She was replaced by a husband, married the future tyrant and farmed to fight back

Chapter 181

Among those attending the banquet was also Colchicum.

There were many carriages, horses, and sedan chairs parked at the gate of the manor, and there was almost no place for her donkey cart to stay.

As she was looking around anxiously, someone called her, "Madam Qiu, here."

Qiu Shuixian turned around and saw Yang Yongcui waving and calling her.

"Madam Qiu, are you looking for a parking space? Why don't you park here? My ox cart is leaving soon, so I'll give you the spot."

Qiu Shuixian smiled gratefully, "Thank you very much, Miss Yongcui."

"Don't be polite. We are so familiar with each other." Yang Yongcui smiled.

She drove the bullock cart onto the road and made way.

Qiu Shuixian drove the donkey cart over, and Yang Yongcui enthusiastically helped move the carriages and horses on both sides.

There were so many carriages and horses parked that the two men worked for a long time before they finally parked the donkey cart straight.

"Thank you so much, Miss Yongcui." Qiu Shuixian smiled and pulled Yang Yongcui's hand.

Yang Yongcui smiled and waved her hands, "It's not worth it." She looked around and said, "Why didn't the Qin family arrange for someone to come and help park the car and horses? There were people here just now, why didn't they arrange for anyone when Madam Qiu came? I don't know what Yingyue is busy with."

It would have been fine if Liu Yingyue hadn't been mentioned, but as soon as Liu Yingyue was mentioned, Qiu Shuixianyi's expression immediately changed.

"Forget it. She is very busy today. Why would she care about such a small matter?" Qiu Shuixian smiled.

"But Madam Qiu, you are a distinguished guest of the Qin family. You also made a wedding dress for Yingyue. Oh, you also made Xiuzhu's wedding dress, right?"

Qiu Shuixian smiled awkwardly, "It's better not to mention this little thing."

She took the gift off the donkey cart and asked Yang Yongcui, "Yongcui, do you want to go to the farm? Let's go together?"

"The Qin family today is not something I can afford to marry into. I won't go. Besides, the Qin family didn't invite me. I was just passing by." Yang Yongcui waved her hand and drove away in the ox cart.

Qiu Shuixian looked at Yang Yongcui who was leaving and pursed her lips. She remembered that Yang Yongcui and Qin Xiuzhu were good friends, so why didn't she invite Yang Yongcui?

She shook her head and walked into Qinjiazhuang.

In front of the manor, several farmhands were welcoming guests. There were many strangers, none of them recognized Qiu Shuixian. But when they saw her holding gifts, they thought she was just a villager who came to curry favor with the Qin family and give gifts. They pointed inside without much enthusiasm and said, "Go inside and register the gift list."

After saying this, he ignored Colchicum and went on to greet other guests.

Qiu Shuixian shook her head, walked into the manor, gave her gifts, registered her name, and then walked straight in.

Fortunately, she was familiar with the route and did not need anyone's guidance. She soon arrived at the main house of the manor.
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Yang Yongcui drove the ox cart back home.

Yang Xiucai asked her, "Is the Qin family's banquet finished so soon?"

"Yes, I have something else to do, so I came back first." Yang Yongcui went into her room dejectedly.

She just lied to Colchicum.

It’s not that the Qin family didn’t invite her.

Qin Xiuzhu also specially invited her to see wedding dresses and jewelry.

But she didn't want to go.

The Qin family, which was once poorer than hers, is now a family she cannot afford to marry into.

Wouldn't she be slapped in the face if she went?

"You gave the gift, but you came back early without attending the banquet. The Qin family didn't send you some wine and food to bring back? The Qin family is really stingy." Yang Xiucai was lame and it was inconvenient for him to go out, but he was craving for wine and complained to Yang Yongcui.

Yang Yongcui was upset. After being scolded by her father, she became even more irritable. "All you know is eating. If you want to eat, why don't you go and earn money to buy it yourself?"

Yang Xiucai was stunned by the scolding, and then threw a shoe at him angrily, "When I was a scholar, did I deprive you of food and drink? You dare to talk back? I will beat you to death!"

Yang Xiucai raised his cane and hit Yang Yongcui. Yang Yongcui got up and ran away.

He ran to the entrance of the village in one breath, squatted on the roadside and started crying.

Why is she so unlucky? Nothing goes well for her.

It was obvious that she was more popular than Liu Yingyue before, but now, Liu Yingyue's life was getting better and better, while hers was getting worse and worse.

It was as if Liu Yingyue had sucked away her good energy.

As she was crying, a carriage stopped in front of her, "Little girl, ask for directions."

Yang Yongcui looked up and found that the person asking her questions was a middle-aged driver who was dressed in fancy clothes but spoke with a foreign accent.

She wiped away her tears and stood up. "Go ahead, uncle."

"To get to the county town, should we take the road on the left or the road on the right?" The driver pointed to the two roads ahead.

Yang Yongcui looked at the two routes a few hundred steps ahead and said, "Take the road on the left. The road on the right leads to another township market. It will take several dozen miles to get to the county town from there."

"Thank you." The driver took out a handful of copper coins from his pocket and handed them to Yang Yongcui.

Yang Yongcui glanced at the money but didn't extend her hand. "Uncle, does your master still need a girl? Please accept me."

She found that this carriage was very gorgeous, much more gorgeous than all the carriages she had seen in the Qin family today.

The tassels were actually gold thread, and the car windows were actually transparent glazed tiles.

This carriage is worth at least several hundred dollars.

The owner who can ride in such a carriage must be either rich or noble.

Being a maid to such a man is better than staying in the village.

The driver looked her over, raised his eyebrows and smiled, "You want to be our master's maid? Then tell me, what are your abilities? What our master lacks the least is young maids."

"I can embroider, make beds, cook, and ..."

"This master has no shortage of embroiderers, maids in the greenhouse, or cooks." A young man's voice in the carriage interrupted Yang Yongcui's words.

Yang Yongcui's eyes flashed slightly, and she walked to the carriage window and knelt down.

"I will do whatever you ask me to do. I only ask you to take me away from here." The curtain of the carriage was lifted by a man's hand.

In the carriage, a thin-faced young man squinted at Yang Yongcui.

"Keep your head up."

Yang Yongcui was secretly delighted. Is this a chance?

She bit her lip, pretending to be pitiful, and looked up at the man.

The man was wearing a mink hat, looked to be around thirty years old, and had a sinister look in his eyes.

"How old are you? What's your name?"

"I am seventeen years old this year. My surname is Yang and my name is Yongcui."

"Yong Cui...what a nice name."

"My father is a scholar who knows a little about literature, so he gave me this name." Yang Yongcui answered in a soft voice with her eyes lowered.

"So you are the daughter of a scholar. Does that mean you can also write?"

"I have read all the books my father has read, and I know a few of the characters," she answered modestly.

"The daughter of a scholar is going to be a maid. Why?" The young man asked again, staring at Yang Yongcui with narrowed eyes.

“I think I am not worse looking than other girls in the village, nor am I dumber than them, but I have a hard life. After my father became lame, he did nothing all day long but asked for money to buy food and wine. Our family was extremely poor, but he did not go out to earn money. My mother only knew how to gamble and even wanted to sell me to an old man as a concubine. I could not accept that, so I ran away.” Yang Yongcui thought about some of the bad things in her family and felt more and more aggrieved.