Reborn and married to a stupid scholar, she has a prosperous husband and multiple children

So, under the guidance of Lin Shuangshuang, the villagers made 5,000 green bricks, which were dried in the shade for several days before being sent to the kiln for burning.

It burned for almost half a month and was cooled with water. The cooling time took about seven days before it could be released from the kiln.

Just when all the villagers were looking forward to the first batch of green bricks coming out of the kiln, Hu Fangfang was not idle either.

She took advantage of the fact that all the villagers were busy baking bricks and no one paid attention to her, so she made a new set of clothes and sold them for twenty taels of silver.

She also succeeded in getting Chunmei to steal her deed of prostitution from the old house.

Although Hu Fangfang didn't know the words, she knew her fingerprints.

Hu Fangfang excitedly took out a bag of silver from under the bed, which amounted to fifty taels, and then hurried to the town with the deed of betrayal.

As long as she successfully redeems herself, Lin Shuangshuang will not be able to take advantage of her in the future.

But when she arrived at the Yamen, she was dumbfounded.

Her eyes were red with anger: "Why did it become one hundred taels? I came to ask half a month ago and it was still fifty taels."

The Yamen steward waved his hand impatiently: "These are the rules set by the higher authorities, and we only act according to the rules."

"If you have money, redeem it; if you don't have money, go back and collect it."

"Let's go, don't delay the people behind you."

Hu Fangfang was so angry that she wanted to kill someone. She never expected that she would be stuck in the Yamen after half a month of work.

"You are raising prices and lining your own pockets. I will sue you."

"Go ahead, there are just complaints of injustice outside."

How dare Hu Fangfang really confront an official head-on? She doesn't want to die.

She knew that officials protected each other, but no one here would help her. They only valued money.

And if it gets too big, it won't end well for her.

No one in Hegou Village knows that the newly appointed Magistrate Li is Lin Shuangshuang's younger brother.

The fact that she secretly sold her body to redeem her life was exposed to Li Bingwen, which was equivalent to being exposed to Lin Shuangshuang.

Hu Fangfang walked out of the Yamen angrily, and with her came two other people who came to redeem themselves, but they also didn't bring enough money.

"Bah, Dog Officer, three days ago it was eighty taels, but today it's one hundred taels."

Hu Fangfang became even more anxious when she heard the two people scolding each other.

According to the price increase rate of the Yamen, she will never be able to redeem herself in this life.

Most of the fifty taels she had were earned from selling clothes, and a small portion was given to her by selling hairpins and Gu Jinzhong.

It took a lot of effort to save fifty taels. She thought she was saving money fast enough.

After all, the banker may not be able to save a huge sum of fifty taels in two years, but she saved enough in just one month.

As a result, when we arrived at the Yamen, the money was not enough.

No, she had to gather one hundred taels before the next price increase and resolve the redemption matter as soon as possible.

This matter must not be delayed, not only because of the price increase, but she was also afraid that the deed of sale would be discovered before she could redeem herself.

Therefore, while both Yang and Lin were paying attention to the brick kiln, she had to redeem herself as soon as possible.

Along the way, Hu Fangfang was thinking of ways to make money quickly.

But even if she tried hard, she couldn't come up with any good ideas, so in the end she had no choice but to steal.

This is the fastest way. If you steal it tonight, you can redeem it early tomorrow morning.

After returning, she added sweat medicine to the food, and Gu Jinzhong and the two children fell asleep.

Hu Fangfang entered Chunmei's room. Chunmei was so frightened that she trembled all over.

She finally understood what the fourth aunt said. The fourth aunt said that Hu Fangfang was a poisonous snake in human skin, very scary.

She is afraid when she sees Hu Fangfang now, the kind of fear that comes from her heart and is engraved in her bones and blood.

"What are you afraid of? I won't eat you."

Chunmei tried hard to control her fear: "You...what are you doing?"

"I...I didn't do anything like that."

Hu Fangfang was too lazy to talk nonsense to her and directly ordered: "Go to your father's room and bring me the fifty taels of silver he hid in the closet."

Chunmei's eyes widened with shock: "You...you let me steal money?"

"If I don't go, dad will beat me to death."

"Dad said we don't have much money at home. If you take it all away, we will starve to death."

"Are you trying to take the money and run away?"

In Chunmei's understanding, Hu Fangfang got the deed of prostitution and stole the money, so she must have wanted to abscond with the money.

In fact, deep down in her heart, she wanted Hu Fangfang to escape, so that she would no longer have to be threatened by this bad woman in the future.

Hu Fangfang seemed to have guessed Chunmei's thoughts: "Yes, now that I have obtained the deed of betrayal, it's natural for me to leave."

"I can't leave penniless, not without money."

"Go and give me your father's money. After I leave, no one will know about your scandal."

"Don't worry, your fourth aunt has plenty of money and won't watch you starve to death."

"Even if your fourth aunt is cruel and doesn't care, your grandparents won't care either."

"Before your fourth aunt came, your family had no money, so why didn't you starve to death?"

"Why are you starving to death now?"

"Whether you want to go or not, if you don't help me escape, I will make your scandal known to the whole village early tomorrow morning."

"If you send me away, no one will threaten you in the future, isn't it good?"

"Even if your father finds out that the money is missing, you can still say that I stole it. Your father will only hate me and won't beat you."

Chunmei thought over and over again, the temptation of not being threatened by Hu Fangfang from now on was too great.

And she knew in her heart that the fourth aunt was a good person and would not watch their big house starve to death.

So Chunmei entered Gu Jinzhong's room ruthlessly. She would rather live a hard life in the future than be tortured by Hu Fangfang again.

"Here you go, leave now and don't come back again."

After getting the money, Hu Fangfang suddenly changed her face.

"What an idiot. You just believe whatever I say."

"I can't live a good life at home, why should I run away?"

"Do you know that it costs one hundred taels of silver to redeem one's body? If I redeem one's body, I will have nothing left. As a pregnant woman, won't I starve to death if I leave my husband's house?"

Chunmei was so angry that she cried: "You...you actually lied to me."

"You liar, bad woman, bitch."

Snapped!

Hu Fangfang slapped Chunmei on the face and cursed fiercely: "You little bitch, you have grown up, how dare you scold me?"

"For the shameless and ugly things you did, let alone stealing money, even if I ask you to die, you have to go."

"Don't forget, those shameless portraits of yours are still in my hands."

"Do you want to be famous in the village?"

"Do you want me to help you cover the whole village?"

Those portraits were Chunmei's Achilles' heel. She lowered her head and didn't dare to say a word, just crying silently.

"Why are you crying? What do you have to feel wronged about?" Hu Fangfang pinched Chunmei's face hard in confusion and hatred.

Hu Fangfang continued: "After two days, your father finds that the money is missing, just say that you stole it."