"What should we do now?" Wang Yinhua asked.
Although Wang Yougen was beaten black and blue, he considered himself quite lucky compared to being locked up in a dark prison and at the mercy of others.
If he hadn't run away from the restaurant without paying the day before, the restaurant manager would have threatened to kill him if he found him. He was so scared that he wanted to hide for a few days, but he might have ended up in jail like his father.
After hearing what his sister said, he said unhappily: "What should I do? Of course I should go back to the village."
Wang Yinhua hesitated: "Aren't you trying to save Dad?"
"How do we save them?" Wang Yougen asked, "Didn't you hear them say they'd beat us to death if we didn't leave? Don't even think about it. Leave quickly. Saving your life is more important."
But the question arose again. Wang Yinhua asked, "How do we get back?"
Wang Yougen said as a matter of course: "Just beg for alms."
After five days of begging and sleeping in the open air, they finally returned to Taoshan Village. Along the way, their ragged appearance attracted the attention of the whole village.
"Hey, Yougen, how did you become like this? Didn't you say you were going to the capital to enjoy yourself? Why are you acting like a lost dog?"
"Yinhua, where's your man? Why did you come back alone?"
Wang Yinhua covered her face and ran away.
Wang Yougen was thick-skinned and let them talk. When he got home and lay on his bed, he was so tired that he didn't even want to move a finger.
"Fortunately, Sheng Guangyao didn't sell the house."
Wang Yougen asked Wang Yinhua to cook, but there was nothing at home, so the two had to go to their uncle's house for a meal.
After three days of freeloading, the uncles and aunts of the Wang family couldn't take it anymore.
"Our family isn't well off, so you should find a decent job... It doesn't matter if you can't find one right now. I'm willing to pay 100 coins for the mud house I gave you..."
What about sending away beggars? Wang Yougen was unwilling to sell.
That house was his last retreat. If he left alone without caring about the three people in prison, who knew if Sheng Guangyao would come back and chase him away?
The uncles and aunts of the Wang family gave him some advice.
"The land allocated to your family will lie idle anyway. Since you're in urgent need of money, we'll take a small loss and buy it for 500 wen per mu."
500 Wen is still a high price? Wang Yougen couldn't stand them treating him like a fool.
"I won't sell the land. If you really want to help me, find someone with a high bride price to marry my sister off. After I receive her bride price, I promise not to come to your house for free meals anymore."
The uncles and aunts of the Wang family were willing to act as matchmakers, but Wang Yinhua's reputation was ruined in the surrounding villages. They also knew that her miscarriages harmed her health, so no one was willing to marry a woman who was unclean and unable to have children.
In the end, Wang Yinhua was sold to a brothel, and she accepted this result well.
At least you can get enough food in a brothel and don't have to endure the cold stares of the villagers.
Before leaving, Wang Yinhua put the prepared wild vegetable porridge in front of Wang Yougen, watched him eat it, and grinned.
Wang Yougen was horrified by what he saw.
She calmly packed her things and left with the people from the brothel without looking back.
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After dealing with the Sheng and Wang families, Sheng Qiyue did not go back immediately, but went to a famous theater in the city with Jimo Yuan to watch a play.
On the way back, the two encountered an assassination attempt, but Jimo Yuan was well prepared and brought Sheng Qiyue back to He Mansion safely.
Because of this assassination, Sheng Qiyue doesn't plan to go out again in the short term.
Jimo Yuan: "It's indeed unsafe recently. If my prediction is correct, Admiral Lu will try every possible means to get rid of us."
Poison was also found in the magistrate's food. After discussing with Jimo Yuan, he decided to take advantage of the situation and tell others that he was poisoned.
Then he lay in bed and did not even go to the office. He handed over all the affairs in his hands to the assistant officials to reduce the possibility of being assassinated.
The prefect is an important witness and cannot die.
Sheng Qiyue stayed in the mansion like this, and Jimo Yuan went out every day to deploy plans. He's mother had been specifically instructed by the prefect, and now she sighed every day and did not dare to make things difficult for Sheng Qiyue.
The only one who was still jumping around was Aunt Bi. She tried several times to break into Furong Courtyard, under the pretext of delivering something, but was stopped every time by Jimo Yuan's people.
In the end, it was He's mother who stepped in to calm Aunt Bi down, but she was very unconvinced. She was afraid that Sheng Qiyue would become pregnant and gain status by having a child, so she secretly prepared to make trouble.
That day, Cangjia came to report: "My cousin is here."
"Let her..." Thinking of Lou Xinlan's dirty look, Sheng Qiyue said, "Forget it, I'll go out by myself."
Lou Xinlan really had no other choice.
Sheng Qiyue has always been in favor. The two families of Sheng and Wang that she asked others to bring over have weak fighting power and were defeated in just one round. She could only go out on her own, hoping to get beauty points.
The wound on her face was painful and itchy. Looking at Sheng Qiyue's smooth and beautiful face in front of her, Lou Xinlan felt more and more unwilling, and a flash of jealousy appeared in her eyes.
She smiled and took out the things she had prepared: "Madam Sheng, I brought the best rouge and powder, which are from the largest jewelry store in the south of the city. I had to wait in a long line to buy them."
"Really? Thank you, cousin."
Seeing that she was not rejected, Lou Xinlan was delighted and quickly said, "No, no, as long as Aunt Sheng likes it."
She handed the thing in her hand over, but Sheng Qiyue didn't take it, and Lou Xinlan's smile froze.
"Aunt Sheng still won't forgive me? I really didn't mean to block your way. I'm sorry again. Please don't bother with me, okay? Please."
Lou Xinlan was very humble and regretted it so much in her heart. If she had known earlier, she should have restrained her impulse and would not have let Sheng Qiyue dislike her, causing her to not get a single beauty point after so long.
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