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“When Shi Qingluo, an agriculture expert, opened her eyes again after dying, she realised she had transmigrated as a farm girl in an ancient era. Her story started from when she was sold by her family, and was currently being forcibly taken away. She subdued evil with greater evil, and violence with greater violence, forcing the troublemakers to cry in defeat and ended up giving in to her.

Then, she married off to another village. She became the wife of Scholar Xiao Hanzheng who was in a coma, and had just been abandoned by his extended family. Qingluo looked at Scholar Xiao’s frail mother, delicate younger sister, and obedient younger brother, and rubbed her chin out of satisfaction. From now on, they were all hers to protect.

Since then, she took on the crucial role as the family’s breadwinner, led the family towards prosperity and accidentally became the nation’s wealthiest individual.

Xiao Hanzheng woke up to find that his brother, who supposedly died from drowning, was alive and kicking. His sister was still at home. And their mother, who was supposedly eaten by wild beasts when she entered the forest in hopes of earning money to buy medicine, was still alive. More importantly, he even gained a capable wife after waking up. All of his immediate family members loved and relied on her. He looked at her and asked, “If you’re the breadwinner, what should I do?” His wife said, “You just have to look pretty, and earn a position in the government so that you can support me.” Xiao Hanzheng’s frozen heart suddenly came alive. “Sure!”

Since then, he has worked hard in his career. He went from being an elementary scholar to a distinguished minister with great influence. He knew that from the moment he woke up, his wife was his saviour.

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In Shangxi village.

Shi Qingluo slowly opened her eyes and was greeted by a small farmhouse.

She had a terrible headache and many memories that did not belong to her surfaced.

Before she regained her senses, someone suddenly grabbed her arm tightly.

“Damned girl, you still want to fake your death in front of me? You are a jinx. Even if you die today, I will still send your corpse to that county.”

After that sarcastic woman finished speaking, she angrily raised her hand and wanted to slap her in the face.

Shi Qingluo instinctively raised her hand and grabbed the hand that was about to slap her.

Because of these additional memories, she instantly understood what had happened.

She looked at the woman coldly and said, “I’m not going. That marriage was decided by you. If you want to go, you may.”

It was saddening that this woman happened to be the biological mother of Shengyuan, Mdm Niu.

Back then, she was in a dystocia giving birth to Shengyuan. Hence, she treated her as a jinx. She always abused her and treated her harshly.

When Shengyuan was five years old, a priest came to the village and built a Taoist temple halfway up the mountain. He needed some children aged five to twelve to be Daotong.

Every month, these families could collect a hundred cash from this temple.

Shengyuan was sent to the temple by her parents until two months ago, the Taoist temple suddenly exploded, killing the priest and three other children.

Shengyuan escaped this misfortune as she went down the mountain to fetch water.

Her parents arranged a marriage for her after she returned home. It turned out that her fiancé was the young master of the wealthy Wu family in the town.

Shengyuan was honest and kind. She really believed Mdm Niu’s claim that she owed her and had to find her a good marriage.

But last night, she accidentally overheard her parents’ conversation when she was in the bathroom.

It turned out that the wealthy Young Master Wu had suddenly fallen seriously ill recently. He was so sick that he could not get out of bed. His time was about to come.

Young Master Wu was very adored at home and the Wu family could not bear to let him go without a wife.

Therefore, they wanted him to get married before his death, so that his wife could die with him on that day. Hence, he would not be lonely in the afterworld.

The Wu family also knew that this wasn’t an easy matter. Hence, they released the news that they were willing to spend a hundred taels of silver on the betrothal gift.

They would follow the usual procedure for a marriage and bury his wife together with him. As long as the bride’s family agreed, the government would not be able to interfere.

If Young Master Wu was fine, countless families would have rushed to marry their daughter here.

However, the bride had to sacrifice herself as his wife. Therefore, no crazy family would want to marry their daughters here.

Coincidentally, Shengyuan had such crazy parents.

