Chapter 569 Jiang Sanniu Seeks a Husband
With a loud bang, the door above her head hit her.
The blade was firmly embedded in her body, but there was no trace of fear on Jiang Sanniu's face, as if she had already gotten used to it.
Now there are only three people left in Jiang Guangyi's family.
Zhou Gaier, who has gone crazy, and Jiang Guangyi and Jiang Sanniu.
As for Chen Qiuju and Jiang Lingu, the grass on their graves was half a person's height.
In the village, Jiang Guangyi's family was like rats crossing the street. Whenever they appeared, everyone avoided them and the villagers never spoke to them. After all, they were in opposition to Jiang Fubao's family.
The villagers can live such a good life, thriving, well-fed and warmly clothed, all thanks to Jiang Fubao's family, so naturally they would not touch her family's bad luck.
"Where the hell have you been? You're taking so long to get a bucket of water. Have you been slacking off? Come here quickly and give your brother a bath. Quick! You little girl, you only know how to irritate me, just like your damn father. Where's your father? I've been looking for him for so long but couldn't find him. Did you go to spy on the young widow next door taking a bath?"
Zhou Gaier, who was standing in the yard, cursed at Jiang Sanniu.
She raised her left hand to match the kitchen knife on the door.
In the past few years, she had become skinny, with deeply sunken cheeks and bulging eyeballs. The red bloodshot eyes could be seen even from a distance. It was really scary. If you didn't know her, you would think she was a thousand-year-old corpse that had crawled out of a grave.
"My father? My father is buried in the soil." Jiang Sanniu looked at the pillow in her mother's arms and felt a little tired.
My younger brother died a long time ago, but even after my mother went crazy, she always believed that my younger brother was still alive.
Every day she would go to the river to fetch water for this so-called "brother" to bathe.
Days like this are the end.
"What nonsense are you talking about, you silly girl? Your father is fine, don't cry, my dear son, don't cry, I'll let your sister give you a bath soon, my dear son, I love you the most, you silly girl, go and boil some water, you want to freeze your brother to death, it's so cold, what if you freeze my precious son to death, do you think his life is as worthless as yours?"
Zhou Gaier held the pillow and coaxed his daughter, not forgetting to scold her when he had the chance.
After looking at her mother's eyes, Jiang Sanniu swallowed her saliva, but did not dare to respond. The kitchen knife on the door almost hit her head.
"Sanniu, hurry up and cook. It's getting late. You haven't eaten anything this morning. By the way, Grandpa has found a good marriage for you. Tomorrow morning, we will go to the town and Grandpa will take you to have a look."
Jiang Guangyi glared at Zhou Gaier, and the latter dared not make any more noise.
Even though she was crazy, she was still afraid of Jiang Guangyi deep down.
She returned to the house holding the pillow and went to "feed" her son.
"Grandpa, what marriage?" Jiang Sanniu looked at him blankly, but the figure just now suddenly appeared in her mind.
She heard from the villagers that the young man was the magistrate's biological son, and also a third place winner in the imperial examination. Although she didn't know what a third place winner was, she heard that he was even more capable than the magistrate. He was probably also a scholar and would definitely become an official in the future.
He is so handsome.
How great would it be if she married someone like this in the future?
Thinking of this, Jiang Sanniu, who was already fourteen years old and had just begun to fall in love, had a longing look on her face and her cheeks turned slightly red.
"Sanniu! Are you as crazy as your mother? I'm talking to you." Seeing that his granddaughter ignored him, Jiang Guangyi slapped her on the back.
Jiang Sanniu was in so much pain that she couldn't straighten her back.
People also woke up.
"Now you are the only one left in the family. The husband that grandpa finds for you must come to our house. This is to find a son-in-law for you. If your brother were still alive, you would not have such a good thing. Our family has no money, and the son of a good family would not come to our house. So this man is a little old, but it's good to be old, and he will be caring.
It's just that your brain is a little confused, but we are not afraid. As long as you give birth to a son for the Jiang family and let our family have an heir, grandpa will be able to die with peace of mind. Let's go to the town to take a look tomorrow morning. Remember to tidy up and wash your hair later. Look, it's dirty. If you can catch his eye at first sight, we can give you less money."
The eldest son inherited, and the younger son died.
With his grandson gone, the only hope lies in his granddaughter. Jiang Guangyi plans to find a son-in-law for Jiang Sanniu, but the family has no money.
I can only find a stupid one.
The family also happened to think that their stupid son could not earn money and had no job, so they were eager to send him away as soon as possible.
Jiang Guangyi even wanted to save the half tael of silver that was originally agreed upon.
"Confused? What do you mean? Grandpa! Are you asking me to marry a fool? I don't want to! I don't want to marry someone like that!"
Thinking of the young man standing next to Jiang Fubao, Jiang Sanniu got angry with Jiang Guangyi for the first time.
"Take a piss and look at yourself. It's good enough that someone is willing to marry you. You are a cripple, you have nothing. If it weren't for my grandson being gone, you would think I care about you. I will sell your mother out tomorrow. Damn it, you will all eat and drink for free."
After scolding his granddaughter, Jiang Guangyi spat on the ground and turned around and went into the house.
All the land in the family had been sold long ago.
Fortunately, taxation is not based on the number of people, otherwise we really couldn’t afford to live.
In recent years, Jiang Guangyi has grown some vegetables in the backyard of his home and sold them in town every now and then. With the help of Jiang Sanniu who goes to the mountains to pick mushrooms and dig wild vegetables, they have managed to survive until now. Seeing that there is only a little over half a tael of silver left in the family, Jiang Guangyi is extremely anxious.
He planned to sell Zhou Gaier to the kiln after his granddaughter got married. Although the crazy woman was not worth much, she could still be sold for one or two taels of silver.
He saved the money and did not spend it. He kept it for his granddaughter to give birth to, and then used it to raise his great-grandson.
Jiang Guangyi was very happy when he heard that all the villagers had gone to reclaim wasteland and grow medicinal herbs.
Medicinal herbs are good and more valuable than vegetables. From now on, he would steal some every few days under the cover of night. It would not be easy to be discovered. He would then take them to the drugstore to sell, and his family would definitely not have to worry about food and drink.
"Sanniu, hurry up and cook. If you keep losing your temper, I'll beat you to death." Thinking of this, Jiang Guangyi suddenly felt hungry. He smelled the aroma of meat coming from his neighbor's house, and his stomach rumbled.
He just opened the window, stuck his head out and cursed.
Jiang Sanniu, who was crying, could only wipe away her tears with her sleeves and lower her head to go to the kitchen to cook.
It's called rice, but it's actually just wild vegetable porridge.
I soaked the wild vegetables I dug up from the mountains yesterday afternoon in water and cooked them into wild vegetable soup. I added only a little salt and divided it into two large bowls and one small bowl.
The big bowl was for Jiang Sanniu and Jiang Guangyi, both of whom had to work, and the small bowl was for Zhou Gaier.
She is crazy all day long and can't help with anything. Naturally, she can't eat enough. It's enough for her to have just this one meal a day as long as she doesn't starve to death.