The original body was as sweet-talker as his father, and was the most favored by the old lady in the family. However, because he was not that strong and he was the apple of her eye, the old lady tightened the belts of the whole family to support her grandson's education.
The original body was indeed very talented in studying. He was born in a peasant family and eventually passed the imperial examination, becoming a typical noble son of a peasant family. The old lady and Mrs. Song both became the envy of the neighbors because of the original body's status as a lady of honor.
When the original person passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, the financial situation of the Tao family improved. When he became a juren, nearby villagers came to donate their land. After he passed the imperial examination and was appointed as an official, the Tao family lived an even better life. Although the original person only became a third-rank official, Song became a respected old lady and old noblewoman in the surrounding area. She was always proud of her grandson. The Tao family's eldest wife, Tao Hua, who was married, also benefited from Tao Yuanjing. Not only did they become wealthy local families, but their children and grandchildren also went to school. In the long run, they might become a family of farmers and scholars.
But Tao Erya, the second daughter of Tao Lao Da, was reborn after falling into the water. She was reborn with hatred and resentment towards Tao Yuanjing. The first thing she did after her rebirth was to trick her original body to go to the mountain to play, and when the original body was not paying attention, she pushed it from behind, and the original body rolled into the valley. It was not until the next day that the people of Taojia Village found Tao Yuanjing's body.
After the small corpse was carried back, the old lady fainted after taking one look at it. Tao Yuanjing's mother, Xiao Song, was even more miserable. She was already five months pregnant, but the shock and grief resulted in two deaths.
The old lady was very sad when she woke up, but she couldn't fall down again, otherwise the family would break up.
At this time, Tao Erya took the opportunity to instigate her parents to separate the family, so that after she got her wish, she could take her parents to live in the county town. Because she had a golden finger, which was a spiritual spring with her, she made a fortune by cultivating precious flowers, and finally married into the Zhenbei Palace and became a high-ranking princess, making herself a winner in life.
Yuan Jing pulled out a stone bead from his chest. The stone bead was very smooth, like jade. No one knew where the original person had picked it up from, but he had been wearing it on his body. Perhaps the stone bead contributed to the original person's smooth journey. However, when the original person's body was found, the bead disappeared.
The Tao family was unaware of this, but Yuan Jing knew that the stone bead was stolen by Tao Erya, who later changed her name to Tao Yuzhu. She had coveted this bead in her previous life, but the original owner had worn it for so many years that she had developed an attachment to it, so how could she be willing to give it to her cousin?
Just as Tao Erya stole the bead, the old lady who was rescued came. In panic, Tao Erya stuffed the stone bead into her mouth, but it accidentally slipped into her throat and she swallowed it. Tao Erya couldn't get it out no matter what she did. Then something strange happened. She could see a clear spring, and later she developed many wonderful uses for this spiritual spring. She became more and more beautiful under the effect of the spiritual spring.
Thinking of such a plot, Yuan Jing wanted to curse. The original body was so miserable. Not only did he lose his life, but he also gave the heroine the golden finger with his own hands. Without the original body's golden finger, how could the heroine have the glory later? She also hooked up with the young and handsome King Zhenbei because of his life-saving grace, became a princess, and lived a life of luxury.
This time he has entered the body of the original body to keep it alive, so will he still give the golden finger to the heroine? Unless he is an idiot with a broken brain, he would do such a thing. Of course, he will develop the golden finger himself. He will watch coldly. Without the golden finger to rely on, how can the heroine make herself a winner in life?
However, no matter how good Yuan Jing's plan was, he had to survive first. His head was becoming increasingly heavy, and he was losing too much blood. In addition, the temperature in the mountains was too low and he was hungry. The eight-year-old boy's body could no longer support himself, and he could not walk out of the mountain with his current physical strength. According to the plot, the villagers would not find this place until tomorrow morning.
At this moment, the spiritual spring with special functions in the plot became Yuan Jing's only savior. He tried to open his eyes to make himself more awake, and asked the system: "Xiao Wu, what kind of magical object is this stone bead? How to use it? Is the only way to swallow it?"
"Ding, a Spiritual Spring Pearl was found. Would the host like to give the Spiritual Spring Pearl to the system to exchange for points or bind it to the host?"
Nonsense, do you even need to ask this? "Of course it's binding, will points be deducted? How much?"
"Five hundred points."
"Go ahead and tie it up. Bind it immediately."