For the sake of a hundred taels of silver, they don’t mind ruining her future. Such a family was rare. In fact, they were the only ones in the entire village.

Today, the Wu family sent someone to the Shi family. They were fetching the bride to town to prepare for the wedding the next day.

Of course, after Shengyuan found out the truth, she wasn’t willing to go.

Hence, Shengyuan’s biological mother forcefully dragged her away. She even gave a few slaps and beat her on the ground.

While she was trying to dodge, her head accidentally hit a sharp stone. Shi Qingluo’s soul took over her body when she succumbed to her injuries.

Mdm Niu did not expect her honest and weak daughter to have the gut to grab her hand and resist.

She was so angry that her face turned black. “Damn girl, you don’t have a choice.”

Her other hand reached out to pull her, wanting to drag her out of the main door.

The Wu family’s carriage was waiting there.

Shi Qingluo avoided her hands and broke free her other wrist from her.

As Mdm Niu retreated, she immediately rushed into the woodshed.

She quickly found a few small black balls scattered on the ground at the corner of the woodshed and walked back to the courtyard.

Mdm Niu wasn’t the only one in the courtyard. Shengyuan’s grandparents, eldest uncle’s family, second uncle’s family, and fourth uncle were all present.

However, they turned a blind eye. Her fourth uncle, who had already passed the tongsheng1 entrance exam, was also the mastermind behind this marriage.

Otherwise, it was impossible for Shengyuan’s parents, who had lived in the village their entire life, to know about the Wu family.

Last night, Shengyuan had heard Mdm Niu and her husband mention that after receiving a hundred taels of silver, they would give her fourth uncle fifty taels as allowance for his scholar entrance exam, and reserve thirty taels for the family’s expenditure.

Therefore, no one in the Shi family was innocent in selling her away.

At this moment, Mdm Niu rushed over with a cane in her hand.

“Damn girl, you should count yourself lucky to marry into the Wu family. Don’t be a jinx who doesn’t cherish your fortune.”

Ever since she gave birth to her, she had given birth to three more daughters in a row. As a result, their family didn’t have a son yet and continued to be humiliated.

She had always thought that this daughter was a jinx who frequently cursed her.

She really believed that this jinx was very fortunate to be part of Young Master Wu’s funeral.

Shi Qingluo rolled her eyes. “Since marrying into the Wu family is such a great fortune, why don’t you marry yourself over? I’ll let you have such fortune.”

This b*tch said it very comfortably.

The people sitting in the courtyard also did not expect Shi Qingluo to say such words. It was simply unfilial.

Mdm Niu choked. This wretched girl’s words were too vicious. If other people knew about it, how would she be able to live her life with dignity?

She was extremely angry and picked up the cane to whip Shi Qingluo. “You’re a jinx. How dare you say such nonsense? I’ll beat you to death.”

Shi Qingluo was not Shengyuan, who had to be filial in light of the kinship. She wouldn’t hide even if she was beaten up.

Shi Qingluo nimbly dodged Mdm Niu’s cane. The two of them chased around in the courtyard.

At this moment, an old granny from the Wu family, specially sent to pick her up, frowned.

“If we delay any longer, it’ll be too late to return to the city.”

Old Lady Shi smiled apologetically at first upon hearing her words.

She turned around and berated Mdm Niu with a sullen face, “The Wu family’s carriage is still waiting outside. Don’t dawdle and make others anxious.”

That’s when Mdm Niu decided to stop. She turned around and glared at her man. “Why aren’t you coming over to help?”

Shi’s third brother, who was originally sitting, stood up with a fierce look on his face.

He looked at Shi Qingluo impatiently. “Bastard, are you coming over yourself, or should I come over to catch you?”

Shi Qingluo knew that Shengyuan’s family would not let her off for a hundred taels of silver.

In ancient times, filial piety was greater than the heavens. Children do not have the right to object to their parents’ decision for a marriage.

