The skilled widow is busy farming

Chapter 1
The sky is white, and in a green brick house in a small farmyard in Lijia Village, a beautiful woman is lying on a canopy bed and opens her eyes drowsily.

He looked around with some confusion in his eyes. He held his head with his hands, his brows were furrowed and his expression was painful. His head was wrapped in cloth, with traces of blood seeping out.

It took a while before I opened my eyes again and looked at everything in the house again. It felt familiar yet strange.

Zhou Xiu, the elders call her Xiu Niang, she traveled through time and was the eldest daughter of a famous family. She thought she was dead, but unexpectedly she woke up as a peasant woman.

Her husband's family name is Li, and this area is also a wealthy village. The entire village is a member of the Li family. There are also three people in the family who are county magistrates, and they are also one of the most prominent families in the local area.

Her natal family is from a wealthy family with the surname Zhou, and has a deeper background than her husband's family. The eldest brother is a fourth-rank official in the capital, and the younger brother is also a civil servant. He is just waiting for the last chance. When he married the Li family, he was also a good match.

Xiu Niang lay there for a long time and finally sorted out the relationship between the memory of the original owner and the identity of the family members. She frowned and sighed, fortunately, it was an innocent family, not bad.

Being a widow is not bad, it saves you a lot of unnecessary trouble, otherwise it would be quite awkward to be a couple with a stranger.

It turned out that her husband was a famous official, and he went on a boat trip with others to study abroad. He wanted to take the opportunity to earn some money and come back. He never expected to encounter water bandits and fall into the water and die.

They had been married for ten years, loving and harmonious, and had two smart and motivated sons. Unable to accept the reality of her husband's sudden death, he bumped into the coffin and died on the day of the burial. He bled profusely on the spot.

Everyone asked the doctor to save her, but she didn't wake up for three days. Today was the third day she didn't wake up. The doctor asked her to prepare for the funeral. The whole family was very sad and hoped that she would wake up soon.

The Li family itself has a simple population, harmonious relations, and nothing dirty.

There are elders, grandparents, and two sons. Her father-in-law and mother-in-law are the eldest son. The second son, who calls his second uncle, is the current head of the Li family. He lives in another house at the head of the village and the family has been separated.

My father-in-law and mother-in-law have three sons. The eldest brother and sister-in-law have a family with two sons and one daughter.

The third child is a brother-in-law who is not married yet and is a scholar studying in the clan school.

The family only has a large yard and a few tile-roofed houses, and the whole family lives together. It is considered an old house. After the second uncle and father-in-law separated, they moved out, leaving space for the eldest brother and the younger generation.

My grandfather has read books and is also a scholar himself. He was once the elder of the village and was a fair and upright person. My grandmother is a down-and-out official daughter. She was chosen by my grandfather to marry her because of her reading and literacy.

Her parents-in-law were kind and sensible, and the original owner was determined to commit suicide. Her father-in-law hired the best doctor to see her injuries, and her mother-in-law and sister-in-law took care of her personally. In just a few days, she spent eight taels of silver and used ginseng to kill her. , and used up all the money he had.

Xiu Niang sighed again. It seems that there will be many difficulties in the future, but they are not big problems. Money is just a small matter. She was in charge of the family for more than 20 years in her previous life. Being poor is not a problem.

The whole family is harmonious, which is what satisfies her the most. As long as people unite, they can overcome huge difficulties.

The door was quietly pushed open a crack, and a little girl with bright eyes poked her head in and took a look. When he found that she was awake, he cheered and started shouting.

"Mom, grandma, second aunt is awake..."

Relying on her familiar memory, Xiuniang recognized the child as her niece Li Qing, the daughter of her eldest brother and sister-in-law and the only girl in the family.

Soon the whole family entered the house, including grandpa Li Feng, grandma Zhang, her mother and brother, as well as the sister-in-law and children. The house was too small to stand, so they all crowded outside the door and looked around.

A woman with a slightly old and sad face walked through the door eagerly, sat on the edge of the bed and held her hand. Tears fell down before she could speak.

"My silly girl, how can I live with you like this? Do you even want me to be my mother?"

The old woman lay in her arms and cried sadly.

Xiu Niang slowly reached out and hugged her back. For a moment, she thought of her mother, who had the same taste and breath, and couldn't help crying.

"mother……"

Her familiar gentle demeanor and profound memories also affected her, making her shed tears before she spoke.

"Sister, why are you so cruel..."

Standing at the door was a tall, thin young man, handsome and handsome, somewhat similar to her in appearance. He should be her younger brother Zhou Yun.

With tears in his eyes, Zhou Yun glared at his sister lying on the bed with an accusatory look on his face.

Xiu Niang covered her face and cried, mourning for the original owner and saying goodbye to her previous life.

"Xiu'er, Brother Ping is gone. I know you are sadder than anyone else, but for the sake of your two children, you must be strong..."

Grandpa spoke with trembling lips and red eyes, holding back tears to admonish his grandson-in-law.

The family was talking when a fat woman pushed aside the Li family blocking the door and forced her way in with her bloated body.

"Ouch! I said, Xiu Niang, you can't die. Tell me what will happen to your son if you die. Wouldn't that be an orphan without a father and a mother? How pitiful that would be. Besides, you guys will give it back to you. Bring back two big gold ingots, wouldn't it be an advantage for others if you die like this..."

