The female doctor farmed the land, bought a husband and set up a separate household

Jiang Sining turned around and saw several women from the same village squatting in the shade under the city wall.

One of them was Aunt Zhang, who went to the mountains with her to pick wild vegetables yesterday.

"Ning girl, come here." Aunt Zhang waved at her, "Are you going back?"

"Ah."

"Would you like to come with us and take Old Man Wu's ox cart back?" Aunt Zhang said, "It only costs a penny. I can pay it for you."

Jiang Sining's eyes lit up. If there was an ox cart, he would definitely ride it.

Not to mention one cent, she doesn't think even ten cents is expensive!

So he nodded vigorously and said, "If you want to sit, I have money."

Aunt Zhang was slightly startled and asked in a low voice: "Have you sold all the mushrooms?"

"Ah."

“Just sell it.”

Although I spoke quietly, the people around me still heard it.

A thin middle-aged woman with bulging eyes immediately asked, "Mushrooms? What kind of mushrooms? Are they the kind you pick up from the mountains? Did you go to the market to sell them today, Ning? How much did you sell them for per pound? How much did you sell them for in total?"

The barrage of questions made Jiang Sining suddenly feel powerless to cope with it.

She was not a talkative person, so she was most afraid of women who were particularly good at talking. The lady in front of her, surnamed Song, was the woman with the fastest and most talkative mouth and who loved to stir up trouble the most in Liuyun Village.

none of them!

But she is Muramasa's eldest daughter-in-law. Most people dare not cause trouble for her even if she stirs up trouble for them. Most people avoid her when they see her.

Jiang Sining doesn't want to provoke this kind of person even if he can afford it.

Toads don't bite, but they are annoying.

Fortunately, Aunt Zhang came to her rescue: "There aren't that many. Yesterday, we picked more than ten kilograms of mushrooms. I didn't expect to go to the market today, so I asked Ning to help sell them."

"More than ten kilograms of mushrooms can be sold for a lot of money!"

As she spoke, Song looked at the basket behind Jiang Sining and immediately shouted, "See, I said it must be a lot. Even chickens were bought, and two of them!"

"Are you stupid? Why are you buying a rooster?"

Jiang Sining: ...Because the rooster meat is tender and delicious!

"Roosters can't lay eggs, so raising them is a waste of food!"

"I can tell at a glance that you've been deceived!"

"Alas, this is what happens when you are new to the world. You finally made a little money, but it was all taken away by someone in the blink of an eye!"

"If your grandmother finds out when you get home, she'll definitely beat you to death!"

Jiang Sining: ...

If it weren't for so many people in front of her, she really wanted to give her an injection to make her shut her leaky mouth forever.

"What do you care what I buy?"

"Oh, you wild girl, your kindness is not rewarded?" Song said sarcastically, "Oh, oh, I almost forgot that you have a mother but no father. Now your mother is dead, so it's right for you to be uneducated."

"You deserve to be kicked out by your grandmother for being like this!"

"I will never let you go back in this life. I'd rather let you starve to death on that mountain!"

……

"Alright, alright, stop talking." Aunt Zhang saw that the atmosphere was getting tense, so she quickly advised, "Old Man Wu is here, let's go over there quickly."

Old Man Wu is in his fifties and is an elderly widower living alone in Liuyun Village.

When he was in his twenties, a heavy rain triggered a mudslide and buried his entire family. He escaped because he went out to check on the crops in the fields.

In order to dig his family members out, he dug in a pool of mud and rocks with his hands for several days and nights. Later, he never remarried. He built a small shed next to his family's graves and lived there for more than 20 years.

Later, as he grew older and his back became hunched, it became difficult for him to cultivate a few acres of land. In good years, he could barely make a living.

When there was nothing to do on the farm, he would drive his old ox and pull a cart, taking the villagers to the market to earn some money.

The fare is not expensive, only one cent for a round trip. Of course, it also costs one cent for a one-way trip.

I could only earn a few cents every time I went to the market.

Old Man Wu’s ox cart was very old, with the wood turning black and rotten in many places. It was also a bit narrow, and Jiang Sining doubted whether it could seat five people.

"I'll sit in the middle!"

