That afternoon, there seemed to be a noise coming from next door, so Jiang Yue asked Jiang Nian to go up to the roof to sweep the snow.
Jiang Nian looked at the roof, which had been swept that morning and now only had a thin layer of snow, feeling a little helpless. He wanted him to eavesdrop, so he could just say it directly; he wouldn't refuse.
Jiang Yue: I’m sorry, it’s Chinese nature to like to join in the fun, but it also has to be packaged.
Jiang Nian listened for a while, and the more he listened, the more he frowned.
Jiang Yue was feeling itchy, but her hearing was not good enough.
After listening to this, Jiang Nian came down, slowly put the ladder away, and lit the kang well before hugging her and gossiping with her.
When Li Niang was bullied, her mother-in-law selfishly ran away without seeking help or reporting the incident to the authorities, all to protect the good reputation of Mr. Wang's family. She said it was for Li Niang's own reputation and that she didn't want her to be looked down upon.
But the strangest looks came from her own husband and mother-in-law.
The two men despised Li Niang for her loss of virginity, but saw an opportunity to make money from the 20 copper coins she had on her body. They coaxed the young Li Niang into "thinking about the family" and exchanging her body for food and copper coins, sometimes even an extra handful of firewood.
There are many poor people in the city who are struggling to survive, but there are also many people who are greedy for pleasure and have a lot of wealth.
There are brothels operating in the city, but the prices are high.
Li Niang was a beautiful woman, and her devastation had given her a delicate, delicate air, arousing sympathy. Many people were willing to pay a small sum for her entertainment. These people were neither better than the best nor worse than the worst.
Their business place was in a dilapidated temple outside the city. While Li Niang was receiving customers inside, Liu was waiting outside.
Today, I don't know what Li Niang said to the guest, but Liu was dragged in instead. Most people like young and beautiful young ladies, but today's guest prefers Liu, a middle-aged woman with a lingering charm...
When Liu returned, she questioned Li Niang like crazy. She had always believed that men who remained chaste were proud of their chastity, and many people praised her for being a young widow and raising her son alone.
Now, she was being persecuted! If this got out, she would rather die than not.
Li Niang sneered at her hypocrisy. She was acting like a chaste and virtuous woman, but she was feeling very comfortable and happy when she heard the noise outside the door.
These words were so vivid and imaginative that Liu became angry and embarrassed, and the two weak women started fighting.
Li Niang beat and scolded them, saying that the Wang family's hypocrisy was hereditary.
When Wang Wen was lying in bed, he behaved filially and politely to his relatives. He turned a blind eye to the torture of his wife and mother, and said that he could not control his elders and it was not good to disobey them.
But aren’t we always ordering our elders around these days?
Wang Wen doesn't feel pain unless the stick hits him, and he keeps talking about benevolence, filial piety, courtesy and righteousness. He is a hypocrite!
Wang Wen was furious, feeling that his face as a husband had been trampled upon and his reputation as a scholar had been insulted, so he asked his mother to beat her hard.
The other members of the Wang family came out to watch the fun. It was originally a matter between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Wang family, but Uncle Wang couldn't bear to see Li Niang being bullied, so he stepped forward to help.
This stirred up a hornet's nest. Aunt Wang, with a ferocious face, also went forward to pull Uncle Wang. How could Mrs. Wang just stand by and watch her eldest son being beaten by her eldest daughter-in-law? She went forward, grabbed the eldest daughter-in-law's scalp and slapped her.
The Wang family instantly became a mess...
Jiang Nian's voice was flat as he told the story, but he had a good memory and was able to reconstruct the events in detail.
Jiang Yue fell silent after hearing this. What a beastly family and a beastly world.
Fortunately, Li Niang has come to her senses and is able to turn back. She seems to be quite smart and knows how to fight.
There was a small quarrel next door every three days and a big quarrel every five days, and time just passed like that.
One day in mid-February, Jiang Yue woke up and found that he was sweating!
She put on her clothes and opened the door. There was still a thick layer of ice and snow on the ground, but only a thin layer of snow on the roof.
And this morning, the sun came out and it was warm.
Cheers were heard on the streets, and many people cried with joy.
She laughed, "Big cub, it looks like our winter is almost over!"
The weather changed so quickly that there was sunshine for three consecutive days, melting all the ice and snow, and it never snowed again.
The ground was muddy and slippery, so the villagers of Jiangshan Village brought out chairs and sat under the eaves of their houses to bask in the sun, as if to dry out the bad luck.
Chatting and talking from a distance, for a moment, it seemed as if we were back to the scene before the natural disaster.
The village chief's family was also happy. They washed and dried the moldy and damp clothes and quilts, smelled the scent of the sunshine and sighed, thinking that the disaster was finally over, right?
On the fifth day, the ground was completely dry and half of the water had drained away.
The villagers began to turn the soil enthusiastically in preparation for farming.
Yes, March and April are the most important farming seasons.
Jiang Shan asked, "Dad, what about our grain?"
Their grain harvest last year was poor, so they definitely can't grow grain.
"The eldest and second sons, go to the county town and see how the grain seeds are selling now. The third son will stay at home and till the soil."
Jiang San wanted to speak, but his father glared at him. His father said that this youngest son had the most unstable personality and needed to be controlled.
After the snow melted, more people came into the city. Jiangshan was not in a hurry, so he lined up at the back.
When I got to the grain store in the county, I was shocked to see the price of grain. It was a whopping 5 taels of silver! Has the world gone crazy?
Jiang Er asked his elder brother worriedly what to do?
Jiang Shan gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go to the capital city!"
If the price is the same, then he will accept it. He can't stop farming, right?
The two men hurried the mule toward the city. The ground was dry, and the mule walked steadily. However, the mule had been hungry for a long time, and its legs were a little weak, so it could not keep up with its previous speed.
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