The fierce peasant woman is busy farming

Originally, as the granddaughter of Mr. Zhou and the daughter of Mr. Ning, she had very good conditions in Liangcang Town, where there were only these two scholars in the surrounding area.

Originally, her marriage was arranged the year after Ning Xiucai passed the imperial examination, which was nine years ago, when she was thirteen years old.

My husband's family lives in town and has quite a bit of assets.

He owns dozens of acres of fertile land and two shops. The man is the only son in the family and his sisters are all married.

If Ning Qingmo marries him, she will become a young lady.

The two families had agreed on the marriage early on, and were just waiting for the children to grow up before getting married.

Unexpectedly, when Ning Qingmo was fifteen years old and coming of age, the two families were about to agree on a date for the wedding when the boy's mother suddenly died of illness.

Some bad rumors spread at that time.

Fortunately, the two families were well matched, and the adults were determined to get them married.

The Ning family was very touched to see that their in-laws were not afraid of rumors, so they decided to wait for three years.

Ning Qingmo waited until he was eighteen years old.

It is rare to see unmarried people of this age in the village.

The two families were about to renegotiate the marriage, but the man fell ill at this time, and his illness was severe.

The two families hurriedly accelerated the marriage discussion process in hopes of having a happy occasion.

As soon as the marriage proposal started, the man's condition improved a little, and both families felt relieved.

Unexpectedly, on the day of exchanging the engagement letters, the man's condition suddenly worsened and he died of suffocation.

This further confirmed the woman's reputation as a jinx.

Before she got married, she killed her future mother-in-law during her first marriage proposal.

The second time she discussed marriage, her future husband died.

The man was very angry and spread many rumors.

The innocent Ning Qingmo's reputation was completely ruined.

Therefore, in the past few years, there were few matchmakers coming to our house to propose marriages, and the matter was delayed.

It’s not that no one came to propose marriage, but what kind of rubbish were those?

Most of the men are addicted to eating, drinking, whoring and gambling, and are such bad people that they will never be able to find a wife even if you beat them to death.

Or they are older young people who are cowardly and can do nothing even if you hit them with three sticks.

All of these were scolded away by the fierce Qian and Zhou Yue.

As a beautiful, capable and smart daughter, even if I stay at home as an old maid, I will never marry that kind of person and jump into that fire pit.

Ning Yuancai had been urged several times by his family. It had been two years, and he still hadn't found a husband for his eldest daughter.

His eldest daughter is already 22 years old, but there is still no news from him.

Ning Yuancai fulfilled the second condition. He quickly asked someone to send silver and bought twelve acres of good farmland for his family.

The third condition was also met, allowing the second son Ning Xuanmo to study in the private school in the town.

However, the private school in the town had not hired a decent teacher since the death of Zhou Yue's father, Zhou Xiucai.

The teachers are all so-called teachers who cannot even recognize all the words.

Ning Xuanmo has been studying in the town for a year, but he can't even recognize a single big character.

Most of these characters were taught by his elder brother Ning Yuanmo.

That teacher only taught the children to recite "Three Character Classic", "Rules for Being a Good Pupil and Child" and other enlightenment books over and over again.

After reciting it over and over again for two years, the children have already memorized it by heart.

Not to mention the children, even the adults at home can recite it after listening to them every day.

But Ning Xuanmo is already ten years old.

He had started learning late to begin with, and after spending two years in this private school in town, it seemed that he was completely ruined.

If you continue studying like this, let alone passing the imperial examination, it's unlikely that anyone would be willing to accept you as an apprentice in a shop when you grow up.

Zhou Yue had written to Ning Yuancai several times about his eldest daughter and second son, but he always evaded the question, saying that they were trying to find a solution for Qing Mo's matter.

As for his second son, he said that he also went to school in the town and passed the examination to become a scholar, didn’t he?

Let the second son work hard on his own and don't always rely on him.

What kind of talk is this? The private school back then was taught by old scholar Zhou. It seems that the teachers nowadays are not as good as Zhou Yue.

At least Zhou Yue learned a few words from his father when he was a child.

She taught several children in the family to read and write.

Unfortunately, she herself had not received much education and was busy farming and doing housework on weekdays, so she had no time to teach her children.

The eldest son has been delayed, and the second son will continue to be delayed.

Zhou Yue couldn't help but feel anxious.

Zhou Yue had woken up long ago and her injuries had healed long ago.

But she didn't want to get up.

It was as if if I kept lying on this hard kang, I wouldn't have to face the reality of traveling to this remote area and having to support the elderly and raise children.

On this day, she was complaining to herself, wondering whether her son in that life could accept her death.

I think he sacrificed himself to catch the human traffickers, so he should be given the title of "heroic act".

I don’t know if this title can add extra points to the college entrance examination.

Zhou Yue thought of this and smiled.

If you think too far ahead, you need to face the harsh reality here.

I have been lying in bed for two months and I can no longer pretend to be sick.

Doctor Yang has come many times and the old man is almost mad at him.

He would not allow his medical skills to be questioned.

I guess this illness of mine has cost my family a lot of money.

My arrival has added a lot of burden to this ill-fated family.

Thinking of this, Zhou Yue didn't want to lie down and pretend to be sick anymore. She remembered.

It was a small thing that made her really determined to get out of bed.

On this day, the second son Ning Xuanmo and the second daughter Ning Yangmo brought back a few puppies.

It was a puppy that was abandoned not long ago. Its eyes had just opened and its little mouth was searching around for food.

Grandma Qian had been getting impatient after seeing her daughter-in-law Zhou lying on the kang for so long, and seeing that the busy autumn season was approaching.

Although several children in the family can work in the fields, none of them can be as efficient, fast and good as Zhou Yue.

She was very unhappy when she saw the children bringing the puppy back, and took the opportunity to criticize Zhou Yue.

"Oh my, people are almost starving, and you still bring dead cats and dogs home? What's the point of raising these things? They just lie there and eat for free.

It is unlucky for a dog to die at home, so throw it out immediately and as far away as possible.

It's obvious that they haven't been weaned yet, and they can't eat leftovers. What are you feeding them? They'll die in the end.

Hurry up and throw it away while it's still breathing. Otherwise, you won't be able to eat."

The two children, with tears in their eyes, held a few puppies and showed them to their mother who was lying on the kang.

"Mom, can we eat less and save the food for the puppy?"

They knew that in this family, only mother dared to disobey grandmother.

My grandmother was the leader of the “Ten Swearers” in the village back then, and she was very powerful in front of outsiders.

And my mother is even better than me and has an even more powerful tongue.

In fact, my mother is the most kind-hearted person, so asking her for help might be helpful.

And grandma loves her grandchildren the most and will not let them go hungry.

Zhou Yue's heart softened when he looked at the five little puppies wrapped in tattered clothes.

She thought for a moment and said, "They really can't eat food, they can only drink milk. Is there anyone in the village who sells cow's milk or goat's milk?"

"No." Ning Yangmo said dejectedly.