The Transmigrated Farm Girl's Journey to Wealth

He vividly remembered the feeling of having his leg broken by someone's foot, but no matter how painful it was, it couldn't compare to the pain of not being able to take the imperial examination. The pain was so intense that he curled up all over and couldn't speak.

Cui Hehua didn't dare to say a word. Ever since her husband woke up, he was like a different person. The way he looked at her was cold and menacing, as if he wanted to skin her alive. It was quite creepy, and she was afraid!

She felt wronged too. It wasn't her who stepped on it. In the dark, that jerk didn't protect her at all. She was terrified! Wasn't it his own choice to look at the light? Who could have imagined something like this would happen? She didn't mind that he would be a cripple in the future, and he still had the nerve to look down on her? What right did he have?

“Fa Zi, rest for a while. I’ll go find an oxcart and take you home.”

Ox carts are cheaper than mule carts, and the family is poor now, so every penny counts. The doctor said his son needs to take this medicine for three months, and he needs to go for a check-up every two weeks. The money is going out like water, and he doesn't know what to do. How should he tell his father when he gets home? His eldest grandson, Fa Zi, the doctor said, is incurable!

Wang Dafa wiped away his tears and went out to find a mule cart. Seeing her husband wiping away tears, Song Shi felt bad too. She quietly turned around and wiped her own eyes.

Her son was already suffering enough; she couldn't make him unhappy or cause him any more trouble.

Cui Hehua quickly packed away the clothes, leftover food, and pots and pans from the past few days. Song Shi glared at her, thinking, "You wretched woman! It's all your fault she ruined my son. A hen that can't lay eggs, a troublemaker!"

When we get home, I'll wring her a good pinch!

"The car's been found, right in front of the clinic. Fa Zi, Dad's carrying you. Mom, is everything ready?" Wang Dafa didn't glance at Cui Hehua once. His son had said that she had insisted on coming to see the commotion, and he hadn't been able to refuse, so he brought her along. In his eyes, this daughter-in-law would be a dead woman from now on.

"Alright! Let's go!"

Cui Hehua pursed her lips, then followed them, carrying large and small bags, preparing to board the oxcart.

"Fa Zi's wife, the car isn't big, and Fa Zi's legs can't be touched. Put your things down and walk back," Wang Dafa said indifferently. He had rented the car and paid for it; he wasn't taking any cheapskates.

Cui Hehua jumped up and down. She didn't want to walk back by herself. By the time she got home, half of her cotton-padded trousers and shoes would be soaked; she'd freeze to death. Her father-in-law was a real scoundrel.

"Dad, the snow is melting now, and the roads are difficult to walk on. By the time we get home, our shoes will be ruined!"

"It'll be clean after a wash, driver, let's go!"

Watching the oxcart disappear into the distance, Cui Hehua stomped her feet in anger. "That old bastard, that heartless piece of trash! He deserves to never be a master!"

Walking was out of the question for her; she had money, so she found an oxcart to take her back to the village, paid a penny, and waited quietly until it was full. She pondered what to do next.

The Wang family blamed her for Wang Defa's lameness, and she knew she would suffer the consequences. She couldn't just sit and wait to die.

But how could she, as a daughter-in-law of the Wang family, hide?

It's all Fang Xiaoning's fault. If she hadn't made a scene about breaking off the engagement, she would be the one stuck with a cripple now, while she might be marrying Song Feng and living a life of luxury.

The more she thought about it, the more indignant she became, and the more her still pretty face twisted into a grimace.

"De Fa's wife, you're here too? Are you going home to get your son Fa a change of clothes?"

Cui Hehua snapped out of her daze and forced a smile. "No, Auntie, Brother Fa can go home to rest now. The oxcart is too small, so I'll take the village car back."

"Oh, you're going back already? Are you all better now?"

How could she possibly answer that? She could only shut up.

The two women exchanged a glance, understanding each other perfectly. They knew the woman wasn't better yet; if the doctor sent her home before she was, she definitely wouldn't recover.

Oh dear, is Old Wang's most promising grandson going to become a cripple? Both of them were eager to return to the village. Once back, they wanted to immediately find some good girlfriends to chat with and hear the latest and hottest news about the village!

The oxcart arrived at the village entrance. There were many people in the village today because the Song family was building another house, and those who wanted to help went to the village chief's house to sign up.

"Dafa, your Defa is back? Is he all better now?"

"Yes, you're back!"

He didn't want to say anything more; there was nothing to say.

Wang Defa was covered with a blanket, his head tilted to the side, looking like he didn't want to talk to anyone.

Everyone:...

The Wang family members all looked so grim, so this is...

The group exchanged glances, and those who knew better refrained from asking further questions. They shouldn't reopen old wounds!

At the entrance of the Wang family's residence.

The old man stood at the door, his weathered face bearing the marks of time. In just a few days, his hair had turned even whiter.

[PS: Looking for book recommendations during a reading slump, and also looking for a romantic partner!]