After listening to the words of the three aunties, Xu Qinyu sighed in her heart and thought to herself: It seems that people really should not do bad things. Look at how the retribution of the Luo family came so quickly.

The mother and son of the Luo family are both disabled. In the future, old man Luo will have to support and take care of two people. Just imagine what kind of life the Luo family will live in the future.

All we can say is that Old Man Luo's future life will be even more miserable than that of the mother and son of the Luo family, because he not only has to earn money to support his family, but also has to take care of two useless people.

It can only be called retribution.

Two days later, Xu Qinyu heard from Chen that Old Man Luo had moved out of Yuanbao Town with his foolish old wife and his son with a broken leg. The whole family had left.

In the past two days, Lin has been working even harder. She has paid off her debts and no longer has to worry about her daughter being kidnapped or sold. She only wants to work hard to save enough money to buy a house.

Xu Qinyu no longer took the matter to heart, and from then on, the Luo family had almost no contact with her, as well as with Lin's later life.

However, when Xu Feng heard about this and knew that Luo Dagen was beaten by two groups of people that night and they wanted to rob him of his money, he felt something was wrong. He asked Tao Qi and the other two to follow Aunt Lin. Could this be related to them?

Xu Feng was a little worried, so he just asked Tao Qi and the others to keep an eye on Luo Dagen and not to bully Aunt Lin.

It would be bad if something bad happened, as it would also cause trouble for the restaurant.

After thinking about it, he decided to ask Tao Qi.

Even if Luo Dagen deserved it, we cannot steal his money.

In fact, Xu Feng felt that it was not Tao Qi and the other two who stole the money, but they must have done something to Luo Dagen.

Xu Feng went to find Tao Qi, and Tao Qi felt a little guilty when he saw him.

He was a little worried when he heard that Luo Dagen was beaten and his money was robbed again.

If Luo Dagen was just beaten up by them, nothing would have happened to him after he returned home. But after they left, Luo Dagen was beaten again, his legs were broken, and his money was robbed. This was a much more serious matter.

Luo Dagen would definitely report it to the police. It would be terrible if the government found them and they mistakenly thought that they were the ones who broke Luo Dagen's legs and stole his money.

Beating someone to the point of disability and robbery are both severe punishments, with fifty lashes of the cane as a minimum, and the person will have to spend time in jail.

Although they didn't do it, they were the ones who beat him up earlier.

"Brother Feng, why are you here?"

Xu Feng said: "I came here to ask about Luo Dagen. You guys didn't fight him, did you?"

Tao Qi said hurriedly, "Brother Feng, I just couldn't stand him, so I took advantage of him walking on a dark road and beat him up with a sack. It wasn't a heavy beating, just punching and kicking. Then I ran away and went home to wash up and sleep. The rest was not our fault. I guess the people on North Street saw him accepting the money from Lin and followed him all the way. After we beat him up, they took the opportunity to attack him."

They were also very depressed, but they couldn't go to the government office and tell the county magistrate that although they had beaten Luo Dagen, they were not the ones who broke his legs and stole his money.

Xu Feng said, "Then it should be fine, as long as you didn't steal their money."

Tao Qi shook his head and said, "How dare we do that? Don't worry, Brother Feng, it's not us who did it. We won't cause any trouble for Sister Lin and Xu Ji."

Since it wasn't Tao Qi and the others who did it, Xu Feng left.

Fortunately, two days later, the government office found some other clues that the people who robbed Luo Dagen's money were in cahoots with Dan Niang, who took away more than 40 taels of silver from Luo Dagen's home.

After breaking Luo Dagen's leg, the man left the town at daybreak.

Dan Niang and that man are both outlaws. Even without a pass, they can find a way to escape to other towns. We don't even know their true identities, so it's even more difficult to catch them.

However, the government still obtained the portraits of the two men and posted them in Yuanbao Town and its subordinate villages, so that the people would see them and stay away from them and go directly to the government to report to the authorities.

The county magistrate also sent someone to inform the Luo family, telling them that although the identities of the thieves had been found, there was no trace of them, and they didn't know when they could be arrested and brought to justice, so the Luo family could only wait.

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These days, Pei Weixuan bought some wood and built a wooden pavilion next to the grape trellis in the patio. There were no tables, chairs or benches inside, but a rattan chair was placed inside, so he could lie on the chair and rest on weekdays.