"Okay, host."
The next moment, the stone bead disappeared in Yuan Jing's hand, but he could clearly feel the connection between himself and the stone bead. It had taken root in his mind like the system, and he could see a spring inside the stone bead, with spring water gurgling out of the spring.
Yuan Jing tried to let the spring water come out, but the first time, a handful of spring water poured onto the tree, and the second handful poured onto his head. The night wind in the mountains made it even colder, and he yawned. Even if he survived, he would have to stay in bed for a few days because of his illness.
The third time, a trickle of water came out from his fingers, and Yuan Jing quickly put his fingers into his mouth. The cool spring water tasted sweet to him, and it tasted better than all the mineral water he had drunk in his previous two lives. After filling his stomach with water, Yuan Jing felt much better and would no longer fall into darkness at any time. There was also a hint of warmth in his body, which was about to shake, and this warmth could ensure that he could survive the night.
Yuan Jing hugged his body and leaned against the tree. The dizziness in his head went away, but his body was still stretched to its limit and needed rest. Slowly, Yuan Jing closed his eyes, and even the roar of the beast that was getting closer and closer did not wake him up.
But Yuan Jing himself felt that he was distracted for a moment, and when he opened his eyes again, the sky was dimly light. After sleeping for half the night, he felt much better. Yuan Jing hurried down the tree, first looked around the mountain to see if there was anything to eat to fill his stomach, and then found some herbs to treat the wound on his head.
As he climbed down the tree, Yuan Jing had a strange feeling. It took him longer than when he came up. Could it be that the tree had grown taller overnight?
No, it seemed like he poured two handfuls of spiritual spring water on the tree. Could it be that the tree really grew taller overnight?
Forget it, I'd better wait until I get back to the Tao family and do the experiment slowly. According to the plot in my memory, this spiritual spring water can indeed help plants grow faster, but I don't think it will be that fast.
Yuan Jing found some sour fruits to fill his stomach, and also found some herbs that were anti-inflammatory and bactericidal and helped heal wounds. He mashed them and applied them on the blood scar on the back of his head, and then wrapped it with a cloth strip washed with spiritual spring water. Yuan Jing was glad that he learned Chinese medicine from his master in his first life. In this ancient time and space where a cold could kill a person, knowing Chinese medicine would enable him to survive better.
"Huh? This is ginseng! It must be fifty or sixty years old!" Yuan Jing pushed aside the weeds in surprise and saw a ginseng in the weeds. He immediately squatted down and began to dig the ginseng with both hands.
He knew too well the value of ginseng. The Tao family was not wealthy, otherwise they would not have tightened their belts to support the original owner's studies. He wanted to complete the original owner's life and vowed to continue along the original owner's previous path. In the future, he would ask for imperial decrees for his grandmother and mother so that they would be respected by others.
So money is very important to him, how could he miss such a ginseng?
After a lot of effort, Yuan Jing finally dug out a complete ginseng. He used the spiritual spring water to wash his muddy hands, and then cleaned the ginseng. Yuan Jing took off his outer clothes and used it to wrap the ginseng.
Now he didn't feel cold at all.
Just as he finished all this, Yuan Jing heard someone calling from afar.
"Jingbao, where are you?"
"Tao Yuanjing, did you hear your father calling you? If you hear him, reply quickly. Your father, mother, and grandmother are looking forward to your return home."
"Dad, I'm here, I'm down there!" Yuan Jing tried his best to shout weakly.
Tao Dayong's beard was unkempt and his eyes were bloodshot in just one night. He was about to collapse when he couldn't find his son. Suddenly he shouted, "Is it Jingbao? Did you hear it? It sounded like Jingbao was calling him daddy."
"No, did anyone of you hear it?" The young and middle-aged men from the same village helped search in the mountains for a whole night and suspected that Tao Dayong was having hallucinations.
Tao Yonglin, the son of the village chief, said: "Everyone should look for him separately. Maybe Dayong really heard it."
As they dispersed, those who were closer actually heard Yuan Jing's voice, and they were surprised and called others over: "There really is someone calling Daddy, down there. Damn, there are too many bushes here, I didn't expect there is still space down there. The person should be down there, let's go down quickly."
"Really? Jingbao? Do you hear daddy calling you? If you hear daddy, say back." Tao Dayong shouted to the people below, his voice filled with excited tears.
"Dad, I'm down there."
