Chapter 2: Resurrection

"My daughter, wake up quickly, don't scare me!"

"If anything happens to you, I won't live anymore."

Suddenly, a sad cry reached my ears.

Chen Qingqing slowly opened her eyes and found herself being held by a woman, who was crying and gently covering her forehead with her hands.

"My daughter, it's all my fault. I'm incompetent. If you had left me, how would I have lived?"

"You gave birth to a money-losing thing, and you still cry? Shut your stinky mouth." A sharp and piercing voice sounded.

"Mother, Qing girl, there's so much blood on her head, she's almost fainted. I beg you, please get her a doctor first!"

"I don't have the money to spare for a doctor. Even if she dies, forget it. Look at this useless thing you gave birth to. You're so picky about finding her a husband. I'm telling you, I've already received the betrothal money. Even if she dies, she has to die in the Li family."

"Mother, Li the Butcher is a notorious beast. If you marry Qing girl to him, you're just pushing her into the fire pit!"

"Nonsense! Although Butcher Li has a violent personality and looks a bit rough, his family has meat to eat every day and money to spend. It's a blessing for Qing girl to marry him. How can it be a hellish pit?

Besides, you three brothers are going to take the provincial examination soon. How can you pass the exam without money? No matter what, this damn girl must marry me."

Chen Qingqing's breathing stagnated, and she felt like she was having a nightmare.

Looking around, I found myself lying in a dilapidated yard with a shabby thatched house in the middle...

Not far away stood an old lady with a face full of flesh, holding her waist with both hands and shouting and cursing with saliva flying everywhere.

The woman beside him was sobbing softly, her thin face full of tear marks, and she was wearing coarse cloth clothes with patches on top of patches.

Chen Qingqing frowned. She was really reborn.

But it doesn’t look like the home of a king, a prince, or a general. Could it be that those two ghost brothers made a mistake?

Is it possible to fake the reincarnation of a dead body?

Forget it, it’s better not to believe such lies.

Suddenly, many memories that did not belong to her appeared in her mind.

This is a fictional ancient dynasty called the Daning Dynasty, and the place where she lives is called Nanshan Village.

The original owner was also called Chen Qingqing, and she just turned sixteen this year. The crying woman was the original owner's mother, Lin, and the one cursing in the street was the original owner's grandmother, Old Lady Chen.

The original owner's grandfather, Old Man Chen, was named Chen Zhonghou, and the crying Old Lady Chen in front of him was named Wu Fang.

The couple has three sons and one daughter.

The eldest brother, Chen Zhanshan, the original owner's father, married Wu, the woman who is crying now. They have two sons and one daughter.

The eldest son, Chen Feng, was eighteen years old and worked as an apprentice in the kitchen of a restaurant in Qingshui Town. He had no salary but was provided with three meals a day. He had not married because his family was poor.

The daughter, Chen Qingqing, was sixteen years old. She was honest and not good at speaking. In order to support her third uncle's studies, she was about to be sold to Li the butcher.

The second son, Chen Han, is eight years old.

The second son, Chen Zhanliang, had a wife named Sun and they had two sons.

The eldest is Chen Dabao. The second is Chen Erbao.

The third son, Chen Zhancai, is a student. He married a woman named Liu and is currently taking the examination for the title of scholar. It is the hope of the whole family that he has a son and a daughter.

Daughter, Chen Ruolan, and son, Chen Jiye.

One daughter, Chen Chunni, got married a long time ago and they don't visit often.

There are not many people in the family, so Chen Qingqing has a general understanding of it and basically remembers it all.

For fifty taels of silver, Old Lady Chen sold the original owner to Li the butcher in Qingshui Town as a concubine.

Butcher Li was in his forties and had a violent temper. He had beaten his first three wives to death. He was a notorious wife-abuser...

The original owner was afraid of being tortured to death and refused to marry.

Old Lady Chen was furious and swung her stick to hit her on the forehead. The original owner died instantly...

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard Lin crying and begging Old Lady Chen, "Mother, please don't let Qing marry Li the butcher. Even if you force her to marry, please find her a good family of equal status!"

Old Lady Chen spat, "You're talking nonsense. How can there be so many people of equal status? Even if there were, who could come up with fifty taels of silver? In a few months, the third son will be taking the imperial examination."

Without this money, how can he take the exam? Our family is counting on him to bring honor to our family. Even if you say you have smallpox today, Qing girl must marry me off."

Chen Qingqing knew that the Zhancai that Old Lady Chen was talking about was her third uncle, who passed the examination to become a student at the age of twelve. Old Lady Chen and her husband told everyone that their third son was smart and clever since childhood and would definitely become an official in the future, so they used all the family's strength to support his studies.

But since Chen Zhancai passed the examination to become a student, more than ten years have passed. He has taken the examination every year, but he has not even passed the examination to become a scholar.

The Chen family was not discouraged. In order to support Chen Zhancai's studies, they spent all their money on him.

Whenever the eldest son Chen Zhanshan and the second son Chen Zhanliang were slightly dissatisfied, the old lady Chen and her husband would comfort them by saying that the third son would pass the imperial examination and become a high-ranking official, bringing honor to the family.

The two of them dared not speak out and could only continue to support Lao San's studies.

Due to the severe drought this year, the family had no surplus food. In order to ensure that the whole family could have enough food and support Chen Zhancai to continue his studies,

That's why he sold his eldest granddaughter Chen Qingqing to the cruel butcher Li as a concubine.

Chen Qingqing's rage suddenly rose. This was such a inhuman being. She actually had such a heartless idea to target her own granddaughter. Such a grandmother was really weird.

She is a young man in the 21st century who has never been in love. How could she let her arrange a marriage for her?

Suddenly, she sat up.

Seeing her daughter awake, Mrs. Lin smiled and stroked her forehead, her face full of heartache. "Qing girl, does your head still hurt? You scared me to death."

Chen Qingqing felt warm in her heart. In her previous life, her parents divorced and each had a new family. She was kicked around like a ball and had never experienced the love of a mother.

At this moment, looking at the concern in Lin's eyes, a warm current surged in my heart.

"Mom, I'm fine, don't worry."

Lin gently brushed away the loose hair on her forehead and said, "I'm glad you're okay. Let me take a look at your wound."

Seeing this, Old Lady Chen curled her lips in disdain and sneered, "Alright, stop being so affectionate with your mother and daughter. Just tell me straight out, are you getting married or not?"

Lin helped Chen Qingqing up and held her behind her, begging, "Mother, I beg you, as long as you don't marry Qingqing to that butcher Li, I will do anything for you. I will serve you like a slave."

Old Lady Chen snorted coldly, "Stop talking nonsense! When your third brother passes the imperial examination, we'll have plenty of maids and slaves. Just wait and enjoy the good life!"

"Mother, I only have Qingyatou as my daughter. I can't bear to see you sell her off. If you insist on selling her off, you'll have to kill me first!"

"Don't threaten me with death or life. If you dare to say no again, I'll ask the eldest sister to divorce you when she comes back. Go back to your parents' home."

Hearing these words, Lin felt as if her heart was broken by a knife.

She never fought back, never responded to insults, and always accepted everything that came her way. She never dared to disobey her mother-in-law.

If it weren't for my daughter, I would never have dared to contradict my mother-in-law this time, but I didn't expect her to be so ruthless...

Her face turned pale, "Mom, you are trying to kill your daughter-in-law!"