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The woman is grateful.

After eating for a while, the woman finally talked about her experience.

Indeed, as Gu Ming guessed, the life of their mother and daughter was relatively good.

The woman's name is Ah Fang, she is an orphan, raised by her grandmother.

Later, she met her husband, A Shuan, and they fell in love at first sight. Six months after they met, A Shuan married A Fang despite her family's opposition.

A Shuan's family can't be called a landlord, but after several generations of accumulation, the family has bought dozens of acres of land one after another, and built a large house in the village.

Moreover, Ah Shuan had studied for a few years, but his talent was a little weaker, and he had never been admitted as a scholar.

After marriage, the husband and wife are affectionate and loving, and the little life is very sweet.

Unfortunately, the good times are not long.

When Xiaoya was three years old, Ah Shuan went out with his father, and encountered robbers when they returned. The father and son were looted and killed by the robbers.

Since then, Ah Fang's mother and daughter have fallen into hell.

Ah Shuan has an older brother, Ah Suo, and a sister-in-law, Alan.This couple can be described as small-bellied and greedy for money.

When the father and younger brother died, the husband and wife were not only not sad, but happy.

Because, this family will be decided by the two of them in the future.

Ever since, the two started to bully Afang's mother and daughter together, forcing Afang to do dirty work. To put it bluntly, they just wanted to force Afang away.

For the sake of her daughter, A Fang swallowed her anger and worked hard.

But even so, he was still getting angry everywhere.

After all, according to traditional rules, the mother and daughter should be divided in half in the family.

But, how could Ah Suo and his wife be willing to share half of their property?

The two are domineering and domineering, they control all the money in the family, and they only give Afang mother and son a few tens of pennies a month to barely survive the day, which is not as good as a servant.

Later, Alan somehow found an old bachelor who was nearly fifty years old, and forced Afang to marry her daughter.

Ah Fang refused, and the couple beat and scolded.

Unbearable, Ah Fang finally agreed to the marriage that Alan said, thinking that marrying an old bachelor would be better than being angry at home every day.

Unexpectedly, the old bachelor turned out to be a bad alcoholic and a bad gambler. His family was so poor that he couldn't help but borrow money from everywhere to gamble and drink.

Ah Fang said a word, and the old bachelor began to beat and scold...

Later, they actually got the idea of ​​their mother and daughter, and wanted to sell the mother and daughter...

In desperation, Ah Fang could only escape with her daughter, begging all the way for a living.

After a year of suffering, I really couldn't bear it any longer.If this goes on like this, Xiaoya is afraid that she will die of illness if she does not starve to death.

Therefore, Ah Fang could only sell her daughter, hoping that she could find a kind family to adopt her.

As for her...it doesn't matter, a day is a day.

"Bang! There are such vicious people in the world!"

Hearing what happened to the mother and son, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but slapped the table angrily.

He may have heard of these things before, or he may have seen them in books, but he didn't feel deeply about them.

After all, whether it is hearing or reading, it seems to be far away from him.

Just like watching a play, no matter how miserable the performance in the play is, it will cause people to shed tears of sympathy.

But now, having witnessed such a thing with his own eyes, he was naturally deeply touched and very angry.

Therefore, this is also the purpose of Gu Ming taking Li Xiuyuan out on a tour.

For some things, if you tell them a hundred times, it is better to let the other party experience it for themselves.

Therefore, while letting Li Xiuyuan see some truth, goodness and beauty in the world, at the same time let him see the dark side.

Only in this way will he fully appreciate the vicissitudes of the world, ups and downs, joys and sorrows.

Dongxiang was also filled with righteous indignation: "Why didn't you report to the officials?"

"Officer?" Ah Fang smiled wryly and shook her head: "We orphans and widows, who is willing to speak for us? Maybe we will suffer more."

That's why Dongxiang didn't know much about court affairs and said so.

Rural matters, as long as they are not major cases, are generally handled by the squires themselves.

As the saying goes, it is difficult for an upright official to decide on family affairs. It is very difficult to win a case like Ah Fang's without any relationship or acquaintances...

Chapter 21 is really worse than a beast

However, since this happened, Gu Ming didn't intend to stand idly by.

After all, such a matter is simply a matter of little effort for him, but it can seek justice for the mother and daughter, allowing them to live a life of worry-free life again.

After some inquiries, I learned that A Fang's former husband's home was about 100 miles away, which is not too far away.

Therefore, Gu Ming immediately said: "Don't worry about this matter, we will definitely help you get justice."

"Could it be that the young master is an official?"

Ah Fang's eyes lit up.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "He is my teacher, although he is not a master official, but he is definitely more useful than a master official."

Having said that, Ah Fang was skeptical.

After all, in the eyes of ordinary people, besides the emperor, who else in the world is bigger than the official?

"So full!"

The little girl was finally full, and rubbed her stomach with her little hands and let out a contented snort.

"Little girl, you don't have to be hungry anymore."

Gu Ming patted the little girl's head affectionately.

"Well, thank you, big brother."

This little girl is quite obedient, she didn't call her Uncle, but Big Brother.

