Chapter 1: Crossing
Li Wan was dreaming.
In the dream, she was on vacation at the beach, with sunshine, sand and cacti. Then the scene changed and she fell into the sea.
Feeling surrounded by the freezing cold sea water, the touch is real.
Water entered her mouth and nose, and she felt suffocated, which startled her.
Oh my god!
Isn't this a dream?!
Without having time to think about the situation, she instinctively held her breath and tried to swim upstream.
After a while, she got ashore and coughed violently, spitting out a few mouthfuls of water.
She was wrapped in wet clothes and shivered in the gusts of wind.
My head was groggy and I was wondering why she was in the water.
The project she was in charge of this time had some problems with the plan. She worked day and night to revise it urgently, and survived on bread and coffee for two days. She finally finished the project, and as soon as the tension in her mind eased, she fell asleep.
How did you get here?
Where is this?
She looked around. In the distance were rolling green hills and in front of her was a clear river. It seemed like there was someone struggling in the river.
Before she could figure out the situation, she saw a group of people in retro clothes walking towards her from a distance.
"Hurry, it's just in front. I just came here to wash clothes and happened to see Gao's second sister-in-law arguing with a man. I don't know what's going on now."
The girl who spoke sounded worried, but her tone couldn't hide her excitement.
An old woman stared with her eyes drooping, cursing non-stop: "This little slut, our family treats her well, and my son studies hard day and night, hoping to pass the imperial examination as soon as possible so that she can become a scholar's wife, but she is so shameless that she cheated on my son. Yuan'er, you must not be soft-hearted this time, divorce her."
"Mom, please stop talking. I believe Wanyue is not that kind of person." Gao Zhiyuan, dressed in a blue gown and looking like a scholar, had a sad face but a smile in his eyes.
"Don't speak for her. I'm going to divorce her this time no matter what."
The group of villagers following behind him also had ugly expressions on their faces. How could such an unfaithful woman appear in their village? It really brought shame to their village.
Her husband is a virgin student, but she is living a good life and is secretly having an affair with someone else.
Taking advantage of this short period of time, Li Wan sorted out the memories that suddenly flooded into his mind.
It seems that I am unlucky to wear this.
Because of staying up late for consecutive nights, he died suddenly and his soul traveled to a dynasty called Jingchao and was reborn as Li Wanyue, a villager in Daohua Village, Qingshi Town, Anping County.
She was originally from Daohua Village and married Gao Zhiyuan from Kaoshan Village at the age of sixteen. Gao Zhiyuan was conceited because a Taoist priest predicted his fortune when he was young that he would become an official in the future. Therefore, his family spent all their money to support his studies, and the clan also contributed a lot.
But studying is really expensive, and Gao Zhiyuan didn't even pass the examination to become a student at the age of 20. He dreamed of marrying the daughter of an official, but in reality he couldn't even marry the daughter of a wealthy family in the town because people thought he had no talent for studying.
He had to find a well-off family in the village to marry, and the original body was chosen.
The original owner's father, Li Youshan, and his family were all good at farming. During the slack season, they often went into the mountains to hunt. The family was also hardworking. Their conditions were better than other families, and they loved their daughter very much.
Not long after, the Gao family asked a matchmaker to come to propose marriage. Their Daohua Village had never produced a scholar before, and the villagers were naturally wary of scholars. When they saw Gao Zhiyuan spoke in an elegant manner, they were immediately impressed. Li Wanyue was also satisfied and agreed to the marriage.
The betrothal gift from a farming family is usually two to five taels of silver. Knowing the Gao family's situation and fearing that their daughter would suffer, the Li family only asked for a betrothal gift of one tael of silver.
She added two taels of silver and bought a pair of silver bracelets worth two taels, two new quilts, a large wooden bed and other dowry, which she took to Gao's house.
In the later period, they continued to provide financial support and helped the Gao family with farm work during spring ploughing and autumn harvest, just hoping that their son-in-law could pass the imperial examination so that their daughter could enjoy the good life with them.
Last year, Li Youshan went into the mountains to hunt and was seriously injured. Fortunately, he met other hunters and saved his life.
In order to treat the disease, he not only spent all his savings, but also borrowed a lot, and he could no longer support his daughter.
Li Wanyue had been married to the Gao family for nearly three years and had no children. Her in-laws treated her worse and worse. Later, her parents' family couldn't come up with money and they were even more hostile to her, which made her feel more guilty and inferior.
Today, the original owner's mother-in-law asked her to go to the river to wash clothes. When she arrived at the river, there was no one there.
Just as I put down the wooden basin, I heard a sound behind me. I turned around and saw Zhang Laizi from the same village jumping out from somewhere.
Without saying a word, he rushed towards her.
She was scared, so she picked up the laundry stick and hit Zhang Laizi randomly.
Zhang Laizi didn't expect her to hit him, and after being hit twice, he immediately became furious.
He grabbed the stick and pushed it hard, and the original owner fell straight into the water.
The fear in her heart made her struggle wildly. Soon a lot of water entered her mouth and nose, and her strength became weaker and weaker.
Then she lost consciousness, and Li Wan came here like this.
Li Wan felt regretful and angry.
What I regret is why I didn't take care of my body. I could have delayed for two days to change the plan, so that I wouldn't have died suddenly and ended up in a place like this.
What makes me angry is that the original owner is so lovesick that he likes to dig wild vegetables so much?
I can only endure being bullied like that.
I don’t know if I can go back, so let’s just solve the current problem first.
They are just trying to make money, right? Pua finally made them understand the game.
It’s not that Li Wanyue can’t have children. It’s obvious that Gao Zhiyuan has never touched her and there is disgust in his eyes when he looks at her. It’s just that the original owner is in love and her heart and eyes are full of him, so she can’t see it.
Who would have thought that after almost three years of marriage, the original owner was still a virgin.
She was too embarrassed to let others know, not even from her family.
It's stupid to risk your life for a scumbag.
In the memories just digested, the original owner had doubts.
Whenever she asked, Gao Zhiyuan would say with a cold face that she was suspicious, unvirtuous and jealous, and the original owner could only swallow her doubts.
It seems that he already had someone outside, but it was not easy for him to divorce the original owner immediately. After all, he still had to save face. After all, he had helped his family when they were in the most difficult time. If he divorced his original wife just after he made progress in his studies, he would be criticized by others.
Thinking of this, she glanced at the person struggling in the river getting farther and farther away, and she understood.
This Zhang Laizi must have been instructed by someone to come here deliberately to ruin her reputation. In this era, if she was caught alone with a man, even if nothing happened, her reputation would be ruined.
By then, she will be known as an immoral and promiscuous person, and no one will believe her even if she explains again.
Gao Zhiyuan not only became a victim, but he could also divorce his wife with a legitimate reason. The divorced person could not take away the dowry, and the original owner's dowry could not be taken away at all.
Haha, Gao Zhiyuan is so calculating. No wonder people say that educated people are more vicious when doing bad things.
She wrung the water out of her clothes. Fortunately, it was early spring and the clothes she wore were thick and dark in color, otherwise it would have been a bit embarrassing.
At this time, Gao Zhiyuan, Cui Pozi and others had already arrived.
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