001, production, corrupt dowry
In the morning of spring, the rooster crows and the sky is white.
The "Woo wow wow" baby crying suddenly came from the old house of Jiang family in Xishui Village. It was Jiang Miaosheng, the daughter of the Jiang family, but there was no stable woman in the house to congratulate her. The atmosphere was indescribable.
The birther is Jiang Miao's biological mother, Yao. Because of the special circumstances, it is difficult to hire a stable woman, so he had to get started by himself.
She quickly washed the baby and wrapped it in the quilt, then looked at Jiang Miao, who had a weak and pale face on the kang because of giving birth, as if she was afraid that speaking loudly would disturb her, and she was a little cautious, "Miao Niang, it's a son."
This is the old house of the Jiang family, and there are only three broken tiled houses, which are located at the end of the village. Usually, villagers go up the mountain to chop wood and go down the fields to work but don’t pass by here.
Last year, when she learned that Jiang Miao was pregnant before marriage, her father Jiang Mingshan was furious and sent her to the old house to avoid others. Yao was worried that his daughter would not be able to take care of her when she was old, so she packed up her things and followed her.
At present, except for Jiang Miao and her mother Yao, there is only a newborn baby in the room.
Jiang Miao stared at Fang Liang for a long time before whispering, "Come on, let me take a look."
Yao put the quilt on the kang.
Jiang Miao turned her head and saw that the baby's skin was red, her forehead was a little wrinkled, her eyes closed, her mouth was tightly pursed. She fell asleep immediately after crying, and her breathing was very light and even.
Ten months pregnant, one day giving birth.
Jiang Miao looked at her biological son but there was not much warmth.
She looked away and said in a low tone, "I don't know who my dad is. Follow me, he will be a shameless illegitimate child in his life."
Yao looked at the little baby sleeping soundly in the quilt. His mood was extremely complicated. Finally, he had to sigh, "It's all a child, it's a life. You can't carry him away, right? Besides, your aunt has sent a message back and will pick you up when the child is full of the month. It's really not possible. I still have some dowry on my hand, which can be sold for dozens of taels of silver. When you are out of confinement, go to my grandma's house to avoid the limelight. When the child is older, he will say he's picked up."
Jiang Miao had just finished giving birth and was not energetic. Because of the arrival of this child, she felt in a state of turmoil. After hearing Yao's words, she lowered her eyes and fell asleep after a while.
Seeing her asleep, Yao turned around and pushed open the door, and a chilly wind of spring suddenly came in.
Afraid of being frozen inside, Yao quickly closed the door, rubbed his hands, and prepared to go to the stove to burn hot water to clean the bloody delivery room.
After Yao left, the baby in the cradle struggled to open his eyes, but because he was born, he could not see clearly and was always hazy. He simply gave up struggling and some pictures flashed through his mind.
Xiaobao vaguely felt that he had a long dream.
In his dream, he was named the crown prince since he could remember. There were many palace maids and eunuchs and nannies around him. There was also a handsome man who often came to see him. He called that man "Father".
Xiao Quanzi said that before his father ascended the throne, he was the powerful governor of the East Factory, which made many people afraid and hate.
No wonder there are not a single concubine in the harem. Maybe they don’t like their father?
However, the father didn't seem to care whether anyone liked him or not. He only read the memoir every day and looked for his mother. He was always there for several years. Until when he was five years old, Xiaobao was pushed into the water while playing in the Imperial Garden...
When she woke up, Xiaobao was surprised to find that she had just been born, not in the magnificent palace, but in the strange farmyard.
Alas, it's such a strange dream.
Xiaobao secretly was glad that he was not a dream now, he was a man with a mother, although his mother didn't like him very much in her previous tone.
After struggling for a while, the little guy wanted to see what his sleeping mother looked like next to him, but he was too small, and his arms and legs were wrapped in a quilt and he was unable to move.
The newborn baby's energy was very fragile and could not support Xiaobao's thoughts so much. He yawned and fell asleep soon after.
...
Jiang Miao was woken up by someone.
It was getting dark, and the west room had been carefully cleaned by Yao, and the kitchen was filled with the fragrance of the old hen.
There was a noisy group in the main hall next door.
The room was simple, with only one square table and two benches.
At this moment, Jiang Mingshan was sitting on the bench with a blue face. He was drinking in the town with a few classmates who failed the exam. When he came back, he heard Chen say that Jiang Rou came to the old house crying and making trouble. He hurriedly followed him and only then did he realize that Jiang Miao had already given birth.
"My elder sister is shameless and pregnant before marriage. She has caused such a big scandal. She is determined not to let me get married. Woo... I don't live anymore, I have no shame to live anymore!"
The person who spoke was Jiang Rou, the real sister of Jiang Miaoyi’s mother.
She cried and crashed into the wall next to her.
"Rou Niang, don't be stupid." Someone rushed over and hugged her in time to prevent her from seeking death, but it was not Yao, but Jiang Mingshan's other wife, Chen.
Chen is not a common wife or a concubine. Her status is the same as Yao. She is the Zhengtou lady who is a married couple from Jiang Mingshan and a family who has been married to her father's second family. Chen's full name is Chen Ying. It is hard for the villagers to call her, so she usually calls her "Yingniangzi".
This Yingniang is particularly understanding. "Miaoniang was pregnant for ten months and finally gave birth to the child. No matter how you say that it is your little nephew. If you cry like this, your little nephew should be unhappy."
