Chapter 80

The good show came to an end, and it was already late.

The onlookers were reluctant to leave for a long time, especially the men, each of them watching the graceful woman on the ground, swallowing their saliva.

Du Ruo was also very curious.

I heard that this woman is very beautiful, but she doesn't really believe it. A woman who can be seen by Jiang Zongbao's sharp-mouthed monkey-cheeked appearance, how beautiful can she be?

However, it didn't prevent her from staying to satisfy her curiosity.

Over there, Jiang Zongbao lost the threat and finally puffed out his chest again. He didn't care about his wet pants and ran to the woman's side in a hurry.

"Meiniang, are you okay?" His tone was full of worry and concern.

The woman finally had movement, slowly raising her head.

Hiss, everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

That was a face that could not be described in words, black hair and snow skin, charming to the bone, and the flow of her eyes was soul-stealing.

However, this kind of beauty was not purely the woman's sorrowful and weak, but also carried some of the man's heroic and cold, a kind of beauty that transcended gender. It was not an exaggeration to say it was country-toppling and city-toppling.

The men were obsessed.

The women were silent.

Who could have jealousy for such a person? Even if this woman came to strike up a conversation, they would never bear to refuse.

And it really couldn't blame Jiang Zongbao.

At this moment, Jiang Zongbao's soul seemed to have flown away. He looked at Meiniang blankly, his eyes full of obsession and naked desire.

Suddenly felt that all the pain and torture, humiliation and ridicule suffered today were worth it.

Because he exchanged for Meiniang...

Meiniang smiled lightly, her eyes shimmering with water, and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine."

These short words finally pulled everyone back to their senses.

To say that Meiniang's appearance was really beautiful to the extreme, but Heaven is fair after all. It gave her a peerless appearance but didn't give her a pleasant voice.

Meiniang's voice was slightly hoarse, as if trapped in a desert, the kind of hoarseness that hadn't drunk water for a long time.

Of course, this little flaw couldn't cover up the light she gave birth to because of her extreme beauty.

Jiang Zongbao hurriedly helped her up and carefully supported her to Yan Pozi's side.

"Grandmother, this is Meiniang. From now on, she is a member of our Jiang family!" He said excitedly.

Yan Pozi's turbid gaze turned several circles on the woman, looking up and down, and then pulled down her old face, "Zongbao, you don't want to take her as a concubine, do you?"

With such beauty, how could she be willing to be a concubine.

"Of course not." Jiang Zongbao hurriedly said, "I want to marry her as a wife!"

As a wife? Yan Pozi frowned, "Then what do you plan to do with Qin Shi?"

Qin Shi...

Jiang Zongbao seemed to have just realized that he still had a wife. He subconsciously looked toward Qin Shi.

Qin Shi stood by the pillar, not saying a word from beginning to end. Even now that her husband said he wanted to marry another woman, her face was indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with her.

Jiang Zongbao's gaze fell on Qin Shi's belly.

Her belly was very big, as if a huge ball was stuffed inside, but her limbs were very thin, thin at both ends and thick in the middle, a bit deformed and terrifying.

Jiang Zongbao was stunned.

He seemed to have not looked at Qin Shi properly for a long time, but he still remembered what she looked like when he first met her.

Under the peach tree, the young girl sat on the swing, smiling better than flowers, her voice better than an oriole, especially the two dimples on her cheeks, which made his heart itch.

He took a fancy to her at a glance, so he begged his grandmother to go to the Qin family to propose, but was rejected.

He was very disappointed, so he often went to see her secretly, later...

She finally became his wife.

But she never smiled again, and even never cried again, like a living dead person. When they were in the same room, no matter how excited and hard he tried, she was always as stiff as a piece of wood.

His male self-esteem couldn't come down, and gradually, he didn't love touching her anymore, simply going out to indulge himself.

Later, the two were as cold as ice, as if they were strangers.

Jiang Zongbao's heart surged with some sentimentality, but soon, this emotion dissipated.

He walked to Qin Shi, looked at her withered face, was silent for a long time, and then said, "In the future, Meiniang... will follow me."

Qin Shi said "En" expressionlessly.

This kind of obedience instead made Jiang Zongbao dissatisfied. He said with a gloomy face, "You are not angry?"

Qin Shi looked up at him, her eyes empty, "You want me to be angry? Good, then I will be angry."

"You!" Jiang Zongbao was even more anxious, "Qin Shi, I want to divorce you!"

Qin Shi twitched the corners of her mouth, "As you wish."

After saying this, she stopped paying attention to Jiang Zongbao, turned, and went into the room, closing the door.

Jiang Zongbao's bruised face was red and white for a while, very ugly.

