The life of a peasant girl reborn

Chapter 42

The cold water stimulated Shen Xuan to wake up through the skin. After washing in a hurry, Shen Xuan saw the people standing in the yard, and asked, "Mother, why are these people coming to our house?" If she read correctly, she stood there and cried It was Sister Huihui, the eldest daughter of Widow Liu's family, and beside her stood a woman with a fierce face who was yelling at her.

"The daughter of a widow's family is mean. It's not right to be a good person. She has to learn how to steal. She's as mean as your shameless mother..."

"You are talking nonsense. I didn't steal the watermelon. You are not allowed to call my mother." Huihui resisted there alone for the sake of dignity and protecting her mother.

Shen Xuan learned from the chat among the crowd that this woman was Mrs. Lin's eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zhang.The man who looked like Zhang fell in love with Widow Liu and wanted to take her as a concubine, but Zhang disagreed life and death, and the two had a quarrel.Zhang wanted revenge, but Widow Liu seldom went out, so she had to vent her anger on Huihui.Didn't she see Huihui come back from the Shen family's melon field this morning and spread a rumor that she stole the Shen family's watermelons, and in the end there was a drama about the Shen family.Isn't it just a drama, it's really fanciful to think about taking a concubine just based on the situation of the Lin family.

"His second uncle, why don't you let her go to her house if you really didn't steal her?" Zhang continued to snark.

"I didn't steal it, I really didn't steal it." Huihui didn't let others go to her house because she really saw a watermelon at home, and she was worried that it would be difficult to explain it, so she had to stop people from going in to search.

"His second uncle, look at her expression, the little bitch is scared, if she doesn't let her in, who knows if she is worried that something shameless will happen at home!"

Seeing Huihui's dodging eyes, the people around believed Mrs. Zhang's words [-]%, and everyone started talking.Mrs. Zhang was listening with a smile on her face, and Sister Huihui was shaking with anger.

"Yeah, you said if it wasn't stolen, why didn't you allow it to be searched?"

"I think Widow Liu must not be a good person, or the child would steal things at such a young age."

"What do you think Widow Liu looks like? Lin Dazhuang (Zhang's husband) who can hook her wants to take a concubine."

"Hey, he's definitely not a good person."

"His second uncle, don't hesitate, let's just go to the house and search if it's stolen or not."

Seeing these annoyances, Mrs. Zhou hid in the house a long time ago. Shen Xuanxiao couldn't say anything. Father Shen was made dizzy by these people. Fortunately, Grandpa Shen came to stop him in time, "Okay Mrs. Zhang, don't Stop talking nonsense, you know what you mean when you make such a move today, don't count on my Shen family."

Mrs. Zhang felt guilty because of Grandpa Shen's stern face, she just hoped that Li Zheng would drive Widow Liu away so that she could hook up with her own man.In the end, Mrs. Zhang was so frightened that she left in despair, and when there was no excitement to watch, everyone let go.Later, I heard that Mrs. Zhang was scolded by Mrs. Lin after returning home.A prodigal daughter-in-law, no one else has as much thoughtfulness as others, so she insists on playing tricks. Isn't this creating hatred for Li Zhengjia by putting her mind on Li Zhengjia?The Lin family was in trouble for a while.

Father Shen took everyone to harvest melons in the field, this time it took only 3 days, and Uncle Shen got 87 taels.Shen's 57 taels of silver.

After the Shen family finished their work, Widow Liu came to the door with her two daughters.Widow Liu was dressed in plain clothes, her hair was neatly combed and tied with a wooden hairpin, and she spoke unhurriedly.The voice is soft.It just sounds nice, much better than ordinary village women, no wonder Zhang's men want to take her as a concubine.The two daughters followed behind. The eldest sister, Huihui, was 9 years old. After Liu Shi, she was pretty and handsome. Turning around, it should be Liu's youngest daughter, Xiaoxiu.

