Yang Haiyan transmigrated into a character who was a mere foil to the female lead in an ancient setting.
In the novel’s plot, both women were sold into the same household to work as maids:<...
Of course, Han's stepmother would not run away. When she saw her son being kicked out, her eyes were filled with anger and she wished she could eat Han Zhen alive. She screamed sharply: "Niuzi, my Niuzi, someone come, the eldest brother has killed someone... Someone come, the eldest brother has killed someone..." Han
Zhen saw that she was so ignorant and did not want to waste time. He said to the women: "Please carry her to the kitchen, I will talk to her." The woman in the lead was the town's matchmaker. Han Zhen went to find her in the morning and discussed business with her, asking her to find someone to subdue Han's stepmother to avoid inappropriate contact between men and women and being wrongly accused by Han's stepmother. The matchmaker's business in the town was not doing well. Han Zhen's business was simple and easy to make money, so she came.
The matchmaker asked the woman she brought with her to carry Han's stepmother to the kitchen. Of course, Han's stepmother's screams like a pig being slaughtered were ignored.
Han's father grabbed Han Zhen and asked worriedly: "What are you doing? This is your stepmother. Stepmother is also a mother. Don't mess with her."
Han Niuzi struggled to get up from the ground and wanted to help his mother, but thinking of Han Zhen's leg strength, he just lay down and couldn't get up.
Han Niuzi's wife was even worse, trembling and hiding in the corner.
Han Zhen glanced at Han's father and went into the kitchen without saying a word. The kitchen door was not closed, so it would not hinder Han's father and others from looking outside. Han Zhen looked at the tied-up stepmother Han and threatened directly: "If you shout again, I will kill Niuzi."
Stepmother Han turned it off instantly like a switch. She looked at Han Zhen with defensive and hateful eyes, fearing that Han Niuzi would really get into trouble. She thought Han Zhen would not dare, but after what happened now, she thought Han Zhen would dare.
Seeing that Han's stepmother was silent, Han Zhen continued: "If you insist on staying here, I will report to the police and you will go to jail. As for your son, I may not kill him, but I will let him suffer the same pain I have suffered."
Han's stepmother shouted: "You dare."
People outside could not hear Han Zhen's voice, but only Han's stepmother's voice. Hearing Han's stepmother shouting again, Han's father was worried.
Han Zhen smiled: "This is my territory. Do you think I dare? After you go to jail, can you still expect my father to help your son? Don't think about it. You know my father well. He won't help." Just like he didn't help him at the beginning, he turned a blind eye. He seemed cowardly, but in fact he was the most selfish. As long as he had a bite to eat, it was fine.
Stepmother Han was silent. She knew Father Han's character. She knew it from the beginning, so he bullied Han Gouzi so unscrupulously. But she didn't know that she would be beaten by Han Gouzi if she came here.
Han Zhen knocked on the table: "I don't have much patience. Have you thought it through?"
Stepmother Han stared at him, with hatred and fear in her eyes, but she didn't give up that calculation: "Are you going to split up the family? There is no difference between you and splitting up the family, right?"
Han Zhen said: "There is really no difference. Just think of it as splitting up the family. I don't want anything from my hometown. From now on, you have nothing to do with me. Don't expect me to support you in your old age."
Stepmother Han snorted: "Old man, But your father, you have to take care of him in his old age."
Han Zhen chuckled and laughed sarcastically at stepmother Han. He knew her plan very well: "I will take care of him in his old age, and I will get the lion's share of everything in the family. Everyone knows that the eldest son gets the lion's share when the family is divided, not to mention that I am the eldest son of the original wife, and you... are the second wife, which is no different from a concubine according to the sayings of the wealthy families."
Stepmother Han hated it the most when people said this, and today Han Zhen was just opening her wound. Han Zhen stood up and looked down at him. The woman who used to be his nightmare was now so weak. He smiled coldly: "Have you thought about it? If not, I will ask the mayor to send you to the county government."
Han's stepmother swallowed her breath: "You can not give me old-age support, but you must support the old man."
Han Zhen stared at her, and after a while, he said: "I will give the old man fifty coins every month, just as his food."
Han's stepmother was about to say that fifty coins were not enough, but when she saw Han Zhen picked up the kitchen knife and scratched the sharp cut of the kitchen knife with his fingers, she closed her mouth: "Okay."
The reason why Han Zhen agreed to give Han's father a pension was to avoid gossip. If he wants to continue on the path of a military general, he can't leave a stain of not supporting him in his old age, otherwise he will leave disadvantages if he is promoted in the future. And giving fifty coins a month in pension can stop some gossip. Besides, no matter what Han Lao Daddy does, he is still his father. Even if he has no expectations in his heart, he can't watch old man Han starve to death in the future.
Han Zhen walked out of the door, called Han Lao Daddy, the mayor and others in, and then said to Han Lao Daddy: "She and I have already discussed it. Our family is officially separated. I don't want anything from my hometown. I will leave the house with nothing, but I will give you fifty cents a month for your old age."
Han Lao Daddy was stunned: "This... this..."
Han Zhen: "Do you agree or not?"
Han Lao Daddy subconsciously looked at Han's stepmother.
