The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

"Xiaoman, go and prepare a few rooms. Runyue, guard the door of this room and don't let anyone in!" Jingxue instructed before entering the room and closing the door behind her.

Jingxue removed the sheet from the girl's body. The girl's clothes were patched upon patched, and her calves were wrapped in cloth, which was already soaked with blood.

Jingxue used her consciousness to bring someone into the space for the first time. After disinfecting herself, she cut open the cloth on the girl's calf. The flesh at the wound was turned outward, and the bone was almost visible. She took an X-ray, and thankfully, the bone was fine.

After administering anesthesia, we started cleaning her wound, then applying medication and stitching it up. This wound will definitely leave a scar in the future.

Finally, they gave her an IV drip to reduce her fever and inflammation.

When Jingxue brought the person out of the space and put them directly on the bed, she opened the door and saw Runyue sitting on a stool eating a chicken leg!

The little myna bird perched on her shoulder.

"Miss, are you done with your work? Are you hungry? Li Ma has killed a chicken for us. Go and eat!" Runyue swallowed a mouthful of chicken.

"I'm not hungry yet. Have An'an and Yingying eaten?" Jingxue asked.

"We ate them. Yingying and I each had one chicken leg. An'an said he doesn't like chicken legs! I'll let him have them if he wants them!"

"Mmm! Yueyue is such a good girl!" Jingxue patted the little tuft of hair on Runyue's head.

Xiaoman heard the noise and came out of the kitchen across the street, with Li Ma following behind her.

Knowing that the adults hadn't eaten yet, Jingxue urged everyone to eat quickly, but Li Quan and his wife refused to eat at the same table as Jingxue, saying that they would eat with the coachman instead. Jingxue didn't force them.

During the meal, Xiaoman asked, "Miss, how was that girl? You're amazing! You can cure illnesses just by reading a book!"

"Yes! Isn't it beneficial for me to teach you to read and write?"

"Yes! Miss, don't worry, I will definitely study hard!" Xiaoman nodded and said.

"Xiaoman, later you and Li Ma will find a clean set of clothes for that girl to change into, and then wash her body, just make sure not to touch her wounds. Then cook her some porridge. Take good care of her these next few days, I need to go check on the fields!"

"Yes, Miss, don't worry!"

After a quick meal, Jingxue learned about the estate from Li Quan. Her family owned 100 mu of land on the estate, which they rented out to villagers every year, with half of the harvest going to the landlord.

Although there was a drought this year, there was a river to the south of the village, and the villagers went there to fetch water to irrigate their fields, so the harvest was barely passable. However, the river was almost completely dried up.

The grains available in this era included rice, wheat, and sorghum.

There aren't many varieties of vegetables available. In autumn, there are only Chinese cabbage and radishes, which are the main vegetables for most people throughout the winter.

"Miss, the rice has been threshed and delivered to our shop. I've recorded it all. The wheat hasn't been milled yet, and the sorghum hasn't been harvested. The villagers say the temperature is still okay, so maybe we can harvest it a little more, but the problem is, it's not plump enough!" Li Quan took the ledger and handed it to Jingxue.

In Jingxue's memory, sorghum was mainly used for brewing wine. Sorghum was difficult to cook. She remembered her grandfather saying that when they were young, in the 1960s and 70s, they would get stomach aches whenever they ate sorghum rice.

However, the grain has been improved by generation after generation and is much better than before!

But in this day and age, even something difficult to cook is better than having no food at all.

"Uncle Li, what do the villagers do in winter?" Jingxue asked while flipping through the account book.

"What can we do in winter? We just stay at home and hibernate. If we have little food, we only eat one meal a day. Even if we eat two meals, it's just thin porridge. In a good year, an acre of land can produce about 3 shi of grain, but these past two years have been bad! Maybe only 2 shi!"

“The hunters in the village sometimes go hunting in the mountains during the winter, but it is very dangerous! Most people stay near the mountainside and dare not go deep into the mountains. The hunters don’t even eat the wild animals they hunt; they sell them to supplement their family income!”

"Besides medicinal herbs, what other wild vegetables, fruits, mushrooms, etc. grow on this mountain?" Jingxue asked.

"We have all sorts of wild vegetables. We're so grateful for Wolong Mountain. If we relied solely on grain, some families would really go hungry. In the spring, families with little grain would go up the mountain to dig for wild vegetables. They would bring back a little rice and cook a wild vegetable porridge, which would be enough to keep them alive! In the summer, they could pick some mushrooms, but there weren't many wild fruits!"

After hearing what Li Quan said, Jingxue had some ideas in mind.

Just then, Xiaoman came over and said that the girl had woken up.

It turns out the girl's name was Liu Sanhao, and she was only 15 years old.

Her second brother was a soldier who was wounded in the leg during the war. He was discharged from the army three years ago and returned home.

Their parents were still alive then, but the family was poor and couldn't afford to get a wife for their second brother.

There was no other way, so they arranged a marriage for her when she was only 12 years old. The groom was Ma Enguo, who had also been cut off from his job due to an injury to one of his hands. Ma Enguo was 5 years older than her.

In the past two years, Liu Sanhao's parents have passed away one after another, and she and her brother and sister-in-law have had a hard time.

Hearing this, Jingxue couldn't help but wonder, if wounded soldiers returned home, wouldn't the imperial court provide them with some money? How could Liu Sanhao's second brother not have money to get married?

But then I thought, maybe I could use the little money I had to do something else!

Xiaoman had already cleaned up Liu Sanhao, changed her into Li Ma's old clothes, and fed her some porridge.

"how do you feel?"

Liu Sanhao tried to get up but Jingxue held him down.

"Thank you so much, benefactor! Sanhao is willing to serve you like a slave!" But Liu Sanhao kept nodding, tears streaming down her face and onto the quilt.

"You're welcome! You might have a scar on your leg, but it should heal in about ten days to two weeks!" Jingxue said.

"Oh, and also, I don't know if Xiaoman told you, your engagement has been called off. To solve the problem, your brother and sister-in-law and I bought you. But you can leave anytime you want, and I'll give you the indenture!" Jingxue knew that some people would rather be poor than be slaves.

Liu Sanhao's tears fell like beads from a broken string. "My benefactor, you bought me, so I am your person. Without you, I would be dead. I don't blame my brother and sister-in-law. They have it tough too. Our parents are gone, and I have no home. Isn't that how it is for all girls!"

"Don't be sad, focus on healing your leg injury first, and we can discuss things later!" Jingxue comforted Liu Sanhao a couple more times before leaving.

I was looking at the sky just now, and the sun was about to set. I had promised Ye Musi and the other person that I would come to dinner with them!

In the yard, Runyue, An'an, and Yingying were playing. The little white wolf had only been around for a few days but was already able to walk on three legs, hopping along!

"Yingying, Xiaobai's leg isn't healed yet, so try to keep it in the box as much as possible!" Jingxue said softly.

The little girl nodded in agreement and carefully carried the little white wolf back into the box.

Jingxue then said to Runyue, "Yueyue, go to the carriage and take out the vegetables! We're going to prepare dinner!"

Leap month "Huh?"

Is there food on the carriage? She can't see it!