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Here we go again! Old Man Wen had a headache.
"Stop it!" Old Man Wen hurriedly stepped forward to pull away Madam Wang.
Madam Zhu took the opportunity to scratch Madam Wang’s face. When she wanted to scratch it again, Old Man Wen yelled at Madam Zhu: “Enough, stop!”
What kind of behavior is this?!
Madam Zhu's hands only stopped now, she still has business to do, she doesn't care about this slut.
Madam Zhu covered her face and sat on the ground crying: "Oh, I cannot live! My family is going to be exhausted and ruined! Ooh, why am I so unlucky! Married a man and gave him children. Gave him a grandson who brings Guangzong Yaozu, now he is being bullied by others. If he doesn’t protect me, just let the plague star kill my family! Instead of being killed by someone, I’ll go die by myself.”
Old Man Wen had a headache: "Can't you speak well? Discuss matters carefully!" What does it mean that he doesn't protect her?
Madam Zhu raised her head angrily and stood up: "Why don't I speak well? You let me speak well, okay, I speak! Old Man, today either throw this plague star away or Wang's family moves out. Otherwise, I will take my three sons to jump into the river! I must not let this plague star harm our house."
Wang's bastards love the plague star like a jewel, and they will never lose this God of plague, so her purpose is to drive Wang's bastards away!
But the Old Man is a soft-hearted one. He clearly agreed with her before he came, then he was begged by a slut like Wang and changed!
Old Man Wen frowned, Brother Liang studies well, which is their hope of Guangzong Yaozu.
Only, if the Fourth Branch moved out, where do they move? They have no silver.
Madam Zhu's silver is locked tight, and she will never take it out.
Is there a way to get the best of both worlds?
Seeing that the old man did not speak, Madam Zhu cried again: "Woo woo, pity my grandson Liang, the first place scholar! I will be rid of this plague star today! Madam Wang, if you don’t lose this plague star and my Brother Liang fails to get top place in the imperial examination, I will never let you go!"
"Sister Nuan is not a plague star! Keep your mouth clean!" Watching the grandson and granddaughter get beaten, hearing Madam Zhu slander with “plague star” and another sentence of short-lived species, Madam Wang was also angry!
She also wants to move, who wants to see Madam Zhu's face?!
Furthermore, what if that Wen Liang fails to get first place in the examinations, what should you do if they blame her Wen Nuan?
Hmph, is the top place so easy to test?
It's just if they moved out, where to go? She has no money at hand, so if she doesn't move, at least they have this would hut to live in .
Although living next to the pig shed, it smells like pig manure.
Madam Wang is worried.
Lying on the bed, Wen Nuan finally didn’t feel dizzy, she said weakly: "Move!"
Madam Wu saw that Wen Nuan's’s mouth moved, but did not hear what she was saying. She immediately leaned over to Wen Nuan’s ear and said softly: "Sister Nuan, what did you say? Do you want to drink water?"
"Move, let's move out. I don't want to delay Brother Liang's examination for the top place position." Wen Nuan said with all her strength.
Wen Nuan transmigrated to this time and place before Madam Zhu and Madam Wang quarreled. She was awakened by the smell of pig dung.
It's just that she had been receiving the memory of the original owner just now, so she couldn't open her eyes, and she had to digest the fact of crossing over.
She already knew that she had crossed over, and become a small peasant girl with congenital deficiency and sickness. In order to treat her illness, the family sold their house and lands, and one had even sold herself. The only thing she could do was to have the family destroyed or dead for her sake, so the people in the village called her star plague in private. Debt collector, short-lived species, medicine jar.
From the memory of the original owner, she judged that Brother Liang was definitely not able to get top place in the imperial examination! She won't take this charge!
Moreover, Madam Zhu and First Branch people are too good at calculating. They can take this opportunity to move out, get rid of them, and live a good life.
Madam Wu's eyes became moist after hearing it clearly, she looked at Madam Wang: "Mother, Sister Nuan said to move!"
At this time, a tall man opened the door curtain and stepped inside. He carried two packs of medicinal materials wrapped in oil paper in his hands: "Then move!"
