The Rise of a Farm Girl

After beating Wang Lao Da away, Old Man Wang sat on the kang, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he got. How could a brother be like this? When something went wrong, he didn't think about helping the family solve the problem. He just thought about taking the money.

Old man Wang was sitting on the kang, panting heavily, and Old Fourth Wang was patting his back to help him breathe.

In fact, if it doesn’t involve Wang Laosi’s own reputation, he wouldn’t bother to care, because his interests are involved.

Old man Wang sat on the kang, cursing Boss Wang, saying that this beast shouldn't have come to discuss things with him.

Wang Laosan was sitting on the bed. He heard everything clearly. Although he was extremely anxious, he had no other options.

He also heard the sound of Old Man Wang beating and scolding Old Master Wang in the yard. Wang Jingru sat in the room, watching quietly what was happening at home.

When Wang Laosi went to the clan to borrow money, he asked why Old Man Wang was not allowed to go. Old Man Wang did not have as much face as Wang Laosi.

Wang Laosi is a scholar after all, so if he goes, he should at least be given some face.

Old man Wang went straight to his eldest daughter-in-law’s parents’ home. His eldest daughter-in-law’s parents’ home was in Lijia Village, which was next to Wangjia Village.

It’s not far, just half an hour’s walk. When we arrived at Lijia Village, Li Mei’s father was called Li Goudan. When Li Goudan saw his in-laws coming, he quickly let them into the house, saying that relatives had arrived.

They hurried into the house and sat down. After they were seated, Old Mrs. Li poured them a bowl of water. Wang Changxi took the water and took a sip. Old Man Li asked, "How come you have the time to come here, in-law? Is there anything wrong?"

Old man Li hurriedly asked his wife to prepare some dishes, and said, "My dear in-law, you never come. You must have a good drink today." Old man Wang hurriedly stopped him and said, "Mother-in-law, don't bother. I just want to say a few words and then I'll leave after sitting for a while. I have things to do at home!"

Old Mrs. Li also sat down. She was not worried about anything else but what happened to her daughter.

So I sat down and asked, "What are you doing here, dear relative?" But what happened to my Li Mei? Isn't my mother-in-law's family still fine? I came here to borrow some money from you.

Old man Li breathed a sigh of relief, as long as nothing happened to his daughter. Then he realized that this old man Wang was looking for him to borrow money.

How much do you need, dear? Old man Wang said, if you have money, lend me more. If you don’t have much money, lend me five taels of silver.

When Old Man Li heard that the man was asking for a loan of five taels of silver when he was already short of money, he knew that his family didn't have that much money.

Old man Li immediately said, "My dear, I am really not well-off and cannot even afford five taels. My fourth son got engaged and the bride price has just been paid."

Now all the belongings in my hand are no more than two taels of silver. Old man Wang said that since I am not well off, forget it. After saying that, he stood up and said, "My dear, I will go back now."

Old man Li stood up and walked out to see him off. It's not easy to come here, let's eat first! Old man Wang didn't even turn his head, saying that he had something else to do at home!

Old man Wang walked out and staggered back to Wangjia Village. He wanted to try his hand at his second daughter-in-law's parents' home, but then he realized that his second daughter-in-law had returned home with a bag.

Old man Wang did not go, but returned home. When he got home, he saw that his fourth son had already returned.

Wang Laosi said, Dad, I went to the clan leader’s house and borrowed 20 taels of silver from the clan.

Wang Laosi said, if it really doesn't work, I will go back to the academy and borrow some money from my classmates. At this time, Wang Laotai said, "I should go back to my mother's home to see if I can borrow some money."

Old Mrs. Wang returned to her parents' home in the afternoon. Her name is Zhao Laidi and she has three brothers. Her parents' home is ten miles away from here, in Xiaoao Village.

Old Lady Wang returned to her parents' home. Her brothers were quite nice to her. When they heard that her family was in financial difficulty, they scraped together ten silver coins and gave her one.

Old Mrs. Wang didn't come back until the next day, and Old Si Wang also came back the next evening. After coming back, Old Si Wang asked for a division of the family property.

Old Man Wang didn't say yes or no. He just said he would wait until the second son was voted out. Old Fourth Wang borrowed 25 taels of silver from the academy, which, together with the taels of silver borrowed by Old Lady Wang, made up a total of taels.

It must be said that Old Man Wang really loves his second son. Early the next morning, Old Man Wang, Old Man Four, and Old Lady Wang went to the town.

