Exiled to Lingnan
Inside the narrow and dim thatched hut, Yu Ying lay on a low bed made of dry rice straw, staring blankly at the roof of the hut with her eyes.
Yu Ying lay there like this for three days.
Three days ago, she traveled through time.
Regarding this result, Yu Ying went from being confused to breaking down in tears, and now to being numb and empty.
From the memories of the original body of this strange body, Yu Ying also had a superficial understanding of her own situation.
Not only did she travel through time, but she also traveled into a novel that she had just finished reading.
The hero in the book is the descendant of a criminal who was mistakenly taken away. Because of this mistake, he became the son of a prefect and lived a life of luxury for twenty-one years.
This comfortable life was disrupted until the real young master was recognized.
After being exiled for twenty-one years and living a hard life, the real young master has turned evil, so he takes revenge on the male protagonist in various ways.
Not only did she bribe the yamen runners to break the hero's legs on the way to exile in Lingnan, but she also forced the hero to marry an ugly and vicious woman in order to humiliate him after being rejected by his beautiful ex-fiancée when he proposed to her.
This vicious woman, after marrying the hero, was extremely harsh to his family and even took away the family's food and ran away after the amnesty.
But he didn't run far before he rolled down a steep slope. When he was seen again a night later, he was already scared to death.
It was at this time that Yu Ying traveled through time and became the male protagonist's ex-wife, who was only described in a few sentences in the text.
Thinking back to this, Yu Ying raised her hands with a headache and covered her eyes with her arms.
In the past three days, even though she had not left the house, she had a general understanding of her current situation - at this moment, the male protagonist's house was bare, and there was not even a grain of rice in the house.
In the original owner's memory, Yu Ying also knew that she was now living in a world ruled by a tyrant and dominated by treacherous ministers.
The original owner's father was an imperial physician, but he was beheaded for misdiagnosing the emperor's favorite concubine, and all the female members of his family were exiled to Lingnan.
But Lingnan today is not as prosperous as it was in later generations. It is only backward, poor and full of dangers.
Thinking of this, Yu Ying sighed helplessly again.
What should she do now?
She thought about this question for three days.
Unable to escape reality, Yu Ying can only be forced to accept the status quo and try her best to survive.
While I was thinking, I heard a gurgling sound from my stomach.
Yu Ying touched her lower abdomen. She had hardly eaten anything in the past few days. She only had a few mouthfuls of wild vegetable soup every day to fill her stomach and survive.
The intense feeling of hunger forced her to leave the straw bed, put on a pair of cloth shoes outside the bed, and slowly walk out with her weak body.
He walked to the door, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly lifted the curtain of the thatched hut.
It was early summer, the sun was setting in the west, and dusk was falling.
The twilight sun was not glaring, but since Yu Ying had been in the dim thatched hut for three days, her eyes still felt uncomfortable when she saw the light, so she had to raise her hands to block out the light.
After adapting for a while, she slowly walked out of the house into the empty yard, stopped there, and looked at the endless mountains in the distance.
Yu Ying's expression became dull again.
What’s the difference between this and being in the undeveloped mountains of modern times?
Just as I was stunned, I suddenly heard the sound of a bamboo pole tapping on the ground behind me.
Hearing the voice, Yu Ying, in a daze, turned around and looked.
The person who made the noise was an old lady with gray hair, wrinkles all over her face, and a frail figure.
During these three days, she only saw the old lady twice, and they didn't say a word to each other.
I didn’t think about it a few days ago, but now I guessed that this old lady was the male protagonist’s biological mother, Luo.
Who would have thought that this old woman who looked like she was sixty years old was actually not even fifty years old.
In order to highlight the hero's misery, his biological mother passed away after he reunited with his relatives and before he could let go of his past.
The coarse cloth clothes that Luo was wearing were so worn that the original color could no longer be seen. The cuffs were even worn into silk threads, and there were many patches all over the body. The only difference between these clothes and those worn by beggars was that they were relatively clean.
