Chapter 1 Dressed as a Widow
Chapter 1 Dressed as a Widow
dusk.
riverside.
Jiang Anan felt that she couldn't breathe and her whole body was cold. When she opened her eyes, she thought, "Damn it, who is so wicked to throw her into the water?" She wanted to open her mouth and was almost choked by the water. Fortunately, she knew how to swim. She quickly kicked her legs twice and her whole head emerged from the water. She took two breaths, and a bunch of memories came to her mind. She felt her head hurt so much that she almost couldn't hold on and was about to sink again.
Regardless of the memories in my head, I quickly swam towards the shore.
It was not until she swam to the shore that she covered her head and felt the pain. A memory became clearer and clearer, just like something she had experienced herself.
Only then did she realize one thing: she had traveled through time.
She had just had a quarrel because that unscrupulous merchant cheated her of the weight, so how did she end up traveling through time?
Oh, she remembered that the merchant couldn't win the argument with her, and when he saw that she was going to call the police, he pushed her. Her head seemed to hit something, and she felt a severe headache. The last thing she vaguely remembered was that the people passing by were staring at her, and she squinted her eyes and gradually lost consciousness.
She touched the back of her head and felt the pain was still there. Was she dead? And then she traveled through time?
Following the memories in her head, she traveled through time and space to the body of a widow named Jiang Xiaohe?
Speaking of which, the widow Jiang Xiaohe is also pitiful. Her father and mother don't love her in her natal family. The only purpose of her living is that when she gets married, her natal family can ask for more dowry because of her beauty so that she can find a wife for her lazy brother.
Now his eyes have set on the Zhang family in Caoping Village.
The Zhang family is considered a farming family with some wealth in Caoping Village because they have a capable son, Zhang Dashan. Zhang Dashan was lucky. When he was twelve or thirteen years old, he accidentally saved a merchant. In order to thank him and as he was short of manpower, the merchant took him with him, taught him how to do business, and took him around the country. Therefore, all the wealth of the Zhang family was earned bit by bit by Zhang Dashan who followed the merchants outside.
When Zhang Dashan first talked about the marriage, Jiang Xiaohe's parents went to inquire about it and deliberately let Jiang Xiaohe meet Zhang Dashan in the town, which made the marriage possible.
Zhang Dashan's parents were very kind and friendly. Although it cost some money to marry Jiang Xiaohe, the old couple felt that the money was originally earned by their son. Moreover, they had only this one son in all these years, so they thought that as long as their son was willing and happy, they would spend more money.
Therefore, when Jiang Xiaohe got married, Zhang Dashan's mother Wang Qiuxia did not treat her harshly. She even felt that her son had spent so much money to marry her, so she had to treat the girl well to justify the large amount of betrothal gifts she had given him. She was a very sensible mother-in-law.
Therefore, Jiang Xiaohe lived a very comfortable life for a long time after she got married, at least many times better than when she was at her parents' home.
Of course, she was also satisfied with her husband Zhang Dashan. After all, Zhang Dashan was handsome and tall.
She became pregnant just a few months after getting married.
Everyone in the Zhang family was very happy and obeyed her in everything. Even when her family members occasionally came to ask for money, they turned a blind eye, thinking that a harmonious family is the foundation of everything.
But the mistake was that Zhang Dashan saw that he had to feed another child at home, so he thought of following his boss on a few more business trips. As a result, he encountered bandits. Not only were his goods robbed, but he was also hacked to death on the spot.
By the time the bodies were brought to Caoping Village, they were stiff.
Wang Qiuxia cried so hard that her eyes almost went blind.
Zhang Fu cried bitterly when he saw that his only son was missing.
Jiang Xiaohe also felt that the sky was about to fall in this family.
She felt that her life was miserable. Some people in the village called her a jinx. The Zhang family was doing well, but it was because they married such a jinx that Zhang Dashan got into trouble.
Fortunately, the old couple didn't listen.
After all, Jiang Xiaohe is carrying the only child of the Zhang family. Even though he is sad, he is still good to her.
