She's Jumped Seventeen or Eighteen Times Already

Jiang Yunyao looked at Qin Yuan and said:

"You are the commander-in-chief of the border of the Great Qi Kingdom, and you are also related to the royal family of the Great Qi, so your status is noble."

You want to take a concubine? What can I say?

Qin Yuan looked down at Jiang Yunyao and said, "Jiang Yunyao, it's good that you understand. You come from a merchant family, and I'm already doing you a favor by not looking down on you."

Qin Zimo, Qin Zixuan, and Qin Ziyu walked in happily.

Qin Zimo asked, "Father, Mother, does this mean you've agreed?"

Qin Yuan smiled faintly and said:

"Your mother will naturally agree. All she does is organize the accounts and take care of the housework every day. She can't help me with anything else."

But Linglong was different; she was a military doctor with extremely high prestige.

Qin Zixuan nodded and said:

"I think Aunt Linglong is really amazing. She has superb medical skills, saves lives, and has a heart full of love."

Unlike my mother, who only knows how to use the abacus all day long.

Qin Ziyu said with a look of disgust:

"Now when I go out, people look down on me and don't like to take me out because I have a businesswoman mother. I'm so annoyed."

"Mother, why don't you learn more from Aunt Linglong?"

Jiang Yunyao's lips twitched as she said:

"You want me to learn from Zheng Linglong? Qin Yuan, you said I couldn't help you, but when you were leading a group of soldiers fighting on the border..."

What did you say when there was a shortage of food and medicine?

Qin Yuan flicked his sleeves and said:

"He talks about these trivial matters all day long; all the grain and medicine were bought on credit."

They're only doing this because of me, Qin Yuan; do you really think it's because of your family's influence?

Jiang Yunyao, you think too highly of your Jiang Family and of yourself.

What does your Jiang Family have? You should reflect on yourself. Why do even your own children look down on you?

Qin Zimo looked coldly at his mother and said, "Mother, you should also think carefully about what you have done for this family and what you have contributed."

Qin Zixuan sneered, "Anyway, we'll have two mothers from now on, so it doesn't matter whether we have this other mother or not."

Qin Ziyu nodded and said:

Aunt Linglong is so good to me; she even gave me her favorite set of jewelry.

Dad, I love Aunt Linglong the most. I wish she could be my mother.

As they walked out, talking, tears slowly streamed down Jiang Yunyao's face. "It's ridiculous! I've done so much for this family, and in the end, I'm not as good as an outsider."

The maid beside her wiped away her tears and said, "Miss, don't be sad. Why don't we go back to the Jiang Family?"

Jiang Yunyao waved her hand and said:

How could I possibly face going back to my parents' home? If I went back to the Jiang Family, wouldn't I just become a laughingstock?

How will my brother, sister-in-law, and the girls in the family survive?

"So what do we do?"

Jiang Yunyao shook her head. When the night was deep and quiet, she avoided all the maids and slowly walked towards the backyard.

She sat by the well in the backyard, silently shedding tears:

"I never imagined I'd end up like this. My brother told me back then that Qin Yuan wasn't someone I could entrust my life to, but I wouldn't listen. Hahaha."

I was so blind! How can I face the Jiang Family? How can I face my parents? And how can I face my brothers?

In order for him to become a general, my Jiang Family is now burdened with countless debts.

How can I possibly live on?

Jiang Yunyao was truly devastated; she had given everything she could to the Qin Clan.

She bore three children for the Qin Clan, but in the end, even her three children refused to acknowledge her.

She stood by the well and jumped in.

When she closed her eyes again, she was back at the well.

She frowned and continued jumping.

Time and again it jumped, and time and again the Old Scholar Tree saved it.

"What's wrong with this woman? She's jumped seventeen or eighteen times already, and I have to keep rescuing her."

"I'm exhausted. Why are you jumping into the well all night instead of sleeping?"

The Old Ancestor chuckled and said, "She's completely lost the will to live, she doesn't want to live anymore, why do you insist on saving her? Wouldn't jumping down be a relief?"

The Old Scholar Tree said silently:

"Relief? She is relieved, but the well water is now tainted!"