Seeing this scene, Yan Pozi frowned, "Zongbao, your wife is still pregnant with the bones and flesh of our Jiang family. Divorcing a wife is impossible. As for Meiniang... just let her stay at home for now, and we'll talk about it later."

Yan Pozi knew clearly in her heart that the Jiang family is just an ordinary farmer's family and cannot keep such an overly beautiful woman. Moreover, a red-faced disaster, after a long time, it will only attract disaster.

Since that's the case, it's better to simply give it to someone else and let her harm someone else's family.

As for who to give it to, hehe...

Yan Pozi didn't feel sorry for those few mu of land either. She let Cao Shi and Jiang Lian'er clean up the mess in the courtyard, and then called Meiniang into her main room. She had something to say.

The excitement dissipated, and the villagers finally dispersed in twos and threes.

Du Ruo was also preparing to go home.

On the way, she met the village head, Lin You Tian.

Lin You Tian didn't let out half a fart just now and was a competent background board, but now he asked Du Ruo one thing.

"Jiang Li's wife, what are you planting in those few pieces of land behind the mountain? It doesn't look like crops either." His face carried obvious suspicion.

Du Ruo's eyeballs turned, then she raised her chin, pretending to be very smug, "Of course it's not crops. How much money can crops be worth?"

One of Lin You Tian's eyebrows raised high and then fell, asking the bottom of the matter calmly.

"Oh? Not crops, could it be some valuable treasure?"

"This..."

Du Ruo hesitated for a moment, first looking around, then lowering her voice, looking mysterious.

"I didn't want to talk about this everywhere, to avoid people discussing it behind my back, saying that I am crazy about money. But since you asked, Village Head, I will tell you secretly. But you must promise me that you absolutely cannot tell others, okay?"

Lin You Tian's eyes flashed with essence, "You say it, I guarantee to keep my mouth shut."

"Actually, the matter is like this." Du Ruo sighed, "Didn't I buy these few pieces of land from you, Village Head? Later, I heard people say that those are sandy lands and don't produce crops at all..."

Lin You Tian cleared his throat uncomfortably.

That's not it. If so, why did he try every means to sell it to the Second Branch of the Jiang family? Wasn't it to pit them?

Fortunately, Du Ruo didn't find trouble with him, but continued, "If it doesn't produce crops, then this land was bought in vain, right? So I asked everywhere to see what sandy land can grow. It was a coincidence. I happened to meet a peddler in the town. He told me that he had a pack of seeds, which were famous medicinal herbs, sold from a very far place, and they were suitable for planting in sandy land. He asked me if I wanted them. Of course I wanted them. That little pack cost me ten wen!"

"What medicinal herbs?" Lin You Tian asked hurriedly.

"He didn't say, and I don't know what it is. Anyway, the land is idle, so it's idle. Maybe it's really some valuable thing, then won't I get rich?"

Get rich? I think you are dreaming.

Ten wen a pack, and famous medicinal herbs, this kind of thing only fools those ignorant women and children.

Lin You Tian didn't show it on his face, just smiled, "So that's how it is. That's fine, I know. Don't worry, I guarantee not to tell others about your family's plan to get rich."

Even if you tell it, someone has to believe it. Ten wen a pack of famous medicinal herbs, pfft!

He shook his head amusedly and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Looking at his back, Du Ruo curled her lips.

People, sometimes it's like this. The more you tell them the truth, the less they believe it; the more you talk nonsense, the more they believe it.

To deal with someone like Lin You Tian who is suspicious, you have to be false and true, true and false.

Anyway, before the ghost-dudu has a harvest, no one can spit it out, saving it from being missed.

"Oh, sister-in-law, why are you running so fast?"

Yao Yulan chased from behind, panting and gossiping, "Hey, that woman called Meiniang, what does your grandmother plan to do with her?"

Du Ruo shook her head, "I don't know."

She left after seeing what that woman looked like. As for what happened later, she was too lazy to care.

Anyway, it's the First Branch's troublesome thing, it has nothing to do with the Second Branch.

However, it was an unexpected joy that she could dig a few mu of good land from the First Branch.

The two talked as they walked home. Yao Yulan still didn't give up on the previous topic, pouting, "You say it's really strange. A man like Jiang Zongbao, looking like a thin monkey, thief-eyed and rat-eyed, lecherous and low-class, and running out to mess around all day, not caring about the family. That woman is as beautiful as a fairy, what kind of man can't she find? Why does she have to be with Jiang Zongbao? You say, what exactly does she like about Jiang Zongbao?"

"Who knows." Du Ruo shrugged indifferently, "Radishes and cabbages have their own love. Maybe she just likes bad men."

According to what she saw in her past life, the more scumbags, the more peach blossoms.

Men are not bad, women don't love, right?

