The crying sound awakened Yuan Jing. Before he was fully awake, he was pressed into an embrace that was much softer than his father's. Yuan Jing regained consciousness instantly. As expected, someone had changed. Now he was held in the arms of his grandmother Song, who was calling him "my darling, my flesh and blood."
Yuan Jing felt embarrassed again. He had been a human for three lifetimes and had never enjoyed such treatment. He was so embarrassed that his toes were about to curl up.
He was born an orphan and grew up in an orphanage. Therefore, he cherishes the family affection he experienced in his first and second lives. But when he traveled through time, he had either graduated from high school or was in high school. No matter how much Mother Qiao loved him, she would not be like this now.
Yuan Jing struggled desperately to get out of Song's arms. Seeing his son's face turn red from struggling, Tao Dayong quickly grabbed his son and said, "Mom, be careful. Jingbao has a wound on his head and a lot of scratches on his body. Mom, let's go back and talk. I have something to tell you."
Seeing Tao Dazhui and his wife coming over from behind, Tao Dayong's eyes showed hatred. It was their good daughter who almost caused him to lose a son. Compared to the child in his wife's belly, he loved Yuan Jing more. Not only was he good-looking with the advantages of both him and his wife, but he was also very smart, which was also like him.
The teacher in the school also said that if their family trained him well, there was still hope that he would become a scholar in the future. Therefore, Tao Dayong valued this eldest son very much, but he was almost harmed by Tao Erya.
Song didn't notice anything unusual, but the eldest brother Tao Dazhui saw it, but was confused and went home with them. Tao Yonglin and others who came down from the mountain with them couldn't help but look at Tao Dazhui and his wife with surprise.
Seeing her son coming back, Xiao Song, who was standing at the door holding her belly, also burst into tears. Seeing Xiao Song's belly, Tao Dayong hated Tao Erya and his elder brother's family even more. If Jingbao got into trouble, would his wife be able to withstand the blow? Did that damn girl Tao Erya want to destroy his family?
"Alan, take Jingbao back to his room and get him something to eat first. He hasn't eaten or drunk anything all night. After he's fed, clean him up and let him have a good sleep."
"Okay, Jingbao, come with me." When Mrs. Song saw her son coming back, her heart settled down.
"Brother Yonglin, can you ask Doctor Yao to come over and help Jingbao?"
"Okay, Dayong, wait for me, I'll be back soon."
"Is Jingbao okay? Is his injury serious?" Grandma Song asked in fear.
"Mom, wait a minute. I have something to say to you and my eldest brother and his wife." Right in the yard, Tao Dayong didn't want to avoid the people in the village at all. He didn't have the idea of keeping the family's dirty laundry secret behind closed doors. He just wanted to tell everyone how vicious Tao Erya, raised by his eldest brother, was. She even dared to kill her own cousin. What else could she not dare to do?
The men who came down from the mountain knew what Tao Dayong wanted to say, so they didn't leave and stayed to testify for him. If they were in his place, they would not have tolerated this.
"Dayong, what's the matter? Don't scare your mother." Seeing her youngest son's dark face, which looked a little scary, Song said worriedly.
Tao Dayong looked around and saw Tao Daya and Tao Sanya. Tao Erya was nowhere to be seen. He asked Tao Dazhu and Wang: "Brother and sister-in-law, where is Tao Erya?"
"Second girl?" Tao Dazhu looked at Daya, "Where did the second girl go?"
Tao Daya was a little scared when she saw her uncle's look. She pointed inside the house and said, "Erya is changing her clothes. They are wet."
"Tell her to get out! I have something to ask her. I want to ask her how Jingbao, her brother, has done something wrong to her that made her want to harm Jingbao?" Tao Dayong's face suddenly turned red and his neck became thick, and he yelled towards the direction of the house.
Song's mind was buzzing and she almost lost her balance. She asked Tao Dayong hurriedly, "Dayong, what do you mean? Is it the second girl who caused Jingbao to be like this?"
"No, it's impossible. How could the second girl have such bad thoughts?" Wang waved her hands and shook her head to defend herself, "His father, please tell me quickly."
"Hehe, so is it me, as her uncle, who has wrongly accused the second girl, or is it Jingbao who has framed her? Call her out for a confrontation. If she doesn't come out, I will go in and drag her out myself." Tao Dayong sneered. He will not give up until a big fight happens today. He is just so protective of his people.
