Su Qian didn't reply: "Don't ask these questions, just take me down the mountain first."
In any case, we can't stay in the mountains forever. This place is remote, and we don't know if there will be ferocious wild animals at night.
God had brought her here by chance, and she always felt that it wouldn't be that simple.
This time, we really just have to make the best of it.
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On the way down the mountain, Su Qian learned the woodcutter's name. His name was Zhang Rui, and the villagers called him Zhang Qiaozi.
His parents had passed away, and his father was killed by wild beasts in the mountains.
He said that on that day, his father still had not returned home by nightfall, so his mother asked the villagers to go look for him together. When they found him, almost only his head and limbs were left.
After this incident, the mother's health was much worse than before. The mother and son depended on each other for more than ten years, but just two years ago she fell seriously ill. The family savings were exhausted, but her life could not be saved, and she eventually passed away.
Su Qian was originally a little suspicious of him, but after listening to him talk about his parents along the way, especially how he had exhausted the family savings for his mother's illness, she began to believe him a little.
Zhang Rui walked ahead, carrying his load. "It's getting late now. When I get home, I'll talk to my neighbor Aunt Li and ask her to take you in for a while."
"Otherwise, as a girl, you won't be safe after dark."
Su Qian thought, this is the only way.
Su Qian followed Zhang Rui into Taohua Village. It was the time when every household was tidying up and preparing for dinner. When they saw Zhang Rui bringing back a strange and beautiful woman, the neighbors all started to whisper.
"How come this woodcutter went into the mountains to hunt and brought back a young woman?"
"That's right. I've lived in Taohua Village for decades, and it's always like this day in and day out. Why did he suddenly bring back a beautiful girl...could she be...a monster?"
Everyone was horrified after hearing this and said, "That's not impossible. Aren't there always rumors of fox demons and peach blossom demons in the village?"
"I heard that this fox demon only seduces young men. What do you think? Could it be..."
While listening, Su Qian followed Zhang Rui towards where he lived.
She pretended not to hear these rumors. When she was in the Tongpan Mansion in Zhiyi City, the servants in the mansion said things that were much more unpleasant than this.
She has become accustomed to it.
She looked up at Zhang Rui in front of her. The silly boy was concentrating on doing what he was supposed to do and acted as if he didn't hear what was said elsewhere.
"Don't worry. The villagers have never seen a woman from outside, so they made such a guess, just like when I met you just now."
Su Qian didn't say anything. She just hoped that she could live a quiet life in this era without causing any more trouble.
When she arrived at Zhang Rui's house, she looked at him carefully for a while. His family was indeed very poor, as he said.
Aside from the door, which was relatively sturdy, the rest of the tables and chairs were covered in patches. The small house contained only a few simple pieces of furniture, and the walls were painted in mottled colors.
She went to the kitchen and took a look around. The kitchen was also simple and shabby, and there was not even any decent food.
Zhang Rui went home, put down the firewood and prey, and then washed his hands. Looking at her gorgeous dress, he rubbed his hands helplessly and smiled a little stiffly, "My family's conditions are really simple. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Su Qian: "No problem."
"Let's go, I'll take you to find Aunt Li."
"good."
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Zhang Rui knocked on Aunt Li's door and shouted at the top of his voice, "Aunt Li! Aunt Li, open the door! I have something to talk to you about!"
The person who came to open the door was Aunt Li's daughter, named Liu Yuaner. She only opened the door a little and looked at Zhang Rui and Su Qian behind him through the door.
She said in a bad tone: "What's the matter?"
Zhang Rui no longer had the friendly look he had before. "Where's your mother? Ask her to come out. I have something to discuss with her."
Liu Yuaner's jealous eyes moved from Su Qian's face down to her dress. He tightened his grip on the door bolt, "You poor woodcutter, what could you possibly ask my mother for? Just because you ask my mother to come out, does that mean she has to come out?"
Zhang Rui's face was gloomy. "Liu Yuan'er, don't make trouble. This matter has nothing to do with you. Why are you trying to stop me?"
Liu Yuaner said, "As long as it has something to do with you, Zhang Qiaozi, I will stop you!"
"I just look down on you, and you can't even think about entering my house!" After Liu Yuaner said that, he slammed the door shut, and a layer of dust fell into Zhang Rui's eyes.
The discomfort made him close his eyes suddenly. He stretched out his hands to rub his eyes and cursed, "This Liu Yuan'er is so domineering!"
Su Qian stretched out her right hand to stop him, "Don't rub it!"
Zhang Rui closed his eyes and was stunned. Su Qian continued, "Rinse with clean water. Let's go back first."
He replied blankly, "Oh...oh, okay."
He closed his eyes and was unable to walk, so Su Qian pulled a corner of his clothes and took him back to the yard. She opened a basin of clear water, took his hand in hers, and pushed him into the water, "Wash."
Zhang Rui rinsed his eyes with water and thought to himself that he originally thought she was a daughter from a wealthy family who accidentally ended up here.
But when she looked at the way she fetched water for him just now, she didn't have the airs of a young lady.
Even Liu Yuaner next door looked at him with contempt and disgust, but he could not see such emotions in Su Qian's eyes.
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