When Jiang Qiaoqiao heard this, she thought to herself, it's true, if Mr. Zhang heard about her past, he might feel resentful and unwilling to get along with her, then wouldn't her dream of becoming a juren's wife be shattered?
She couldn't let this happen, so she quickly pulled her mother aside and said:
"Mom, Jiang Sui is right. We can't let Mr. Zhang know about this. If she wants to marry a fool, then let her marry. Although the Xiao family is not rich, they have many sons who can earn money. They have to prepare the bride price for their sons to marry. Do you want to get something for nothing? It doesn't matter if the bride price is a little less. Do you want to see your daughter miss Mr. Zhang and marry a peasant and dig for food in the fields all her life?"
As she spoke, Jiang Qiaoqiao was about to cry again. Aunt Jiang had only given birth to this one daughter in her life, and she treasured her very much. She was counting on her to succeed and bring prosperity to the whole family. How could she bear to see her crying? She immediately coaxed her gently:
"Okay, okay, good girl, I'll do whatever you say, okay?"
Jiang Qiaoqiao then started to laugh. Then Aunt Jiang continued to stare at Jiang Sui viciously:
"Don't be too anxious to be happy. It's not certain whether the Xiao family wants you or not. If they don't want you, you can just wait to be someone else's concubine!"
After saying that, Aunt Jiang took her precious daughter back to the house, leaving Jiang Sui standing alone in the yard to enjoy the breeze.
Jiang Suishen let out a deep breath and returned to the woodshed, closing the leaky door. The room was full of firewood, with only a small wooden bed in the corner, covered with thin bedding.
She sat on the edge of the bed, feeling unsure.
In fact, just a few days ago, Jiang Sui caught a cold and had a high fever at night, but that damn Chen Jinhua refused to give her medicine, so Jiang Sui became unconscious due to the fever and eventually had convulsions and died.
Thus, Jiang Sui in the 21st century accidentally fell into the water and died, and his soul traveled to this body.
She had finally accepted the fact that she had traveled through time, but just now, she actually heard the name Xiao Hechuan, which immediately reminded her of an old romance novel she had read before she traveled through time, something like "A Dark and Overbearing Prince Falls in Love with Me."
However, Jiang Sui doesn’t even deserve a name in the book and is just a passerby. But Xiao Hechuan is different. Although he is neither the male lead nor the second male lead in the book, he also has a role and will become a helper to the male and female leads in the later stage.
Due to his high popularity, the author specially wrote a short biography for Xiao Hechuan. He was born in a peasant family, but was smart since childhood. He could write his own name completely when he was less than two years old, recite poems when he was three, and write Thousand Character Classic when he was four. He was a genius in reading.
Unfortunately, geniuses all have ill-fated fates. When he was a teenager, he accidentally fell down a hillside, damaging his brain and becoming a fool with the mental capacity of a few years older. But after he turned eighteen, he suddenly returned to normal one day, and continued his journey to take the imperial examinations. Finally, at the age of twenty-two, he won the top spot in the imperial examination and was admitted to the Hanlin Academy.
His biography mentioned his child marriage, but because the girl was dissatisfied, the marriage was dropped and passed over in passing.
But this information was enough for Jiang Sui. She was originally the adopted daughter of the Jiang family. After her adoptive father passed away, she suffered a lot from her adoptive mother Chen Jinhua, also known as Aunt Jiang. The villagers called her Widow Chen in recent years.
In the past few years, Chen Jinhua has been beating and scolding her every day. Jiang Sui has to do all kinds of housework at home every day. Not only is she responsible for washing clothes and cooking, but she also has to work in the fields. Jiang Qiaoqiao, on the other hand, lives a leisurely life every day, like a young lady.
Jiang Sui is about to turn 15. Some time ago, Chen Jinhua was planning to find someone for her to marry. There are several landlords in the town and the county who like to keep concubines. Some of them have special fetishes, but the price is high. From the beginning, Chen Jinhua was determined to exchange her for a large amount of betrothal gifts before agreeing to keep her, and she is looking for a family with a high price for her.
Jiang Sui doesn't have a golden finger. She is in this strange world with no one to rely on. She has to find a way out for herself. Right now, marrying Xiao Hechuan is the best way out. Her household registration documents are in the hands of Chen Jinhua. If she doesn't find a way to get rid of them, even if she runs away in the future, she, an orphan without an identity, will find it difficult to take a single step in this strange world.
It's not that God took pity on her and gave her a way out. She just needed to hold on to Xiao Hechuan's thigh and wait for the next day to lie down. She didn't have to do anything to become an official's wife.
Never mind her influence. No matter where she is, if a person doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. At worst, if Xiao Hechuan becomes successful in the future and he takes a fancy to someone, she won't mind him taking that person in. As long as she has enough food and drink and money to spend, it's enough.
According to the time, Xiao Hechuan is already 18 years old at this time. It won't be long before he returns to normal. She only needs to marry him smoothly before then, and then handle the relationship with the Xiao family well, be a virtuous wife and good daughter-in-law, and give herself a guarantee.
But now, no one knows what the Xiao family is thinking. It is still unknown whether they agree or not. Thinking of this, Jiang Sui's heart is also beating fast. If it doesn't work out, she can't just sit there and wait for death. She has to run away and become an illegal resident. It is better than marrying a perverted landlord.
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At the same time, the Xiao family had already discussed it. After hearing the whole story, Xiao's mother had some thoughts in her mind. Before anyone could say anything, she slapped the table and said seriously:
"I agree to this marriage!"
Everyone was shocked because none of them had expressed their opinions yet. However, although the Xiao family had always been represented by Xiao's father to the outside world, internally, all decisions were made by Xiao's mother, as she was the real head of the family.
"Mom, don't you think about it?" the third son asked doubtfully.
Mother Xiao shook her head and said firmly:
"Just because Jiang Sui doesn't mind my son being stupid, she deserves it. There's no need to wait until tomorrow. Let's go talk to Widow Chen now!"
Xiao's mother stood up, grabbed Xiao's father's sleeve and walked out. She was so imposing that even ten oxen could not pull her back.
They soon arrived at Jiang's house, and the three of them sat down and began to discuss the marriage of Jiang Sui and Xiao Hechuan.
Chen Jinhua asked for a dowry of ten taels of silver. My goodness, ten taels of silver is enough to build several houses. For a country person, isn’t this an outrageous request?
For some families, even if all their savings are added together, they don’t even have ten taels.
But Xiao's mother was not at all panicked:
"Five taels, that's it. Ask around and see which family can afford to marry a daughter-in-law for this amount?"
Inside the room, the three people were in a stalemate. Outside the room, Jiang Qiaoqiao was eavesdropping. Jiang Sui was not idle either, analyzing everything in her ear. Every sentence was about Zhang Xiucai. Jiang Qiaoqiao was terrified, fearing that her good marriage would be ruined.
After talking for a long time, the two families parted unhappily, and neither of them gave in. Chen Jinhua insisted on ten taels, and Xiao's mother refused to give in to her.
In the end, Jiang Qiaoqiao had another big fight with her mother, crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to commit suicide. Chen Jinhua had no choice but to take the initiative to find Xiao's mother to compromise.
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