The Rise of a Farm Girl

On this day, Wang Jingru and her father went to the county town, because Wang Jingru dug a few small ginsengs in the mountains and planted them in the space. When they grew up, the ginsengs grew very fast.

Judging by the naked eye, this ginseng is at least a hundred years old. There is still a lot of silver in the family. When Xuanyuan Lei left, he left a silver note of one thousand taels.

But who is afraid of having too much money! Wang Jingru didn't want to sell in the town because she couldn't get a good price. So she went to the county town with Wang Laosan. When she got to the county town, Wang Jingru was like Granny Liu visiting the Grand View Garden, because there was nothing at home that needed to be bought in the county town. So she seldom came to the county town.

The county town was bustling with people. Wang Jingru and her father went to the medicine shop first and sold ginseng for 1,500 taels, which made Wang Laosan very excited.

She was even more excited than when Xuanyuan Lei left her a thousand taels of silver note, which was earned by her daughter from digging ginseng in the mountains. Wang Jingru took the silver note and put it into the space.

There are so many pickpockets in this county town that you can easily get robbed. Wang Jingru and her father strolled along the way and bought a lot of things, including cloth, pens, inkstones, and a lot of cakes and snacks.

Wang Jingru was shopping and didn't notice the man in the teahouse. She was staring at her and drooling. The man upstairs was none other than Mr. Liu's son. After Liu Yunwai died, the family business was inherited by his son.

It was a good thing that his family was big and wealthy, otherwise it would have been squandered by his son. This son was uneducated and unskilled, he went to brothels and restaurants every day, and took any pretty girl he saw back home.

It's also thanks to the old lady in the family who has some ability in managing the family business, otherwise she really couldn't afford to support this young man.

More than 30 girls were robbed from the mansion. After the girls were robbed, the housekeeper would be sent to give some money to the families. Most of the girls were from poor families, and they had no money, so they could only suffer in silence.

Even if they robbed a powerful family, they were not afraid, because they had been dealing with the censor for many years. The county magistrate did not dare to offend his family, and turned a blind eye to any problems. As long as no one died, it was fine?

This Master Liu has taken a fancy to Wang Jingru, which may be the beginning of Master Liu's bad luck. Is Wang Jingru so easy to mess with? Master Liu, I am drooling.

He quickly asked the servant beside him to follow the woman downstairs to find out where she lived and what her name was. The servant hurried downstairs, fearing that the woman had gone far away.

But it was not easy to find out, and Wang Jingru was not from the county town. The servant had no choice but to follow them all the way out of the county town. Fortunately, the servant rented a carriage.

Wang Jingru didn't notice she was being followed because there were many people going to the county town and there was a constant stream of people along the way. After buying things, Wang Jingru and her friends rented a carriage and went back.

Wang Laosan was used to being frugal, and originally planned to rent an ox cart, but Wang Jingru said that we were rich. Why not go back to town and buy a horse carriage?

After returning to the town, he bought a carriage, which cost eighty taels of silver. Wang Laosan was very happy. Which man doesn't love cars, especially in ancient times? That carriage was at the level of modern cars.

Wang Laosan drove the carriage back to the village, and the whole village was shocked. Wang Jingru found this man on the way back to the village, because he followed her to the town, but it was a bit strange to follow him back to the village.

The boy turned back after being discovered, because there were only a few villages in the surrounding area. It was very easy to find a beautiful girl like Wang Jingru.

Because of Wang Jingru's appearance, it would be great if you could find one in every 10-mile village. Even in the whole town, you couldn't find a girl as beautiful as her.

Wang Jingru's appearance can be described as stunning. She looks like her mother, almost like they were cut from the same mold, but how are they different? She is even prettier than her mother.

After the boy left, he had barely caught his breath, and Master Liu was anxious. Master Liu had been distracted since the boy left. His soul was seduced away by Wang Jingru.

As soon as he saw the servant, he grabbed him and said, "Tell me quickly, where is this girl from?"

The servant said very embarrassedly, "Sir, I really don't know where this girl is from. I was discovered when I followed her. But I know which town she is from. I saw her walking towards that village, but I don't know which village she is from."

If you want to marry that girl, you have to go there and ask around in person. After all, she is so beautiful that you can't find one like her in the whole town. You can find her out if you ask around.

