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With this shout, the entire village became lively. Everyone was curious about Ling Chaofeng's appearance, and the people who had seen him in the town's bazaar all had their own opinions of him. The more the news spread, the more bizarre it became.

Everyone knew, however, that Ling Chaofeng and Madam Xu did not get along well. Last time, when Mu Wen Bao was smashed into a pulp, everyone said that Xiaowan got married to such a powerful man, and it was finally possible for her to vent her anger after so many years.

The villagers thought that even if Madam Xu met her son-in-law in the future, she would still have to hide and leave. Who knew that she would have plotted against the Aunt Wang next door in order to earn money from Ling Xiao Inn through the Xiaowan. Right now, it was too late for her to find a chance to interact with them. She didn't care about face, she only knew that there was no way she could live without money.

At this moment, Madam Xu was in the kitchen making corn porridge. Upon hearing these words, she hurriedly scooped out the porridge and rushed into the house, beating up her son and daughter who were still sleeping soundly. She could not even open her eyes as she shouted: "Go, your Big Sis and Brother-in-law are back, quickly go and bring them back."

When Mu Wen Bao heard it was Ling Chaofeng, he was so frightened that he saw a ghost. He hid in a corner and cried, "I won't go, I won't go, he's going to throw me out again. Mother, my butt is still hurting."

Madam Xu picked up the broom that was used to sweep the dust on the brick bed and threatened, "Do you want to go?

However, Xiaowan and Ling Chaofeng had never planned to return to the village. Since they had decided to follow their husband and live in an inn, unless something happened to their father, she would definitely not go back to that house.

He had originally thought that the Xiaowan would be overly kind, and because he had coincidentally married a good person, he would be able to forget everything from the past and take care of his younger brother and sister. But she didn't do that at all. Aunt Zhang had also told him that he said that he would never care about the life or death of his family, and that he would never forgive Madam Xu.

But now, when they returned to their mother's grave, they put away the incense burner, unwilling to let anyone else spoil it or call it a stray dog or cat, and decided to bring them all back again next year during the Qing Ming Festival to pay their respects to their mother.

Ling Chaofeng supported Xiaowan down the mountain, but Xiaowan was smiling: "Going up and down the mountain makes me more nimble, I used to go up and cut firewood everyday."

But just as he finished speaking, he tripped over a dried twig beneath his feet, fell into Ling Chaofeng's embrace, and was scolded by his husband: "Did you slap your mouth? I told you to be naughty. "

The two of them held hands as they walked down the mountain. When they reached the foot of the mountain, the Xiaowan took one last look back and said to Master, "Actually, I've never told Mother about my hardships. I was afraid that she might be worried about me from the sky."

"Then what did you say?" Ling Chaofeng asked.

"I said I was fine, so I assured my mother." Xiaowan snickered, as if she was afraid that her husband wouldn't believe him. "It's true, anyway …"

She hadn't cried at all, but now she couldn't hold back her tears. She looked at her husband and choked with sobs, "It doesn't matter what I say, it's not like mother can come and save me, but I'm really healed now. I have a husband who loves me and protects me."

Ling Chaofeng said gently: "Then why are you crying, am I bullying you?"

Xiaowan sniffed with her nose, feeling even more sad. "My dear husband, I was not willing to marry at the beginning, and wanted to fight with you to the death. Fortunately you didn't lose me, so what would I do if you lost me?"

Ling Chaofeng laughed: "I still wanted to ask you. At that time, all you wanted to do was run, have you thought about where you could have left me?"

Xiaowan wiped her tears and said, "At that time, I was not stupid."

They slowly walked down the mountain, where the carriage was tied up. Most of the people inside the Qingling Village were donkeys and mules, and they were all very curious to see a horse.

Ling Chaofeng supported the Xiaowan up the carriage, but just as he sat down, the voice of a child came from afar. The two children ran frantically towards the carriage, and shouted out, "Big sister, big sister!"

It was her little brother and sister. Xiaowan looked at Ling Chaofeng and saw his husband nodding, so she got out of the car again. The two children ran over to her and Mu Wen Bao hid behind his second sister Wen Juan.

"Eldest young mistress …" Wen Juan was also timid, and did not dare to look at the tall and big man beside him. She pulled at Xiaowan's sleeves and stammered, "We made breakfast at home, and Father and Mother call you, Big Sis, and Brother-in-law out for breakfast."

Wen Juan's hair was in a mess, Wen Bao's face still had a pillow mark, she must have just been dragged out of bed.

