Chapter 20 Only beasts sleep here
There are pigs, sheep, cows, horses, and even several large duck pens. It's a complete animal farm.
Not only is it smelly, it's also extremely noisy.
The ground was covered with duck shit, and there was no place to step.
Most of the people in the yard were women, and some were even vomiting because of the smell.
Only Ruan Mian quickly asked others to take out their straw mats and other things, first put a layer of straw on them, then put the mats on top, and also spread the large leaves that had been picked earlier on top, so that at least they had a place to stand.
When the people from Qi Mansion and Bo Mansion saw this, they also ordered some servants to go to the nearby area to pick some leaves and scatter them on the ground.
Now they were tired and hungry, and their legs were no longer under their control after walking all day.
Fortunately, Ruan Mian and the others had their legs tied, so they could still hold on.
Seeing that it was getting late, she set up a stove with Cuizhu and the others and went to collect some firewood nearby.
I only ate a few hard steamed buns during the day, and my mouth and stomach started to protest. Now that I have settled down, the first thing I do is to find something to eat.
Just as she was thinking about what to eat tonight, the tempting smell of food came from the gate of the courtyard!
Everyone smelled the smell and looked over with drooling eyes.
However, not long after, a girl in a skirt came in carrying two open food boxes.
The food box contains golden braised pork, soft and sweet pancakes, and pork trotters with alternating fat and lean textures.
The layer below the food box contains some fragrant and glutinous pastries.
It really made everyone present envious!!
At the same time, Mrs. Liu was the first to rush over, shouting in surprise and joy: "Oh, Linlin! My daughter!"
It turned out that the elegantly dressed girl was Qi Lin, who had been missing for a day and a night.
Seeing her completely transformed, everyone started to murmur.
No one knew what happened after she disappeared. Not only did they send delicious food, but they also took the Qi family out of this stinky animal house.
He was arranged to stay in a specially prepared room at the post station, which had a bed, a mattress and charcoal.
Even the officials were quite cooperative.
Liu, who had been working hard for a while, had already started to eat voraciously and didn't even have time to show off.
She didn't even bother to ask about Qi Lin's situation. After she had eaten and drunk her fill, she ordered two maids to change into luxurious and thick clothes and swaggered out of the animal yard.
He was holding some leftover soup and vegetables in his hand, and threw them in front of Ruan Mian and the others.
"Mianmian, after all, I am also your ex-mother-in-law. I am different from you. I can't bear to see my relatives suffer, so I specially brought you some delicious food to save you from eating steamed buns all day."
She gathered the fur cloak covering her outside and walked around with a look of disgust and sarcasm on her face.
"Look at this place. It's not a place for people to sleep. Only animals would sleep here."
"you……"
Ruan Qing's face changed slightly with anger, but he was stopped by Ruan Mian.
Ruan Mian knew very well what kind of person this ex-mother-in-law was.
No one knew who Qi Nanfeng had colluded with behind the scenes to cause such a sudden turn of events for their family.
But even so, so what?
She smiled coldly and threw the leftovers she brought at Liu's face without hesitation!
Then he picked up a fire stick from the fire and threw it over.
That thick fur cloak catches fire at a touch!
The flames shot up instantly, frightening Liu so much that she stepped back repeatedly and tried to take off the cloak in panic.
That look is as funny as it can be.
Her face turned pale, and she pointed at Ruan Mian and yelled angrily, gritting her teeth. The dirty and vulgar words she said made the old couple of the Zhang family very angry!
Mianmian is their daughter, how could they allow her to be humiliated like this! !
In a rage, Zhang picked up a pile of cow dung and smeared it all over her face!
"Pooh, pooh, pooh! You! Ugh!" Liu was almost suffocated by the sudden cow dung filling her mouth.
Ruan Mian didn't expect that Zhang was such a fierce person. Ruan Qing cheered on the side, and then ran to wash his mother's hands with a water bag.
Liu's hair bun was loose and a lot of her hair was burned. She had come out looking bright and beautiful before, but now she returned to the room with a messy face.
As soon as he entered, he started yelling at Qi Lin.
"Why don't you get me some water?"
"You damned girl! You didn't stand up for me just now. I've raised you for nothing!"
After a series of angry shouts, Qi Lin could no longer bear it. With red eyes, she smashed the basin hard!
Liu was already angry, and when she saw him, she slapped him and kept blaming him while shaking her body.
"You're already angry? Huh?! I'm your mother! You have to be filial to me! Besides, the only good food we have now is thanks to your brother! Who are you showing off to when you come back with such a sullen face? Huh?!"
"Not only did you not join me in teaching that little whore a lesson, you didn't even take care of your brother. Now I asked you to bring me a basin, and you're complaining about it? What qualifications do you have..."
"Yes, yes, yes! You are my mother! But precisely because you are my mother, I have been missing for a whole day and night. Don't you ask me about me or care about me?!"
Whenever Qi Lin thought of that night, she felt as if she had had a nightmare and her whole body was cold. The sadness in her heart was like a flood that broke through the dam and rolled in!
Since she came back until now, her mother and her brother have not asked a single question.
Even though she cried and questioned, she was slapped by Liu again!
"I don't care what happened to you, as long as you're not dead, isn't that enough?!"
These words made Qi Lin burst into tears, and her cheeks were almost bitten by her.
At the same time, a servant's voice was heard outside the room.
"Master Qi, our Master Dong is here."
Qi Nanfeng didn't bother to pay attention to the noisy mother and daughter, but when he heard that Lord Dong was coming, he immediately scolded them.
"Shut up! Lord Dong is here. If you don't want to die, get back to the inner room!"
Then a man in a black round robe strode in!
Even though Qi Nanfeng had difficulty walking, he still struggled to get up from the bed and saluted the man: "Master Dong."
This person is Dong Jun, the only son of the former Minister of Works.
Liu and the others didn't know anything about the men's affairs. They only knew that Dong Jun took Qi Lin back to the post station and gave her a lot of delicious food. Even the fact that they could live in such a nice room was arranged by Dong Jun.
Behind the screen, Dong Jun handed a secret letter to Qi Nanfeng and said calmly.
"The princess's meaning is all in there."
After saying this, she did not forget to instruct him, "If you can satisfy the princess, she will help you arrange everything, take your family out of exile, and then arrange for you to have real estate and farmland."
"Before we head to Linzhou Mountain Pass, I will also, as the princess instructed, give you a generous amount of supplies so that you can eat well and wear warm clothes during your exile. I'll send someone to deliver it tomorrow, and the officials will also arrange for it. By the way, if you want to see a doctor, go to Lefu Inn tomorrow."
Upon hearing this, Qi Nanfeng immediately knelt down and kowtowed! "Thank you, Master Dong! Nanfeng will definitely not let Master Dong and the princess down."
Dong Jun stopped talking disapprovingly, then added, "By the way, your daughter is in her prime and very pretty. If you and your mother are willing, I can keep her here and save her from exile."
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