Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 1 Marriage [-]
Now is the first month of the year, the beginning of the new year, and everything is coming back to life.

Various temples and Taoist temples set up altars to offer sacrifices during the first month. Devoted men and women went to worship and burn incense to fulfill their vows. It was very lively.

There is a Taoist temple in Fushui Town called Xuanmiao Temple, located at the foot of the hillside at Zhentou.

In the first month of every year, a market opens next to the Sanqing Hall in the temple, selling paintings, snacks, fruits, etc.As for those selling groceries and playing tricks, singing, etc., they are in the center of the town.

There is also a wishing pool next to Sanqing Hall, where many people throw a copper into to pray for good luck.

Qin Xiang was pushed into the pool when she was throwing copper coins to pray for good luck.

The water in the pool is shallow, but the railing cannot be high enough, and there is no point of strength, so Qin Xiang cannot get up at all.

At this moment, the man selling paintings next to her jumped down and used his knees as a stool for her to stand on and climb up.

After coming up, the man took off his robe and put it on the shivering Qin Xiang, telling her to go home quickly.

The weather was cold and the water was cold, plus she made a fool of herself in public, Qin Xiang fainted from high fever that night.

After three days and nights, Qin Xiang finally woke up, but she was already in her twenties.

After three more days of confusion, Qin Xiang finally woke up completely, as if her body and soul had finally merged, and then she got up and walked around.

It was rare to have the sun, and her daughter was much better. Qin's mother Su was in a good mood, so she and her maid Sang took out all the winter quilts and winter clothes at home to dry, especially because Qin Xiang had sweated many beddings during her illness, and she would not dry them anymore. There is no use for drying it.

Qin Xiang sat in the corridor, leaning against the pillars and looking at her mother's back. The warm sun shone on her face, and she held the heater in her arms, but it could not dispel the coldness in her heart.

After rebirth, Qin Xiang faced many problems that needed to be solved: the person sent by her father to pick them up would arrive on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and her mother's deed of prostitution was still in her father's hands. She was his daughter, how should she resist her absolutely powerful father? ?

Also, after the shop under her name was taken over by her second uncle to open a teahouse, the rent was not paid. The family's expenses all depended on previous savings. However, after her serious illness, the family was already stretched thin.Therefore, it is urgent to solve the money problem. Otherwise, the mother is anxious. When her father sends someone to pick her up, she naturally agrees to return to the Qin family without hesitation.

Mother Su's mother was an outhouse bought by her father Qin Xiongfei for 20 taels of silver, but there has been no news from his father for several years.

Fortunately, he had already put the second-indoor courtyard and the shops in the town under Qin Xiang's name, so the mother and daughter had a place to eat and a place to live.

When Qin Xiang was young, her father often visited her and invited an old gentleman from Fucheng to teach Qin Xiang.

The old gentleman was an upright man, and he did not treat Qin Xiang with contempt because she was a girl. Instead, he taught her carefully, covering all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Qin Xiongfei was very happy to learn the piano the best.

Because there is no scientific examination required, Qin Xiang has more time and can study more freely.I can spend a lot of time every day studying incense with my husband.But at the end of last year, after Qin Xiang and his hairpin ceremony, my husband said goodbye and went back to his hometown.

Mrs. Su came over and touched her daughter's cheek, and said with a smile: "It's a little cold. You should go back to the room and rest."

Qin Xiang shook her head and suddenly remembered something and asked her mother: "Mom, after I fell into the pool, was the person who picked me up the person who sold paintings at the entrance of Sanqing Hall?"

Su Shi was stunned and didn't understand why her daughter suddenly asked about this?
But he still nodded: "Yes, he saved you. I haven't had time to thank him yet. I will definitely prepare a generous gift to thank him in two days."

Qin Xian lowered her head and thought for a moment, then suddenly said: "Mom, I fell into the water that day in full view of everyone, and I was still wearing my husband's robe. Are the stories about me that day being spread outside?"

"It's nothing, don't think about it!" Su said no, but her eyes were so evasive that she didn't dare to look at her daughter. Qin Xiang knew that she was right.In my previous life, I was also rumored so badly that when my father sent someone to pick her up, my mother and I left without hesitation, without even packing our things.

The shop and house here were later sent by my father to deal with them, so naturally they would not be given to Qin Xiang again.

Qin Xiang lowered her head, with a fierce look in her eyes: In this life, even if she marries a cat or a dog, she cannot let others manipulate her marriage.

In her previous life, she went to the Qin family for a long time before she learned that her father had many extramarital affairs, and that her seemingly virtuous aunt was not unaware of them, but rather condoned them.

Whenever a daughter was born outside, she would ask her husband to teach her music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and when she was born, she would take her back, find a way to leave the mother and keep the daughter, and then train the daughter for a year and a half before sending her off to get married. As for who she married, it didn't matter. As long as it's good for the Qin family's business.

It doesn't matter if the son born outside is just left outside without being taken back, and even the family tree is not included, the Qin family's property will naturally have nothing to do with them.

The small houses and shops in the small town are just things that the Qin family looks down upon, but they are the foundation for Qin Xiang and her daughter to live and work.

Mrs. Su sat down next to Qin Xiang, took out her handkerchief and wiped her tears: "Oh, it's all my mother's fault. If only I had accompanied you to Xuanmiao Temple that day, I would definitely not let you fall into the water."

"Mom, don't bring up the past. Let's all look forward. My daughter will protect you from now on."

Qin Xi comforted her a few more times, and Mrs. Su also wiped away her tears. After calming down her emotions, she said softly: "As for the person who saved you, I also know a little about him. His name is Xiao Chenyu, and he is a relative of the Xiao family next door."

Relatives next door?

Qin Xiang was in a trance for a while. There was a boy of the same age as her in the Xiao family next door, who was now studying in the county school. When she was a child, she often came to her home to ask her husband for advice. Every time she came over, she would bring herself some interesting little things bought on the street. thing.

If Qin Xiang had ever had vague feelings for anyone in her short life, it was Xiao Hanyang from her neighbor, that young man with clean and clear eyes and a shy and bright smile.

However, in her previous life, when she fell into the drunken red building and became a prostitute, she had met him once, but she had changed.

At that time, he was a prostitute who had won a gold medal and was about to become a noble son-in-law, but he was a lowly music prostitute. When he was talking eloquently, he entertained them with the music of the piano that he had once praised.

Qin Xiang originally thought she had forgotten this matter, but now that she thinks about it, she still remembers the indifferent look in that person's eyes. He didn't even look at her old friend again, let alone help her?

"How does mother know about that person?" Qin Xiang almost never leaves home. This year, she was dragged to Xuanmiao Temple by her cousin.My mother rarely goes out and rarely interacts with people.

Mrs. Su was stiff for a moment, glanced at her daughter, hesitated for a while and then said: "That day, you went to the Taoist temple. The Xiao family had hired a matchmaker to ask about your marriage. The children of the Xiao family are the best in our town. I was naturally happy to have a baby, so I just said that I asked you what you meant first, but it was obvious that I agreed at the time."

Qin Xi didn't know about this, but obviously something went wrong. Otherwise, why didn't she know about it in her previous life?
"But when you just woke up from the coma, the Xiao family's matchmaker came and returned the letter, saying that it was just a matter of marriage." Su Shi wanted to wipe her tears again.

"Why? Because I fell into the water?" Qin Xiang felt very ridiculous, but her face was very calm.

"The person who said he saved you is Xiao Chenyu, Xiao Hanyang's brother-in-law. The relationship between the two families is not good."

At this point, Su Shi remained silent because she really couldn't say those words.

(End of this chapter)