A few people came to the town and went straight to the gambling house, where they saw the sloppy Wang Laoer.

The people in the gambling house have not been so kind to Wang Lao Er these days. Not only does he have to work in the gambling house, but he also doesn't have enough to eat and is beaten and scolded.

He had been tortured so much in the gambling house these days that when he saw Old Man Wang and his friends, he immediately ran over, hugged Old Lady Wang and burst into tears. "Mom, you finally came to save me."

Mother, if you don't come, I will die. Mother, please come and save me, give them the money so that I can go home. I will never gamble again, please.

Wang Lao Er was crying with snot and tears. Old Mrs. Wang felt so distressed that she kept calling him "my dear".

Old man Wang couldn't stand it anymore and scolded, "From your little achievements, you actually learned to gamble. You keep getting worse. Wait until you get home and I'll deal with you."

Then he smiled and handed the money to the manager of the gambling house, and took back the IOU written by Wang Laoer. Then he led Wang Laoer back to Wangjia Village.

Wang Laosi did not go back, so he had to go to the bookstore to take some book copying jobs. Otherwise, he could not even think of expecting his parents to pay back the money he borrowed.

Before the third brother's leg was injured, he could still earn some money, but now he can't be counted on. If he wants to continue studying and doesn't want to work, he can only copy books to earn money.

In fact, Wang Laosi was just fooling around in the academy, and being able to pass the exam to become a scholar was his greatest ability. He had already reached his limit, and if he wanted to pass the exam to a higher level, he should forget about it.

But he didn't want to work in the fields, so he could only hang out in the academy. Wang Laosi went to take a job that could earn money.

When Old Man Wang and his companions returned to the village, they asked their eldest grandson and eldest son to tie Wang Laoer to a pillar. Wang Laoer cried out, "Dad, I was wrong, please forgive me!"

Old Man Wang turned a deaf ear, took out a rattan stick and beat Wang Laoer hard. Wang Laoer's body was torn and flesh was exposed. Wang Laoer cried so hard in pain that tears fell in pairs and he cried miserably.

Old man Wang disliked his noise. He asked his eldest grandson to shut up the second son. Old man Wang said that if he didn't beat him up this time, he would go gambling again if someone challenged him next time. The family would make him lose everything and sell the house and land.

Old Man Wang beat Old Man Wang so hard that he fainted, with no bruises on his body. Only then did he let his eldest grandson help him into the house.

Old Mrs. Wang wanted to stop Old Man Wang from beating his second son, but he didn't dare. When Old Man Wang got angry, Old Mrs. Wang was very scared.

When he saw his second son being put down, he quickly got a basin of hot water, some medicine, and went into the house to clean his son's wounds.

When Wang Laoer's wife heard that Wang Laoer had returned, she also came back from her parents' home. When she came back, she saw Wang Laoer lying on the bed, and Mrs. Wang was sitting next to him, silently shedding tears.

Things just passed quietly, and life fell into peace again. But there was no peace in the Wang family.

Among all the Wang families in the village, none was as lively as Wang Changxi's. Every day was spent in quarrels and calls for help. The quarrels annoyed the neighbors.

The doctor was called in again that day to reexamine Wang Laosan, but the result was not satisfactory. It was very bad, and the recovery was not good. It might be due to lack of nutrition.

Old Mr. and Mrs. Wang were very disappointed. After hearing this, it seemed that they had recovered and could not do anything anymore.

The old couple went back to their house to discuss the division of the family property. Old Wang still had a conscience.

He did not intend to withhold things from his third son's home, but planned to divide them equally among his sons. Although the rest of the sons would not divide the property, he would only give some to the third oldest son.

But he can't suffer any loss, right? After all, it's been the third son who has been doing the work all these years.

And now the third son has become a disabled person and can’t do any work in the future. It’s all up to him and his wife and children.

If they mistreat their three sons again, and their wives and children are gone, then they, the old couple, will really have to raise their sons.

But Old Mrs. Wang refused and wanted to give away all my land, but it was impossible.

I tell you old man, if you dare to divide my land, I will fight you to the death.

If you want to give the third son away, then do so. Anyway, the land cannot be divided and there is no money in the house.

Old Mrs. Wang has always been stingy. If anyone touches her money, she will not be able to sleep for the whole night.

Not to mention the division of the family, which would require giving up several acres of land. How could he be willing to do that? Old Man Wang and his wife could not convince him no matter how hard they tried.

