Marrying a village tyrant husband with space, being spoiled by the in-laws

"Sir, please be merciful. I am an old woman with a miserable life. My son and daughter-in-law both died, and I am left alone to raise my young grandson."

"I am old and have no time to work in the fields. I don't harvest much grain. This is all we harvested this year. Please, sir!"

The old woman was kneeling on the ground, trembling all over, her withered hands full of cracks.

"Don't say so much useless nonsense to me. If everyone is like you, will they still pay the grain tax? This is a government office, not a charity. If you can't pay the grain tax, you have to sell your grandson to pay the grain tax!"

"Everyone behind me, watch carefully. Don't try to cry poor here or make trouble. If anyone uses the excuse of grain tax shortage again, he will be killed on the spot!"

The two officers and soldiers next to her started beating and kicking the old woman without any mercy at all. They were worse than animals.

Yu Suihuan was so angry when she saw this scene that she really wanted to rush forward, but she could only think about it and there was nothing she could do, after all, she was just an ordinary citizen.

In this feudal ancient time, these officers and soldiers used chicken feathers as their authority. They were poor people themselves, and it was really shameless for them to bully the old, the weak, women and children.

Everyone present felt sorry for the old woman, but what could they do?

We are all ordinary people. Who would dare to go against the government, unless they are tired of living?

At this time, a carriage slowly stopped by and a man in a long gown and a mustache got out.

He was seen smiling with a fake face as he helped up the old woman who was lying on the ground.

"If you don't want to sell your grandson, why not sell your land? That way you will have money to pay the grain tax and buy grain."

The old woman looked miserable.

"If we sell this land, what will we eat in the future?"

"If you don't sell the land now, you won't be able to protect your grandson. You should weigh it yourself, which is more important, your grandson or the land."

The man with a mustache looked at the people who were queuing up to pay their grain taxes.

"Fellow villagers, I am the manager of the Yu family, the richest family in Hexi County. If any family cannot pay the grain tax and wants to sell land, you can come to me. Don't worry, the price is absolutely fair. If you cannot pay the grain tax, you can sell a small part of the land, which can not only reduce the grain tax but also get silver. This is a good thing to kill two birds with one stone."

Yu Suihuan was so angry that he almost laughed at this remark. This man was really a liar with open eyes. The family didn't have much land to begin with, and the grain they harvested was barely enough for food. Now the government suddenly wanted to increase the grain tax, making it impossible for everyone to pay. If they sold the land, they would starve to death after paying the grain tax.

When Li Chengjin heard that they were from the Yu family in Hexi County, he calmly put Yu Suihuan behind him and then led the donkey cart out of the crowd.

"Do you know the man who claimed to be the manager of the Yu family?"

"I don't know him. I never left the house before, so I didn't meet many people."

Yu Suihuan shook her head. The original owner was a sickly person. She traveled through time and space and was kicked out before she could even sit down. Who could she know?

"Although the Yu family is the richest in Hexi County, they are far from being wealthy enough to buy land on such a grand scale. And it seems that they are in collusion with the government, so those officers and soldiers acquiesced."

"Huanhuan, aren't you curious about your true identity? The Yu family is the richest family in Hexi County. The Yu family in Daliushu Village has nothing to do with them, so how could they have taken the wrong child?"

Yu Suihuan knew that her husband knew more about her life experience than she did.

"When I was in Yu Mansion, I was often seriously ill and would be bedridden for half a month, sometimes three or five months. Later, I was driven out of Yu Mansion and sent to Daliushu Village. Are you saying that I am not the daughter of the Yu family in Daliushu Village, and there is another secret behind my identity?"

Li Chengjin pulled the donkey cart to a small river. There were almost no people passing by here, and no one would hear their conversation.

"I do have something to tell you. The Yu family, the richest family in Hexi County today, is a distant relative of the Yu family, the richest family in the entire Northland fifteen years ago. Your mother is the eldest daughter of the Yu family, the richest family in the Northland."

"Your mother had a past with Prince Yu when he was still a prince, but Prince Yu's mother, Concubine Shu, looked down on your mother's low status as a merchant's daughter and refused to let Prince Yu marry her as a concubine."

"Your mother is also a hot-tempered person. When she met Prince Yu, she didn't know he was a prince. Even if Consort Shu agreed to let her be a concubine, she would not agree. She would never be a concubine. Moreover, Prince Yu already had a princess, concubines, concubines, and maids at that time."

"Your mother was heartbroken and cut off all contact with King Yu. Later, she found out that she was pregnant. Your mother and my mother were not only close friends, but she also saved my mother's life."

"You have lived in my family's courtyard since your mother gave birth to you. At the beginning, your mother and my mother said that they would betroth you to me and let me marry you when you grow up."

"Not long after, due to the struggle for imperial power, my family was framed and my entire family was exterminated. It was my nanny and the instructor who taught me martial arts at the time who risked their lives to protect me, and that’s how I was able to save my life."

"Mammy was originally the daughter of my current grandfather Zhou, that is, my grandfather's sister. She took me all the way back to Zhoujia Village. It happened that Li Chengjin was in poor health at that time and died of illness in my grandfather's house.

"Later, my grandmother and the nanny discussed it and decided to let me impersonate the third son of the Li family in order to prevent my daughter and son-in-law from being sad when they returned. I was raised in the Zhou family for more than two years before returning to the Li family."

"At that time, there was chaos and war, and your mother entrusted you to the head of the Yu family, the richest family in Hexi County. He was a distant relative of the Yu family. At that time, the third daughter born to his wife was framed by the concubine and became a stillborn baby. It was natural for you to take the place of the third young lady."

"I originally thought you would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life, but I didn't expect that not long after the Yu family's Patriarch died, you were kicked out by Madam Yu on the grounds that you were taken away by mistake."

"I remember your mother often said that she left you a large dowry. It was enough to ensure that you would have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life. She also often teased me and told me that when I grow up, I will marry you and you must treat me well and never be a heartless man."

"After so many things happened, I didn't expect that by some strange coincidence, you would still marry me. However, your status changed from the son of a general and the daughter of a wealthy man to an ordinary farmer and a peasant girl."

Yu Suihuan fell silent after hearing this. She had known for a long time that the identity she traveled through was not simple, but she did not expect that there would be so many bizarre twists and turns in the process.

It turned out that she and Li Chengjin had already been engaged, and perhaps he had already set his sights on her from the moment he recognized her identity.

"What about my mother? Where is she now?"

Since you are using someone else's body, you must fulfill your obligations.

"As the daughter of the richest man in the North, your mother had many people coveting the Yu family's wealth. Later, the entire Yu family was framed, and all the male descendants died. Your mother took over the huge Yu family, but she could not escape the fate of being harmed and died a long time ago. Now those Yu clan members who are left are all distant relatives from the side branches."

Li Chengjin held Yu Suihuan's hand tightly, wanting to give her some warmth and strength.

"These things happened many years ago. Don't be afraid. I will be with you from now on. I will do my best to protect you."

"Protect you well" is a touching statement, but she is not the real Yu Suihuan, nor is she the one who was engaged to him. Can she accept this true love with peace of mind?

Since Li Chengjin confessed so much to her today, she should also be honest.