Autumn night.
The Great Moon Dynasty.
The biting cold instantly woke Nian Jiaojiao.
When she opened her eyes, she found herself lying on a simple wooden bed.
Where was this?
She remembered she was in the library looking for information when the bookshelf behind her suddenly collapsed. Then, her vision went black, and there was nothing...
Nian Jiaojiao instinctively touched the back of her head. There were no wounds, and she felt no pain.
The temperature on her skin clearly told her... she was alive.
Immediately.
A torrent of chaotic memories followed, and Nian Jiaojiao fainted again.
In her memories, she was not a postgraduate student studying Chinese Language and Literature in Hua Country, but a village woman in Qinghe Village, Great Moon Dynasty.
Why a village woman?
Because at the young age of 16, she was already married, and had four husbands!
This was a world where women were dominant.
Women worked outside, and men managed the household.
Even childbirth was replaced by men.
The self in the memory was idle and troublemaking. What was most unbearable was that she was also an abuser!
None of the four husbands who married her escaped her cruelty!
Two days ago, she was pressing her youngest husband into the river when the other husbands discovered it and tried to stop her.
The three of them argued, and one of the husbands accidentally pushed her into the river.
Fortunately, she knew how to swim and climbed out quickly.
The husbands at home were afraid of being punished and all hid outside, not daring to return home.
She returned home and did not wash with hot water in time. Coupled with the cold weather, she developed a high fever that night and lay in bed, critically ill.
Tragically, she lay sick for two days without anyone noticing, and died.
"What kind of plot is this? It seems vaguely familiar?"
With Nian Jiaojiao's grumble, the mentally exhausted her fell into a deep sleep again.
After an unknown period, Nian Jiaojiao faintly heard voices by the bedside.
"Third brother, don't bother with her. We don't know how she'll torment us when she wakes up."
"Then, then how can we? Wife-lord looks very ill. I, I'll go find a doctor to get medicine."
"Third brother, where do we have any money? This woman took all the money at home, and she probably squandered it all long ago."
"But... but... what if she dies?"
"Second brother, her death would also be troublesome for us. Let's go get him back."
"...Yes, eldest brother," the reply was quite reluctant.
Nian Jiaojiao's head was still groggy, her thoughts unclear.
"Him?"
She didn't know who they were referring to?
Could it be that someone still had feelings for this wicked woman?
After a while, Nian Jiaojiao felt her body being supported, and warm, bitter liquid was poured into her mouth.
Then, her lips were wiped clean, and her body was gently placed back in position with extreme gentleness.
Who?
Who was it?
No one answered Nian Jiaojiao's question. The sound of the door closing echoed, and the room returned to silence.
The next second.
Nian Jiaojiao opened her eyes, her consciousness returning.
She noticed it was daytime. Faint sunlight shone through the tattered window cloth, and the surrounding scenery came into clearer view.
Ha, it was truly a bare room!
Besides the wooden bed she was on, there was no other furniture in the room.
The four walls had many cracks, with mottled traces everywhere. The entire room was filled with a musty smell.
After a while, Nian Jiaojiao began to sort through the memories in her mind.
The original owner's family was in decent condition, considered wealthy peasants.
Her mother had married a total of six husbands. Her father was the second husband of the original owner's mother.
For some reason, her mother's husbands had difficulty conceiving. The family was sparsely populated. After several years of marriage, only the eldest and third husbands each had a son.
The original owner's mother was greatly disappointed, believing the three husbands were not fertile. She successively married the next three husbands.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the new husbands were brought in, the original owner's father became pregnant with the original owner.
After birth, as the only daughter, she was doted on by everyone, which made the original owner's personality so detestable.
Good times did not last long. When the original owner was six years old, the newly brought in fourth, fifth, and sixth husbands all became pregnant.
Unfortunately, all the children born were girls!
The original owner became unhappy. Day by day, she watched her three younger sisters divide her mother's affection.
Two years later...
The youngest sister died of illness. In her grief, her mother became even more devoted to the remaining three daughters.
This made the original owner feel that if they weren't there, her mother's affection would return to her.
At the young age of eight, a dark seed was planted in the original owner's heart.
Another two years passed.
The two younger sisters, four and five years old, were cute and likable. The original owner's irritable temper had also worn out her mother's patience, and she became much colder towards her.
However, she was still her child, so the original owner's mother had never mistreated her.
But the original owner seemed to have fallen into a dead end.
She believed it was all the fault of the two younger sisters, so she often bullied them.
But when her mother discovered it, she would be reprimanded and punished.
The dark seed gradually grew and sprouted.
Finally, she saw her fifth sister playing with her friends by the lake. Taking advantage of everyone's inattention, she pushed her into the lake.
Fortunately, the fifth sister was eventually rescued by a passing elderly woman.
However, due to her young age and the cold entering her body, her health completely deteriorated, and she was destined to rely on medicine for the rest of her life, becoming a sickly person.
The fifth sister's father cried out for revenge against the original owner.
But the original owner, relying on the fact that no one other than the fifth sister knew she was the culprit, refused to admit it and counter-accused the fifth sister of framing her.
Both sides stuck to their stories, and the original owner's mother was also troubled.
In fact, Mother Nian suspected the original owner from the bottom of her heart, as she knew her own daughter too well.
Disappointed, Mother Nian drove the original owner out of the house, leaving her only this dilapidated house to fend for herself.
Recalling this, Nian Jiaojiao sighed.
The original owner's life turned out this way entirely due to her own actions!
However, when she thought that she was now the original owner, she instantly felt like she had eaten a piece of crap...
Having harmed her siblings at the age of ten, anyone could guess how bad her reputation was in the village.
Even so.
She was actually able to marry four husbands? Nian Jiaojiao lamented in her heart... this wicked female-dominated society!
Just as she was lamenting inwardly, a man pushed the door open and entered.
Seeing Nian Jiaojiao sitting on the bed, he was stunned for a moment, then instinctively took a step back, trembling all over, and stammered:
"Wife-lord, you're awake?"
Nian Jiaojiao tilted her head and observed him. His reaction seemed to be of shock rather than joy...
She calmly watched him, but she didn't know which of her husbands he was.
Although she had the original owner's memories, that person had almost no impression of her husbands' appearances.
Only the thought that "all my husbands are ugly and foolish" remained.
Nian Jiaojiao was very speechless. She probably hadn't even looked at her husbands properly.