Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi soon caught up with Zheng Xian. Zhu was coaxing her: "Why did you run away crying after hearing what others said? Are you stupid? Mr. Zhang was just angry because of your elder sister! Listen to your mother, stop crying, go back with her to give gifts and apologize, and we will continue to discuss the marriage."
Zheng Xian didn't believe her at all, she just buried her face in her handkerchief and cried.
Zheng Xiu stepped forward and said: "Second aunt, sister Xian's marriage was not a good one in the first place, and it's a good thing that it doesn't work out now." Zhu
rolled her eyes at her, "Don't mess around!" If she didn't have to persuade her daughter first, she would have let this talkative Xiu girl go long ago!
Zheng Xian covered her face and stamped her feet, "Mom, don't persuade me anymore. No matter what you say, I won't go back and let others abuse me!"
Zhu was anxious and said a lot of nice things. This time, Zheng Xian did not disappoint Zheng Xiu's hope. She insisted on her position and was not persuaded by her.
The four of them stood on the road, especially Zheng Xiu who was still crying. Many people on the road cast inquiring eyes.
Zheng Xiu was so distressed that she reminded: "Second aunt, there are so many people watching us on the road." If they continue to make trouble, I'm afraid that people in the town will start gossiping again soon.
Zhu glared at her again and said to Zheng Xian impatiently: "Mother has said all the good and bad things, but you just don't know what's good for you and won't listen. In this case, you should go back today."
After hearing that her mother was willing to let her go, Zheng Xian finally stopped crying and was about to go back to the Zheng family.
Zhu grabbed her and scolded her: "Where are you going? You have lived in the town for a while, and you don't even know where your home is?" This meant that she wanted Zheng Xian to go back to the village.
Zheng Xian stood still, and Zheng Xiu advised her: "Sister Xian is crying like this, if you go back, you will definitely be seen by others. You should go back to my house to wash up before going back. Besides, her gifts are all there."
Zhu said angrily: "Don't bother with that! There is a small river outside the town, and Xian girl can just go there to roll out a handkerchief and wash her face. As for the gifts, I will go back to get them after I come back from Zhang's house."
She was still unwilling to give up. Zheng Xian had already refused to go with her, but she wanted to go to Zhang's house by herself. Zheng Xiu looked at her as if she was crazy.
Zheng Xian cried, "Mother, Mr. Zhang humiliated me like that, and you actually want to go back..."
Zhu didn't care, and pushed Zheng Xian again, "What do you know, I just said something out of anger. Go back quickly, don't cry here anymore, your crying makes me upset." After saying this, she turned around and walked towards Zhang's house.
Zheng Xian was left there, stomped her feet at Zhu's back, turned around and left.
Xue Zhi said, "You have messed up so much, and your second aunt still has the nerve to apologize to others. I really don't know what to say."
Zhang Xiu sighed helplessly. Seeing Zhu's crazy look who would not stop until she achieved her goal, she didn't know what to do.
"Then let's go home or..."
Zheng Xiu said: "Let's see sister Xian off. She...ah, she is so pitiful."
Xue Zhi nodded in agreement.
The two were afraid that Zheng Xian would feel embarrassed, so they did not follow her very closely, but followed her from a distance.
Zheng Xian walked out of the town and went to the river.
Zheng Xiu and Xue Zhi watched her squatting by the river, wetting the handkerchief and wiping her face from a distance, but she did not leave immediately, but stood by the river in a daze. They watched for a while, and seeing that Zheng Xian did not move, Zheng Xiu said worriedly: "She will be fine..."
As soon as the voice fell, Zheng Xian jumped into the river.
Zheng Xian thought of what Mr. Zhang had said just now, and also thought of her mother who didn't understand her and wanted her to marry him. She was completely desperate and wanted to die. She used up all her strength in this jump. She
didn't know whether it was good luck or bad luck. The stream was not deep, only up to the chest of an adult. Zheng Xian didn't sink to the bottom after diving in, but hit the rocks on the riverbed.
Zheng Xiu had learned to swim in her previous life, so she jumped in and pulled the person out.
Zheng Xian didn't swallow much water, but had a big cut on her forehead, and blood was gushing out.
Xue Zhi was an expert in dealing with external injuries, so he immediately took Zheng Xiu's handkerchief and pressed it on the wound to stop the bleeding.
Seeing her pale face, Zheng Xiu hurriedly felt her breathing. She was breathing more out than in, so she followed the life-saving lessons she had learned in swimming class, squeezed her chest, and gave her artificial respiration.
Fortunately, the first aid measures took less than half an hour. Zheng Xian vomited a large mouthful of water and coughed repeatedly.
Zheng Xiu checked her heartbeat and breathing again, and seeing that they had returned to normal, she finally exhaled a long breath.
Zheng Xian opened her eyes in a daze, and finally saw the people in front of her clearly: "Big sister, brother-in-law..." Then she quickly realized that something was wrong. Although Zheng Xiu in front of her was soaking wet and looked quite frail, she looked too young, only about sixteen or seventeen years old. Looking at her brother-in-law again, he also looked to be in his twenties.
No, this is not right!
She was already thirty years old before she closed her eyes just now. Moreover, her elder sister was far away in the capital, and she was in Li County. They had not seen each other for many years. How could she be right in front of her the moment she opened her eyes?
Zheng Xiu saw that her face was getting paler and her body was beginning to tremble, so she helped her up and told Xue Zhi, "Go to the medical officer to ask for a doctor, I will help Sister Xian home first."
Xue Zhi nodded, told Zheng Xian to apply pressure on the wound on her forehead, and left quickly without saying a word.
Zheng Xiu slowly helped Zheng Xian towards the Zheng family.