"What if we use this well water to wash clothes and cook? How disgusting would that be? How could we stand it Wanwan?"

The Old Ancestor suddenly realized what was happening, and then she saw Zhou Wanwan wake up. "Huh? Jumped into the well? Who was it?"

"It's Qin Yuan's wife." The Old Scholar Tree recounted the whole story.

Zhou Wanwan said speechlessly, "Someone likes someone like Qin Yuan? His character is terrible!"

The Old Ancestor gossiped, "This Jiang Yunyao is quite good; she's a shrewd businesswoman and beautiful too. It's a pity she's blind to fall for such a scumbag."

Zhou Wanwan was quite curious. She put on her coat and went outside, only to see Jiang Yunyao completely broken down.

"Is it really that hard to just jump into a well?"

Zhou Wanwan suddenly spoke up, "Jumping into a well isn't hard, dying isn't hard, but are you willing to die like this?"

Jiang Yunyao was startled when she saw a cute little girl.

She looked at Zhou Wanwan and asked, "Who... who are you?"

Zhou Wanwan grinned and said, "My name is Zhou Wanwan!"

Jiang Yunyao blinked and said, "Zhou Wanwan? She's the girl sitting on the city wall, and also the city lord of Yanmen Pass."

Zhou Wanwan looked up at her and said, "Jiang Yunyao, do you know me?"

Jiang Yunyao nodded and said, "I know you, and I know you're very powerful. You defeated Qin Yuan, Qin Yuan always grits his teeth when he talks about you."

Zhou Wanwan chuckled and said, "I really have to thank him for the compliment. I'll keep working hard."

Jiang Yunyao looked at Zhou Wanwan and said, "Was it your people who saved me?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Dying is really quite simple, simpler than living, but are you willing to accept that?"

Jiang Yunyao suddenly burst into loud sobs:

"I'm not reconciled. Why? Why have I put in so much effort, only to be trampled underfoot by that family?"

What did I do wrong?

Zhou Wanwan looked up at her and said, "Are you sure you didn't do anything wrong?"

Jiang Yunyao fell silent, staring blankly at Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan looked up at her and said:

"Could it be that you gave too much?"

Because you gave too much, you overdrawn your own resources and your family's resources, making a mess of your family's situation.

You should have thought about it back then: was this man worth all this sacrifice for?

Jiang Yunyao fell silent. In truth, Qin Yuan hadn't treated her very well from the beginning.

However, she always felt inferior, believing that she came from a merchant family, so she kept backing down and enduring hardship.

Now, there is no turning back.

Jiang Yunyao took a deep breath and looked at Zhou Wanwan, saying:

"You're right, these are all my own problems, but by the time I realized it, it was too late."

My family has no way out; they need hundreds of thousands of taels of silver tomorrow, which I simply cannot afford.

A few days later, another million taels of silver were traded.

I really can't come up with it.

Jiang Yunyao pushed the Jiang Family into the abyss, which was actually what Qin Yuan wanted. Now, the Qin family is thriving thanks to the Jiang Family's money.

However, the Jiang Family grew poorer and poorer.

Zhou Wanwan took Jiang Yunyao back to the Jiang Family, where she heard her brother and sister-in-law arguing.

The sister-in-law looked at her elder brother and said:

"Let's get a divorce! We need to come up with several hundred thousand taels of silver tomorrow."

But right now, our Jiang Family doesn't even have a single tael of silver in our accounts.

You've always been supporting my sister-in-law, and I've never said a word, never asked. But now things have turned out like this, what are you planning to do?"

Jiang Yunyao's eldest, second, and third brothers all remained silent.

After a long silence, Third Brother said, "Yunyao isn't that kind of person. She must have her reasons. If only..."

Third Sister-in-law laughed heartily:

"It's true that you trust your aunt, but have you ever considered when the Qin Clan has ever respected us?"

Now that our Jiang Family is penniless and powerless, the Qin Clan naturally won't take us seriously.

The Qin Clan will never acknowledge the debt owed to the Jiang Family.

Jiang Yunyao's older brother said, "Let's wait a little longer. Maybe we can come up with a solution by tomorrow morning."