Jiang Henian has had sharp ears since she was a child. Even if Wang Chunfang and Jiang Yanqiu lowered their voices, she could still hear them clearly.
It turns out that Jiang Yanqiu had a childhood marriage.
It was decided early on by her biological father Li Dehua and the village carpenter He, who were close friends.
When Jiang Yanqiu was born, Carpenter He gave the Li family 180 yuan as a betrothal gift for his ten-year-old son. When she was six, her two fathers died in an accident while working on a reservoir, but everyone knew the marriage was set in stone.
Later, the person I was engaged to as a child left home to join the army and didn't come back for ten years. He was only found last night lying at the entrance of the village covered in blood, his legs bitten to a bloody mess by some unknown beast.
None of his luggage was found, only half of a discharge certificate was found on the ground, with the words "First Battalion Cooking Team" written on it.
The dream of marrying a military officer is completely shattered.
The other party is just a cook, and it’s hard to say whether he is dead or alive.
The marriage that Jiang Yanqiu had always been secretly proud of turned into a hot potato.
She was absent-minded at work today, listening to the gossip of the villagers, but she didn't dare to talk to them for fear of getting into trouble.
She would never marry such a loser!
The best way now is to let Jiang Henian marry in her place.
Anyway, they are a family now and are the same age, so it doesn't matter which "daughter" he marries.
I understand that she, a dull person who can't do anything, wouldn't dare to have any opinions.
The more Jiang Yanqiu thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. She discussed it with Wang Chunfang in a low voice for a long time.
On the other side of the wall, Jiang Henian was lying in the corner, his face puffed up with anger as he listened.
This black-hearted mother and daughter!
You're starving at the betrothal money, refusing to break off the engagement and yet still refusing to marry, leaving me to be a widow for you?!
Bah! Who are you family?
She stared at the adobe wall, wishing she could rush in and beat them to death with a fire poker.
"What does it smell like outside?"
"Jiang Henian! I asked you to boil an egg, but you actually burned the pot through!"
Wang Chunfang lifted the curtain and ran out. Seeing the stove spewing black smoke, she was so angry that she fell backwards.
"Boss! Look at Sanya! She's going to burn our house down!"
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The loess path in the village was overgrown with weeds. Jiang Henian walked slowly forward carrying a bamboo basket half a person's height on his back.
Her bundle of firewood made the stove fire as strong as her heart fire, and successfully burned the pot.
Wang Chunfang was so angry that she almost rolled her eyes. After finally finding a mistake, she pulled Jiang Chengmin over to complain, saying that she was grown up and had a stubborn temper. She got eggs to eat but deliberately burned the pot, and it was obvious that she wanted to make the whole family starve.
He exaggerated the story, as if Jiang Henian had already started a huge fire that burned down the Jiang family.
Jiang Henian stood by the stove, looked down at the big iron pot that gave off a burnt smell, and blinked innocently.
Oops, I was so busy eavesdropping that the eggs were boiled dry.
She took out the cracked, blackened egg, broke off a piece and put it in her mouth, mumbling:
"It wasn't intentional. I was just sitting there and suddenly passed out."
"Maybe, it really hurts my brain."
Wang Chunfang immediately shut up and stared at Jiang Henian warily, fearing that she would say she wanted to see a doctor the next second.
Finally, the job of making lunch that day did not fall to Jiang Henian. Wang Chunfang did not dare to let this evil girl touch the stove at all.
Damn it, a pot is so precious! It was burnt black!
The cooked corn porridge had a mysterious burnt smell, and even Jiang Chengmin looked unhappy after eating it.
Jiang Henian pretended not to notice the expressions of the people at the table. He pushed the untouched half bowl of porridge to his cheap father, acted like a good boy, and went out with the bamboo basket on his back.
When you first arrive, you shouldn't do anything out of the ordinary, lest others become suspicious.
Jiang Henian, who had no idea that he was already very different from the original owner, tossed the remaining half dried egg in his hand and followed the original owner's vague memory to the place where grass was cut for pigs.
Huagou Village is located in a remote area far away from the county town. Most of the houses along the way are scattered adobe houses, and occasionally a few blue brick houses can be seen.
At first glance, there is nothing but green vegetation and yellow soil, which shows the poverty in an unsubtle way.
Jiang Henian felt a little melancholy. This wasn't much better than the end of the world.
She shook the sickle in her hand, and scratched the weeds on the roadside with her small hands, making a sharp breaking sound.
This feeling is magical. This body is very skilled and strong in these farm work, but Jiang Henian's own consciousness is very unfamiliar with these things, and he relies entirely on the original owner's vague memories for guidance.
Sometimes I even have a confusing feeling that my body is being controlled.
Jiang Henian suddenly stopped and looked up at the end of the village in the distance.
Jiang Yanqiu's childhood sweetheart, the cook, was lying in an old thatched house at the foot of the mountain at the end of the village.
It is said that the second son's wife of the He family is pregnant and cannot stand the smell of blood. She is afraid of disturbing the baby boy in her belly, so she refuses to let her uncle, whom she has never met and who is seriously injured, into the house.
It is said that if the evil spirit causes a miscarriage, two lives will be lost!
Finally, the village party secretary stepped in and agreed to carry the person to the vacant old thatched house of the brigade.
The He family also asked Lao Ma Liu to take a look, but he just shook his head and said that the leg was broken and if they wanted to save his life, they should send him to the city hospital.
For the farmers in Huagou Village, going to the hospital in the county town would cost the whole family a lot of money, not to mention the city hospital a hundred kilometers away. Whether there is enough time or not is one thing, but the medical expenses alone will bankrupt them.
In the entire Huagou Village, no one has ever been to the city!
Besides, it was the busy harvest season, and everyone was so busy that no one cared about the youngest son of the He family who had not returned for ten years.
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