He heard it all outside. Sister Nuan wanted to move, so they moved!
Wen Nuan turned her head and looked over. The man who walked in had a scary scar on his face, which looked a bit fierce, and did not match the elegant temperament that he exudes. Wen Nuan knew from the memory of the original owner that this was the original owner's father, Wen Jiarui.
Madam Wang immediately said: "Okay, move, Sister Nuan wants to move, we will move out!"
Their family is all about Sister Nuan. The child is suffering, and they don’t know how long she can live. The family always gave way to her.
Move out for a few days first, and move back when Sister Nuan is stable.
When Madam Zhu heard this, she felt joy in her heart, but she was worried that they would have nowhere to go after moving out for a few days, then find an excuse to move back.
She immediately took out a couple of silvers from her body, and handed it out in a painful way: "This wood hut belongs to you, so I will buy it. Don't think about coming back to hurt us in the future!"
The Wen Family's main brick house, and this wood hut was all built with Madam Wang's dowry silver. Now even the wood hut can't be kept.
Old Man Wen frowned. He just wanted to say something when Madam Zhu's knife like gaze scraped over, so he shut up.
Madam Wang hesitated, this...if they sell the wood hut too, they will not be able to come back to live in the future.
Seeing her expression, Madam Zhu immediately irritated her without giving her time to think about it, "It's enough to buy a wood hut for a couple of silvers! Isn't it? Want to be too lazy to leave? If my Brother Liang is harmed by this plague star and fails to get top place in the imperial examination, can you afford the loss? Are you worthy of the Wen Family's ancestors?"
Madam Wang couldn't be more irritated. After hearing this, she snatched the silver from her hand and said angrily: "Who wants to rely on you? Why should I be sorry to the ancestors of Wen Family! My grandson is worth more than yours. Don't overdo it! Don’t let me hear you say that Sister Nuan is a plague star, or I won’t move!"
Always the top place, the top place is all they talk about. Is the top place that easy to test? Then everyone on the street could get top place!
They want to blame Sister Nuan if he can’t pass the examination, no way!
Madam Wang was slanderous in her thoughts, but she didn't say this, or they would say she is not a good person to the younger generation.
"You have many grandchildren, but none of them are useful! Either they are sick or useless! If you don't want to rely on us, move quickly! You accept the money, don't come back and hurt us in the future!"
A litter of waste! Madam Zhu is proud to think that her grandson and granddaughters are so much more promising.
"Shut up!" Wen Jiarui's face turned black with anger. Hearing his children called useless things! What sick and useless? All of his children are very good!
Madam Wang was blown up in anger by Madam Zhu: "Don't worry, even if our family is on the street, we won't come back and hurt you! Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi! Who can tell what's going on in the future! Maybe my grandson will pass the imperial examination and become the top place scholar, bring Guangzong Yaozu to Wen Family! If there is such a day, don't come to beg me!"
Although Madam Wang feels that there is no such day, but if you lose, you don’t lose!
Wen Luo, who heard himself called useless, clenched his small fist. From now on, he must be more successful than Brother Liang!
Sick and useless! Wen Nuan looked at Madam Zhu, a small flame ignited in her eyes, and her whole person was motivated. This moment, Madam Zhu would someday remember and take back her words, wait and see.
"Oh, don’t worry, I’m not begging you! I don’t know if your family can survive this winter if you leave this wood hut! You still dare to brag? If you can build a house, this old lady will count you as a Great One, call you ancestor!"
Madam Wang turned pale with anger, but knew that she was telling the truth, and still said stiffly: "Don't worry, we will be able to live in a new house before winter!"
Madam Zhu responded was two snide laughs, she didn't bother to talk nonsense with her: "Hurry up and pack your things and get out and live in your new house! You live in a big blue brick house before winter, then this old lady will recognize you as an ancestor later! But you must move out before dark!"
After saying this, she pulled her old man away and left, lest he secretly subsidize Wang bitch.
