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When the Uncle Biao and Susu heard Xiaowan say that, they knew that they could not stop him. They said that he wanted to personally send the Xiaowan back to the village, so when Da Qing came, the Xiaowan would not move.

Halfway there, he saw that his wife was still on her way, so he picked her up.

It was still the first time that Madam Zhou sat in a carriage. She looked around curiously and asked the Xiaowan: ”It's too late, are you really going to marry the Manager Ling?”

Xiaowan nodded lightly: ”The betrothal gift has already been set.”

When he arrived at the's house, he saw Xiaowan enter. There were villagers watching at the side, and when he looked back, they saw how domineering Uncle Biao was. They all quickly ran away.

The Uncle Biao was still worried, he said to the Xiaowan: ”If you have anything to say, run. If you can't get to the inn, you can just go to the town's infirmary.”

Xiaowan's eyebrows curved up as she smiled, ”Uncle, don't worry, although the villagers are not good, they aren't bad either. Rest assured, when my father comes back, I'll go back. ”

”Big sister, big sister …”

Before Xiaowan even said goodbye, Wen Bao and Wen Juan came out of the house crying.

The two of them were both disheveled, crying until their eyes were red and swollen. They held her as they spoke incoherently, causing Xiaowan to sigh and bring them to wash their faces.

The Uncle Biao helped to scoop up two vats of water and started a fire. He found the millet and cooked porridge, and under the constant urging of the Xiaowan, he felt uneasy and left.

Xiaowan sat at the side watching them. Someone called out to her from outside, and when she stepped out the door she saw that the Aunt Wang next door was sitting in front of her house.

Her forehead was wrapped in layers of cloth, upon hearing that her head was bloodied, she opened her mouth to speak, but her voice was hoarse. She pulled on Xiaowan's sleeves, begging her to come to the Village Chief's gate to beg for mercy.

”If I don't go, then there's no use.” Xiaowan hardened her heart and said, ”Aunt, that woman has let my father down. I'll go and plead for mercy, then I'll also let my father down. I came back to take care of Wen Bao. I didn't care about him when my father came back. ”

Aunt Wang cried. ”This shameless bastard has caused me so much trouble. How can my son marry a wife, and how can my daughter marry out …”

She continued to cry, her voice hoarse and still crying, her eyes suddenly lit up as she grabbed onto Xiaowan's hand and said, ”Silver, where's your one hundred taels of silver? Xiaowan, can you dig it out for her and give it to the village head?”

Xiaowan shook her head: ”How would I know where she was hiding? Furthermore, she would rather be shameless than want her life, than give up her money.

Lady Wang stared at Xiaowan in a daze. This little girl was usually beaten and scolded, but it seemed like she had such an idea in her mind.

”Aunt Wang, I am sorry only.” The Xiaowan said, ”I knew they were fighting, I didn't dare to say it …”

How could the Aunt Wang not know about this? She could only blame the Madam Xu for being too despicable and for scolding him to the point that there was nothing left of him.

She wanted to drag Xiaowan out to the fields to plead for the guards. At least they would give her some saliva to eat, but Xiaowan refused it no matter what. She said that she did not want to see such a filthy scene.

When she finally got rid of them, Xiaowan entered the room and saw that her two siblings had already finished eating and had fallen asleep on the brick bed.

After she cleaned up the wok and bowl, she could still hear Aunt Wang's crying from next door. Although this kind of punishment was cruel, children were not allowed to see it in the village, and at least it would not scare them. However, Wen Bao and the others, who were in the village later on, could not even raise their heads among their peers.

If something like this were to happen in someone else's house, the Xiaowan would definitely sympathize with the woman who was tied up on the ground. It would be fine to just kill her after a beating, but there was no need to humiliate others like that.

But she really couldn't sympathize with her own family. She hadn't read a book and didn't know how to use the word 'avenging with virtue', but she understood this logic, she couldn't sympathize with the Madam Xu at all. She pitied her stepmother, and so she let down her own mother who had been born with her life.

If one was idle, it was hard not to miss people thousands of miles away. The tavern had things to do, her family also had things to do, the young lady that was waiting to be married smiled foolishly, could this be considered fate?

At the moment, Ling Chaofeng and the Aunt Zhang had already rushed to the capital, and it just so happened that the Emperor was about to pass down an order to settle this case. However, they caught a few maids and cooks in their Prime Minister's Estate but did not touch the Mrs. Bi.

When Ershan returned from the yamen, he saw Ling Chaofeng standing in front of the hall waiting for him when he entered the door. He lowered his head, raised it, and lowered it again.

”How is it?” Ling Chaofeng went straight to the point, ”When will you be able to resume your original duties?”