Chapter 2

Jiang Ning ate up a whole bowl of hand-rolled noodles, including the soup, in no time.

Tian Yufang nodded in satisfaction, picked up the bowl and left again. As the door closed, Jiang Ning could hear the bolt coming from outside.The sound on.

Are you afraid she’ll run away?

Jiang Ning slowly stood up from the bed, stretched out his arms, and moved his stiff body.

She gently turned her neck, making a slight “clicking” sound, and looked around curiously.

This is a slightly shabby room. The walls of the Western Zhou Dynasty are made of adobe bricks. The surface is already mottled and even has debris falling off in some places.

The sunlight shines through the cracks in the wall and into the house, forming bright rays of light, as if telling the vicissitudes of time.

The wooden windowsill is covered with traces of time, as if it has witnessed countless sunrises and sunsets.

There is an old desk by the windowsill, which looks quite old. There is a comb and a mirror on the desk.

The whole room seemed very empty. Apart from this desk and a half-new wardrobe, there was only a brick bed that was more than two meters wide.

The earthen kang occupied most of the room, and was covered with a slightly old quilt that looked a bit thin.

The reality of a penniless family was completely realized at this moment!

How could this poor family still offer a dowry of thirty yuan?

Jiang Ning glanced at Ji Yanli who was lying motionless on the bed, and he already understood about 70% of what was going on.

She slowly walked to the table, sat down, picked up the comb and began to comb her hair in front of the mirror.

What was reflected in the mirror was a completely unfamiliar face – there was a small mole under the almond-shaped eyes, and the skin that should have been wheat-colored was now pale and almost transparent.

If you look closely, it is not difficult to see that the facial features of this severely malnourished face are delicate, and she is definitely a beauty.

Jiang Ning slowly stroked his cheek. There was a shallow scar at the end of his right eyebrow, as if it had been cut by a sharp weapon.

Suddenly, a sharp pain exploded from my temple, and a memory emerged.

The original owner went to the back mountain of the village to pick grass for pigs and saved a male educated youth, Bai Yu, who was bitten by a snake.

Bai Yu knew the original owner’s situation. In order to express his gratitude to her, he would often sneak into the courtyard where she lived to bring her some food.

Somehow, this matter was seen by Ning Xiangcao, the daughter of the original owner’s aunt. She liked Bai Yu, but never received Bai Yu’s good face.

Ning Xiangcao was jealous of the original owner’s appearance and thought that she was the one who seduced Bai Yu, which was why she didn’t let Bai Yu look at her straight in the eye.

During the autumn harvest last year, she saw the original owner cutting rice behind her, so she deliberately twisted her ankle, and ended up falling backwards due to her unstable body.

The sickle in her hand drew a parabola in the air and hit the original owner’s face.

At the critical moment, Bai Yu was quick to grab the original owner’s hand and pull her back a step.

The tip of the sickle cut a bloody gash at the end of Jiang Ning’s right eyebrow, but fortunately the wound was small and not deep.

The original owner was stunned by this sudden scene. She stood there in a daze, looking at Ning Xiangcao with an innocent face in shock.

It was hard for her to imagine whether she would have died instantly under Ning Xiangcao’s sickle if Bai Yu had not pulled her back.

However, my uncle and aunt took this matter up and put it down gently, ending it with Ning Xiangcao being too tired and not doing it on purpose.

The scene changes to the early morning of her wedding day.

Ning Jinzhu, who had been hanging out with his friends all night, kicked open the original owner’s door drunkenly, reeking of alcohol.

He burped, stared at the original owner on the bed with a dazed look, and after a moment he staggered towards the bed.

The original owner had been awakened by the noise made by Ning Jinzhu. She curled up in the corner of the bed, her face pale and her whole body trembling as she looked at Ning Jinzhu.

“You silly girl, you’re getting married today, you can’t let that living dead man take advantage of you for nothing.” Ning Jinzhu said, reaching out to grab the original owner.

