Originally, that scumbag should have been begging to marry her.
Instead, after losing her innocence, she was the one forced to beg the scumbag to marry her.
Moreover, she had been caught in a trap by the Chen family, who demanded a dowry of twenty yuan and a new quilt from her.
Without a dowry, they refused to let her cross their threshold.
When the Feng family said they had no money and couldn't produce a dowry, Mother Chen leaked the fact that the original owner was no longer a virgin.
The highly sought-after village belle instantly became treated like a used shoe.
Her reputation was utterly ruined.
Wherever she went, people pointed at her, mocking her loose morals, her desperation to marry, and her hunger for men... Some men even shot lewd glances at her, nearly driving her to die of shame and indignation.
By then, the original owner regretted it.
She ran to confront Chen Shengjun, demanding to know why the Chen family had spread the news and left her with no face to show anyone.
Besides, she had already waived his bride price; why did he insist she bring a dowry before he would marry her?
Yet Chen Shengjun put on a troubled expression. "Yuanchun, my mother didn't mean to spread it; she just spoke without thinking. Besides, that's my mother, and I can't go against her. You should go back and persuade your grandma to get you a dowry just like my mother said. Otherwise, my mother will never agree to let you marry me."
Not a single trace of apology.
Not a single "I'm sorry."
Between the lines, there was only blatant threat.
Only then did the original owner realize that the man she had always loved, the man who claimed he loved her, was nothing more than a despicable villain.
Before he had her, he swore vows that the seas would dry up and rocks crumble.
Once he had her, he shed his disguise to reveal an ugly face.
Not only did he want to pay zero bride price, but he even wanted to bleed her for a dowry.
Could it be that in his heart, she wasn't even worth twenty yuan and a new quilt?
The original owner was heartbroken.
And full of regret.
Upon returning home, she begged her grandmother to find a matchmaker so she could marry far away, even if the man had been married before—she didn't care.
Who could have known that a few days later, a group of Revolutionary Committee members would burst into the house and drag the original owner away?
And the person who reported her was He Hongyu, a female educated youth who had just arrived in Fengjia Village.
A month later, news of the original owner's death arrived.
She had been tortured to death.
The manner of her death was utterly humiliating.
She died a horrific death.
When she died, she hadn't even turned eighteen.
"What is the original owner's wish?" Yuanchun asked 007.
007 replied, "The original owner's wish is to exact revenge on the Chen family, make Chen Shengjun, He Hongyu, and every man who bullied her pay in blood, protect her family, keep them safe and sound, and prevent them from being persecuted by bad people."
"Good. Tell the original owner I will definitely make her wish come true."
Paying in blood—she liked the sound of that.
Dealing with enemies was something she loved best when blood was involved.
It would be best to return tooth for tooth and eye for eye, making them taste the humiliation the original owner had suffered, before finally making them pay in blood.
She would also make the Chen family experience the tragedy of total ruin that the Feng family had suffered.
Following the memories in her mind, Yuanchun walked back to the Feng Family home.
As soon as she stepped through the door, she called out loudly, "Grandma, Dad, Mom, I'm back."
"Yuanchun, where did you go? Just now Grandma was looking for you and couldn't find you anywhere," said her eldest sister-in-law, Ding Chunli, emerging from the kitchen with a large basin of wild vegetable porridge.
"My stomach hurt, so I went to squat in the outhouse for a while," Yuanchun stepped forward and took the wild vegetable porridge from her sister-in-law's hands. "Sister-in-law, such a heavy thing—next time, tell someone else to carry it. You're heavily pregnant, you need to take it easy when doing chores."
Her younger sister-in-law's concern warmed Ding Chunli's heart, though she smiled and said, "We country folk aren't that delicate. There are plenty of women who give birth right in the middle of working the fields."
Yuanchun wore a disapproving look. "You still need to be extra careful. During this autumn harvest, have Uncle go talk to the village chief and get you assigned to lighter work."