Rebirth of the leisurely life in ancient times

Xia Zixuan came to Qian Zhongren's place again and knocked on the door, "Is Boss Qian here?"

Soon the door was opened, and seeing that it was the girl who had bought both the man and the shop from him before, he smiled and said, "Oh, it's Miss Xia! Please come in and take a seat."

"Thank you, Boss Qian. I'd like to ask if you have any houses for rent here, preferably in a slightly more remote place."

Xia Zixuan saw that Boss Qian was confused but didn't explain much.

"Yes, Miss Xia, I have one-, two-, and three-story houses here. I wonder how big a house you want to rent, Miss Xia?"

"Then let's rent a house! It's too big and can't be used."

"Then there is a courtyard on the west street of the town for rent. It costs two taels of silver a month. I wonder if Miss Xia thinks so. Would you like to rent it?"

"Then let's rent this yard for a month first!"

After the two signed the contract, Qian Zhongren said, "Then I'll take Miss Xia to see the house now?"

Xia Zixuan stood up and said, "Okay, then Boss Qian, please take me to get to know the way! I won't get lost when the time comes."

The two of them sat in Qian Zhongren's carriage and arrived at the yard rented by Xia Zixuan in a cup of tea.

The driver stopped the carriage and said, "Master, we have arrived."

Qian Zhongren said, "Miss Xia, let's go down and take a look when we get there!"

Xia Zixuan nodded. "Okay."

After getting off the carriage, Qian Zhongren opened the gate and the two walked in. The whole courtyard was in the shape of a U, and there were four houses in the courtyard, namely the main house, the east wing, the west wing and the back house.

The house looked very clean and tidy overall. Xia Zixuan was very satisfied and said, "Thank you for bothering me today, Boss Qian. I like this house very much."

"No trouble, no trouble. As long as Miss Xia likes it, here is the key. Miss Xia, take it. I'll go back first." As he said that, he took the key from his body and handed it to Xia Zixuan.

She took the key and said, "Okay, thank you, Boss Qian. Bye."

After Xia Zixuan sent Qian Zhongren away, she did not stay for long. She took out the fruit saplings she was going to use from the space and placed them in the room. She locked the courtyard door and walked back alone.

When they reached the entrance of another alley, Xia Zixuan said to herself, "There are so many alleys here!"

When Xia Zixuan came here, she found that this place was not very wealthy. It was completely different from East Street. East Street was full of rich people, while here people were mostly ordinary families, and the alleys were deep and numerous.

At this time, an old lady who was buying vegetables came over and looked at Xia Zixuan and said, "You look unfamiliar, young lady. Are you here to look for someone?"

Xia Zixuan said with a smile: "Hello, Auntie, I'm not here to look for anyone. I just rented a house in front and came to take a look."

The old lady heard her words and urged: "Oh! Is that so! Then the girl should go back quickly after seeing this! It's not safe here. If you run into them, you will suffer a great loss."

Xia Zixuan was puzzled, "Who are they, Auntie? Are they powerful people?"

"Ah, they are not big shots, just a few hooligans who often harass pretty girls and wives like you. Three girls have been raped here. Oh, you better leave quickly! Don't let them see you."

Xia Zixuan said angrily: "Is there no one going to report to the police?"

"Alas, it's too late to hide something like this! Who can spread it out? And who doesn't have other unmarried children in the family?

Why would anyone report this to the police? Otherwise, everyone in the family would be criticized by others, which would be a waste of time and effort! "The old lady said, waving her hand and went home.

Xia Zixuan was helpless after hearing what the old lady said. Not to mention that this happened in ancient times, even if such a thing happened in modern times, how many people would dare to stand up and fight back against those people.

In the end they will still say, who told them to dress up so beautifully, aren’t they deliberately trying to lead us to commit a crime?

She knew there were men with bad intentions outside, but she still wore such revealing clothes. I think she did it on purpose.

Because of this, most of the girl's family members choose to remain silent for fear of bringing shame to the family due to the reputation. This was even worse in ancient times. Not to mention the family, even the girl herself could not bear the rumors and chose to hang herself.

It's true that girls are not friendly to any era. A reputation can bind a woman.

In this ancient era when women obeyed their fathers at home, obeyed their husbands after marriage, and relied on their sons after their husbands' death, a good reputation was a woman's lifelong life. Unless you had extraordinary abilities, did not care about reputation, and moved to another place to live, how many women could do that?

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