Old Man Wen wanted to talk to Madam Wang and the others, but couldn’t do anything. He wanted to secretly subsidize them when that time comes.
After Madam Zhu left, the family relaxed.
Madam Wang hurriedly looked to Wen Nuan: "Sister Nuan, do you feel uncomfortable in any way?"
She feels uncomfortable all over, she can't feel her strength, but she just shook her head: "I'm fine, my brother's face hurts."
Wen Nuan looked at the little boy who was slapped by Madam Zhu in order to save herself, half of his face was swollen and a tooth was lost.
That is the original owner's brother Wen Luo, seven years old. The little girl next to him is the original owner's sister Wen Ran, and the two are twins.
The original owner also has a pair of thirteen-year-old twin sisters who are Wen Rou and Wen Xin, and a pair of twelve-year-old twin brothers who are Wen Chun and Wen Hou.
The original owner was only eleven years old. Because Madam Wu's first two pregnancies were too close together, when she became pregnant with the original owner, her body had not recovered from bearing the second pair of twins. Therefore, the original owner was born prematurely, and was frail with congenital inadequacy.
Madam Wang is the grandmother of the original owner, and Old Man Wen is her own grandfather. That Madam Zhu just now is the wife of Old Man Wen. Because Madam Wang was married for three years and her stomach had not moved, he married a second wife.
Madam Zhu married in and gave birth to three sons in a row. Her confidence was so strong that his second wife became like the main wife.
Madam Wang only became pregnant when Madam Zhu was pregnant with her third son, and gave birth to a pair of twins: the original owner's father and aunt.
After hearing Wen Nuan's words, Madam Wang thought of her little grandson. She quickly pulled Wen Luo into her arms, looking at his swollen face with heartache: "The one who kills with a thousand cuts! Why is her heart so dark? How heavy is this attack, even the teeth are knocked out! Does Brother Luo hurt?"
If there is an egg, it’s fine. You can roll it over the bruise for him, but her house doesn’t even have rice, don’t talk about eggs.
Wen Luo grinned, but his expression was a little distorted: "It doesn't hurt. I don't dare to pull out my teeth. It's all right as long as Third Sister is fine. Where do we move Grandma?"
Wen Luo was more than seven years old and started to change his teeth.
"You kid." Madam Wang's heart ached again, but where to move?
Madam Wang is worried.
Wen Nuan has long thought about it: “Grandma, isn’t there a straw hut at the end of the village? Let’s move there first! It’s not cold and it’s not winter yet.”
There is a straw hut at the end of the village. It was left by people who fled the famine when they settled in Wenjia Village during the drought two years ago.
Wen Jiarui thought for a while, he could ask some brothers in the village to repair the thatched roof. It could shelter from the wind and rain, better than sleeping on the street, so he made a final decision: "Then move to the hut."
"Then I will go and clean up with Fourth now, and we are considered to have a new house! Daughter-in-law, you and your children will stay at home to make medicine for Sister Nuan. Take care of Sister Nuan and pack your luggage in the meantime."
Madam Wang is a vigorous and resolute person, she immediately let go of Wen Luo, went to find the broom, and move some things on the way, so as not to go too many times.
She plans to move the pots and bowls over first.
Madam Wu hurriedly got up from the bed: "Mother, I will go to clean with the children's father, you can stay at home and make medicine!"
Wen Ran and Wen Luo immediately said in unison: "Grandma, I will also clean, you can take care of Third Sister at home!"
Wen Nuan watched a few people rushing to work, knowing that they are all a family that loves each other, and secretly rejoiced in meeting such a united and friendly family: "I don't need anyone to take care of me. Let's clean up together! It’s faster this way."
"How can it be done without someone taking care of you!" Madam Wang refused. What if she doesn't look after Sister Nuan, and she goes to jump in the river again?
Wen Jiarui glanced at the sky outside. It was just past noon, but it was already autumn, and it was getting darker and colder after nightfall. Sister Nuan could never be invaded by the cold. Her body could not stand the trial. Sister Nuan couldn't live in a straw hut so they had to build a bamboo house.
