Yu Chengyuan set off together with his brothers, his second uncle, and his fourth cousin.
One of them pulled hard from the front, while the other pushed hard from behind.
It's tough, but making money is never easy.
So they didn't find it too hard; it was much easier than farming.
After a year of growing rice, the farmers have to give what they can eat to the government, and the rest they can't earn much money in return.
They truly toiled in the fields every day, facing the loess soil with their backs to the sky; the hardship they endured was something city dwellers could never comprehend.
So this kind of work that only requires a little physical effort to earn money is something they truly enjoy.
Along the way, Yu Chengyuan noticed that his fourth cousin, Pan Qiufeng, seemed hesitant to speak, so he took the initiative to ask, "Cousin Qiufeng, it looks like you have something to say?"
Pan Qiufeng hesitated for a while before finally speaking up: "Cousin Chengyuan, I just want to ask, why does everyone have such a strong hostility towards that girl Chunyan?"
Did she do something to offend the villagers or her family?
He only heard the people's sarcasm and disdain for Chunyan, but he didn't know the real reason behind it.
At the time, he felt like a large group of people were ganging up on a little girl, so he couldn't help but speak up in support, without thinking about anything else.
When he got home yesterday, he only asked his father one question, but his father dismissed him with "Mind your own business!"
Seeing his father's serious expression, he dared not ask another question.
"Cousin Qiufeng, so what you wanted to ask about was Sister Chunyan's matter?"
"She was a widow, her life was very hard, and she had bad luck," Yu Chengyuan said slowly.
Pan Qiufeng was taken aback. No wonder his father had told him not to ask any more questions; it turned out that the pretty girl was actually a widow.
It turns out she was already a married woman, but her husband had died!
Previously, the villagers avoided her like the plague because they thought she was a jinx to husbands.
In rural areas, it's really not good for a girl to be stigmatized as a "husband-killer," as it might make it difficult for her to get married in the future.
Because of this reputation, no matchmaker dared to come to their door to propose marriage.
This is especially important in their rural areas, as women in the city who have jobs may still be able to get married.
"Fourth cousin, Sister Chunyan is really pitiful."
She was happily married, but who could have imagined that on their wedding night, the groom drank himself to death and they wouldn't even be able to consummate their marriage?
Her in-laws, however, blamed her for the groom's death and sent her back to her parents' home that very night.
Yu Pingan has always been a warm-hearted person with a chivalrous spirit.
Fearing that her fourth cousin also thought Chunyan was a jinx, she quickly tried to explain for Wang Chunyan.
How could they do that?
Sending the bride back home on her wedding night, how is she supposed to face anyone after that?
Furthermore, the groom clearly drank too much and died because of his own greed; blaming the people who were toasting him is completely unreasonable, especially blaming a young girl!
Pan Qiufeng said with a dissatisfied look, without even realizing that a barely perceptible expression of anger had appeared on his face.
"Cousin Qiufeng is right, it has nothing to do with Sister Chunyan."
"You have no idea, there are even more outrageous things to come!" Yu Pingan continued, sounding like a radical intellectual.
"what else?
"Cousin Ping An, please tell me about it."
Pan Qiufeng asked anxiously.
This is bad enough, what could be worse?
She was married on her first day of marriage, but before she even entered the bridal chamber, her husband died. That very night, she was sent back to her husband's family. That was tragic enough!
This humiliation will stay with the girl for the rest of her life. How could anything be worse?
"Cousin Qiufeng, Chunyan's mother-in-law cursed Chunyan as a jinx who brings bad luck to her husband, and took back the bride price. Not only that, she also forced the Wang couple to pay a large sum of money."
This incident made the Wang family lose face.
Not long after, the Wang couple fell ill and soon passed away.
Now, the villagers felt even more strongly that she was not only a jinx to her husband but also to her parents, and they kept their distance from her even more!
Yu Pingan recounted the story in detail, and Pan Qiufeng felt both pity and helplessness towards Wang Chunyan as he listened!
She was truly a pitiful and pathetic little girl.
At a young age, she became a widow who brought misfortune to her husband and parents.
“And there’s something even more despicable…” Yu Chengyuan continued.
"What? Cousin Cheng Yuan, there's something even worse?"
this………"
Pan Qiufeng couldn't imagine what else was going on...
Even the second uncle couldn't help but ask, "Chengyuan, is there anything else?"
Based on his male intuition, Yu Chengyuan felt that his fourth cousin definitely had some feelings for Wang Chunyan.
So I'm planning to give them a hand.
"Second Uncle, Fourth Cousin, let me explain slowly."
After Chunyan's parents died, her reputation became even worse. Her brother and sister-in-law kicked her out of the old house and severed ties with her.
They were afraid she would influence their children, so they forbade their nephews and nieces from calling her aunt.
Chunyan didn't argue or make a fuss. She moved to the old house, then cleared some wasteland and the plot of land that the village chief had forced her brother and sister-in-law to allocate to her.
So now she's all alone, which is truly pitiful.
"So she never went on blind dates or thought about getting married again after that?"
At least now that I'm married, I have a man to rely on. Even if nothing else, someone can share some of the physical labor.
Pan Qiufeng then asked another question.
When two people are in trouble, they can always support and help each other, which is better than having to carry everything alone.
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