He touched his sister's hair and said, "We've finished eating breakfast. We still have things to do, so we're in a hurry to leave. Tell Father that I'll come see him next time."

Wen Bao shouted, "Big sister, go back first. If you don't come back with us, my mother will beat me to death."

His little sister, Wen Juan, also begged, "Big sister, mother said that she will definitely bring you back."

"Juan'er, I can't go back." Although the relationship between the Xiaowan and her sister-in-law was not close, they were children who did not understand. If they followed their mother and bullied others, they would not be able to differentiate between the right and wrong.

But this was the same thing, she could only say that she did not care, but she did not intend to bear any responsibility for their present future, even with such a small matter.

"Hubby, let's go." Unexpectedly, Wen Bao acted shamelessly and sat down on the ground while hugging her leg, "Big sister, I won't let you go, go home and eat breakfast with me, if you don't go, my mother will beat me up."

Xiaowan could not push it away, nor could she persuade them to do so. Thus, the two of them decided to just cry, the sound spread far and wide, and the villagers who came to see them became more and more.

Seeing that the Xiaowan was not moved, and that there was nothing he could do, Ling Chaofeng took out two silver ingots from his bosom and gave one to each of them, "Bring this back, and Mother will not beat you up. We are leaving today, we will come back next time."

Mu Wen Bao took the silver from his brother-in-law's hands shakily and whispered to his second sister. The two of them were young, but understood money, and seemed to have followed their mother, taking the silver ingots and immediately running back.

"Don't give them money next time." But Xiaowan was not grateful to Ling Chaofeng, she showed a somewhat wifely attitude, "Didn't you say that all of the money is mine, I still haven't nodded my head."

Ling Chaofeng laughed, then said: "That is my private money, sending the little brat away is not worth anything."

Xiaowan insisted, "You have to promise me that you won't give me any money. That woman is a bottomless pit, if you give her this, she will taste the sweetness.

Ling Chaofeng happily carried his wife, ignoring the people watching from afar, and kissed her on her tender cheek: "Evening, you aren't stupid at all, you will always surprise me."

"What's wrong? Are you laughing at me again? "

Xiaowan didn't know what his husband was happy about, sshe was still brooding over the two pieces of silver. On the way back, he muttered for a long time, secretly thinking of using the Jade Ring to make a wish to "bring back" the silver. But when she thought about how the Madam Xu would turn his family upside down if all the money disappeared, how would he be able to run over to the inn and cause trouble instead?

Moreover, this Jade Ring was so sacred, she wanted to use it for a good deed.

On the way back, after going through the Baisha Town, Ling Chaofeng went to the charcoal shop to set a deposit for the winter, and then brought a few workers back to the tavern to check up on the kang.

Their bedroom was on the third floor. Since they did not burn the brick bed in winter, this year, when the Xiaowan was newly married, they set up a new charcoal stove.

Xiaowan watched her husband as he lit up the fine charcoal in the stove. However, there was not a speck of dust.

"Husband, why is there no smoke?" Xiaowan was surprised, as she circled around the charcoal stove.

Ling Chaofeng laughed: "Not surprising, this is not the best, the smell is bad. When the boat from Beijing arrived, I ordered better charcoal and brought it in for the winter to burn only in our house. "

Xiaowan felt that it was really extravagant, but after seeing the gold and silver in the cellar, she knew that Ling Chaofeng did not care about it.

Ling Chaofeng moved closer to her ear and whispered: "Like this, we will roll over in the winter, aren't you afraid that it will get cold?"

Xiaowan blushed red and pushed him away. She turned around and said, "I won't speak to you again, it's not proper at all."

Ling Chaofeng caught her and asked, "What did I say?"

Xiaowan said anxiously: "Ignore you."

Ling Chaofeng happily kissed his lips: "Didn't you say that we want to give birth to babies and teach them to memorize the Three Character Classic?"

Xiaowan laughed softly and struggled gently. She said softly, "Then you have to treat me well."

The husband and wife were sweet and sweet, Xiaowan forgot about what happened in the morning.

But on this night, Xiaowan sent Yue Xin, so they couldn't travel together. In the past, when she had no one to take care of her, she would only use straw and paper to cover herself. She was worried that it would leak out, and because of lack of clothes and food, her body would become cold.

This matter was naturally taken care of by the Aunt Zhang. Only then did Xiaowan find out what kind of cushion the young miss of a wealthy family would use to deal with this matter, and found out that the egg red sugar was so sweet and fragrant.

