I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 10 Autumn Harvest
Shui Huaiyu was afraid of being seen by outsiders, so he had to go back to the village and find a few servants to block the stream at both ends.

If anyone wants to pass by, persuade them to take another way.

The stream was not fast-flowing. Xie Fei played in the water, catching fish and crabs with Fu Yu, completely forgetting that he was there to wash clothes.

The bell-like laughter of the two people could be heard from far away. On a nearby tree, Yuan San was leaning against the trunk leisurely, with his eyes closed, resting.

Hearing the voice, he glanced sideways.

It's rare to see a girl so lively and cheerful.

In fact, she had a lot of concerns. Because she lived in a den of tigers and wolves, she had to look three steps ahead before taking one step, for fear that she would fall into a trap and there would be no recovery.

At this moment, the girl has completely let go of all those messy people and things, and seems to be the most carefree person in the world.

A smile as bright as the sun is even more brilliant than the warmest and most moving spring flowers.

If she could stay on this farm and live a simple life, would the girl always be this happy?

Pei Mansion.

That was a journey home that even he himself was unwilling to take.

Yuan San closed his eyes, and a gloomy look flashed across his eyes.

After playing for a long time, Xie Fei reluctantly went ashore at Shui Huaiyu's call.

Her pockets were full of fish and shrimps, and she showed them to Shui Huaiyu with a smile.

"Look, we can have an extra meal tonight."

"The weather is getting colder. Aren't you afraid of catching a cold while playing in the water?" Shui Huaiyu was angry and amused when she saw her wet hair. She couldn't help but speak a little more harshly, not as timid as before.

Xie Fei took out the dirty clothes and poured the fish and shrimp into the bucket, with a smile still on his face.

"It's not easy to come out here, so of course we have to have fun."

But the clothes still need to be washed. She and Fu Yu have few clothes, and if they are not washed quickly, they will have nothing to change into.

When she was halfway through washing, Fu Yu came over from the other side of the river and put a turtle back into the bucket.

"Girl, do you think this turtle is an old one or a young one?" Fu Yu stared at the turtle.

Xie Fei pressed the clothes on the washboard, wiped the water off his face, and said, "Whatever kind of turtle it is, just put it in the water tank and stew it when it gets fat."

Fu Yu almost drooled at the thought of the delicious turtle soup, so he calmed down and helped with the washing of clothes.

With Fu Yu's help, things went faster.

Shui Huaiyu sat on a big rock, handed the soapberry to Fuyu, and said, "Neither my wife nor Miss Fuyu looks like they come from official families."

Even if she was a concubine's daughter, her technique shouldn't be so skillful and nimble.

In particular, Fu Yu really didn't look like a maid in front of Xie Fei, but rather like an ignorant and naughty sister.

While washing, Xie Fei said, "Every family has its own troubles, and I have even more troubles here."

Xie's father hated her, and the people in the mansion followed suit and never gave her a good time. She had been used to doing this kind of menial work since she was a child.

After washing the clothes, Xie Fei carried the bucket and Fu Yu carried a pile of wet clothes and they went back to the yard together.

After closing the gate, Yuan San easily climbed over the wall.

"The girl is smiling happily today."

While hanging the clothes, Xie Fei said, "If Lady Shui wasn't here, would you come and help me wash the clothes?"

Yuan Sanlian didn't even think about it and said, "I will throw my dirty clothes here and ask the girl to wash them for me."

Xie Fei raised his middle finger at him.

After living in this world for more than ten years, the memory of my past life is slowly fading. Sometimes I wake up suddenly in the middle of the night, unable to tell whether the short life in my past life was a dream or the present, and I am still deeply trapped in the illusion.

I clumsily imitated the movements and expressions of my previous life, and often reminded myself not to be assimilated by this dark and oppressive era, and not to become a victim of the lowliness and misery of feudal society.

She is a human being with her own thoughts, personality, and soul.

Don't be a mindless, pathetic puppet controlled by worldly rules.

But in the end, no matter how hard I struggled, I was still swept away by the tide of the times and could not find even a sunny path.

During the busy farming season, the village becomes busy.

Rice needs to be harvested, millet needs to be threshed, and fields need to be plowed in preparation for a new round of crops.

The villagers go out early and come back late every day, so even if Xie Fei walks around the village casually, it is rare for him to run into one or two people.

During the day, she put the dried wild dates into a jar and asked Fu Yu, "Has Lady Lian Shui gone to harvest the grain?"

Fu Yu brought over the dustpan filled with herbs and said, "How is that possible? At most, Shui Niang cooked and sent the herbs to the fields."

No matter how poor a family is, they would not let a pregnant woman go to the fields to harvest rice.

In particular, although Mother Liu appears to be cold, she is actually very nice to her daughter-in-law and never lets Shui Huaiyu do heavy work.

Xie Fei continued to pack the herbs and said, "Someone should come to inspect the grains in the near future. You and I should be careful and don't move around casually."

After she finished speaking, she shouted to Yuan San again, "Big Head, don't come here even if there's nothing wrong. If someone sees us, I'll have committed a few murders."

Yuan San was sawing wood to make a bench. Hearing this, he sneered, "What are you killing? Fish?"

Even though Xie Fei is very good at killing chickens and snakes, if she were given a knife and asked to stab a living person, she would tremble like a sieve.

However, Xie Fei's guess was correct. In the following days, people often came to inspect the village.

This farm is the smallest and worst of all the farms in Pei Mansion. Its annual income from grain, charcoal, game, etc. is less than one thousandth of that of the big farms.

There was little good farmland, so there were no tenants. All the servants of the Pei residence, including Mama Liu and her family, worked the fields themselves.

In this way, only a small amount of harvest that was barely enough to provide for food and clothing was left on the farm, and the rest was all handed over to the Pei Mansion, leaving no room for anything else.

Xie Fei looked at the several large green vegetables that Shui Huaiyu had planted in the yard and said, "They won't take away all my harvest, will they?"

Fu Yu said, "You're overthinking it. Would Xiao Shirong be interested in just a few vegetables?"

The master of Pei Mansion doesn't take care of things, Xiao Shirong is the one in charge of Pei Mansion.

Xiao Shirong lived an extremely extravagant life. The meal was filled with delicacies from land and sea, but he only took a bite of the delicacies before throwing them away.

It is not uncommon to spend several taels of silver on breakfast alone.

Fu Yu continued, "I went out to dig weeds for the rabbits this morning, and heard a few servants talking about how the harvest this year was too small and the Pei Mansion was not satisfied."

Xie Fei asked, "Is it Xiao Shirong who is dissatisfied, or is it the steward who came to inspect?"

Xiao Shirong was only concerned with enjoying himself, so he would not pay attention to such trivial matters. It was most likely that the person in charge was looking for trouble.

Fu Yu shrugged and said, "I don't know about that. I only know that Mother Liu and the village head are very anxious. Look, early in the morning, Village Head Chen took people to the mountains to hunt."

None of this has anything to do with Xie Fei.

The vegetables had grown well and should have been sent to Shui Huaiyu. After all, they were grown by the pregnant woman herself. There was no reason for her to covet them.

But looking at the manager's arrogant attitude, it would be better to wait until the autumn harvest is over, so as to avoid trouble over a few vegetables.

At night, the men came back from hunting.

Mother Liu's eldest son, Shui Huaiyu's husband, the village head Chen Dafa, was carrying two pheasants with a gloomy expression.

(End of this chapter)