Splendid peasant girl busy farming

"Xiaoduo and I had nowhere to go, so my sister and brother-in-law rescued us and brought us back to Changping Village and handed us over to her parents."

"Her parents are the kindest couple in the world. They adopted us and treated Xiaoduo and me like their own daughters!"

"And Duo'er and I have already seen the skills of my sister and brother-in-law. In our eyes, they were gods that day, bringing us back to the world from the abyss of hell!"

Mentioning those unbearable pasts is like the reappearance of darkness. Even though more than ten years have passed, time is like a rag every day, gently wiping away the dirt, but it will always leave a faint mark, which cannot be completely erased from the depths of memory.

Xiaohua sat in the quilt, curled up her legs, hugged her arms tightly, and buried her head deeply.

As she finished speaking, the dormitory fell into silence for a long time.

He Lian'er was already dumbfounded by what she had heard, and she sat there blankly. She tried to fill in the gaps with her own knowledge and experience, but it was far from enough to fill even a tiny bit of that abyss.

Yang Ruoqing came over and gently put her arm around Xiaohua's shoulders.

"It's all right. Your brother-in-law and I have long since killed that kind man. Even his soul has not been able to enter reincarnation and is still suffering in the eighteen levels of hell in Hell!"

"Don't be afraid, it's over, it's all over. You are now the wife of the governor of Changhuai Prefecture. The fate of the prefecture and the respect of the people are all on you and your wife. You have righteousness to protect you, and no evil ways will dare to bully you in the future."

Xiaohua raised her head and threw herself into Yang Ruoqing's arms, her body still trembling slightly.

Yang Ruoqing held her in her arms and patted her back gently.

He Lian'er also came over and hugged Xiaohua from behind.

"Sister-in-law, it's okay, it's okay. Everything is fine now. We will all be better and better in the future..."

……

That night, He Lian'er did not go back to sleep, but slept together with Yang Ruoqing and Xiaohua. The three of them chatted until the third watch, until they heard someone knocking outside. Yang Ruoqing yawned and reminded them: "Let's sleep for a while, otherwise we will be three little hens beating Yan'er tomorrow."

On the way here yesterday, everyone was making plans excitedly. When we arrived in Qing'an County, we stayed briefly at Xiao'an and He Lian'er's house. The next day, after getting up and having breakfast, we immediately set off for Changhuai Prefecture.

But now the three of them have talked to this point, let alone leaving for Changhuai Prefecture tomorrow, it would be good enough if they can get up tomorrow morning!

The three of them finally couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

As a result, Yang Ruoqing, Xiaohua and He Lianer were all unaware of what happened at the gate of the He family's courtyard early the next morning.

No one at home came to disturb them from sleeping until they got up at noon and had breakfast. Only then did they learn from Luo Fengtang and the others what had happened in front of the He family's courtyard that morning.

"Tang boy, so that means Hu Xuesong actually brought Tao to kneel at the gate of our yard for a whole night?" Yang Ruoqing took a sip of millet porridge and asked again.

Millet porridge is soft and sweet. It can be cooked together with the glutinous rice at home and sprinkled with a handful of red dates with the pits removed. It is really nourishing and delicious. Eating such a nutritious and delicious breakfast, people feel particularly happy and relaxed, and naturally they talk more.

"Tang boy, could it be that those two old guys came here to kneel when it was just dawn, knowing that our family and the neighbors would be getting up soon, so they chose this time specifically to do it?"

Xiao An said, "If that's the case, it's just grandstanding!" Luo Fengtang thought about it and said, "It shouldn't be. My secret guards saw Hu Xuesong and his wife coming over at midnight last night."

"When she first came here, she was followed by a housekeeper who was holding two cushions. Tao wanted to kneel on the cushions, but Hu Xuesong scolded her."

"Hu Xuesong ordered the housekeeper to bring the futon back home, and he and Tao knelt on the bluestone tiles at the door."

"Half an hour later, the housekeeper and the maid came again, bringing a small copper stove for warming hands and tea. Mrs. Tao wanted to use it, but Hu Xuesong slapped her. Hu Xuesong ordered the housekeeper and the maid to go back and not to come over again!"

"Oh?" Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows, with a hint of smile in her eyes.

"It seems that Hu Xuesong's previous experience as an official has not been in vain. He is a wise man and knows how to express his utmost sincerity."

Mr. Hu has learned the essence of the two idioms, namely, shouldering a thorny stick to ask for forgiveness and standing in the snow for the teacher.

"Mr. Hu has always been a prominent figure in this street and has a high prestige," He's mother and Mrs. Sun also came to the cafeteria together. He's mother was holding Niu Niu in her hand, and Mrs. Sun was holding Jun'er in her arms.

Perhaps the two children had gotten up early to play and had not seen their mother all night, so they suddenly wanted to see their mother, so the two grandmothers brought them to the backyard to find He Lian'er and Xiaohua.

When the two children arrived at the cafeteria, they stretched out their arms and walked towards their mothers eagerly.

He Lian'er and Xiaohua quickly supported them, held them on their laps, and asked them in a low voice whether they had been well behaved last night.

Mother He sat down at the table and said to Yang Ruoqing and the others, "When we got up this morning and opened the courtyard door, we saw them kneeling at the door. We were really shocked."

"But it's not a good idea to make them kneel at the door like this. Your mother and I will go out and tell them to get up and come to our house to talk. It's not nice to kneel at the door and be seen by the neighbors."

When He's mother said this, she turned and looked at Sun.

Sun nodded repeatedly, "Yes, it's not good to look at, it makes us look unreasonable."

"If you have anything to say, it's better to come inside and sit down and talk."

Hearing what they said, the corners of Yang Ruoqing's mouth twitched violently, and she felt that the millet porridge in the bowl was suddenly not so soft and sweet!
A bun from Changping Village met a bun from Qing'an County. The two buns came together, and the Virgin Mary's heart overflowed again.

"What's wrong with kneeling at the door in front of the neighbors?" Yang Ruoqing put down her chopsticks and looked at the two of them helplessly.

"When the Hu family bullied the He family, did they do it without telling their neighbors?
Don’t the neighbors know the Hu family’s background?
In the face of the Hu family's bullying of the He family, has anyone in the neighborhood stood up to speak a fair word and uphold justice for the He family? "

Yang Ruoqing's words made He's mother and Sun look at each other in silence.

Luo Fengtang, who was sitting next to him, silently picked up the tea bowl in front of him and took a sip of tea, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

He knew that the words and thoughts of the two elders would definitely touch Qing'er's sore spot.

Yang Ruoqing continued, "If we hadn't come here yesterday, if the He family didn't have relatives like us, then today, Uncle He would have been imprisoned in the prison and tortured by them." (End of this chapter)