Peasant Woman's Decreed Life as a Wife

Chapter 981: Testing Each Other

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Chunq Qin quickly walked over. Not long after, she returned and explained the situation.

Ye Muyu frowned. “Mrs. Qi, Is it legal to sell your children?”n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

When Mrs. Qi heard her question, she sighed softly. “Mrs. Chu, buying and selling children is definitely against the law. However, there was a lot of spring rain in the first half of the year, which caused the grain production in Lin County to decrease. Many people are having a hard time, so there are many people who take the initiative to become slaves.”

“That lady must have come here voluntarily. If she’s willing, it’s not illegal.”

Ye Muyu understood. This was a matter of mutual consent. Naturally, it did not violate the law.

“Does the county magistrate have any ideas?” Ye Muyu also looked worried. “If the people are not in a desperate situation, who would be willing to be a slave? The county magistrate is the official managing the area. He must be having a headache.”

Mrs. Qi’s heart skipped a beat. Hearing her first words, she thought that the other party wanted to directly push the blame onto the county magistrate, but then she changed her tone and took the initiative to mention the county magistrate’s difficulties.

Mrs. Qi could not understand Ye Muyu’s meaning. She could only say cautiously, “Master often goes out to inspect to solve this problem. At least, Lin County cannot get worse.”

“I’m a woman. I really don’t know what to do other than giving out porridge.”

Ye Muyu wanted to laugh when she saw her trembling and speaking cautiously.

“Chunqin, go and give them three taels of silver for their medical expenses. Since they have hands and feet, they naturally have to find more work.”

Chun Qin quickly took the silver and handed it to the man. She then repeated what Ye Muyu had said.

The man brought his daughter over to kowtow.

Ye Muyu waved her hand and let them leave to treat their family members. The people who were watching the fun slowly dispersed. Ye Muyu and Madam Zhou continued to go to the restaurant.

Seeing that she had actually paid that man, Madam Zhou guessed in her heart, could it be that Ye Muyu’s personality was really as kind as she appeared on the surface?

She was a little unsure.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the two of them chatted as they ate.

“I’m curious,” Ye Muyu asked while drinking tea. “Lin County has been affected by floods in the past. How did the county magistrate deal with it?”

She seemed to ask casually, but the question she asked was very secretive. If there was really a corrupt county magistrate, they would probably be very disgusted and would not tell the truth.

Therefore, the smart officials who came to patrol would not ask such questions.

Madam Zhou was even more confused. She had no idea what Ye Muyu wanted to do.

However, she did not dare to not answer. After thinking about it, she naturally still said those words to protect the county magistrate. “Madam, you might not know this. Because Lin County is located downstream, the disaster is so serious. Even if there has not been a flood in these years, the small floods are enough to affect the lives of the people.”

“Usually, when the rainy season comes, Master will often bring the people to dig canals and raise the terrain, hoping to relieve the situation.”

However, the truth was that this effect was only temporary relief from the flood. It could not solve the fundamental problem.

“Master does it himself. He often stays in the village for half a month.” Madam Zhou knew that a casual word from a capital official could remove the county magistrate from his position. Seeing that Ye Muyu did not say anything, she was afraid that her words would make the other party misunderstand that the county magistrate was not doing his job, so she quickly explained more.