Song was as protective as he was, especially since Jingbao was her most beloved and valued grandson. She did not doubt the words of her youngest son and grandson at all. She rushed into the eldest son's room with a cry, and pulled Tao Erya out by the ears. She was so angry that she kicked and scolded: "Why are you hiding, you dead girl? Now you hide because you feel guilty? Last night, the whole family was so anxious, but you didn't say a word. You are a black-hearted and rotten thing, so evil that you are oozing with pus and maggots. How could my Tao family give birth to a harming spirit like you?"
The old lady was really angry and sad. She pinched and beat Tao Erya without mercy. Tao Erya screamed in pain. Tao Dazhui hurriedly tried to dissuade his mother. Wang, who felt sorry for her daughter, also came over to help her. Seeing this, Tao Erya quickly hid behind Wang.
The old lady couldn't hit the second girl, so she was so angry that she hit the eldest brother: "Elder brother, are you also mad at me? You can't stand seeing your nephew doing well, and you don't want your nephew to live?"
"Mom, how can you say that? Do you want me, your son, to have the face to see people?"
"Then why did you stop me from teaching your girl a lesson? Wasn't it she who pushed Jingbao down the mountain? She watched helplessly as the whole family and the villagers risked their lives to go into the mountain to look for him overnight, and she didn't say a word. Did she want to watch Jingbao die? How could I have such a harmful granddaughter? Old man, open your eyes and take a look. I, an old woman, am being bullied by the eldest brother and his girl..."
The old lady sat down on the ground, slapping her thigh and wailing. Tao Dazhui was so anxious that his face turned red. He didn't know how to persuade the old lady. Finally, he turned around, pulled Tao Erya out from behind Wang, and slapped her in the face. Tao Erya fell to the ground and spat out a tooth mixed with blood.
"Er Ya." "Second sister."
Tao Daya and Tao Sanya rushed over.
However, not many villagers in the yard sympathized with Tao Erya. Seeing Tao Erya's evasive and guilty look and her refusal to speak for herself, they knew that this matter was probably related to her. They thought that they would be as disheartened as the Song family and wished to beat this girl to death.
This was an era when men were much more valuable than women, and Tao Yuanjing was a scholar in this family, so he was more important than a granddaughter.
Tao Dayong also watched coldly, and he hated Tao Erya so much that he really wanted to strangle her to death.
There was such a loud noise in the yard, how could Yuan Jing and Xiao Song in the house not hear it? Especially when Xiao Song heard that it was Tao Erya who harmed her son, she hurriedly asked her son in a low voice. Yuan Jing nodded and said that it was Erya who did it. Xiao Song was about to rush out to tear Erya apart, but Yuan Jing called her a headache and kept her back.
Little Song was pregnant and was five months pregnant. The yard was in a mess. He was afraid that something would happen to Little Song if she ran away. In her original life, Little Song had two lives, so he was afraid that the child in his belly would suffer the same misfortune.
"Mom, don't go. Dad knows what to do. You have to believe in Dad and Grandma." He had no sympathy for what Tao Erya was going through, because if he hadn't come, not only would the original body have died, but Xiao Song would have lost two lives because of her. Not only did Tao Erya not feel the slightest bit of guilt, she took it for granted that she and her family would separate from Tao Dayong and use the original body's golden finger to live a good life.
Therefore, Tao Erya was responsible for three lives, and her own life alone was not enough to pay for them.
Only then did Xiao Song sit down with gritted teeth, and looked at the wound on her son's head. She almost blacked out again, and said fiercely in a low voice: "Divide the family, this time tell your father to separate from the eldest house, who knows what the second girl is thinking."
She and Wang, the sisters-in-law, did not like each other very much. In Xiao Song's opinion, although Wang appeared to be honest and loyal, she was a treacherous person at heart. Now the incident with Tao Erya had confirmed Wang's true nature. Who knows how she had criticized their family behind their backs to make Erya have such evil intentions.
You have to know that Wang gave birth to three girls at first, which made the old lady unhappy. But she became pregnant not long after she entered the family, and gave birth to a grandson. Of course, her status in the Tao family was higher than Wang's. Wang didn't dare to hate the old lady, so she turned her hatred to her.
