Chapter 1 Forced marriage after the funeral?
In the early spring of the twelfth year of the Great Calendar, light rain,
In a dilapidated courtyard in Xiayan Village, the air is filled with the smell of soot. In the humble room was a thin wooden coffin, and the corners of the coffin were stained with blood, which was shocking.
The slender girl was lying in front of the coffin in mourning clothes, blood oozing from the gaping gap on her forehead, she was motionless, not knowing life or death. Three-year-old Ji An lay on top of her, gently shaking her, and kept crying in her mouth.
In the small courtyard, there are many people, in addition to the villagers and funeral teams who came to mourn, there are actually sedan chairs and a happy band standing on one side.
One white and one red, it looks very weird.
The bewitching matchmaker dressed up looked at the woman on the ground with disdain, and said in a strange voice: "Yo yo, what kind of chaste martyr is pretending, who doesn't know that this dumb person is the wild seed you born." Zhang Xiucai doesn't care about what happened to you before, Ming Media is marrying eight sedan chairs to welcome you, and you will be blessed with a pass through the door today, and you can't carry it clearly, and you are still here to die or live. ”
"What Liu Xipo said is yes, Youyi, this child, is really too ignorant, don't worry, I will definitely talk about her!"
An old woman frowned and pushed the man next to her, and whispered, "San'er, go and have a look." ”
This girl lay there for a while and didn't move, she was really afraid that people were dead.
Zhao San is a farmer with five big and three thick, he stepped forward and grabbed Ji An, and then probed Ji Youyi's snort, and found that she was still breathing, and instantly relieved.
He grinned: "Mother, you are still angry, alive and alive." ”
When the old woman heard this, she immediately smiled.
"Liu Xipo, I don't think she's fine, I guess she just fainted, her body is fine! I'll ask my daughter-in-law to clean up for her and send you a sedan chair now, what do you think? ”
Zhang Xiucai said that the matchmaking money is particularly rich, as long as this order is completed, the silver will be hers.
Liu Xipo thought of the silver in her purse, how could she care about people's lives or deaths, and immediately smiled and took out Zhang Xiucai's dowry gift to the Zhao family, twenty taels of silver, and handed it to the old woman.
"Grandma Zhao, this is the dowry that Zhang Xiucai promised, twenty taels, you take it, people hurry up and clean it for me, don't miss the auspicious time."
The two discussed on their own, and they didn't take others into account at all.
Back then, Ji Youyi's mother and daughter came back with Ji An, who was still a baby, and the people in the village gossiped a lot, but seeing that the mother and daughter were willing to work hard, they occasionally helped everyone a little. People's hearts are flesh and blood, and after a long time, everyone will let go of their prejudices and think that they are also two poor people.
Now because of these twenty taels of silver, it has become like this, and some people in the village naturally can't stand it.
"Grandma Zhao, Youyi is your own granddaughter. Zhao Di is your daughter, and for the sake of these twenty taels of silver, you have to marry Youyi to such a family! The angry Zhao Di is dying, and now on the day of her funeral, she will force Youyi to marry, and she still has no conscience. ”
Mrs. Zhao glanced at others, straightened her chest and sour throat, and shouted: "What do you mean by Wugen's daughter-in-law, my own granddaughter can't be the master anymore?" The old woman is also for her good, Zhao Di is dead, she is a little girl with a child, how do you live this life? I promised her someone, I married, she was happy, I still have to take care of this wild seed, everyone is judged, why do I have no conscience? ”
Who in the neighborhood doesn't know what that Zhang Xiu is, a lot of them still like little girls when they are old, and three daughters-in-law died in a year, and all of them died in an unknown way.
Rumors spread throughout the county that the girls were humiliated to death.
Wugen's daughter-in-law is upright and warm-hearted, and the most unaccustomed thing is the dirty things in the village.
