Splash!

A basin of cold water was splashed on Ji Zhao’s face. She immediately opened her eyes and saw countless strangers’ faces!

The clothes these people were wearing were very strange, and everyone looked at her with an indignant expression.

She reached out and touched her abnormally painful head. Only then did she realize that her palm was sticky and there were eye piercing blood stains everywhere she looked.

“She’s awake! Hey! Everyone, look, The wife of Sanlang of the Shen family is awake!” Someone shouted, his tone gloating!

“What a scourge! She actually didn’t die after rolling down such a high hill? Tsk tsk!”

“That’s right, that’s right! Why didn’t she fall to her death? The heavens are really blind!”

“After such a thing happened, will the Shen Sanlang still want her?”

“Pfft! Our Shen family doesn’t have such a shameless wife! How dare she despise our third son?” A middle-aged woman in the crowd put her hands on her hips and pointed at her nose angrily!

“Isn’t that so? This Ji Ah tao is too shameless! She wanted to ask her lover to elope on the second day of the wedding. Isn’t this retribution? I heard that her lover didn’t go to the appointment at all!”

Ji Zhao raised her hand to cover her head and sat up from the grass with difficulty.

It hurts!

The feeling of pain all over her body was too uncomfortable!

“Shh, everyone, stop talking. The third son of the Shen family is here!”

Ji Zhao subconsciously looked up and saw a tall figure in navy blue.

However, that person’s legs were a little unsteady as he limped over to her.

“Ah Tao, if you really don’t want to marry me, I’m willing to write a divorce letter and let you go.” The man stood in front of her and looked down at her. “You don’t have to use such an extreme method.”

“I…” Ji Zhao slowly looked up and met that pair of cold and emotionless black eyes. Her head hurt as if it had exploded, and then a large number of memories surged into her mind.

She had transmigrated into a book!

It was the same book that she had complained about two days ago!

The female protagonist, Ji Ah Tao, was a goddess-like beauty. Her adoptive grandmother sold her to the crippled third son of the Shen family, Shen Yao, in Shanghe Village for two taels of silver.

As the author’s male lead, although Shen Yao’s opening was a little miserable, it was as if he had a cheat in his later life! His lame leg was cured by a divine doctor. Later on, he even rose to the top and became the Grand Secretary of the current dynasty! On the other hand, the female lead, Ji Ah Tao, was simply the author’s enemy. She was dealt a good hand but she played it terribly. In the end, she even successfully courted death.

Ji Zhao, who had read the entire novel, felt tired and did not like it. She could not help but write a long negative review in the book review section. In the end, she was rebuked by the author: Don’t talk nonsense, if you’re capable, you go ahead!

In the end, when Ji Zhao woke up, she really transmigrated into the book!

The time she transmigrated was on the second day of her wedding. Ji Ah Tao had stolen all the assets of the Shen family and was about to elope with the poor scholar Zhao Xian, who had admired her for many years. In the end, Zhao Xian broke his promise and the dejected Ji Ah Tao actually rolled down the hill.

In the original book, Ji Ah Tao would disappear for a few years. When she reappeared, she had already become crazy and silly.

Unexpectedly, she became Ji Ah Tao and even returned to the village in a daze.

At this moment, Ji Zhao was in a terrible mood!

The current Ji Ah Tao was simply a street rat in Shanghe Village that was hated by everyone!

On the second day of her marriage, she wanted to elope with a man. She was simply engraving the word ‘shameless’ on her forehead!

“Let’s go home.”

Shen Yao said coldly and held her hand as they walked through the crowd.

Ji Zhao was speechless.

As a reader of the original novel, she read the entire book without missing a word. She knew very well that Shen Yao was a person with especially strong self-esteem! His newly married wife was in a hurry to cheat on him on the second day of their marriage. Who could bear that?!

Creak-

The wooden door was pushed open and Shen Yao let go of her expressionlessly.

Then, he went to the kitchen.

Just as Ji Zhao was dumbfounded, he turned around and returned.

“Drink the medicine first.” Shen Yao handed her the large blue and white porcelain bowl.

“There’s poison in the medicine? Are you trying to poison me to death?” Ji Zhao hurriedly opened her eyes and asked anxiously!

“If I really want you to die, I don’t have to waste the money to get the medicine. This is to prevent a cold. You’ve been unconscious for so long and caught a cold. You need to drink some medicine to prevent it.” Shen Yao glanced at her from the corner of his eyes. The sarcasm in his eyes was self-evident. “Also, I know you don’t really want to marry me, so you can leave. However, you have to return the two taels of betrothal money that the Ji family took. You should return all the money you took from the Shen family.”

What he said was the truth. Ji Zhao could not defend herself, but she was new to the Shen family and would probably die if she left. Therefore, she had to stay in the Shen family. She blinked and pretended to be pitiful. “I’m a weak woman. If you really divorce me, I won’t have anywhere to go. I know my mistake. Why don’t you give me another chance? I promise I won’t do anything stupid in the future! I can swear!”

Ji Zhao quickly got off the bed and faced Shen Yao. She raised her hand and swore, “If I do anything to let you down again, I’ll be dismembered!”

Seeing her swear seriously, Shen Yao pursed his lips and did not respond.

“Drink the medicine first.” After a moment of silence, Shen Yao raised his hand and pointed at the bowl of cold medicine on the cabinet.

Ji Zhao hurriedly picked up the bowl of medicine, pinched her nose, and drank it in one gulp.

Hiss!

How bitter!

“I forgot to mention that this medicine was brewed by Sister-in-law. She even added two taels of Chinese goldthread.” Shen Yao picked up the empty bowl and walked out.

