Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 1 Raise it for a few more days and sell it
Wen Wan sits under the jujube tree and chooses beans.

In the room, stepmother Zhou and her mother Wu were talking in low voices.

Wu said: "Your stepdaughter will be sixteen after the new year, right?"

Sitting cross-legged on the kang, Mrs. Zhou was doing needlework with her hands. Hearing what her mother said, she rolled her eyelids and hummed.

Seeing Zhou's indifferent appearance, Mrs. Wu couldn't help worrying about her daughter, "What's the matter, no one has come to say goodbye so far?"

Zhou shook her head, "Nope!"

"Why don't you know the urgency?" Wu's voice became more serious.

Mrs. Zhou glanced out the window, making sure that Wen Wan couldn't hear the conversation between the mother and daughter, so she lowered her voice: "What's the hurry, she'd better stay at home, catch her in front of and behind the house, I'm a stepmother If she is free, who will do so much work in the house if she leaves? Cattle, sheep and livestock, is it possible that you still expect me to worry about it alone? "

Wu patted her thigh, with a disapproving expression on her face, "Oh my dear daughter, you can't just focus on your eyes, you should also think about Shunzi."

Wen Shun is the name of Wen Wan's stepbrother.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou bit the end of the thread with her mouth and looked at Mrs. Wu, "Mother, what do you mean?"

Thinking of what happened in her own village these days, Mrs. Wu couldn't help being jealous, "Do you still remember that poor scholar in our village?"

"Is it the one who didn't pass the exam for a few years, but was personally annulled by the rich man?"

"It's not a big deal, let's say a few years ago, he patted his chest and promised the rich man Ning in the town that he would win, and if he won, he would marry a girl into the door.

In the end, he had to pass the exam. How could rich Ning's daughter not be annoyed when he waited from a young girl to a big girl?Rich Ning is also a temper tantrum, so he came to the door and returned the kiss without saying a word.

That scholar became a big joke in our village, and he went to the provincial capital to try again this year, and guess what? "

Zhou's eyes widened, "Could it be a hit?"

Wu's tone was sour, "Yesterday, your father went to have a drink at the banquet that was just set up yesterday. I heard from him that a few rich businessmen came to the town to give gifts to Mr. Juren! Half of the hall was piled up, okay?" Guys, it's all precious."

Mrs. Zhou listened enthusiastically, "Can you still benefit from being hit by Master Juren?"

"Why don't you call it a poor scholar who raises people? If you win the exam, you will have the opportunity to become an official in the county government. Whoever wants to please, especially those who are in business, they are smart. Go now. Set up a close relationship, and there will always be someone to ask for in the future." Wu looked at her daughter, "If you want me to say, you should send Shunzi to study, and maybe you will be able to come back with a good reputation in the future. It's time to become a Juren mother, who can give people land to harvest benefits, and you still worry about food and clothing?"

In the Great Chu Dynasty, the land under Juren's name could be exempted from land tax of [-] mu, and there were eight people in Dingyi.

Therefore, if anyone wins the election, people from ten miles and eight villages will rush forward, begging to put their land in the name of the candidate for tax reduction, and those who are not close will also marry relatives and ask for exemption from corvee.

After a few years, even if Juren can't become an official, he will be a rich man with no worries about food and clothing.

Although Zhou was envious in her heart, she curled her lips, "It sounds good, how can our family have the spare money for him to study and spend? Shuxiu costs two taels of silver a year, and the pigs I raise all year round are only worth two taels if I sell them. , if it’s all spent on him, the family can’t survive this life?”

Miss Wu thought of something, glanced at Wen Wan who was sitting quietly outside, and said in a low voice, "It's not easy for you to ask for money? Marry Wan Niang, and then receive a dowry money, enough for Shunzi to study for a few years gone."

Seeing Mrs. Zhou hesitate, Mrs. Wu took the opportunity to add fuel to the flames, saying that Wanniang is a mute who lost her mother when she was young, and she can't make a loud fart with three hammers. of?

He also said that Wang Laizi in their village had his wife dead last year, and there were a lot of paddy fields at home. He couldn’t handle it all by himself, so he rented them all out, and now he relies on rent collection for food. That's it, I've already let go, as long as Wanniang is willing to marry and serve him, the bride price is easy to talk about, and I will give two acres of paddy fields, plus five taels of cash.

When Zhou heard this, her heart itch.

The several acres of paddy fields in Wang Zizi’s house are in a good location, and they are high-yielding fields. It costs five taels of silver per mu to buy them alone. .

……

Before Mrs. Wu left, Mrs. Zhou went to the vegetable garden to pick some cucumbers and eggplants for her.

After passing the news that Wang Laizi had taken a fancy to Wanniang, she gave her daughter some eye drops. With a basket of vegetables on her shoulders, Mrs. Wu was satisfied. When she walked out of the hall and walked to Wen Wan's side, she stopped, her voice revealing the kindness of an elder, " Wanniang, how about beans?"

Wen Wan raised her head, meeting Wu's smiling eyes, she nodded.

Wu shi squatted down, patted the back of Wen Wan's hand, "Good girl, she looks really handsome, and she will definitely be able to marry a good family and live a good life in the future."

When Wu's hand touched the back of Wen Wan's hand, a strong premonition suddenly emerged in Wen Wan's heart. She had a premonition that she would be tortured to death by a man with a lame leg.