Even if the parents sold their daughter, it wasn’t a problem, let alone breaking the law. Worse come to worse, the outsiders would just pass a few negative comments.

Actually, Shengyuan had already sneaked out in the morning to beg the village chief and the clan elders.

However, they told her that this was a family matter and couldn’t interfere. They even took the initiative to send her back to the Shi family.

They tried to persuade her family to reconsider their decisions but were rebutted by Mdm Niu. Furthermore, Shengyuan’s fourth uncle was a tongsheng(1) , so they couldn’t care much and left.

After returning home, Shengyuan’s excellent parents were so furious that they beat her and locked her up.

They only released her when the Wu family came.

Shi Qingluo always believed that she should rely on herself instead of others and be independent in all matters.

Therefore, she had come up with a plan to save herself.

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Footnote:

tongsheng – An honourable rank given by the royals to male students who did well in the exams.

Shi Qingluo raised the small black balls in her hand.

She put on a crazed expression on her face. “Since you want me to die, then come with me.”

Third Son Shi scoffed. “You want us to die with you with this black thing? Are you insane?”

The others were also very disdainful. They felt that this wretched girl was desperate.

Shi Qingluo sneered. “Then I’ll let you guys take a look.”

She took out a lighter from her bosom and lit a small fuse on the small black ball. Then, she threw it towards an empty space on the other side of the courtyard.

Shengyuan had to set the fire and cook every day, so she had a lighter with her.

She wanted to throw it at him, but if he was injured or killed from the explosion, she would have to go to jail. It was not worth it.

“Bang!” The small black ball exploded.

It directly blew up a tree planted in the open space of the courtyard and left a hole on the ground.

Everyone was terrified.

Seeing the power of the small black balls, the people of the Shi family recalled the old Taoist priest who had ascended to immortality.

Two months ago, a few similar loud noises suddenly appeared on the mountainside. Then, flames soared into the sky, killing the Taoist priest and leaving the main hall of the temple severely damaged.

Everyone, including the Shi Family, believed that the old Taoist priest ascended to immortality.

But now, they were a little uncertain.

Shi Qingluo played with the other small black balls in her hands, raised her eyebrows and looked at them.

“So, do you want to taste the damage of the fireballs? This is something that my master passed on to me for self-defence. If you don’t believe it, you can experience it yourself.”

She snorted coldly. “If I am marrying off to the Wu family and to be buried with Young Master Wu, then all of you can die together with him too. It will be lively with so many of us there.”

This was indeed an earthen explosive refined by the old Taoist.

He was practising alchemy and accidentally created this explosive.

After that, he gained an interest in developing explosives further, which also killed him.

After the old Taoist died, Shengyuan brought back the books, two boxes of items, and these small black balls from the remnants of the explosion.

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Shi Qingluo came from the modern era. As soon as she saw these in her memory, she knew that it was an earthen bomb.

That was why she wanted to use it.

If Third Son Shi did not want to die, he would not dare to send her to accompany Young Master Wu’s burial.

The Shi family remained silent.

No, they did not want to experience it at all, and they did not want more audiences.

Old Master Shi, who had been silent the whole time, blurted, “What exactly do you want?”

Shi Qingluo said, “I want you guys to break off the engagement with the Wu Family on your own accord. I can choose who I want to marry in the future.

“Otherwise, I won’t have a good time. We’ll all die together then.

“Fourth uncle is a future scholar with a bright future in the palace. He might even be a top-tier scholar. I don’t think he wants to die young, right?”

Fourth Son Shi hesitated. He really didn’t want to.

This wretched girl had seized their lifeblood in an instant.

Thus, Old Master Shi gave Old Lady Shi a look.

She could only smile apologetically at the old granny again. “Look at this, there’s nothing we can do.”

They could only break off the engagement. Otherwise, this wretched girl would make them die with her.

Shi Qingluo looked at the old granny sinisterly and shook the little black balls in her hand. “It doesn’t matter if the Wu family wants to marry me. In any case, all of you feel sorry for Young Master Wu. We can actually go down together as companions.”