"Do you believe what Grandma Zhao said when she said this? What kind of person are you, and you don't have any points in mind? ”
Mrs. Zhao didn't care what the people said, she clenched the twenty taels of silver in her sleeve, this is for her grandson Brother Ying to go to school.
She held her head high and scolded her daughter-in-law on the side. "Aunt Xiu, you are still standing stupidly and doing it, why don't you hurry up and freshen up this dead girl, don't delay the auspicious time for marriage."
In fact, Ji Youyi had already woken up, but she couldn't accept what happened to her for a while, wasn't she just laughing a little louder because she was watching the cross talk, why was she crushed under the reinforced concrete with a bang?
This died before she could come to the rescue, what was wrong with her? What's wrong with cross talk?
Listening to the words of the people around her, coupled with the scattered memories of the original owner, she was finally able to piece together the cause and effect of the matter.
In the past, she was a top medical student raised by a wealthy family, but now she has become a rural widow, her parents are dead, her family is poor, and she carries a drag oil bottle, which is too big.
Ji Youyi didn't care about the injuries in her body, sat up with her weak sick body, swept her scrutinizing gaze over everyone present, and finally saw Ji An who was crying in Zhao San's hands.
Perhaps because of the connection with this body, she suddenly developed maternal love for this child.
She slammed to her feet, snatched him from her arms, and cried.
The mournful cry made those who came to mourn feel pitiful.
"You are still human beings who have come to persecute orphans and widows on this funeral day! Aren't you afraid of retribution? ”
Many people couldn't stand it and made accusations one after another.
Ji Youyi gradually put away her crying, wiped her tears, kowtowed to everyone present and said:
"Thank you folks for speaking up for our orphans and widows! Now that my mother has passed away, as her only child, I should keep filial piety for three years, and please be a witness for me! If anyone forces me to marry with filial piety, even if I don't want Ji Youyi to give up this life, I can't bring this reputation of unfilial piety and make my mother feel cold under Jiuquan! ”
Although the countrymen don't read much, they still understand the principle of filial piety, and they immediately expressed that they would stand on her side.
Grandma Zhao saw that she was angry, and her heart was also empty, after all, their family still had to live in the village.
She pulled Liu Xipo aside to discuss: "Liu Xipo, look at the current situation, if we come hard, I'm afraid of causing death, how about you come back in two days?" ”
Liu Xipo tugged at the corners of her mouth, her face was unhappy, and she snorted coldly: "Grandma Zhao, can you still bring the sedan chair back to the next day for a happy event?" I think you should return the silver to me, and I will go back to Zhang Xiucai. It's not just that your family has girls, there are many girls in the county who want to marry Zhang Xiucai. ”
Mrs. Zhao pinched the silver in her sleeve pocket, hesitantly glanced at Ji Youyi's mother and son on the ground, and saw that Ji Youyi's face was full of resoluteness, she said in a low voice: "Liu Xipo, what did you say, it's not that you won't let her marry, it's just a few days, a few days." ”
"Grandma Zhao, the silver is not yours, don't force it, Zhang Xiucai has someone on top, and his silver is not given to others, in the days to come, you weigh it."
Liu Xipo saw a lot of people, and when she saw Grandma Zhao like this, she knew that she wanted to be greedy for silver and play tricks, and her tone suddenly became much stricter.
Originally, the matter had been lost if it hadn't been done well, and if the silver hadn't been taken back, wouldn't it have been peeled off by Zhang Xiucai.
Grandma Zhao has also heard about Zhang Xiucai, the big families in the county, with money and background, they are just poor people in the village, and they can't compare to others.
In desperation, she could only take out the silver with a painful face.
Liu Xipo didn't hesitate for her, snatched the silver over, snorted coldly, and glanced at the broken family with disdain, "This kiss can't be welcomed, let's go." ”
If it weren't for Zhang Xiucai's warning before he came, Lord Qincha was inspecting recently, and if this pro really couldn't meet it, it would be okay, but the matter must not be big. If it weren't for this, how could she leave so simply and politely, it's really unlucky!