farmer's husband

Chapter 2 A Cat
It gets dark early in winter, and now it's pitch black outside.The night wind also picked up, making the dead branches in the yard outside creak and creak, and a few cold winds came in through the cracks in the windows, making people feel cool.And unfortunately, the table where she lives now is by the window.

Chun Zhi wrapped the quilt tightly around her body, and she couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

A dilapidated husband's family, a powerful mother-in-law, a husband who hates her... and if nothing else happens, she is still married as a happy daughter-in-law!All of this was clearly telling her - the days to come will be difficult!

However, since they are already married, it is useless for her to regret it.After all, father and mother had already received five taels of silver as a betrothal gift from the Chai family, so the money should have been almost spent by now!And even if the money is not used, it is impossible for parents to take me back. After all, my reputation is already bad when I go back to my natal family, and I will drag down my younger siblings.The family is already difficult enough, how can I make it worse for them?
So, now I can only grit my teeth and admit it!
Meow meow meow……

Vaguely, there seems to be a cat meowing outside?
Suddenly, Chunzhi's heart moved, she pricked up her ears to listen, and she was sure—it was really a cat meowing!Moreover, she recognized it - it was her third son!
Feeling excited, Chun Zhi glanced quietly at the bed over there, and found that the little boy was already asleep, so she quietly got out of bed.He tiptoedly opened the door, and saw a small black shadow under the front window.

Meow meow meow!
Spotting her trace, the little black shadow quickly ran towards her.

Chun Zhi bent down and hugged her into his arms, gently rubbing her hairy little head: "Little Sanzi, how did you find this place?"

The little third son meowed several times, rubbing his little head in her arms.

Chunzhi hugged it and looked at it again and again, but he couldn't bear to let go.

"Since you have come here, will you stay here with me from now on?" She asked the kitten in a low voice.

The kitten meowed again.

"I'll take it as your promise!" Chun Zhi nodded happily, and tiptoed back to the house with the kitten in his arms.

Putting the kitten on the table, she lay down on it herself, and the kitten immediately crawled to her chest, resting its head on her neck.The soft fur is warm, making her heart feel warmer.

Accompanied by the cat, Chun Zhi suddenly felt that the wind noise outside seemed to be quieter.

Gently stroking the soft fur under the kitten's neck, she sighed softly: "Now, I only hope that with these five taels of silver, Xiao Wu's illness can be cured."

Looking down at the sleeping kitten in his arms, Chun Zhi raised the corner of his mouth again: "Little Sanzi, fortunately you are here with me."

The kitten rolled comfortably in her arms, purring and purring.

Listening to this familiar voice, Harue also felt a wave of drowsiness hit his mind.Forget it, stop thinking about it!She shook her head, wrapped the quilt tightly around her body, and fell into a deep sleep.

It's just that there is no bed, and such an old quilt is wrapped around the body.As the night deepened, the wind seeping through the cracks in the windows became colder and colder.Chunzhi was woken up several times by the cold in the middle of the night.

Finally, as soon as there was a sliver of light outside, Chunzhi heard a door creaking in the yard in a daze, and her mother-in-law Wang had already woken up.

I only heard her footsteps coming this way, and when I reached the door of the new house, I didn't even knock on the door, I just opened the door and walked in.When she saw the boy and Chun Zhi who were sleeping on the bed and the table respectively, Wang first looked at her son lovingly for a few times, then walked lightly to the edge of the table, and suddenly stretched out her hand to touch Chun Zhi's body. The quilt was lifted.

The kitten in Chun Zhi's arms woke up immediately, and jumped up with a scream.

"Ah!" Mrs. Wang was also taken aback, and immediately shouted at the top of her voice, "Where is this cat coming from!"

Harue was also awakened by this series of movements.She hurriedly jumped out of bed and hugged the third son into her arms to comfort him.

As a result, before the cat could be calmed down, her ear was grabbed by a hand. "Where did you get the cat? Ah? Didn't you have one yesterday?" Wang yelled at her in a low voice.

In order not to wake up her son, Wang deliberately lowered her voice a lot.However, for Chun Zhi who was right in front of her eyes, just seeing Wang's ferocious face was enough to make her start to tremble.

"It's called Xiaosanzi, and it came here with me yesterday." She whispered.

"Throw it away!" Wang called viciously.