Luo's eyesight was obviously not very good, so he held a bamboo pole in his hand to explore the way and walked out of the thatched hut with squinting eyes.
She was holding a clay pot in her hand and seemed to see a vague figure in the yard.
Even though she couldn't see clearly, Luo Shi could guess who it was. She ignored Yu Ying and walked to an old water tank with a numb expression.
He rubbed the water tank for a while, picked up the ladle and slowly scooped two spoonfuls of water into the jar, then walked to a simple wood burning rack and squatted down.
Yes, the protagonist’s family was so poor that they didn’t even have a kitchen, let alone a stove for cooking.
Yu Ying's gaze passed over Luo and looked at the dilapidated thatched hut behind her.
She thought that if the wind was stronger, the two thatched houses would be blown down.
There are only two thatched houses in this yard.
One room is where she lives, and the other one is a little bigger and is now occupied by the male protagonist's family.
These conditions are really bad, but Yu Ying knows that if she wants to survive, she cannot leave this place now.
The original owner didn't have a travel permit and had less than ten cents on her. How would she survive after leaving here?
Besides, the security in ancient times was not comparable to that in modern times, not to mention Lingnan, which is known as a wild land.
Staying here would still provide a shelter from the wind and rain, and following the protagonist to earn a living would also give him a better chance of survival. But if he left, he would probably face death.
Since she wants to stay and hang out with the male protagonist, she must integrate into the male protagonist's family.
After hesitating for a long time, Yu Ying still limped towards Luo.
Because he sprained his ankle, the sound of his footsteps alarmed the alert Luo.
Hearing the sound, Mrs. Luo reached out to touch the bamboo pole with her withered hands, which trembled tremblingly.
Seeing Luo's defensive look, Yu Ying explained, "I just wanted to help you."
Hearing this, Mrs. Luo frowned, and became even more wary of her daughter-in-law's changed attitude: "I can handle it, I don't need your help."
Yu Ying had expected Luo's refusal.
The original owner was too bad before. She had been in the Fu family for half a month. She not only insulted the Fu family members verbally, but also beat them up. She even took away all the food in the house when she escaped. It was no wonder that Mrs. Luo was so wary of her now.
Besides, when the original owner was carried back by the villagers, the small bag of taro was gone. I don’t know who took the opportunity to leave.
Although Mrs. Luo cared about the food, it was all gone after all. She couldn't ask each family one by one, so she could only accept the reality, and in her heart she became even more displeased with this nominal daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Luo hoped that this nominal daughter-in-law would run away and never come back. However, she did not expect that she would take away all the food when she fled, and she did not expect that she would come back.
This daughter-in-law was sent by the officials to be the wife of her son. Mrs. Luo did not dare to let her son divorce the evil woman at will.
Besides, everyone had returned, so Luo Shi didn't dare to rush out, let alone starve her to death and cause a murder case. Helplessly, she could only swallow her frustration.
The Luo family was on high alert, so Yu Ying could only take a break and integrate into the male protagonist's family. When she sighed again, she felt a pain in her back. A small stone hit her back and then fell to the ground with a "click".
An angry voice came from behind.
"If you, a bad woman, bully grandma, I will never let you go!"
Yu Ying frowned and immediately turned around to look.
The person who threw the stone at her was a boy who looked only five or six years old, but was actually almost eight years old.
The boy's name is Fu An, and he is the protagonist's nephew.
At this time, Fu An was glaring at Yu Ying fiercely, holding his skinny little sister in his left hand.
The girl looked only two or three years old, but her actual age was definitely one or two years older than she appeared.
The brother and sister both had dirty faces and were wearing very inappropriate clothes that barely covered their bodies.
Lingnan is one of the three major exile places, also known as the wild land. You can imagine how harsh and poor the environment of this place is.
Seeing this family without any clothes to keep warm, without enough food to eat, and living in a thatched hut that was in danger of collapsing at any time, Yu Ying felt a chill in her heart, and she felt more confused than ever about the days ahead.
She didn't know whether she could adapt to this harsh environment, nor did she know whether she could improve the current situation and live well in this era.
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