After the wooden pavilion was built, grape seedlings were planted under the courtyard wall on the back side of the house, and a circle of grape racks was built.

Seeing that all the housework was almost done, Pei Weixuan would leave tomorrow.

Yesterday he had contacted Huo Ye and asked Huo Ye to find a few powerful black-armored guards to stay in Yuanbao Town to protect the Pei family and Yu Niang. If someone went to the restaurant to cause trouble, they could help. Although Yu Niang didn't need it, Yu Niang knew Xu Kongmu and the county magistrate, and no one dared to deceive Xu Ji and Yu Niang openly, but someone was secretly protecting Yu Niang and Xu Ji, so he was relieved.

Huo Ye immediately sent a letter by flying pigeon to several black-armored guards who he thought had the most powerful martial arts, asking them to come to Yuanbao Town to guard the Pei family.

Huo Jiang was also there at the time and expressed his willingness to stay in Yuanbao Town to protect the Pei family and the princess.

Huo Ye looked at him, and Huo Jiang felt a little embarrassed. He was indeed a little selfish. If he stayed in Yuanbao Town to protect His Highness's family, he could continue to eat the food made by the princess.

But he certainly won't be lazy and will take good care of the princess and the Pei family.

However, Huo Ye still agreed to let Huo Jiang stay.

Huo Jiang was raised by him, and he is very satisfied with his martial arts skills. He is talented and has a strict mouth.

When Huo Jiang heard that Huo Ye was willing to let him stay in Yuanbao Town, he grinned.

Datou and Chen He definitely cannot stay here. They were originally pirates at the pier and have some acquaintances there. It is not convenient for them to stay in Yuanbao Town. They can go back to the island, and Pei Weixuan will take the black-armored guards to get rid of the batch of colored glaze.

Fourth brother will leave early tomorrow morning, so Xu Qinyu finished work half an hour early and returned to Laixi Lane with the food, preparing for the family to have a dinner together.

During the time when Fourth Brother came home, she only had breakfast and evening meals with him on the second day when she was on rest. After that, they had breakfast and evening meals in restaurants every day.

Wen also went back with Xu Qinyu.

When they got home, the hot water was already ready. Ning Jie'er asked them to go back to the house to wash up first, and they brought the food to the table.

Nowadays, we eat in the main hall, which is large and spacious, with plenty of room for everyone.

Wen and Xu Qinyu were both sticky and went back to their rooms to wash up. Xu Qinyu even washed her black hair.

It’s hot now and it’s easy for the head to sweat, so she not only washes her face every day, but also washes her hair once a day.

After washing, Xu Qinyu just wiped her wet hair with a cloth towel, and wiped it half dry. Her hair was a little thick and black. There was no hair dryer here, so she could only wipe it half dry with a cloth towel. After dinner, she went to the wooden pavilion to blow dry her hair. After her hair was dry, she could go to bed.

With her hair still wet, Xu Qinyu wore a simple silk dress and went to the main hall to have dinner with everyone.

She had bought some satin and made it into pajamas for her family.

The silk dress was inconvenient for her to wear when going out to work, but it was perfect for her to use as pajamas.

So she made two sets for herself, both of which were ordinary long shirts and trousers, with ties at the waist and sides, just like clothes.

This silk dress is really comfortable to sleep in, and almost everyone in my family wears it to sleep.

The two sets of silk gowns were made last autumn. In the past two years, even though she has been at the border, she has eaten well and drank well and has started to grow taller and taller. The gowns made last year are still suitable in the waist but a little tight around the chest. However, the top and pants were made relatively long, so they fit her perfectly now.

I also made two sets for my fourth brother. He has been wearing silk clothes to sleep these days.

Going to the main hall, Pei Weixuan glanced at Yu Niang. She had a large cloth towel draped over her shoulders to prevent her hair from getting her clothes on the back wet.

She was wearing a crescent-colored silk dress embroidered with a few simple lotus flowers that were about to bloom. She had a slender waist and a plump chest. Her black hair was scattered behind her. Her face was white and tender, without a single blemish. She had just washed, and her cheeks had a natural blush, like a lotus emerging from water.

After just one glance, Pei Weixuan lowered his eyes.

Wen smiled and said, "Mrs. Yu, please sit down and eat."

There was an empty seat next to Fourth Brother, so Xu Qinyu went over and sat down.

