"Waaaaah..."
A faint cry of a baby broke the tranquility of the Willow Creek River. Luo Zhiwan, soaking wet, shivered and opened her eyes blankly...
She sat up in surprise and saw a baby lying beside her in swaddling clothes. In an instant, she realized that she had traveled through time…
At this moment, her soul was in the Celestial Empire, which was thousands of years removed from the era in which she lived.
The original owner, Luo Zhiwan, lived in Liulin Lane, Phoenix City, two kilometers away from Liuxi River. She gave birth before marriage and suffered from gossip from her neighbors because she did not know who the father of her child was. Coupled with the curses and insults from her family and the heartless annulment of her engagement by her future in-laws, she felt ashamed to face anyone. After her "little bastard" turned one month old, she jumped into the river with him and committed suicide.
Just then, the soul of Luo Zhiwan, a modern doctor who had just died from overwork after performing five surgeries in a row, transmigrated into her body.
After receiving this information, she picked up the baby who was crying so hard he was about to pass out, looked at his pink little face, and kissed him tenderly.
"You brat, your real mother is dead, so I'm your mother from now on."
The baby seemed to understand her, stopped crying, stared at her with wide, blinking eyes, and even seemed to have a smile on its lips.
Looking at the baby's chubby little face, she immediately decided that since she had the chance to travel here, she should take good care of this child for the original owner.
Holding the child, she returned to Phoenix City according to the original owner's memories and arrived at the entrance of Willow Grove Alley. This alley belongs to the outer suburbs of Phoenix City and is considered the most remote alley in Phoenix City. Luo Zhiwan's family lives in this alley.
She had barely stepped into the alleyway when she heard people pointing and whispering about her.
"Oh! You still have the nerve to come back? Didn't your grandmother say you went to commit suicide with your little bastard? Did you fail to die, or were you too scared to die?"
"Dead? How could such a shameless woman die? She's probably off somewhere seducing some random guy."
"Exactly, look at her clothes, all wet. I bet she's exhausted from doing something bad with some random guy!"
"Tsk tsk tsk! What's the point of a woman like that living? Her child will be despised when he grows up, a little bastard..."
"An unmarried young woman carrying a child all day long, without feeling cold or embarrassed, is a disgrace to Liulin Lane."
"If she knew Han Chan, she wouldn't have cheated on him. I reckon that Scholar Hu didn't want to get one free, so he broke off the engagement..."
"Hahaha…"
“…”
These women were the key figures in Liulin Lane. Their families ran small businesses on Yanglin Street, right next to Liulin Lane. Although they didn't have much spare money, they were afraid of being looked down upon, so they always put on an air of immense wealth.
In their eyes, no one's life should be better than theirs. They can't stand seeing others do well; they hate poverty and they resent the rich.
When they have nothing to do, they like to stand at the street corner and chat idly about this and that.
Ever since Luo Zhiwan gave birth to this child, it has become a topic of conversation for them every day.
The thought that the original owner of this body was drowned in their spittle made Luo Zhiwan furious.
Her face was cold as she stared at the ugly faces of the women in front of her. She covered her child's ears with her hands, strained her voice, raised it, and angrily retorted.
"What business is it of yours if I have a baby? Did I eat your food? Did I drink your water? Do you live by the Willow River? You're so nosy. With that kind of energy, you should manage your own business instead of wasting your time gossiping. Aren't you afraid your tongues will get caught in the wind?"
Everyone was stunned by these words.
In the past, no matter what they said to her, she would either walk away without saying a word or cover her face and run home crying.
What's wrong with her today? Not only is she not crying, but she's also cursing at them?
How could these women, who usually love to gossip, possibly tolerate this?
Li Dazui, known as the number one shrew in Liulin Lane, glared and was the first to raise her hand.
"You brat, did you eat shit today? Your aunties and grandmas are only scolding you for your own good. How can you talk to your elders like that?"
elder?
Luo Zhiwan gave a disdainful sneer.
"None of you are behaving like elders. I'm telling you this now: if anyone dares to talk about me or my children behind my back again, I'll cut out their tongues too..."
Just then, Liu Erniang saw Luo Zhiwan's mother come out of Willow Grove Lane. She rushed forward and tugged at her sleeve, pouring out her grievances.
“Jiawang’s mother, look at your eldest daughter. She speaks so rudely. We aunties and grandmas were trying to help her and said a few words to her, and she even cursed at us. You’d better keep a close eye on her, otherwise she might not only have a child with you, but she might also bring home two other men…”
"Hahaha!"
The laughter from the crowd made Jiawang's mother blush instantly. The fact that her eldest daughter, Luo Zhiwan, had given birth before marriage had already made her lose face in this alley. Now, she dared to parade around here with her child—it was truly shameful…
She stepped forward and tugged at her, giving her a curt reminder.
"Go home quickly."
Luo Zhiwan knew that her mother was an easy target. Over the years, she had suffered from her grandmother's temper at home and from the women outside. When others scolded her, she wouldn't even flinch. If her mother were more powerful, how could the original owner have been driven to jump into the river?
The original owner had tolerated them for so long, and now that she has been reborn in the place of the original owner, she absolutely cannot tolerate them anymore.
She immediately placed the child in her mother's arms, then turned around, rolled up her sleeves, put one hand on her hip, looked at the women, and pointed at their faces from a distance.
"I think you women are all asking for it. You're so annoying, you deserve to be slapped on the left cheek and kicked on the right. Even pigs would trample you, and donkeys would kick you. Nobody would even bother with you. Today is my last warning to you: don't be so foul-mouthed. Don't think you're so great. In my eyes, you're nothing but a fart. If you really piss me off one day, I'll burn down your house, cut off your family's incense offerings, and make you sleep in dog kennels, live in pigsties, and beg on the streets..."
Luo Zhiwan got more and more into her rant, with spittle seemingly flying from her mouth...
this……
This...this...
The women looked at each other, bewildered by her retort. Before they could react, Luo Zhiwan rolled her eyes at them again, turned around, took the child from her mother, and strode straight home.
After standing there stunned for a while, the women began to spread rumors that the eldest daughter of the Luo family had gone mad, that she must have gone mad, and that she was biting anyone she saw.
As they arrived at the door, her mother tugged at her sleeve, reminding her...
"When you go inside, no matter what your grandmother says, don't say a word. After all, you're the one who's in the wrong."
“Mother, what did I do wrong? Did I want to be where I am today? If she hadn’t made me go up the mountain to gather herbs all the time, would I have met that lecherous man? Now that this child is born, you are all responsible. Don’t blame me from now on.”
Leaving behind these words that left her mother momentarily speechless, she stepped directly into the courtyard.
Just as she was about to go back to her room, her younger sister, Zhiruo, came over and stopped her.
"Big sister, Grandma is calling you."
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