After arriving home, Du Ruo told Jiang Cheng the good news of adding land to the family.

Jiang Cheng had been staying at home studying the planting of chili peppers these days, not even willing to go out to watch the excitement. Suddenly learning that the family had land, he jumped three feet high.

"Really? Sister-in-law, you didn't lie to me?" He still couldn't believe it.

Du Ruo slapped the contract in front of him, "See for yourself."

She knew how much Jiang Cheng longed for land, so she told him this news as soon as possible, letting him be happy too.

After reading the contract, Jiang Cheng finally believed it, and then ran to the vegetable garden behind the house, "I'll go and cultivate more seedlings now, and then plant a large area of chili peppers!"

Rich, rich!

Du Ruo pursed her lips and smiled. This child is too impatient. It's still early. According to the contract, they have to wait for the First Branch to harvest the produce in the fields first, and then the land truly belongs to the Second Branch.

However, it will be Mid-Autumn Festival soon, and the rice should be ripe.

Counting it up, the family already has two ways to make money.

One is the ghost-dudu. Selling it for money should be no problem to build a big residence.

There is also this chili pepper. If three mu of dry land are planted with chili peppers, the income will be very considerable.

Because it is the only one, no other branch.

As for Jiang Li's monthly salary in the government office, it can be ignored.

Men, they must have their own careers. Although Jiang Li didn't say it, Du Ruo could see that this man's ambition is big, and he will never be willing to be a head catcher for a lifetime.

He should be waiting for an opportunity.

As for what opportunity, Du Ruo doesn't care or ask. Anyway, she is only responsible for earning money and managing the family well.

That night, the Jiang clan head sent someone to catch Jiang Zongbao.

Jiang Zongbao had just finished dinner and was monkey-anxiously pulling Meiniang into the room, preparing to exercise and digest.

Who knew that before he took off his pants, he heard that he was going to be thrown into the Bone Pavilion for three days, and he was scared limp on the spot.

"No, I don't want to go, there are ghosts there!" He clung to the pillar and refused to let go, fearing that if he let go, he would be thrown into the infinite hell.

Cao Shi cried and wept, wanting to stop it but not daring to.

Compared to starving for three days and being expelled from the clan, starving for three days is naturally easier to accept.

Cao Shi understood this truth, and Yan Pozi and Jiang Dabo knew it even more, so they simply hid in the room and didn't make a sound, coming to see nothing, letting those men in the clan drag him away.

Until Jiang Zongbao's shrill screams disappeared into the night, the family walked out silently.

Thinking of how scared her son would be tonight, Cao Shi's heart was simply too painful to breathe.

She vented all her anger on Meiniang.

It's all this vixen's fault!

If it weren't for her, how could her family lose so much silver, how could Zongbao be beaten black and blue, and even more, he wouldn't be locked in the gloomy Bone Pavilion and be scared.

"Little slut, get out to the courtyard and kneel for this lady. When Zongbao comes back, then you can get up!"

Meiniang looked at her lightly.

For some reason, Cao Shi's arrogance suddenly became a head shorter for no reason.

Seeing a ghost, facing that beautiful face, she actually softened her heart! She even had a sense of guilt, as if if she really let her kneel, she wouldn't be human!

Cao Shi couldn't help but shiver.

"Alright, stop tossing, is it not messy enough at home?" Jiang Dabo had been full of resentment toward Cao Shi because of what happened during the day, and now he couldn't stand her even more.

He threw a piece of broken cotton wadding at Cao Shi with a gloomy face, "Get out to the courtyard to sleep tonight, I'm annoyed looking at you!"

"Father, I don't..."

Before she finished speaking, Jiang Dabo had pushed her out with force, and then slammed the door shut with a bang.

Cao Shi's protest was stuck in her throat.

A flash of mockery flashed in Meiniang's eyes.

She straightened her white and slender neck, turned around slowly, and entered the room with an elegant posture.

Behind her, Jiang Dabo looked at the tightly closed door, his expression unpredictable.

Cao Shi slept in the courtyard for a night. Although it was not too cold at night in this season, the suffering was that there were many mosquitoes and insects, which bit her all over, painful and itchy, and she was miserable.

Jiang Zongbao couldn't sleep.

In the pitch-black night, all around were raised grave slopes, and all kinds of rustling sounds came from all directions, weird and terrifying.

The cold wind blew the small trees in front of the graves from time to time, making a creepy rustling sound, as if ghosts were summoning him.

Jiang Zongbao almost collapsed.

He closed his eyes tightly, covered his ears, curled into a ball, and fell on the cold ground, shivering.

"Second Aunt, don't come to find me, it has nothing to do with me... I didn't mean to kill you..."

"Let me go, let me go!"