Chapter 11 No wonder she is a merchant's daughter. After all, like some people, she is not presentable.

After packing everything up, he took the dried meat to the official and thanked him, saying, "Sir, the hot water is ready. Thank you for your kindness! This dried meat was made by our best cook. You may also enjoy it."

She deliberately revealed a corner of her body, and the leading officer saw through it at a glance and immediately took it away.

"Mrs. Ruan is still polite. Go and get some hot water. The stove should be turned off."

These golden peanuts given to them as a gift were just enough for them to replenish their food at the post station.

The family of Bo's Mansion, who were hiding in the corner, saw Ruan Mian trying to please the official. The former mistress of Bo's Mansion, Wang, sneered.

"No wonder she's a merchant's daughter. She's just like some people, not presentable enough!"

When Wang said this, she looked at Ruan Jiao and made indirect accusations.

Ruan Jiao was a lowly concubine in the mansion and never dared to act rashly in front of Wang, the mistress of the house.

Now, because of Ruan Mian, he scolded her as well!

Ruan Jiao looked at Ruan Mian's family with hatred. Now they could still live a luxurious life, with such a huge gap between them, how could she be willing to accept it?

But before she could take any action, the Qi family could no longer hold back.

Qi Lin and Liu were originally very obedient in the team, but now they are so hungry, while Ruan Mian still has dried meat to eat!

She could no longer bear it, so she walked up to Ruan Mian and stretched out her hands. She didn't feel ashamed at all for asking for food, but rather felt at ease.

"Ruan, I want to eat dried meat."

Ruan Mian had just brought the hot water over and couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

"If you want to eat, just eat. Why are you looking for me? You don't think I'm going to serve you willingly like before?"

Qi Lin snorted: "Even if you have divorced my eldest brother now, you are still the daughter-in-law of our Qi family. Your mother-in-law and sister-in-law are starving to death. You can't just stand by and watch them die!

If you can give me some dried meat, I might be able to get my elder brother to be more tolerant of you in the future, and let..."

Before she could finish her words, she was slapped hard by Ruan Mian: "I'm giving you a big slap! I've done my best for you."

When this crisp sound was heard, people around looked over.

Qi Lin was beaten for no reason and immediately roared: "You dare to hit me?? I am the second daughter of the Qi family! If my brother knew about this, he would definitely..."

"What do you want to do to me? Divorce me? Don't forget that I have nothing to do with your Qi family now!"

Qi Lin's eyes widened and she was about to rush forward to vent her anger. Even Liu ran over in anger, wanting to seek justice for her daughter, cursing under her breath!

"You ungrateful little whore, how did we treat you back then? Even an ungrateful bastard would be more grateful than you! How dare you..."

But when they saw the officer coming towards them shouting, Liu's mother and daughter instantly lost their courage. After looking at each other, they held their breath and turned back to their original positions.

Seeing this scene, Ruan Jiao snorted in disgust. Why did Qi Lin and her daughter act like fools?

Thinking of this, she took a steamed bun that she had hidden away and quietly walked towards Qi Lin.

At the same time, Ruan Mian poured hot water into the wooden basin, which he had just borrowed from Guo Yong.

"Mother, please soak your feet first to calm down."

Zhang was a little surprised, but still did as she said.

Ruan Mian also asked her elder sister to come and take a bath together.

While the water was still warm, Ruan Mian took out a few handkerchiefs from his bag, soaked them in hot water for a while, wrung them dry, and placed them on their knees to cover them.

With this arrangement, their sore and painful legs immediately felt relieved a lot.

Zhang was a little worried, "Mian'er, we're so comfortable, I'm afraid we'll be envied, so it's better not to show it off. I saw you and the Qi family girl had a conflict just now? Did she give you a hard time?"

Ruan Mian knew that Zhang was worried about her, so she smiled and said comfortingly, "Mother, don't worry. With the Prime Minister here, no one dares to embarrass us."

Her words were like a stabilizing force, making the elder sister and the others feel much more at ease.

However, before the meal was over, the leading officer suddenly came up angrily and shouted, "Everyone stand up!"

When the officer shouted like that, everyone was shocked and stood up in panic. No one knew what was going on.

Seeing that Zhang was worried, Ruan Mian held her hand comfortingly.

The next moment, the chief officer roared angrily.

"Who stole the dried meat that Madam Ruan specially left for us just now? Bring it back to me honestly! Otherwise, I will make her pay for it!!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Ruan Mian in unison.

The people in the Bo's Mansion were even more disdainful of her. Wang snorted softly, "She really knows how to win people's hearts. I'm afraid she'll stage her own show and harm others."

"Isn't it just some dried meat? Why is there such a big fuss?"

They didn't know that the golden peanuts hidden in the beef jerky were related to whether those officials could walk comfortably to the next post station.

Now that it’s gone, the officials are naturally angry.

Seeing that no one stood up, the officer immediately ordered: "Search them all, don't let anyone go! Especially those from the Bo Mansion and the Qi Mansion!"

Those were all women, and they were all screaming and begging for mercy. There was chaos for a while.

Ruan Mian's gaze was fixed precisely on Qi Lin. Although her face showed no expression, the nanny beside her was obviously frightened. Her face was pale and she even began to tremble.

Ruan Mian narrowed his eyes slightly and took advantage of the chaos to call Nanny Fang over.

She only said one sentence: "The dried meat contains the golden peanuts I gave to the official. If they are discovered, you and Qi Lin will be dead! Madam Fang, your exile is not over yet, are you thinking of going to hell?"

Nanny Fang was so frightened that her eyes opened slightly. She didn't know how Ruan Mian knew that she knew about this.

When hesitating, Ruan Mian lowered his voice and said, "I know you are a hardworking person, but Liu has never treated you as a human being.

Now that we're both exiled prisoners, and no one owes anyone anything, what's the point of your indenture? She's your equal.

If you are willing, I would really like you to come with us, Mammy. My parents are not in good health and we need someone to take care of them."

Her words were heard by Nanny Fang.

Ruan Mian stopped there and, seeing that the officers were really going to search everyone one by one, she sent Nanny Fang back.

Faced with the official's behavior, Qi Lin clenched her fists in anger. Thinking of what Ruan Jiao had said to her, she wanted to stand up immediately!

When Liu saw this, she quickly stopped her: "Linlin, are you stupid?! The official is already angry, what do you want to say?"

Qi Lin pushed her mother away, walked up to the officer and spoke.

"Sir, she just gave you some dried meat. Why are you so angry? Even though we are exiled prisoners, we are all women! How can you be so humiliating? Is there something shameful in this dried meat?"