Divorced woman with child travels through time

Song Er gave a bitter smile; he himself was powerless to do anything about it.

Huang Zhong didn't even glance at them, covering his nose and urging, "Hurry up and leave after we've connected! This place stinks!"

"Boss!"

"Master Huang!"

"Save us!" the remaining assassins cried out in despair. They hadn't expected to be abandoned so readily.

As Song Er was being helped, he turned around and looked at his former trapped brothers. He felt even more grief-stricken. When he passed by the pervert who had escaped and was brought over, he spat at him, saying that it was all his fault.

The man remained motionless, staring coldly at him.

Wait until people leave.

Wang Erniu glanced at the prisoner. "Deal with this one today, post a notice, and execute him at Caishikou tomorrow. The rest you can handle!"

County Magistrate Lou nodded.

After leaving the prison cell, the group went to a secluded spot. Wang Erniu pulled out a few silver notes and said to Magistrate Lou, "These are twenty thousand taels of silver notes. Take them and tell Magistrate Zheng that they should be transferred to the public account. You are all too short of money, and everyone is struggling. It's hard to get by, let alone focus on doing your job properly. We can settle accounts with these people later; there's no rush."

"This." Magistrate Lou was quite surprised. He glanced at him and then pushed the money back with his hand. "No need. It's okay for us to suffer a little during the militia training. You are all good soldiers. I heard that the Japanese are having some trouble. I'm afraid they're going to have to go back. You can use the money to buy some good equipment. Our county has tax revenue now, so it's fine."

"Take it!" Wang Erniu shouted impatiently, shoving it into his arms before hurriedly leading his men away. "Don't you even look at the kind of life your brothers are living? Their clothes are all tattered. I don't need money; you guys need to live well too."

"Alas!" Before Magistrate Lou could even shout, his eyes inexplicably reddened as he looked at the silver notes in his arms.

Several subordinates gathered around him when they saw him wiping away tears.

"Brother Lou, what's wrong?"

"Is something wrong? Maybe I can borrow some more later."

"It's alright!" Magistrate Lou wiped his face with his sleeve and laughed happily. "Let's go! Brothers, let's go find the magistrate. Today I'm going to pay you the monthly wages I owe you for a year."

"really?"

"No way, boss, where did you get the money? You can't embezzle it!" a subordinate asked him anxiously.

Not to mention that birds of a feather flock together, Magistrate Zheng was not corrupt, Magistrate Lou was not corrupt, and his subordinates were also all honest and upright.

"What nonsense are you talking about? It was given by Commander Wang, and he told us to put it in the county's accounts." County Magistrate Lou nudged him, and the group of men, all nearing thirty, played around like teenagers.

"This Commander Wang is really a good official, but where did he get the money?"

"I don't know, maybe it was his wife who earned it." Magistrate Lou didn't tell anyone about Wang Erniu taking money, as it wasn't a good thing. If someone with ulterior motives found out, it would still have an impact on him.

Magistrate Zheng looked at the several silver notes handed over by Assistant Magistrate Lou, his feelings complicated. "Take these silver notes to the accountant and pay off the owed wages and debts owed to others first. I won't take my monthly salary yet, just in case I need the money."

“You should just take it, Chengye. I’m not trying to be mean, but your monthly salary isn’t much. If you don’t take some money back with you, you won’t be able to explain yourself. I bet you’ve never seen your salary before,” Magistrate Lou said, addressing him by his courtesy name and teasing him.

"Go away, go away, how could I not know? Two taels of silver a month. Some families only have two taels of silver a year to eat. I'm doing just fine." Magistrate Zheng shooed him away, then sat down happily to read the official documents. It's good to have money; it makes me feel relaxed.

Wang Erniu returned home covered in dust and sweat.

Chen Wenfang was boredly watching A Yue teach the children martial arts.

She wondered if she was overthinking it, but she felt that the children didn't really trust A-Yue. These past few days, they'd been coming over almost every day to pester her, asking her to teach this and that.

For example, right now, while she's practicing boxing, Ah Yue, who has received rather rigorous training in the past, unconsciously brings those traits out with her.

"Straighten your back, push! Lift! Haven't you eaten?" She held a whip in her hand, which, although not used to strike people, was very frightening! Each whip seemed to explode like a pot exploding, and the three children behaved themselves.

When it came to food, Chen Xuanyu suddenly became coquettish. He held A-Yue's hand in an adorable manner and said with a flattering smile, "Auntie A-Yue, I thought the braised pork you made last time was delicious. Can you make it for me again?"

Ah Yue probably noticed, so she let him tug at her clothes, glanced at Chen Wenfang beside her, and deliberately teased him, "Is it really delicious? Even better than your mother's cooking?"

"Uh..." Chen Xuanyu glanced guiltily at his mother and whispered, "Actually, what you made is about the same, but my mother is lazy, so I relied on you to make it. Besides, if you make it a few more times and practice, it will taste even better when you make it for your junior brother, right?"

"You little brat!" Ah Yue blushed, embarrassed that her secret had been exposed. "Alright, I'll go make some for you guys." She quickly forgot that she had just been teaching boxing.

That heartless kid, he'll say anything to shirk his responsibilities! Chen Wenfang caught a glimpse of Wang Erniu entering the room, stood up, and ran over to greet him.

"My lord, you're back!" she cried sweetly, clinging to him.

"Huh?" Wang Erniu looked at her strangely. Although she smelled of sweat, he was happy to do so if his wife didn't mind. He casually put his arm around her waist and slid his hand down to secretly pinch her for a moment.

"what happened to you?"

"I'm fine, just bored!" Chen Wenfang continued to lean her head against him and act coquettishly. Hmm, indeed, a man's charm can soothe loneliness.

Several guards standing nearby stared wide-eyed. This Lady Chen had this side to her. No wonder their general was so easily controlled.

"Come on! Let's go back to the room. I'll take a shower first, and I'll show you something later!" Wang Erniu grabbed her hand, their fingers intertwined, and the two rubbed against each other intimately, their closeness almost palpable.

"Oh, okay~" Chen Wenfang spun around, pretending to be a fairy, and wandered into the room. She sat down next to the mirror, saw the rust on it, and thought about the mercury problem again. Sigh, so annoying!

Wang Erniu finished his shower in the blink of an eye and came over.

"Wife, here, keep this!"

"Where did you get so many silver notes? Did you rob the Japanese?" Chen Wenfang slowly counted them: twelve notes, sixty thousand taels!

"What is Japan?" Wang Erniu poured himself a bowl of water and gulped it down. Normally, wealthy people in this era would use delicate little pots and cups, but Chen Wenfang was different. Everything was practical, with large bowls and teapots on the table.

"They're Japanese." Chen Wenfang replied casually. More money was coming in. Money really is a good thing!

Silver, isn't that shiny like mercury? But it's not silver!

"Husband, do you know that there's something here that looks like this silver, but it's like water and it's poisonous? What is it?" Chen Wenfang unconsciously stroked the silver note.

"Isn't that mercury? Why are you asking this?" Wang Erniu carried her to bed.