Ji Zhao instantly felt depressed!

In terms of who hated her the most in the Shen family, it must be Sister-in-law Shen!

The Shen family was prosperous. The head of the family was Shen Dashan, and the mistress was Zhao Lanhua. Zhao Lanhua gave birth to three sons in a row. The eldest son, Shen Lei, had already married Madam Feng from the same village three years ago. Now, the couple was running a pastry shop in the county city. The second son, Shen Zhang, was a carpenter. He had already married Madam Jiang a year ago. The third son was the person Ji Zhao married-Shen Yao.

However, the female protagonist was not willing to marry Shen Sanlang. Therefore, after she entered the Shen family yesterday, she actually went crazy and pushed Second Sister-in-law Shen, who was already pregnant!

Fortunately, Eldest Sister-in-law Shen quickly supported Second Sister-in-law Shen. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Later on, Eldest Sister-in-law Shen reprimanded the female lead, but the female lead scolded her for being a hen that could not lay eggs!

In short, the female lead had just entered the house and almost angered the two sisters-in-law to death…

The more Ji Zhao thought about it, the more regretful she became! Why did she have to talk nonsense? Now, she had really become the Ji Ah Tao in the book!

The more she thought about it, the more frustrated Ji Zhao became. She slapped herself twice!

Hiss-

It hurts!

“Hmph!” Second Sister-in-law Shen, who was standing outside the door, narrowed her eyes and sneered at her attitude. Then, she spat out the melon seed skin and clapped her hands to rid of the dust, preparing to leave.

“Wait!” Ji Zhao hurriedly shouted.

“Are you trying to push me again?” Second Sister-in-law Shen subconsciously took a few steps back, her eyes filled with suspicion.

Ji Zhao smiled bitterly and shook her head. “Second Sister-in-law, I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have pushed you like that yesterday, let alone scolded Eldest Sister-in-law. I know my mistake.”

Hearing this, Second Sister-in-law Shen was even more puzzled. She narrowed her eyes and sized up the sky.

Didn’t the sun rise from the west this morning?

“Ahem, don’t think that Eldest Sister-in-law and I will forgive you just because you apologized!” Second Sister-in-law Shen looked at her angrily and turned to leave.

She did not want to be associated with a shameless person like Ji Ah Tao!

Ji Zhao lowered her head in disappointment.

Sigh, the Host was too hateful. It seemed that it was not so easy to repair the relationship between the Host and her two sister-in-laws.

Ji Zhao walked out of the house and stood in the courtyard, carefully sizing up the surroundings.

Shen Dashan and Zhao Lanhua were famous for their diligence in Shanghe Village. The couple worked hard and built a courtyard ten years ago. The old couple lived in the main house. There were three houses parallel to the east, which were the three Shen brothers’ houses. The kitchen and woodshed were in the west, and the courtyard doors were made of red bricks and low walls.

On the west side of the courtyard, near the kitchen, were three vats, one big and two small.

Ji Zhao thought for a moment and walked to the front of the large clay vat. She stuck her head out and gasped.

A thick white band was wrapped around her head, making her look like a mummy.

She leaned closer to see her face clearly. Her willowy eyebrows were arched, and her almond-shaped eyes were like water…

“What are you doing? Are you going to throw yourself into the well? Let me tell you, even if you want to die, don’t die in the Shen family and bring us bad luck!” A scolding voice suddenly came from behind.

Ji Zhao turned around in a panic and explained carefully, “Sister-in-law…”

“Pfft! I’m a hen that doesn’t lay eggs. How am I worthy of being Big Beauty Ji’s sister-in-law?” The eldest sister-in-law of the Shen family, who was wearing a sky-blue rough dress, put her hands on her hips and retorted angrily.

“Sister-in-law, I…”

“Mother is looking for you!” The eldest sister-in-law of the Shen family left after saying this.

Ji Zhao shrugged weakly and walked into the hall with her head lowered.

The hall in the middle was very spacious. What came into view was a square table with red paint and four long dark red stools. There was a low bench made of bamboo against the wall.

At this moment, Zhao Lanhua was sitting at the square table, looking at the peach-colored figure who had entered the room with a complicated expression.

“…Mother?” Ji Zhao looked down at her toes and called out softly.

“Have a seat.” Zhao Lanhua looked at her and sighed regretfully.

Ji Zhao had a bad feeling.

She sat down obediently and carefully looked up. Her hands were nervously intertwined and she did not know what to say for a moment.

“I know it’s hard on you to marry Sanlang.” Zhao Lanhua looked into her eyes and said sincerely, “A few days ago, when I brought the matchmaker to your Pomegranate Village, I made it clear in front of your grandmother. As long as you focus on treating Sanlang well, our Shen family is not the kind of family that will be harsh on our daughter-in-laws. Now that money is tight, when you married into our family, the Shen family only gave your family two taels of silver and half a bag of flour and half a bag of sorghum.”

“If this was during a thriving year, our family wouldn’t care about these things…” Zhao Lanhua said gently. “But the current year is really too bad. There’s been a drought for an entire year. Just your Pomegranate Village alone has starved seven families to death this year… I asked Sanlang this morning. The two of you didn’t consummate your marriage last night. Since your mind isn’t with the Shen family, we won’t make things difficult for you.”

Zhao Lanhua raised her hand and knocked lightly on the table. “Including the betrothal money and the silver you took from the Shen family, it adds up to a total of twelve taels. This is an IOU. You need to repay this money within two years. The other letter is a divorce letter that Sanlang has already written and signed.”

Ji Zhao was stunned…