Chapter 1 Transmigrated as a Vicious Stepmother

Song Yushu has recently become obsessed with reading novels. As soon as he finished his work, he rushed back to his rented room and couldn't resist opening a novel to read.

The novel "The Scholar's Little Farm Wife" was recommended to her by a like-minded colleague. Originally, Song Yushu wanted to read it all at once, but the hotel made them work overtime for several days in preparation for a banquet hosted by an important person.

Unexpectedly, after staying up all night to finish watching the ending, Song Yushu lost consciousness in a moment of excitement.

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After waking up, Song Yushu was in a daze and it wasn't until three days later that she accepted reality. The good news was that after her sudden death, she transmigrated into "The Scholar's Little Farm Wife" and was given a second life. The bad news was that she transmigrated into Wei Fang, the vicious stepmother who tried to prevent the male and female protagonists from being together and was eventually abandoned by everyone.

The plot is now developing to the point where she disagrees with the male lead Zhou Chengli proposing marriage to the female lead Zhao Yuzhi.

“Father, Yuzhi and I are in love, and now that I have passed the imperial examination, I would like to propose marriage to the Zhao family,” Zhou Chengli said, then looked at Zhou Lao Er Zhou Zhifeng and glanced at Song Yushu.

Song Yushu twitched her eye. Now that she was the male lead's stepmother, it was usually her turn to propose marriage. However, the original owner of this body did not intend to agree to the marriage, so Song Yushu naturally could not change her mind right away.

"What are you looking at? I absolutely disagree with this marriage! Of all the girls you could choose, why did you have to choose the poorest Zhao family? Won't you end up having to pay the Zhao family extra money in the future?"

Song Yushu spoke in the same fiery tone as the original owner of the body.

"Even if the Zhao family is poor, they're still better off than a shrew like you who came from a butcher background!"

Zhou Chengli's eyes reddened with anger. He had always looked down on the original owner's family for being pig butchers, always thinking that pig butchering was a dirty and vulgar job. Now, seeing her belittle her beloved, he couldn't sit still any longer.

"Hey! You brat, you always eat the most meat, and now you complain that my family's pig slaughtering is dirty. I'll tear your mouth apart!"

Song Yushu transmigrated into the body of the original owner, and naturally inherited the original owner's violent temper.

"Enough! What's all this commotion! Chengli is all grown up now, it's time for him to get married. As his stepmother, you shouldn't delay his marriage!"

Zhou Lao Er naturally sided with his son. In his heart, Zhou Chengli's biological mother was his true love. If he hadn't been short of money, he would never have remarried, so he would never have allowed Song Yushu to obstruct his son's marriage.

“Mother, since my eldest brother likes Sister Yuzhi, let him marry her. Sister Yuzhi is known in the village for being virtuous and capable. Why do you have to make trouble?”

Zhou Chengzhu also disapproved of Song Yushu's tantrums. Every time Song Yushu caused trouble at the Zhao family's house, the village girls would laugh at her. Over time, she also felt that her own mother was not presentable and was always embarrassing.

“That’s right, why does Mother always dislike Big Brother? Big Brother is a scholar now, and he’ll become a high-ranking official in the future. You’ll have your day to cry!” Influenced by his father, Zhou Chengyu always admired his older brother, Zhou Chengli.

"Fine, I've raised you two with such difficulty, and you still betray me! I'd rather have given birth to a piece of barbecued pork! I don't agree to this marriage. If you go and propose, don't expect me to give you a single copper coin!"

No matter how fierce the original owner was in the Zhou family, she never deprived them of a single bite to eat, especially her twins, whom she doted on to the core, using all her dowry to raise them, yet she was still disliked by her own children.

"Shut up! I, as Chengli's father, am in charge of Chengli's marriage. You have no need to interfere!"

Zhou Lao Er was extremely annoyed by Song Yushu's shrewish behavior.

Song Yushu was waiting for these words. She didn't really intend to stop the marriage; she was just making her stance clear so that Zhou Lao Er wouldn't have the face to ask her for money later.

"You good-for-nothing Zhou Lao Er! I didn't mind that you were poor, I married into this family and bore you two children, and this is how you treat me! You're a bunch of ingrates!"

Song Yushu went all out of his act, going straight back to his room and slamming the door shut.

"Your son is unfilial and has caused unrest in the family. I am truly ashamed before my father!"

“Brother, how can you blame yourself? It’s clearly my mother’s fault. She’s so vulgar and has always made us lose face in the village. Never mind her, Dad will just go to the Zhao family to propose marriage.”

Zhou Chengyu felt increasingly that his mother had wronged his elder brother, thinking to himself: "What a good person my elder brother is, yet he has been forced into this state by our mother."

“You are all good children, you didn’t take after your mother. Chengli, don’t worry, your father will definitely make your marriage happen.”

Zhou Lao Er didn't take Song Yushu's temper tantrum seriously. As long as she didn't run back to her parents' home to complain, that was fine. After all, he was also afraid that Song Yushu's brothers would come after him.

On the other side, Song Yushu closed the door and opened the original owner's dowry box to count the silver. There were still three taels of silver and five hundred copper coins in the box. The original dowry included ten taels of silver, a silver bracelet, and a pair of silver earrings.

This dowry was quite impressive in the surrounding area, but unfortunately, the original owner pawned it all to supplement the family income.

This sum of money is now the key to her future comeback; no one can take another copper coin from her pocket!

Soon, news spread throughout the village that Song Yushu had prevented Zhou Chengyu from proposing marriage to the Zhao family, causing a great deal of discussion among the villagers.

"If you ask me, this eldest daughter of the Zhao family is not easy to marry. If you marry her, wouldn't you have to take care of her three younger brothers and sisters? Wouldn't you have to give her a lot of money in the end?"

"That's true, but Scholar Zhou is really infatuated. Zhao Yuzhi has no breasts or buttocks, and her family is poor. I don't know what she saw in her!"

"If they don't like Zhao Yuzhi, why would they like your daughter?"

"What nonsense are you spouting? Everyone knows your daughter's always hanging around in front of Scholar Zhou! What are you pretending to be, acting all high and mighty!"

Hearing their commotion, Zhao Yuzhi sped up her washing and hurriedly left with the wooden basin.

Knowing her family was poor and having lost her mother at a young age, she naturally had to plan for herself. The fact that she could stand out in Zhoujia Village and become Zhou Chengli's childhood sweetheart was enough to show how smart she was.

Now everything is ready, except for Zhou Chengli's shrewish stepmother, who is a stumbling block. How could she be content with that? It seems she needs to add fuel to the fire.

After hanging up the clothes and tidying up, she went to find Zhou Chengli.

"Yuzhi, wait a little longer. My father has already agreed to propose marriage to the Zhao family. There's nothing the Wei family can do!" Zhou Chengli saw his beloved coming to find her and knew she was uneasy, so he quickly comforted her.

“Brother Zhou, I’m scared. I know I’m not good enough for you. The Zhao family is poor, so it’s normal that your family doesn’t approve. But I was too greedy. I wanted to spend my life with you. If we can’t be together, I’d rather die…”

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Before Zhao Yuzhi could finish speaking, Zhou Chengli covered her mouth.

But tears quickly welled up in her eyes again: "I'm not lying! My father has already found someone for me, Brother Zhou, if you don't come to propose soon, I'm afraid..."

"Yuzhi, don't worry, I will definitely go to the Zhao family to propose marriage within three days at the latest!" Zhou Chengli panicked when he heard this.

"I'll wait for you," Zhao Yuzhi said, finally wiping away her tears with satisfaction.