Transmigrated into a Prosperous Farm Wife, Pampered, Beautiful, Strong, and Tragic Prime Minister

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"You didn't see it, that old woman was so angry that her eyes rolled back and she fainted, her face landing right on the cow dung, hahaha..."

When it was lunchtime, Qin Niangzi returned from watching the commotion and recounted the story vividly, slapping her thigh and laughing heartily at the most exciting parts.

Just as they were laughing loudly, Jiang Shoutian arrived.

Looking at the hunched figure at the door, Madam Qin stopped laughing and sighed in a loud voice.

"Sigh! I wonder what sins I committed! This is retribution!"

Lin Shuyun clicked her tongue twice in her mind, her sarcastic tone reaching its peak.

"Dad, have you eaten?"

Jiang Changtian got up, picked up his cane, and invited Jiang Shoutian to come in and sit down.

"I won't eat, you guys eat." Jiang Shoutian shook his head, his lips chapped.

"Then sit down, Dad, I'll pour you some water!" Jiang Changtian picked up the teapot and poured Jiang Shoutian a cup of water.

Lin Shuyun went to the kitchen and brought out a bowl of rice.

This old man was slightly more pleasing to the eye than the other members of the Jiang family. After all, he was Jiang Changtian's father, and they still had to give him a bowl of rice.

Jiang Shoutian didn't sit down. Instead, he walked to the eaves, squatted down, and hugged his head, his voice filled with pain.

"Boss, what kind of mess is this? What kind of mess is this?!"

Wang claimed that Xu had asked her to borrow seeds, which made Xu faint from anger. The villagers had to help carry her back.

Wang went straight home, changed her clothes, and then started fighting with Xu, who had just woken up, leaving the house in a mess.

Jiang Lao Er has not been seen since.

Jiang Shuixian cried and made a scene, saying that after revealing such a shameful secret, how could she ever get married again?

The third brother didn't dare to say a word and chopped firewood in the backyard.

The entire Jiang family has become the laughingstock of the whole village during this period.

Lin Shuyun felt no sympathy whatsoever for Jiang Shoutian, who was looking utterly devastated and with a wrinkled face.

He asked directly, "Dad, Jiang Changtian isn't your biological son, is he?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Changtian looked at Lin Shuyun with a hint of surprise in his eyes. She was referring to Jiang Changtian, not her husband.

Jiang Shoutian was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked up at Jiang Changtian, "Boss, why do you think that?"

He figured that Lin's thinking must have come from the eldest son.

Then he lowered his head again, his voice noticeably softer, "Eldest son, don't listen to people's nonsense. You've known since you were a child that your mother is that kind of person. You... are my own son."

These words sounded unconvincing, and Lin Shuyun said sarcastically, "Dad, things have come to this point, what's the point of not telling the truth? Are you planning to cling to Jiang Changtian for the rest of your life, eating his flesh and drinking his blood? I've never seen parents like this before!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Shoutian's lips trembled, and he held his head, his eyes reddening.

After a long silence, he spoke in a trembling voice, "Eldest son... he really isn't our biological child. Back then, your mother and I had been married for six months without having a child, and many people in the village were gossiping. We heard that there was a very effective fertility goddess on the outskirts of the prefectural city, so we reluctantly sold our pigs and took a carriage to the prefectural city..."

Jiang Changtian wasn't picked up by the couple on the street. Instead, they met a man on the street who said his wife had died and he couldn't support his child anymore, so he was looking for someone to adopt him.

Jiang Shoutian and Xu Shi wanted to have their own child and did not intend to adopt, but the man gave them one hundred taels of silver.

One hundred taels of silver was an enormous windfall for Jiang Shoutian and Madam Xu at that time.

The couple happily adopted the child and vowed to treat him as their own.

Looking up at the sky, Jiang Shoutian felt like he was dreaming, so he named his child Changtian (meaning "long sky").

Fearing suspicion, the couple didn't immediately return to the village but instead rented a courtyard outside to stay.

At first, Madam Xu treated Jiang Changtian like a precious jewel. However, when Jiang Changtian was less than a year old, Madam Xu became pregnant with her own child, and from then on, she paid less attention to Jiang Changtian.