She curled her lips again and asked, “I believe that y’all also want to continue serving Young Master Wu in the afterworld, right?”

The old granny and the servants behind her were stunned. No, they didn’t want to at all.

She knew that as long as this wretched lass had such a life-threatening object in her hands, they couldn’t take her away at all. After all, no one wanted to die.

A rabbit would bite when it was anxious, let alone a human.

It was all the Shi family’s fault. They actually let this wretched lass know that she was going to die with him. They were useless trash that just ruined the plan.

Not sure if it was too late to find a new bride now.

“Since Miss Shi is not willing to marry into the Wu family, I will go back and report this to our old master and lady now.”

After she finished speaking to Shi Qingluo, she looked at Old Lady Shi and said, “You sent someone to follow me to the Wu family to break off the engagement.”

Old Lady Shi’s expression was unsightly as she looked at Lady Shi and her third son, “You guys go.”

The two of them could only grimace as they followed her to the Wu family.

The silver in their hands was gone. They were actually daring to eat that wretched lass.

After the few of them left, Shi Qingluo used a rope to tie up the remaining few earth bombs and wrapped them around her waist. However, she always kept the lighter in her hands.

After she was done, she looked at the Third Son Shi and raised her eyebrows. “If anyone wants to die, let me know in advance. I will definitely grant them their wish.”

Old Lady Shi couldn’t help but curse. “You heartless wretch, how dare you treat your elders like this? Aren’t you afraid of going to hell? You…”

“If all of you aren’t afraid of going to hell, then I’m even less afraid.” Shi Qingluo sneered.

“It looks like grandma wants to go down and explore the area first?”

Then, she untied one of the small black balls and looked as if she was going to light it up and throw it over.

Old Lady Shi, who continued to grumble, became so scared that she instantly went silent as if she had been strangled by someone.

The others were also so angry that their chests were burning, but they didn’t dare to scold her.

Shi Qingluo yawned. “I’m going to sleep for a while. Wake me up when it’s mealtime.”

“Otherwise!” she tossed the little black ball in her hand and smiled sinisterly at the people in the courtyard, “you know what I mean.”

The Shi family were speechless. How could there be such a wretch in the family?

Shi Qingluo opened the door and entered the firewood room. This was where Shengyuan had stayed after returning.

Shengyuan had used two wooden boards to make a bed, a cushion, and a quilt. She had brought them back from the Taoist temple herself.

She laid on the bed and thought about her next move.

From her memory, she learned that this was a dynasty that had never existed in history. During the Tang dynasty, there was a twist and this became the Daliang dynasty.

The Daliang dynasty was only the second generation of the emperor.

It was somewhat like the Tang dynasty, which was relatively liberal, and had less stringent rules for women, similar to the later dynasties.

However, the law stipulated that a woman could only live independently and go out on her own if she had no maternal family or if her husband died.

Therefore, it was impossible for her to separate from the Shi family herself.

It was even more unrealistic for her to run away alone.

This was because she needed an identity to travel to any faraway place.

Else, once she was caught after running away, she would become a blacklisted. Her identity was equivalent to a slave. She would be demoted into an official slave by the authorities and sent to be sold or exiled.

Especially since the establishment of the new dynasty, there were some regulations that each county had to abide with. All counties were afraid of losing manpower, so they were very strict in managing the household registration.

There was also a very fraudulent law that if any men and women who were still single at eighteen and seventeen respectively, the government would intervene with a forced marriage.

If they did not agree or resist, they would have to go to jail for violating the law.

Now that she was almost sixteen years old, there was only a little more than a year left before the forced marriage.

After thinking about it, Shi Qingluo realised that there was only one way to solve the current predicament, and that was to get married.

If the Shi family was making the decision, they would definitely make her jump from one fire pit to another.

Shi Qingluo would never ill-treat herself.

Instead of letting others control her marriage, she would rather find a suitable one herself.