reborn widow

Chapter 1

Gui Qingqing opened her eyes, and saw a thatched house with four walls, the walls built of rammed earth were cracked, and there was a window dug out of the earth on the opposite earth wall, the window was very small, and there was very little light. , the room was very dark, and the thatched roof had not been refurbished for a long time, which made the room have a strong pungent smell of retting grass.

Gui Qingqing finally remembered that this was her first husband, Li Tong, who was ill and spent all her savings. She sold the house and sold the land and had no place to live. The three-year-old son got smallpox and died here...

Gui Qingqing suddenly thought that she herself was actually dead, and was beaten to death by the order of her second husband. How could she come to this sad place?That's right, it must be her soul that can't be forgotten, so when she came back to take a last look, Gui Qingqing closed her eyes, and a string of tears rolled down from the corner of her eyes...

Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the yard, "Qingqing, is Qingqing there?"

Gui Qingqing saw the door open with a "squeak", and a wrinkled peasant woman entered the room. Although she was wearing coarse clothes, they were washed very clean and tidy, and she could smell a faint smell of saponin beans.

"Qingqing, it's me, your aunt, are you feeling better? I made a stewed chicken for my second daughter-in-law, and I'll bring you some. Get up and eat. If you want to eat something, don't be too sad, you can't die. Resurrection."

"Aunt?" Gui Qingqing looked at the somewhat familiar face, and remembered that this was Li Tong's aunt, Song Shi, who had always treated her well. Seeing her aunt open the earthen pot she was holding, a scent of fragrance rushed over her face, Gui Qingqing Qingqing couldn't help but startled, why is everything so real?Aren't you a ghost?Is he still alive, is he reborn back ten years ago?

Seeing Gui Qingqing stunned, Song said: "Qingqing, don't suffer yourself, you are so young and so beautiful, you are so talented, and you will find a good family to marry in the future, just treat this as a nightmare." As he spoke, he filled a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Gui Qingqing.

It turned out that she had really returned to ten years ago!Could it be that God knows how unwilling and wronged she died? !The pain of losing her husband and son ten years ago, with the passage of time, has not hurt her so much, but ten years later, she died at the hands of her second husband, and she only had hatred in her heart, hated him He listened to his wife's words, refused to listen to his own excuses, hated that he was just a concubine who was sold into the Song Mansion, and could only be beaten and killed by others...

Gui Qingqing drank a bowl of chicken soup, felt her body gradually warmed up, and regained her vitality, so she said, "Auntie, thank you for coming to see me."

"Look at you child, why are you being polite to your aunt? You took good care of your aunt in the first two years."

If you talk about taking care of her, Gui Qingqing really didn't take care of anything, that is, Mrs. Song's eyesight is not good, Gui Qingqing often helps her with some needlework.The Song family has three sons, none of whom got married in the first two years, and no one helped her. Now her granddaughter is running around. If Gui Qingqing remembers correctly, her second daughter-in-law has also given birth to a child now. Yes, I just said that she made chicken soup for her second daughter-in-law.

Gui Qingqing asked: "I heard in a daze that Mrs. Du gave birth to a boy, right?"

Song said with a smile: "That's not true! Now that the Li family finally has a son, your uncle is very happy now."

"Then congratulations, auntie."

Mrs. Song exchanged pleasantries with her with a smile, and seeing that Gui Qingqing's spirit had improved a lot, she asked again: "You don't have a room and a row of land now, what are your plans for the future?"

The thatched house that Gui Qingqing lives in now is an old house with three rooms abandoned by Li's family for several years, which is why the house smells so musty. As for the paddy and dry fields at home, they are all sold for Li Tong's medical treatment It turned out that now people go to finance and empty, and there is nothing left.

Gui Qingqing said: "The only thing I can do now is needlework, and I plan to embroider something to sell."

Song said: "You didn't think about going back to your mother's house? You don't even have a child around you now, and you are so young. There is a saying that there are many gossips in front of the widow's door. What are you still guarding? Why don't you let your father Mother will choose a good family for you, your father-in-law is a sensible person, so he won't let you..."

Gui Qingqing naturally understands these difficulties. In her previous life, she just wanted to remarry, so she returned to her natal family. Throwing pots and bowls, beating chickens and scolding dogs every day, making the house restless, and then his father decided to sell her to Song Ziqiao as a concubine, saying that Song Ziqiao's wife could not bear children, and she had given birth to a son, as long as she went to the Song family to give birth Son, you have reached the sky in one step...

Song Ziqiao was born in a family with thousands of acres of fertile land. He is a well-known wealthy family in Qingpu County. There are several shops in his family and he is doing business. He saw Gui Qingqing in the market and was amazed, so he sent people to Gui's house to buy her. , she is also afraid of poverty, and besides, she is a widow again, and she can be a concubine for Song Ziqiao. At that time, she herself felt that she had burned high incense. How could she think that what awaited her would be the fate of being beaten to death?
Now that Gui Qingqing thought about it carefully, Song Ziqiao's new favorite was found by his first wife, Shang Shi, and it was just because Song Ziqiao loved her too much, and used it to win the favor, but she had fallen out of favor, why did she want to hurt her again?After thinking about it, she finally remembered one thing. That day her son secretly called her mother, which Shang heard.

That's right, only when she dies can the son she gives birth to belong to the Shang family. The son who was brought up by Shang's side since he was a child, he would never think that his mother's life would be killed by his call Bar?Gui Qingqing now understands that the man who ran out of her room should have been arranged by Shang Shi. Without the participation of the housewife, how could a strange man be allowed into the house?
The thing that made her sad the most was Song Ziqiao. When he first entered the Song Mansion, he spoke sweetly and lovingly. Even if he had a new love after a few years and forgot about her old love, when something happened, he would not allow her to justify himself, so he ordered The servants beat her to death with sticks. In his heart, doesn't he have the slightest affection for her?She is his child's mother...

