The cold wind and lake fell on people's faces like a slap in the ears, the dark clouds were thick, the sky was dark, the gloomy cold wind and the overwhelming snow suddenly struck down, the dead branches trembled in the ice and snow, and the withered yellow weeds also shivered in the strong wind.

Under a plum tree, the thatched house yard surrounded by a bamboo fence is dilapidated, and the wind and snow are desperately squeezing in through the cracks in the windows and doors.

In the house, the broken copper basin burned the wooden blocks to raise the temperature, the straw on the bed was spread on the two beds of rotten cotton wool, the bedding was brand new and seemed out of place, and there was a girl lying on the pillow, thin and weak like a newborn lamb.

She opened her eyes suddenly, staring at the beam of the room in a daze, struggling as if she had lost her soul, the carp sat up straight, and Mu Ran looked at the man next to him who got up from the little vulture, holding his clothes and suddenly tearful and afraid, "You, who are you!" ”

The man was wearing a navy blue long jacket that had to be washed and decolored, tall and polite, with a white face and clean skin, he pursed his lips and smiled lightly, his cheeks actually had a pair of shallow dimples, and the light and shadow of the sparse flames next to him were lined with light and shadow, his eyebrows were gentle, and he bowed his head slightly: "Don't be afraid, girl, Xiaoshengyuan." ”

Yuan Zhi said and took the big red wedding dress on the side, and his tone was calm and cramped: "I happened to see the girl swinging in the reeds by the lake, so I ······ The cold winter months are nine days, girl, this is? ”

"Thank you Childe for the rescue." Yang Baodai breathed a sigh of relief, and burst into tears after reporting her home: "I am from Dajing Village, Qinghua Town, my mother forced me to marry, I heard that it was the Zhao family in the town two years ago, I didn't want to marry, and I was tied to a sedan chair, and I had to ·····."

Yang Baodai was born in a village, but this Dajing Village is famous for its two sweet water wells, and every household has two copper plates.

Her father is known as Yang Tofu, inheriting the tofu craftsmanship of three generations of ancestors, honest and diligent, introverted, fortunately, there is a sweet spring water to help him with his skills, and he supports a family of five with the small business of tofu.

Yang Baodai ranks second, there is an eldest sister Yang Baomei above, and a younger brother Yang Baoyuan below, her mother's name is Jia Zhu, and her father Yang Tofu married back from a village separated by two mountains.

Daddy Yang Tofu is going to run an errand for others, Jia Zhu's beauty when he was young was unusual, and he didn't want to stay in the poor mountain pass, so he eloped with Jia Zhu, she was beautiful, and she made Dajing Village envious for a long time.

Jia Zhu's eye mask is brighter than others, watching her two daughters inherit her and Yang Tofu's good appearance, and she made up her mind to follow the two daughters to be a good uncle and pave the way for her younger son.

As the saying goes, there are many brothers and sisters in the family, and the father and mother will only remember the oldest and the youngest, Yang Baodai is unlucky, in addition to the enlightenment sent to Lao Xiucai to study for five years, the dirty work at home is tiring, laundry and cooking are all contracted, and I have to get up early before dawn to help my father, who is afraid of his daughter-in-law, wash beans and grind beans to make tofu, not enough to eat and wear, Jia Zhu saw that she had a soft temper and no momentum in her, and became more and more disliked, beating and scolding from time to time, and being eccentric for 108,000 miles.

Anyway, she survived, stumbled and grew up, Jia Zhu also has a heart, the female doll is fourteen years old and Lu is talking about the household, the two little golden flowers in the family matchmaker are eager to wear and can't enter the door, and they are dragged to the age of seventeen, and they just let the two daughters bloom.

Then, Jia Zhu looked at the two daughters, Yang Baomei was charming and intelligent, and could read and write words, gritted her teeth and spent ten taels of coffins, and sent her eldest daughter to the rich man's house in the town to be a maid, and soon she was mentioned by the young master of the family to serve the pen and ink, and she also brought two taels of silver to the family every month.

On Yang Baomei's two taels of silver per month, Jia Zhu sent her youngest son to a private school, so Yang Baodai had one more task every day, that is, she was responsible for picking up her younger brother, thunder and snowstorm rain or shine, and sent it for a whole year, who knew that it was a coincidence, and a matchmaker suddenly came to Qinghua Town, saying that Zhao Jiaxiu was going to marry her as a daughter-in-law.

When Jia Zhu saw that the dowry was actually fifty taels of silver, he immediately promised, and Yang Baodai called out Yang Baodai, who was making tofu in the back, and made beans so fragrant that she confirmed, and flattered the matchmaker: "Auntie, can you see clearly that this is it?" I have two daughters, don't lift the hijab, I like my eldest sister who is a girl in Master Liu's house! If you don't return or exchange the goods, you can look carefully! ”

"My aunt, there are few girls like you who fall into the town, even if she is her, I dare to touch the elephant blindly!" After the matchmaker finished speaking, she looked around Yang Baodai inside and out a few times, her appearance was dignified and magnificent, and she was praised in and out of the township, and she couldn't help but help Zhao Xiucai say good things: "If you can't get it with Zhao Xiucai in the future, you will be the official wife, and his old lady is also down-to-earth and honest, and there are two people in the family, so I won't wronged you······"

Jia Zhu understood, accepted fifty taels of silver, made a marriage contract, took the birthday matchmaker, and left.