Finally, Old Lady Wang said only one thing: dividing the family is fine, but dividing things is not fine, and dividing the land is even more unacceptable.

Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Old Lady Wang, Old Man Wang gave up, put his hands behind his back, held his pipe in his mouth, and walked out the door.

Wang Jingru doesn't care about them, how they plot against their parents. He is still a baby now!

Even if you want your family to gradually get better, you have to wait, especially when everyone is together. It would be strange if such a family could get better!

Wang Jingru was just waiting for Old Lady Wang to divide the property for them, or rather, to drive them out of the house with nothing. She would not give them anything at all.

Wang Jingru was also waiting for an opportunity to split up the family. One day, Wang Laosi came back from the town and discussed something with Old Man Wang. Old Man Wang looked unhappy.

He walked out with a sullen face, looking at everyone with a bad face. Wang Jingru knew it might be Mr. Liu. He came to look for someone, or to ask for money.

It was exactly the same as Wang Jingru guessed. After dinner, Old Man Wang said, "Everyone else should go back to their rooms, Erya, you stay."

Wang Jingru sat quietly on the stool, waiting for Old Man Wang to see what he would say.

Is it better for me to go back or stay at home and return the money?

Sure enough, Old Man Wang said to Erya, you ran away from Mr. Liu's house, and people are looking for you, you must go back with them.

Otherwise, it will cause a great uproar in the city, which is unacceptable. Otherwise, people will report you to the police and arrest you.

Wang Jingru rolled her eyes and said, "Grandpa, you should go to such a good place by yourself! Or send Sister Daya too. I won't go back."

Liu Yunwai was very cruel, he would beat people and kill them without blinking an eye. There was no reason for any child brought into the mansion to survive.

Old Man Wang seems to be using force to deal with soft tactics. If you don't go back, I will tie you up and take you back.

We must be honest in life. If I say I will sell you, I will sell you out, and I will sell you back again.

Wang Jingru said, I just got lost, I was not sold, isn’t that what my grandma said when she returned to the village?

As for the money you got from selling me, it was all spent by Fourth Uncle, so you can go ask Fourth Uncle for it back.

If you dare to send me back by force, I will go to the academy and ask the teacher why they don't expel such a student from their academy.

I will also let everyone in the village know, and everyone in the nearby towns know what kind of people are in your family.

You damned little girl, you've made it known to everyone, what good will it do you? If I don't tell anyone, will it be good for me?

Old man Wang was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. He pointed at Wang Jingru with shaking hands. You dead girl, liar, money-loser. If I knew you were like this, I should have drowned you when you were born.

Grandpa, you should be more virtuous when you speak, especially for your fourth son, otherwise you would only pass the examination for a scholar after so many years and never pass any other examinations.

This made Old Man Wang faint. Wang Jingru said that she was really angry and fainted after just a few words. I think she was pretending!

Wang Jingru ignored the old man Wang who had fainted on the ground and went straight back to her room. After returning to the room, Yu Wenjiao asked, "Why did your grandfather look for you?"

Mother, my grandfather sold me to Mr. Liu's family, and I ran back. The family asked him for the money I earned from selling me, but he was reluctant to take the money and asked me to go back.

Yu Wenjiao was shocked when she heard what? Your grandfather sold you, and you ran back and asked him to go back. How dare he? After saying that, Yu Wenjiao hugged her little daughter and started crying.

Wang Laosan was so angry that his fists creaked, veins on his face bulged, and his face turned red and his neck became thick. Your mother and I went to repair the river, and your grandfather, your fourth uncle, and your grandmother actually conspired to sell you out.

Wang Jingru nodded and said yes, they lured me to the town, said they wanted to buy clothes for me, and then sold me.

Wang Laosan now hated himself very much. Why did he agree to repair the river? It caused his legs to be broken. Now he wanted to stand up for his daughter, but he couldn't do it.

Although Wang Laosan likes to laugh, he is really good to his children. But he is only good to his children, and he dare not ask for good things for his children from their parents.

Otherwise, Wang Jingru couldn't say that he was foolishly filial, but Yu Wenjiao wouldn't agree. In the past, Wang Laosan saved her, so she followed him and silently respected the two elders. But people have their bottom line.

Originally, Yuwen Jiao was not a soft-hearted person, but she took care of Wang Laosan in every way and worked obediently just to take care of his mood and filial piety.

But now is not an option. If I don't fight for it, my daughter will be sold. If not, let's split the family!