Like a giant monkey, Song was the first to jump onto the ox cart and occupied the best position in the middle.

I also put her big backpack in front of her so that no one can sit opposite her and she can enjoy a lot of space.

Maybe they were used to it, so no one said anything and everyone found their own seat. When it was Jiang Sining's turn, there was only a space the size of a palm left.

"Ning girl," Aunt Zhang said, "put the backpack in front and come sit next to me."

"it is good."

After squeezing and pushing again, Jiang Sining finally got on the ox cart. With a shout from Old Man Wu, the old ox in front shook its bald tail and took heavy and slow steps.

The bumpy road made Jiang Sining doubt his life and he felt like his butt was broken in two.

Perhaps it had run over a rock, as one side of the ox cart suddenly rose up and then fell heavily back. If she had not been quick enough to grab a backpack, she would have been thrown off the cart.

But this is Song's backpack.

Song was already very angry with her, so how could she let go of this opportunity?

He slapped Jiang Sining's hand open and shouted, "Why are you grabbing my backpack? Can you afford to pay for it if it's broken?"

"You are such a jerk," Aunt Zhang said. "You think the things in the backpack are broken just because you grabbed them? If she hadn't grabbed them just now, she would have fallen under the car."

"What does her falling have to do with me?" Song said, "Besides, why do you care about other people's business? Why are you so foul-mouthed? Is she your child, or are you hers?"

"Why do you talk like that..."

"What's wrong with me saying that? Whose rich lady are you? Why can't people say it?"

Jiang Sining gently nudged Aunt Zhang, signaling her not to argue with such people, which was a waste of time and energy and not worth it.

Aunt Zhang also knew that Song was sharp-tongued, so she stopped arguing with her. But Song would never stop. After arguing with Jiang Sining and Aunt Zhang, she started yelling at Old Man Wu who was driving the carriage.

"Wu Tuozi, are you blind too? Can't you see such a big rock on the road? It's no big deal if those orphans are killed, but if you hurt me, you can't even pay for it with your life!"

Old Man Wu didn't say anything either, he just kept his head down and drove the car.

Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, Song held on to her backpack and bumped around vigorously, forcing the two people next to her to move some distance away. Only then did she stop with her nose in the air.

It's really annoying to meet such a person. If the sun wasn't so scorching, Jiang Sining would rather walk.

"Today's sun seems to be hotter than any other day," the people on the oxcart could no longer bear it after traveling for most of the way. "Father Wu, let's find a place to stop and rest for a while."

"oh oh--"

Old Man Wu ordered the ox cart to stop, and everyone immediately jumped off and went into the woods beside the road to find a cool place to hide.

Song didn't sit with the others. She put the backpack aside and said to Old Man Wu, "Tutti Wu, you have to take good care of my backpack."

As she spoke, she deliberately glanced at Jiang Sining and continued, “I’m not afraid of others, but I’m afraid of those uneducated people with dirty hands and feet.”

Jiang Sining frowned slightly. The meaning of these words was so obvious that even a fool could hear it.

She could tolerate Song saying that she had no father or mother, and even that she was uneducated, but she could never tolerate Song saying that she had dirty hands!

Although she was orphaned at a very young age, she never took or stole anything.

When she was still in the orphanage, several older children stole food in the kitchen and put the blame on her because they were afraid of being punished.

At that time, a caregiver did not listen to her explanation at all. He grabbed her collar and dragged her to the yard to stand in punishment.

She remembered that the sun was very strong that day and the weather was as hot as a steamer. The scorching sun made every inch of her skin burn and even breathing felt difficult.

But she would never admit anything she hadn't done, even if she fell to the ground due to heatstroke and her face, neck and arms were sunburned.

Later, she pinned the older children who had blamed her to the ground and beat them one by one. She couldn't beat the oldest one, but she left two rows of indelible teeth marks on his arm.

Recalling these, Jiang Sining felt as if he was in another world.

Her body is no longer the same as before, but she is still the same Jiang Sining inside.

Some things will never change, even after a lifetime.

Seeing Song turn around and walk deeper into the woods, Jiang Sining knew she was going to the toilet, so he followed her.

How could she let go of such a good opportunity?