Han's stepmother smirked: "That's it, agree." Fifty cents is fine, it's six hundred cents a year, it can be saved.
Father Han was used to leaving the family affairs to stepmother Han. Now that she agreed, he naturally had nothing to say: "Then... let's do it this way."
The Han family division deed was made in triplicate, one for Han Zhen, one for the Han family, and one for the mayor as a witness.
After the division, stepmother Han said: "Can you give us this year's pension? Give it to us and we'll leave."
Han Zhen took out two hundred and fifty coins from his money bag: "From August to December, there are still five months, a total of two hundred and fifty coins, keep it."
Stepmother Han took the money quickly and said: "We're leaving, but we'll be hungry on the way. It's expensive to buy food outside, so we need to make some cakes and dry food here."
Han Zhen did not object.
Han's stepmother and Han Niuzi's wife made pancakes and rice balls together. The pancakes were scallion pancakes, and the rice balls were filled with dried radishes, which were made by Yang Dahua herself. In the end, Yang Dahua's eggs were also chopped up to make boiled eggs. After they were done, they walked away in high spirits.
Han Zhen followed them and watched them walk to the county town, rest for a while in the county town, and then find the escort team to leave together. He followed them for two days, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that they had really gone far away.
Han Zhen immediately went back to his family's house. When he passed the county town, he went to buy a few fish. After returning to his family's house, he tidied up the house, and then picked up two fish and went to Qin's house. After the Han family left, he had to take Yang Dahua home.
Yang Haiyan was having lunch. When she heard Qin Siya say that her handkerchiefs could earn money and Qin Shoucheng's handwriting met the requirements for copying books, she was quite happy. The children were willing to work hard, even if it was for the sake of making money, which was worthy of praise.
"Madam, Han Baifu is here. He is in the west room now and wants to see you." Aunt Yu came.
When Yang Haiyan heard this, she put down her chopsticks and went to the west room.
In the west room, Mrs. Cui had already put away Yang Dahua's things. Yang Haiyan saw this and said, "What happened?"
Han Zhen said, "The people from my hometown have already left. I'm here to take Dahua back. Thank you, sister
-in-law, for taking care of Dahua these days." Yang Haiyan said, "You're welcome. You and Qin Fang are good friends. Dahua and I are sisters who grew up together. This is nothing." She was really surprised to hear Han Zhen say that he had dealt with the Han family.
In the novel, Yang Dahua dealt with the Han family, but Han Zhen was already a captain at that time. There was a palace nanny at home, and Yang Dahua dealt with the Han family with the guidance of the palace nanny. But even so, it took quite a while.
But now Han Zhen took action, how come it was so fast?
Of course, Yang Haiyan didn't know that when the Han family came in the novel, Han Zhen and Yang Dahua had already started to prosper. Han's stepmother was a smart person. After they became prosperous, she wanted to cling to them, so after she came, she changed her strong style and compromised, which made it difficult for people to deal with her.
But now, as soon as Han's stepmother came, she caused Yang Dahua to give birth prematurely. Naturally, he used the evidence in Han Zhen's hands.
Although the direction was different, the result was the same, the Han family left. Compared with the original plot, the Han family took away a lot of money when they left, but now it is considered good.
In the blink of an eye, it was early August.
Uncle Hong reported in the study: "Madam, Niu Da said that the fruit called watermelon is so big, as big as a pig's head. It's the first time he grows this kind of fruit. I don't know if it's ripe. What do you think?"
Yang Haiyan heard it and said, "Let's go to the countryside tomorrow... Are there any snakes in the fields?" Uncle Hong hurriedly said, "No, no, since that time, the fields have been clean. Niu Da checks every day." Yang Haiyan thought about it and thought
, "I'm afraid the fields will be dry and clean."
Thinking: "It is said that snakes are afraid of realgar wine, is it true?"
Uncle Hong said: "It is true, but realgar wine is very expensive to repel snakes. Niu Da exchanged snake repellent powder with the village doctor and sprinkled it in the manor. He exchanged broccoli for snake repellent powder. He told me about this, but I forgot to tell you before."
Yang Haiyan waved her hand: "It's a small matter, you can decide."
Uncle Hong: "Yes."
The next day, Yang Haiyan got on the carriage and went to the countryside again. However, this time was different from the last time. This time, he brought two private guards, one in front and one in the back, specifically to prevent snakes.
Niu Da knew that Yang Haiyan would come today, so he sprinkled snake repellent powder around the manor early in the morning, and then brought his family to wait at the gate of the manor. Niu Da used to go to the town and the county to find a job, doing hard labor for ten cents a day, sometimes even less than ten cents, but he had never seen a good master like the Qin family. For example, now that the broccoli is ripe, the master allows them to pick a broccoli every ten days for their own use. So Niu Da cherishes this job very much and is very loyal to the master.
When they arrived at the farm, when Yang Haiyan got off the carriage, she looked around carefully, for fear that a snake would come out from somewhere. Nanny Lian walked beside her and said with a smile: "Don't worry, ma'am."
Yang Haiyan sighed: "I'm not afraid of ants or cockroaches, I'm just afraid of snakes."