But at this time, the Jiang family came and said that Zhang Dashan was dead and their Zhang family would never be able to survive. Their daughter could not suffer with the Zhang family, so they insisted that Jiang Xiaohe must be taken back.
The old couple of the Zhang family would never agree to this, as Jiang Xiaohe was pregnant with their only child.
But the Jiang family forced Jiang Xiaohe to abort the child. The old couple cried and wailed, and it was finally the village chief Zhang Shunchang who stepped in to stop the farce.
Although the Jiang family promised Jiang Xiaohe not to abort the child, they still wanted to take Jiang Xiaohe away. In the end, the old couple used the little money left in their home to keep Jiang Xiaohe to the Jiang family and said they would treat her well.
Seeing that their goal had been achieved, the Jiang family left happily.
When Jiang An'an walked here, she said with a pah sound. Jiang Xiaohe had married into the Zhang family, so there was no reason for her to be taken back by her parents' family. The Jiang family just saw that the two old people in the Zhang family had no one to rely on! That's why they came to bully them.
Seeing that life was becoming increasingly difficult, the old couple had no way to make money and could only farm. Considering Jiang Xiaohe's health, they finally had to sell their belongings and move from the brick and tile house to an earthen house.
At the end of last year, Jiang Xiaohe finally gave birth to a child for the Zhang family, a son. The old couple knelt in the yard and thanked God that their Zhang family finally had an heir. Finally, they named the little son Zhang Chuan.
Wang Qiuxia took good care of Jiang Xiaohe, thinking that as long as they treated her well, they would be able to keep her.
But just after I finished my confinement, the Jiang family started making trouble again.
They wanted to take Jiang Xiaohe away again, saying that the child was also born to their Zhang family, and Jiang Xiaohe's purpose in the Zhang family was fulfilled.
The two old people were sad again.
Jiang Xiaohe was also a foolishly filial child. She believed whatever her parents said. Although she was reluctant to leave her children, Wang Qiuxia and Zhang Fu, she was more afraid that the burden of the family would fall on her, a woman, in the future. She was just a woman who wanted to find a good man to marry and live a comfortable life.
Therefore, when the Jiang family came to ask for people, she was willing to go with them.
Wang Qiuxia cried and pulled her, "My daughter-in-law, if you leave, how will Chuan'er live?"
As soon as she said this, the baby in her arms burst into tears.
After all, blood is thicker than water, and Jiang Xiaohe couldn't bear it.
Then he knelt down, tears streaming down his face, and said to his parents, "Dad, Mom, why don't you wait until I'm older before you come and pick me up."
The Jiang family didn't want to push her into a corner. After all, they took Jiang Xiaohe back home because they wanted to marry her off to another family and get another betrothal gift.
Jiang Xiaohe's elder brother just got married, and the new wife is pregnant, so there are many places to spend money at home.
So I followed her, thinking it would be better to do it later. I could take it back and sell it later. My eldest wife would also be giving birth, so it would be a good time to take over.
"Okay, then we'll come back in half a year to take them away."
Just yesterday, the six-month deadline was exactly over, and the Jiang family came to take Jiang Xiaohe away early in the morning.
Wang Qiuxia cried bitterly at home early in the morning, but he still couldn't keep her.
Jiang Xiaohe thought her parents were really doing this for her own good. Before she even entered the house, she saw a sedan chair parked in the yard. She asked about it in confusion, but her parents lied to her, saying that they had found a good marriage for her.
Her parents urged her to change into her wedding dress.
She didn't think much about it. After she got into the sedan chair, she heard people saying along the way that she was the concubine of the landlord Chang in the town.
what!
Landlord Chang was a well-known torturer. He was notorious in the town and no one knew how many concubines he had tortured to death in his mansion.
Jiang Xiaohe immediately became unwilling, and ran away with the excuse of going to the toilet.
The people behind were chasing her, and she accidentally fell into the river. The matchmaker shouted for someone to go down and rescue her, but there was no way. None of the people carrying the sedan chair that day could swim. Seeing the person sinking into the river, the matchmaker shouted "bad luck" and left with her people.
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