Chapter 1: Crossing(1/2)
Spring goes and autumn comes, the shadows of trees outside the house sway, the north wind whistles, and the coolness inside the house.
Jiang Xiaoya shrank on the soil, looking at the roof where he could see the stars, lap his dirty clothes, lowered his head, and listened to the angered scolding sounds of the outer room.
"Liu, tell me, have you been kicked by a donkey? How much food did you slap in the brain for the sick seedlings you picked up by Jiang Xiaoya?" The woman over fifty looked at her timid wife in front of her, and her heart was full of anger.
"This year, God is not doing good, and the dealer has almost no grain. Our Jiang family can't even raise a few of their own babies. You even took all the fine noodles at home for her to eat. What do you think? Do you still want to live this day?"
"Mom, it's me that's wrong. Don't be angry. I think Xiaoya is really uncomfortable..."
"Shut up!"
Listening to the noisy outside, Jiang Xiaoya glanced at her skinny body and sighed. Liu said that she was uncomfortable or implicit, but in fact she was just dying.
So, Liu made the noodles at home for her to eat. It should be that she couldn't stand it anymore, thinking that she could be a full devil even if she died.
But what happened? She gave her all the thin noodles at home, but she was not dead. No, the real Jiang Xiaoya is actually dead, and now she is no longer the original owner. But no one knows this fact except her.
In the eyes of the Jiang family, she is not only a person who is trashing food, but also a person who is not good at succeeding and failing to do anything, and she is not even able to die.
"Jiang Xiaoya can no longer stay at home for me, our family can't afford it. I don't care what you use tomorrow, I must get her away."
In the year of famine, opening one mouth more is a huge burden. In particular, Jiang Xiaoya is a sick person who cannot do his best, only knows how to eat and needs someone to take care of, which is even more burdensome. No one can't even raise his own children, and he still needs the Virgin to keep her.
Therefore, we really can't blame Mrs. Jiang for being cruel.
Liu lowered his head and understood his mother-in-law in his heart. But with Jiang Xiaoya's current physical condition, driving her away would be equivalent to letting her die!
The four children of the Jiang family, looking at their strong grandmother, and then looking at their kind mother who is not in charge of the family, remained silent.
Poof!
Hearing the sound, the people in the room turned their heads and saw Jiang Xiaoya baring her teeth, rubbing her arms, and walking over with a sick look on her face.
"Grandma, mom!"
Old Mrs. Jiang looked at her, turned her head and sternly said to Liu, "I have remembered everything I said to you." After saying that, she stopped looking at Jiang Xiaoya and left.
"I'll go and see my grandma off." Jiang Xiaoya said, dragging her weak legs and hurriedly chasing her.
Liu didn't even have time to say a word, so he saw Jiang Xiaoya run out and said, "If I chased her, I would beg my mother-in-law to keep her. Then, Xiaoya would probably have been in vain. This time, my mother-in-law seemed to be determined."
"Grandma, grandma..."
Old Mrs. Jiang walked and heard Jiang Xiaoya calling herself from behind, but she turned a deaf ear and continued to strode forward without looking back.
Until I walked far away, I heard Jiang Xiaoya chasing behind me unwillingly. I pursed my mouth, stopped, and turned around, "What are you doing with me shouting?"
Huhuhuhuhu...
Jiang Xiaoya gasped until her breath calmed down a little, and said, "Grandma, can you slow down for a few days before letting me go and give me a chance to show off?"
When Mrs. Jiang heard this, her eyelids drooped and her face was expressionless. "The opportunity to show? Can you eat more of your performance?"
Jiang Xiaoya heard this and said, "Grandma, you know I can eat it. In the past, I really ate a lot of food at home. If I just left like this, all the food would be wasted. So, please ease me for a few more days and give me a chance to repay you and your parents."
Old Mrs. Jiang hummed softly: Will she be able to slap her more food after a few more days? Humph, don't do this.
"You will be the best reward for us when you leave our house." Old Mrs. Jiang said, turning around and leaving.
"Grandma, can you please ease me until the end of the month? Isn't the Yuan family looking for a maid at the end of the month? If I can't enter the Yuan family, I don't have to rush you, and I will definitely leave by myself."
Hearing this, Old Mrs. Jiang paused and turned to look at Jiang Xiaoya. Looking at her pale and thin face, she could fly away with a strong wind. Zhang Kaijiang said, "Are you kicked your brain by a donkey? You still want to enter the Yuan family. Do you know where the Yuan family is?"
"Know……"
"You know what a fool." Old Mrs. Jiang scolded her, "The Jiang family has a good nose and eyes, a strong body and a good figure. If you want to go in, you can't even get into a place where girls can't get into. What are you doing with a dream of spring and autumn that you are half dead?"
Jiang Xiaoya listened and reached out to wipe the splashed saliva on her face. This grandma was like a knife!
"Grandma, I know that my idea is a bit bigger. But let me try it. What if I go in? How many eldest sons can I get? It's more than a year that you and your parents have not raised me in vain." Jiang Xiaoya licked her face and said with a plea and promise, "If you can't get in, I will never let you and your mother make things difficult for me, I will leave by myself."
"no!"
No matter how you listen, Old Mrs. Jiang thought that Jiang Xiaoya was a foolish nonsense and wanted to eat more food in her house for a few more days to fool people.
"grandmother……"
"If I say no, I can't."
Under the night, one did not let go, and the other did not let go. Along the way, Jiang Xiaoya pestered and played to the end.
