The Duke’s wife is beautiful but has a dark heart

Late at night, a merchant ship stopped on the river bank.

The seven-year-old girl was huddled in the stern of the boat. Although she was sleepy and tired, the inexplicable fear in her heart made her unable to sleep even if her eyelids were fighting.

He covered his ears tightly with his hands, but he couldn't stop the sound from next door.

Hitting the wall, the man's loud gasp, that laugh. Also, it was her mother... who was holding back her sobs.

The girl’s name is Li Da Niu.

Her mother's name is Tan Shuya. Despite her delicate appearance and pleasant name, she could not help but suffer from the decline of her family. When he was seventeen, his father, who was addicted to gambling and drinking, gave her to Li Xiucai to bear a son for the infertile Mrs. Li.

In fact, Mrs. Li's real surname was Li, and Li Xiucai was her son-in-law, the scholar whom the Li family sent him to study.

Therefore, even if his wife is infertile, he does not dare to say anything.

Mrs. Li finally gave up when she saw that she was already in her late thirties and her stomach still hadn't moved. I thought of a way: marry an innocent girl and send her away after giving birth to a son.

It is unthinkable for a husband to take a concubine.

He did what he said, and after a quick search, he chose Tan Shuya and spent fifteen taels of silver to bring her over.

Sure enough, this idea is correct. More than a year after entering the hospital, a big fat boy was born.

Mrs. Li was happy in her arms, but when she glanced at her husband, she seemed to have some affection for Tan Shuya.

How could she endure this?

With a casual finger, Tan Shuya was given to Li Yin, an old bachelor in my family who could not find a wife.

Tan Shuya didn't dare to say no, because her wife said that if she dared to make trouble, she would be thrown into a brothel!

Li Yin, the principle of poverty comes from poverty. People are lazy, bad-tempered, petty and pretentious. Ordinarily, it should be a good thing that fell from the sky to get such a beautiful wife without spending a copper!

But he thought: You only give me what you don’t need after using it. This is looking down on me!

If a woman who has given birth to a child becomes my wife, she is looking down on me!

Although he thought so, he did not refuse. After all, I'm not completely stupid...

But he will not be kind to Tan Shuya, and her nightmare begins.

Once they were able to get into the house, they worked from morning to night, were beaten and scolded, and had neither enough food nor clothing. A year later, she became pregnant and was aborted again by Li Yin.

It's a son.

Seeing his son gone like this, Li Yin also felt a little regretful, so he treated her better.

Tan Shuya was a little sick due to a miscarriage, and she had no money to support her. It took four or five years before she became pregnant again.

This time, a daughter was born.

Li Yin was furious, thinking that Tan Shuya was going against him! "I beat you, but you were pregnant with my son. Now that I'm not beating you, you're going to give me a baby that costs money?"

Thus, a new round of beatings and scolding began.

The little girl has no name, Tan Shuya calls her Niu'er, and Li Yin calls her a little bastard, a loser. People outside call her: Li Danniu.

So, this was her name.

Before she can walk steadily, Li Da Niu will help her mother carry firewood. At the age of three or four, she was able to wash dishes steadily. She only dropped one bowl and never dropped it again. Because her father can beat...

Tan Shuya is actually quite ingenious and does a very good job. If she could be allowed to do some work outside, life at home would be better.

But Li Yin refused! He was worried that "Li Xiucai" would see him and humiliate him.

No one knows why he thinks this way... Difficult days go by like this day by day. Seven-year-old Li Da Niu can do all kinds of things, including chopping firewood for cooking, fishing for loaches in the river, and helping others combine mud to make adobe bricks.

Seeing it, it seems that life is getting better.

On this day, a woman wearing silk and flowers came to the village. After looking around, she saw Li Danniu at a glance.

Although he has a sallow face and skinny muscles, and a slender body with a big head, he still has the shape of his head, the amount of his hair, his eyebrows, his slim shoulders, and his thin arms and legs. She is different from other silly girls in the village!
The old lady came over in two steps, took her hand directly, opened her mouth and looked at her teeth, "...Tsk, tsk, it looks neat, it's really a good seedling!"

