Transmigrated into a slave? I raised a frontier war god while pioneering new lands.

In the late summer of the thirty-ninth year of the Yuanxi era.

The scorching sun beat down on the parched earth.

At the border market, a row of disheveled maids were being chosen.

Xu Qinghe stood with her head down in the crowd, surrounded by greasy, scrutinizing eyes. A feeling of nausea arose spontaneously, making her want to run away.

However, her hands were tightly bound, and there were guards around her, so the idea of ​​escaping was simply absurd.

They were slaves of disgraced officials, and the government took them in and sold them off.

Anyone who can afford it can take it with them.

The men stared at them with disgust, weighing their value; after all, it was the dry season, and two taels of silver was not cheap for a woman.

"Why is nobody buying it at only two taels of silver!"

"If we don't buy it soon, we'll be sent to the military camp to become prostitutes. I don't want to be a military prostitute."

Hearing the words of the maid beside her, Xu Qinghe couldn't help but feel anxious. Compared to being a military prostitute, she still wanted to be a maid.

No, she had to save herself.

Xu Qinghe looked up, anxiously searching for someone who could buy her.

A tall man suddenly stepped forward, pointed at Xu Qinghe, and said, "I want to buy her."

Xu Qinghe subconsciously looked at the man and saw that he was tall, with a terrible scar diagonally across his dark face, and his eyes were full of ruthlessness.

Even so, Xu Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief, as long as someone bought it.

The maidservant standing nearby shrank back in fright when she saw Xu Qinghe being bought by this kind of person; the man's face was just too terrifying.

Upon hearing that someone wanted to buy a maid, the yamen runners immediately took Xu Qinghe, the girl to be bought, over, as if afraid that he might change his mind.

"Two taels of silver, pay upfront."

Without hesitation, Shen Zhi handed over the silver he was holding and said, "Contract of indenture."

The constable first weighed the silver in his hand before taking out Xu Qinghe's indenture from his pocket and handing it over, reminding her as he did so, "Once the goods are sold, there are no returns or exchanges." He then gave Xu Qinghe a shove.

Xu Qinghe stumbled from the push and instinctively fell to the ground, but a pair of cold hands grabbed her arm and whispered a reminder, "Be careful."

Xu Qinghe quickly thanked her, "Thank you."

Then the rope behind him was untied, and a cold voice came from above, "Let's go!"

Xu Qinghe stretched her numb hands and followed closely behind.

The two walked one after the other in the northwest direction, and after walking for about an hour, they saw a village standing in the dust.

Seeing the village in front of her, Xu Qinghe breathed a sigh of relief. She had finally arrived; she would have been exhausted if she hadn't come any closer.

Following the man, they turned left and right until they reached a small courtyard. Before they even entered, a woman wearing a pink coarse cloth dress rushed out.

As soon as they came out, they eagerly asked, "Where's the food?"

Shen Zhi calmly replied, "I didn't buy it."

Sister-in-law Shen was taken aback, then pressed on, "Where's the money?"

Shen Zhi: "It's spent."

Sister-in-law Shen's face immediately turned indignant. "Spend it? Where did you spend it?"

Then Sister-in-law Shen's gaze fell on Xu Qinghe. "Her! Who is she?"

Seeing her agitated expression, Xu Qinghe quickly tried to explain, "I was bought by him..." a maid!

Before he could even utter the word "maid," Sister-in-law Shen started hitting Shen Zhi like a madwoman, yelling, "You selfish bastard, what time is it and you're still thinking about buying yourself a wife?"

After saying that, he started shouting at the house, "Mother! Mother! Come quick! Look what your son has done!"

Before long, a woman dressed in coarse gray clothes ran over, exclaiming, "My goodness, what's wrong now!"

Sister-in-law Shen immediately gritted her teeth and began to complain, "Mother, he took the money meant for my brother's wedding and bought himself a wife."

The woman immediately looked at Shen Zhi with disgust. "Second son, did you really buy yourself a wife?"

Shen Zhigang wanted to say no, but seeing the look in his mother's eyes, he turned around and agreed, "Mm."

Then Old Lady Shen gave Shen Zhi another beating, yelling, "What time is it? You're still thinking about buying yourself a wife!"

"You have no idea how long your sister-in-law has been eyeing this money. You're committing a terrible sin!"

Shen Zhi remained calm. "It's my own money."

These words acted as a fuse, and Sister-in-law Shen immediately exploded, "Your money, is it! Fine! Fine! Then let's divide the family property."

"Get out of here with the wife and kids you bought!" he said, rushing into the yard.

A moment later, she dragged her two children out and shouted, "Get out! Get out of here, we're splitting up!" Then she slammed the gate shut.

Looking at Shen Zhi's cold and hard face, Shen Zhiniang was so angry that she couldn't help but punch him twice. "Why did you buy a wife at this critical moment?"

"You think bringing these two kids back isn't enough of a hassle?"

"Alright, you two go stay in the old house in the back for now, and come back when your sister-in-law has calmed down."

Looking at her weathered mother, Shen Zhi said firmly, "No, if she wants to separate, then let her. We'll go back to the old house and live on our own." After saying that, she picked up the little one, took Da Di's hand, and left with Xu Qinghe and the others.

Xu Qinghe is still in a daze. She was kicked out without doing anything?

But she also understood that Shen Zhi's beatings, scoldings, and separation from the family were all because of her. Looking at that tall figure, Xu Qinghe silently thought to herself, "Since that's the case, then I'll be his maid for a while. After all, if he doesn't buy her, she might have to become a military prostitute."

Following the road leading out of the Shen family's house, Shen Zhi walked straight until he reached the foot of a mountain, where he stopped.

Looking at the dilapidated house in front of her, Xu Qinghe finally understood what Shen's mother meant by the old house.

In the perennially arid border region, the mud walls of the courtyards have long since cracked, and beneath the cracks, it seems as if a gentle push would cause them to collapse.

Besides the cracks in the courtyard wall, fine lines also appeared on the ground beneath our feet, so much so that as people walked in front, dust flew behind them.

Just as Xu Qinghe was looking around the house, Shen Zhi had already pushed open the courtyard gate and led the two children inside, standing in the yard and looking at her sharply.

Xu Qinghe noticed Shen Zhi's scrutiny and didn't dare to look any longer, so she quickly followed him inside.

As soon as she entered, Shen Zhi coldly addressed her, "Don't misunderstand what happened earlier. I bought you to take care of the two children, not to be my wife."

Xu Qinghe knew that Shen Zhi had no improper thoughts about her at all, and now that Shen Zhi said this, she immediately made her stance clear.

"I know, don't worry, I will take good care of these two children."

Seeing that she was so perceptive, Shen Zhi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. "You heard what my mother said just now. They were also brought back from outside by me."