Chapter 636 The Passing of Time 1
"The doctor said yesterday that my daughter needs to be properly nourished. How about I buy a chicken while I'm at it?"
"Okay, wait for me to give you some more money."
Footsteps sounded, someone entered the opposite room, and the sound of rummaging through drawers and cabinets could be heard. Soon the cabinet doors closed, and the person went out again.
"We need to be careful with our spending; we haven't saved any money this month."
"I understand. Luckily, I just paid the protection fee today, so I can start saving some money starting tomorrow."
When Ning Yan opened her eyes, she saw a slightly yellowed ceiling, walls covered with newspaper, and her faded clothes.
Strangely, this time she didn't have the original owner's memories.
She tried to understand her situation by observing her surroundings.
First of all, we can be sure that this is not ancient times. There were no newspapers in ancient times, and it wasn't a special period, because street vending was not allowed then, and no one dared to collect protection money.
Secondly, this family is somewhat poor and has to rely on small businesses to make a living.
Third, the middle-aged man and woman talking outside should be the parents of this body.
Finally: He raised his hand and touched his forehead. It hurt a lot and was bandaged. The original owner must have been injured.
This injury is probably because she didn't receive the original owner's memories; the injury caused her amnesia.
Ning Yan sat up from the kang (a heated brick bed), threw off the quilt, got off the kang, and put on her shoes.
Yes, this must be in the north; people in the south don't sleep on kangs (heated brick beds).
I was wearing an autumn shirt and slightly thick pants. The trees outside were already green, so it must be springtime.
Seeing her come out, Zhou Xiuhua greeted her with a look of surprise and joy, "Yan'er, you're awake?! You should go back to your room and lie down quickly. The doctor said your head injury is quite serious and you need to rest well. I'll go get you something to eat!"
As she helped her daughter into the house, she heard her daughter say, "Mom, I think I've lost my memory."
Ning Yan has truly lost her memory.
Zhou Xiuhua's eyes widened in confusion for a moment, then she became anxious, "Amnesia? Oh dear, do you still remember your mother? Or do you remember nothing at all?"
"I guess you must be my mother, but I don't remember anything."
Zhou Xiuhua burst into tears, "My poor daughter, how could she have suffered so much? What am I going to do?"
At this moment, she hated that old bastard so much that he actually tried to sell their daughter to someone else to be a second wife while the couple was setting up their stall!
If my daughter hadn't refused to submit, she would have been kidnapped yesterday.
"Yan'er, go inside first, Mother will go find a doctor for you."
Zhou Xiuhua left in a hurry after she finished speaking, and no one could stop her.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was home, Ning Yan took a walk around the house.
The house has a total of four rooms, with the westernmost room being a storage room.
The second room should be the parents' room. Apart from a wardrobe and a flat cabinet, there was almost no furniture inside.
The kitchen was fairly spacious, but there wasn't much food. There was half a bag of cornmeal, about seven or eight pounds of millet, a small half bag of sorghum, at most two pounds of wheat flour, and a large half bag of mixed flour. There wasn't much oil either, but the seasonings were all there. Based on what I had just heard, the family should have been selling their food.
As for her room, there was a large mirror on the cabinet. Her face in the mirror was a little pale, probably due to injury and blood loss, but the person in the mirror was really beautiful.
She has willow-leaf eyebrows, big, bright eyes, dimples on her cheeks that appear and disappear when she smiles, and full, shapely lips that make you want to kiss her.
She must be an only child in the family. These days, it's extremely rare for a family to have only one child, especially a girl.
Feeling a little dizzy, Ning Yan sat back down on the kang (heated brick bed). She had medicine, but the doctor was coming soon, so she had to endure it.
Zhou Xiuhua returned quickly, followed by a middle-aged man. The two entered the house talking. "Girl, quick, Dr. Sun is here. Let him examine you immediately."
Ning Yan obediently listened to Dr. Ren, who removed the gauze to examine her and even took her pulse. The final result was that the blood clot was compressing a nerve. Her memory might return once the blood clot disappeared, or it might never return.
Zhou Xiuhua cried loudly after hearing this, and after the doctor left, she grabbed a kitchen knife and tried to run out.
Ning Yan quickly stopped her, "Mother, what happened? Who hurt my head?"
After being pulled back, Zhou Xiuhua calmed down and told her daughter about what had happened at home.
The Ning family originally lived in the countryside, where the whole family toiled in the fields to make a living.
However, after the children grew up and started their own families, Ningxia had two older brothers. The eldest brother had three sons and one daughter, while the second brother joined the army in his early years and had not been heard from for many years.
My younger sister got married early, and my youngest brother has three children.
Only in their household, Zhou Xiuhua injured her body when she was pregnant with her daughter, so she only had one daughter.
The original owner's grandparents were extremely sexist, and Zhou Xiuhua suffered a lot of mistreatment from her in-laws and sisters-in-law.
When the original owner was 12 years old, Ningxia Sheng couldn't stand his mother tormenting his wife anymore, so he forced the old lady to separate the family. After that, the family moved to the town and made a living by selling steamed buns in the town.
Business was good at first, but after the Japanese invaded, things got harder and harder. In the last two months, we've barely earned enough to keep our family from starving.
Two days ago, the original owner went to help out at a stall and was noticed by someone. After inquiring about the situation, the person went to the original owner's parents to propose marriage.
The man owned a shop in the county and was considered to have some assets, but he had lost two wives and left behind four children. His eldest son was even older than the original owner of this body. How could Ning Xiasheng let her daughter marry such a man? She almost grabbed a rolling pin and smashed the matchmaker's head into the sky.
The other party was not expected to be rejected. Unwilling to give up, he went to the original owner's grandmother and promised that he would pay fifty silver dollars if the original owner married him.
When the original owner's grandmother heard that she could get fifty silver dollars for free, she took advantage of her third son's stall and led her whole family to her house to snatch the person away.
When the original owner realized the situation was bad, she tried to run away, but in the struggle, she was pushed against the wall and fainted on the spot. The Ning family thought someone had died and all ran away in fear, which is why the original owner was not sold.
“Mother, Grandma and the others are unreasonable. If you go alone, you will only suffer. I remember a saying that goes, ‘Those who survive a great calamity are destined for good fortune.’ Maybe this time I can turn misfortune into good fortune!”
After talking to her daughter for a while, Zhou Xiuhua's anger subsided a bit, but she still felt incredibly aggrieved. Just because she hadn't given her husband a son, she had suffered for years, and now the old lady wanted to sell her daughter. When she got angry, she really wanted to kill someone!
"Good, good, good. My daughter is destined for happiness. I'll be looking forward to living a good life with you in the future."
Ning Yan smiled. She said this to lay the groundwork for what was to come. She couldn't endure any hardship, not even a little bit. The original owner's family of three must have had a very good relationship, so she couldn't abandon her parents to enjoy a life of luxury. Therefore, she had to survive a great calamity and then be blessed with good fortune!
Just as the mother and daughter finished speaking, someone entered the courtyard.
When I write about the Republic of China era, I unconsciously end up writing a lot of things. If you don't like that, feel free to skip it.
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