Everyone ate the evening meal together.

Wen also asked Pei Weixuan what time he would leave tomorrow and whether he could have breakfast before leaving.

The Pei family usually follows the rule of not talking before eating and not talking before sleeping, and they can say whatever they want at the dinner table.

Pei Weixuan said: "There is no rush to leave after using the morning food."

Tomorrow at noon, I will go to the bamboo forest outside the town to meet up with Huo Ye and the others, and then go back to the island first.

A mother worries when her son travels a thousand miles away from home, so Wen naturally gave her son detailed instructions, telling him not to act too aggressively when he is away from home, and to take good care of his health.

Pei Weixuan also agreed.

After Mrs. Wen finished speaking, she told Pei Weixuan not to worry about his family, as she would take good care of them.

Pei Weixuan listened and responded occasionally, but most of the time he helped Xu Qinyu pick up food.

When Wen saw this, her heart was moved, and she said, "In a few years, Ning Jie'er will be grown up, and it will be time to find a marriage. Xuan'er, if you know any reliable people in the caravan or other places, you can help keep an eye out for them." She had long given up the idea of ​​returning to the capital, and now her family were just ordinary people. When arranging a marriage for Ning Jie'er, she didn't look for a wealthy family, but only wanted to find a family that truly loved Ning Jie'er, treated her well, and had no troubles or relatives at home.

Sister Ning said coquettishly, "Mom, I don't want to get married. I want to stay with you and sister-in-law for a few more years."

Although Ning Jie'er is already fourteen years old, she has no intention of getting married. She just wants to expand her business.

Now more and more people come to her to place orders, and she wants to rent a small shop, set up a small workshop, and hire some women who are good at needlework and embroidery to work.

Mrs. Lu had seen the bags she made before and said they were very beautiful and exquisite.

Most of the bags that Ning Jie'er makes now are only suitable for unmarried girls in their teens. Mrs. Lu likes this kind of bag very much, but she thinks it is not suitable for people of her age. She also asked Ning Jie'er if she could make some bags suitable for women to carry, which should be calm, elegant and gentle.

Sister Ning really painted it, and made it with satin and fine silk, making it both soft and elegant.

Mrs. Lu really liked the bag when she saw it, and bought it for twenty taels of silver.

So Sister Ning had some other ideas at that moment. She wanted to set up a workshop specializing in making bags for people of all ages. She could increase the cost and price appropriately, and use some pearls, gemstones and jade scraps to decorate the bags. The price of the bags could also be raised. They didn't have to be sold in Yuanbao Town. She could talk to Madam Lu and then have Madam Lu's caravan transport the bags to other state capitals to sell.

But she hasn't told anyone about these thoughts yet, and is planning to ask her sister-in-law about them in the next few days.

Xu Qinyu also thinks the bags made by Ning Jie'er are very beautiful.

The bags made by Sister Ning are not of modern style. They are all made of various satins, silks, furs, and hand-stitched with embroidery. They match well with the clothes and jewelry worn in this era. Because of such a unique bag, the whole person looks more outstanding, so Sister Ning's business is very good.

Sister Ning said she wanted to accompany her sister-in-law for a few years.

Mrs. Wen glanced at her son and said to Ning Jie'er, "Your sister Yu Niang is already seventeen this year. She will be nineteen in two years. You all know how she came into our family. She and Xuan'er were not engaged at first. It was the Dechang Marquis's Mansion who didn't want Xu Qinhui to suffer, so they pushed Yu Niang out to take her place."

At this point, Wen paused, "So it's better to say some things today. Yu Niang came to our house, she is not only a benefactor. If it weren't for Yu Niang, we don't know how we would be living now, but we would definitely have suffered all kinds of hardships." She knew very well that if it weren't for Yu Niang using her cooking skills to support them since they arrived at the border, their family would be backboneless. Xuan Ge'er was still poisoned at that time, even if they had a few dozen taels of silver on them, it would be a long time before they ran out of money.

From the beginning, I relied on Yu Niang, and even now I still rely on Yu Niang.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Wen family, Yu Niang was not only regarded as their daughter, but also as the benefactor of their family.

Pei Weixuan had already anticipated what his mother was going to say next, and he stood there like an ice sculpture, motionless.

