A lucky little peasant girl is reborn and brings prosperity to her entire family.

The next day, before the Song family could set off to confront Xiang Yuting at the Xiang family's house, an uninvited guest arrived in the courtyard.

It's Luo Jinyu.

The gate to the Song family compound was half-open. Luo Jinyu pushed the door open and came in without knocking.

Tian Denghua was in the yard taking dried mushrooms hanging under the eaves, preparing to kill a chicken and make chicken soup to nourish Qi Lian, when she heard the courtyard gate creak. Turning her head, she saw Luo Jinyu wearing a cloak and hood, with a little maid following behind her, coming in from outside.

Tian Denghua was taken aback, her face showing a wary and alert expression: "Why are you here?"

Luo Jinyu clenched her fists, somewhat provoked by Tian Denghua's undisguised wariness, but she did not forget the purpose of her visit and called out "Aunt Tian" with tears in her eyes.

But the moment she called out "Aunt Tian," Tian Denghua reacted even more strongly. She was still holding a string of dried mushrooms in her hand, and she took a step back in shock, her face showing even more defensiveness: "No... Miss Luo, just say what you want to say."

Luo Jinyu stood frozen in place, speechless for a long time.

She was born beautiful, and with her face alone, she could be said to have no way of succeeding.

Although she encountered some setbacks with Xie Youchang, in Luo Jinyu's mind, Xie Youchang was a nobleman from the capital, an official, so it was understandable that he was a little arrogant.

But this woman before me, this country woman! Why, why am I so wary of her?!

Luo Jinyu felt a surge of anger rising in her heart, feeling extremely frustrated!

She remained silent for a while, and Tian Denghua grew impatient. Just as she was about to speak, Song Yanyan yawned and lifted the curtain to come out of the house: "Mother, did you catch the chicken? I'll help you..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Luo Jinyu, an uninvited guest, in the courtyard.

Four words flashed through Song Yanyan's mind—a scourge has arrived!

Luo Jinyu was even more furious when she saw Song Yanyan's expression!

Song Yanyan's guardedness, or even disgust, was more obvious than her mother's!

Luo Jinyu was almost about to unleash a torrent of abuse!

What's wrong with this mother and daughter?!

How dare you!

Luo Jinyu remembered the purpose of her visit, took a deep breath, and forced herself to suppress her emotions.

With a hint of forbearance on her face, she said, "Aunt Tian, ​​Yan Yan, shall we go inside and talk?"

Song Yanyan felt that Luo Jinyu must have come with ill intentions.

In addition, Luo Jinyu's submissive and arrogant manner, as if coming to their house was already a huge concession and forbearance, made Song Yanyan very unhappy.

Before Song Yanyan could refuse, Tian Denghua had already agreed: "Come on, let's go inside."

Song Yanyan knew that her mother wanted to get things over with quickly and deal with Luo Jinyu as soon as possible, so she didn't say anything, pursed her lips and followed Tian Denghua into the house.

Luo Jinyu looked at the mother and daughter who clearly didn't like her, and clenched her hands again.

But she suppressed her resentment and followed Tian Denghua and Song Yanyan into the house.

Spring has not yet arrived, and the kang (heated brick bed) in the house is still heated, making it very warm.

Luo Jinyu took off her cloak and handed it to the maid who had come with her.

The little maidservant was holding the cloak, not knowing where to put it.

Tian Denghua was annoyed. What was Luo Jinyu doing, putting on airs at her house?

"The chairs and the kang (heated brick bed) are all clean," Tian Denghua said coldly. "You can leave them anywhere."

The maid carefully placed Luo Jinyu's cloak into the chair.

Luo Jinyu spoke again: "Go and boil some hot water."

Tian Denghua frowned.

The maid opened her mouth, as if to say that this was inappropriate, but Luo Jinyu looked at her and said, "Does this mean that when I visit my benefactor, I should ask him to boil water for me?"

The maid could only meekly agree and go to the kitchen to boil water.

Tian Denghua and Song Yanyan watched coldly.

After the maid left, Luo Jinyu's expression changed. She walked up to Tian Denghua and knelt down with a thud, calling out in a trembling voice, "Aunt Tian."

This almost scared Tian Denghua to death!

Her first reaction wasn't to help Luo Jinyu up, but to take a step back, her face filled with surprise and uncertainty.

Song Yanyan was the same.

A hint of humiliation flashed in Luo Jinyu's eyes.

But she remained kneeling there, tears welling in her eyes, and said quickly, "Aunt Tian, ​​I know you did it for my own good, that's why you sent me to the county town and made me the adopted daughter of the registrar's family. I've always remembered your kindness to me..."

Upon hearing this, Tian Denghua couldn't help but roll her eyes: "Stop, stop. I still remember how you treated me and Yan Yan before."

Luo Jinyu quickly replied, "Aunt Tian, ​​I had no choice. It's all because she's my godmother, I dare not disobey her..."

Luo Jinyu wept bitterly again, “I don’t want to hide it from Aunt Tian anymore. My adoptive mother has never had good intentions since she took me in as her goddaughter—she saw my outstanding looks and planned to offer me to my adoptive father’s superiors to win their favor! Now that my adoptive father is in jail, my adoptive mother plans to offer me to the prefect of Dianzhou, who is old enough to be my grandfather, to be his sixteenth concubine! I really have no other choice but to tell my adoptive mother that I’m begging you. I beg you to write a letter to Magistrate Xie and the others to plead for my adoptive father’s release, and only then will my adoptive mother release me…”

Tian Denghua looked completely bewildered.

Song Yanyan was also speechless.

Song Pan'er, and Luo Jinyu too. Why do they all seem to think she still has contact with Xie Youchang?

The problem is, she really doesn't have it.

Luo Jinyu thoughtfully added, "If Aunt Tian can't write, I can do it for her..."

Tian Denghua smiled.

Song Yanyan looked at the pitiful Luo Jinyu and said, "Although I don't know how you got this misunderstanding, I have no other contact with Lord Xie. I don't know how to write to him. Moreover, this involves the laws of the Great Yin Dynasty. Your godfather is an official who committed adultery and caused the death of innocent people, thus violating the laws of the Great Yin Dynasty. Lord Xie is self-disciplined and law-abiding, and will certainly not show favoritism."

Luo Jinyu lowered her eyes, a hint of resentment flashing in them.

She wasn't surprised by the result; in fact, that wasn't why she came this time.

She sobbed softly, "Since that's the case, I can't very well ask Aunt Tian or anyone else to help me contact Master Xie..."

Then, Luo Jinyu tearfully made her second request, "But I really don't want to marry the sixteenth concubine of a man who's about to become my grandfather. Aunt Tian, ​​Yan Yan, can you help me escape?"

Song Yanyan raised an eyebrow.

Helping Luo Jinyu escape is probably her real goal.

Otherwise, why would she have sent that little maid away?

Of course, Song Yanyan still refused outright.

“You overestimate us,” Song Yanyan said. “We are just an ordinary family from the countryside. How could we help you escape? Even if we really had a way to help you escape, have you thought about what would happen to our family afterward? Your adoptive mother can even contact the prefect of Dianzhou. Doesn’t she have other means? What if she comes to accuse our family of human trafficking?”