Abandoned Wife Headed Home: Bringing Fubao to Farming

Chapter 18 Dalan's Mind

But she was reluctant to part with the old hen. It was the only one in the family that could lay eggs. If Laiwang was weak later on, he would have to kill the stewed chicken soup to make up for him.

Shen Ying'er saw Da Lan's thoughts.

Embarrassed, cash-strapped, but trying to repay the kindness of being saved.

She accepted the eggs generously, and said to Da Lan, "Sister-in-law is too polite, these eggs are a good thing right now."

The courtesy is light and the affection is heavy, what she accepts is the other party's wishes.

Seeing Shen Ying'er accepting the eggs readily, Da Lan's heart finally eased.

Earlier, she was a little worried that Shen Ying'er would not like this egg, but it seemed that she was overthinking it.

In front of Da Lan, Shen Ying'er peeled the eggs, put them in the porridge bowl, crushed them with a spoon, mixed them with the porridge and fed them to Xiao Fubao.

"Fu Bao'er, the aunt brought you delicious eggs, what should you say to the aunt?" She guided while feeding the little Fu Bao.

Xiao Fubao was indulging in the deliciousness of the egg yolk porridge, when he heard Shen Yinger's question, he raised his head to look at Da Lan, his little mouth wriggled, and said in a childish voice, "Thank you, ma'am."

Da Lan smiled brightly, and tugged at the upturned braid on Xiao Fubao's head: "Oh, you're so cute."

Next, Shen Ying'er concentrated on feeding Xiao Fubao, while Ximei sat beside Da Lan to do daily chores.

While talking, the topic turned to Zhou Miaoling and Zhou Songxia.

Da Lan said: "Three days have passed, and there have been wave after wave of people who have gone out to look for her. They haven't even seen a single strand of hair. She is a girl's family. It's probably a bad luck."

Ximei also regretted: "It's too self-willed. This mountain is so big, and there is water in front of it. Hey, I hope the Bodhisattva will bless you!"

Da Lan nodded, even though she saw Lai Wang suffer so much a few days ago, she wished to curse Zhou Miaoling to death.

But now that Zhou Miaoling's life and death are really uncertain, Dalan couldn't bear to say those cruel words again, so she changed the subject with Ximei: "Have you heard? Zhou Songxia has been going crazy these days, no If you don’t eat or drink, just guard the entrance of the cave.”

"Their old Xiao's family was completely turned over by her. The brothers of the Xiao family were looking outside day and night. The third son of Xiao had sprained his feet and had to continue to help. Ma Guizhi, the third daughter-in-law, was so angry that she told everyone It's her second sister-in-law Zhou Songxia's fault."

Ximei shook her head, Ma Guizhi was not a cheap person either.

It's really tiring for the fourth sibling to be sisters-in-law with such people!
"Then is there anyone going to look for it now?" Ximei asked Dalan again.

Dalan and the others were placed closer to the entrance and exit of the cave, and they heard a lot of news after inquiring back and forth, unlike Ximei and the others, who were in the innermost corner of the cave.

Da Lan curled her lips: "I've been looking for it for three days and three nights. Even if I didn't get caught by the rich wolves, tigers and leopards, I'm afraid I'd starve to death."

"I didn't look for it anymore. Zhou Songxia seemed to have died that time. I came from Lao Xiao's house earlier and saw her lying on the haystack..."

Dalan and Ximei sighed.

Shen Ying'er also heard their conversation, but her heart was at peace, because the old Xiao's affairs had nothing to do with her.

Even if the water receded and returned to the village, she would take Xiao Fubao to another place and would not interact with them.

As for Zhou Miaoling...

She is not dead.

Because in the book she seems to have married into the Shen family in Luanchang Mansion...

Xiao Fubao had almost finished eating, so Shen Yinger led him to wash his hands by the underground river not far away.

Looking at Shen Yinger's back as she walked away, Da Lan had a look of worry on her face.