There are many in Wenjia Village, built without spending money.
He thought for a while and said: "Brother Luo is injured. You and your Grandma stay in the house to take care of Sister Nuan. Sister Ran, you, your mother, and your father will clean the new house together, okay?"
Wen Ran nodded obediently: "Okay, I want to clean the new house."
Wen Luo was dissatisfied, and he straightened his chest: "Father, I am a man. How can I let my sister clean while I stay in the house? Let my little sister stay to take care of Third Sister and I go to clean. My hands haven’t been beaten, and my face doesn’t hurt anymore. Even if my face hurts, I don’t use my face to clean!"
Everyone laughed after hearing this.
Children of the poor grew up early. Although they were only seven years old, they went to the mountains every day to collect firewood to sell.
Boys should shoulder more burdens than girls. Wen Jiarui nodded after hearing this: "Okay, then Sister Ran and Grandma stay at home to take care of Sister Nuan. We will clean and move to a new house as soon as possible! But Sister Ran, you be careful, take good care of Third Sister. If something is wrong with Third Sister, remember to hurry up and tell your father, understand?"
Wen Ran heard Wen Jiarui say that she has to be careful, nodded happily and said: "Okay."
Madam Wang wanted to go, but she was a little worried that Sister Nuan would be short-sighted again. She was also worried that Wen Nuan would have a setback, they couldn't leave her alone.
Ah, bah bah bah.
What is this thinking?! Sister Nuan is only eleven years old, she will return to heaven herself, but she will never let Sister Nuan return to heaven.
Her Sister Nuan will surely be able to overcome all hardships!
Madam Wang said: “Then I’ll stay for the decoction, you can go.”
After everyone talked it over, the three of them went to clean up the "new house".
Madam Wang touched Wen Nuan's forehead, and found that her hands were no longer hot, and finally relaxed: "Sister Nuan, you sleep for a while. If you have any discomfort, remember to tell Grandma, you know? I'm going to give you decocted medicine. I have to go make it. With medicine your body will be healed."
Wen Nuan nodded: "Okay."
Madam Wang also told Wen Ran to take care of Wen Nuan, and then went out to make the medicine.
"Okay!" Wen Ran sat on the bed very obediently, staring at Wen Nuan carefully, unwilling to blink her eyes.
Wen Nuan: "..."
Will her eyes be sour like this?
It's just Wen Nuan knew the little girl was worried about her own shortsightedness, so she didn't dare to blink.
Thinking about the cause of death of the original owner, Wen Nuan sighed: “Sister Ran, I’m tired, and want to sleep for a while, so let’s go to sleep together!”
"I'm not tired, Third Sister go to sleep!" What if she is asleep, but Third Sister is not asleep, and sneaks into the river, what should I do?
You can’t sleep even if you die!
Wen Nuan: "..."
This little girl cannot hide her thoughts, Wen Nuan can tell with a glance.
She sighed in her heart, closed her eyes, and began to sort out the memory of the original owner.
Guangzong Yaozu: Showing respect, glorying, honoring one's ancestors
Thirty years in Hedong, Thirty years in Hexi: People and things change over time
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why does even the elderly calls MC Wen Nuan "Sister Nuan" like this takes me back a bit and I have to reread to make sure it was her father and grandma wang speaking and kicks me out of the story- if you can, please change it? maybe replace the sister with Xiao like a nickname where elderly calls younger people, example: Madam Wang sat down on the bed, sending the medicine soup to Wen Nuan, "Xiao Nuan, quickly eat the medicine and you'll get better soon!"
ReplyDeletethis can help reader know who is talking, and doesn't make me confused about the age, beaucse Madam Wang is Mc's grandma, her calling Mc 'Sister' made me though Mc was the same age as her and can't guess the relationship until it straight up tells me that was Mc's grandma, same with her father. you can also add an old to Madam Wang since she is the grandma separating Madam Wu who is her daughter-in-law. it is better the separate the seniority, specially when it's Chinese culture and because we as the reader can't see it. I also thought that Madam Wang was Mc's sister-in-law by how she address Mc.