"This guy looks sickly, is he alright?"
"That Chen Xiaomi probably doesn't care what he looks like, as long as he's still breathing, that's enough."
"He's in this state now, unable to work, just eating for free all day. We should hurry and send him over." If he dies, the money will be wasted.
"I never expected that this brat, who is usually so quiet, would actually have the courage to commit suicide. It even cost me a tael of silver to get a doctor for him."
"What a jinx! We'd better get rid of him quickly." It would be troublesome if he died at home.
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Lu Lin lay in bed, listening to the conversation between his aunt and his younger sister outside, and gave a bitter smile.
That's right, although Lu Lin lying in bed still looks like the same Lu Lin, he has become a completely different person inside.
In his previous life, Lu Lin was an ordinary college student in China. He didn't have a smooth career in a big city, so he quit his job and returned to his hometown to inherit a small shop left by his parents.
As a result, a thunderstorm sent Lu Lin and the convenience store to ancient times.
Not long after he transmigrated, Lu Lin discovered a mole on his hand, which connected to the small shop he used to run.
In the space where the convenience store is located, time should be relatively still, so there's no need to worry about the products in the store spoiling.
Lu Lin knew that time had stopped at the convenience store because he noticed that the instant noodles he had been soaking on the counter before he traveled through time were still hot when no one was around.
Ancient farmers had limited acceptance of supernatural or superstitious things. Lu Lin was worried about being burned to death, and even after discovering the existence of the small shop, he did not take any rash actions.
After Lu Lin transmigrated, he also received the original owner's memories and roughly learned that this was a dynasty he knew nothing about, similar to ancient China.
In this era, besides men and women, there is another type of person called Shuang'er. Shuang'er looks similar to men, except that they have a flower on their foreheads and are generally shorter than men.
Heterosexuals can also give birth, but it is more difficult than for women.
The original owner's fate was truly tragic. His grandparents in this life had three sons and one daughter. The original owner's father was the second son and the least favored in the family. A few years ago, he went to serve in the military, so the family sent him to serve as the father in this life.
The family was actually quite well-off; they could afford to send his cousin to school. In this world, education is something only wealthy families can afford.
The two elders could have paid some money to obtain an exemption from military service, but they were reluctant to part with the money, so they persuaded the original owner's father to go to the battlefield.
The original owner's father was a filial son. After being persuaded by his grandparents, he abandoned his wife and son and followed the conscripts.
After the original owner's father left, only the original owner's mother and the original owner remained in the family. The original owner's father was not favored, and the mother was even less valued.
The original owner's mother's family was of average means, and no one from her family had made a name for themselves. She was usually quiet and focused on her work, but she never received a kind word and didn't get much food.
The family owned a lot of land, which was mainly managed by the original owner's father, mother, and the original owner. After the original owner's father left, the work in the fields suddenly fell on the original owner's mother and the original owner, and the original owner's mother's health deteriorated day by day.
Originally, the original owner's mother had been looking forward to the original owner's father's triumphant return, but unfortunately, news came from their fellow villager that the original owner's father had died in battle.
The original owner's mother was already ill from overwork, and upon hearing this news, she felt hopeless about her future and died in despair.
After the original owner's mother died, people in the village began to gossip that the two elders had mistreated the second branch of the family. The original owner's grandmother was no pushover and directly blamed the original owner, saying that he was a jinx to his family.
This was a country governed by filial piety, and once the original owner's reputation for bringing misfortune to his family spread, the villagers looked at him differently. In ancient times, bringing misfortune to one's family was a very serious matter, and after the news spread, no one spoke up for the original owner.
The original owner's personality was already gloomy, and after the reputation of being a jinx spread, her personality became even more gloomy.
The original owner was eighteen years old this year, which was considered an older youth in this dynasty. The original owner was also the main labor force in the family, so no one in the family cared about his marriage. They only wanted to keep him at home to work.
Things have changed a bit this year, as the country's continuous wars have led to a severe population decline.
Therefore, a regulation was introduced that men who were over eighteen years old and unmarried had to pay a head tax of three taels of silver per year, and women who were over seventeen years old and unmarried could either be sent away by an official matchmaker or pay the same tax.
The moment this regulation was introduced, the family was in an uproar. Three taels of silver was no small sum, and the original owner's grandmother was obsessed with money. How could she possibly be willing to pay this amount for the original owner, whom she disliked?
There weren't many people in the family who farmed, and after the original owner's parents died, no one did the work in the fields.
After thinking it over, the grandparents decided to find a wife for the original owner so they could work together.
