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BLL Chapter 78
This old acquaintance was none other than Ji Xuan’s wife, Li Rulan. At this time, Li Rulan had broken up with Ji Xuan.
Her relationship with Ji Xuan was also legendary. She wasn’t taken back by Ji Xuan but had divorced him.
After Third Ji’s family came to live in the county town, nothing went well. He found an old gentleman who claimed to know the destiny of heaven and did a reading on his eight characters. He read that his family’s luck was lost by marrying this new daughter-in-law.
Liu Li cried. “I actually married my son to a jinx!”
Ji Ru also learned from his father and mother and started blaming his sister-in-law too. “My brother married such a horrible wife. No wonder I couldn’t earn Du Feibai’s love. If you hadn’t married her, I would definitely be able to marry Young Master Du.”
Old Lady Ji also cried so much that her eyes were red. “I wronged my grandson.”
Old Lady Ji and Li Rulan had a bad time in Third Ji’s family. She was also one of the people who were disliked. When the fortune-telling results came out, there was a reason for all of Third Ji’s hardships. And Li Rulan was all to blame.
It doesn’t matter who was in the right or wrong. The fortune teller said Li Rulan had ruined their family’s luck when she entered the door. If anything bad happened to their family, then she was the one to blame!
This kind of unreasonableness was contagious. The more they spoke, the more it seemed true.
At the start, Ji Xuan, as a husband, helped his beautiful wife. After all, they were husband and wife now. How could he let others say that his wife was the unlucky star. Ji Xuan. Ji Xuan didn’t believe in this bad luck. “Mother, don’t speak nonsense. That fortune teller doesn’t know what they’re saying. Now that Rulan is pregnant with your grandson, you can’t blame her.”
Li Rulan lived indifferently in Third Ji’s house. She only took Liu Li and Ji Ru’s gossip as wind in her ears. She didn’t take it to heart.
Even someone as cold-hearted as her, after hearing Ji Xuan defending her, she couldn’t help but be moved and lower her defense. Plus, she was a sentimental child. She was someone who was easily moved. So while Li Rulan was calling her an unlucky star, the couple still had a good time.
It wasn’t until Li Rulan gave birth to a Shuang’er, that this pierced the entire Third Ji’s family. It also confirmed the fact that she was an unlucky start.
Liu Li didn’t do anything when she was still breastfeeding, but she would still sneer. “I was born into a working-class family and even gave birth to a son and daughter for my husband. I did my best, but you, born in the pampered city, gave birth to a Shuang’er. No wonder you had such a bad reputation before getting married!”
Old Lady Ji couldn’t help but add, “That’s right. I was blind to choose a granddaughter-in-law like you.”
After Li Rulan’s status was lowered, Old Lady Ji’s status improved slightly. Old Lady Ji and Liu Li disliked their son’s (grandson’s) wife. The two hated the same person and teamed up.
Li Rulan was not in good health after giving birth to a child. She also had to listen to their cold words. What made her even sadder was that Ji Xuan, who used to protect her, started to believe that she was the lucky star after she gave birth to a Shuang’er.
Under such conditions, she was sad and indignant and even wanted to die. But Li Rulan was a tough woman. She looked at the little baby in her arms, who was babbling at her. Her eyes became even more firm and resolute.
Li Rulan left Third Ji’s family with her child. At that time, she thought the world was dark. She wanted to return to her parents’ house, but her father disliked the fact that she was fighting with her new family, and told her not to return.
AThe father, who was both strict and gentle, became even more harsh. His sideburns grew gray during the time his daughter was away. “Don’t make trouble. You’re married now. You can live a good life with him. Don’t play any tricks or think about running away!”
“Our family will never take you back!”
Under her father’s stern eyes and her mother’s entanglement and hesitation, the gate of the courtyard she’d grown up in was slammed right in Li Rulan’s face.
Li Rulan held her child and looked at the old faces of her parents. At that moment, she finally understood what regret was.
She walked back in a daze, not knowing where to go. But she would never return to the Third Ji’s house. Li Rulan was almost reduced to living on the streets, but fortunately, her mother, who loved her, secretly asked someone to help her.
After Li Rulan left Third Ji’s family, Third Ji’s didn’t try to bring her back. Her marriage ended quickly. And a year later, Third Ji’s family, who couldn’t mix in the county town, moved back to Jade Creek Village.
Li Rulan was alone with her infant Shuang’er, surviving in a dark and damp room that smelled like the market.
While raising her child, Li Rulan did hard labor. Her hands, which had once only been used for embroidery, were now patched and rouch.
The poems and songs of the old wind and snow now became useless for her.
After All Water Tales became popular in the County town, Li Rulan also heard about it. But she didn’t have the curiosity to pay attention to these things anymore. She only thought about how to survive. Until one day, she heard that Songyun Bookstore was collecting manuscripts. If their book was published , they could collect a manuscript fee…Li Rulan was tempted.
This time, she picked up the pen and paper again. Not because she dreamed of being a talented woman, that dream had long disappeared. It was to earn money for food. What she wrote wasn’t about the sorrows of the words, but it was filled with the ups and downs of life.
Li Rulan wrote beautifully. The things she wrote were deeply moving and graphic. It gathered a huge fanbase for her. She was able to support herself and her young child by writing manuscripts.
