"Ouch, could the head of the Fu family have really died?"
"This fool even dared to entice Zhang Xiucai. She never took a good look at herself! If she's dead, she'd be getting what she deserved!"
"Right! In my opinion, it was fortunate that Old Fu was so magnanimous. If it had been anyone else, this Zhao Anning wouldn't know how many times she'd have been beaten to death already!"
Voices flooded into the house incessantly. In a thatched house at the foot of Ling Mountain in Qingshan Village, Zhao Anning coughed twice and struggled to open her eyes.
She had been awake for a few minutes. However, after sorting out the information in her mind, she felt her life might not continue.
Good heavens, she had time-traveled!
She was a senior expert at a high-tech research institute in the 21st century. Because of erroneous experimental data, her lab exploded, and she unluckily died. To her surprise, a curious turn of events brought her here!
When others traveled in time, they would become the escaped wife of a tyrant, or the cherished concubine of a prince. But her, she ended up in a remote, small village during the Great Lin Dynasty.
Calling this place remote was even an understatement; Qingshan Village was literally in the middle of nowhere, located in a small nook at the foot of a mountain, a hundred thousand miles from the capital.
But this was not the worst. From her memory, Zhao Anning discovered that she was the eldest daughter of the Zhao household from Qingshan Village.
Being plump and old, she was a well-known evil widow in the surrounding villages. No one dared to marry her.
The Fu family had two sons. The younger Fu was smooth, married, and had a kid early in life. His family was rather content and happy. But the older Fu was a quiet man. He left the village when he was young to make his fortune and returned three years later, surprisingly with two kids in tow, Fu Axun and Fu Aqiao.
With these two burdens, the already difficult matchmaking of Old Fu became even more insurmountable. Not a single girl from any family was willing to marry him.
Only Granny Zhao, interested in Old Fu's assets, offered a tael of silver to marry Zhao Anning off to him.
A tael of silver, it was what a family in Qingshan Village typically spent in a year!
Unexpectedly, this Boss Fu managed to settle the matter with ease, even paying several times more than needed.
And just like that, Zhao A'ning was bought by Boss Fu, becoming his wife, and the mother of their two children!
However, Zhao A'ning was never one to be contented with her lot.
She held a great dissatisfaction towards the Fu family. She was either yelling or beating the kids, and of late, she had taken a liking to Zhang Xiucai, a scholar in the village. She even tried naked seduction.
She got beaten up by Zhang Xiucai's servants and fell unconscious halfway through. It had been a whole half a month since!
Zhao A’ning, becoming aware of all this, was at a loss of what to say.
The fact that her time travel came with such an embarrassing preset made things really tough for her!
At this moment, there were two little radishes standing by her side. The younger little girl was tugging at her brother’s sleeve, carefully asking, "Big brother, is mom really dead?"
The boy gave Zhao A'ning a cold look upon hearing her words, "Stop crying! It would be better if she's dead! Then no one can beat us anymore!"
Zhao A'ning:......
She grumpily sat up, "I'm not dead!"
The little girl upon seeing Zhao A'ning sit up, suddenly cried even harder, "Wuwa~ Mom, Qiao'er was wrong! Qiao'er didn't wet his pants on purpose, Mom, don't hit Qiao'er......"
The young lad standing next to her, the moment he saw Zhao A'ning regain consciousness, immediately moved to shield his sister.
"Do whatever you want to me, just don’t hit Qiao’er!"
Zhao A'ning swallowed with difficulty, feeling even more jumbled inside.
In her previous life, she had been perpetually single, without so much a man to her name, let alone a child.
Suddenly in this new world, two children appeared in her life, and her initial adjustment was rather discomforting.
In the harsh winter, these two children were merely dressed in thin summer clothes. Their frail bodies shivered uncontrollably from the biting cold.
Who could be so cruel to let such young children freeze like this?
She tried to get out of bed to comfort the two children, but her body haphazardly failed her and she ended up crumpling back onto the bed.
Zhao Aning couldn't believe it as she looked at her bulky form in bed, her mind exploded with shock.
She...she was actually two hundred pounds overweight!
Zhao Aning was distressed. As little Aqiao continued to wail, Zhao Aning, in spite of her situation, had to drag her hefty body to check on the little girl.
However, just as she reached out to the little girl, the girl flinched away sharply and apprehensively hid behind her brother, pleading, "Mom, Aqiao really knows her mistake, please don't hit Aqiao..."
The young boy's gaze was fierce and his tiny fists were clenched, staring angrily at Zhao Aning.
Annoyed, Zhao Aning rolled her eyes, "Come here! Let me help you change!"
They riveted their disbelieving stares on her and remained motionless.
Losing patience, Zhao Aning extended her arm, grabbed Aqiao, and stripped off his pants in a swift motion. She tucked him into the quilt on the bed, and then took his pants outside to wash them.
Stepping outside, a view of the yard deepened her despair.
This crumbling house was surrounded by a ramshackle fence on all sides, without a proper wall. The snowflakes accompanied by a cold wind blew into the yard, making her shiver to the core. A bone-chilling cold permeated through her.
After searching all around, Zhao Aning couldn't find a place to do laundry, and somewhat helplessly sighed.
"If only I had a bucket of hot water!"
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a thud at her feet as a large bucket fell, sending up steam. It was the hot water she had wanted.
Zhao Aning was startled, her plump body shuddering as she looked at the bucket of hot water, both surprised and overjoyed.
"What is going on?"
She thought for a bit, and silently said, "I want a large basin."
Thud!
A large iron basin appeared out of nowhere, landing next to Zhao Aning's foot.
Zhao Aning was instantly ecstatic.
This is...this is a spatial ability!
It turned out not only had she been transported here, but she’d brought along the spatial ability!
This is so convenient!
Zhao Aning was overjoyed, completely forgetting her currently oversized size and squatted down to scrub A Qiao's trousers.
Meanwhile, the two little rascals in the room were so scared they didn't know what to do.
A Qiao, rubbing his bare legs, nervously looked at his older brother, "Brother, what is Mom doing?"
Ah Xun's brows furrowed tightly, grasp on his sister's hand not loosening, as he said, "Don't be afraid, if she dares to hit you again this time, I'll tell Dad!"
Hearing this, Ah Qiao was very frightened, "No, brother! If you tell dad, mother would kill us!"
When Zhao Anning had just married into their family, there was a time when she abused the two children. Ah Qiao didn't hold back then, and as soon as Fu Lao Da arrived home, she told him about it.
That time, Fu Lao Da harshly scolded Zhao Anning. But after he left, Zhao Anning became even more cruel to them and threatened that if they spoke out again, they would have to face serious consequences!
From then on, no matter how they were abused, they didn't dare to tell their dad.
Ah Xun was also scared, but his eyes revealed resolution, "Don't be afraid, leave it to me, brother will protect you!"
After Zhao Anning finished washing Ah Qiao's pants, she stared blankly at the water and bucket on the ground.
"What to do now, how would I explain this if someone comes and sees these things?"
Just as she had this thought, the bucket and hot water on the ground disappeared in an instant.
Zhao Anning's eyes widened in shock, just as she was about to voice something, suddenly, the run-down door was kicked open with a loud bang.