These words undoubtedly pointed Jiang Rou's anger, "What little nephew! That's a bastard without a father! He is worthy of me as a nephew? I'm a bastard!"
As he said that, thinking of his lifelong affairs, he started crying again, "Er Madam, will I not be able to get married in the future?"
"No, no." Chen hugged her and comforted her, "Our Rou Mother looks so good. When your elder brother passes the exam, he will say that the relatives can be ranked from the beginning of the village to the end of the village!"
"Yes, when my elder brother passes the imperial examination, I will be the juren's sister." Jiang Rou raised her sleeves and wiped her tears, and finally got some comfort.
Chen sighed softly again, "After that being said, it is not so easy for a juren to pass the exam. Paper and ink books are not cheap. I am afraid that this is the case for our family, alas..."
Jiang Rou was stunned. Seeing Chen's expression of regret, she hurriedly asked, "Second Mother, is it because the eldest brother is tight?"
Chen forced a smile and patted her back, "It's okay, your elder brother never spoiled, as long as he has a stutter, he can survive it."
"What does it mean to get through with stuttering?" Jiang Rou frowned with a calm face, and was angry. "Brother is a scholar. She has a precious body. She has to be supplemented when she needs to be supplemented. She must not lose any pens, ink, paper and inkstones. If the second mother has no money, don't hide it. My mother still has a few untouched dowry. She can take it to the town for a while and it will be a good time."
Chen hurriedly stopped him, "Oh, Rou Niang, what stupid things are you saying? Let's not say that your mother's dowry is her own private property. She can't move easily. Even if she can move, she should take it out to raise Miao Niang's child. How can your elder brother use it?"
Jiang Mingshan, who had said nothing since he entered the door, turned half of his face darkened, and slapped the table with a "slap" and an angry shout followed, "You dare to let the wild breeds brought outside pay for money to raise them? I don't have such an indecent daughter. She lost all the faces of the ancestors of the Jiang family. Wait for the full moon, and let her go as far as I can get!"
After shouting, he glared at Yao, "Your dowry can only be used to study for Dalang, and he is not allowed to help Jiang Miao, an unfilial daughter!"
Yao stood aside and watched coldly for a long time, and finally realized that the three of them were playing together to make her dowry.
Chen gave birth to a son named Jiang Yunqu. He just passed the imperial examination last year and studied in the county.
Jiang Mingshan had been dreaming of a Jinshi for half his life, but in the end he stopped at the scholar. He washed the Qinglian on his body and was reluctant to leave it for several years.
In the second half of his life, he placed his unfulfilled dream of being a Jinshi on Jiang Yunqu, and even his name was meaningful.
Clouds and high strides, clouds and roads, meaning to pass the imperial examination.
Chen was so beautiful that he gave birth to a son. After so many years, Jiang Mingshan suffered a lot. In front of others, Chen was a little bitchy and became a good person, winning over her two daughters.
Fortunately, Miao Niang got pregnant and finally treated her biological mother as her mother.
This is also the main reason why she instigated Miao Niang to give birth to a child. She could not give birth to a son and could only rely on her daughter in the future. If she didn't care about Miao Niang at this time, no one would care about her in the future.
Yao's most disliked Chen's slutty look of hard work and false eyebrows, which made her look like a fierce and arrogant female yaksha.
But, men just love Chen's like him, and Jiang Mingshan is no exception.
If you are disappointed in the exam, you will naturally have to make up for it elsewhere. Chen's gentle and gentle intention undoubtedly satisfy Jiang Mingshan's pitiful self-esteem.
Yao's mother's family runs a shop in the town. When she was young, she was half a business lady. She was inevitably a little arrogant. With Chen's makeup, she and Jiang Mingshan's 20-year-old couple were destined to be useless.
She didn't care about this, after all, she was so arrogant that she could not do it if she asked her to bend down to be a cow for Jiang Mingshan as a cow and coax him along with him.
But Jiang Yunqu wants to study, so he should be fucked by the second wife. It’s nothing to do with her! Why do you have to pay her?
Clenched his fists, Yao's face calmly, and said "no money" was about to say.
Just at this moment, Jiang Miao shouted through the earthen wall, "Mom——"
She was weak after giving birth, had not recovered much energy, and her voice failed to reach the main hall.
However, the little baby in the cradle heard that his mother wanted to call her grandma over, and she opened her mouth and cried loudly.
When Yao heard Xiaobao crying, he thought that his daughter was the first time she was a mother. She was afraid that she would not take good care of her, so she hurriedly left a few people and went to the west room.
Xiaobao cried for a long time, but Jiang Miao didn't coax or hug her, but just looked at Yao who had just come in, "Are they here to cheat my mother's dowry?"
Yao nodded calmly. She claimed to know Jiang Mingshan. Today, she realized that this man's shamelessness was simply unstoppable. I thought of him nine inches and ten inches.
"What does mom mean?" Jiang Miao asked.
"Of course I don't have money!" Yao was so angry that he came. "Jiang Yunqu wanted to have a scientific test. That was your second grandpa and second grandma. Why should I cut oil from me? I didn't have lice on my body, so I came to find itchy?"
The voice was so loud that it seemed as if it was deliberately trying to let the people in the main hall next door hear it.
"No." Jiang Miao shook her head, "We have to give this money. Not only do we have to give it, but we also have to help Jiang Yunqu create a good reputation."
"What?" Yao was so angry that his chest was tight and his eyes turned black.
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Chapter completed!