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Chapter 18 The Debt Left by the Original Owner

There were only three girls from the second wife who had no one to love them, and the old lady said she couldn't bear to let them go and wanted to keep them for a few more years. In fact, she was just afraid that there would be no one to work at home.

The three girls are all very hardworking and can replace two strong laborers.

According to the family ranking, the second sister Jiang Chun is eighteen years old, the third sister Jiang Xia is sixteen years old, and the fourth sister Jiang Qiu is fifteen years old.

Girls from farming families get married later than girls from wealthy families, usually when they are sixteen or seventeen years old.

Rich families get married earlier! They get married at the age of fifteen.

The old lady never mentioned anything about marriage, I guess she has some ulterior motives in her mind.

Maybe when she reaches a certain age, she will just see which family offers a higher gift price and then just sell herself and be done with it.

Jiang Youzhen naturally felt that it was best to get married after the age of eighteen, otherwise giving birth early would harm her body.

But in ancient times, girls developed early and got married early, so Erya was considered an older girl.

Eighteen has not yet found a husband. Others would think that there is something wrong with this girl, and the man she would look for a matchmaker would be what Shen calls a widower or a penniless man.

Make money! Make money! Make money! Jiang Youzhen clenched his claws!

"Mom! I'm going to town!" After Jiang Youzhen finished washing up, Shen came over with a bowl of cornmeal porridge.

"Why are you going to town? Your head injury hasn't healed yet. You were so tired yesterday. Stay at home and get some more sleep."

Shen felt a little distressed and placed the porridge on the table, "Drink it while it's hot! It will replenish your body."

"Go find a job in town, or you'll have no money!"

Jiang Youzhen didn't hesitate to eat it. It was really watery. Shen must have been used to saving money and didn't want to put more cornmeal.

Even a strong man cannot bear not eating or drinking.

Shen's eyes suddenly turned red. "Your father will find a way to get the money. How can he let you worry about it? You can go up the mountain to find your sisters and collect some firewood for them."

Even if the children of peasant families were injured, they would not rest unless they were bedridden.

"Don't worry, mother! I can't bear the hardship! I'm afraid to work at Master Wang's house this time. I just want to see if there is any easy work.

Don't worry! I'm so smart, there will be no problem. "

Jiang Youzhen wiped his mouth nonchalantly. There was one bad thing about the ancient times: there were no tissues.

She is a civilized person after all, she can't wipe it with her sleeve, right? No matter how thin the paste is, it will stick to her mouth!

Shen hesitated to speak. If it was really a boy, she would certainly not worry.

But Erlang is a girl, how can she feel at ease?

This girl's personality has really changed since she woke up. She used to be as timid as a mouse, but now she is very bold.

She talks about making money all the time, and she is even more ambitious than her father.

"Mom, is there a car to go to town? I'm afraid I can't walk!" Jiang Youzhen can be lazy if he can, but he can't treat himself badly, right?

Jiang waved at Jiang Youzhen, and Jiang Youzhen's eyes lit up. What's going on? Finally hid a few copper coins?

She came closer to Shen, rubbing her hands together and waiting.

"Is it tangled?"

"Well, it's okay! I'm a little greedy. What's the matter? Do you have some extra money? I can buy a meat bun."

Shen patted Jiang Youzhen's arm and rolled her eyes at her. "What are you daydreaming about in broad daylight?"

She pointed at Jiang Youzhen's chest and asked, "I'm asking you this. Are you entangled?"

Jiang Youzhen finally understood and was speechless.

"It's just a steamed bun without leavening. What's so great about it?"

Shen: This description is so damn apt.

"No, no matter how small the bun is, it's not safe if you don't wrap it around you."

"What's unsafe about that? You look the same from the front and back. No one would recognize you even if you take off all your clothes." Jiang Youzhen said indifferently.

"Oh! You kid!"

Shen slapped her shoulder in anger and said, "Don't say that anymore. You... are different after all. Don't learn from those men..."

"Oh! Mom, I'm leaving. Go early. I have to find a job."

Jiang Youzhen was afraid that Shen would really stop her and wrap her in a bun. This would be bad for her development! She was already small.

Shen sighed. This kid finally learned to be a man. She thought that she was too selfish and made the kid suffer.

"Erlang!"

As soon as Jiang Youzhen went out, he was stopped by Jiang Fugui who was in the woodshed.

"Going to town?" Jiang Fugui came forward, then took out something from his arms and handed it to Jiang Youzhen.

"Go buy some food to replenish your body. This is the wages I earned yesterday, but I didn't hand it in."

Jiang Fugui's smile was a little bitter. Jiang Youzhen took a look and found that there were actually ten copper coins.

"No need for so much, I can just take a car."

Jiang Youzhen declined and only took two.

"Here, buy whatever you want."

Jiang Fugui knew that his family was poor, but he owed the most to his daughter.

Not only did he not give her a good life, he also made her suffer so much.

Which girl doesn’t like to be pretty? Erya and her friends picked wild flowers and put them on their heads, but Erlang went to the fields every day in a coarse cloth and short brown robe, doing the dirtiest and most tiring work.

Her family treated her like an adult male and had her work to do in the fields during the busy farming season.

Looking at the pair of thin, rough and cracked hands, Jiang Fugui felt a lump in his throat and turned around and went back to the house.

Jiang Youzhen silently put away the coins and decided not to come back until she made some money today.

The entrance to the village is where you take the ox cart to the town. Uncle Jiang, who drives the cart, is a relative of theirs, but he is five generations away from them.

I walked to the entrance of the village and took a look. I saw that the ox cart went to the town once every three days. It seemed that today was not a good day.

"Hey! Erlang, your injury is not healed yet, where are you going?"

Jiang Youzhen turned around and saw that it was Chunya's mother. She quickly called out, "Aunt Ya, I'm going to the town to find some work."

Aunt Ya must have just returned from the fields, with a basket of cabbages on her arm.

"Going to town? Your injury hasn't healed yet! Why don't you stay at home and rest for a few days?" Aunt Ya frowned, her eyes full of pity.

"It's okay, I'm much better now. I won't talk to you anymore, just come to my house and play.

My mother was still talking about it yesterday, not knowing how to thank you for sending so many cabbages. "

Jiang Youzhen's eloquence made Aunt Ya so happy that wrinkles appeared on her face.

"What's that little bit of cabbage?" Aunt Ya sighed in her heart that Erlang was really different. She thought of something and suddenly said, "Wait a minute!"

As she spoke, she turned and went into the house. After a while, Jiang Youzhen saw her holding a wild vegetable rice ball in her hand.

"A relative came to our house yesterday, and there was some leftover rice. I made rice balls out of it. You drank the porridge this morning, right? Your mother would have been reluctant to eat all of it."

"This? No, keep it for yourself."

Jiang Youzhen quickly declined. This place is located in the north, and people usually drink porridge. During the busy farming season, they eat dry food. That is corn cakes or something, and they rarely eat rice.

Therefore, rice is very expensive and farmers rarely eat it. Even in the grain shops in town, polished japonica rice is more expensive.

Jiang Youzhen turned his head and suddenly found a slightly pretty face visible through the window that was slightly opened.

The girl looked at her with spring water in her eyes, and her dark yellow face still had a blush on it. When she saw her looking at her, she quickly closed the window.

Uh... the original body still has such a debt? What a sin!