Aunt Zhang wrapped a towel around her belly and comforted her gently, "Don't worry, just sleep for a bit. Go to the town and find a doctor to prescribe some medicine. We'll recuperate properly so that it won't hurt anymore."

Xiaowan smiled weakly: "I only got spoiled here. It used to be painful, but I still had to work. I just had to grit my teeth and endure."

Aunt Zhang felt her heart ache, and she covered her with a blanket. "You don't have to endure anything in the future. She thought for a moment and asked again, "Xiao'er, do you understand what's going on with women? Do you know that if you don't show up in the future, you might have a baby?"

Xiaowan blushed and nodded, "I know. Although no one taught me, how could my stepmother do anything? She has served me for so many years, I think I have seen it for myself."

Aunt Zhang said: "That's good. Anyway, there will be things that I don't understand from now on. Aunt will teach you."

Xiaowan thought for a moment, then said softly: "Aunt treats me like my own mother."

"I actually want you to be my daughter." Unexpectedly, the Aunt Zhang didn't have any displeasure, but she laughed, "But we can't let the shopkeeper follow you and call me mother. In any case, we're together every day, so what's it matter? As for me, I have been looking forward to see the shopkeeper getting married everyday, or if it's Ershan getting married, I never thought that I would be looking forward to seeing a treasure here. "

He crawled up and was about to lie in her arms. Naturally, Aunt Zhang liked it too, so she caressed her to coax her, making her forget about the pain in her lower abdomen. Slowly, Xiaowan fell asleep.

Seeing her happily walking down the stairs, Ling Chaofeng asked: "Is she feeling better?"

Aunt Zhang laughed: "It's fine, as a woman, bringing her to see a doctor later on, must be because she suffered too much in the past and her body is weak."

Ling Chaofeng was deep in thought. Aunt Zhang had known him for many years, so he was not afraid of it, and said straightforwardly: "Shopkeeper, why don't you listen to my advice.

"That's what she was thinking, and she was a child herself." Ling Chaofeng smiled faintly, "With aunty taking care of her, I also feel at ease."

This way, after Xiaowan nurtured her body for a few days, she was not allowed to do any work in the shop. Since she had nothing else to do, she recited the Three Character Classic over and over again.

In a blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of September. That night, she had finished dinner and memorized every single word in front of everyone. Aunt Zhang clapped continuously and gave her a big chicken leg prize, praising her: "This time, we don't need to touch the palm anymore.

The Xiaowan looked at Hubby proudly. Ling Chaofeng said, "Also, you have memorized the [Thousand Words]. You must be proud of yourself."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door. It was the sound of knocking normally, and when Ershan went to open the door, it was the person who delivered the letter.

Aunt Zhang poured tea and sent water to the people. She asked if they had eaten yet, and those that came back to hurry back had already learned how to treat their guests. Before Aunt Zhang even opened her mouth, she had already packed some food and a kettle for them.

After Ling Chaofeng read the lettehee did not reply on the spot. Instead, he invited the person to return, and upon returning, she saw that Xiaowan was waiting by the door. She knew, she had an answer to the question about Susu these few days.

Ling Chaofeng passed the letter to her, then asked with a smile: "Can you read it?"

Xiaowan looked at it a few times, but could not make up any sentences. Even when reading, she could not understand it at all, only heard her husband say, "The Ministry Of Justice Emperor has been investigated for dereliction of duty and corruption, the Imperial Court has already taken him."

Aunt Zhang and the others were all indifferent, as if these things were nothing out of the ordinary. However, Xiaowan asked excitedly, "Then is it that no one is going to capture Susu again?"

Ling Chaofeng said: "They are unable to protect themselves, as for Susu's indenture contract, someone will send it over in a few days, I have already sent people to find a way to redeem it."

Xiaowan asked again: "That what? Were Susu's words really effective on that day?"

Ling Chaofeng laughed: "That's not it, there are people watching those things, I am only going to verify with her, is it true? If you want to help people, you can't casually harm innocent people, right? "

Xiaowan nodded her head repeatedly. Seeing that the sky was already dark, and it was too late tonight, she said that she would deliver the good news to Susu and Auntie Chen early in the morning.

However, the Aunt Zhang said: "Evening, just ask Ershan to send a message tomorrow. We need to clean the inn.

Xiaowan immediately agreed. "Then I won't go, I'll work with you." But she curiously asked, "What kind of guest is more noble than the Lord Sun, where did he come from?"

Ling Chaofeng laughed: "It's from Beijing, have you forgotten? I said that there's a boat docking in Beijing."