Chapter 2 Kneel down and plead
With a plop, Liu Chunxiang knelt down with her legs straight towards Old Lady Liang.
She said with a slightly choked voice: "Mom, the second brother and I only have Qianhuan as our child. I know you have never liked girls, but even if you don't like her, Qianhuan is your granddaughter. You can't just stand by and watch her die. Can you let Wenyong get married later? Saving Qianhuan's life is more important first."
"You unlucky star, how dare you beg me? You have been in the Liang family for so many years and you only gave birth to a money-losing child. I didn't divorce you. I have done my best. How dare you ask for money for your eldest nephew to marry a wife?" Old Mrs. Liang roared viciously at her second daughter-in-law, Liu.
Liu was touched in a sore spot and felt very uncomfortable, but her daughter was lying half-dead on the bed, and she just wanted to get the money to buy medicine for her daughter. She turned a deaf ear to the accusations of Mrs. Liang and kept kowtowing and begging Mrs. Liang.
Liang Laoer couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up from the stool with the help of a crutch and slowly knelt down without caring about his injured calf.
"Mother, human lives are at stake now. I only have Qianhuan as my daughter. Please take out the silver to buy medicine first. After my leg injury heals, I will go to the mountains to hunt and earn money immediately. I promise not to delay Wenyong's marriage."
When Mrs. Liang saw her second son kneeling down to beg her because his leg injury had not healed yet, she still felt a little reluctant and hesitated for a moment.
But when she thought of her grandson, she hardened her heart and said, "Son, it's not that I don't want to save you, but I really can't. Since you fell and got injured, you have been lying in bed recovering. It has been several months now. Your family of three has not earned a penny. We are all supported by the money from Grandpa Zhong. Our family has been unable to make ends meet for a long time. We finally got some money from selling grain. I am planning to find a wife for your eldest nephew Wen Yong. Your second nephew Wen Zhi also spends a lot on studying. How can we have the spare money to buy such expensive medicine?"
Hearing this, Liang Laoer felt uncomfortable and disappointed. He knew that his mother favored boys over girls, and usually his mother valued her nephews more, but he was a filial son and never said anything bad about his mother.
Before he broke his leg, he often went hunting in the mountains during the slack season. The money he earned from selling the game was several times more than what his family earned from farming. Every time he earned money, he would give some pocket money to his daughter, and the rest would be handed over to his mother.
He didn't expect that after he injured his leg and couldn't earn money, his mother would treat his daughter with such disrespect.
Qian Hua was lying on the hard bed, listening to them arguing over her medicine money. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her head. Her brows were slightly furrowed, and countless images flashed through her mind like a movie.
She finally understood her current situation: she had actually traveled through time, and it was her soul that traveled through time. Her original surname was Qian Minghuan, and the body she was now possessed by was named Liang Qianhuan.
The original owner is 13 years old this year and is the only daughter of the second son of the Liang family and Liu.
The original owner's father, Liang Laoer, had gone into the mountains to rescue an injured old hunter from the same village. In order to express his gratitude to the original owner's father, the old hunter passed on his hunting skills to him.
From then on, the original owner's father helped the family farm during the busy farming season, and went into the mountains to hunt during the slack season. It can be said that a large part of the family's income was earned by the original owner's father.
About four months ago, his father went into the mountains to hunt and encountered a leopard. While avoiding it, he accidentally fell into a deep pit, causing fractures of his thoracic vertebrae and lower leg. He was found and carried back for treatment, and he saved his life.
The doctor said that the thoracic vertebrae fracture was a minor injury, but the leg fracture was somewhat serious. The doctor originally said that if I took the medicine on time and took good care of myself, I would be able to walk normally again in three or four months.
But the medicine was too expensive, costing several taels of silver a month. Her second cousin Wenzhi spent a lot of money on his studies, so her grandmother stopped giving the medicine to her father after she gave him a few doses.
Now, four months have passed, and the original owner's father still cannot walk like a normal person and can only walk slowly with the help of crutches.
Without Liang Lao Er's protection, in the past few months, Liu and the original owner were ordered by Old Lady Liang to do various tasks every day.
In addition to taking care of her bedridden husband, Liu also had to do laundry, cooking, fetch water, collect firewood, and clean for the whole family every day. She had to do all these chores by herself.
This month, Liang Laoer was just able to walk around with the help of a cane. After Liu finished her housework, Old Lady Liang asked her to go to the fields to help with farming. She did the work of several people alone.
The original owner had to go up the mountain every day to dig wild vegetables, feed pigs, chickens and ducks.
Despite this, Old Mrs. Liang still cursed and complained, saying that she and her mother had not earned a penny and were just living off the land.
The original owner's aunt, Zhu, was a mean and selfish person. Relying on the fact that she gave birth to two sons for the Liang family and that her second son was a scholar, she always felt superior to others at home and acted domineeringly in front of her two sisters-in-law.
Normally, she would complain of being uncomfortable whenever she was asked to do housework, always finding various excuses to be lazy, and never helping Liu with any of the housework.
Liang Laosan's wife, Chen, is the youngest of the three sisters-in-law. She has a gentle temperament and is kind.
Chen's health had not been very good when she was at her parents' home. Originally, Mrs. Liang did not agree with Liang Laosan marrying her, but Liang Laosan liked her very much.
Since giving birth to her son Liang Wenjie, Chen's body has become even weaker. She was never allowed to do farm work on weekdays. She would hide in the house and do some embroidery work. She could save some pocket money by selling the embroidery pieces.
Sometimes, when she saw that Liu was too busy to handle everything by herself, she would occasionally help with some lighter housework.
The original owner fell into the water because Liang Cuihua, the daughter of her uncle, tricked her into the river and pushed her into the river. She tried hard to open her mouth and tell the original owner's parents the truth, but no sound came out.
"Grandma, please use the money to pay for my cousin's medical treatment first. I'm not in a hurry to get married." The young man named Wen Yong spoke up. Although he also wanted to get married quickly, compared with his cousin's life, he still felt that getting medicine was more important.
His sister Liang Cuihua glared at him and said sadly: "Brother, how can you not be in a hurry to get married? You are already 18 years old. Ergouzi from the same village is the same age as you, and his child can call you dad already."
In ancient times, children in rural areas got married early. When a boy turned 15 or 16, his family would start looking for a partner and prepare for marriage.
Girls can get married even earlier, basically at the age of fifteen, and some even get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen.
So Ergouzi and Wenyong are the same age, so it is normal for the child to call him dad.
Old Mrs. Liang looked at Cuihua with approval. Normally, she didn't like her eldest granddaughter very much and never treated her well. Today, she was very kind to her.
"Cuihua is right. We were planning to find a wife for Wenyong last year, but the second son fell and got injured again. We almost emptied our family savings to pay for his treatment. We finally sold some grain and were about to find a wife for Wenyong to have a big fat boy. Some people can't give birth to a son themselves, so they want to force my eldest grandson to have no descendants?"
With someone's support, Old Lady Liang became even more righteous and glared at Liu fiercely as she spoke.
Liu just knelt on the ground and kowtowed, begging: "Mother, I beg you, please take out the silver and save Qianhuan first."