Afterwards, Dongxiang bought two sets of clothes with the woman and the girl at the market, and then brought them to the only inn in the market...

At first the clerk thought the mother and daughter were dirty, but Dongxiang took out a piece of silver, and the clerk immediately opened a room and poured a few buckets of hot water for the mother and daughter to wash comfortably. water bath.

After taking a shower and changing clothes, the mother and daughter looked much better.

To help people to the end, Gu Ming took out two elixirs for the mother and daughter to take.

The effects of these two panaceas are enough to make the mother and daughter live a long life and be free from all diseases.

Later, in order to take care of the mother and daughter, Gu Ming hired a carriage and asked Dongxiang to go up to accompany them, while he and Li Xiuyuan rode behind to follow.

In the morning of the next day, the group arrived at Lujia Bridge.

Lujia Bridge is a bridge, but also a place name.

This bridge was built by a master surnamed Lu. In addition, there are many people surnamed Lu in the village, so it is named Lujia Bridge.

Before the group got on the bridge, they saw a woman jumping into the river with a "plop" on the bridge.

"Teacher, someone threw himself into the river!"

"Saw!"

Gu Ming said something lightly, and then with a thought, the woman who threw herself into the river rushed to the bank as if being supported by someone.

The woman was a little startled.

Although she is not afraid of death, otherwise she would not dare to jump into the river.However, she is afraid of ghosts.

She thought she had encountered a ghost, otherwise how could she have rushed ashore just after jumping into the river?

At this time, Dongxiang also jumped out of the car, ran to the girl and frowned and asked, "Is there something you can't think about, and you want to die?"

"Woooooooo..."

When she asked, the woman felt sad from her heart, sat on the ground and cried sadly.

Ah Fang also led her daughter out of the carriage, stepped forward to take a look, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Xiao Hua, why is it you?"

Hearing someone call her name, Xiaohua raised her eyes... she didn't recognize her.

"You... who are you?"

"I'm Ah Fang, have you forgotten?"

"Ah Fang...ah? You...you are the second lady? You...how did you become like this?"

Xiao Hua cried out in surprise.

After all, although the former Ah Fang was not beautiful, she was quite pretty.

As a result, she now has a weathered face, gray hair, and looks like a 40-year-old. Xiao Hua is naturally surprised.

"It's hard to say, let's talk about you first, why did you jump into the river and commit suicide?"

"Woooooo...Master Lu...and Mrs. Wu..."

The master Lu she mentioned was referring to A Suo, and the eldest lady was naturally A Lan.

In fact, calling Ah Suo a master is a little bit reluctant. Strictly speaking, the Lu family is not even a landlord, but only a few dozen acres of land.

However, they can be considered wealthy households in the countryside. Most people don't even have a single piece of land, so they can only rent and plant the land of the landlord's family, that is, tenants.

The Lu family has two long-term workers and two maids, one of whom is Xiao Hua.

Xiaohua has been working as a maid in the Lu family since she was 13 years old, and it has been six years now.

When Ah Fang was at home, she treated Xiao Hua very well, treating her like her sister.

After Xiao Hua cried for a while, A Fang asked each other warmly, and she answered the reason why.

It turned out that she was bullied by Ah Suo...

In fact, since he hit her sixteen or seventeen, Ah Suo has been thinking about her, teasing her with words from time to time, and sometimes even touching her.

Xiaohua is a maid after all, at worst she just shyly refuses, but she doesn't say anything.

Fortunately, Alan is a tigress and treats her husband very strictly. This guy has never had a chance to do it.

A few days ago, the opportunity finally came.

Alan's natal mother passed away, and Alan went home to attend the funeral.

Originally, Ah Suo should have gone too, but Alan was worried about the family, saying that there was no master in the house, what if the servants were lazy and did not work, or even stole things?

Ah Suo couldn't ask for more.

On the night that Alan left, this guy slipped into Xiaohua's room...

Xiaohua struggled desperately, but how can she have the strength of a man?In addition, A Suo pressed her with words, saying that if Xiao Hua refused, he would sell her to a brothel.

In this way, Xiaohua can only accept her fate.

After all, Ah Suo has her contract of sale in his hands, so he can indeed sell her to whomever he wants.

No matter what happened in the Lu family, he was just being bullied by a man.When you arrive at the brothel, you will be bullied by countless men.

In this way, Ah Suo got his wish.

And after this guy tasted the sweetness, taking advantage of his wife's absence, he dragged Xiaohua to the little black room...

However, this guy is too proud.

He underestimated his wife's energy.

Although Alan had returned to her natal family, she was still worried that her husband would be alone at home, so for the first time, she bought a servant to monitor her husband's every move.

To put it bluntly, I was afraid that my husband would hook up with the maid at home, or go outside to fool around.

The servant was also loyal when he took the money, and when he found out about Ah Suo and Xiao Hua's mess, he took a chance and ran to tell Alan.

In a rage, Alan rushed back...but he was caught.

This Ah Suo is a henpecked person, so he pushed the responsibility completely away, insisting that it was Xiao Hua who hooked him up, and that Xiao Hua asked him to marry her as a concubine.