Wen continued, "Yu Niang is not considered Xuan Ge'er's wife. At that time, we didn't even exchange engagement cards, nor did we worship heaven and earth. We are not considered husband and wife. In the eyes of all of us, Yu Niang is more like a relative. So I thought that Yu Niang is already seventeen years old, and it is time to get married. Since we didn't exchange engagement cards and worship heaven and earth, Yu Niang is just a girl. Let Xuan Ge'er write it clearly, and both of us will put our handprints on it. In the future, we can find a good husband for Yu Niang. Yu Niang is old enough, and she will have to get married anyway."

Ning Jie'er hesitated for a moment. In her heart, although she always called her fourth sister-in-law, Yu Niang was indeed more like a sister than a sister-in-law. She had never thought of letting Yu Niang and her fourth brother get married and have children.

Because even she could see that Yu Niang and Fourth Brother seemed more like relatives.

After all, Fourth Brother usually treated them all the same, with a cold attitude, and hardly spoke a few words to anyone.

Pei Weixuan lowered his eyes.

Xu Qinyu heard this and waved her hands in haste, "Mom, please stop talking. I don't plan to get married, at least not now. I don't plan to get married before I'm 20. Let's talk about it after I'm 20. Mom, don't rush me into getting married."

In her eyes, Fourth Brother was more like a relative, and she had indeed never thought of marrying him for two reasons.

She was already 28 years old, and when she met her fourth brother, he was only 19. How could she fall in love with a young man who was nine years younger than her?

Her thoughts and emotions are mature enough. In her heart, she knows what she wants, which is a career.

In her heart, career is more important than love, and her desire for love is not high.

Secondly, this body is only in his teens, still a child.

If you leave it in the future, getting married and having children in your teens, wouldn't that be ruining your body?

The body is not fully developed yet, yet you have to bear the risk of having a child.

Therefore, even if she wants to have a biological child in the future, she will only consider this after she has made up her mind and has someone she likes.

But to be honest, even in her last life, when she was already 28, she had never been in love.

She started cooking and building her career in junior high school. When she was in high school, her classmates were busy doing exercises and studying, but she was still busy cooking and building her career.

When they went to college, while other people were busy dating, she had already opened her own restaurant and was so busy that she had no time to fall in love and had to focus on her career.

After she finally managed to stabilize her career, she still had no suitable candidates or channels to make new friends.

Because she didn't meet anyone she liked, she did get introduced to blind dates by mothers at the orphanage or former high school and college teachers.

Either he has no feelings or he is too weird. He asked her about the annual profit of her private restaurant right away. He even wanted her to pay for the wedding house and car and to move the whole family into the house, thinking that she has no shortage of money and should be more generous. He even wanted to take over the shares of her private restaurant after marriage, so he never met the right person.

Although there are some people with good character, she doesn't feel much about them.

Later, her Xu Ji Restaurant chain opened more and more stores, and she also participated in world-class chef competitions.

In short, until her death, she had never had a normal love affair.

Suddenly I came to this feudal society, facing guests and the Pei family all day long.

Although Fourth Brother is good-looking and a good person, and in modern times, no one can resist Fourth Brother's looks, even though this body is four years younger than Fourth Brother, in her heart, Fourth Brother is nine years younger than her. She doesn't dare to stare at Fourth Brother all the time, for fear of falling in love with him and feeling weird.

Now that Wen mentioned her marriage plans, she also planned to talk about it.

Before she was twenty, she had no ideas at all.

After the age of 20, if I meet the right person, I will make other plans.

Upon hearing that Yu Niang had no plans before she turned 20, Wen breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but glance at her son who looked like an ice sculpture.

There are still three years left. I hope Brother Xuan can work harder and not just keep his head down and say nothing.

Pei Weixuan's eyelids moved, and his ice-sculpture-like body relaxed a little, and he picked up a piece of snail meat with his chopsticks and gave Xu Qinyu.

Xu Qinyu smiled and said, "Fourth brother, you eat too."

As he said this, he also picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks for Pei Weixuan.

After dinner, Pei Weixuan washed the dishes and came out to see Yu Niang leaning on a rattan chair under the wooden pavilion.

The breeze was blowing gently, she was sitting with her eyes closed, her dark hair scattered on the rattan chair, and she was wearing a crescent-colored silk dress. In the dim twilight, she looked like a bewitching monster born under the moonlight.