Tao Dayong said angrily: "Brother, let's split up the family. Even if you beat Tao Erya to death, I can't live under the same roof with you. When I see you, I think of Tao Erya's intention to harm my son."
"Dayong, you...Mom, is there a misunderstanding?" Tao Dazhu didn't expect that Tao Dayong wanted to divide the family. He hurriedly looked at the old lady, hoping that the old lady would come forward to persuade him. There was no reason to divide the family while his mother was still alive.
Wang didn't show any expression on her face, but she was secretly delighted in her heart. It was a good thing to divide the family. Her nephew Tao Yuanjing had to go to school, and their family of six had to tighten their belts. It would have been fine if she didn't have a son, but now her youngest son was born. This made her feel more confident. The money earned by the family had to be saved for the youngest son.
Tao Dayong went over and helped the old lady up, saying, "Mom, I can't live with my eldest brother's family. Mom, Jingbao and I will take care of you in your old age, so you should live with us."
"How can anyone live with the youngest son? The elderly always live with the eldest son in their old age." Tao Dazhu said.
Tao Dayong snorted coldly: "Who knows if Tao Erya has such evil intentions because mother is particularly partial to Jingbao? She may hate Jingbao to death, but she will also hate mother's partiality. I dare not hand mother over to you two."
After hearing this, Tao Dazhui's expression was as if he was struck by lightning. Although his mother was partial, he knew that her partiality was justified. Before his youngest son was born, he also valued his clever nephew more. Moreover, if he said this, what reputation would their family have in the village in the future?
"Third brother..." Tao Dazhu called out in a hoarse voice, but he has always been tongue-tied and didn't know how to explain himself.
The old lady also hated Tao Erya, who almost ruined her hope in this life. She gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, let's split up! I will live with the third child, and I don't need you, the eldest child, to take care of me in my old age. I'm afraid that if I live with you in the future, I will be poisoned to death if I eat a meal."
If she didn't divide the family, she was afraid that the third son would take his wife and Jingbao and leave the house. She knew her son's temper.
After all the commotion, on the second day after Yuan Jing traveled through time, the Tao family announced the end of this farce by dividing the family. Because of the care for the old lady, the Tao family of course stayed in the ancestral home, while Tao Dazhu's family of six were driven to the old house at the foot of the mountain. Tao Dazhu left with reluctance and shame. After such a commotion, he really had no face to stay.
Doctor Yao from the village came to check on Yuan Jing's injuries. Of course, Yuan Jing knew his condition well. He had lost too much blood and needed some time to recuperate. The injury on his head was not a big deal, but the abrasions on his body were only superficial injuries.
Doctor Yao was curious about the medicine applied on Yuan Jing's head. He said that the medicine worked well and he only needed to prepare a few more doses and apply them alternately to heal the disease. He also prescribed a few blood-replenishing and qi-nourishing medicines for Yuan Jing.
Yuan Jing thought that this would be a good opportunity to show his knowledge of medicine to his family, so he said, "I have read a few medical books. When I woke up in the mountains, I had a severe headache. I found these herbs, mashed them up and applied them to my head, and I felt much better afterwards."
"Haha, Dayong, your son is really smart. If he didn't need to continue studying, he should study medicine. Don't worry, your Yuan Jing will be able to turn danger into safety."
Tao Dayong was finally in a better mood that day. Nothing could make him happier than praising his son for his intelligence: "Thanks to Doctor Yao for his good words, this kid is just fooling around."
Regardless of ancient or modern times, Chinese people have always been so modest, and they clearly wish others would praise them a few more times.
Since they wanted to nourish the body, the old lady caught a laying hen that day, killed it and made soup for him and the pregnant Xiao Song to nourish their bodies. If Yuan Jing and Xiao Song had not insisted that the old lady and Tao Dayong eat together, the whole pot of soup and the chicken would have gone into the stomachs of the mother and child, and the old lady would have been reluctant to touch even a bit of it.
That night Yuan Jing relaxed and had a good sleep. When he opened his eyes the next morning, he felt much better. Perhaps it was the effect of the spiritual spring water, or perhaps it was because his soul power had increased a lot after experiencing three lifetimes.
He did not rush to get up, but lay in bed thinking about Tao Erya. To be honest, Tao Erya's hatred for her cousin was really inexplicable. If her cousin had not passed the imperial examination, Tao Erya would have been a country girl all her life, and the farthest she would have gone would have been to the county.
