bookrandom Chapter 205: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 02
Chapter 205: The Merchant's Daughter Wants to Marry the General 02
I don’t know where all the birds in the forest have gone. Although I am in the forest, I can’t hear any chirping. The plants are drooping under the sun, just like Shen Guli who is dying under the window.
Only the cicadas on the branches made endless and broken cries, like broken gongs and drums cheering for the scorching sun!
Well, it looks very much like the soul-calling Sanliang.
Shen Guli covered her face with a round fan, "Haven't you ever heard that you shouldn't pick up men on the street? At the least, it's Fu Shenxing, at the worst, it's Li Chengyin! You've been in so many small worlds with me, and you don't have this common sense?"
Sanliang was depressed, "But Xie Rong is the one you want to marry. How can you fulfill your original body's wish if you don't save him?"
"He is the only great general in the world?" What's more, he is not a great general yet, but a third-rank General Anyuan.
"Didn't he finally become the general? Don't forget that you are the general's wife."
Shen Guli chuckled, "Wasn't she the general's wife killed after only being in office for a few days?" Otherwise, how could there be a resentment strong enough to pollute the cycle of reincarnation to attract them here?
After a few seconds of silence, it was unable to refute.
The original Shen Guli was punished by her father to live in the manor, and by chance she saved General Xie Rong of Anyuan. Xie Rong recuperated in the manor for half a month, and before leaving, his mother Lin asked him to repay her life-saving grace with her own body, and he agreed.
Xie Rong married Shen Guli as his wife.
Although the requirements for wives in military families were not as high as those for civil officials, the fact that a third-rank general married a merchant girl as his wife still caused quite a stir in the capital.
As a military general, Xie Rong did not have many complaints about this, or maybe he was just too careless to care about those things, so after getting married he treated his savior with respect.
But less than a month after his marriage, he returned to the battlefield.
Xie Rong's mother was worried that her son, who had started eating meat, would have no one to take care of him on the battlefield, so she sent two women who had been prepared long ago to the border to serve as her son's concubines. Shen Guli stayed in the capital to take care of the elders on behalf of her husband Xie Rong.
Five years later, Xie Rong was transferred back to the capital due to injury and was promoted from the third-rank General Anyuan to the second-rank General Huqi. Later, when the crown prince ascended the throne, he earned a meritorious service and was eventually named the first-rank general.
Shen Guli died of illness before Xie Rong applied for an imperial decree for her.
During the seven years of marriage to Xie Rong, he had five children, but none of them was born by Shen Guli. All of them were born by his concubines who followed him to the frontier.
The five children were like five big slaps, slapping Shen Guli's face again and again, slapping away her last bit of dignity.
After Xie Rong brought back the concubine who gave birth to three sons from the frontier, her mother-in-law decided to promote her to a noble concubine.
Although this dynasty did not allow the custom of making concubines the main wife, Xie Rong did not remarry after Shen Guli's death. After the old lady passed away, the backyard of Xie's mansion was entirely under the management of the concubine, who was considered the official mistress of the general's mansion.
Although the noble concubine is a concubine, she can attend events on behalf of the mistress of the house, such as flower banquets, wine banquets, etc., except for some formal occasions such as sacrifices.
Except for the title of the legal wife, the concubine received all the treatment of the legal wife. She was definitely a winner in life.
To be honest, Shen Guli admired such a hard-working woman who turned the tide against the wind with her own abilities. Especially in this feudal dynasty where levels could not be crossed, it was not easy for a woman of humble origin to climb to such a height.
But if it climbed up by crushing her skull, she would not accept it and would reach out and grab her bitch's hoof and throw her into the mud.
The man who thinks that giving her a nominal marriage is his way of repaying her, oh, let him stay outside in the sun for a while to dry out the water in his brain.
Rather than saying that Xie Rong was unwilling to remarry because he missed his deceased wife or felt guilty about her, it would be better to say that he didn't really care who his wife was. Otherwise, when Lin asked him to marry a merchant girl, he would not have agreed so easily.
Or maybe it doesn't matter to him whether he has a wife or not, he has concubines to warm his bed and he has no shortage of children.
In short, Shen Guli didn't think Xie Rong had any real love for his first wife.
Shen Guli waited until the sun set before she lazily got up, drank a bowl of cold drink, and went out for a leisurely walk, fanning herself with a small round fan.
When they reached the second gate, Shen Guli turned around and told Grape who was following behind, "Go tell my mother that I'm going out for a walk and some mountain climbing. You don't have to wait for me to come back for dinner!"
"Miss, you want to go hiking? I'll let Aniu and Dashu go with you!"
Thinking that she would have to bring people back later, it would be better if there were male laborers to accompany her so that she wouldn't have to do it herself. Shen Guli's smile widened a little, "Listen to Grape, go and call for help, I'll go ahead first!"
After lying paralyzed in the house for many days, Gu Li's bones became weak and she even lost her appetite. She really needed to go out and walk around to help digestion.
By the way, pick up a cheap man.
The villa is not as large as the Shen Mansion in Yonghe Prefecture. After exiting the second gate, turn through the archway with hanging flowers and walk forward through a small garden with a small bridge and flowing water, follow the corridor to the end, turn left through another gate, and go out directly through the side door without passing through the front yard.
This side door faces the path leading to the back mountain.
The forest was very quiet in the evening. Gu Li strolled in the forest. From time to time, a startled bird would flap its wings, chirp a few times, and fly away.
The last few rays of sunset fell on the tall branches and leaves, giving the forest a layer of glittering gold.
Gu Li walked a long way along the narrow path.
Cherry behind her kept looking at the road behind her, and only felt relieved when she finally saw two figures chasing after her.
Although she and her young lady had been to the back mountain many times, it was almost dark and they always felt a little scared without the company of servants and guards.
"Miss, Aniu and the others are here!"
"Yeah." Gu Li looked down at the flowers and grass, and even thought about picking some ganoderma and digging some ginseng, but she didn't mention saving people. San Liang was so angry that he shut himself off and stopped talking.
"Miss, just walk a little further and you will reach Crescent Moon Lake!" Ah Niu and Da Shu followed and reminded her tactfully, "It's getting late. You can't go any further after passing Crescent Moon Lake."
Gu Li nodded, "Then let's go to Wanyue Lake. If Ah Niu can catch two pear flower fish and bring them back to make soup, I will reward you, young lady!"
Ah Niu and Da Shu, who were originally worried, looked at each other and immediately responded happily: "Yes, Miss likes to eat it, Slave, Slave will definitely catch it for Miss!"
Gu Li turned around and looked at the two boys who rarely wore cross-collar shorts, and said with a smile: "I told you that you are free, you don't have to call yourselves slaves. Brother Niu, you saved me when we were little! You don't have to follow so many rules outside."
Aniu and Dashu's parents are servants on this farm.
Dashu's grandfather was the head of the village and a servant of the Lin family. When Shen Guli's mother, Lin, got married, she was given the village as a dowry to the Shen family.
Daniu's family used to be just farmers living at the foot of the mountain. Because they happened to rescue a five-year-old girl who fell into the water at Wanyue Lake, they were rewarded by Lin, and the head of the village hired their whole family to work in the villa.