saying.

"How about we find a doctor to take a look?" Xie Qingyu asked.

These words brought Granny Xie back to her senses. "What are you looking at? She's not going to die. It doesn't cost money to hire a doctor. Where would I get the money to treat her?" Granny Xie said matter-of-factly, without mentioning that she had earned a lot of money from selling the wild boar.

"Go take a bath. I don't know what you've picked up," Granny Xie said, looking at Qiu Jie's appearance.

Qiu Jie didn't go out to work that day, which made Granny Xie a little anxious.

Things got even worse that evening.

"Grandma, Sister Qiu seems to have a fever," Xie Qingyu called out at Grandma Xie's door.

Everyone in the family is already asleep by now.

Granny Xie said even more irritably, "You're not going to die, so why are you shouting?"

When Qiu Jie woke up the next morning, her face was already ulcerated.

Xie Qingyu's body began to turn red.

"Grandma, I'm scared. Did Sister Qiu catch some kind of infectious disease? Why am I starting to itch too?" Xie Qingyu cried.

Granny Xie didn't sleep well all night, worrying about what would happen if Sister Qiu became worthless. Seeing this situation today made her even more disoriented.

If something happens to Xie Qingyu, what will we do when Tu Shen comes to demand her back in a few days?