Zheng Xian was supported by her, and looked around from time to time.
Zheng Xiu thought she was just too frightened, and she comforted her softly as she walked: "Sister Xian, don't be afraid, sister is here. It's okay, it's okay..."
When they returned to the Zheng family, the old man and old lady Zheng who were guarding in the main hall came out to greet them. Seeing the two people's wet appearance, and Zheng Xian's head was cut, the two old people were shocked.
"What's wrong, what happened?" Old lady Zheng was anxious and at a loss.
Zheng Xiu said, "Grandma, come with me to help Sister Xian back to the house. Ah Zhi has gone to get the doctor, who should be here soon. We'll talk about the rest later."
Zheng Xian's heart was already in turmoil - her grandpa had passed away not long after she got married, and now she was alive in front of her... Was she dreaming? Her eyes couldn't help but become wet.
Old Mrs. Zheng supported her on the other side, and seeing tears on her pale little face, she hurriedly advised: "Don't cry, girl Xian, don't cry. Now that we are home, grandma will take care of everything for you."
The two of them helped Zheng Xian back to the house and lay on the kang. Old Mrs. Zheng helped Zheng Xian change into clean clothes. Zheng Xiu also went back to the house to change clothes. After everything was done, Xue Zhi also called the doctor back.
The doctor checked Zheng Xian's wound and took her pulse, saying that the bleeding had stopped and that there was no serious problem. He prescribed some medicine and some soothing tea. The medicine was brought with him after Xue Zhi described Zheng Xian's wound, but the soothing tea had to be obtained separately. Xue Zhi followed the doctor to the medical officer to get the medicine.
After the doctor left, Mrs. Zheng sat on the kang and wiped her tears: "How could a good girl become like this after going out? My poor girl Xian, this wound is so big, what if it leaves a scar..."
After what happened just now, Zheng Xian already knew that she was not dreaming, but might have really returned to the past! At this time, she was still in great shock and could not speak.
Zheng Xiu patted Old Lady Zheng on the shoulder and comforted her, "Don't worry, Grandma. Good luck
will come to you." Old Lady Zheng took Zheng Xiu's hand and said, "What happened when you went to Zhang's house? Tell us quickly." Old Man Zheng also stood aside with a frown, waiting to listen.
Zheng Xiu sighed and told them what happened at Zhang's house.
After hearing this, old man Zheng snorted coldly: "Xiu girl, you did nothing wrong. The second brother's family is really crazy. They are rushing to send their daughter to such a marriage!"
Old lady Zheng looked at Zheng Xian, who was lying on the kang with her eyes closed, with heartache, "Poor our Xian girl, you have met such a confused mother... Xian girl, you promised grandma that you would never do stupid things again. Grandpa will make the decision for you on this matter!"
Zheng Xian opened her eyes at this time. She once again looked at the people in the room in disbelief. Grandpa was still alive, and her eldest sister was indeed sixteen or seventeen years old, and she...she had not even married Zhang Yongqian, that heartless bastard!
She was actually back to the time before she got married!
In her previous life, she listened to her mother and married Zhang Yongqian with the dream of becoming an official's wife. After leaving the country, her mother-in-law Fang asked her to take care of the housework. At that time, she was spoiled by her mother for more than ten years. She had never done anything, not to mention serving others, and even taking care of herself.
But Fang didn't care about her that much. If she didn't do her job well, she wouldn't give her food.
Besides housework, Fang forced herself to do embroidery work day and night to earn money, regardless of whether the dim light at night would blind her eyes; in the cold winter, she was forced to wash clothes with cold water to supplement the family income, regardless of the fact that she was pregnant and weak at that time...
She once went home to cry, but her father had already had an accident, and her mother was an orphan with her younger brother, and her influence was not strong enough to help her...
She stayed in the Zhang family for more than ten years. During those years, Zhang Yongqian passed the imperial examination, and after being full of ambition, he repeatedly failed in the examination and could not go any further. At that time, her uncle had returned to Beijing to take the imperial examination, won the first place, and served in the Hanlin Academy. My elder sister was still unmarried until she was in her twenties. Later, I heard that she was going to marry the second son of the Duke of Qing’s mansion, General Huaiyuan, who was favored by the emperor at that time. I heard that the general knew my uncle in his early years.
My uncle’s family was so prosperous, and the mother and son of the Zhang family were naturally jealous. Taking advantage of the wedding banquet in Beijing, they forced her to beg her uncle...
Later, Zhang Yongqian became the chief clerk of Li County. Li County is a small county with poor mountains and bad waters. It is the place that other officials are most reluctant to come to. The chief clerk is an official who cannot be any smaller, but the mother and son of the Zhang family are ecstatic.
She thought that she had finally seen the light at the end of the clouds. Unexpectedly, not long after Zhang Yongqian took office, when life at home was just getting easier, Zhang bought a maid to be his concubine on the grounds that she had been infertile for many years.
She was desperate about the Zhang family and life at that time. The Zhang family members did not think about it. If they had not worked too hard to support Zhang Yongqian's studies, and had miscarried several times in a row, how could they have been infertile? !
From then on, she lived like a walking corpse. Zhang Yongqian had a concubine, who was beautiful, gentle and considerate, and he liked her very much. Zhang Yongqian naturally cared less about her. Not to mention Fang, who wished she had died early.
In front of her eyes was a winter, especially cold, and the New Year was coming soon. She caught a cold before winter came, and she didn't get better after enduring it for a long time. Fang didn't even ask for a doctor. The house was cold and deserted, while Fang and her concubine were busy preparing for the New Year. It was so lively outside...
She thought bitterly that if she lived another life, she would never be so careless and let others abuse her!
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