"Wenjia Village is backed by Liangshan Mountain. Every year before the autumn harvest, wild boars from the mountain would come down in droves and destroy the crops that were about to be harvested.
Therefore, before the autumn harvest, every household in the village would send one person to patrol at night to prevent wild boars from destroying the crops.
As luck would have it, on the night that Wen Er Niang was on patrol, a group of more than a dozen wild boars came down the mountain in the dark and were discovered by the patrol team. Wen Er Niang immediately rang the gong and held up torches to drive away the wild boars.
The wild boars were very brave and charged directly at the people. The patrol team was scattered. Wen Erniang killed a wild boar with a sickle, but her stomach was pierced by the wild boar's tusks and she was about to die.
When Su Wu said this, he shook his head regretfully.
"Then what?"
"When the village chief and his men arrived, several people had already been injured in the fields, but Wen Erniang was the most seriously injured. After she was carried home, the village barefoot doctor examined her and shook his head, telling us to prepare for her funeral.
Wen Erniang knew that she would not live long, so she spoke a few words to her eldest brother alone, then called the village chief and clan elders, and placed her family household registration in the hands of her youngest daughter, Wen Zhaoyue.
The wild boar she killed was sold by the village chief. After paying for the funeral, the rest was left to her son and daughter. The five mu of land in her family was temporarily handed over to the village, and the village gave her children enough food to survive every year.
"He's a smart guy."
Ripple nodded.
"Who said it wasn't? Then, Wen Erniang held on to her last breath, signed the document, pressed her fingerprints, and then took her last breath.
Because she explained everything clearly before she left, the eldest sister of the Wen family and the married youngest brother of the Wen family did not take advantage of her at all."
Su Wu curled his lips, obviously looking down on the Wen family's behavior.
"It's not that they didn't want to take advantage, but they probably didn't know that Wen Erniang's life would be in danger. They were afraid that it would cost money to treat her injuries and she might borrow money from them, so they pretended not to know and missed the best opportunity."
Lianyi's eyes turned and she had a guess.
"Miss, you are smart. You really guessed it. Those people didn't get any benefits, so they set their sights on the eldest brother of the Wen family. If he gets married, his sister will be young and unattended. Then they can legitimately accept the family property of Second Lady Wen on the grounds of raising the heirs of the Wen family.
The young man of the Wen family was also smart. He went directly to the village chief and told him that his mother's last words before her death were to ask her to take good care of her younger sister and not to marry before her sister turned sixteen, otherwise she would be kicked out of the house, and the house and fields would belong to the village, and her younger sister would be raised by the village.
He also said that his mother died to protect the crops of the village, and the village should not bully the two of them, so he took the village chief to task. Finally, the village chief spoke up, and the Wen family finally calmed down. "
Su Wu's mouth was a little dry as he spoke, but he still explained the situation of the Wen brothers and sisters clearly.
After hearing this, Lianyi knew that even if the Wen family was quiet, Wen Zhaoming's life would not be easy. After all, he had to take care of his younger sister and could not farm the land at all. Relying on the output of five acres of land, after paying taxes and grain, not much would be left in the hands of them.
"I think this Wen family young man is very clear about gratitude and resentment, and he is a reasonable person."
Ripple praised.
"That's right. It's just that because his parents died one after another, some people said that he was unlucky in marriage, and those who were interested in him gave up the idea."
Su Wu told the truth.
"Nonsense, if he is unlucky, then Mr. Cen was in trouble when he was born. Besides, his mother died to protect the crops in the village. How can you blame it on Mr. Wen? Someone must have ruined his reputation."
Ripple shook her head.
"Miss, you are right. We outsiders can see it clearly, but some people just can't stand seeing others do well, so they spread these things in private. The young man of the Wen family is already eighteen years old, and no matchmaker has come to the door."
Lianyi found out what she wanted to know and sent Su Wu away.
Su Wu also thought about it privately and felt that her young lady should have fallen in love with the young man from the Wen family. However, the appearance of the young man from the Wen family was a little hard to describe. His figure was like a girl's, without the gentleness of a boy. She didn't know what her young lady saw in him, but this did not stop her from paying more attention to him.
Lianyi was copying scriptures in the study at this time, while contacting Shijiu:
"What happened to Wen Zhaoming in his previous life?"
"His sister died of a cold due to untimely treatment, so he was married to the stupid daughter of his wife's cousin by his uncle Wen. Uncle Wen got a sum of money, but it ruined Wen Zhaoming's life.
Wen Zhaoming was tortured to death in the end, and he never had a child in his life. Anyway, it was quite tragic. However, he also took revenge before his death, took away his stupid wife, and drugged the Wen family. It can be said that he died without regrets. "
Shijiu looked at the light screen and said.
After hearing this, Lianyi didn't find it strange. If it were her, she probably wouldn't be able to endure it and would have killed the harmful young man from the Wen family long ago.
"Lianyi, why don't you think about it again? I think the original body may not be able to control Wen Zhaoming."
Shijiu still expressed his opinion.
"No hurry, I didn't say I'd marry him now."
Ripple said nonchalantly.
After more than half a month, the autumn harvest began and the people on the farm became busy, trying to harvest all the crops in the fields before it rained.
While no one was paying attention to her, Lianyi took her servant and two guards to Liangshan to hunt. The animals in the mountains were trying hard to gain weight for the winter, and the prey at this time was the fattest, so she naturally didn't want to miss it.
An He was carrying a basket and felt that her young lady was a little unreliable. She said they were going up the mountain to hunt, but she felt it was more like an autumn outing. With her small body, it was impossible for her to draw a bow and shoot arrows.
After going up the mountain, An He became more vigilant, fearing that something unexpected might happen and they would not be able to protect the young lady.
"Don't be nervous, you three. I have a bow and arrow with me. I can protect myself."
Lianyi raised the bow in her hand and said with a smile.
But the three of them all had indescribable expressions, and it was obvious that they were not very confident in their young lady's archery skills.
"I will prove myself one day."
Lianyi raised her head and said.
The two guards didn't say much. Whatever the young lady said was the truth, and they just had to protect her.
"Miss, we are getting close to the inner circle here. We can't go any deeper."
Lotus immediately reminded.
"How can there be prey if we don't go into the inner circle?"
Ripple retorted.
"Miss, I'll go explore the way first, you can rest here for a while."
Lotus said directly.
"Okay, go ahead! Come back soon."
Hehua and Cuihua said a few words to each other and then went into the woods.
An He chose an open space, took out the food and drinks, served tea to his young lady first, and then built a small fire to heat up some dry food.
A muffled rumbling sound came from the sky, and the already gloomy mountain forest became even darker, and then raindrops fell from the sky.
"Miss, please go under the tree and hide from the rain!" (End of this chapter)
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