Changsheng ran out of the yard and tried to grab her elder sister, second brother, and third brother. "Oh no, oh no! Dad has taken a fancy to the eldest daughter of Widow Jiang and is waiting for Mom to die so that he can marry her to be our stepmother. As the saying goes, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather. When she has her own son, she will send us, the older ones, out to beg for food."
Sister He: "If my stepmother comes into the family, I won't have any new clothes. In a few years, I will have to marry someone else, and I can't do without new clothes." So, does the biological mother have to die?
He Da said she was very conflicted. Her mother was patriarchal and of course she valued their father the most. She would order her daughter to do this and that every day. He Da did not like her mother.
Other people's mothers can work in the fields, but their mother is sick all year round and rarely even goes to the kitchen. She is the eldest daughter in the family and took over the kitchen work early on.
If her mother died at this time, she would observe three years of mourning, which would have allowed her to find a good husband in the countryside. But if she died any later, it would definitely delay her marriage.
But if your father marries a vicious stepmother and he covets her betrothal money, then you will be married into a hell!
Oh, that's so difficult. I should first see what my brothers and sisters are planning.
The second and third brothers He are only concerned about whether their future family division and inheritance will be affected.
"Of course it will. In the wealthy families in the operas, the wife who married later wanted to leave the family title to her youngest son, so she killed the first son." Changsheng Pu said.
The two older brothers were frightened, "Are stepmothers so vicious?" They were still young, and Hunter He would take his two eldest sons with him when he went hunting outside the city. At other times, the two sons basically just played around in the mountains and fields.
The He family's life was precarious in the eyes of the villagers of Xiashan Village. Their sickly family member couldn't even afford treatment at the town clinic, so they could only seek solace from the village's half-baked doctors, leading outsiders to believe the He family was in dire straits.
Even if there is a little money, it is still exchanging life for money, and most people don’t have the courage to do that.
In fact, Hunter He was quite lucky. He could always hunt a big one every month or two, and his family lived a very good life. However, both he and his wife understood the principle of not showing off their wealth, so they kept a low profile.
After all, there are only so many prey in the mountains. If there are more hunters, there will be fewer resources.
This is also the reason why they want to marry Jiang Dani. They want to take advantage of their future brother-in-law to move down the mountain and live a peaceful life.
"I say you two are stupid, yet you go to your parents to complain. Look at the life of Gou Wazi in the mountain village. He lives under the control of his stepmother." Sister He gave her two stupid brothers a look that showed she understood.
These two younger brothers always bully her, the eldest sister, by relying on the fact that they are boys.
"We can't let Dad marry a stepmother."
"We can't let Dad marry Jiang Dani," Changsheng corrected him. "The Jiang family is a family of scholars, and young ladies from scholarly families tend to be the most devious. When her brother gets into high school, we'll have no choice but to live our lives at their mercy, right?"
"Yes, yes, no matter who you marry, you can't marry Jiang Dani." Several people reached a consensus.
Changsheng was responsible for giving advice, so the two stupid brothers went straight to knock on Widow Jiang's door and said, "Take good care of your eldest girl. My mother is not dead yet, and you want to marry into the He family. Is it because my family can eat game every month?"
Widow Jiang revealed her family's origins to the village chief's wife, one of the few people she had contact with. Her husband, who died early, was also a scholar and died on the way to take the imperial examination.
Therefore, scholars all attach great importance to reputation and fame. When Widow Jiang heard the words of this wild boy who came from nowhere, she was so angry that she almost vomited blood.
Her youngest son had been ill for the past few days and she was already feeling very unbearable. How could she accept the stigma that came from the sky? The reason she didn't die of anger on the spot was because her youngest son was still alive.
Jiang Dani had just finished tending to the crops in the fields and came back to cook lunch.
After hearing what the two children said, I wanted to go up and argue with them.
But those two kids were very cunning and ran very fast.
Jiang Dani pushed the door open and quickly helped A Niang to lie down on the bed.
While feeding Widow Jiang water, he explained, "Mother, believe me, I only focus on my work every day and never say a word to the men in the village. At most, I answer the questions of the village aunties."
Jiang Dani was really anxious. Her mother was very particular about rules, and if she wanted to gain a foothold in this family, she naturally had to follow her.
Even though she was out and about every day, the strict separation between men and women was ingrained in her bones. She knew that her younger brother was attending school and would do great things in the future. How could she, a beggar in the Jiang family, dare to bring disgrace to the Jiang family?
"Alas, a girl should not be kept when she grows up. If she is kept, she will become an enemy." Widow Jiang felt that flies would not bite eggs without cracks.
Look at her, a widow from outside, who didn't have any bad comments in Xiashan Village. Why couldn't Jiang Dani do it? She deliberately ignored the bad rumors about the Jiang family, most of which were strongly rebutted by Jiang Dani.
"Mom, mom, I don't have any. I just want to stay in this family, take care of you in your old age, and stay with you for the rest of my life." Jiang Dani was afraid that after what happened today, her mother would definitely not keep her anymore.
"Whose kid is that?" Widow Jiang was really unfamiliar with the people in this village. The only people she had interacted with were from the village chief's family and the neighboring women on both sides.
"The He family, the hunter He's family on the mountain." Jiang Dani thought about it carefully.
"You said you didn't know and that you didn't hate getting married, but you even know everything about other people's children." Widow Jiang hit Jiang Dani hard, as if she wanted to beat out all the resentment in her heart.
"Those two kids often play in Xiashan Village. I always run into kids from the village when I'm working. I also heard about his family's situation from the aunties in the village, so I know about it." Jiang's mother didn't want to deal with the villagers. Xiaoze wanted to go to school, but they still lived in this village. There had to be someone in the Jiang family who knew the situation in the village and knew a few people on a daily basis. Otherwise, who could they count on when something big happened?
Widow Jiang was not ignorant of worldly affairs. She just hated herself for becoming a widow. There was no one to support her family, and her son was in poor health. She didn't know if he could pass the exam.
If I fail the exam, when will these days of being bullied end?
"I'll find a matchmaker to arrange a marriage for you in the next two days." After saying that, he ignored Jiang Dani and turned sideways to take a nap.
Jiang Dani pulled the quilt for Widow Jiang, went to the kitchen, and boiled water while wiping her tears.
Jiang Haoze woke up when the two were arguing.
His family was not well-off, but his widowed mother was determined to support his education, so he was very smart since childhood.
After Sister Dani went to the kitchen, he dragged his sick body to talk to his mother.
"You haven't recovered yet, why are you getting up instead of lying down in bed?" Widow Jiang didn't lie down either, she was really worried about her son. If anything happened to her son, leaving the two of them alone, even if they had three heads and six arms, they wouldn't be able to survive in this world.
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