Xiao Penben has a lot of things to deal with, and the careless Xiao Wan didn't notice that he was tired, and Ling Mei, who was eager to solve her own affairs, wouldn't care even if she noticed.

The yamen raised taxes, and the other landlords responded by raising the rents of tenants. When he went to collect rent, he saw that the tenants had reduced their production due to the floods this year, so he could not bear to increase the rent.

When his parents found out about this, they did not agree to do so, the key was not about money, but because it would cause dissatisfaction among other landlords who raised rents. He talked about it and made sense that his parents would increase the rent next year.

Unexpectedly, when the news of his family's rent increase spread, some tenants quit the fields of other landlords and had to come to rent his family's fields. There have been several such incidents in a row, and a bad-tempered landlord came to the door to scold him for pretending to be a good person, but in fact he was grabbing land.

Because of these things, his parents also complained that he did not handle it well.

His heart was really tired, and he longed for comfort, but he was hit more completely.

He lay in bed for three days, only to tell others that he was infected with a cold. When his health was a little better, he went to his parents and said that he should not mention his marriage to Ling Mei again.

Xiaopen's parents didn't understand why he didn't want to marry Lingmei, and repeatedly persuaded him. When Lingmei's parents found out about this, they thought that he must have looked down on them for being poor.

He endured the heartache and said that he thought they were poor, and the parents of both sides had to stop mentioning family affairs.

A few days later, before leaving, Yu Gongzi and Ling Mei exchanged heartfelt complaints and met with white heads. But who knew that two months later, Yu Gongzi came to propose, but Ling Mei's parents refused to agree.

Ling Mei's parents have always been worried about the fact that they are poor, and even Xiaopen dislikes them, and if they marry into the city, they will be looked down upon by their in-laws.

Her parents insisted on marrying her to a hunter in the village, and she thought that if she married a hunter, she might as well marry Xiaopen. She resolutely refused, and her parents locked her in her room.

She did everything possible to send a message to Xiao Wan, and when Xiao Wan learned about it, he tried to help her. In the end, in the name of being about to get married and needing bridesmaids, he took Ling Mei to accompany him to prepare for marriage.

Ling Mei begged Xiaowan to help her escape to find Yu Gongzi, but Xiaowan himself was also lacking in skills, so he had no choice but to go to Xiaopen to discuss the matter.

Xiaopen looked at her sister's begging eyes, and then looked at her sweetheart's expectant eyes, and smiled bitterly in her heart: Could it be that fate is destined to not only give up her, but also help her elope and give her to other men?

He wanted to refuse, but he didn't. He hid Ling Mei in the carriage carrying rice, asked Xiao Wan to lie to stabilize the others, and quietly sent Ling Mei into the city.

After entering the city, Ling Mei didn't want to go to see Yu Gongzi in disgrace, so Xiao Basin took her to the inn to take a bath and change her clothes, and then sent her to Yu Gongzi's house.

Seeing Yu Gongzi, Ling Mei rushed over happily, and neither of them saw Xiao Pen's gloomy turn and leave.

After another half a year, because Xiaowan married the son of the county order, the couple was harmonious, and the status of Xiaopan's family increased in the village.

Xiaowan mentioned in front of his father-in-law that the tax increase caused the landlord to increase the rent, and the tenants had a more difficult life, and the county decree decided to play the court to reduce taxes.

The tax reduction was completed after several twists and turns, and the county order was rewarded by the emperor's own inscription. The relatives of the Xiaopen family were all overjoyed, but he was the only one who was sullen.

The reason why he was depressed was that he heard that Ling Mei was not doing well, and he let go of her because he wanted her to have a good time, but it backfired, which made him blame himself for not insisting at that time.

Ling Mei's parents had no face to continue to help in Xiaopen's house because of their daughter's affairs, and life became more and more difficult after quitting.