Pei Weixuan didn't know what love was, but he knew in his heart that Yu Niang was different in his heart.

He is kind to the Pei family because they are family, so he will protect them.

But Yu Niang is different.

From the very beginning, when he was still on the road of exile, a few days after Yu Niang fell ill, he already knew that Yu Niang was not the real Yu Niang, and her inner core had changed.

He guessed at that time that someone had taken away Yu Niang's body.

Later, it was discovered that Yu Niang liked to cook and never had any other thoughts. She treated people sincerely and treated the Pei family very well.

While getting along with her, or rather observing her, he discovered that the place where she originally lived was not like this era.

There should be no strict separation between men and women in Yu Niang's place, and the status of men and women should be equal. They can have enough food and warm clothes, and there is no war. It is a very peaceful place.

I also know that Xiao Yu Niang came here against her will.

Gradually, he realized that he treated Yu Niang differently from his family.

He doesn't pay too much attention to his family and his thoughts are ordinary, but he often cares about Yu Niang's every move.

Later, when he went out to sea, he dreamed of Yu Niang day and night, and he knew that Yu Niang was not a relative in his heart, and he had different feelings for Yu Niang.

He had never had any feelings, couldn't explain what feelings were, and couldn't even describe specifically what it was like to feel this way towards Yu Niang.

But just now when his mother told Yu Niang to go and discuss marriage, a trace of blood gushed out of his throat, and he thought that if anyone really dared to marry Yu Niang, he would strangle that person's neck.

When I heard Yu Niang say that I wouldn't make any other plans before I turned 20, the numb feeling of wanting to destroy something gradually dissipated.

Pei Weixuan stood at the door of the kitchen and looked at the slender girl sitting on the rattan chair. The fingers hanging on the side of his thigh moved as if convulsed. He went back to his room to get the silver hairpin he had bought a few days ago, as well as a large and thick gauze cloth.

She took the hairpin and came to the wooden pavilion. Xu Qinyu was not asleep yet. She heard footsteps, opened her eyes and saw a tall and slender figure.

It was dusk and the sky was very dark. She couldn't see her fourth brother's face clearly, but she could make out his figure.

She half sat up and said with a smile, "Fourth brother, you go to bed first. I'll blow dry my hair and go to bed later."

Pei Weixuan said, "I can't sleep either. Let me help Yu Niang dry her hair first. If you keep blowing it like this, how long will it take to dry it?"

Xu Qinyu thought about it and nodded, saying, "Then I'll trouble you, Fourth Brother."

He moved a bamboo chair over, sat next to her, and wiped her still wet hair with a thick cloth.

He started wiping from the scalp with gentle movements. Xu Qinyu felt so comfortable as he pressed the towel against her scalp that she wanted to fall asleep. She could only talk to divert her attention, "Fourth brother, do you want to eat something tomorrow? I'll make something for you to take on the road."

Pei Weixuan paused and said, "No need."

She was very tired from running the restaurant all day, and he could not eat much of the snacks she brought for him on the way, as they were all shared by Huo Ye and the others.

"No." Xu Qinyu said, "I still have to make some snacks for Fourth Brother."

There are a lot of dried snail meats in the restaurant. She will soak more tomorrow. After soaking, she can make spicy dried snail meat, which is delicious and chewy and can satisfy her craving.

She would take out the excess snail meat, clean it, and then dry it in the sun to make dried snail meat. This way, it can be stored for a long time, so that she will have snail meat to eat in the winter.

When Yu Niang's hair was almost dry, Pei Weixuan used the silver hairpin in his hand to help Yu Niang tie her hair into a bun.

The hair on the top of her head was loose, and her bun was also loose, held together only by a silver hairpin.

Xu Qinyu touched the hairpin and asked with a smile, "Fourth brother, did you buy me another hairpin?"

"Well, the glass one is not convenient to take out, so you can use this silver hairpin on weekdays."

"Thank you, Fourth Brother."

Xu Qinyu didn't bother to be polite with her fourth brother. She took off the hairpin and took a look at it. It was a very delicate silver hairpin, and also a very casual style. She could wear it on a daily basis.

She pulled out the silver hairpin, and her loose hair fell down and spread behind her, with a few strands of black hair falling on her face.

Pei Weixuan only took a glance and stood up, "It's getting late, Yu Niang should go back to her room and rest early."