When Tao Erya got married for the first time, she was already a young scholar at that time. She was studying in the county school and preparing to take the imperial examination. She went home rarely and learned that the man Tao Erya was going to marry was the one she had chosen, a boy from the neighboring village. He was good-looking, but he only had a widowed mother and two younger sisters at home.
In fact, the old lady didn't think much of such a family, but Tao Erya was so dazzled by the man that she refused to marry anyone else. Moreover, she moved out of the Tao family before Tao Yuanjing passed the imperial examination and her family conditions were not much different from his. As long as she waited for the next exam, the man would be a scholar like Tao Yuanjing, and the two families could be said to be well matched.
The original body was young at the time, and besides having limited vision in judging people, it was not suitable for her to get involved in such matters, so her family made the decision. Later, Tao Erya was allowed to marry him. Of course, this marriage was not as happy as Tao Erya had imagined. The man did not pass the examination and become a scholar at the first try. Instead, it took him many years to finally catch the last train to become a scholar. At that time, the original body had already gone to the capital to prepare for the imperial examination. The difference between the two was like heaven and earth.
When the original body passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, Tao Sanya got married very well. The man was chosen by the original body as a Jinshi in the same exam. Tao Sanya became an official's wife after marrying him. Tao Erya hated the world when she learned about this situation. Her family was controlled by her widowed mother, and all the work in the family fell on her alone. Especially after her husband passed the imperial examination and became a scholar, he lost his ambition and did not want to continue taking the exam. He planned to find a school to teach and make a living.
Tao Erya was not willing to accept this, so she asked someone to send a letter back asking for a divorce and remarriage. She didn't want to live a hard life. Why should Tao Sanya become an official's wife while she had to be a village woman? Even Tao Daya's man was living a more prosperous life because he was taken by his original body to do business. She was the only one who was not satisfied.
She forgot that it was she who insisted on getting married, and she thought that her family, including Tao Yuanjing, were biased and unfair to her.
The Tao family would never agree to this. In those days, people often divorced each other. You know, she had already given birth to a daughter. What would happen to the child if they divorced?
Tao Erya was extremely angry. When her mother-in-law scolded her again, she pushed her mother-in-law to the ground and ignored her mother-in-law who had fainted on the ground. She looted all the money in the house, found a convoy and went to the capital to find Tao Yuanjing.
Fortunately, the married daughter came home to visit, otherwise the widowed mother would have died. Now they could not be in-laws but enemies. The family could not afford such a daughter-in-law, so they divorced Tao Erya with a letter of divorce.
The original body was also furious when he saw Tao Erya coming over, because he had received a letter from home and knew what was going on, but what could he do? This was his cousin, so he could only let her stay.
Will Tao Erya be a quiet person? She came to the capital city just to ask Tao Yuanjing to find her another husband, at least someone like Tao Sanya.
Thinking about how Tao Erya later fell in love with a playboy, turned herself into that man's concubine, and finally died in a fight in the inner courtyard, Yuan Jing said that this result was Tao Erya's own fault and had nothing to do with the original body. The original body had tried to stop her at that time, but just like the first time she got married, Tao Erya was blinded by a man again and wanted the original body to find a way to make her his wife. It would be strange if the original body listened to her.
So Yuan Jing didn't understand why Tao Erya hated her original body so much that she wanted to kill her as soon as she was reborn. After she was reborn, Huang Xiucai and her widowed mother, whom she married in her previous life, both had a bad ending. Later, after going to the capital, she took revenge on the wife of the man she married for the second time, causing her to be disgraced and die miserably. But later, she had a better choice, so she gave up the opportunity to become that man's wife.
Life never ends, and struggles never cease.
This time Yuan Jing directly cut off Tao Erya's path to success, so is it possible for her to go to the capital? Yuan Jing was quite curious. Thinking about the development of the plot in the previous two lives, he did not dare to make a conclusion. After all, Tao Erya was the heroine in the plot. Maybe she would have had another luck without the opportunity given by her original body.
After getting up, Yuan Jing heard that Tao Erya was beaten by her parents again. She could not get out of bed and would have to stay in bed for several days. He wanted to hum a song in a happy mood and look at the sky outside. The weather was really nice today.
"My dear grandson, lie down in bed and take good care of yourself. The doctor has said so. Grandma will bring breakfast to your room later." Song said nervously.
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