Lin Lixuan really didn’t expect that this Rulan Ruyu was someone who could be regarded as a relative. After all, her little Shuang’er was Ger Yan’s nephew, as well as his own.
All Water County really was small!
He admired Li Rulan for daring to go out in the world alone with her child and for persevering so long. He originally wanted to give the other party a back door to fund her life, but he gave up on the idea. Li Rulan was a tough woman who could support herself with her own skills. She didn’t need to rely on other people’s help.
Li Rulan’s life was still good. Meanwhile, Third Ji was having a hard time after returning to Jade Creek Village. The Ji family’s original house was still there, but it was dilapidated and in disrepair. It looked depressing… At the beginning, the old house was divided into three equal parts. Each family had a share. Third Ji’s family moved to the county town, so his share was empty/ Eldest Ji and Second Ji’s families also built new houses after earning money. The original old house was vacant, and nobody lived there.
The house was like this. There were still people living there. It had survived for hundreds of years and still stood there. But with fewer people living there for a year and a half, there was a sense of depression.
Back in Jade Creek Village, Ji Xuan’s good days ended. There was a lot of work that needed to be done in the village. They originally invited servants to serve in their home in the county town, but now they couldn’t afford to hire anyone.
Sweeping the floor, cooking and raising livestock, tidying up the vegetable field, managing the land. Someone needed to do all this. In the past, the Ji family was large. The work was all contracted to the eldest and second family. All the housework was done by the eldest daughter-in-law Li Yue’e and the second daughter-in-law Liu Yufeng. And the field work was managed by Second Ji and Eldest Ji. The Third Ji’s family only needed to enjoy the blessings. At that time, they were enjoying the blessings but hadn’t even known. They looked down on the other two families for being inferior.
And now, those who could work were now gone, and the work now fell on their heads.
Third Ji picked up a bench and sat down. The table in front of him was full of dust and no one came to wipe it. He touched it with his hand in disgust and rubbed it between his hands. His face became even more dissatisfied. He slapped the table… “Why isn’t food ready yet?”
“It’s coming, it’s coming. What’s the hurry? If you want it, then cook it yourself!” Liu Li and Ji Ru came out with the food.
Liu Li and Ji Ru were both wearing coarse clothes. Liu Li was frowning at the start. Her steps were fast. Ji Ru, who followed behind, was reluctant. There was still a little black ash on her nose.
Ji Ru threw the dishes onto the table with a bang. The juice splashed on her own hands. She shrugged her shoulders in disgust. This behavior was seen by Liu Li, and she was glared at by her mother fiercely. After seeing this, Ji Ru’s mouth turned round like a big jujube. She sat down and complained with a grin, “Dad, I don’t want to do rough work anymore. If my hands get any rougher, then how will I get married… Shall we hire someone to do it?”
Ji Xuan echoed her complaints, “Yes, I’m a scholar. How could I work in the fields?” “Hey, I saw a bug in the field today. It was so disgusting.” What was even more horrible was the wood chopping. How could he, a scholar who had never even picked up a knife, use an ax to chop firewood.
Liu Li glared at Ji Ru fiercely. Her daughter was really useless. She couldn’t get married, and she didn’t know how to do anything at home. She really needed a scolding. “Hire someone? With what money?”
Ji Ru pouted and looked at her father, Third Ji. “Dad, go get some more to earn money to support your family. If their family continued like this, then how would it be any different from their family falling from grace?
Third Ji took the chopsticks from Liu Li’s hand and took a small sip of rice porridge. He frowned. “My left hand is injured… Sigh… It’s not good. Ji Xuan is an adult now, so he should work and support his family…”
Third Ji himself wasn’t a diligent person. Although he could do carpentry, his skills weren’t very good. He could barely take any work. Plus, Old Lady Ji often subsidized their family. He just cared about pleasing Old Lady Ji. How could he improve his skills?
When he made a fortune, the entire family moved to the county town. The entire family enjoyed life. He was naturally in charge of enjoying it. How could he live a life to work harder for others? His craft was left unused for most of the year. His old bones were stiff, so how could he do carpentry now?
It was easy to get work from acquaintances. After only two or three days, he injured himself.
When Ji Xuan heard that his father had thrown this responsibility on him, he was dissatisfied. The dishes and chopsticks slammed on the table. “Dad, look at this. Do these look like hands that work? How can I do such lowly work…”
“Isn’t Songyun Bookstore collecting manuscripts?” “If you’re a scholar, why don’t you write some books to earn money?”
“…Do you think I haven’t written anything? It’s like sinking into the sea after submitting so many novels…” Speaking of this, Ji Xuan was angry. He’d written so many things, so why couldn’t he publish a single one? ！
“My son is so talented. How could they not accept them?” In Liu Li’s eyes, her son was also the best. Who could compare to her son?
“Drink. You guys know the owner of Songyun Bookstore is now Xiucai Lin. He must have a grudge against our family for not accepting my manuscript…”
Old Lady Ji couldn’t help but slap the table after hearing this. “How could he be like this!”
“That won’t do. I need to speak to him. How could he do this?!”
This family is the worse, everytime I think we’re done with them they come back like the flu damn!
Thank you for the chapter!!!! 😻😻😻