"Really, it's really Jingbao. Jingbao, don't be afraid. Dad will come down to pick up Jingbao." Tao Dayong pushed aside the weeds and vines and ran down desperately. In the middle, he almost missed a step and rolled down. He was grabbed by someone who came down with him.
Yuan Jing saw someone coming down from above. Looking up from here, the height must be several dozen meters. No wonder, in addition to a hole on the back of the head, there were many scratches on the body, and the clothes he was wearing were in a tattered state. If it weren't for the spiritual spring water to save his life, he might really not be able to wait for these people to come.
The people from above finally came down. There were seven or eight of them. Tao Dayong was the first to rush to his son, tears in his red eyes. He had been panicking all night and now he had finally found someone. He was furious and was about to slap him: "I told you to be naughty. Do you know that your grandmother and mother are scared? Who told you to come to a place like this to play? Why didn't you get caught by a wolf?"
"Hey! Dayong, don't hit the child. Xiaojing is not having a good time in the mountains. Go and check if Xiaojing is injured."
In his three lives, he had never been treated like this before. To be honest, Yuan Jing was also scared at first. He could obviously avoid it, but he just stood there. Of course, the slap didn't land on him because he was stopped by Tao Yonglin.
A feeling of grievance suddenly emerged, and Yuan Jing couldn't control his tears. Thinking of the chaos in the Tao family and the village, and the original body who lost his life in this valley, Yuan Jing simply stopped controlling his emotions and started crying:
"I'm not being naughty. I was taken to the mountains by Erya to play. It was Erya who pushed me down. Wow, why did Erya push me? I fell so hard and my head hurts so much. Wow..."
Everyone who heard it was stunned. Tao Dayong quickly pushed Tao Yonglin away and hugged his son: "Jingbao, what did you say? Erya sister? Was it Erya who pushed you down while playing with you?"
"It was my second sister who pushed me. She said there were delicious fruits ahead. When I wanted to pick some, she pushed me from behind. Dad, why did you come just now? I'm so scared that I'll never see my parents and grandma again. Woohoo."
Anyway, he is only an eight-year-old child, and there is no shame in crying.
Tao Yonglin and the others gasped and looked at each other. Dayong's family was so anxious, but Erya said nothing. She just watched the adults worrying. Everyone also stayed up all night in the mountains looking for someone. Before this, no one dared to tell Dayong. In fact, they had lost hope.
How old is that girl? How can she be so cruel? It's terrible. Why would she do this?
Tao Dayong was shocked and angry. He said that although his son was a little naughty, the adults had warned him not to go into the mountains without someone accompanying him, as there were wolves in the mountains that would steal children. That was why his son had never been into the mountains alone before. It was impossible for his son to lie to him. So was that really Erya?
Tao Dayong didn't understand why Erya did this? How dare she do this?
Tao Yonglin calmed down and asked, "Xiao Jing, did anyone see you going up the mountain with Sister Erya yesterday?"
"Yes, Feng Goudan saw it, but my second sister didn't bring him."
"Let's go back! I want to ask my eldest brother how he raised his child to have such a vicious daughter. What did I, Tao Dayong, do wrong to my niece in the past to make her have such evil intentions to harm my son?" Tao Dayong hugged his son and walked back. He was really angry. His hands were still shaking as he held his son. He was still scared because he almost failed to find his son.
Yuan Jing sobbed and buried his face in Tao Dayong's shoulder embarrassedly. It was so embarrassing. Fortunately, no one knew that there was an old cucumber in his shell, otherwise he would be too embarrassed to see anyone.
He lay there for a while and fell asleep again due to being tired of crying. Tao Dayong felt very distressed when he saw the wound on his head and the tear marks on his face.
Yuan Jing didn't want to hide the fact that Tao Erya harmed him. Tao Erya wanted to split up the family, so he could use this incident to separate the two families. Yuan Jing didn't believe that Tao Dayong would dare to let him live under the same roof with Tao Erya.
Doesn't Tao Erya hate her cousin the most? Well, seeing that he and his family are living better and better lives in the future, Tao Erya should not try to take advantage of him. It is not right for her to enjoy good things on one side and hate him on the other. To be honest, after watching the plot, Yuan Jing was also shocked by Tao Erya's shamelessness.
He just couldn't understand, how could such a selfish and shameless person become the heroine? Not only did she give her the cheat of rebirth, but she also gave her the Lingquan Pearl of her original body.