"No!" Chun Zhi quickly hugged the third son tightly.

When Mrs. Wang saw it, she immediately reached out to grab it.The kitten was in pain from being pulled, and screamed and broke free from Wang's hand, jumped to the ground and escaped through the crack of the door.

"You little bastard runs quite fast!" Mrs. Wang yelled again, "You wait for me! When I catch you that day, I will peel you off and boil you to make soup for my son!"

At this time, a gloomy voice came from Ture behind him: "Have you guys had enough trouble?"

Wang quickly turned around.

"Son, why are you awake? It's still early, so you can sleep more!" When she turned to her son, she looked like a caring mother again.

"I was woken up by you." The boy said coldly.

Wang quickly glared at Chun Zhi again. "It's all your fault! Why don't you quickly put on my clothes and go out to work, did you not see that your man is still asleep? You are still arguing with him here, do you understand what is womanhood?"

After finishing speaking, she turned around with a smile: "Son, it was my mother's mistake just now, my mother's mistake! From now on, my mother will never do this again, so calm down and go to sleep again, huh?"

Then, she glared at Chun Zhi fiercely again, and left cursing in a low voice.

Harue noticed that the boy on the bed was also looking at her unkindly.She quickly got up, took out an old dress from the bundle she brought, put it on, combed her hair a few times, braided it into two big long braids, and hurried out.

Mrs. Wang has been waiting for her in the yard for a long time.Seeing her coming out, Wang finally let go of her voice and scolded: "Why don't you just put on some clothes? What are you dawdling about in the room? Do you want to be lazy? Let me tell you, there is no way!"

Saying that, he stuffed a shoulder pole and two barrels into her hand. "Hurry up and bring back two buckets of water for me!"

Then, he pushed her out of the house.

After Chun Zhi came out of the yard, she looked left and right, looked at the strange villages and strange roads in front of her, and her eyes became dark for a while.It was her first time visiting this place, how would she know where to fetch water?
Meow meow meow!
At this time, I heard cat meowing again.Chunzhi quickly turned her neck to look around, and saw a three-flowered kitten with a small head protruding from the haystack in front.

Isn't this the little third son who ran away just now?Unexpectedly, it hasn't left yet, and it's waiting for her here!
Chun Zhi immediately burst into a smile.

"Little Sanzi, come here!" She hastily stretched out her hand.

The three-flowered kitten immediately jumped up from the haystack onto her arm, and then climbed onto one of her shoulders to lie down.

Seeing the third son again, Chun Zhi was full of energy.Just in time, she saw someone walking by with a bucket, and she hurriedly followed: "Ma'am, are you here to carry water?"

"Yes!"

It was a young woman of seventeen or eighteen years old.She nodded, then stared at Chun Zhi again, and asked in a low voice, "Are you the daughter-in-law of Aunt Lihua's family who married in yesterday?"

pear blossom?It should be her mother-in-law Wang's name!

Chunzhi nodded. "yes."

"Hey, what a pity for such a nice girl!" The young woman shook her head and sighed, "You will suffer a lot in the future!"

Chun Zhi quickly shook his head. "It's okay, marry a chicken as a chicken and marry a dog as a dog. Now that I'm married to their family, I can suffer as much as I want!"

When the woman heard this, she sighed even louder.

"Forget it, it's your life too!" She shook her head, "Are you going to fetch water too? Then let's go together, and I'll help you find the way too."

"Okay, thank you, big sister!" Chun Zhi quickly raised a smile all over his face.

Sensing that she was in a good mood, the third son also meowed several times towards her.

The woman is surprised. "Is this your cat? You're so obedient! The cats I've seen before don't care about people."

"That's how I am. I have been attracted to cats since I was a child." Chun Zhi smiled shyly.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard meowing and meowing several times, and another raccoon cat jumped out from a nearby courtyard wall, and jumped straight at Chun Zhi.

Immediately there was another squeak, and a teenager ran out of the house in a hurry.

"Xiao Hua, don't run away!" he yelled, and at the same time came to Chun Zhi.When he met Chun Zhi's face, he curled his mouth, and a smirk appeared on his face, "You are the new daughter-in-law that the sick man of the Chai family married yesterday, right? Xiao Hua also likes you quite a bit, or you can follow me!"

(End of this chapter)