"Sister, this woman seems to be really dead..."
"It's good that you're dead! After you're dead, no one will keep nagging in our ears!"
"Shut up! Although Liu Niang isn't our biological mother, she's taken good care of us all these years. Are you really hoping for her to die?"
A girl's voice rang in my ears, angrily scolding her younger brother.
Liu Yingying suddenly opened her eyes.
All I could see was the roof of a thatched hut with a large hole above my head, and two men, a woman, and three children beside me.
For a moment, they stared at each other blankly, everyone stunned.
"It's come back to life!"
"Oh no! Lady Liu has come back to life!"
The four children were so frightened by her that they all ran away in a flash...
What's going on?
Where is she now?
Suddenly, a flood of memories rushed into her mind. After receiving the original owner's memories, Liu Yingying was so angry that she pounded her chest and stamped her feet!
Damn it! She was an upright female county official at the peak of her career, leading the people of the poorest county in the country out of poverty, working diligently and selflessly until her dying breath.
He was about to be promoted, but on his way to the provincial capital to attend the commendation ceremony, he was buried by a mudslide!
Now, she's even been transported to ancient times and found herself in the body of a widow who has just lost her husband.
The original owner of this body was also named Liu Yingying. Like her, she was twenty-eight years old this year, but she was a woman with a tragic fate. Because she had caused the deaths of five fiancés in a row, she could only marry Zhu Jianqiang, a poor scholar from Taoyuan Village who was also cursed to have a wife, as his second wife.
Zhu Jianqiang and his ex-wife have two sons and a daughter, who are those two wretches who just ran out and wished she would die soon!
In other words, she not only traveled through time, but also became a mother unexpectedly?
Liu Yingying felt a throbbing headache, so she simply lay down on the bed to rest and recharge.
In the courtyard, the three stepchildren were looking at the house in fear and whispering among themselves.
The second son, Zhu Jiawang, swallowed hard and asked, "Sister, do you think Liu Niang really came back to life, or were we just seeing things?"
Zhu Zhaodi shook her head. "Don't talk nonsense. Maybe Liu Niang was lucky and didn't drown. Why don't we go in and take another look?"
"No! Go by yourself!" The second son, Zhu Jiawang, and the third son, Zhu Jiafu, both shook their heads in refusal.
"I've really spoiled you all for nothing! Fine, I'll go!" Zhu Zhaodi mustered her courage and went back into the house.
Meanwhile, a crowd of villagers had gathered at the entrance of the Zhu family courtyard to watch the spectacle.
"I heard that Sister Zhu's younger brother wanted to build a new house and asked her for money. She couldn't give him the money, and her brother and sister-in-law beat her up. She couldn't take it anymore and jumped into the river to commit suicide. It was Uncle Da Niu from the village who kindly pulled her out of the water. I heard she was already dead when she was pulled out!"
"If she wants to be a 'brother-supporting demon,' who can she blame? Although Sister Liu is a good person, her brother is a scoundrel. He comes every few days asking for money and food, and he has emptied the Zhu family's house. Sister Zhu is weak and doesn't dare to say anything. I think she deserves it!"
"Exactly! She can't even afford to eat herself, yet she has to support her family. She doesn't deserve any sympathy at all!"
Liu Yingying almost fainted when she heard the discussions outside from inside the house.
Is 28 years old old?
It was so grating to hear them calling her "Sister-in-law Zhu" over and over again!
What bothered her even more was that she was, after all, a powerful and authoritative female county magistrate, but now she had transmigrated into the body of a miserable and resentful victim from a Qiong Yao drama.
My husband doesn't love me, my in-laws are difficult, my sister-in-law is always causing trouble, and my sisters-in-law are always causing trouble. This life is truly suffocating!
She had originally thought that her life would be a little better after Zhu Xiucai passed the imperial examination.
But unexpectedly, Zhu Xiucai encountered a mudslide on his way to the capital for the imperial examination, and his body has not been found to this day.
Thus, the original owner became a widow. With no man in the house, her family began to target her again, stealing things every few days, and soon they emptied the already poor Zhu family's coffers.
In the end, they even forced her to remarry a pig butcher in his fifties from the next village.
She disagreed. Seeing that he couldn't get the money and that she refused to remarry for a dowry, her unfortunate younger brother got angry and teamed up with his wife to beat her up, hurling many nasty insults at her.
Then, after returning from her parents' home, the original owner, in a moment of despair, threw herself into the river and committed suicide.
Liu Yingying sighed silently and opened her eyes.
"Liu Niang...are you alright?"
Zhu Zhaodi walked in, her little face showing a mixture of fear and worry.
She is Zhu Xiucai's eldest daughter, thirteen years old this year. The two unfortunate children outside are the second and third sons, one eleven years old and the other eight years old.
Liu Yingying sighed inwardly again. Well, in ancient times, women had very few options, and given her current situation, it was unlikely that she could leave Peach Blossom Village alone to make a living.
Well, since we're already here, let's make the best of it!
"I'm fine, don't worry, I won't die!" she managed to squeeze out a few words.
But Zhao Di threw herself at her and suddenly burst into tears, crying, "Liu Niang..."
She was genuinely worried that Liu Niang would die.
"Don't cry like that, or the people outside will think I'm dead..." Liu Yingying said somewhat awkwardly.
Outside the courtyard, the original owner's younger brother rushed over with his men after hearing the news that she had drowned herself.
Zhu Xiucai's two unfortunate sons thought that Liu Dabao was going to come and take away their last bit of food again, so they desperately blocked the gate to prevent him from entering.
"You're not allowed in! You've already taken everything from our house!"
But they were just two children, no match for Liu Dabao, a strong and healthy adult man.
"Get the hell out of my way!"
"I heard my sister jumped into the river and died. Perfect timing! I found out that the wealthy Wang in town also lost his son not long ago, and he needs a female corpse for a ghost marriage. I'll take my sister's body away right now!"
The Wang family promised to give him two hundred coins!
"What! You actually want to use Liu Niang's corpse for a ghost marriage?"
"Absolutely not!"
The two Zhu boys clung tightly to Liu Dabao's legs, while the neighbors stood at the door watching the spectacle.
Inside the house, Liu Yingying was about to sigh, realizing that her two stepsons weren't entirely heartless; at least they knew not to let someone use their corpse for a ghost marriage...
But then Zhu Jiawang's angry voice came from outside again.
"Liu Niang has already married into our Zhu family. Even if we're going to sell her corpse, the money should be given to us!"
Liu Yingying: ...
"Liu Niang, don't be angry, please don't take your brothers' words to heart..." Zhao Di kept trying to comfort her, afraid that she would be upset.
Liu Yingying clenched her fists tightly in anger, her narrow eyes narrowing.
"Great! These are all my good brothers and good sons!"
The original owner was too cowardly, so no one took her seriously. But now that she has transmigrated, she will let everyone know from today onwards that she, Liu Yingying, is not someone to be trifled with!
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