mtlumby2d Chapter 524 Lin Xiang's Wife: I Am the Rich and Powerful (1)
Chapter 524 Lin Xiang's Wife: I Am the Rich and Powerful (1)
Chapter 524 Lin Xiang's Wife: I Am the Rich and Powerful (1)
A snowy night.
The north wind howled, chilling you to the bone.
Su Dingding opened her eyes and found herself lying in the snow.
Before she could react, a wolf pounced on her with a howl.
A child's cry came from nearby, "Mother!"
Su Dingding stretched out his old, stiff hand and pinched the wolf's gaping maw. However, the wolf's foul-smelling saliva still dripped onto the child's face, the warmth of which quickly turned to ice.
Gangzi transformed into a giant spider, grabbed the wolf's belly, and flung it away. Then, standing on the cold snow, he hopped around with his tiny claws, shrank his body, and burrowed into Su Dingding's drafty cotton coat.
"mother……"
The child was terrified, staring wide-eyed in horror.
"It's alright, it was just a wolf." Su Dingding hugged the child's head and comforted him.
The child was so frightened that his legs went weak, so Su Dingding carried him on her back and followed Gangzi's instructions to go home.
[Host, the original owner of this small world had a truly miserable life.]
This is also a small world derived from the novel.
Due to the social context, women in that era had little social standing and were relatively conservative in their thinking, which led to her tragic life.
The original owner didn't even have a name. She was an orphan from a young age and ended up in Qing Village at the age of seventeen. She was adopted by the Lin family and became the child bride of their seven-year-old son, Lin Xiang.
Although she did all the work in the Lin family from then on, she finally had a home and a title; everyone called her Sister-in-law Lin Xiang.
Lin Xiang's wife is busy every day. Although she is very tired, she is very satisfied.
Unfortunately, her good fortune didn't last long. She finally made it to Lin Xiang's adulthood and marriage, but Lin Xiang died unexpectedly less than two years later, and she no longer had a good life in the Lin family.
One night, she overheard her mother-in-law saying she was going to sell her to another family to be a wife. With her traditional mindset, Lin Xiangsao believed that one could only marry once in a lifetime, otherwise it would be considered unchaste. So, in order to resist her fate, she ran away.
Lin Xiang's wife ran to town and found a job as a maid in a wealthy family, which was enough to make a living.
Less than six months later, her mother-in-law found her, forcibly took her away, and sold her to a hunter.
Unable to escape her fate, Lin Xiang's wife could only stay in the mountains and live a simple life with the hunters.
Fortunately, the hunter treated her well, and although life was a bit tough, she managed to get by.
The following year, Lin Xiang's wife gave birth to a son, whom she named Tiedan, a bad name that would make him easier to raise.
When Tiedan was three years old, his hunter father also fell ill and died.
In order to pay for the hunter's medical treatment and medicine, Lin Xiang's wife incurred some debts. To repay the debts, she had to do odd jobs to support her family and children.
Because they left early and returned late, they inevitably left Tiedan alone at home. One night, a heavy snowstorm struck, and Tiedan, frightened by the drafty house, ran out and went down the mountain to look for his mother.
After the mother and daughter met, they struggled through the wind and snow, only to unfortunately encounter wolves.
Tie Dan was carried away by wolves, and Lin Xiang's wife fell seriously ill as a result.
After recovering from her illness, she left home and came to town. She went back to work as a maid for that wealthy family, thinking that once she had paid off all her debts, she would not live anymore.
Because she was widowed twice, she was considered an unlucky person, and the wealthy families and people in the town despised and ostracized her.
Lin Xiang's wife could only silently continue her work, saving every penny to finally pay off her debts.
Later, she saved up some money and donated it to the local temple, hoping it would atone for her sins.
Indeed, not only did others consider her unlucky, but she herself also believed that she had caused the deaths of two husbands and children.
No matter how hard she tried to do good deeds, no one sympathized with her.
Lin Xiang's wife was eventually wrongly accused of dishonesty by a wealthy family and dismissed, and no one would hire her again.
After becoming a beggar on the street, Lin Xiang's mind became somewhat confused.
She huddled up in the snow on New Year's Eve and froze to death on the street.
That day, the whole town was decorated with bright red Spring Festival couplets, and people were celebrating the festival with firecrackers. No one cared that a poor woman had frozen to death on the street.
She was hardworking and simple throughout her life, but her fate was full of twists and turns. She endured many hardships and tried her best to live, but in the end, she could not fight against the prejudice in people's hearts.
Faced with the cruel twists of fate, she could only helplessly compromise, persecuted and trampled upon by the ideas and superstitions of feudal society.
Her resistance seemed so ridiculous and insignificant that even being a respected person became a luxury.
"Host, the original owner's wish was to no longer be oppressed and to live a peaceful and simple life with her child," Gangzi said.
Su Dingding carried her son on her back and slowly walked through the snow.
She seemed to have experienced the old feudal society once before, and the memory was still fresh in her mind. It seemed that she was almost drowned in a pig cage back then.
This life wasn't much better. Class distinctions were very strong in this era, and poor women like her had no status whatsoever.
However, she didn't feel much about it. Anyway, if anyone dared to ride on her head, she would break their legs!
Back home, Su Dingding lit the kerosene lamp.
That's right, there's no electricity at all. The room is dimly lit, the windows are drafty, and while a strong wind is blowing outside, a gentle breeze is blowing inside, making it quite cold.
Gangzi blocked out the wind and incidentally increased the brightness inside the room.
Then he took the initiative to heat the kang (a traditional heated brick bed), and even took the time to cook four dishes and a soup for Su Dingding.
Su Dingding placed the child on the kang (a heated brick bed) and then sat cross-legged on one side.
After the small table was set up, Tie Dan woke up from the aroma of the food. In his hazy state, he saw bowls of food floating onto the table.
"mother……"
He must have been so hungry he was hallucinating, but it smelled so good.
"Eggs..."
"Host, you should still add the character 'Iron' to the name. The child will be named Iron Egg," Gangzi reminded him.
Su Dingding was taken aback for a moment, but she quickly changed her tune, "Tiedan, get up and eat! Are you hungry? Look what delicious food Mom made for you!"
"Mom, is there really food?" Tie Dan jumped up, a smile spreading across his thin, sallow face.
"Mom made you..." Su Dingding turned back to look at the table before continuing, "Braised pork, chicken leg, stir-fried potatoes, green peppers, and eggplant, Mapo tofu, and this seems to be..."
Gangzi, perched on Su Dingding's shoulder, reminded him, "[Crucian carp soup.]"
"Crucian carp soup!"
Su Dingding gave a brief introduction, then looked at Tie Dan's shocked expression.
"Mom, what day is it today? Where did you get the money?" Tie Dan asked, somewhat frightened, without touching his chopsticks.
"Eat up, Mom's made a fortune." Su Dingding patted Tiedan's little head.
Tie Dan hesitated for a moment before picking up his chopsticks, eating a piece of braised pork, and immediately a satisfied smile appeared on his face. It was delicious.
He picked up another piece and brought it to Su Dingding's lips, "Mom, you eat too, it smells so good, I've never eaten anything so delicious before!"
Just as Su Dingding was about to eat, she heard someone knocking on the door. "Sister Lin Xiang, are you home?"
[Host, debt collectors are here!]