dognovel Chapter 1 She Traveled Across Time
Chapter 1 She Traveled Across Time
"Mother Mingyuan, the child... the child seems to be dead..."
"No, my dear! Mother is here, Mingshu, my Mingshu..."
"My child...you love your father so much..."
"You bastard, you won't let your granddaughter go even if you die. Give my San Ya back..."
My forehead hurts, and what's going on with all the mess around me?
Zhou Mingshu suddenly opened his eyes and saw that everyone around him was in mourning and crying bitterly.
Is this crying for her? Is she dead?
What do you mean by good girl? Daddy or not? Doesn’t she have no family?
Suddenly, some memories that did not belong to her flooded into her mind, and she couldn't help but twitch because of her splitting headache.
It turned out that her soul traveled to a small mountain village called Lianglin Village and became a peasant girl there.
She is a single white-collar woman in a prime period of life. Although she is not a second-generation rich or official, she lives a pretty carefree life. But now her soul has been reborn as a little girl, and she is only thirteen years old. What the hell is going on?
Zhu kept wiping the tears from her face, holding her upper body in her arms, and gently touching her injured forehead.
"My dear, how can you bear to leave your mother? Wake up..."
Zhu's tears and snot covered Zhou Mingshu's head. She felt a little disgusted but didn't dare to move.
"Mother Mingyuan, if the child is gone, bury him early. The weather is hot and we can't stay here for long."
"Yeah, Uncle Zhou is such a jerk. He just left and took his granddaughter away. Really! I have children at home so I have to go back first. It's unlucky!"
"Mother Mingyuan, please accept my condolences and don't let your feelings get the better of you..."
After this incident, many neighbors who had come to attend the funeral went back early. Everyone felt it was unlucky, especially the women with children at home. Only a few young men were left in the cemetery waiting to fill the graves.
It turned out that the original body's grandfather Zhou Yongzhu had been ill for a year or two. The family spent a lot of money on his medical treatment, but unexpectedly they still died.
Not only did they fail to keep the person, but because of this incident, their family went from being one of the richest families in Lianglin Village to being one of the poorest.
All the cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in the family were sold off, and several acres of land were also sold off. The family also owed a lot of debts to relatives and neighbors.
They were starving and had no food to eat.
Now she's been 'captured' again. The Zhou family has lost an old and a young one at the same time. How can anyone bear this?
How could the Zhou family not feel resentful! How could they not feel hateful!
Thinking of this, Zhou Mingshu opened his eyes again and looked at the people around him.
"Auntie, my sister is awake."
When Zhou Mingqi saw her eyes open, he was stunned and a little bit unbelievable for a moment.
When Zhu saw her daughter in her arms wake up, she swallowed her tears all at once, and the breath she couldn't breathe out made her hiccup several times.
Zhou Mingqi's words startled the people around him, and they all dropped their weapons and gathered around.
"I'm really awake. I'm really awake."
"Uncle Zhou didn't take Mingshu away."
Grandma Zhou wiped her nose, took back the soles of her shoes from the coffin, and hurried in.
"It's good that you're awake, it's good that you're awake, Lao Er, why don't you send San Ya home quickly."
"Oh, okay." Zhou Shouhou finally reacted and quickly picked up his daughter and kept her away from his old man.
"Dad, I won't leave." Zhou Mingshu's voice was a little hoarse, and it seemed that he had cried too hard.
"Silly girl, what if your grandfather takes you away again?" Zhou Shouhou's eyes were red, and he hadn't yet recovered from the feeling of losing and regaining something.
"Dad, I saw it. It was Shagang who pushed me." She remembered that she was kneeling in front of the grave and crying. Shagang suddenly appeared behind her and pushed her. She fell headfirst onto her grandfather's coffin and got a crack on her head.
Then the original Zhou Mingshu left, and now there is another Zhou Mingshu.
"What? It's Shagang!" Not only Zhou Shouhou didn't expect it, but the people around him were also surprised.
Sha Gang is a fool from Lianglin Village. He is in his twenties and spends his days chasing chickens and catching dogs. He chases and beats children when he sees them. All the children in the village are afraid of him, and Zhou Mingshu is no exception.
She usually avoided him and never provoked him, but she never expected that she would end up in trouble.
After Zhou Mingshu said this, several men who had gathered around said that they had indeed seen Shagang wandering around nearby just now, but now they didn't know where he had gone.
"Oh my God, what a sin this has committed, her aunt..." Old Mrs. Zhou put on her shoes and signaled Zhou Laoer to carry Mingshu home first.
Since it wasn't her old man's fault, she wouldn't nag him here.
"Everyone, please work hard to fill up your uncle Zhou's grave. I'm going to talk to her aunt."
Shagang is the eldest son of her great aunt. He usually stays at home, but he unexpectedly ran out secretly when everyone was busy.
She should have been at home taking care of the children after her husband passed away. If Mingshu hadn't happened, she would still be at home grieving.
Old Mrs. Zhou staggered towards the village entrance, where Shagang's house was.
Zhou Laoer took his daughter home to rest.
"Girl, take a good rest at home. Dad will find some medicine for you to apply at night."
Zhou Laoer brought a basin of water for his daughter to wash her face and hands, then he returned to the field to see his father off.
She washed her hands and wiped her face, poured out the muddy water in the basin, and found a small stool to sit on.
There were two children digging in the mud by the wall. They didn't say anything when they saw her come back.
Some white silks were hung at home, the mourning hall was still there, and there were many distant relatives inside and outside the yard. When they saw the cut on her head, they all came to ask about her.
Zhou Mingshu looked at her house. The whole yard was quite large. The main house was where Mr. Zhou and Mrs. Zhou lived. The houses on the left and right were her house and her younger uncle's house. At the back was her eldest uncle's family.
Every house has a foundation made of bluestone bricks, and half of the bricks in the main house are bluestone bricks.
There is no other house like this in Lianglin Village.
Most people in the village still live in adobe houses, and the poorest live in thatched houses.
But after Mr. Zhou fell ill, although the house was still in good condition, they were so poor that they could not even afford a penny.
Even this white cloth is borrowed.
After use, you have to wash it clean and return it to the owner.
Not long after, Old Mrs. Zhou came back unsteadily.
"Sanyah, look what grandma has." With red eyes, she took out two eggs from behind her as if she was presenting a treasure.
"Grandma, it's eggs." Her voice was still a little hoarse.
"Yes, your aunt apologized to you on behalf of Shagang. She asked me to bring you two eggs and beat Shagang up. She said she would come to see you when she is free. Wait, I will cook them for you and eat them to replenish your body."
Zhou Mingshu's stomach was rumbling; she was indeed a little hungry.
Seeing their grandmother enter the kitchen, the two children sitting by the wall threw away the mud and ran over.
This is her younger brother Zhou Mingyuan and her cousin Zhou Minghua.
"Third sister, what did grandma do? Did she cook?"
The family was very poor and usually relied on wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. They had no idea where to eat next. It was normal for a four or five-year-old child to think that this was enough.