Looking at the hands and feet again... the old woman frowned.

Li Da Niu's hand was holding a knife to chop wood. It was the knife that had been passed down from generation to generation in her family, like a toothless old lady. It can't be cut without using any force. Therefore, her hands were calloused and her fingers were deformed.

"What kind of family is this? Shui Ling'er's little girl is in such trouble!?"

Li Da Niu looked at her mother-in-law blankly, why is she so beautiful? It still smells so good... The clothes on her body, when she reached out and touched them... were soft and slippery, and her hands almost made people feel hooked!
Sure enough, the woman knocked her hand off. Tan Shuya was working. When she heard the movement and took a look, she hurriedly came over, pulled Li Danniu over, glared at the old woman, and pulled her daughter away.

Li Da Niu looked back while walking...

How could a person give up so easily after falling into the eyes of that woman?

After asking about it, she went directly to find Li Yin. The asking price is ten taels, I want to buy Li Da Niu!
Li Yin almost dropped his jaw, how much? That money-losing item is worth ten taels of silver?
But he is so clever that he has no expression...

The mother-in-law thought that he was unwilling, so she advised: "That little girl will be completely ruined if she stays at your house any longer. I'm afraid no one will want her if she is sold as a girl to a wealthy family. Look at those hands, they are all deformed! Take care. Girl, how did you raise her?

Black face, yellow hair, and smelly. Ten liang is a huge price. If I hadn't come out this time, I wouldn't have asked for it. Even if you want it, it’s only five taels at most! "

As soon as Li Yin looked at the woman, he knew what she was doing. He didn't feel offended, but said: "Thirty-two? My daughter, among these ten miles and eight villages, is there any one who is as good-looking as her? I love you so much... I want to get it to your place for such a small amount of money?! What are you thinking about?"

When the mother-in-law is dissatisfied, she tries to persuade and belittle her... she is very good at talking.

But Li Yin really had two thoughts and was unmoved. Now that he knows the way, there is no need to rush. Without your home, there would be another home! That money-losing product... No, no, no, it's not a loss-making product now! She is only six or seven years old, so it’s still early! There's always a good place to go!
Seeing that he didn't seem to be in a hurry, the old lady was a little interested. She had been hanging around for many days without disturbing anyone!

So she raised the price, and the two of them bargained for a long time, and finally settled on thirty taels of silver.

Li Yinzi stretched out his hand for some money, and the old woman said, "Can I carry dozens of taels of silver with me? Aren't I afraid of being robbed?! Either you take the girl with you, or I'll come back to get her. But we've agreed, we can't Changed it. Otherwise, don’t think I’m a vegetarian!”

The mother-in-law raised her eyebrows and looked very powerful.

Li Yin was a little scared and nodded in agreement. Before leaving, the mother-in-law told him: Wash the girl and don't get hurt in the next two days!

Tan Shuya led Li Da Niu back and warned her, "That woman is not a good person. Next time you see her, hide! If she dares to pull you, bite her!"

How does Li Da Niu know? "Mom, why are the clothes she is wearing so bright?! They are so beautiful! They are so thin and soft that they are scratched when I touch them."

"Don't look at it again! Those clothes are not for you! If you look at them again I will beat you!"

"Oh." Li Da Niu stopped talking. However, she remembered again: the flowers on the mother-in-law's head looked like real flowers in the fields. She also had one on her head, but it wilted after a while. Hey, the mother-in-law also has a shiny thing on her head. Is it silver?

The two of them walked around the woods and walked home. They were just talking and didn't pay attention to a boy of about ten years old standing behind the tree.

He has pretty features, clean clothes, and looks like a scholar. He was looking at Tan Shuya hard...

Wait for them to walk over. The young man following behind him said anxiously: "Master, let's go back quickly! If my wife finds out, this servant will not survive. Just take a look, okay?"

The boy said: "Are you sure this is her? Why is she so old? Isn't it said that she is much younger than my mother?"

"She's having a hard time here! What do you think she's wearing? She's been exposed to the wind and sun all day long..."

"That little girl was also born to her?"

"Yes, my name is Li Da Niu! Master, go back quickly! Don't let my wife know..."

This is the past.