Master Liu cursed him as a waste, and then kicked the boy. "If you can't even do such a simple thing, what use is there for you?" The boy knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

Mr. Liu immediately returned to the mansion and asked the housekeeper Liu to find out whose girl it was. If she stayed in my house, I had to find the servant to lead the way.

Besides, Mr. Liu went back to look for his mother, mother, mother. Mr. Liu's mother hurried out from the inner room and said in a reproachful tone, "Look at how old you are. You are still so irritable."

After both of them sat down, before his mother asked, Master Liu said, "Mom, I have fallen in love with a girl, and I must marry her this time."

If I don't take it back, I won't be able to sleep well. Liu Gongzi's mother was so angry that she slapped her son and said, "You have married so many girls, but every time you said you couldn't marry them back, you couldn't sleep well."

But you have already taken dozens of them from the backyard, isn't that enough? My son! That's enough. This time is different, this girl is so beautiful, so charming that she can topple a country. There is no such beautiful girl even in the county.

Mrs. Liu really didn't listen to her son's words. After all, he always said that. After sending her son away, Mrs. Liu still had to settle the accounts. Managing such a large family and many shops to run various businesses was not that easy.

Young Master Liu returned to his room and felt very depressed. Why didn't his mother believe him? Young Master Liu had lost a lot of weight in the past few days and had no appetite.

Gradually becoming thinner, Liu, the housekeeper, brought back the news. But the news he brought back was not good news. Because when Xuanyuan Lei returned to Kyoto, it was quite a big deal.

Xuanyuan Lei was the prince of the royal palace and was to inherit the throne. However, he was murdered by his stepmother, who wanted to take away his position as the prince. So he hid in this village for the past few years. He stayed there for five or six years and became fully grown.

Only then did he notify his grandfather to come and pick him up. His grandfather was the prime minister. When his father left, he came to the county town specially and instructed the county magistrate to take care of his adoptive father's family.

If his adoptive father's family was bullied, he would first go to the county magistrate to take action. The county magistrate was so frightened that he had no reason not to respond. Normally, he wanted to curry favor with the prince, but the prince could not do so.

The county magistrate also specifically told the mayor to ensure that Wang Laosan's family was safe and not bullied. So the news the housekeeper brought back was bad news.

It's impossible to rob her, and she's not qualified to marry, because she's the prince's adopted sister. If anyone dares to provoke her, the whole family will lose their heads.

The housekeeper introduced Wang Jingru's family to Mr. Liu. He was so surprised that his jaw dropped. He never thought that in this small village, there was a prince's sister.

But not everyone can mess with this persimmon, because he is the prime minister's grandson.

Mrs. Liu also heard about her son's situation and hurried to her son, saying, "Son, we must not get into trouble. We are an orphan and a widow, and we can only live like this because of our family business."

If you dare to provoke the prince, I'm afraid our family will be in trouble. Madam Liu is not a brainless person. She sat there and argued with her son.

Son, don't learn from your father. You have enough women in your backyard. Think about what your father did back then. All the money in the family was stolen overnight.

You must have offended the wrong person. If you continue like this and your house gets robbed again, we will have to beg for food.

Mr. Liu also knew that he was relying on his family's wealth to act recklessly in this small county town.

But he was still unwilling in his heart, so he took a lot of gifts without telling Mrs. Liu, asked the housekeeper to take him, and found a matchmaker to propose marriage. If he couldn't force the marriage, he would give more gifts.

What if she falls in love with me? Then I can marry her, right? Wang Jingru was actually very distressed. Because she was pretty, there were so many people coming to her house to propose marriage that they almost broke down the door.

But Wang Jingru felt that she was only 12 years old and didn't want to look for a partner. She wanted to wait a few years before looking for one. In order to avoid these people coming to propose marriage, Wang Jingru often went hunting and collecting herbs in the mountains, always avoiding the villagers.

Wang Jingru's whole family is waiting for Wang Youliang and Wang Youjin to take the exam this year. If they pass the exam this year, the whole family will go to Kyoto. Next year, they can continue to take the exams for Gongshi and Jinshi.

The exam was over, and they were just waiting for the results to be announced. The two of them took the exam in the county. After the exam, they came back and waited for the results to be announced at home.

This was also what I had agreed with Xuanyuan Lei at the beginning. After he passed the imperial examination, the whole family would move to Kyoto. There would be better teachers in Kyoto, and Xuanyuan Lei could introduce us to better famous teachers and scholars.

