Transmigrated into a child bride, she punishes scumbags, raises children, and marries a soldier.

Zhou Chuan put the money and silver dollars together, then took a walk in the mountains, thinking that with spring turning to summer, the wild peaches in the mountains should be ready to eat. Halfway up the mountain, he indeed saw many wild peaches hanging on the trees, making his mouth water. He picked a few to try, and they were quite different from the peaches in the supermarket—slightly sweet, with a crisp texture, but the pits were large and the flesh was little.

Zhou Chuan picked some of the better-looking ones. The village chief had helped her a lot yesterday, and she would give him some later. She also wanted to ask the village chief to help her transfer her two acres of land.

When they came down the mountain, it was almost lunchtime, so Zhou Chuan first delivered the peaches to the village chief's house.

The village chief immediately launched into a tirade upon seeing Zhou Chuan: "I've been waiting for you all morning! Why are you only arriving now? I was getting impatient and even asked my grandson to go to the Sun family's house to call you, but Erzhu's wife told me you went up the mountain for a stroll. Oh dear, what can I say to you? It's such a big deal to find a place to stay, why aren't you worried at all?"

Zhou Chuan placed a bag of wild peaches he had brought on his family's dining table: "According to seniority, I should call you Uncle. Thank you for yesterday. If it weren't for you speaking up for me, I don't know how difficult things would have been. These are wild peaches I just picked from the mountains. They're for your grandchildren to eat. Please don't mind them. They're not worth much; they're just a small token of my appreciation."

The wild peaches near the village haven't ripened yet, but they've already been picked clean. This big bunch of peaches, half-red, looks so appealing.

The village chief sighed and said, "Don't go into the deep mountains next time. My family doesn't need another bite to eat. You're really brave. Don't you know how dangerous the deep mountains are?"

The village chief's wife gave him a strange look, grinning, "Zhou Chuan is really capable... You're just being polite. He's the village chief, helping you is only right. You did the right thing this time, it should have been done a long time ago. Our perfectly good young ladies have been tormented like this by their family, we have to go and make a scene, demand an explanation, otherwise they'll think we women are easy to bully..."

The village chief thought for a moment and tried to refute him, but then he remembered what Zhou Chuan had done at the Sun family's house that night, so he shut up.

The village chief's children were playing in the yard, but when they heard Zhou Chuan say there were peaches to eat, they rushed inside and started drooling over the peaches on the table.

Seeing how eagerly the children were eating, Zhou Chuan couldn't resist giving one to each of them: "You have to wash off the fur before you can eat it."

The village chief's wife felt a little sorry for them: "Oh dear, it would be better if the two of them shared one. It's such a waste to have one for each of them..." As she spoke, the old lady tried to snatch the peaches that Zhou Chuan had given away back from her grandsons, but the children were very clever and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

The village chief didn't refuse Zhou Chuan's gift since it wasn't anything valuable. However, he grew impatient with the old woman's incessant chatter: "Alright, I have serious business with her." It's just a peach, why is she being so stingy!

The village chief's wife realized she might have gone a bit too far, and awkwardly explained to Zhou Chuan, "I was afraid they'd get an upset stomach..." Then she took the large bag of peaches from the table to her room, locking the door behind her.

The village elder blushed slightly: "Don't take offense, it's all because of poverty."

I didn't feel offended. The things I gave away belonged to someone else, and they can do with them however they want.

However, rural areas are indeed poor now. It has only been two years since liberation, and people are living a hard life. There is not much fruit to eat in the countryside. Even if some families grow fruit trees, they will take the rest to the free market to sell for money, except for a very small portion for their own consumption and to give away.

"Uncle, with my health, I'm afraid I can't support myself by farming anymore. This is what I'm planning..." After the pleasantries, he got down to business.

"Sigh, can you manage to go into the city alone? Besides, what kind of work can a woman like you find?"

Looking at Zhou Chuan's thin and bony body, the village chief couldn't bring himself to object. Many of the jobs in the fields were physically demanding, such as carrying water and manure, plus the double harvest season. None of these required much effort, and Zhou Chuan's physique couldn't possibly handle them.

Zhou Chuan had already come up with an excuse: "I don't care about the high wages, I just want food and lodging. Whether it's being a maid or a helper in a restaurant, as long as it solves my food and lodging problems, I'll do it."

The village chief nodded: "That's right, that's exactly what I mean. Food and lodging must be provided." He's got some ideas; this way, he won't be bullied when he goes out. "So, what about your two acres of land?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking of telling you. I was thinking of letting you use my land. Two mu of land would be worth five yuan a year." Nowadays, there's no such thing as buying and selling land. It's more like "letting" someone else farm it, and they'll give you a small reward as a token gesture.

“You…” The village chief sighed. It’s only 2.5 yuan per mu per year, which is practically free. “Don’t be so honest. Even if it were 2 yuan more, there would still be plenty of people who would want it.”

Zhou Chuan shook his head: "Forget it, they've all watched me grow up. If I ask for more, they'll have less. Besides, I still have some money on hand. That's it. I'll be content if the villagers say a good word about me."

In her opinion, she didn't actually want those two acres of land, but she didn't want to let the Sun family have it. Another possibility was that if she gave up and didn't take it, what if the original owner's so-called biological mother and the Zhou family took it? She would be furious.

As not mentioned before, the original father actually had brothers, and more than one. But even if they were the original owner's uncles, so what? In the end, they didn't care about the original owner at all.

Therefore, she would rather give it away for free than let those three groups benefit. But giving it away for free is not an option either, because the villagers will not think she is kind-hearted, but will only think she is a stupid idiot.

Looking at the emaciated and haggard woman before him, the village chief was deeply moved. He repeatedly assured her, "Don't worry, if anyone in the village speaks ill of you, I'll be the first to deal with them!"

Zhou Chuan smiled gratefully at the village chief: "Then thank you very much, Uncle. But I have a condition. I have to collect for five years at a time. I won't be coming back to the village regularly after I start living in the city. I won't have anywhere to stay if I do come back, so... I don't want everyone to suffer a loss. I will only collect for four years out of five, which is a total of twenty yuan."

She could only collect for five years. The country started to establish primary agricultural cooperatives in 53 and advanced cooperatives in 56. Primary cooperatives allowed members to use land as shares and receive land rent every year. However, by 56, the land of members of advanced cooperatives was no longer considered money.

This year is 51, and it will be exactly five years until 56. She offered a low price, which is practically giving it away for free. This was also to shut everyone up and prevent people from saying that she was speculating. According to the land's income, whoever takes her two acres of land will earn much more than the little money she gets.

The village chief's wife had been listening the whole time, and she was itching to get her hands on it. Two mu of land for only twenty yuan over five years... that's practically free! As soon as Zhou Chuan left, she couldn't hold back any longer: "Old man, let's farm those two mu of land. We'll pay you. We won't be taking advantage of the public."

The village chief was still feeling touched when he heard an incredibly harsh voice beside him. The contrast was too great, and the person who had spoken out was one of his own. He immediately flew into a rage: "What nonsense are you spouting! Is that for us? Huh? Even if it is for us, we can't accept it. Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. I need to go and discuss this with the clerk."

This was a golden opportunity, why not take advantage of it? But the old man was incredibly stubborn. The village chief's wife wanted to make a scene with him to try and win him over, but he completely ignored her and just left. Because of the old man's position as village chief, she didn't dare to cause a scene and had to give up, but she was heartbroken...