Chapter 13: Getting Beaten

The concubine poured a cup of hot water in the kitchen and walked straight past her back to his room.

Liu Changning glanced at his straight back as he walked away, the curve of her lips deepening. She thought that he must be furious at being forced to cook and pour the night fragrance.

After a few days of interacting with him, she found him to be different from how he was described in the novel. Although he was beautiful and scheming, he was also flexible and could endure what ordinary people could not. However, he was indeed quite arrogant.

Liu Changning shrugged her shoulders and turned back to the woodshed. She meditated in the room for half an hour, and when she went to bed, the candle in the next room was still burning.

The original owner’s family was poor and could not afford candles. But the concubine was well-off, and the luxurious items in his room were completely at odds with the original owner’s earthen hut. As for the silver… eight out of ten, it was the reward he got from hanging out with people all day.

Although Liu Changning did not mind eating the food he brought back, using the silver he got from money-sex transactions would be truly immoral.

Being poor is not scary; one cannot lose the bones of being human.

Liu Changning squinted her eyes and lay on the hard wooden bed, the boards hard against her bones.

She lay on her side, pressing the quilt under her body, which made her feel more comfortable.

Tomorrow, after selling the herbs in town, she would definitely buy more bedding for the house. After all, she could not let herself suffer for nothing.

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In summer, the days are long and the nights are short. Just after the third watch, the sky showed a white belly of a fish.

Liu Changning opened her eyes, got dressed, and washed up.

Only then did she pick up the herbs from the kitchen and went out the door.

All the way out of Xiqiao Village, because it was still early, there was only the sound of roosters crowing and dogs barking in the village, and she didn’t encounter a single villager.

Xiqiao Village was not far from Huashi Town, only half an hour’s walk away.

Liu Changning carried her basket on her back and walked forward according to the original owner’s memory.

In the modern world, she had a regular schedule and exercised every morning, so she was used to it. Walking for an hour was relatively easy for her.

The original owner’s body could not have withstood a long journey, but after soaking in the medicinal bath yesterday, most of the toxins in her body had been removed, so she did not appear tired after walking all the way.

Since Liu Changning was not tired at this point, the customs of the people of the Jin Feng Dynasty in the original owner’s memory came to her mind.

This place was similar to ancient China, and the cultural environment was roughly the same. But because it was a world where yin and yang were reversed, the only difference was in the physiological structure of men and women.

The appearance of men and women here was not much different from that of modern men and women, but their physiques were different.

The women here had relatively better physical strength and carried a female hormone that could secrete a scent that lured men to fall. Especially when a woman exuded a special scent, it could seduce a lad without self-control until his body went soft.

That was why the current social system of female superiority and male inferiority emerged. However, it was worth mentioning that although men had a relatively low social status, there was still a very small number of men who could resist the aura emanating from women.

Such men were often steadfast in mind, and although they were few in number, almost every one of them had great accomplishments.

For this female-superior and male-inferior social system, the degree of tolerance for men was considered extremely high.

Liu Changning did not stop walking, but after recalling the memories of the original owner and carefully reviewing the interaction model between men and women in this world, she strode into town.

Songhua Town was located south of Lang Huan County, and although it was far from the main city, it was in a special geographical location at the border of Lang Huan County and Yongchuan County, so there were many horse-drawn carriages coming and going in the town every day.

Along the way, the market was lively and bustling with voices.

The cries of vendors and the shouts of hawkers were endless.

Because it was the first time observing the towns of this world, Liu Changning walked extremely slowly.

Women still accounted for the majority on the streets, with few men showing their faces. However, horse-drawn carriages passed by one after another, raising dust, but not staying long, adding a bit of liveliness to the town.

Walking out of the market, the sun rose to the top of her head, shining directly on her face, creating a burning pain.

Liu Changning frowned and no longer lingered. She quickened her pace and went straight to West Main Street.