Finally, Old Lady Jiang was so moved by the repeated sentences of Jiang Xiaoya that "maybe they can get a few big sons" and "maybe they can get a few big sons".
There are not a few days left at the end of the month. If she really enters the Yuan family, then...
Old Mrs. Jiang thought and sneered. She was also confused by a little girl, and even such an impossible thought came out.
However, it was the first time that Mrs. Jiang discovered that Jiang Xiaoya was so good. Every time she saw herself, she was like a cat and a mouse, afraid that she would eat her. What about this...?
Has this been eaten with thin noodles, and has the brain grown and courage?
After complaining for a while, Old Mrs. Jiang had left Jiang Xiaoya behind her and began to worry about her livelihood this year.
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When he got home, he said to Liu's family that he would stay at home until the end of the month, and he didn't say much else.
Even she felt that the matter of entering Yuan’s family was mysterious, and the possibility of entering was slim. In this way, if she couldn’t get in, she still had to leave in the end, so there was no need to tell her about it, so she would save herself from being disappointed in the end.
After hearing this, Liu saw Jiang Xiaoya's mouth move a few times, and finally sighed and walked out silently.
Liu is a kind-hearted person, but kindness cannot be used as a food. Even if she can't bear to give up Jiang Xiaoya, she has no choice.
Jiang Xiaoya also knew this, so she didn't think Liu was cruel. After all, in this year, Liu had already tried his best to pick her up and support her for more than a year.
Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to find a place to eat so that you can survive and not starve to death.
The four children of the Jiang family knew that Jiang Xiaoya would leave at the end of the month, but they didn't say anything. They didn't say anything to keep, and they didn't say anything bad that night.
The atmosphere was rarely peaceful that night, which also allowed Jiang Xiaoya to calm down and think about things based on the memories in her mind.
Yuan Family—
The richest family in a radius of hundreds of miles has thousands of hectares of fertile land and a large number of servants in the mansion, but they are extremely low-key. Although they are rich, they never deceive others, and are quite generous to all tenants, so they have a high prestige.
But people like this are generally the most rules, so it is not easy to get in. Especially for someone who has no body but two flesh and weak body, it is even more difficult to get in.
Jiang Xiaoya looked at the earthen wall and wondered how to enter the Yuan family.
Thinking of a bitter smile, I didn't expect that the first thing I did when I traveled through time was to think about how to make myself a girl.
If possible, Jiang Xiaoya didn't want to be a slave for others. But reality doesn't allow her!
If you travel to a farmer, let alone she can’t farm, so what if she can do it? In this place where she relies on the weather to make a living, she will go hungry if she encounters drought and rain. This year’s no harvest is the most straightforward reality.
Now the Jiang family is already in trouble, and Liu is powerless to support her. So, just be a girl! No matter what, it is important to have enough food to save your life.
The next day, Jiang Xiaoya, who rarely went out, carried a big basket and went up the mountain to catch pig grass like all children. While people were watching, they were either interested, laughing, or pointing, they took a basket of pig grass home.
The next day, still! It was just that there were fewer people watching.
On the third day, as usual! Apart from the onlookers, there were no one watching. She was not good-looking, so who would like to see her every day? Only Jiang Xiaoya passed by the Yuan family compound again and looked at it with awe-inspiring and awe-inspiring look. No one noticed it. No one cared about it even if he noticed it. There were more people looking at the Yuan family with this look every day.
On the fourth day, look at the sky and look at the big boy beside you, "Aren't you going back yet?"
In a blink of an eye, everyone left, and only Jiang Dabao and her were left.
Jiang Dabao, the eldest son of the Jiang family who had just turned ten years old, looked at Jiang Xiaoya, and was silent for a while and said, "Did you tell grandma that you want to join the Yuan family to be a girl?"
Jiang Xiaoya nodded and did not deny it. As expected, this matter could not be hidden. Even if she didn't say it, Old Lady Jiang would also say it.
"If you can't get into that place, you'd better think of another way to ask grandma to let you stay!"
After hearing this, Jiang Xiaoya looked at Jiang Dabao, "If grandma agrees to stay, you will be even more full if you have one more person to eat at home."
Jiang Dabao lowered his head and said indifferently, "That's better than starving to death outside."
Hearing the words, Jiang Xiaoya's eyes moved slightly, and looked at the thin boy in front of him, with a slightly raised corner of his mouth and opened his mouth. He was about to swallow it and then frowned.
"Let's go!" Jiang Dabao stood up, carrying the basket and was about to leave when he was suddenly grabbed by Jiang Xiaoya.
What's wrong?
In Jiang Dabao's puzzled eyes, a sound of horse hooves came.
"drive!"
Cheering, rushing.
When Jiang Xiaoya heard this, her heart thumped, and instinctively pulled Jiang Dabao to hide quickly in the grass not far away.
"What are you doing..." He didn't say anything and his mouth was covered.
"Don't talk."
Hearing Jiang Xiaoya's cold voice and looking at her tense face, Jiang Dabao was stunned.
While Jiang Dabao was still unknown, two men in black clothes rushed over on horseback. Several black shadows flew past, and the figures swayed. In the blink of an eye, they came to their eyes, and they pointed at the two men in black clothes. Without saying a word, they were trying to take their lives.
The sword lights and sword shadows, the wind rises and dust flys, and the fight suddenly begins.
Weapons collided, killed by moves, without any mercy and ruthlessness!
The manpower was defeated and the martial arts were not as good as that, and the two men in mysterious clothes were soon at a disadvantage, and life and death were predictable.
To be continued...