Yu Jiao wakes up one day to find herself transmigrated into the body of a poor rural girl, sold off in a marriage of luck to a sickly man.
Thinking she’s landed in a farming-romance novel, ...
The widow Liu was really cruel. After Meng Yujiao followed Yu Huangqi to the Yu family, she neither came to look for her nor to visit her.
"You don't know, she had sneaked into Fourth Brother's bed before, and was severely beaten by your Third Uncle. She almost died. Since then, she seemed to have become a different person. She cured several life-threatening diseases, and after taking the prescription, she was able to save people."
Zhang chattered to Yu Gancao about how Yu Jiao used medicine like a god and saved Zhou Huai and the second master of the Mu family.
After hearing this, Yi Gancao exclaimed, "Her medical skills are so amazing? It's a pity that she is a girl. There are many prejudices against women in this world. If she were a man, she might become a famous doctor."
"She is a capable woman. She has earned dozens of taels of silver just by seeing patients a few times. Your father even agreed to give her half of the consultation fee." Zhang sighed, "She has more than ten taels of silver in her hand! If she is willing to give it to you, your younger brother can go to the county school to buy a recommendation letter for the autumn examination."
Yu Gancao already knew that her mother was making a fuss with her grandparents, claiming to be sick and not going to the fields, because Zhizhou was going to the county school. Although she didn't have much contact with Yu Jiao, Yu Gancao had an inexplicable feeling that Yu Jiao was different from these country girls. She couldn't tell exactly how, but she probably just felt that she didn't belong to this small mountain village.
"Mom, our grandparents have always been tight-fisted. All the money earned by the families goes into their hands. Apart from my third uncle and aunt, how can our two families get any money? My fifth brother's wife can get half of the medical fee from my grandfather. She must have some ideas. Don't even think about asking her to give money to me to go to the county school. Don't offend her." Yu Gancao thought for a moment, afraid that her mother would really do something excessive, which would make the relationship with the second family awkward.
Zhang nodded, "I took your sister-in-law's words to heart. The money for Yu Jinshu and Yu Jinyan from the third house to go to the county school was paid by the public school. When it comes to Zhizhou from our family, how can we pay it back by ourselves? If we have to pay it back, it should be paid by the public school. We can't let the third house and his wife get everything for free."
Yu Gancao persuaded him, "You can't stop working in the fields just for this. There is so much wheat at home that even if Second Aunt is exhausted, she still can't finish the work."
"I know your second aunt can't finish the work. I just want to force your grandfather to agree to pay for it from the public treasury! If the public treasury pays for it, our eldest wife won't have to pay it back in the future. Meng Yujiao just needs to keep the money when she collects the medical fees. In this way, all the money she earns is her own money." Zhang was a good calculator.
At this moment, Li Hanqiu came in from outside. Yu Gancao wanted to say something, but Zhang urged, "You and Hanqiu's son-in-law will sleep in Zhizhou's room tonight. Go and rest."
Thanks to Yu Qiaoshan's help, all the wheat harvested in the yard was threshed and husked. Song piled the wheat straw aside and went back to the house to rest.
Yu Fuling, who was still sewing wedding clothes in the room, yawned sleepily, put down the needle and thread in her hand, and placed the sewing basket on the bedside. Seeing that Yu Jiao was still reading, she asked, "When are you going to bed?"
Yu Jiao raised her head from the book and glanced out the window. She was not used to the fact that there was no clock here, so she couldn't even tell the time.
"What time is it?" She rubbed her eyes and asked Yu Fuling.
Yu Fuling lay down and huddled into the quilt. "It's already midnight."
Yu Jiao calculated in her mind that it was about ten o'clock in the evening. She closed the book in her hand, carefully placed it on the wooden cabinet beside the bed, got out of bed, and planned to close the window and go to sleep.
Walking to the window, Yu Jiao glanced at the night sky outside. She paused as she was about to close the window and whispered, "It's going to rain tomorrow."
Yu Fuling, who was lying on the bed and drowsy, suddenly opened her eyes and sat up after hearing this. "What did you say?"
Yu Jiao looked at the night sky outside and repeated slowly, "It will rain tomorrow."
"You said it will rain tomorrow?" Yu Fuling asked again.
Yu Jiao nodded. Yu Fuling had already climbed out of bed, quickly put on her clothes, and walked out.
Song had just washed up and was about to go to bed when she saw Yu Fuling suddenly come out. She thought she was going to the toilet and was about to hand her the candlestick on the bedside table, but she heard Yu Fuling say, "Mother, Yu Jiao said it's going to rain, so we have to harvest the wheat in the yard quickly."
Song also put on her clothes, "No way, I see the weather has been very good these days."
Yu Fuling said in an unfathomable manner, "You don't understand. Yu Jiao said it's going to rain. It will definitely rain tomorrow. Mother, let's quickly harvest the wheat in the yard."
Seeing her serious expression, Song couldn't help but think of the day when Yu Jiao and the others went hunting in the mountains. Yu Jiao said it would rain the night before, and it really rained the next day. She got out of bed immediately and said worriedly, "If it really rains tomorrow, what will happen to the wheat in the fields? If it gets soaked by the rain, it will be over!"
Yu Mengshan also sat up and asked Yu Jiao, who had already put on her clothes and walked out from the side room, "Meng girl, is it really going to rain tomorrow? How did you know? How long will it rain?"
Yu Jiao raised her hand and pointed to the top of her head. "From what I can see from the sky, there will be a lot of rain this year. I don't know how long this rain will last."
Yu Mengshan had no idea what the celestial phenomenon was, but seeing that Yu Jiao didn't seem to be joking, he quickly put on his coat and said, "If it really rains, we have to harvest the wheat in the fields quickly, otherwise the harvest for the past six months will be lost."
Song said immediately, "I'll go find my eldest brother and his wife. Fuling, go call your third uncle and third aunt, and tell your grandpa and grandma that we have to go to the fields quickly."
The Yu family had just gone to bed, and now the second room was knocking on everyone's door, making such a loud noise that it woke everyone up.
After Yu Fuling knocked on the door of the third room, Zhao scolded her, "Are you hysterical? Why is it raining on such a good day? Are you just looking for trouble and not letting us sleep? If you from the second room want to go crazy, go to the fields and do it by yourselves, don't disturb us from sleeping!"
After saying that, he slammed the door shut with a bang.
Yu Fuling gnashed her teeth in anger, and knocked on the door of Mr. Yu and Mrs. Yu Zhou with a helpless look on her face. Mrs. Yu Zhou opened the door with her clothes on and asked, "Who told you that it was going to rain?"
Yu Fuling was a little afraid of Yu Zhoushi, but she now believed Yu Jiao's words without a doubt, so she gritted her teeth and said, "Yu Jiao said so."
"She said it would rain, and it rained. Does God really listen to her? All the villagers are rushing to harvest the wheat in these few days. If it really rains, the news would have spread throughout the village long ago. Don't make a fuss in the middle of the night. If you want to go to the fields to harvest the wheat, go by yourself. No one will care about you!" Yu Zhou was woken up and felt angry, but she also closed the door and went to sleep.
A cold voice suddenly sounded, "Of course God won't listen to me, but God told me that it would rain tomorrow, and I have already told you. If the wheat in the fields is really flooded and the harvest is reduced, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance." Yu Jiao walked out from behind Yu Fuling and said calmly.