"In the past, I was blind and misjudged Zhou Songxia and the fourth sibling. Ximei, there is something that I am really worried about for the fourth sibling."

Ximei sat up straight and asked, "What's the matter?"

Da Lan said: "We're taking refuge in the cave for a while, saving the two of them will keep them from starving, but we can't stay in the cave forever, the water will always recede."

"When the water recedes back to the village, how will the four brothers and sisters live in the future?"

"I heard that the fields of their wives have been occupied by the old Xiao's family long ago, and they only gave them some rations to satisfy their hunger."

"This flood flooded the crops, and everyone suffered a lot. I am worried that Lao Xiao's family will take the opportunity to deduct the food rations of the four brothers and sisters."

Da Lan's words also reminded Ximei, her face was gloomy and her brows were tightly wrinkled.

"That's right, the old Xiao's family's character is there, I'm afraid they will deliberately find an excuse not to give rations to the fourth sibling this time."

"Well, when I have time later, I will ask the fourth sibling what I think in private."

Or let out the wind and find a similar man to remarry.

Or, you can only continue to swallow your anger and lean on the old Xiao's family, and wait until Fu Bao'er grows up, it will be fine...

When Shen Ying'er came back with Fu Bao'er who had washed her little hands, Da Lan had already left.

Xiao Fubao took out the bamboo card Shen Chenxing left behind and sat on the haystack to play.

Ximei took the opportunity to pull Shen Yinger aside, and whispered her and Da Lan's worries.

"...Fourth brother and sister, according to my idea, when the water recedes and we return to the village, your Huosheng brother and I will find a way to make two jars of wine, buy some meat, and bring you with us. Let's go to Uncle Lizheng's house to sit for a while .”

"Even if the old Xiao family doesn't give you two rations, at least we can ask Uncle Li Zheng to come out and uphold justice!"

Shen Yinger shook her head decisively.

"Sister-in-law, thank you for worrying about me, but I don't need what you said."

Shen Ying'er knew the cruelty of those people in the old Xiao's family, she had already made up her mind not to have any contact with the old Xiao's family, so why would she lick her face and ask them for rations?
Moreover, Brother Huo Sheng and Xi Mei's sister-in-law spent money to please Li Zheng...

Just hearing all this arrangement made her head hurt.

"Fourth sibling, aren't you confused?" Ximei was astonished, and even raised her hand to touch Shen Yinger's forehead.

"The several acres of land in your fourth house are in their hands. If you don't ask them for rations, are you planning to drink the northwest wind?" Ximei asked again.

Shen Yinger blinked: "If the northwest wind can fill my stomach, then I'd like to drink it."

Ximei was stunned for a moment, then amused, she lightly pinched Shen Yinger: "What time is it, you still have the intention to tease sister-in-law!"

Shen Ying'er suppressed her smile, pursed her lips, and said seriously: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, even if I don't need that ration, I can still support Xiao Fubao."

When Xiao Chengyuan's accident happened, Shen Ying'er had just given birth to Fu Bao and was still in confinement.

The old Xiao's family drove their mother and son from the courtyard of Xiao's house to live in the old house at the back, and forcibly occupied Sifang's six mu of land on the grounds that Sifang had no strong labor force.

Every autumn, when the food was collected, he never took the initiative to deliver it to Sifang. The original owner, Mrs. Shen, had to come to the door to beg seven or eight times. After crying dry, he reluctantly threw a small bag to her, just like sending a beggar.

Shen Ying'er would rather be hungry than suffer that injustice again.

Of course, she couldn't go hungry either.

In her previous life, she grew up in an orphanage. With her own efforts, besides a complete family, she has everything else she should have.

"Fourth brother and sister, don't be so brave with your sister-in-law. We women can't lift our shoulders or hands. What do you do to support you two?"

Facing Ximei's worry and mistrust, Shen Yinger just smiled and didn't explain too much.

Some things are not to be said by mouth, but to see how you do it, and they will understand when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)