Xuanyuan Lei was actually thinking about Wang Jingru. He had been nice to Wang Jingru since he arrived, and he also liked Wang Jingru. Xuanyuan Lei was a stubborn person, and once he made up his mind, he would go all the way to the end.

But Wang Jingru is still young and doesn't understand the love between men and women. That's why Xuanyuan Lei kept waiting. He was afraid that Wang Laosan and his family would come to Kyoto too late, and Wang Jingru would be in trouble if she married someone else.

But at this critical moment, he was spotted by Master Liu. How could the prince leave without any worries? He had already left some secret guards to guard in secret and send all the details of the matter to the prince in the form of letters.

Young Master Liu brought the matchmaker and the housekeeper with him, driving a horse-drawn carriage. When the carriage entered the village, it really attracted all the villagers. When had a horse-drawn carriage ever come to their village in this remote and poor place?

Only Wang Laosan's family had become wealthy in the past few years and bought a horse-drawn carriage. The villagers crowded in this direction, all wanting to see whose house the carriage was going to enter the village.

Master Liu was holding a fan and wearing a white robe. On the surface, he pretended to be well-mannered, but in fact, he was a fool. But the common people didn't know that. The villagers all thought that he was a nobleman from some family.

Some people also said that he might be a classmate of Wang Laosan's son. At this time, the village chief came out, bowed to Mr. Liu, and asked what business the young master had in the village.

Young Master Liu didn't move. The housekeeper came over with a smile and said, "It's like this. We are from the Liu Mansion in the county. We would like to know where Wang Tiekui's home is."

Butler Chen did not say that his son wanted to propose marriage. He was still very sensible. If he ruined the girl's reputation, he was afraid that the county magistrate would not forgive his family.

The village chief said, I am the village chief of this village, Wang Tiekui lives at the foot of the mountain. Just keep going along this road and you will reach the end.

The housekeeper thanked the village chief and drove the carriage to Wang Tiekui's house. The villagers did not follow him, but the children in the village followed him as if they were watching the fun.

The housekeeper came to Wang Tiekui's door and knocked on it.

It happened that Wang Jingru was at home today. When Wang Jingru opened the door, she was surprised to see a carriage coming. Her family didn't know any dignitaries. At this time, the housekeeper didn't say anything. The matchmaker got off the car and started talking nonstop.

Oh, look at such a pretty girl. She is so pretty and beautiful, and she must be dexterous and eloquent.

I can tell at first glance that this girl is a blessed one. I am a famous matchmaker in the county, and I have helped at least 800 matchmakers, if not a thousand. All of them are living happily.

Girl, let me tell you, the man I’m introducing to you is the richest man in the county, the famous Mr. Liu, the son of Mr. Liu.

Girl, if you marry him, I guarantee you will live a prosperous life. Young Master Liu's family has plenty of gold, silver and treasures. You will live in a blessed home if you marry him. You will have endless silks and satins to wear and endless gold and silver jewelry to wear.

Wang Jingru closed the door, went back to the yard to fetch a bucket of water, and poured it on the matchmaker. At the same time, the water was also poured on Master Liu and the housekeeper.

Because housekeeper Chen and Mr. Liu were standing behind the matchmaker, the three of them were soaked to the skin, and the children in the village clapped their hands and laughed.

Wang Jingru spat on the ground, "What a shameless person! He is a matchmaker and he does such unscrupulous things."

Don't you know what kind of person Mr. Liu is? How can a father with such moral character have a good son? People say that a dragon gives birth to a dragon, a phoenix gives birth to a phoenix, and a mouse's son will dig holes.

What good things can Liu Yuanwai's lecherous father support? Get out of here quickly, or I will go to the county town and ask the county magistrate to deal with you.

The yellow matchmaker was splashed with water. She shook off her fat and climbed onto the carriage. She was very talkative. How could she be a matchmaker?

If you don't agree, then don't agree. Why are you throwing water on me? Who would dare to marry you with such a fierce temper? Don't let no one want you. No matter how beautiful you are, if you become an old maid, it will be difficult for you to get married.

Wang Jingru said loudly, "What do you care? Get out of here now." Mr. Liu originally looked at the girl's willow-like waist and thought she was very beautiful.

After being splashed with a bucket of water, he dared not provoke Wang Jingru anymore, seeing how aggressive she was. If he married her, she would beat him to death. He could not afford to provoke such a woman.