Li Niang dodged slightly, her eyes like a pair of hooks, "Uncle, you want to get close to me, but it will be terrible if my husband and aunt know about it."
"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, who would know? Come on, little beauty, give your uncle a kiss!" Uncle Wang's blood boiled and he hugged Li Niang.
This impatient look is really ugly.
"Hey~ Uncle, you should go back soon. We can't do this. I want to sleep. I have to go out to make money tomorrow morning~" Li Niang was reluctant to accept.
Uncle Wang was so lustful that he felt all over his body and took out a bag with 30 copper coins in it. These were the private money he had saved for several years, and only a few dozen of them were left.
"I'll give you all my money! As long as you follow me, I can give you more money!"
Li Niang lowered her eyes and looked at these few copper coins. She was so useless! This little bit was called private money? It couldn't even buy a liter of beans! A grown man couldn't even compare to a weak woman like her.
Of course, this is just the beginning.
The next payment would come from either my aunt or Old Lady Wang. It would be such a relief to draw blood from them!
Li Niang snorted inwardly, but her expression remained tender. She took the money and, as expected, stopped dodging and allowed Uncle Wang to do as he pleased.
Unfortunately, he had broken his bones and sprained his waist before, so the movement was over in less than half an hour. He still thought he was very powerful and kept asking if he was comfortable.
Li Niang called out a few times perfunctorily, with contempt in her eyes, but the other party couldn't see it in the dark.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jiang Yue and her husband went out to deliver one last dish to the Huang family.
Originally it was agreed that the delivery would only last for five days, but because the Jiang family’s vegetables were so delicious, they couldn’t be compared with the yellow vegetables grown in the greenhouse.
The vegetables grown in the greenhouse were soft, dry, and not sweet. But the Jiang family's greens were crisp, juicy, and sweet. Everyone in the Huang family, from young to old, looked forward to this meal, saying they couldn't eat without them.
Mr. Huang had no choice but to give her an expensive wolf-hair brush and ask her to send her more vegetables for two more days.
Jiang Yue didn't dare let Jiang Nian see it and quickly put it away.
She grows her vegetables in batches, and she can't eat them all, so she might as well give them away. It can save her time, so why not?
But at most I can only deliver for two more days, too much is as bad as too little.
Now the time in the space has reached 72 hours, a full three days! It’s enough time for the big guy to plant the land in it!
Well, no, it’s big enough for the kids to pick fruits and eat!
Speaking of which, this fruit will probably bear fruit by next spring or summer. In less than two years, it has grown from seed to fruit, and she has come a long way. She is not greedy, but she occasionally craves fruit.
In modern times, we eat fruit almost every day, as if we can't live without it. But only after arriving here did I realize what it really means to be unable to live.
Jiang Yue was walking and thinking about something when Jiang Nian beside her suddenly stopped.
Jiang Yue followed his gaze and saw a person half buried in the snow not far away.
They would occasionally see such a phenomenon when they went out every two days. It was no longer surprising. Some of the corpses were even stripped naked.
"Soon after, the yamen runners came and took it away."
Jiang Nian said, "That person is not dead yet. She is from the Wang family."
Wang family? Her eyesight was not as good as Jiang Nian's, so she walked over.
If it was that kind-hearted but evil mother-in-law, she would not save her. At most, she would help her find the yamen runner.
But, buried in the snow was the daughter-in-law. She was only 18 years old, not even as old as she would be in modern times. It was such a pity that she died.
Tsk, Jiang Yue couldn’t bear to do it, so forget it, let’s do a good deed for once.
She and Jiang Nian each held her arm, dragged her back to the door of the Wang family, and then leaned her against the eaves of the house.
The noise was quite loud, and they didn't spare any effort. People seemed to be woken up by the noise, and their eyelids trembled.
Jiang Yue asked Jiang Nian to block her, and took out a steaming meat bun from behind and stuffed it into her hand.
Li Niang's whole body was stiff, her eyes half-open, still a little dazed, when she heard someone say, "You have to love yourself and cherish yourself in order to survive. Expecting those heartless people to treat you well is a daydream."
After that, they walked next door.
Li Niang looked confused as she watched the two matching figures walk away. The tall man only had his wife in his eyes, his arms behind his back, watching over her at all times to prevent her from falling.
How wonderful! She had always hoped that she and her husband could live such a happy life together, but unfortunately she met the wrong person.
She toiled hard every day to support her family, fending off the freezing cold to gather firewood, collapsing in the snow without anyone noticing. If she hadn't been saved by a kind neighbor, she'd be a ghost somewhere by now...
The meat bun in her hand was only warm as Li Niang devoured it ravenously. She looked up at the Wang family's plaque with a fierce look in her eyes. Jiang Yue was right. This family was a heartless bunch.
However, she is no longer the simple and naive Li Niang, and no longer foolishly hopes for their favor.
She will definitely make this family pay the price they deserve.
She had designed to let Liu receive the guests on her behalf today. Didn't they despise her for being unclean? She wanted to see how Wang Wen, the scholar, would treat her unfaithful and unclean mother!
Should he let his dearest mother die to atone for his sins and comfort his father's spirit in heaven? Or should he become a rag-and-bone person like her, using his body to make money?
She climbed up with the help of the stairs, opened the gate, walked in, and curled up the corners of her mouth in a sneer. Uncle Wang has taken the bait, so who will be the next?
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