She is different from the empress in the history books

It snowed again in Chengyang County.

In fact, since the beginning of winter, snow has been falling continuously in Chengyang County. Because of the cold weather, many activities have been suspended. Farmers gather in small groups in order to reduce the amount of firewood burned and to livenly. Lagua homely.

According to the custom in previous years, men and women did not have to go to the fields during leisurely winter. They did some housework at home, sorting out food, repairing roofs, mending clothes...

But this is not the case in Xiaoli Village this year. Most of the people gathered in the house are women, children, and elderly people, but there are only a few young and strong men. As usual, they are always dismissed as lazy by the elders of the clan. Those few.

The women in the room who were holding needlework, linen, straw soles and other items were also filled with a rare excitement and joy. They did not discuss the rights and wrongs of the village's parents as usual, but invariably turned the topic to a A strange yet familiar person to them—Xu Shu.

"They have been there for half a month, and they don't know when they will be finished."

"Why are you so anxious? You won't be able to finish it all in a winter. It's twenty cents a day and two meals. Where can you find such a good job?"

The woman who answered raised her eyes and spoke quickly and firmly. She looked like a powerful character at first glance. She wiped her smooth hair with a needle, then lowered her head to thread the needle again, but her words sounded like she wanted her man. The meaning of earning more money for a while has been fully revealed.

"Let's celebrate the New Year together as a family."

"Hey, I don't want to spend the New Year when I'm so poor every year and my children have to be beaten with chopsticks if they want to pick up more pieces of meat. I'd rather be like this year, earning twenty cents for a day's work."

Those who agree with the former, naturally more agree with the latter, especially since the other party is the youngest daughter-in-law of the village chief's family, and her family's conditions are good enough, at least in the eyes of the villagers.But she felt particularly inadequate. She felt that if her family ate less meat and her children had a hard time, then other families would have nothing to worry about whether it was hard work or not.

Rather than a family working around the house and making no money, it is better to let the men earn money outside.

When it comes to making money, we naturally think of what men are doing.

The young daughter-in-law, who was originally worried that her man might not be able to come back for the New Year, quickly changed her focus and gossiped to her companions with a curious look on her face:
"Hey, tell me, our princess, what does she think? Why does she want to become a monk?"

The village chief’s daughter-in-law was influenced by her father-in-law and rigorously pointed out the errors in the other party’s words:

"The princess is not a monk, she is a nun."

In the eyes of the villagers, wearing a female crown or something like that means being a nun, and being a nun means becoming a monk.

The village chief's daughter-in-law actually knew little about it. When the Princess Mansion sent people to recruit workers, she told her father-in-law so, so she remembered it. As for the difference between a nun and a nun, she didn't know.

A group of people quickly ignored the situation they didn't know and turned to discuss the reasons why Xu Shu became the female crown.

Among the poor, there are actually families who cannot afford to raise children. There are boys, but more often girls. If these parents were not so cruel, they would throw their children outside the gates of Taoist or Buddhist temples, and sometimes they would be picked up. , which is often the origin of the nuns or Taoist boys from nearby Taoist temples.

There are also lonely women who have no one to rely on. By chance, they are lucky enough to find their way to a Taoist temple and be taken in by a nun.

However, in the perception of the villagers, this is the path chosen by desperate people. This is not the case for Xu Shu.

not to mention……

The village chief’s youngest daughter-in-law suddenly said:
"You think, after wearing this female crown, can the princess still get married?"

Everyone looked at each other and realized this problem.

There are very few people in Xiaoli Village who don't like Xu Shu, even though she has only been here a few times and hasn't talked to everyone.

However, to the villagers who occasionally meet a clerk who goes to the countryside and have to nod and bend down to offer food, the royal blood, the princess, and the mother-in-law are princesses, and they are served by dozens or even hundreds of people (they think the people being served are Actually, it was the guards)... With such an identity, he could still talk to the villagers so gently, eat at the village chief's house without hesitation, and never plunder anything from them during the few times he came.Farmers don't know how to describe the feeling of being respected, but there is a very different feeling between being treated as a human being and not being treated as a human being.

Therefore, apart from the gossip, the people in Xiaoli Village were really worried about Xu Shu - the princess was so good, if she could not marry a good family and have several children, but would be lonely all her life, this would not look good to the women in the village. Come on, it’s really miserable.

In the warm spring-like palace, Pei Peng saw through the half-open windows the same snow as in Xiaoli Village.

And what’s rare is that Xu Qing is also there, and only Xu Qing is here.

This couple is no longer in love with each other, but has stopped interfering with each other for some time.

Originally, Xu Qing had some ridiculous behavior, and when Pei Peng didn't like it, he would be given a few words of advice. Later, Xu Qing, Xuan Juan, and Jiang Chiba's group often stayed together, although some people tactfully spoke to Pei Peng. , it is really not beautiful to say that a dignified prince-in-law and a lowly wife hang out together.

But in Pei Peng's opinion, Xu Qing might cause less trouble when he was with them than when he was with some of his previous friends, so she didn't care too much, and Xu Qing didn't bother rushing to get in front of Pei Peng. Looking for scolding.

Therefore, it is rare for couples who have been estranged for a long time to sit together formally, and they don't know how to start a conversation.

It was Xu Qing who found him. Pei Peng probably guessed what he wanted to say, so he didn't rush to ask. He just drank tea silently, looking up at the falling snow outside from time to time, just waiting for him to take the initiative to speak.

"Why didn't you agree to my mother's proposal?"

After a while, Xu Qing finally asked this question.

Pei Peng was a little disappointed. She thought that the first thing Xu Qing asked about was Xu Shu's matter.

Pei Peng's tone was also very cold:

"Why did you promise her?"

Xu Qing turned his head to avoid Pei Peng's direct gaze. His voice was not high, with a bit of hesitation, and he seemed to want to convince himself:
"This way Ah Shu doesn't have to be a female crown, and I..."

Are you going back to be your master?Can you have a son too?Can you compete with your brother?

Pei Peng didn't need to listen to what he continued to say to guess what he was really thinking.

"Don't you want to ask about Ah Shu? You came here just to ask me why I didn't let you go back and have a son?"

Xu Qing was curious about Xu Shu becoming a female crown, but he was not worried. This was Pei Peng's handiwork. With this mother-in-law here, how could Xu Shu suffer any grievances?But his matters are more important.

What's more, his daughter is not that close to him, and she has no right to make the decision about the marriage. He asked her to study more poetry, but she didn't listen, so what else is he going to do?

Xu Qing's eyes were filled with confusion, which was extremely hateful to see.

Pei Peng was extremely angry. He knew that his daughter was going to get a female crown, but he didn't ask a word, why, how long, or what his daughter would do in the future. He just wanted to ask why he couldn't go back to the Xu family. Give birth to another son.

Pei Peng looked at Xu Qing's avoidance, and then thought of Chen Song, whose father's family had not revealed anything and allowed his children to follow an unfamiliar aunt to other places. Pei Peng thought of her little aunt and the missing person whose life and death were unknown. cousin.

I don’t know why, but the men the daughters of the Pei family always meet are like this. If it’s just a disagreement between husband and wife, that’s it. Who wants to talk about deep love and righteousness with a man who has been with each other for more than ten or twenty years? It's boring, but these men always give up their own flesh and blood so lightly, as if these children have nothing to do with them.

Pei Peng felt worthless for her daughter, and secretly hated herself for being blind for choosing such a person. She almost blurted out, "Then go back to the Xu family!" (End of Chapter)