The Rise of a Farm Girl

Wang Lao Da's wife looked out onto the street and saw her daughter Jingyi. She ran out, shouting, "Jingyi, mother finally found you," crying.

Wang Jingyi was startled when she saw two beggars running towards her, but she recognized the voice as her mother's, so she did not run away.

When the two men came to Wang Jingyi, Wang Lao Da's wife reached out to hug her daughter.

But Wang Jingyi was afraid that her clothes would get dirty, so she took several steps back.

He said with a look of disgust, "Mom, Second Aunt, why are you so miserable?"

After Wang Jingyi said this, the two of them finally stopped.

I'm still a little embarrassed, Jingyi! Please find us a place to stay first. We just went to the county government office and the official was very aggressive.

We were kicked out, and it was fortunate that your second aunt and I ran fast, otherwise we would be in jail now.

Jingyi, where do you live? Is your cousin the magistrate of this county?

Wang Jingyi was in a dilemma. If she brought her mother and second aunt to live in the government office, she didn't know whether her third aunt would take them in.

If Third Aunt was angry, would she pack her up and send her to the countryside too?

But she had to take her mother and second aunt back and try first.

Mother, Second Aunt, my cousin is indeed the county magistrate here.

Come back with me! I live in the government office!

The two were very happy to hear that they finally had a place to stay. Wang Jingyi led them in from the back door of the government office.

After coming in, they went straight to Yuwen Jiao's courtyard. Since the moment they entered the county government office, the two of them were like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

Looking east and west, I feel that everything is good and everything is new.

I also touched the wall with my hand. This house is so nice, the walls are so high, and the yard is so grand.

Wang Jingyi now looks down on her mother and second aunt.

They really have never seen the world. Just a county government office like this is enough to make the two of them dazzled.

He came to Yu Wenjiao's yard and knocked on the door.

Third Aunt, Yu Wenjiao was very angry when she heard that it was Wang Jingyi again.

Why do you always come to me? I have so many things to do.

Yu Wenjiao didn't let her in this time. She opened the door and walked out angrily. "Daya, Third Aunt is very busy. If you don't have anything to do, don't come and disturb me."

Wang Jingyi stammered and said, Aunt Sansan, my mother and Second Aunt are here.

Yu Wenjiao subconsciously looked behind her, and this look scared her.

Where are your mother and second aunt? Why did you bring two beggars in? Why did you bring in all kinds of people?

Wang Jingyi said pitifully, Third Aunt. The two people behind are not beggars, but my mother and Second Aunt.

Yu Wenjiao didn't say anything, but looked at the two of them carefully. They both spoke, "Old Third Wife, I am your eldest sister-in-law, and Old Third Wife, I am your second sister-in-law."

When the two people started talking, Yu Wenjiao recognized them. From the voices, they were indeed two different people, but they had both lost a lot of weight and were unrecognizable.

Plus, his hair covered his face, making him look unkempt, and his clothes were worse than those worn by beggars!

He called the maidservant around him, who prepared bath water for him and also prepared two sets of clothes for servants.

Even these servants' clothes made them very coveted, after all, they had never worn such good clothes.

In the past, Old Lady Wang treated them well, but that was only in terms of food and drink. They ate better than the third room.

I used to have two sets of nice clothes, but after the family split up, she took them to the pawnshop and exchanged them for some copper coins. I never wore nice clothes again.

Both of them put on new clothes, got ready, and looked at themselves in the mirror. Wang Jingyi said, "Mother, Second Aunt, stop looking at others. What you are wearing are the clothes worn by servants in the mansion."

But the two didn't care, and Wang Jingyi was extremely disgusted.

It's been two or three days since these two came here, and they've started to become restless little by little. It's said that three women make a drama.

There are more than three women here. There are Old Lady Wang, two daughters-in-law, and the eldest granddaughter. When there are four women together, there are really a lot of things going on.

The first person to come out to catch the monster was Boss Wang’s wife.

Third brother's wife, do you think the government office can hold a flower-viewing banquet or something? I heard that all the wealthy families hold this.

My Jingyi has reached the age for marriage. Please invite some ladies from wealthy families who have young men of marriageable age to find one for our Jingyi.

You are her third aunt, you don’t want her to marry a peasant, right?

Jingyi married into a good family, so we can also take advantage of that.

After saying this, she started crying, "Wu, wu, wu, why is my life so miserable?"

The eldest brother and his three sons were all captured and forced to serve in the army, and no one knew whether they were dead or alive.

If they are all gone, how can I live?

Sister-in-law, please find a good family for Jingyi. If she marries well, I will have someone to look forward to when I am old.

She cried so miserably. Yu Wenjiao rolled her eyes and said, "Sister-in-law, if you want to stay here, then stay. If you don't want to stay, then go back to the village quickly."

As for this flower-viewing banquet you mentioned, who do you think you are?

You also have to marry into a wealthy family. The wives of wealthy families have to be proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and learn how to manage the household from a young age.

