Abandoned Daughter's Beautiful Pastoral

Chapter 14 Shameless

"Who else is it if it's not you? Conscience, why did my old lady give birth to you, a wolf-hearted thing!"

Seeing that Zhang Xiaocao dared to speak, Mrs. Zhao immediately found an excuse to vent her anger, and poked her forehead fiercely with her index finger, spraying her head and face with saliva.

Zhang Xiaocao's thin clothes were poked back two steps by her, Zhao Shi's saliva with bad breath made her nauseous, she quickly wiped it with her sleeve, and retreated behind Zhang Dashan, unable to hide.

Zhang Dashan thought that his little daughter was afraid of his mother-in-law, and felt a little uncomfortable, so he stood up and said in a bad tone: "Mother, what are you doing? If the child says she didn't say it, then it's not, you Look at you, you scared the kids."

Mrs. Zhao saw Zhang Xiaocao cowering, pretending to be pitiful in front of her husband, and secretly hated her, but she didn't dare to go too far at this time, no matter how strong she was, the man in front of her was still her husband, her reliance, so she resented He said: "Hmph, just get used to her, she doesn't understand a thing, let me see what she will do in the future!"

Mrs. Zhao was subdued, and the family turmoil was over, but Zhang Xiaocao did not relax. Mrs. Zhao hated her more and more. Originally, she thought that after a few years, she would grow up, get married, and leave her. Mrs. Zhao's vision is fine, but judging from this situation, Mrs. Zhao can't find any decent marriage for her in this ancient time when her parents ordered her to marry her. A marriage that can earn a lot of dowry without paying a dowry. If this is the case, then it must not be a good family. If she passed, she would just jump from one fire pit to another!
If Mrs. Zhao is really cruel, she can't resist at all. Even if Zhang Dashan feels pity for her, judging from his dull and honest temperament, he can't stop Mrs. Zhao. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaocao can't help but sweat. Absolutely not in Zhao's hands!

The days are plain and fulfilling, and Zhang Xiaocao's forehead injury is almost healed, but there is an obvious scar left. According to Dr. Li, this scar is difficult to disappear naturally, but if there can be the scar in the pharmacy A plaster that can remove scars should be able to fade away, but the plaster for removing scars is very expensive, and it is impossible to buy it without more than ten taels of silver.

After Grandma Zhang found out, she was very sad for a while, but Zhang Xiaocao didn't pay much attention to it. The scar was not too big, and her forehead was covered with hair, so she couldn't see it unless she looked carefully.

However, seeing how Grandma Zhang often sighed, Zhang Xiaocao had no choice but to comfort her: "Grandma, I can earn money now. When I earn enough, I will buy a box and try it. Anyway, Xiaocao is still young, so I can't say As long as it grows, the scar will disappear."

When Grandma Zhang heard the words, she thought it made sense, and it was better, but her needles and threads were getting worse, and she only hoped to embroider more purse handkerchiefs, save enough money, and help Xiaocao buy a box.

What made Zhang Xiaocao excited was that those rabbit skins were successively bought by Grandma Zhang’s old sister Nihao to fur shops. More than 30 pieces of rabbit skins got a total of three or six coins. panic.

For the convenience of hiding, Grandma Zhang carefully exchanged the copper coins into silver. Zhang Xiaocao weighed her purse and figured out how to use the money. Winter was coming, and Mrs. Zhao had no intention of changing her bed with a new quilt , and never thought of making her a new padded coat, but if she went to buy these, wouldn't she just tell Mrs. Zhao that she had money and let her search for it?
Therefore, I can't buy quilts and cotton clothes, so I can only ask for cheap dad, and build a new kang first, and Zhao's family has no hope.

She also plans to go into the mountain tomorrow to have a look. The back mountain is not big in the first place, and the rabbit is almost covered by her. She hasn't even seen a rabbit fur in the past few days.

After leaving Grandma Zhang's house, Zhang Xiaocao walked home with firewood on her back, but just as she reached the center of the village, she heard the sound of gongs and drums coming from the other end. Many villagers ran there, talking while running, It turned out that the yamen servant from the county came to the Lizheng family to announce the good news. Lin Zhaoyuan was admitted as a scholar, and because of his high ranking, he was selected as a granary student!

Lin Zhaoyuan?
Zhang Xiaocao searched in her mind, but there was only a blurred face in her mind. The original owner was taciturn. She was doing housework or going to the fields every day, and rarely went out to play. Therefore, she didn't have a deep impression of Lin Zhaoyuan, who was very optimistic about Lin Zhaoyuan in the village. But after she came here, she heard Zhang Baozhu say it several times, and knew that he was Lizheng's only grandson, he was good-looking, and he was good at reading!

Although I was a little curious about this person, but I didn't go to the point of going to have a look, so I went straight home with the firewood on my back, the courtyard door was ajar, and there was no one in the house, so I went to Lizheng's house to watch the excitement.

Zhang Xiaocao looked at the sun, and it was time to cook. Now that the farming is slack, she only eats two meals a day, one at noon and one in the evening. This has made her come to this world for more than half a year, and she has not adapted to it. I'm so hungry right now.

At noon, they usually eat corn paste. Only those who go to work in the town at night can eat a meal of brown rice. Zhang Xiaocao scooped a small bowl of sauce and steamed it in the inner pot.

Before the water in the pot boiled, I heard Zhao's excited loud voice from outside the yard: "Mother is just waiting for your third brother to give mother an exam to come back to save face. Look, this passed the exam." Xiucai, the imperial court also gives money and food, this year there are four taels of silver, which is more than our family earns through hard work, and there are six buckets of rice grain every month, ouch, this is incredible!"

"That's not right! The third brother will definitely be able to pass the exam. By then, my mother will be a scholar, who dare not give you face!"

Zhang Baozhu's slightly proud voice sounded, saying what Zhao Shi loved to hear. This was Zhao Shi's heartfelt voice, and it was also her heartfelt voice. Brother Yuan, so she wanted Third Brother to pass the exam more than anyone else.

What Zhang Baozhu said was very ironic to Mrs. Zhao, and she entered the courtyard with a smile on her face, as if her son had already passed the exam.

"Mother, Lizheng's family just said that they are going to invite the villagers to dinner, what kind of gifts should we bring?" Mrs. Liu asked cautiously with a smile.

It's no wonder she was worried. In the past, relatives in the family had any happy events. This mother-in-law always used the excuse that the family had no money and asked her to subsidize it with dowry. I can't get it out.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhao's expression darkened. This is a great happy event for Li Zheng's family. They definitely have to go, let alone go empty-handed. Thinking about spending a lot of gift money, my heart aches. It's like gouging out the flesh.

"I want you to talk too much, but I don't want you to pay for it! I just don't have money to give gifts, can his family still send me out?"

Mrs. Liu bowed her head in aggrievedness and dared not speak. Her mother-in-law said she didn't want her to pay, but every time it came, she would force her to pay in different ways. Even if she was asked to go back to her mother's house to get the money, she didn't think it was a big deal. wrong.

(End of this chapter)