On the way to escape famine, my parents divorced

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Even if the old bandit is still a gangster, how can this group of rabble compare to the good soldiers in the army?

In just three days, Zhao Da Huzi led his men to capture the old bandit leader and his group, and even shot and killed a villain who tried to escape on the spot.

There was a knife on the old bandit's neck. When he looked at the smile on Zhao Da Huzi's face, he knew that his life would not last long.

Big Beard Zhao waved his hand to his subordinates, and someone tied the hands of the old bandit leader and dragged them away.

"At least we caught him. This time we can atone for our sins!"

During these three days, life in Liujiatunli was more lively than when they first arrived here.

Not to mention the valuable horses that Li Shiyue and his companions brought back this time, just the soldiers with swords inside and outside Qin Tao's yard were enough for the people in Liujiatun to gossip behind their backs.

In the kitchen of Qin Tao's house, Qin Tao cooked thick rice porridge with the fine rice that Liu Tan had sent over. She then picked out large pieces of pickled radish from the jar, cut them into thin strips and put them on a porcelain plate.

This beautiful porcelain plate was also sent by Liu Tan.

"Li Niang, hurry up and deliver it to the prince while it's hot."

When Li Chunli heard Qin Tao say this, her cheeks turned a little red.

Qin Tao has been doing this for the past two days. Every time she prepared a meal, she would ask Li Chunli to bring it to the room where Liu Shu lived.

Li Chunli was not a little girl who knew nothing. She knew that although Qin Tao did not say it explicitly, Qin Tao's intention was naturally to let Li Chunli show her face more in front of Liu Shu, the prince of Zhenbei. She did not want to achieve lofty goals, but it would be good if she could be accepted by Liu Shu as a maid.

After all, Liu Shu is the prince!
The future King of Zhenbei!
Moreover, Liu Shu was only one year younger than Li Chunli and was also good-looking. What was wrong for a country girl like Li Chunli to be a maid for such a man?
Li Chunli was somewhat happy in her heart. Apart from her own brother Li Shigui, the only other men of similar age she had met in the past were from Lijia Village.

She had never met a young man as noble, easy to talk to, and good-looking as Liu Shu.

Even though she didn't understand what love between men and women was, her pink girlish heart couldn't help but bubble up.

Liu Shu, lying on the kang with her back facing up and her eyes closed, was listening to the servant boy reading.

Yes, Liu Tan had sent someone to send the servant over. When the master and servant met, the servant burst into tears and had to be comforted by Liu Shu.

There were two brief knocks on the door. The book boy turned around with the book in his hand and looked at the door. The gatekeeper who was left to protect them said outside the door, "Sir, the young lady from the Li family is here to deliver breakfast."

The book boy stopped reading and turned to look at Liu Shu, who had opened her eyes on the kang. The book boy, who grew up with Liu Shu, understood what Liu Shu meant with just one glance. So, the book boy put down the book and shouted to the door, "Please come in, Miss Li."

Li Chunli came in with a tray. She first placed the food on the square table under the kang. Then she raised her head and looked at Liu Shu, who was lying on the kang. "My son, my mother cooked rice porridge and cut some pickled radishes."

"Thank you, Madam Qin and Madam Li, for your trouble these past few days."

"How can it be a bother? The eldest master gave us money, so we should thank the prince."

Li Chunli was stunned for a moment when she saw Liu Shu, who had a fair face and looked noble even though she was sick. It was only when Liu Shu called her "Miss Li" twice that Li Chunli was awakened from her fantasy.

Li Chunli lowered her head immediately due to her blushing face. After a few breaths, she mustered up the courage to raise her head again. She looked at Liu Shu and asked, "When we were at the door, I vaguely heard you guys reading?"

Liu Shu thought it was interesting, so she asked Li Chunli to stay and listen to the book boy reading. Li Chunli knew that it was a bit rude for men and women to be in the same room, even if there was a book boy in the room, it was still a bit out of line.

After all, Liu Shu is a foreign man, not one of their brothers or relatives, so they should avoid him to some extent.

However, Li Chunli really wanted to spend more time with Liu Shu, so she blushed and nodded to accept Liu Shu's invitation.

Qin Tao, who was standing at the door of the kitchen, kept her eyes on the room where Liu Shu lived. Seeing that Li Chunli had not come out for a while, she smiled happily.

Qin Tao has always yearned for a good life. Since she was young, she felt that she was beautiful and could not be compared with those ugly girls in the countryside. Even in the county town, she was the prettiest among those girls. She believed that she should have married into the provincial capital.

But when Li Wangtian, who went to the county town to work, saw Qin Tao carrying a basin of clothes to the river to wash, he became concerned and asked a matchmaker to inquire for a while before he found Qin Tao's house.

Little did she know that Qin Tao's parents knew that Qin Tao was beautiful and had long wanted to sell her for a good price. They said that if she didn't have the 20 taels of silver as a betrothal gift, there would be no deal.

If an ordinary farm boy had heard that the Qin Tao family wanted twenty taels of silver as a betrothal gift, he would have given up long ago.

However, for some reason, Li Wangtian was not discouraged and wanted to save money to marry Qin Tao.

But Qin Tao is proud and arrogant. How could she look down on a country bumpkin?

However, that year, Qin Tao's younger brother caught a cold and took several doses of medicine but his condition did not improve and became worse. Qin Tao's parents spent a lot of money on it. Later, they heard from a Taoist priest passing by that they had to have a happy event at home to bring joy to the family and give Qin's younger brother a chance to breathe.

So, under this circumstance, Qin Tao's marriage issue was brought up.

But at this time, how could those families who had previously had high hopes for Qin Tao agree to her parents' request and propose marriage to her? It seemed that Qin Tao only had one breath left to live, and no one else wanted to take on this bad luck.

Even if Qin Tao's parents said they didn't want twenty taels of betrothal money, just five taels, they would still marry Qin Tao off for five taels.

At this time, Li Wangtian appeared, bringing with him eight taels of silver that he had saved.

Qin Tao married Li Wangtian and moved to Lijia Village.

It was strange that the day after Qin Tao got married, Qin Xiaodi's condition improved. After more than half a month, he was much better and could even get out of bed.

At the beginning, Qin Tao also wanted to live a good life with Li Wangtian, and she was full of gratitude towards Li Wangtian at that time.

But as time went by, even though Li Wangtian was reluctant to let Qin Tao do farm work, he just let Qin Tao take care of the children at home to serve his mother-in-law and cook meals. Even the work of fetching water and washing clothes was done by Li Wangtian himself.

But even so, after so many years, Qin Tao has had enough of this kind of life.

She still yearned for the city, the prosperous place, the beautiful clothes, and the exquisite food. She knew that Li Wangtian had been good enough to her, and she could naturally see what kind of life the wives of other families in the village lived.

But, she still felt unwilling in her heart!
By chance, Li Wangren followed Li Youfu's words and came to Li Wangtian's house to inform him about taxation, and met Qin Tao face to face.

Li Wangren fell in love with the beautiful Qin Tao at first sight! (End of this chapter)