After rebirth, I went from a peasant girl to the richest man

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the time for married women to return to their parents' home.

In that harsh era for women, if you go back to your parents' home often, not only will your husband's family have opinions about you, but your own family will also gossip about you.

The second day of the Chinese New Year seems to be a day set aside for girls. Only on this day can they go back to see their mothers with peace of mind, free from worldly constraints.

On this day, all villages, big and small, are bustling with activity. Not only those who have married into Dayang Village, but also those who have married out of Dayang Village will come back.

Early in the morning at the entrance of the village, people coming and going trampled the snow to make a path. No matter how heavy the snow was, it could not stop people from going home.

Compared to the hustle and bustle of Dayang Village, the Bai family is unusually quiet on this day every year.

"If it weren't for your grandfather, I would have starved to death on the roadside, and I wouldn't even know where my body is!"

"What about grandma's family?"

"They're all starving to death!"

While speaking, grandma looked up at the sky, as if recalling that unpleasant experience.

"When we were fleeing famine, the scene was truly horrifying. When my family escaped, all the food we had was taken away, and we had to beg for food to get to the outskirts of Qujiang County."

"My parents only have one daughter, my grandmother. At that time, my grandmother had just come of age. When she was on the road to escape famine, many people had bad intentions. It was my parents who beat those people away."

"But two people, just two pairs of hands, can easily lose in a fight. It rained heavily that day, and my father died that day. He was wrapped in a mat in a dilapidated temple and hastily buried."

"My mother took my last breath and sent me to Qujiang County, but she died. I wouldn't have lived long, but it was your grandfather who saved me!"

That year, Grandpa Bai was kicked out of the house by his family. He was frustrated and lost his direction. He walked for a long time in a daze, not knowing when and how he arrived in Qujiang County.

Seeing Grandma Bai standing alone was like seeing another myself.

The two lonely souls resonated at that moment.

Afterwards, Grandpa Bai and Grandma Bai settled down in Dayang Village. Even their wedding was witnessed by the villagers, and the ceremony was completed by inviting people to eat steamed buns.

There weren’t even any wedding dresses.

In this way, the two men relied on Grandpa Bai's skills to hunt for a living and established a solid foundation.

"What about mother?"

Perhaps it was because Grandma Bai’s experience was so sad, Bai Qingyun didn’t want his family to be immersed in sadness on such a beautiful day.

Bai Qingyun's attention was all on Grandma Bai at this time, and that negative emotion made people feel uneasy.

But he also ignored the fact that his eyes subconsciously avoided when Bai Qingyun asked the question.

It was only a brief moment, and everything returned to normal the next second.

Bai's mother did not answer this question. Instead, Bai's father, who was sitting nearby, pulled Bai's mother into his arms and began to recall how he met her.

"Your mother and I met in the mountains!"

"That year, I formed a hunting team with the villagers and went hunting in the mountains of the neighboring Bishui County. We heard that there were bison there."

Draft cattle cannot be killed, but wild buffalo can.

Wild buffaloes do not have the ability to produce as draft cattle and their entire body is full of wildness.

However, the fact that bison cannot be tamed by humans means that their only fate is to appear on the dining table. Compared with wild boars, bison are more expensive.

Beef is the most expensive meat, and wealthy businessmen would pay a high price to buy bison whenever they came across it.

According to legend, if you hunted a wild buffalo and sold it, you could buy a small house in Qujiang County.

But bison are wilder than wild boars, so even if you hunt one, the selling price must be shared with those traveling with you.

But the money they get is much more than that of wild boars.

Bison are rarely seen in the mountains of Dayang Village, but they occasionally appear in Bishui County.

"When we first went up the mountain, we found traces of the bison. We followed the traces deep into the mountain and saw your mother lying on the mountain. She was covered in wounds and unconscious!"

Mother Bai seemed to have recovered. She stood up from Father Bai's arms, sat up straight, and began to continue with what Father Bai had said.

"The people who were traveling with me didn't want to save people and wanted to continue hunting buffalo. It was your father who took off his coat and wrapped me up to go down the mountain to find a doctor."

Familiar plot, different protagonists, Bai Qingyun saved the second princess and gained a close friend, Bai's father saved Bai's mother and gained a lifelong partner.

Bai Qingyun could guess the subsequent story without his mother having to explain it.

She was in desperate situation, but was rescued by a young man, and finally fell in love with him.

In fact, if it was anyone else at that time, Bai's mother would have to marry him in the end.

She was carried down the mountain with wounds all over her body. Even if it was because of the situation, just the contact with the man was enough to drown her in the saliva of the world.

Fortunately, Bai's mother met Bai's father and did not put her trust in the wrong person.

"Then why didn't mother go back to her parents' home?"

I didn’t come here to escape famine, and I haven’t heard that any of my family members are away!

"After your mother was rescued, she lost her memory! She couldn't remember where her home was, nor her name. She only knew that the jade pendant she carried with her had the word Jiang engraved on it!"

No wonder!

In the case of serious injuries and loss of reputation, no matter how unreasonable the family members are, they will not use this as an excuse to cut off contact with their daughter.

"What about the jade pendant?"

Generally, only people who can possess jade pendants are from aristocratic families, so Bai's mother's family background must not be bad.

The unique jade pendant can at least give you a direction as long as you ask around, even if you can't find your family.

Jade pendants have always been a symbol of family and status!

But so many years have passed, and their eldest son Bai Qingshan is now thirteen years old, and there is no movement at all?

"You were ill a few years ago, and your family couldn't afford food, so you went to the pawnshop to pawn your belongings!"

That's normal.

In order to pay for Bai Qingyun's medical treatment, the family sold everything they could.

The jade pendant is valuable, so I'm afraid my family had already started selling it a long time ago.

"What about the pawn ticket?"

As long as you keep the pawn ticket for the items in the pawn shop, you may have a chance to redeem them in the future.

Given my family's current financial situation, it is not difficult to redeem a jade pendant.

Unless, that jade pendant is priceless!

This also indirectly confirms that Bai's mother is not the daughter of an ordinary merchant or a minor official.

But if Bai's mother's family is quite powerful, why wouldn't they send someone to look for their daughter when she went missing?

Bishui County and Qujiang County are not far away.

When the second princess disappeared, His Majesty ordered a search everywhere along the way.

Even if it is a neighboring county, anyone who is capable will send people to look for it!

"Just a few months after your father pawned the jade pendant, the pawnshop went bankrupt, and the owner of the pawnshop was burned to death!"

If Bai Qingyun had not experienced this kind of coincidence personally, he would have almost thought that the fire in the pawnshop was related to his mother's jade pendant.

It’s no wonder Bai Qingyun is suspicious. It’s just such a coincidence that makes people think more.

What made Bai Qingyun even more worried was that he did not ignore the complexity in Bai's mother's eyes, which was also mixed with regret!