The woman's round face and aquiline nose made her look a bit cunning and fierce, and her eyes were very shrewd and philistine.

A series of words came out of his mouth without stopping.

The words were harsh, and the old woman with gray hair standing next to her couldn't help but frown, and her face sank in displeasure.

This is Xiuniang's mother-in-law, and standing next to her is her sister-in-law Wang Li, who is tall, thin and strong.

Mrs. Wang Li quickly stepped forward and grabbed the woman's sleeve, stopping her with a red face.

"Sister-in-law, please stop talking. How can my nephew be an orphan? Our whole family is here. My brother and sister just woke up and are weak. Let's go out first."

The fat woman was Wang and her natal sister-in-law. She came to attend the funeral and stayed here.Mrs. Wang shook off her sister-in-law's hand, curled her lips rudely, and shouted loudly.

"What did I say wrong? The couple is dead. The child is an orphan. Who knows who got the money in the end? We made an agreement. You agreed to lend me the money. Your nephew is getting married. You But you can’t ignore it, my parents can’t support you in vain.”

He raised his head and glared at his sister-in-law, his attitude full of contempt and contempt.

"I've promised to lend you money for a long time, but it's not my money. How could I just agree to it?"

The sister-in-law was angry and anxious. She looked at her parents-in-law and her husband outside the door and stamped her feet anxiously.

"You heartless thing, don't forget who raised you so well and made you marry so well. Besides, you already have a share of the gold ingot. Where did I go wrong?"

"You useless thing, go away!"

Wang pushed her away and took a step forward.

"Sister, you, a widow, can't afford so much money. Why don't you lend it to me first and I'll pay it back to you later. We're all kissing each other, breaking bones and connecting tendons. You can't just die without saving me. Ah, I do have an urgent need."

Mrs. Wang stepped forward again, approaching the head of the bed and licking her face mask, her smiling eyes narrowed to a slit, as if she would not leave until she borrowed it.

Xiu Niang glanced at her and stood up slowly. Aunt Zhou helped her daughter sit up and wanted to scold Mrs. Wang, but her hands were held down.

"Sister-in-law Wang, this money belongs to the Li family. It does not belong to me alone. The ones who can make the decisions are my grandparents and parents-in-law. I am a widowed person and cannot make decisions over my elders at will. Besides, my husband-in-law's body is not cold yet. It's not like that at this time. The timing of this.”

Wang waved her fat arms nonchalantly, waving her big palms like cattail leaf fans in the air.

He smiled confidently: "What's the matter? We are a family and we are not outsiders. Besides, everyone is dead and we can't survive. Please lend me the money first."

After saying that, he went to pull Xiuniang, grabbed her arm and pulled her up forcefully.

Wang is a peasant woman who has been doing farm work all year round and has very strong hands. Such pulling and shaking made Xiu Niang, who had already suffered a head injury, even more dizzy.

He couldn't help but retched, and he couldn't speak because of her shaking him, and his whole face became paler.

"Get out of the way and don't shake my daughter."

Aunt Zhou became anxious, pushed Wang away fiercely, and roared angrily.

"Get out of my way. This is the Li family, not your Wang family's place to go crazy. Get out of here!"

The mother-in-law was going crazy, so she dragged him down, stood in front of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law's bed, put her hands on her hips and roared.

"What are you shouting about? There are so many people trying to bully me. Your daughter-in-law agreed to lend me money. If you don't give me money, I won't leave today."

Mrs. Wang simply sat on the ground and began to splash, slapping her thighs and crying at the top of her lungs.

"I didn't promise you, you're talking nonsense."

The sister-in-law stamped her feet anxiously.

Zhou Yun took a step forward, grabbed her arm and dragged her back, "I have tolerated you for a long time. You have bullied others in front of me. You think I have no one in the Zhou family."

"What are you doing? Let me go. I'm beating someone. The Li family and the Zhou family are beating someone! Help!"

Mrs. Wang screamed at the top of her lungs, howling like ghosts and wolves, struggling and crying at the same time.

"Get her out of here."

Grandma spoke angrily.

The sister-in-law turned her head and didn't want to care anymore. She talked nonsense and trapped herself into injustice.

The young man standing at the door stepped forward, grabbed Wang's other arm and dragged him out together.

"Li Jing, you heartless wolf bastard, I am your aunt."

When Wang saw who was pulling her, she couldn't help but curse.

"I don't have an aunt like you. I'm bullying a sick widow. I think you're embarrassed. This isn't the first time you've bullied my mother. Get out of here!"

Li Jing was furious and dragged her along with Zhou Yun.

After all, Wang is a woman, how can she be better than two young men, and Zhou Yun and Li Jing are both farm children. They have been doing farm work in the fields all year round. With a handful of strength, they can drag people out in two strokes.

"Brother Jing, send me back."

The grandfather at the door was also angry and his face was blue.

Several boys from the Li family used their hands and feet to forcefully drag Ms. Wang out of the yard. The eldest son of the Li family drove the bullock cart out, and asked his son and nephew to hold Ms. Wang down and take her directly back to Wangjia Village.

After the people left, Xiu Niang retched for a while and leaned on the bedside. She drank some water before she felt better.

God, this woman almost shook her to death just after she woke up. Her mind is spinning right now.

(End of this chapter)