"You wretched woman! You're a jinx! You're the one who killed my son. Ever since you married into the Zhao family, not a single good thing has happened!"
"Sister-in-law, stop hitting her. Your daughter-in-law is pregnant..."
"Hmph, so what! You're just a bunch of good-for-nothings!"
A burning pain shot through her back. He Tiantian tried to move, but couldn't budge. Suddenly, her lower abdomen twitched, and she felt a warm flow.
He Tiantian struggled to open her eyes and saw an old woman hitting her repeatedly with a cane. The woman was cursing and swearing as she hit her.
A crowd had gathered around, some out of sympathy, others to watch the spectacle, but no one dared to step forward and stop it...
"Grandma, I beg you, please don't hit my mother." A little girl of seven or eight years old pushed through the crowd and threw herself on top of her. The stick hit the girl squarely on the back, and He Tiantian felt pain just watching it, but the girl didn't utter a sound.
"Waaah... Mother... Mother..."
He Tiantian then saw a five or six-year-old girl standing next to her, and could only rub her eyes and cry loudly.
Memories flooded her mind all at once, and He Tiantian felt it was incredibly melodramatic.
She, a respectable 23-year-old college student, inexplicably transmigrated, and even transmigrated into the body of a mistress who had given birth to two children and was pregnant with another.
The original owner of this body was also a good-for-nothing, and her mother-in-law was notoriously vicious throughout the entire Changfeng Village. From the very first day she married into the Zhao family, she was beaten and verbally abused.
She did all the dirty and tiring work at home, and even when she was pregnant, she didn't receive any kindness. Just because she had given birth to two daughters, her mother-in-law was convinced that this pregnancy would be another money-losing one.
The original owner's husband died in a mining accident three days ago, and the government's compensation money was all taken away by her wicked mother-in-law. Now that her husband is dead, the wicked mother-in-law believes that she brought death to her son and wants to drive her and her child out of the house.
He Tiantian closed her eyes helplessly, wishing it was all a dream, and that when she woke up she would still be a good citizen who advocated for women's rights and freedom.
"Mother! Don't die!" The girl clinging to her body shook her violently.
"Sister-in-law, if you keep hitting her, someone will die. It's going to be a double tragedy," Granny Wang couldn't help but say again.
However, she dared not say any more. That old woman Zhao was wicked; she might even beat her if she went berserk. It was such a pity for Zhao's daughter-in-law, so young…
well……
When He Tiantian woke up again, it was already evening. Changfeng Village was located deep in the mountains, and in winter it was covered in ice and snow, where even a bear could freeze to death.
He Tiantian felt her whole body was frozen stiff, but fortunately, the two little girls had been snuggling up to her during the day to keep her warm.
"Mother, you're awake!" Zhao Denglong cried, tears still clinging to the corners of her eyes, though those tears had long since frozen into ice and stuck to her face.
"Mother..." Zhao Wanzi heard her sister call out and weakly called out as well.
The little girl had no idea what the events of the day meant.
In the pitch-black night of the mountain village, He Tiantian and her two daughters were driven out of their home by their wicked mother-in-law and lay in the freezing snow.
Fortunately, she survived and did not freeze to death.
"Lantern, meatballs, help Mom up." He Tiantian struggled to her feet; her lower abdomen still ached. But a check had just been done and no foreign object had fallen out.
I have no idea how the baby in my womb is doing.
Following the original owner's memories, He Tiantian led her two daughters step by step through snowdrifts to a dilapidated temple at the edge of the village.
This dilapidated temple was originally dedicated to the Earth God, but it gradually fell into disrepair over time. Three of the four walls inside the temple are drafty.
The statue of the Earth God was also trembling, as if it were about to collapse at any moment.
He Tiantian sat in the only corner where there was no draft, holding her two daughters' hands. Looking at her two daughters nodding sleepily in her arms, she couldn't help but say, "Lantern, Maruko, you two go to sleep. Mom will wake you when it's light."
Her two daughters nodded, nestled obediently on either side of her, and fell into a deep sleep.
He Tiantian, however, felt no sleepiness whatsoever. She quickly sorted through the original owner's memories. Given her current abilities, she could only stay in this dilapidated temple for the time being.
In the stillness of the night, the occasional bark of a dog could be heard from Changfeng Village, deep in the mountains.
He Tiantian didn't sleep well that night. She was in a daze and would become alert at the slightest sound.
This night was the longest.
Finally, dawn broke, and He Tiantian released her two daughters from her arms and got up to walk out of the dilapidated temple.
This is at the entrance of the village, still a short distance from the village itself. Winter mornings are the coldest, and the wind feels like knives on your face.
He Tiantian looked at her clothes, patched beyond recognition, and her straw sandals, which let in the wind. Her two daughters were no better off.
She couldn't even bear it, let alone the child.
So her first priority was to keep warm, otherwise they would definitely freeze to death before they starved to death.
On such a cold day, apart from the men going to work, there were hardly any people on the roads in the village.
He Tiantian saw two tall piles of straw behind a house not far away and had an idea.
In Changfeng Village, rice is planted twice a year. After the rice is harvested, the villagers pile up the straw in front of and behind their houses to use as firewood for cooking.
He Tiantian tiptoed to a haystack. She was already thin, and the two piles of straw completely covered her.
Reaching out, He Tiantian brushed away the layer of snow covering the outside, then tore off some of the damp straw, revealing that the straw inside was indeed dry.
She pulled out a lot of straw at once, grabbed a pile, and hurriedly ran towards the dilapidated temple. She was afraid that if she was even a step too slow, someone would discover her and catch up with her.
This was the first time He Tiantian had ever stolen anything like this, and she was incredibly nervous. So much so that when she arrived at the dilapidated temple, she was sweating profusely from nervousness.
Zhao Denglong had been awake for a while, but when he woke up and didn't see his mother, his childish face was filled with panic.
Only when she saw He Tiantian did her heart settle down.
Zhao Denglong stepped forward to pick up the straw that had fallen to the ground, and then helped his mother spread the straw in a corner of the wall.
"Mother, will we live here from now on?" Zhao Denglong asked, watching her mother's busy figure.
He Tiantian stood up, looking embarrassed. "Lantern, we don't have a home like before anymore, so we can only stay here for now. But, Mother will definitely work hard to give you and your sister a better life."
Before we were kicked out, at least we didn't have to sleep in the cold, but now...
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