freenovelworld Chapter 1 The oil bottle
Chapter 1 The oil bottle
"Wow, wow, wow... I've really been blinded by greed. I didn't choose so many good men, but I chose a damned bastard like you. You said nice things at the beginning, saying that your monthly salary is two taels of silver, and as long as I marry you, my daughter and I will never go hungry. But it's only been a few days, and you got in a fight and your legs were broken..."
"I've been in debt for treating your leg. Chen'er needs to study, and his annual tuition is also money. Xiao'er is a sickly person who needs to take medicine every day, and he's a bottomless pit. I, Li Taohua, have been smart for most of my life, but I didn't expect to fall into the hands of a bastard like you. I'm going to die, wuwu..."
Qin Huiyin sat under the eaves, mending her patched clothes.
From the room came the sound of a woman crying and cursing, each word full of complaints, yet her voice was soft and sticky, as if she were trying to be coquettish with a man. The honest and simple-minded man pleaded with her in a fawning and humble manner, trying to calm her down.
Two months ago, the mother of this body, Li Taohua, married the village widower Tang Dafu.
The original owner hit her head while moving things, and when she woke up, her core had changed, and she had become Qin Huiyin, a 21st century internet celebrity blogger.
This world is a book she has read. In the book, Qin Huiyin is a cannon fodder and the stepsister of the grassroots male protagonist Tang Yichen.
Creak! The door opened. Li Taohua, dressed in brand new clothes, walked out, twisting her slender waist. Seeing Qin Huiyin mending clothes, she snatched the clothes from her hands and threw them aside. She poked her forehead and said angrily, "Who asked you to do this work? Where is Tang Luwu? You are still asked to mend her torn clothes. If you get hurt, I will tear her skin off."
Tang Luwu is the daughter of the Tang family and the younger sister of the male protagonist Tang Yichen. The youngest child of the Tang family is Tang Yixiao, who is a sickly person.
Tang Yichen is fourteen years old this year, Tang Luwu is twelve years old, the original owner is eleven years old, and Tang Yixiu is nine years old.
The Tang sisters' names had all been changed. How could country folks have such beautiful names? Their previous names were similar to those of the other children in the village: either Gou'erdan'er or Hua'erfang'er. Tang Yichen's name was changed by his teacher after he started school. Tang Luwu and Tang Yixiao's names were also changed by Tang Yichen.
When Qin Huiyin first merged with the original owner's body, the memories of the two souls kept fighting in her head. She had a headache for several days and was bedridden for ten days and half a month. She was unconscious because of a head injury, so no one thought it was strange that she complained of a headache afterwards.
After the memory fusion, Qin Huiyin didn't want anyone to discover her altered personality, so she kept in mind the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes, acting very reserved. In fact, in the original novel, the original owner, in order to cooperate with Li Taohua's marriage into the Tang family, had been diligent and honest in the early stages, not talking much and not causing trouble. It wasn't until Li Taohua married in and her new father's leg was broken that the original owner and Li Taohua's true colors were revealed.
Li Taohua has been acting up lately. Tang Dafu's leg was injured, and he was bedridden all day. The family had spent all their money and was even in debt. Li Taohua had completely lost her smile and, like most vicious stepmothers, forced Tang Luwu to work and take charge of the household chores. Tang Yixiao saw his stepmother torturing his sister like this, and after complaining to his father, it was useless, so he just helped his sister with the work.
As for Tang Yichen, he attended a private school in town, and because the journey was quite long, he didn't return often. He disliked his stepmother, Li Taohua, but he couldn't resist his father, who was bewitched by her beauty. He only had two days off each time, and his sister-in-law only reported good news, not bad news. He had no idea that his stepmother was such a mean and vicious woman behind his back.
Li Taohua pulled Qin Huiyin to a corner and whispered to her, "The doctor said Tang Dafu's leg might not be healed. We mother and daughter need to make new plans for ourselves."
Qin Huiyin looked at the beautiful woman in front of her with a complicated expression.
She was clearly just a country woman, but her skin was so rosy you could squeeze water out of it. She had a sweet voice that made men melt. Her eyes were frivolous, and she always seemed restless.
Regardless of what kind of woman she is, a weak woman who fled famine thousands of miles away with her young daughter, and unlike others who sold her daughter to others for food, her love for the original owner is genuine. Since she has become the original owner, she must live well in her place, help her take care of Li Taohua, and take her away from the original plot, and not oppose the male protagonist.
"What mother means..." Qin Huiyin asked, "are we going to leave the Tang family?"
"Tang Dafu and I have already signed a marriage certificate. Unless he dies and I continue to marry another man as a widow, there is no way I can leave the Tang family. I am a widow who has been married many times, and every husband I marry has killed him. If Tang Dafu really dies, I am afraid I will be regarded as a disaster. Forget it, this is my fate, is there any way to force it? Woo woo..." Li Taohua wiped her tears again.
Qin Huiyin: "..."
From outside the fence came anxious shouts, and it sounded like the gossipy old woman Zhang from next door. Her voice got closer and closer, until it reached outside the fence, and everyone finally understood what she was saying.
"Mrs. Dafu, your daughter fell into the water and is dead!"
Upon hearing this, Li Taohua opened the gate and said softly, "Aunt, our Huiyin is fine here, why are you cursing her?"
Zhang looked at Qin Huiyin behind Li Taohua, curled her lips, and said to Li Taohua fiercely, "I'm talking about that girl Lu Wu. Didn't you ask her to do the laundry? She fell into the water and was dead when she was found."
When Qin Huiyin heard Zhang say this, the chaos in her mind dissipated, and she brought up the content related to Tang Luwu separately.
In that book, the protagonist's biological mother died early, and his father, after marrying a new wife, abandoned them. Later, his sister drowned, and his brother died of illness, all linked to his stepmother. After his siblings died young, his stepsister usurped the family's sway and enjoyed everything. As he improved in his studies and appearance, she even tried to get into his bed, forcing him to leave the village overnight without a penny and head to the capital to pursue his studies. Upon achieving success, his first act was to return to the village and punish the vicious mother and daughter, leaving them to be mauled to death by wild dogs.
As for his father, he was his biological father after all, so he didn't kill him, but he didn't let him go either. He gave the clan a sum of money, expelled Tang Dafu from the clan, confiscated his land, and drove him out of the village, forcing the lame Tang Dafu to be a beggar for the rest of his life to repent for the tragic death of his brother and sister.
Tang Luwu drowned in this accident, and this was the beginning of the male protagonist's hatred for the mother and daughter.
Oh my god, Qin Huiyin was sweating profusely, and her mother was still acting as if it had nothing to do with her. That was a human life, how could her mother be so indifferent? She really looked like cannon fodder.
Qin Huiyin ran outside, and her voice came over: "Mom, I run fast, I'll go see my sister first."