Your Jingyi has only learned to be scheming since she was young. She even schemes against me, her third aunt.

And my sister-in-law, you have been here for some time now. It’s time for you to go back to the village and take a look at the housing plot allocated to you.

As for what kind of house to build, you have to go back to the village and discuss it with the village chief.

If you don't go back, when all the houses in the village are built and everyone is busy farming, no one will take care of your family.

Don't think about staying here. Our two families have severed their relationship. I have done my best by letting you stay here for a few days.

As for your mother-in-law and father-in-law, my third child has already built two houses for them in the village.

Once the house is built, the two old people will go back. As for where you live, it has nothing to do with our family.

I have taken you in for a few days, and you don't want to build a house. It is impossible for you to stay here. This is the county government office, not anywhere else.

The two sisters-in-law's faces changed drastically after hearing Yu Wenjiao's words. Wang Laoer's wife immediately said, "Third brother and sister-in-law, we are all one family. We can live the same life wherever we live."

When we were sisters-in-law, my second sister-in-law never made things difficult for you, right?

Second sister-in-law, don’t you know whether you are making things difficult for me or not?

I have said this much. You can decide for yourselves. I will drive you back in a few days.

You don't even have a thatched hut. The two sisters-in-law watched Yu Wenjiao leave.

The two of them started to murmur, saying that the third son's wife's status was really rising!

It’s their fault that their two sons are so hardworking. We are not destined to be like them. Let’s go back to the village as soon as possible!

After saying that, the two sisters-in-law went back to the house to pack up and planned to go back to the village.

The two hired an ox cart and swayed to Mengjia Village.

Mengjia Village is very lively now, although there are only women, old people and children. But they are not lazy people.

Even when Zhangjia Village was building houses, those who could lend a hand came out to help.

When the two sisters-in-law arrived, they saw their father-in-law was also there, and everyone was busy.

A lot of houses have been built. With more than 70 people and more than 20 households, more than houses need to be built.

Old Man Wang also built three rooms for his two sons.

The house being built now is theirs. Wang Laosan's house is far away from these two families and Wang Laotou's house.

Because he wanted to stay away from this big family, he had deeply realized the extent of his parents' partiality, and he also realized how cruel and selfish his two brothers were.

The two sisters-in-law came to their own yard, looked front and back, left and right, and were happy no matter how they looked.

They have always lived in the same courtyard with Old Lady Wang. Although they have separated, they are still scolded by their mother-in-law every day and are ordered around by her.

This time every family had its own house, and the two sisters-in-law were also worried because the men and children in their family were all drafted into the army.

I don’t know when I can come back, and I’m the only one left at home.

Both of them had tears in their eyes. The eldest son's house had been built, and only the second son's house was left.

The second brother's family will finish work in two days, and then they can move back.

When it came to returning home to live, they became worried again. Without rice and money, how would they survive?

The two of them also started to work in their own houses. They packed up their own things and rushed back to the county town before dark.

Two days later, Wang Laosan sent a message home, saying that his house had been built a long time ago and it was time to clean up.

Wang Jingru took a horse-drawn carriage to buy some pots, pans, and quilts, cloth, rice, flour, oil, and salt.

Wang Jingru originally wanted to bring those people in her family back to the village and treat it as a move for them.

Those people didn't want to leave, so they hid in the room and no matter how they were called, they wouldn't come out.

Wang Jingru had no choice but to go to the village by herself. She arrived in the village in a horse-drawn carriage, causing a sensation.

The people in this village have never seen a horse carriage enter the village! But the people in Wangjia Village are used to it. They don't think it's a big deal.

Wang Jingru got off the carriage, and her beauty immediately attracted the attention of the people in the village.

Everyone was looking at Wang Jingru, she was so beautiful.

I used to think that the girl from Old Meng's family was pretty enough, but when I saw this girl today, the girl from Old Meng's family couldn't compare to her.

It was simply like heaven and earth. But Wang Jingru's appearance happened to be seen by Meng Haoxue. He was attracted to her at first sight.

Then Wang Jingru walked up to Wang Laosan and called him "Dad". Wang Laosan recognized the county magistrate as his father and the one he flattered.

Seeing Wang Jingru, she came up with a bold plan.

That is to ask his cousin to match this girl to him. Then he will be the county magistrate's brother-in-law. The more he thought about it, the happier he became.

He showed that obscene smile, which was seen by Meng Xiang who was sitting next to him.

No matter how dumb Meng Xiang was, he could tell that the expression on his nephew's face when he looked at the girl showed that he must have had some bad idea in mind.

Wang Jingru had no idea that someone was plotting against her. She and Wang Laosan came to her yard, and the driver moved the things into the house.

The father and daughter started to pack up. Since the driver was their family member, of course he would help pack up as well.

It took most of the day to clean up everything. Wang Jingru and the others had not returned to the county town yet, but Meng Haoxue had already returned.