When Yang Baoyuan heard about this marriage, he was busy talking to Yang Baodai: "I, Zhao Xiucai's family is very chaotic, it seems that he is orphaned and widowed, his second uncle and son died two years earlier, so he wants to pass him over as a son, and there is a widowed brother and sister, and her aunt is still trying to remarry ······"

Yang Baodai was frightened after hearing this, she must not be bullied to death if she marries in the past, just the tattered heart in the family is enough to be depressed! Sounds like it's enough to choke, and you can't have a short life when you get married?

Jia Zhu counted the money and poked his son's head: "Your brother-in-law is going to marry a widowed brother and sister two years ago, nonsense, Bao Dai, you can remember, marrying and having a son is the first important thing, Zhao Xiucai has to be funded by his second uncle, you also have to learn to be filial, and your younger brother and sister, although it is a younger brother and sister, that family is the daughter of the county master, but you have to serve well, if you are divorced, you will die and don't come back!" ”

After hearing this, Yang Baodai stammered in fright, with a tentative and pleading tone: "I don't want to marry him, mother, you let me stay at home······"

Hearing this, Jia Zhu pointed at her and was full of anger: "If you don't marry, you will eat white rice!" The old lady worked hard to raise you to teach you literacy and hyphenation, and she expected you to earn a wife for your younger brother, and the dowry was exchanged for the eight characters of the birthday, and if you don't marry, you have to marry me! ”

Yang Baodai burst into tears, watching the old lady counting the silver and hiding the silver next to her, this is to marry a daughter, she doesn't care about her life or death, and exchange it for money to raise her son!

The marriage was settled, Jia Zhu saw that she was very afraid, whether she was persuaded to persuade her, but she was not allowed to go out, Yang Baodai listened to the old lady who sold her, "Bao Dai, this mother is also good for you, you look good, you are not bad, you are calm, literate and hyphenation, four books and five classics, you have read them, and you have followed your father to buy tofu for a few years, and you are a good wife and mother, Zhao Xiucai's family is not only famous, but also naturally reasonable, rather than marrying a rural village husband, it is better to be a talented lady, and a wife?" ”

What else can I do, crying and crying, making trouble, Yang Baodai accepted her fate, on the day of the wedding, the whole person in the big red suit was bright, but the groom official was not seen, and the person who came said "The groom's brother and sister are unwell and can't ······marry in person."

Yang Baodai under the hijab held back tears of hatred, this since ancient times, the groom official did not come in person, unexpectedly, actually ran to care about the widow's brothers and sisters! Isn't marrying her just to hide people's eyes and ears and let them continue to teach and receive them privately!

Finally, the honest Yang Tofu became popular, "I really have no one to ask for my Yang Tofu daughter!" Don't get married! Get out of here! ”

When the words fell, Jia Zhu twisted his eyebrows and beat Yang Tofu to the ground with a stick, and forcibly stuffed Yang Baodai into a sedan chair, and warned fiercely, "Yang Baodai's mother did not return the money to reason, it is your ability to live a life, and raising you for more than ten years is also the time for you to repay······"

Sitting in the sedan chair, Yang Baodai pulled the red hijab, tears swirled, and the matchmaker opened the sedan chair and sighed: "Stop in front, the bride is reluctant to her father, and her makeup is crying, but you can't let your mother-in-law look at it like this!" Park a sedan chair on the big willow tree by the lake! ”

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"And then you jumped into the lake, and would rather die than marry?" After listening to Yang Baodai's thrilling marriage process, Yuan Zhen said: "I said something offensive, your mother is right, if Zhao Xiucai really has anything to do with his widowed brother and sister, why spend fifty taels to marry you back?" ”

Yang Baodai didn't speak.

This search for death is not done, according to her mother's virtue, the water spilled by the married daughter will definitely not recognize her, she makes such a fuss, the Zhao family will never want such a daughter-in-law, Yang Baodai hugged her knees and held the big red clothes, and she was still very grateful to Xiucai who saved him: "Thank you for saving me." ”

Pull out a few hairpins on his head, and the jade bracelet on his wrist that was given by his mother's family according to custom: "Yuan Gongzi, the grace of saving his life cannot be repaid, this ······"

Yuan Zhen interrupted him, walked to the little vulture and sat down, and continued to add firewood to the copper basin: "Zhao Xiucai should also be a reasonable person, since you have no intention of getting married, why don't you tell him in person, and then because you have not welcomed your relatives and seek death, don't you let your father and sister and brother be criticized, if the girl believes me, I will accompany you to withdraw from the marriage." ”

Divorce!?

Yang Baodai actually completely inherited Jia Zhu's smart mind, but she was calm and did not show it, and immediately felt that the family affair still had to be explained, and at that time, she was also in a hurry to escape from the lake in Quancai, so she pulled her lips and smiled, and nodded: "Then according to what Yuan Gongzi said." ”

Now there is still some time before the sunrise, Yuan Zhi probably said about himself, "Speaking of which, Zhao Xiucai and I are also Xiucai in the same year, this place is on the outskirts of the town, it has been half an hour in the past, I have a small hair stove, the girl's auspicious clothes are a little conspicuous, if you don't dislike it, use my cloak." ”

Yang Baodai nodded and said thank you.