After being forced to marry by her stepmother, the Koi wife brings prosperity to the whole family

The weather was getting hotter and hotter these days.

Auntie Zhou followed Auntie Wang up the mountain.

The weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently, and not only are the flowers blooming well on the mountain, but the fruits are also growing well.

"Sister Zhou, look at the many jasmine flowers on the hillside." Auntie Wang helped Auntie Zhou point to the hillside.

Auntie Zhou looked carefully and saw that the hillside was covered with snowflakes of jasmine flowers in full bloom.

As a gust of wind blew towards her, it was full of the fragrance of jasmine flowers.

"Oh! So many flowers, enough to make a lot of ointments!" Auntie Zhou ran over with a smile.

In addition to the good sales of incense pills, the ointment is also very popular in Zhou's incense shop.

The small ointment can last for three days when applied to the wrist, and women in Cheng'an County love it.

Aunt Zhou hurriedly picked the jasmine with a basket, "Yesterday I told Wanchun that the jasmine flowers used to make ointment at home were almost used up, but I didn't expect to find such a large piece today!"

Aunt Wang smiled and narrowed her eyes into a line. She used a sickle to cut the weeds and said while picking the petals: "Yes, it's just in time, Madam Zhou, your Wanchun is really a lucky star. Since she came to our village, she can do anything!"

Aunt Wang said the truth.

Aunt Zhou nodded repeatedly, "Wanchun is more than just our lucky star, she is our beloved."

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "Speaking of which, it's a good thing that Wanchun didn't marry the Li family. Look at what the Li family is like now. The eldest son Li was born by Madam Li and the housekeeper. It's really embarrassing."

When Aunt Zhou heard about the Li family, she thought of the day when the Sun family came to buy the shop, "Yesterday, the master of the Sun family came to our house."

Aunt Wang was stunned, "What did he do in your house?"

Aunt Zhou stopped smiling and said with a little worry, "He said he wanted to use two thousand taels of silver to buy our two incense shops in Cheng'an County, as well as our incense shop."

Aunt Wang listened and immediately threw away the petals she was picking, and said angrily, "This... Mr. Sun is really good at making a wishful calculation. He actually wants to buy your shop for 2,000 taels! Now that your shop is doing so well, are you still worried about not making 2,000 taels in the future? "

Mrs. Zhou nodded heavily, "Yes, we said we would not sell it, but he didn't seem to want to let it go."

Auntie Wang's face darkened for a moment, and she took Mrs. Zhou's hand and said, "I heard that Mr. Sun is very cruel. Look at that Madam Liu's shop, he burned it down as soon as he said it would."

Mrs. Zhou was shocked, "He won't burn our shop, will he?"

After thinking about it, Auntie Wang shook her head, "It shouldn't be. He wants to buy your shop to make money. He probably won't bear to burn your shop."

Mrs. Zhou felt that there was some truth in it. She looked up and looked around.

Except for a road leading to the neighboring county, there was no one around in the mountains. A sense of uneasiness suddenly surged into her heart.

She quickly pulled Aunt Wang and said, "Let's pick them quickly and go home early after picking them."

Aunt Wang nodded, and then pointed to a path behind the flowers, "There is a path there, but it's a little further from home, but most outsiders don't know it. I heard from people in the village that when there were bandits in the village before, they all went home from here."

Aunt Zhou looked at the place she pointed, "Okay, let's be careful and go back by the path later."

"Then let's pick them quickly." Aunt Wang rolled up her sleeves and picked flowers quickly.

The two of them picked two large baskets of flowers at twice the usual speed.

Aunt Zhou was not greedy, "These are almost done, let's go."

Aunt Wang packed the petals, "Okay, it's still early, we can wash these petals when we go back."

Aunt Zhou carried a basket of flowers and followed her down the path.

They were just about to leave.

Three or four masked men holding knives secretly came to the path leading to Changliu Village in the neighboring county.

"Brother, is this the place?" A short man asked the tall man who was leading the group.

The tall man looked around and said, "Yes, it is here. I have found out everything. The woman from the Zhou family usually goes to the mountains to pick flowers and always takes this road back."

There are not many roads in the mountains. This road is still the main road, but it looks remote because there are few people.

"Okay, brother." After hearing this, the short man looked at the road intently, and then asked in confusion: "Brother, do you know what the woman from the Zhou family looks like?"

The tall man said: "I heard that she is a farmer's girl with a distinctive appearance. You can look here. The farmer's woman with flowers in her hand and good looks, that's her."

The short man

The man with sharp eyes saw Aunt Zhou walking into the path, and quickly pointed at the tall man, "Brother, look at that, isn't it?"

The tall man looked up and saw the golden hairpin on Aunt Zhou's head. He frowned and scolded, "What is that? Where have you ever seen a peasant woman wearing a golden hairpin!"

"No, she is holding a flower in her hand!" The short man quickly looked at Aunt Zhou again.

However, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Wang had already approached the path, and were blocked by rows of trees, so they could not see them.

"Yeah, why is this person gone?" The short man looked puzzled.

The tall man slapped his head, "Don't talk, there are people coming up ahead!"

Not far ahead, the eldest sister-in-law of the Sun family was carrying a basket of flowers that she had just picked on the roadside, complaining all the way forward, "You said it was fine, either it was rained on, or the carriage broke down! It made me walk to the county, I should have known not to come to this Cheng'an County!"