Regarding the fact that her premonition is different from ordinary people, since the high fever burned her throat when she was three years old, Wen Wan has been used to it. After she can't speak, she can predict and be careful in advance whenever something happens. to avoid.

When she was five years old, she dug potatoes during the autumn harvest. She had a premonition that she would be bitten by a snake when she went there, so she pretended to be sick and hid at home for a day. At night, Father Wen came back and told her that a snake sprang out of the field while they were digging potatoes and was used by him. Hoe killed.

When she was eight years old, the lotus next door asked her to herd cattle. She had a premonition that she would lose the cattle and be beaten when she came back, so she made excuses and followed Father Wen to the fields. He came back and said that the cow was lost.

In a cloudless summer the year before last, she had a premonition that the roof of her sleeping room would be washed away by the heavy rain at night, and she would fall ill and have a fever after being exposed to the rain, so during the day, she asked Father Wen to help strengthen the roof tiles As expected, there was a heavy rain that night, she huddled in the quilt, secretly rejoicing.

Although those premonitions before were not good, they had never been life-threatening.

But this time, it turned out to be a premonition that he was about to die.

Although Wen Wan can't speak, she is not stupid.

She had a premonition just after Wu shi touched her, so it can be seen that this matter has something to do with Wu shi.

Quietly withdrawing her hand, Wen Wan took the selected beans to the well to wash.

Because I can't speak, I don't have to worry about being rude.

Mrs. Wu glanced at this boring girl, and sneered in her heart: I will keep you for a few more days, and then I will sell you for a good price!
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Wen Shun didn't know where he went wild, playing in the mud, he and Wen's father walked in the door in the evening.

At the dinner table, Wen Shun insisted on going to study.

During the day, when he was at Xiaopang's house, he saw Xiaopang's father cooking meat for Xiaopang, saying that it was for the brains of scholars.

Seeing that there is meat to eat when reading, how can meek still sit still?Yelled louder.

Father Wen disagreed, saying he had no money.

Meek didn't do it, and ran out in a fit of anger, stumbled and fell into the river, and when he got back, he was only half alive, and he had a fever again, talking in his sleep and talking about reading.

Zhou's heart ached and shed tears.

Seeing his son like this, Father Wen's hard heart softened, and he let go: "Since he wants to study, let's send him to the village school. At worst, I'll take the cow out and sell it."

Mrs. Zhou disagreed, "If you sell the cattle, what will you do next year when you plow in the spring?"

Father Wen said: "Just go to his uncle's house to borrow it. They have two cows at home, and they can be used around them."

Seeing that Father Wen was determined to sell a cow to Wen Shun to study, Mrs. Zhou panicked. While Father Wen was out, she called Wen Wan to help take care of Wen Shun, and said she had something to go back to her mother's house.

When Mrs. Zhou saw his old mother Mrs. Wu, he didn't even have time to take a sip of water, so he hurriedly said, "Mother, Shunzi's father wants to sell a cow for Shunzi to study, you should find a way to get Cripple Wang to find a matchmaker to come and propose marriage." , otherwise the cattle will be sold, and our family will not be able to survive that day."

Mrs. Wu patted the back of her daughter's hand to comfort her, "Don't panic, since Cripple Wang has let go, he must marry Wanniang. You go back and wait for news, and I will go to Cripple Wang's house right now."

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On the day that Father Wen wanted to take the cows to sell, before he left, the matchmaker from the neighboring village came to the door. She smiled so hard that her teeth could not see her eyes. If he is willing to marry, Wang Cripple will give five taels of silver to two acres of paddy fields as a bride price.

Mrs. Zhou was cooking porridge in the kitchen for her son who had just recovered from a serious illness. When she heard what the matchmaker said, she came out while wiping her hands on her bib, and asked the matchmaker, "Is the person you mentioned reliable?"

The matchmaker patted her chest and promised, "If you don't believe me, go out and find out, apart from his left leg being inconvenient to walk, what else is wrong with Cripple Wang? His wife is dead to enjoy the blessings, otherwise it wouldn't be your turn to Wanniang. "

This is not pleasant to say, Father Wen was about to refuse, when the matchmaker said again: "After the new year, your Wanniang will be sixteen. For a girl of her age, if you delay for another year or two, only someone will pick you." Besides, Wang Zizi wants Tian Youtian and houses and houses, and Wanniang can live a good life ready-made when she gets married, so why don’t you worry about it? If you really miss this village, where will you find it in the future? to that store?"

Father Wen was silent, and loosened his grip on the cow.

At lunch time, Wen Wan came back from picking firewood on the mountain, just put down the basket to catch her breath, Father Wen came over and told her what the matchmaker told her in the morning.

Father Wen sighed, "I originally thought that your biological mother would leave early and keep you for two more years, but I'm afraid that if you get older, you won't be able to pick a good family in the future."

Wen Wan pursed her lips and squeezed her fingers tightly.

If Lame Wang was a good person, she would probably have nodded and agreed, but she had a premonition that she would be tortured to death by that man, so how could she still marry him foolishly?

Wen Wan didn't nod or shake her head, she was thinking about how to get rid of this marriage.

Seeing that she didn't respond, Father Wen called softly, "Wanniang?"

Wen Wan raised her head and signed sign language to Father Wen, which meant that she had to think about it again.

(End of this chapter)