The original owner screamed in fear and tried to shrink to the corner of the bed, but Ning Jinzhu refused to give up and pounced on the bed.

Just when he was about to catch the original owner, the original owner kicked him in the stomach with strength from nowhere.

Ning Jinzhu stumbled and fell off the bed. He got up in anger and shame, jumped onto the bed, pinned the original owner down and started beating him up.

He pinched the original owner’s neck, as if he wanted to kill her. The original owner had no strength to resist. After struggling for a while, she gave up and waited for death to come.

She has nothing left to be attached to in this world!

At this time, my uncle and aunt heard the noise and rushed over. They hurriedly stopped Ning Jinzhu and pulled him away.

“Son, if you strangle her to death, the Ji family will call the police. Then not only will we have to pay you back, but you will also have to go to jail!” Zhao Hongyin persuaded.

Ning Jinzhu glared fiercely at the unconscious original owner, spat, and turned away.

Zhao Hongyin looked at the red marks on the original owner’s neck, worried that the Ji family would notice it, so she found a half-finished red double-breasted jacket from her room that she usually didn’t want to wear and gave it to the original owner.

The standing collar of the clothes just barely covered the pinch marks on the original owner’s neck.

Jiang Ning collected his thoughts, narrowed his eyes and looked down at his calloused hands, his eyes full of anger.

She clenched her fists and swore in her heart that she would never let the suffering of the original owner happen again.

She wants to live well in this era on behalf of the original owner, and make those who bullied the original owner pay the price.

As for this marriage, she looked at Ji Yanli and had new plans in her mind.

Jiang Ning walked to the door, patted the closed door, opened his mouth, and finally called out “mother”.

“mother……”

“Ningning, what’s wrong?” Tian Yufang, who was washing clothes in the yard, heard the shouting from inside the house. She hurriedly wiped the water stains on her hands and walked to the door to ask inside.

“Mom, I want to take a bath. Can you give me a basin of hot water?” Jiang Ning said.

The faint sour smell coming from her body made her feel a little dizzy.

“Take a shower?” Tian Yufang asked with some confusion.

“I… I haven’t taken a shower for a few days, and I feel a little sticky.” Jiang Ning said a little embarrassedly.

It’s not that the original owner didn’t like cleanliness, but she didn’t dare to take a shower at home. She always felt that there were a pair of malicious eyes staring at her outside the window.

On several occasions, the original owner’s uncle Ning Jun always stared at her with strange eyes, and the bachelors in the village even touched her.

So whenever the original owner returned home, she would close the doors and windows and dare not go out alone. Only when it was late at night and everyone was asleep would she sneak out to get some water and wipe her body casually.

Tian Yufang hesitated for a moment after hearing Jiang Ning’s words and said, “Okay, wait a minute, I’ll get you some water.”

Jiang Ning listened to Tian Yufang’s receding footsteps and quickly walked to Ji Yanli’s bed.

She observed Ji Yanli carefully and saw that he was pale and breathing weakly. She was sure that he would not wake up.

Jiang Ning thought that the Ji family had saved the original owner from danger, and his mother-in-law didn’t seem like a difficult person to get along with, so maybe he could try to save him.

By curing Ji Yanli, I have done my best and it won’t be too late to file for divorce then.

Soon, Tian Yufang came back with a basin of hot water.

She opened the door, put hot water on the floor, and said, “My daughter, the hot water is here, please take a shower.

I got you a set of Yanli’s sister’s clothes, so you can wear them for now.”

Jiang Ning responded with a smile. After Tian Yufang left and locked the door, she covered Ji Yanli’s face with clothes and took out a bed sheet from the cabinet to cover the window.

After doing all this, she began to undress and prepare to take a shower.

As soon as she took off her shirt, she saw a crescent-shaped birthmark below her collarbone – exactly the same as the body in her original world.

“How could it be…”