The first thing he did when he arrived in the county was to go to the back door of the county government office and knock on it.

After giving 50 copper coins to the woman who opened the door, the woman slowly called out "Aunt Meng".

After a while, Aunt Meng came in a hurry. When she saw Meng Haoxue, she burst into tears.

Cousin, now that you are here, I can’t stay in this yard anymore. No one in this family likes me. Please save me and take me home!

Why would Meng Haoxue bring him home? He wants to use this relationship to gain benefits for himself!

Meng Haoxue said perfunctorily, Cousin, don’t cry yet, help me do something important first.

Once it's done, I will take you home immediately and find you another scholar with a good family background.

What’s the matter? Meng Xianfeng thought to herself, I can’t handle anything too big.

Then I heard Meng Haoxue say, Cousin, come here and listen.

Then he whispered in Meng Xianfeng's ear. After hearing this, Meng Xianfeng immediately started shaking her head like a rattle.

Cousin, I can't do this. The key is that my sister-in-law doesn't care about me at all.

Let alone food, she wouldn't accept anything I gave her.

Meng Haoxue said angrily, then you won’t think of solutions elsewhere, such as in the kitchen.

Anyway, you have to do this for me. Then he took out a paper bag from his sleeve, stuffed it into Meng Xianfeng's pocket, and left.

This matter made Meng Xianfeng very worried. After thinking about it, she could only do it in the kitchen, but it was impossible to put the medicine directly in the kitchen.

I could only go back to my room, change into neat clothes, go to the kitchen, and help the cooks with the cooks.

When she came to the kitchen, she scared the cook and said, "Aunt Meng, let's do it ourselves!"

After all, you are half the master of the mansion. How can I let you work in the kitchen?

It’s okay. I just wanted to learn a few cooking skills from you guys, and then make two delicious dishes for my husband, so that he will value me more.

After he said that, the maid in the kitchen couldn't force him out and could only let him do some light work.

In order to drug the patient, Meng Xianfeng really went all out and was busy in the kitchen for a whole week. Even the maid who cooked in the kitchen praised Meng for her diligence.

Wang Jingru already knew that Meng Xianfeng was busy in the kitchen, but she never expected that this concubine Meng would have the guts to drug her.

After being busy in the kitchen for more than half a month, everyone was no longer wary of her.

That evening, Meng Xianfeng went to the academy to find her cousin Meng Haoxue and her cousin, and after discussing things, Meng Xianfeng returned home.

At night, Meng Xianfeng was still busy in the kitchen. After dinner, at around 9 o'clock in the evening, the maid Xiao Cui came to bring Wang Jingru a midnight snack.

Meng Xianfeng immediately got busy and put the things into the food box.

Xiao Cui didn't think about it because she had gotten used to Aunt Meng's diligence and enthusiasm over the past few days.

And Wang Jingru had no idea that drugs had been put into the soup.

When she finished eating, she sent the maid away and went to bed to rest.

But as soon as she lay down on the bed, she felt something was wrong, her whole body was hot, and she unconsciously pulled her collar and began to take off her clothes.

Wang Jingru pinched herself hard to cheer herself up, but it was of no use.

She was too hot, and getting hotter and hotter. Wang Jingru felt something was wrong, so she quickly entered the space.

I quickly drank a bowl of spiritual spring water, and the heat in my body was suppressed.

Meng Xianfeng waited for Xiao Cui to bring her the dishes and chopsticks before she felt relieved. She put everything away and hurried out toward the small door to the backyard.

He secretly opened the door and let Meng Haoxue in. Cousin, it's settled.

I'll take you to the eldest lady's room, but whether it succeeds or not has nothing to do with me.

Meng Haoxue said, just wait for good news! There is nothing that I, your brother, can't do.

The two of them sneaked to Wang Jingru's door, and Meng Xianfeng turned and left. Meng Haoxue gently pushed the door open, and then closed it after entering, and then locked it.

He came to Wang Jingru's bed and said, "My little beauty, here I come."

Then he threw himself on the bed, but he hit nothing.

At this time, Wang Jingru also heard the noise in the space.

By this time, she had already taken a bath, sobered up, and drank the spiritual spring water to remove the toxins in her body. She put on her clothes and left the space.

She came to the bed in the room, kicked Meng Haoxue under the bed, and then put on her shoes.

He picked up a whip in the room and started whipping Meng Haoxue.

He beat Meng Haoxue so hard that he rolled on the ground, and his mouth was never idle. What's the point of hitting me? We have already had physical contact.

If you beat me to death, you will become a widow and no one will dare to want you.

This Meng Haoxue has a really good brain, and he specializes in talking about things that ruin a person's reputation.

Seeing that his mouth still stinked, Wang Jingru whipped it with the whip, leaving it bloody and with his lips stretched apart.

Meng Haoxue couldn't utter a word. He could only lie on the ground like a dead dog and allow Wang Jingru to beat him.