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

Chapter 103 Quiet Days

Xie Fei had no interest in these inner-house struggles, and if she hadn't been forced to do so, she wouldn't bother getting involved.

Yuan San asked again, "Did the Xie family say anything when the girl returned to her parents' home?"

Xie Fei blew the leaves in the soup bowl, drank a mouthful of soup, and said slowly: "You worked in the Xie family before, and you know the character of my father. He knew about the horse bandits and wanted to scold me severely."

It is a well-known fact that Xie's father hates Xie Fei, but no one knows the specific reason.

Xie Fei was punished innocently, but his father didn't care. Xie Fei was injured and dying, but his father was so indifferent that he seemed like an outsider.

It's not that he doesn't care about his illegitimate daughter. Father Xie treats all his other children equally. He just hates Xie Fei.

So regarding the horse bandit incident, Xie's father didn't care whether Xie Fei was really humiliated or not.

He only cared about what consequences such remarks would bring to the women of the Xie family.

Xie Fei started quarreling with him, and the relationship between father and daughter reached freezing point. In the end, he had nothing to say.

Fu Yu said worriedly, "Miss, the master doesn't like you in the first place, and now you are breaking up with him. If you are bullied in the Pei family in the future and the Xie family doesn't care, what will you do?"

Xie Fei said with a smile: "Silly girl, even if we didn't break up, the Xie family wouldn't care if I was wronged. But don't worry, if the Pei family does something too ruthless, the Xie family won't sit idly by."

If Xie Fei was really severely bullied, but the Xie family did nothing about it, and the news spread outside, everyone would think that the daughter of the Xie family was so easy to bully.

When Xie Jing and Xie Yang get married, their in-laws won't look up to them too highly.

Fu Yu scratched his head, really not understanding.

Xie Fei didn't explain any more and asked her to wash the dishes after dinner.

Sitting on the bed at night, Xie Fei counted the silver by the oil lamp.

There were a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in her small private treasury. If you count Fu Yu's dowry and Yuan San's future wife's capital, there would still be a lot left after deducting them.

Although the silver note obtained from the reward offered by the horse bandits was as much as one thousand taels, unfortunately it did not belong to her alone.

She asked Mother Liu how to deal with the one thousand taels, whether to distribute it to each family or to do something together.

Mother Liu said that they should leave the matter with Xie Fei for the time being, and wait until the village is rebuilt, then everyone can sit together and discuss it slowly.

It snowed all night, and when I woke up this morning, there was still heavy snow falling. The whole world was shrouded in a white haze.

It was so cold that Xie Fei didn't want to go out, so he put on his robe and stood in front of the window to enjoy the snow.

Fu Yu burned the charcoal very vigorously, and the room was very warm.

"With this heavy snow, the mountain will definitely be closed again. Fortunately, Third Brother Yuan prepared enough charcoal and food in advance, so we don't have to leave the house and don't have to worry about food and clothing."

Xie Fei stretched his hand out of the window, caught a few drifting snowflakes, and murmured softly, "Yeah, it's a little cold and lonely."

Winter is bleak in itself. Once the snow falls, there is no sound except the sound of wind and snow. It is dead silent and empty.

She was lost in thought when a flash of red flashed before her eyes.

Upon closer inspection, they are several plum trees.

She raised her hand again, and Yuan San, covered in snow, appeared in front of her window, holding a plum blossom.

It was so cold that he put on a warm robe for the first time. Behind him was snow falling all over the sky. His black hair fluttered in the silent world, and he looked tall and slender, elegant and refined.

Shaking the plum blossom branch, Yuan San smiled and said, "I just picked it. Do you like it?"

Xie Fei took it, leaned close to the bright red and cold plum blossoms and sniffed it, saying, "It smells like snow."

Yuan San bent over, leaning against the window, and said with a smile: "Why are you so sentimental today, girl?"

Xie Fei went into the house to find an empty wine jar, put plum blossoms in it, and placed it on the windowsill.

He went to get the scissors and carefully trimmed the plum branches.

"It's so boring." The wind and snow were everywhere, and the house was dark even in broad daylight. Reading by candle or oil lamp was really hurtful to the eyes.

She had nothing else to do and became more and more annoyed the longer she stayed.

Fu Yu came over and saw the plum blossoms. She was surprised and asked, "Third Brother Yuan, where did you get the plum blossoms? Did you pick them in the mountains?"

"No," Yuan San said, "I went to the town this morning, and on my way back I passed by a wealthy family. I saw red plum blossoms blooming in the yard, so I asked for a few."

Fu Yu asked, "What do you mean by begging? Did you steal it?"

"What are you talking about? I really asked the owner and he told me to take them off, so I did it," Yuan San sighed, "but the dog was not easy to get along with. He chased me for three miles and almost took my shoes away."

Xie Fei chuckled.

She asked again, "What are you doing in town in such a heavy snow?"

"Go and listen to see if there is any movement, especially about horse bandits."

Although Yuan San, Chen Dafa and others killed the escaped horse bandits, and the leader's head was sent to the government in exchange for a reward, they still cannot be unprepared.

Nowadays, disasters occur frequently in various places, and local governments do nothing. The refugees are desperate and have become bandits, making a living by robbery.

The security in the capital city has been strengthened, and the Imperial Guards are conducting joint patrols, but that doesn't mean it's really safe enough.

In particular, there is still no clue about the horse bandits attacking the village.

Speaking of this, Xie Fei also frowned.

"You also think that the horse bandits attacking Zhuangzi is too coincidental, right?"

Yuan San carefully considered his words and said, "Someone is secretly playing tricks on me, there is no doubt about that. But it is not necessarily you who led me here, young lady."

Xie Fei thought of those people who were injured by the horse bandits. He felt annoyed and exerted force with his hands, cutting the whole plum tree in half.

Yuan San lowered his head and looked at the broken plum blossom, then at Xie Fei's fingers, whose skin was pierced by the scissors and a few drops of blood oozed out.

He immediately took out a snow-white silk handkerchief from his waist, took Xie Fei's hand, and gently pressed it on the wound.

Fortunately, the injury was not serious and the bleeding stopped quickly, except for one spot where blood was still oozing out.

Without thinking, he kissed the wound.

Xie Fei was daydreaming when he suddenly felt a warm touch on his knuckles, as if something soft was licking and teasing him, causing his waist to tremble with numbness.

When she realized that Yuan San was holding her knuckles, she choked and almost forgot to pull her hand back.

It was Yuan San who let her go first, raised his head and said with a smile: "There's no bleeding."

He tore the handkerchief into strips and bandaged Xie Fei with them.

I also tied a cute and neat little bow according to what she taught me before.

Xie Fei looked again and again, his expression changing unpredictably.

It snowed all day and we couldn't go anywhere.

Everyone in the village gathered together to roast a fire and talk about what to do in the future.

Some people say that you can make a lot of money by buying some chickens, ducks, geese, cows, and sheep, raising them for a year, and then selling them.

Some said that it would be better to set up a stall and do some small business, which would be the most cost-effective since it would be their own business.

It was all just idle chat, and we still had no idea after talking for hours.

Aunt Zou asked Mother Liu what she thought. Mother Liu said that if they could buy the farm, then all the fields, crops, mountains, forests and rivers would belong to them. That would be a great deal.

(End of this chapter)