Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside Chapter 1723: Separation

"What? Such powerful insect attractant can be made after just a year of experimentation?" Ji Zhenniang exclaimed, "Won’t the Rong bandits come to kill us again after a year? I don’t want to fight anymore, it’s too terrifying, and I haven’t even had a son yet."

Saying this, she started crying again, calling out for Xie Cheng and Zhuzhu, lamenting her unfortunate fate.

Gu Jinli was speechless, "Shut up, are you mourning? Normally, you could live long, but if you keep crying like this, God might think you want to die and make you kick the bucket immediately."

Ji Zhenniang, afraid of death and ghosts and believing in God, quickly shut her mouth upon hearing this and crossed her hands to pray to the heavens, "God, please calm your anger, your humble servant is just crying for fun, please don’t mind."

Gu Jinli had a headache, "It’s lucky you’re born into a wealthy family in the Prefecture city, otherwise, if you were born in the countryside, you’d be a shrew gossiping about the Dong Family and spreading rumors about the neighbors."

"Nonsense, I wouldn’t be like that!" Ji Zhenniang glared at Gu Jinli, noticing Ms. Gao Lei staring at her unfavorably, she quickly shut her mouth and shrank into the corner of the carriage like a quail.

Ms. Gao Lei said, "If you don’t change your bad temper now, when Xie Cheng gets promoted, he’ll definitely divorce you."

Ji Zhenniang didn’t fear this, she said with a hint of pride, "Impossible, my husband likes me the most, he would never divorce me, he will treat me well forever."

A few years ago, despite her treatment of him, he still cared for her like a priceless treasure.

Ms. Gao Lei sneered, "That’s because he was young and hadn’t seen a true lady from a wealthy family, so he was blinded by your fish eyes. Now he’s made military achievements, and his name has been reported to the Capital City Ministry of War, the Emperor might even know him. The Rong bandits have retreated, and he’s likely to be promoted. If he gets promoted, the gentlemen of the Ministry of War might offer him a daughter, which is highly possible. Daughters from the capital’s wealthy families are much better than a merchant’s granddaughter like you."

Ji Zhenniang was shocked, "Impossible, how could the Ministry of War’s gentlemen fancy Xie Cheng? Those ladies from wealthy families are meant to be matched with official’s sons as the primary wife, not to become concubines for Xie Cheng!"

Ms. Gao Lei laughed, "Who said they’d be concubines? It’s to divorce you and marry a daughter from a wealthy family. The capital’s nobles love accepting concubines, there are plenty of concubine daughters, and they’re very willing to use a concubine daughter to curry favor with a meritorious military general."

This, this?

Ji Zhenniang burst into tears, crying pitifully, and started muttering to herself, "What if my husband really divorces me to marry an official’s daughter, what will I do? Sob sob sob, I’ll die."

Ms. Gao Lei said, "If you don’t want to be divorced, treat Xie Cheng better, and learn what you need to learn, don’t be too lazy. Otherwise, you won’t even have the ability to care for the families of soldiers, how can you be Xie Cheng’s main wife?"

The battle was won, but the days ahead weren’t easy, with various trivial matters piling up, and the three cities of Longshan Prefecture hadn’t been reclaimed yet. Great Chu and the Rong bandits were bound to have more battles. The rear is too important during war. Ms. Gao Lei didn’t want Ji Zhenniang to be so useless as to drag down Xie Cheng, Xiao Yu, Mrs. Han, and the others.

"I, I’ll study hard, Granny Lei will teach me, I won’t cause trouble anymore." Ji Zhenniang clutched Ms. Gao Lei as if holding onto a lifeline.

Ms. Gao Lei pushed her away, "How many times have you said such words? I don’t believe you at all. Better take care of yourself, because if you don’t learn well, it’ll be you who gets divorced. You don’t even have a son yet, and being childless is a ready-made reason for your husband to divorce you."