Before he came out of the mountain, someone outside saw Tao Dayong carrying the child and hurried to his house to report the news.
Although the old lady of the Tao family and little Mrs. Song did not go into the mountains to look for them, they also did not sleep all night. They looked much more haggard after just one night, not to mention that little Mrs. Song was pregnant. The eldest son of the Tao family, Tao Dazhui, had just returned from the mountains at dawn. They took another route.
The three daughters all got up to do housework. Wang returned to the room and asked in a low voice, "Is it true that we can't find her? How can my sister-in-law bear it? She's pregnant."
Tao Dazhui squatted down and held his head: "I don't know either. Our team will come back to eat something and go in to look for it later. If we can't find it, we will..." He couldn't say what it was.
Tao Erya was lighting a fire in the kitchen. The red fire made her yellow face flicker and look a little weird. A cruel look flashed in her eyes. She didn't think Tao Yuanjing could come back alive from such a high place.
She told herself that she had done nothing wrong, and that her early death in her previous life was caused by her cousin Tao Yuanjing. He could have saved her, but he didn't, and watched her walk towards death step by step.
She had no way to take revenge on Tao Yuanjing in her previous life. Now that God has opened his eyes and allowed her to be reborn, she will make Tao Yuanjing in this life pay back all the debts he owed her in her previous life.
What if Tao Yuanjing becomes rich in the future? The more he becomes rich, the more he looks down on his sisters, so he should just die. If she is reborn in this life, she will definitely be able to lead a good life with her family, and let Tao Yuanjing, who is in hell, watch over her.
Tao Yuanjing must have died in the mountains. Not to mention that their body could not be found, no one would suspect that it was me who led Tao Yuanjing to the mountain. As for Feng Goudan, that little brat, he would forget everything after being given something to eat.
She also wanted to take her parents away from her biased grandmother and her uncle and aunt who always bullied her parents' honest nature. She wanted her grandmother and the others to watch her family live a good life and become the superior people.
"Third uncle, Tao Yuanjing has been found! Third uncle, Uncle Dayong is carrying Yuanjing back, and they will be home soon!"
The sound came from far away and then near. There was a clatter of noise in both rooms. Mrs. Song and Little Mrs. Song came out together in a hurry. The old lady was one step faster and grabbed the young man who came to report the news: "He's really back? You're not mistaken. Is it true that my good grandson was brought back by his father?"
"Really!" The young man nodded vigorously. "I'll be home soon. I came here to tell you, Third Uncle and Auntie. Look, someone is coming over there."
"Mom, let's go out and check, Jingbao is back!"
"Ah!" Song shouted, and her feet ran faster than anyone else, "Grandma's darling, Jingbao, come and show me."
Tao Dazhu and his wife also ran out of the house and looked at the situation outside in shock. Is he really back? Is nothing wrong?
Tao Erya, who was burning the fire, couldn't believe her ears. How could it be possible? How could that little bastard come back alive? Tao Daya saw the fire behind the stove and screamed, "Erya, what are you doing? The fire is burning out, come out quickly!"
With a "splash", a bucket of water burned over and the fire outside the stove was immediately extinguished, but Tao Erya's clothes were also wet.
Tao Erya was also startled, the fire had burned her clothes. If it weren't for her elder sister's quick action, the consequences would be disastrous. She hurried out and looked outside: "Eldest sister, did you say Tao Yuanjing really come back?"
Tao Daya's eyes also turned blue. She didn't sleep well all night because of worry. She wanted to reach out and touch her second sister's forehead: "What's wrong with you? You actually called your eldest brother by his full name? Go change your clothes quickly. I'll go out and see if your eldest brother is back."
Tao Daya didn't think much about it and hurried out after she finished speaking. Tao Erya was left with a confused look on her face and a hint of fear. If Tao Yuanjing told his parents and grandmother that she was the one who brought him up the mountain and pushed him down, what would they do?
No, Tao Yuanjing slipped and fell. Yes, that's what happened. He was afraid so he didn't dare to say it out loud. Yes, that's what happened. Tao Erya hurried back to her room to change clothes. After changing her clothes, she didn't go out and just hid in the house.
She had never thought that Tao Yuanjing would survive, so what should she do? Tao Yuanjing should trust her second sister at this time, so he would believe whatever she said, right? Damn it, it would be hard to find another chance next time, why did he survive?
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