Part 1 - The Double / Marriage of the Di Daughter

Chapter 004 Temple

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It rained all night, but the weather cleared up the next day, and the mattresses in the house were all wet.

Tong'er was drying the mattress, and Jiang Li was sitting in the room with a pile of shoe soles on the table. This is what she does every day. After collecting fifty soles, she will get a bunch of copper coins. Copper coins are of no use in this mountain, and Tong'er can't go down the mountain. She can only wait for the salesman who comes up the mountain to arrive and buy some candy cakes from him.

This is the only luxury Jiang Li and Tong'er have.

Looking from the window, Tong'er was standing on a stool to dry the mattress. Not far away, nuns in grey robes walked by without looking at them.

They couldn't control these nuns, and Jiang Li made a mistake and was sent here, with only Tong'er by her side. Tong'er is the maid chosen by Ye Zhenzhen for Jiang Li, and she has always been by Jiang Li's side.

The little girl was quite energetic. Looking at the retreating figures of the two nuns, she let out a ‘poof’ and cursed: "Hairless bitches!"

Jiang Li knew that she went to ask for a mattress in the morning and was rejected, so she scolded her because she felt uncomfortable, and couldn't help laughing.

The servants are the same as the masters. Tong'er has been here for six years and this is still the case. Maybe the original Miss Jiang Er had a more intense temperament. Think about it, if it is not intense, you will not be able to commit suicide in anger.

Would a person with such a fierce temperament cry out for injustice after pushing her stepmother to have miscarriage?

Jiang Li thought about what she had learned from Tong'er. It was said that Miss Jiang refused to admit hurting her stepmother until she died. Jiang Li thought that if she really did it, she would admit it loudly and confidently.

But these are not important now.

Tong'er came back from drying the quilt and sat next to Jiang Li. She was frightened by Jiang Li, fearing that Jiang Li would accidentally fall into the lake again, so she had been guarding Jiang Li every step of the way these days. Seeing that Jiang Li was in a daze, she picked up the sole and started making it. Jiang Li looked at the dense needle holes on the little girl's fingertips, took the sole and threw it away, saying, "Don't do it."

"Huh?" Tong'er was puzzled, "The salesman will be here in three days. Doesn't the girl want to eat candy?"

Jiang Li shook her head and asked, "Do you want to sit here all your life, just waiting for the candy every month?"

"Of course I don't want to." Tong'er asked, "But we can't get out here now." After that, she muttered: "I have written letters to the master and the old lady of the Ye family before, but there was no reply." Tong Er's face fell, "They must have forgotten us."

Jiang Li sighed, let alone delivering a letter, perhaps that every move they make is under the nose of others. Generally, young ladies who have made mistakes are sent to the family temple. Since the master also gives money to be taken care of, the people in the nunnery will not send them anywhere. And the nuns here are clearly making things difficult. After Jiang Li fell ill, she didn't even ask for a doctor. Probably it was all someone’s idea in Yanjing.

As for who it is, you don’t need to guess to know that it is the stepmother.

If Jiang Li really caused her to have a miscarriage, Ji Shuran would definitely not let Jiang Li go. If Jiang Li had not caused her to have a miscarriage, Ji Shuran's purpose in making this scene was not to let Jiang Li go.

What's more, now that Jiang Li's marriage has been robbed, Jiang Li has nothing. An ancestral home that she has rejected and never interacted with? The abandoned legitimate daughter, in this place, would not be able to make a difference even if she was killed.

But why didn't Ji Shuran kill her?

Jiang Li didn't think this was because the other party was soft-hearted. Maybe she had other uses for the stepmother or the Jiang family. Isn't it often the case that daughters are used as stepping stones to marry, paving the way for their father and brother's career, just like Shen Yurong. The difference is that Shen Yurong regarded himself as a bargaining chip for marriage, and regarded Xue Fang Fei as a stumbling block.

Miss Jiang Er reminded her of herself. She was the same one who had her things taken away by others, the same one who was bullied by others, and the same one who was unable to defend herself.

Tong'er watched Jiang Li's face darken, and she shuddered.

For some reason, Tong'er felt that the second young lady had become a little strange since she woke up. The second young lady always said what she meant and spoke her mind. She even had a fight with the nuns in the nunnery. She was easily agitated and angry. Of course, this was not the second young lady's fault, but the fault of those bad guys.

But the second young lady had never been angry after waking up. She was gentle and spoke softly, making people wonder what she was thinking. And when she was silent and thinking, Tong'er felt a little scared.

Jiang Li's fingers stroked the insole in front of her. The stitches of the insole were fine. Although Tong'er was a little noisy, her needlework was really good.

She had to find a way to leave here.

Xue Fang Fei in Yanjing City should be dead, but she didn't know how Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong, the two beasts, covered up. She had to go see Xue Zhao again, and she had to find a way to go back to Tongxiang. Xue Huaiyuan was dead, and his two children were also dead. Who would collect his body? She hadn't seen Xue Huaiyuan for a long time.

She wanted to leave here, but now in Yanjing City, no one in the entire Yan Dynasty remembered her, Jiang Li. A person who was not remembered by anyone would not be taken away from here.

In this case, she had to leave here on her own initiative.

If no one remembered, it would not be difficult to let the world remember.

Jiang Li suddenly smiled.
Tong'er looked at her in surprise. This was the first time in these days that Jiang Li smiled. It was either a sneer or a bitter smile, or a happy and comfortable smile. This smile instantly made her withered face come alive, as bright as a morning flower.

"Tong'er," Jiang Li asked her: "Did you say that a salesman would go up the mountain?"

"Yes," Tong'er said, "Seller Zhang comes here at noon on the 10th day of the fifth lunar month every year. We have agreed with him that if he has delicious cakes and candies, he can come to us first and let us choose."

On the other hand, a maid from a wealthy family, even if she is down and out, even if she can only bring out a bunch of copper coins, she can still speak with a lot of momentum.

"Is there a lot of candies?" Jiang Li asked.

"That's a lot." Tong'er asked, "Do you want some sweets, girl?"

Jiang Li smiled: "I think so."

Too bitter, because it is too bitter, so she misses the sweet taste of honey. These sugars can make her taste sweet, but they can also make some people feel bitter.

Tong'er said happily: "Girl, just eat sweets if you want. We saved some more coins a few days ago and can exchange them for several baskets. Girl, you can eat as much as you want!"

Jiang Li said: "You said Helin Temple is nearby, right?"

Tong'er looked at her blankly and asked, "Do you want to go to incense, too?"

"No." Jiang Li said, "I don't believe in Buddhism."

Tong'er was puzzled.

Jiang Li's smile became a little softer, and she said, "There is nothing to believe in."

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