After Jiang Lao Er was born, the couple returned to the village with the child. They used the money the man had given them to renovate the yard and buy land. Everyone assumed that the couple had made a fortune outside, and no one suspected anything else.

After giving birth to Jiang Laosan, Xu began to beat and scold the little Jiang Changtian. When Jiang Shoutian was alive, he would always advise her not to go against her conscience, and Xu would agree in person, but as soon as he was gone, she would beat and scold him.

Later, when Jiang Changtian wanted to study, Xu disagreed. Jiang Shoutian had a fight with Xu before he finally got Jiang Changtian to go to school.

During his holidays, Jiang Changtian worked outside to earn money and hadn't been home for several years. He never expected that the next time they met would be when he was carried back...

“...That man must be your biological father. No one has looked for him all these years...Your father considers you his own son.”

After finishing his sentence, Jiang Shoutian collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had been drained.

He originally thought he would never tell anyone about this.

Jiang Changtian remained silent for a long time before speaking, "I believe that Father treats me as his own son, but I'm afraid Mother doesn't think so. I've always wanted to ask, I'm also Mother's biological child, so why?"

"It turns out she wasn't my biological mother. That puts my mind at ease."

"You've suffered so much all these years, my dear boss!" Jiang Shoutian cried bitterly.

For a moment, the entire courtyard was filled with his cries.

After Jiang Shoutian finished crying, he drank some water and ate the bowl of rice after being comforted by Jiang Changtian, and then left.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Jiang Shoutian should never contact Jiang Changtian again.

Lin Shuyun noticed that Jiang Changtian was staring blankly at the distant mountains, seemingly lost in thought, and looked sorrowful.

She stood up and stood beside him, saying, "Husband, don't be sad, you still have me."

“The Jiang family never gave birth to you, and your biological father gave you 100 taels of silver to raise you. You haven’t spent 100 taels of silver in all these years. You don’t owe them anything.”

As Qin Niangzi cleared the dishes with a rag, she hummed, "Little bok choy, turning yellow in the field~"

Jiang Changtian: ...

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In the afternoon, Jiang Changtian said he needed to go out for some fresh air and went out alone.

Not long after he left, Lin Shuyun also went out.

After wandering around the courtyard for a while, Qin Niangzi went out to chat with the women in the village.

Jiang Changtian followed the mountain path up the mountain and kept walking until it got dark, when he reached the bottom of a cliff.

After a long while, he sat down in front of a small mound of earth and said softly, "Brother, I've come to see you."

"You were almost dead yourself, yet you fed me all the food you had and gave me your clothes. You kept telling me about your family, about your parents. You never imagined that I was a despicable person who had taken your identity and become Jiang Changtian..."

"You said your mother and your younger siblings treated you badly, and you didn't want to go back to that home. I went back for you. It turns out you weren't their biological child. Your father wasn't a bad person. I'll take care of you a little. Brother, may you rest in peace..."

Lin Shuyun sat on a tree not far away, watching quietly.

A babbling brook flowed nearby, and she couldn't hear what Jiang Changtian was saying.

All I could see was him talking nonstop.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Changtian picked up his cane, got up, and started walking back.

Lin Shuyun sat for a long time, then jumped down from the tree and followed him at a distance. When they were almost at the village, she took a detour and went ahead.

Jiang Changtian returned to the courtyard late at night; the moon overhead was hidden behind dark clouds.

Upon entering the courtyard and pushing open the door, he saw Lin Shuyun sitting on the bed, looking up at him and smiling.

"Husband, where have you been? Why are you so late?"

Jiang Changtian spoke in a hoarse voice, gripping his cane tightly, "I just wandered around. It's so late, why aren't you asleep?"

"You fell asleep and then woke up again. Come up and go to sleep."

Lin Shuyun yawned, patted the spot next to her, and then turned over to go to sleep.

Jiang Changtian put down his cane and lay down on the bed fully clothed.

That night, Jiang Changtian kept having dreams with a furrowed brow, dreams filled with earth-shattering battles.

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