Shen Xuan hurriedly pulled the two to the side to play, while Zhou Shi and Liu Shi were chatting.It turned out that Widow Liu was the wife of a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River in her early years. She had no choice but to take a concubine for her husband because she had no son.Liu's natal family has no one to stand up for her, and she invited her two daughters, a 5-year-old and a [-]-year-old daughter, to leave Jiangnan and settle down in Shatu Village.Fortunately, that family had some conscience and finally changed the divorce letter to He Lishu, but the two daughters were expelled from the husband's family and lost the family.

Shen Xuan listened from the side, full of sympathy for Huihui and Xiaoxiuer, the poor baby who was so young and wandered with her mother.No wonder Huihui and Xiaoxiuer are rarely seen out to play. On the road, I have seen a lot of defenses against the inner potential of children who are warm and cold.

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou also sighed. Although she was a maid in the early years and could not compare with Mrs. Liu, but now her life is much better than Mrs. Liu, and she was full of sympathy for Mrs. Liu for a while.

"Sister Liu, why is this?" Mrs. Zhou was puzzled as she watched Mrs. Liu put half a string of silver coins on the table. Mrs. Zhou was three years younger than Widow Liu.

Mrs. Liu saw that Mrs. Zhou, who was about to stand up with a big belly, quickly pushed her on the stool, and then said: "Sister, don't worry, listen to me: there is a reason why Sister Hui stopped people from going to the house that day. Yes, there are indeed two watermelons in the house, but she didn't steal them. They were sent by Lin Dazhuang, and Mrs. Zhang probably happened to see him when he went to steal melons in your field, and that's why things happened." Mrs. Liu mentioned The Lin family's affairs are also embarrassing, and I have never thought of remarrying.Since ancient times, widows have had a lot of gossip and disputes, and they try not to go out. Unexpectedly, troubles still arise.

Shen Xuan was speechless. When her man went to steal melons, he didn't want to cover up or make a big fuss, so he didn't worry about his family really going to search.Will he not find his home if the investigation continues?

"I have been too weak to come here for the past two days. Now that I am well, I want to give you some money. I wanted to send the watermelon, but I was worried that people in the village would see it and cause trouble." Liu continued. It should not be paid by the family, but there is no other way.

Of course Zhou would not accept Liu's money, so he hurriedly stuffed it back.The two shirked again for the money, but in the end Mrs. Liu had no choice but to accept it.Mrs. Liu thought that her family had no land and could only live by selling embroidery every month. Life was really tight, and she would have a chance to repay the Shen family again in the future.

Shen Xuan thought that everyone was thirsty for chatting, so she ran outside, hugged a watermelon, cut it up, and brought it in for everyone to eat.It was the first time for the two children to eat this watermelon. Mrs. Liu asked Huihui to send the two watermelons back to the Lin family overnight.Seeing that the children liked to eat, Mrs. Zhou asked them to eat while she had some private matters. She wanted to ask Mrs. Liu face to face, and the two children followed Shen Xuan after obtaining Mrs. Liu's consent.

"Well, Sister Liu, I have something on my mind. You see, I'm not happy if I don't talk about it. This..."

"Sister, you want to ask me about Lin Dazhuang, right?" Seeing Zhou's hesitation, Liu clarified the words directly.

Mrs. Zhou saw that Mrs. Liu's face did not look angry, and said this time: "Don't get me wrong, I know you definitely don't have such thoughts. It's not a scandal in the village. I'm worried that you just asked?" I haven't met Mrs. Liu before, but I was surprised to find that the words were speculative just now.

"Hey, I also know that the rumors in the village are outrageous. Xiaohui told me when I got home. Sometimes I just want to leave this place, but where can the three of us go? We can go everywhere without money. It’s the same. I’m afraid you won’t believe me, but I’ve never seen Lin Dazhuang before, and I don’t know where he met me, yet he insists on taking me as a concubine?” Liu laughed at herself as she spoke. , sat there wiping tears.

(End of this chapter)