Unfortunately, the original owner's reputation for bringing misfortune to his family was widespread, and the villagers knew it too. Although the Lu family was well-off and had members who were educated, the original owner was an unloved person, and his daughter would surely suffer if she married into the family, so no one wanted to marry him.
Seeing that the original owner couldn't find a wife, the original owner's grandparents didn't reflect on their past behavior, but only felt that the original owner was incompetent and couldn't even find a maid.
At this time, news spread that Chen Xiaomi was looking for her husband.
Chen Xiaomi was also a prominent figure in Dashi Village. She was a hermaphrodite, but she was born with superhuman strength.
Chen Xiaomi's status in the Chen family is similar to that of the original owner in the Lu family, and her experiences are also similar to those of the original owner.
Chen Xiaomi was born to the third son of the Chen family. The Chen family was not as well-off as the Lu family, but they were still considered a wealthy family in the village.
A few years ago, the village's fields suffered poor harvests, and many people went into the mountains to hunt for food. Although hunting was dangerous, the rewards were sometimes quite substantial.
A few years ago, some villagers dragged a black bear out of the mountains and sold it to a wealthy family in the city, earning a full twenty taels of silver, which made everyone in the village extremely envious.
When the old lady of the Chen family saw that the villagers were making money by hunting, she urged her third son, Chen Shouren, to try it in the mountains. Chen Shouren was reluctant, because hunting was risky, and many people who went into the mountains had died there.
Hunting is usually a profession undertaken by farmers who lack land and are struggling to make ends meet, as tigers in the mountains are extremely ferocious.
Chen Shouren's wife was about to give birth, and he didn't want to take any risks. As a result, the old lady cried out and berated her son for being unfilial, and tried every day to get him to go into the mountains.
Left with no other choice, Chen Laosan went into the mountains. Unfortunately, that group of people encountered a pack of wolves in the mountains, and of the four who went, only one escaped.
When Chen Xiaomi's mother heard the news, she was devastated and gave birth to another twin baby, Chen Xiaomai, prematurely.
The old lady of the Chen family felt no remorse for the death of her third son. She only felt that Chen Xiaomi's mother was unlucky, that she had dragged her son down, and that she had given birth to another money-losing child.
Two years ago, Chen Xiaomi's mother died.
The third branch of the Chen family only had three children left. The eldest son of the Chen family set his sights on Chen Xiaocai, the younger brother of Chen Xiaomi. The eldest son thought that Chen Xiaocai was a freeloader and wanted to sell him to a wealthy family as a servant to supplement the family income.
In this era, servants had a very low status, and once they signed a contract of servitude, the master could decide whether to beat or kill them.
The old lady of the Chen family thought it was feasible. She thought that a half-grown boy would eat his father out of house and home. Chen Xiaocai was too young to do much work and had long been a thorn in the old lady's side.
After receiving the news, Chen Xiaomi arrested the eldest son of the Chen family and threatened the family that if they dared to arrest his younger brother, he would castrate Chen Jing.
The youngest son and eldest grandson were the old lady's lifeblood. Although the old lady of the Chen family did not care much about Chen Xiaomi and the other children, she valued this eldest grandson very much.
Hearing Chen Xiaomi's threatening words, he felt that Chen Xiaomi had simply gone mad.
Some people are like the barefoot who aren't afraid of those wearing shoes. Chen Xiaomi felt that he couldn't survive anyway, so he became wild and generous. He beat up several people who wanted to arrest him, and even drew blood.
Chen Xiaomi felt that the old lady had driven her father to his death, and she had been holding back. But when she learned that her uncle wanted to sell her younger brother, she suddenly exploded.
Knowing that Chen Laoda was going to sell Chen Xiaocai, Chen Xiaomi also inquired about it. The young master of the family that wanted to buy him had violent tendencies and had already tortured two maids to death. The family thought that the maids were useless, so they wanted to buy a boy who could be bullied.
When Chen Xiaomi thought about how heartless Chen Laoda was, and how the old lady was still helping him, and when she thought that if the old lady hadn't been so relentless in pressuring her father with the label of being unfilial, her father wouldn't have died, she was filled with rage and wanted to strangle the old lady.
The old lady could control her obedient son, but she couldn't control Chen Xiaomi, this madwoman, and was terrified.
After that incident, Chen Xiaomi coerced the old man into separating the three brothers from the Chen family and establishing their own households.
Seeing that keeping Chen Xiaomi around was not a solution, the old man had no choice but to agree.
There are still many biased elders these days. Many children who are mistreated will only complain about the injustice of their elders in their hearts. It is still a minority to directly confront them. Chen Xiaomi suddenly became a negative example in the mouths of the village elders.
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