"Sob sob sob~" Ji Zhenniang was frightened into tears again.

Gu Jinli couldn’t take it anymore, and before the carriage steadied, she lifted the curtain and got out, asking Feng Jin who followed her, "Have Aunt Niu and Wujin returned?"

The defeat of the Rong bandits was a celebratory event, and Wujin and a bunch of young men had gone to see the excitement.

Feng Jin replied, "They returned, but didn’t take the carriage, they took a shortcut and should be at the back gate."

Gu Jinli felt relieved at this, and after helping Ms. Gao Lei off the carriage, they went into the separate yard together.

Ji Zhenniang hurriedly followed, cautiously all the way, but Ms. Gao Lei didn’t teach her anymore, she was scared badly and thought Ms. Gao Lei stopped caring for her, clinging to Gu Jinli.

But Gu Jinli had to make medicine and check on poisonous insects, to observe their habits.

Ji Zhenniang followed along, feeling nauseated and throwing up. But she feared Gu Jinli and the others abandoning her, so she endured the discomfort and kept busy following Gu Jinli, even volunteering to help.

Gu Jinli didn’t treat her politely and assigned Ji Zhenniang the task of feeding the insects, which made Ji Zhenniang throw up several times.

The vomiting was rather intense, and Gu Jinli was also nauseated.

But Ji Zhenniang couldn’t remain uneducated, so she said, "Go find Sister-in-law Zhang and help her, she’s from the Earl Mansion and is an expert in handling household affairs. Don’t be picky with tasks, follow Sister-in-law Zhang diligently, you’ll be sure to learn a lot."

"Okay!" Ji Zhenniang felt greatly relieved but also suspected Gu Jinli was rejecting her, so she voiced her concern with tears welling up, "Are you all isolating me, leaving me to fend for myself?"

Gu Jinli was helpless, "I’m making medicine while you need to learn how to manage the household and take care of family; they don’t overlap. Going to learn from Sister-in-law Zhang is the best choice for you."

Ji Zhenniang finally felt happy after hearing this.

Gu Jinli, afraid she might get carried away, instructed, "This time, you must learn seriously, don’t slack off."

She said, "Once Brother Qin and your Company Commander Xie return, we might have to go our separate ways. At that time, no one will help you manage the family members; if you don’t learn well and can’t control them, you’ll have to deal with any incidents yourself once reaching the station."

Ji Zhenniang was astonished, "We will separate?"

Gu Jinli nodded, "Of course. We’ve reached the Northwest, and the Rong bandits have been driven away, we can’t just stay together. After some time, once the Northwest is stabilized, we’ll likely be stationed separately. Although our families might be stationed in adjacent locations, it’s unlikely we would be in the same station. Unless only one man from our families gets promoted, and others follow as subordinates with the promoted one to the same place."

However, that’s impossible.

Brother Qin, Xie Cheng, Uncle Niu, and others all made achievements, and according to their merits, each should be promoted one or two ranks.

Ji Zhenniang listened in fear, looking at Gu Jinli busy concocting medicine, tears kept falling,

Gu Jinli, speechless, waved her off, "Stop acting foolish. From the day we set off to the Northwest, everyone knew that we, this group of companions, would go our separate ways."

"I, I, sob sob sob~" Ji Zhenniang cried miserably; she was genuinely fearful of separating from Gu Jinli and the others.

If they were to part ways, she wouldn’t be able to manage the family members; worse, if encountering ladies of the same rank who disliked her and opposed her, what would she do?

"Stop crying; for your own good, quickly go to Sister-in-law Zhang to learn." Gu Jinli stopped her actions and looked at Ji Zhenniang, earnestly saying, "You’re already twenty, a mother, no longer a little girl. We can help you, but you need to take more responsibility yourself."

Ji Zhenniang, accustomed to Gu Jinli scolding her, was suddenly lectured seriously, felt panicked, standing there, unmoving for a long time.