Thinking of the past, Gui Qingqing felt dejected, Song Shi comforted her again, Gui Qingqing smiled wryly and said: "Auntie, it's not like you don't know about my natal family, so it's fine if you don't go back."

Song sighed, "Tomorrow is the market, do you want to go and have a look? Even if you don't buy anything, let's go and relax. Tie Dan's daughter-in-law is going, you can have a companion."

Tie Dan's daughter-in-law is Song's eldest daughter-in-law Tian, ​​and Gui Qingqing nodded, "Okay, I'm going to buy some needles and threads."

Gui Qingqing sent the Song family away, and hurried back to the house to find the money. It took so long that she forgot where the money was hidden, but she remembered that the original house was sold for 50 taels, and when the money was gone, she sold another two acres of paddy fields I got 30 taels, and after my husband died, I spent all my money buying a coffin for burial. When Bao’er was sick, I sold all the few acres of dry land at home. I probably didn’t spend all of the 20 taels of silver.

Gui Qingqing searched for a long time, and finally found a piece of broken silver in a hole in the wall, which weighed about two taels, and found more than 600 copper coins in a broken earthen jar under the bed.

Looking at the stored grain, there is only about a bucket of brown rice, and some bran and bran. These things are not only feed for poultry, but also can be eaten in times of famine. Since ancient times, bran vegetables have been eaten for half a year. Seeing these things, Gui Qingqing finally had a bottom line in her heart.

Gui Qingqing has learned a lot in the Song family these years, among which embroidery is the same. She used to like to embroider things, and then learned some more from the embroiderer of the Song family. In order to win Song Ziqiao's favor, she also learned In order to read, write, and plan, once Shang's family was seriously ill, Gui Qingqing also helped manage the business of the shop.

Gui Qingqing was stunned for a while, thinking of all the past, mourning and angering for a long time, but thinking that she could finally arrange her own life in the future, she cheered up again, and had a chance to do it again, this time she must not repeat the same mistakes.

Gui Qingqing thoroughly cleaned the inside and outside of the house, boiled hot water, took a shower, and changed her clothes. Being busy is a good medicine for her to forget her grief. It was about to fall, and she saw that the weeds in the yard were sprouting, thinking that tomorrow she should buy some rapeseed, and then turn over the land in the yard, so that she could grow some vegetables and fruits...

After cooking a bowl of brown rice porridge, with pickles, Gui Qingqing started to eat dinner. Although she had been spoiled by the good food of the Song Mansion in the past ten years, but at this time, it was brown rice, and Gui Qingqing also ate it safely. The Song Mansion is full of calculations, and they don't need to calculate others, and they don't have to worry about being calculated by others. This feeling is very good.

Gui Qingqing had just eaten half a bowl of rice, when she heard the sound of "deng, deng, deng" footsteps coming from the yard, and then the door of the thatched cottage was pushed open with a bang, and Wang's loud voice sounded in the room "Gui Qingqing, you are so shameless, hurry up and pay back the two taels of silver you owe to my family!"

Mrs. Wang is Li Tong's third sister-in-law. When Li Tong was seriously ill and sold the land, the two acres of paddy fields were sold to the third brother Li Bai. At that time, the market price was 15 taels per mu. For outsiders, just give 14 taels for one mu, and for two mu of paddy fields, it is 28 taels. Li Bo was afraid of his own behavior, but seeing his fourth brother was seriously ill, he didn't want to take advantage of his fourth brother, so he secretly donated two taels, and what he gave to Gui Qingqing was 30 taels silver.

Gui Qingqing remembered this incident. Ten years ago, this scene also happened. It was Li Bai who got drunk and said something, and Wang called the door to ask for money.

Gui Qingqing is no longer as angry as she was ten years ago. At that time, she felt that the brothers of the Li family were not very close to each other. Both brothers were dying of illness, and the two elder brothers did not want to help. You know, the current paddy field has risen to 16 taels of silver per mu. It is said that the Wang family took advantage of it. In the previous life, Gui Qingqing was upset and had a big fight with the Wang family, and then returned angrily. natal family.

This time Gui Qingqing won't do it anymore, it's only two taels of silver, she believes that she will earn it back soon, in her eyes, Mrs. Wang is just a familiar stranger, and she can't ask too much of a stranger, Gui Qingqing said lightly: "Sister-in-law, please sit down, I'll bring it to you right now."

Mrs. Wang was stunned, she didn't expect that Gui Qingqing would give it to her so easily. When Gui Qingqing came out with the dime of silver, before Mrs. Wang recovered, Gui Qingqing stuffed the silver into Mrs. Wang's hand and said: " The third sister-in-law took a closer look, the two liang of silver is only a little more, and it is getting late, so I will not keep the third sister-in-law, please go."

Mrs. Wang came here in a rage, thinking about having a fight with Gui Qingqing, but she didn't expect to hit the cotton with a punch, and she was a little embarrassing at this time.

Gui Qingqing didn't bother to talk to her, she sent Mrs. Wang out of the chaimen, so she wanted to find a rope to tie the chaimen, so that cats and dogs could come in at will, which was scary, until Gui Qingqing found a rope When I came out, I saw a person standing at the gate. There was no starlight at this time, and Gui Qingqing couldn't tell who it was, so she asked, "Who is it?"

"It's me, your father."

Gui Qingqing recognized the voice of her father-in-law Li Fuman, and hurriedly asked, "Father, it's getting late, why are you here?"

(End of this chapter)