Xiaopen wanted to inquire about Sister Ling, so he bought a gift to visit them. They first closed the courtyard door and said that they had no face to see him, and told him to go quickly; Later, I couldn't stand his persuasion several times, so I had to open the door and let him into the house.

Speaking of Lingmei's matter, her parents scolded her and cried about her current situation.

Yu Gongzi's parents are both frail and sickly, and the family property has been consumed to the point that only a big house is left, and he still has to put out the genealogy of a large family. Ling Mei suggested selling the empty big house and buying a small courtyard to live in, so that the extra money could be used to do business and increase the source of income.

Yu Gongzi and his parents disagreed, saying that the ancestral property could not be sold at will. Ling Mei also suggested that the large courtyard be separated, rent some to others to live in, and collect some rent.

They still disagreed, saying that the noble people could not live with those who were inferior to the ninth.

But their family was so dilapidated that they couldn't afford to hire slaves, and it took a long time to clean such a large yard. Yu Gongzi's parents didn't help with the cleaning, and they thought that Ling Mei was not clean.

Ling Mei works hard to do housework, but the silver that Yu Gongzi gets is used to buy clothes and accessories, and the money handed over to her is pitiful.

Ling Mei said that he didn't have to care too much about the clothes, he said that people rely on clothes, horses, and saddles, and they can have good luck when they dress brightly.

These are nothing, what worries her parents the most is that Ling Mei and Yu Gongzi have never officially married.

After Xiaopen knew this, he sent money to Ling Mei's parents, asking them to make some good dowry, and then went to urge Yu Gongzi to hold a wedding.

A few days later, when Ling Mei's father came back from the city, he anxiously went to find Xiao Pen and asked him to save Ling Mei.

It turned out that her father went to the city to urge marriage, and only then did she know that a young lady from a wealthy family in the provincial capital saw that Yu Gongzi was handsome and romantic, so she fell in love with him. This eldest lady is an only daughter, and if she wants him to be married, even his parents can go to the provincial capital together to be raised by her family.

Yu Gongzi's parents wanted to drive away Ling Mei, and Ling Mei wanted to see Yu Gongzi face to face and ask clearly, but he just hid and didn't show up. Ling Mei said that she would not see him, so she went on a hunger strike and had been on hunger strike for two days.

Hearing this, Xiao Basin was not happy because she had lost herself and now suffered retribution, but he was extremely heartbroken for her.

He asked his brother and brother-in-law to help, found out the hidden jade son, and forced him to make it clear what to do with Ling Mei.

After Yu Gongzi saw Ling Mei, he insisted that he didn't like her, because she had to pester him and rely on him.

Ling Mei fainted in anger, Xiao Basin beat Yu Gongzi, and then took Ling Mei in a coma to live in the inn.

He asked the doctor to heal her, bring her soup and water, and when she got better, he sent her home.

Ling Mei became the laughing stock of the villagers, and he patiently comforted her. When others called him stupid, he just laughed it off.

One day, she asked him if he disliked her, and if he didn't, he would marry him. He was ecstatic, but he couldn't speak, just kept nodding his head.

After they got married, a year passed uneventfully, but because Ling Mei was weak and never got pregnant, Xiaopen's parents gradually became dissatisfied with her. Coupled with those things in the past, she often refers to Sang and scolding Huai about her.

After the Spring Festival, Xiaowan and her husband brought the three-month-old baby back to pay New Year's greetings, and Xiaowan's parents were very warmly welcomed.

When he saw the chubby, pink little nephew, he refused to let go when he picked up the small basin. In the lively and festive family, Ling Mei is like a superfluous person, she sits in the corner with a lonely expression.

In the past, Xiaopen would always comfort her at such times, but at the moment he only cared about teasing the child, and did not notice her, so she became resentful of him.

Xiaowan's father-in-law was promoted, not a county order but a prefect, and her husband also went to the provincial government to work as an errand in the yamen. The small bowl life is happy and comfortable, and she was originally slightly fat, but she was fat to the point that her figure was out of shape.

