Chapter 1: The Evil Stepmother

In Wangjia Village, the riverside was crowded with villagers watching the fun.

"Bah! This Jiang is so shameless! She actually wants to abandon her children and elope with a strange man! She's so fickle! She deserves to be drowned!"

"At least those kids still call her mother. She's really not a human being!"

"She always beats and scolds her children. A mother like her would be better off dead."

Jiang Lianzhu felt her head buzzing...

Didn't she die during the mission? Why was she still hearing people talking?

There were also spit flying onto her face.

It’s so real, it doesn’t seem like a dream?

Suddenly, she had a splitting headache, and before she could react, a wave of memories came flooding back.

She actually traveled through time!

The body was originally named Jiang, eighteen years old, notorious, lazy, and of bad character. She was sold by her family to a bachelor from Wangjia Village as a second wife, and suddenly became the stepmother of three children!

But on the day of the wedding, Wang Laowu disappeared.

She suddenly became the laughing stock of the whole village.

She was mentally twisted and often abused her three children, not giving them food. When she got angry outside, she would beat and scold the three cubs when she came back. This time, she even abandoned the three cubs and eloped with a second-rate guy from outside the village!

…

Jiang Lianzhu felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She actually turned into a vicious stepmother?! And eloped with a scoundrel?

"Ugh!" He spat out a mouthful of muddy water.

Everyone was shocked, "Jiang is alive!!"

"It's good that she's alive. Let's take her to see the village head. This kind of promiscuous woman must be driven out of Wangjia Village..."

Jiang Lianzhu had just woken up, her face was pale and she had no strength left in her body.

At this moment, two children in tattered clothes stood in front of Jiang Lianzhu.

He said stubbornly, "Don't come over here! My mother didn't elope with anyone. She wouldn't abandon us... Don't catch her!"

"If you want to arrest my mother, you should arrest me, Wang Erbao, first."

Jiang Lianzhu weakly looked up at the two little kids. They were about five or six years old, with pale faces and thin bodies. Their clothes were tattered and ill-fitting. They were barefoot, and they were so thin and small that it was pitiful.

According to the original owner's memory,

The little boy, who is a little taller than me, has very good facial features. He should be called Wang Xi, and his nickname is Dabao.

The slightly shorter little boy has very bright eyes and is obviously a very smart child. His name is Wang Yue, and his nickname is Erbao.

The villagers said in a tone of dismay, "Dabao, Erbao, Jiang has beaten and scolded you every day and thrown you into the mountains several times, and you still protect her like this!"

"Jiang is lazy and eats all day long, and doesn't care about you. This time she even ran off with a wild man. What's so good about having a stepmother like her?"

No matter what the villagers said, the two children stubbornly protected Jiang Lianzhu and prevented the villagers from taking action against Jiang.

In the end, the villagers could only return home in disappointment and not care about their family affairs.

Jiang Lianzhu felt a little grateful. The two cubs were protecting her, and she felt very sweet in her heart.

As soon as the villagers left, the two children struggled to help Jiang Lianzhu back home.

This home was just a thatched hut. There was not even a bed inside. There was a pile of dry straw on the ground, where people usually slept. The two little kids threw her on the straw without any courtesy.

Jiang Lianzhu was already dying, and this fall almost made her faint.

The two little kids ignored her and went out to talk.

"Brother, why do we bring her back? Wouldn't it be better to let her die outside? She doesn't want us anymore!" Erbao asked in confusion.

Dabao replied indifferently, "We are too young and still need an adult to support the family. Otherwise, we will become orphans and be bullied by outsiders. When we grow up for another two years, she can die."

Jiang Lianzhu, who was eavesdropping inside...the sweetness in her heart disappeared instantly.

She said that it was impossible for these two cubs to be so magnanimous as to speak for Jiang and still believe that she had not eloped with anyone?

It's all nonsense!

It was a pity that she had felt grateful before, but it was all in vain.

But then again, Jiang was worse than a beast, it would be strange if the kids didn't hate her, and she could understand that.

Suddenly, a voice of scolding came from outside the house, "Wang Erbao, you little bastard, you actually stole our eggs! Eggs are such a precious thing, how can you, a poor person like you, eat them?"

Jiang Lianzhu looked out through the crack in the door.

They saw an old woman with a hunched back and a group of people coming to their door in a threatening manner.

Erbao was baffled. "Mrs. Zhao, what nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever steal your eggs? A few days ago, when I was looking for pheasant eggs in the mountains, your two grandsons stole two of my pheasant eggs. I haven't even settled the score with you yet! And you're still slandering me..."

Mother Zhao cursed, "Bah! Our grandson has enough to eat and drink, and he would steal pheasant eggs from you, a wicked and unlucky person? You are so young, who are you calling me master in front of? You are a wild and fatherless child! No one will teach you, so I will teach you!"

"Bang" the broom hit Erbao and he was knocked to the ground.

Dabao immediately ran over and grabbed the broom, "You bitch, I'm going to fight you!"

But how old was he? He didn't have the strength to fight, and couldn't even hold on to the broom.

Mrs. Zhao immediately raised the broom and prepared to hit Dabao, but someone caught it.

Everyone looked and saw that it was Jiang Lianzhu!

Jiang Lianzhu suddenly raised her right foot and kicked Mrs. Zhao in the stomach, sending her flying...

"My son doesn't need any instruction from Auntie. Even though I'm his stepmother, a stepmother is still a mother. I will naturally teach my son. Now, get out of my house immediately!"

Everyone was stunned. Is this still Jiang?

The neighbors came out to watch the fun, and were stunned when they saw this scene.

"Jiang...what's wrong with her? After being drowned, her mind has cleared up? She actually knows how to protect her cub!"

"Who knows what she's thinking? Just wait and see. Erbao won't be able to escape her beating later..."

Mrs. Zhao fell to the ground after being kicked by Jiang Lianzhu. She cried out, "Ouch! Someone hit me! That bitch Jiang hit me! Her own child stole something and she dared to hit me! I'm going to ask the village head to seek justice and kick you out of Wangjia Village!"

The villagers began to point fingers at Jiang Lianzhu.

Jiang Lianzhu said coldly, "Go to the village head to judge the case, fine. We can confront each other face to face and tell who is wrongly accusing me! My son said he didn't steal, so he didn't steal. Who knows if someone from your family stole the eggs and ate them, and you want to frame my son! You are ruining my son's reputation. Please, village head, give me justice. If that doesn't work, we will go to the authorities! You don't have the ability to bully us orphans and widows in broad daylight!"

Mrs. Zhao was scared at this time. She was just angry because eggs were missing from her house and she couldn't find the thief. She vented her anger by thinking that this orphan and widow were easy to bully. She didn't want to make a big deal out of it. She didn't know why Jiang was suddenly so tough. When she heard the words "see an official", her calves trembled. How could they, the country folk, have the courage to see an official?