"And then..." Suddenly I felt that the voice was a little strange, and I looked over quickly. It was a little girl.
A strange little girl.
"And then what happened?" Ji Yingying pretended not to see that look at her and even pushed the sunflower seeds in front of her: "Come on, let's eat and talk. What happened to that woman in the end? And what happened to the Zhang family in the end?"
The man grabbed a handful of melon seeds and cracked them while saying, "His wife tried to jump into the river, but was rescued. What a pity! She didn't recognize his family and even threatened them, forcing a divorce no matter what."
"Did the divorce succeed?" Ji Yingying placed some melon seeds in front of her. The woman grabbed a handful and continued, "It worked. I just stabbed Zhang Goudan and he's still recovering from the injury."
"Where does that woman live now?"
"She moved to the city. After her divorce, she originally lived in a dilapidated temple. Later, she dug up wild ginseng and made a lot of money, so she moved directly to the city."
“That’s amazing!”
"sharp?"
"That's right. If she could read, she might even become an official. Think about it, the imperial court now allows women to hold official positions."
"Really?" The woman didn't believe it and said, "It's not good for a woman to be an official. She's better off taking care of the household. Those are things men do."
"Who said that, Auntie? Look, men only do one thing when they go out, but we women do many things."
"For example, washing clothes, cooking, feeding chickens and pigs, and working in the fields—those are all things we women do. Oh, and raising children, too. And men, on the other hand, only do one thing when they go out. When they come back, they can't even help with a fallen soy sauce bottle."
Then, Ji Yingying pointed to an old lady and asked, "Auntie, does the old man keep the soy sauce bottle at home?"
"No help..." After answering, she asked again: "What is a soy sauce bottle?"
"This..." Ji Yingying hesitated for a moment, then followed the wind and ignored her: "Don't worry about that. You said that men only have one role, which is to bring money to the family. Those who don't bring money to the family and still rely on women, do you think they are reliable?"
“Unreliable.”
"That's right. By the way, who else has melons?" Ji Yingying moved the melon seeds over again, obviously wanting to eat melons.
"Who are you? Why are you here?"
Someone suddenly asked, and everyone looked at her. Ji Yingying chuckled twice and said, "My name is Ji Yingying. I was passing by here and took a look. Your village is much more lively than the previous one. The previous village is deserted."
Upon hearing that she came from the village ahead, everyone came over, afraid of being tainted by her bad luck.
"Are you really from that Ye Village up ahead?"
"No, I was passing by and someone told me to leave, so I left immediately. Otherwise, I wanted to wander around the village, but they told me to leave, so I left. What happened to that village?"
Ji Yingying took out another bag of spicy strips. The spicy strips smelled delicious. The ladies sitting there were attracted by the overbearing aroma and swallowed their saliva frantically.
"Come on, try this. It's a famous spicy snack from Beijing. Give it a try."
Everyone took out one, took a bite, and everyone fell in love with it.
"There's oil in it! It's oil! My family hasn't had oil in a long time."
"My family, too."
Everyone took small bites and wanted to save some for home.
"Come, one pack each. I took out quite a lot and ate quite a lot, so it's just enough to share." Ji Yingying gave each of them a pack and chatted with them about gossip for a long time.
By the time it got dark, Ji Yingying had already familiarized herself with the entire village.
"Girl, come to my house for dinner. Even though I don't have any delicious food, I can still fill you up."
Ji Yingying refused. She didn't want to see the hungry wolf snatching food, so she quickly said, "I'm about to leave. Let's talk tomorrow."
As she was leaving, Ji Yingying thought for a moment and immediately asked, "Are there any big mountains nearby?"
"Yes, we usually go to that mountain over there to dig for wild vegetables. There's also a Lonely Cloud Mountain not far from there. That mountain has the most wild animals, so don't go there recklessly!"
"I see!"
[Host, do you want to go to Lonely Cloud Mountain?]
[I don't want to, I'm just asking. Let's find a place to eat first.]
【Sure, hey... do you want to try some of this family's melon?】 Passing by a house, Ji Yingying heard Xiangxiang say this and even stopped to look at the door.
There doesn't seem to be anything special about it.
What melon?
[Do you know the term "pawning a wife"?]
[I know, it's just a special marriage custom where one side of the husband's family "lent" their legal wife, relinquishing her sexual or reproductive rights in exchange for some material benefit. You don't need to ask me; I naturally know this kind of term. Did the man in this family "lent" his wife?]
Yes, and she also had a son.
[Lending money to others to help them have a son? ]
No, he secretly pawned his wife off for money; she had no idea.
[Hiss~ Then they went to bed, so...shouldn't you know about it? ]
[She used date rape drugs, and those kinds of breeding drugs meant for pigs, etc. She was pawned at least ten times. The last time, she gave birth to a son, but they said he was stillborn. In reality, the man took him to pawn her.]
[That woman is so stupid, she was sold out like that? ]
No, that woman found out about it recently and is planning to wipe out the whole family.
How do you say it?
After Xiao Shuai pawned his wife for the last time, she became pregnant. After giving birth, she became a slave to the family, eating the least and working the most—worse than an ox.
[The most important thing is that Xiao Shuai no longer sleeps with Xiao Mei. He despises her and would rather sleep with a widow than his own wife.]
What did the young man do with the money he pawned?
[Of course, it's eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, and the like. Anyway, there's no money.]
Ji Yingying: ………
[Then how did Xiaomei know that she was pawned? ]
[My son has been found. I told her about it.]
[Do you believe it?]
[Well, because her son knew she was suffering, he also told her about the birthmark that helped him recognize his biological father.]
[Okay, okay, in this kind of plot, the birthmark is really important. So what are the mother and son going to do now?]
[She planned to kill the whole family by poisoning them. However, Xiaomei didn't intend to live either. She stole all the valuables from the house, intending to give them to her son. However, her son had inherited his father's property and didn't care about the money at all. He just wanted a mother.]
Xiao Mei was worried that her reputation would ruin him, so she thought she might as well die with this family.
Is it possible to save him?
Sure, it all depends on how you plan to save them.
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