Looking at the small bowl with a smile on her face, Ling Mei thought hatefully, why is her appearance not as good as her own and her hands not as good as her dexterous little bowl?

After a few days of getting along, she secretly paid close attention to Xiaowan's family, and finally let her notice Xiaowan's not so wishful side. Xiaowan Fujun often ridicules Xiaowan's figure in a joking tone, although his words have not revealed disgust, but he has expressed his dissatisfaction with Xiaowan.

After Ling Mei was keenly aware of this, she deliberately chose a tighter dress to wear, and dangled in front of Xiao Wanfujun when she had nothing to do.

Xiao Wanfujun knows Ling Mei's past, and he has some contempt for such a woman in his heart. Ke Lingmei was no longer the village girl who was stupid for her sweetheart, she knew that he despised her, but she believed that she could tempt him.

Some people are like poppies, knowing that she has a poisonous heart under her bewitching appearance, they still can't help but want to get close and want to have it.

People tend to overestimate their self-control, thinking that they can satisfy their curiosity and enjoy the excitement and then get away cleanly, but they are often stuck in the mud and unable to extricate themselves.

Xiaowan's husband and Lingmei fooled around, and he told himself again and again that this was the last time, and he couldn't let Xiaowan find out, but he made another mistake.

On the day that Xiao Wan's husband decides that he must end the absurd relationship, Xiao Wan bumps into their lonely man and widow in the house.

In fact, he didn't do anything that day, he wanted to calm down and cover up, but Ling Mei cried and stopped in front of him: "Don't blame him...... Don't blame him...... I seduced him first......"

In this way, he no longer has to hide it. He also understood that the small bowl would suddenly appear, but it was actually Ling Mei who deliberately leaked the news.

Xiaowan made a big noise for three days, and after three days, her husband thought that the matter was over, but who knew that Xiaowan, who was no longer crying, asked for a letter of resignation.

Xiaowan's husband never thought of separating from her, and resolutely disagreed. In order to save the small bowl, he told the ugly thing to the small bowl, saying that he still had his own way, and he would take the small bowl to the provincial capital, and never come back again.

Xiaowan only knew that his sister and brother-in-law quarreled, and he didn't know what happened.

Hearing such a truth, the small basin was like a thunderbolt from the sky. No matter how Ling Mei hurts him, he can bear it, but even the small bowl hurts, he can't bear it!

Xiaopen immediately went to question Sister Ling, and after listening to her admit, he was in a state of despair and asked her to get out of the house.

She said she didn't want any money, but she had to take something she needed with her. Thinking that it would be sad to see her supplies in the future, he allowed her to pack up some things before leaving.

Ling Mei walked around the house quietly and slowly to pack her things, he watched her figure go back and forth in front of him, and the heartache he suppressed could not be suppressed. He had to go out and go to a tavern to borrow wine to drown his sorrows.

The little pot, who rarely drank alcohol, was so drunk that the old man who opened the tavern was familiar with him, so he let him sleep in the back room all night.

The next day, when the old man woke him up, he was still suffering from a hangover. But he was anxious to know where Ling Mei went, so he endured the feeling of a splitting headache and hurried home.

After returning home, Ling Mei was no longer in the room, and she took away her daily necessities and his heart.

His whole heart was empty, and after more than half a month, the small bowl suddenly came back.

As soon as Xiaowan came back, he scolded the second brother for being confused and incompetent, and his parents hurried to persuade him. The parents didn't know about those dirty things, and Ling Mei left, thinking that it was a quarrel between the two of them, and she went back to her parents' house in anger.

The small basin stopped the small bowl, asking her to think about her parents' bodies and stop talking.

"Don't say it? Second brother, do you know that something more terrible has happened? You...... Not only did you lose your wife, but you also lost your house and land! Without...... We don't have anything left in our house......"

Their mother rolled her eyes and fainted with a "thump".