Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 17

Zhang Dalang went to the town to look for Wu Ling again, and his excuse to Ding Erniang was to ask Wu Ling if he had time to make a small desk for Xiaoshui to write, and learned that Wu Ling and Ding Erye had not yet gone to the county. When I came back, I had no choice but to suppress the anxiety in my heart, and went back with my head down.

Within two days, Zhang Mu heard that Zhao Wen's family had separated. Zhao's father lived with the eldest and second child, and Mrs. Zhao and her daughter Zhao Miaomiao lived with the third child. The eldest and second child each occupied the east half of the old house. It occupies half of the west side, and even the yard is separated.

On the fourth day of the separation of the Zhao family, Mrs. Zhao was lying on the bed sulking. It's just to show the limit, I didn't expect the boss and the second child to be so heartless, it must be the old man's idea.The old man lowered his head for the rest of his life, but he didn't expect to become hardened when he came to the old man.

Mrs. Zhao thought of the surprise and uncontrollable joy in her heart when the old man raised his head to look at her that day. After so many years, he was finally willing to look at her, but she heard him say lightly: "The third child was killed You are so used to it, you will have trouble sooner or later, the boss and the second child are people who live in peace, this family should be divided!" In this scorching July, Mrs. Zhao felt as if she had been thrown into a basin of cold water. It was completely cool.

She was so angry that she felt bitter and murmured, but she was unwilling to say a soft word to him and bow her head.Ever since that woman died, he couldn't see himself anymore. At that time, Miaomiao was only one year old. How many years has it been? When she was air, when she was young, she still tried to touch his arm carefully, and he seemed to be dead, it would still itch after being bitten by mosquitoes, but she hated to bite him, but he didn't even frown one time.If it wasn't for these four children, he would have left this place long ago!
She knew that he would go. From the first moment she saw him, she knew that this man would not belong here, not her.But 26 years later, she kept him, and she raised four children with him, and the fifth grandson will also come out.She thought her life was worth it.

"Xiu'er! Xiu'er!" There was a knock on the door outside. Hearing this sound, Mrs. Zhao felt disgusted unconsciously in her heart. She knew that the Hong family would definitely come over after learning about the separation of her family!But now she was too lazy to deal with it.

Li Xiu'er heard her mother knocking on the door, and hurried to open the door. When Li saw the courtyard, she saw a newly built wall, about seven or eight feet in length, which separated the relatively spacious courtyard into a narrow space.Knowing that the family separation was real, she hurriedly took her daughter's hand and walked into the house, holding that thin hand, Hong tried her best to hold back her sobs.

"Xiu'er, have you finished eating the eggs?" Hong shi sat down, touched her daughter's increasingly slender arm, and couldn't help asking.

Li Xiu'er stood up and glanced at Mrs. Zhao's room, then quietly closed the door, took out a basket from under the bed, covered it with a rag, and said in a low voice, "Mom, there are so many more, I just eat them." I bought four, these few days I cook, and I have the opportunity to cook eggs, I didn't even give it to my husband!" After Li Xiuer finished speaking, she looked at Hong anxiously, waiting for praise.

Seeing that her basket was still full of eggs, Mrs. Hong felt sore, hugged Li Xiu'er, and didn't speak for a long time!
Li Xiu'er felt that her mother was crying, her body was shaking, she hurriedly leaned out from Hong's arms, and said, "Mother, what's wrong with you?"

"Xiu'er, why don't you go back to live with your mother, and come back when the baby is full moon. Now your two sisters-in-law are not here, and your mother-in-law and sister-in-law are still waiting for a pregnant woman to serve you. Let's go home, mother." Make meat for you!" Hong said, wiping away tears.

Li Xiuer lowered her head and remained silent.

Hong asked tentatively: "Are you reluctant to part with your son-in-law? Silly boy, I let your father see him, but he still runs to my house every day!" After the incident between Li Xiuer and Zhao Wen happened, Li Xiucai never I would like to see Zhao Wen. In the past, Zhao Wen would go to Li Xiucai to attend lectures for a while, but now he can't even see Li Xiucai.

Hearing what mother said, Li Xiu'er also remembered that her father didn't want to see her husband, and she happened to go home to help him to intercede, so she nodded in agreement.

Seeing her daughter being so obsessed with Zhao Wen, Hong couldn't tell what she was feeling for a while!It was always her daughter anyway!She couldn't bear to watch her suffer!He didn't say any more at the moment, and asked his daughter to go outside the house and talk to Zhao Wen.

When Zhao Wen learned that his daughter-in-law was going to live at home, she would intercede for him and his father-in-law. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He didn't expect his father-in-law to be so stubborn. He and Xiu'er have been married for several months, and he hasn't turned the corner yet.Seeing the little daughter-in-law showing a look of reluctance to bear herself, Zhao Wen held Li Xiu'er's hand and said, "My lady will live with her mother-in-law to take care of her. It would be great. Don't worry, my lady, I will visit you often!"

After receiving this last sentence, Li Xiu'er felt at ease.After returning to the house, I packed a few clothes, and went to Mrs. Zhao's house with Mrs. Hong to say hello.

Knowing that her daughter-in-law was going back to her natal family to raise a baby, Mrs. Zhao said dissatisfiedly: "My in-laws think that my family has treated Li's daughter poorly! In the nearby villages, whose daughter-in-law went back to her natal family to raise a baby! This is not my Zhao family. face!"

"Dear family, we two don't need to talk about these falsehoods. You know how Xiu'er is doing in your house, don't you know better than me? If it's normal, she's pregnant now. You're not afraid to let her Others said that a pregnant woman was allowed to take care of you mother and child, so you didn't take your Zhao family's face seriously!" Hong said calmly without even bothering to lift his eyelids.

Some people, the more you give her face, the more she pushes her face. Mrs. Hong has already seen through Mrs. Zhao's bad nature. In the face of your mother-in-law Xiu'er, it doesn't matter if you are right or not, don't forget why your son married my daughter."

Seeing that the spark in Mrs. Zhao's eyes had disappeared, Mrs. Hong took her daughter's hand and walked out.Li Xiu'er was used to quarreling between her mother and mother-in-law, so she didn't take it seriously.As long as the mother is not angry with the husband!

"Mother, mother, why did I see my little sister-in-law and her mother leave just now? Why didn't you stop me!" Zhao Miaomiao ran in in a hurry and asked Mrs. Zhao!

"What are you running for! It doesn't look like a girl's house!" Mrs. Zhao reprimanded dissatisfiedly.

Zhao Miaomiao pouted and replied dissatisfied: "You just let my sister-in-law go, who will cook in the future? I have never done such rough work!" After speaking, she looked at Mrs. Zhao helplessly.

Mrs. Zhao glanced at her daughter's tender hands and said, "What are you in a hurry for? Of course I will do it!"

"But, mother, you haven't cooked since my sister-in-law came in. It's been nine years!" Zhao Miaomiao reminded in a low voice.

Mrs. Zhao choked when her daughter said, "If you don't like it, you can make it yourself!" She didn't want to talk to her little daughter anymore, "Go back to the house and make a dowry, you will be married in October!" go out!

Zhao Miaomiao had no choice but to go out in a dull mood. Before the dowry, her sister-in-law helped her do it. Before that, it was wrapped by Zhang Mu. The clothes were all cut, but her brother took her home. The embroidery work of the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law were average. I don't like it at all, but I really can't do my embroidery work, so I have to rely on my two sisters-in-law. The second sister-in-law has just embroidered her wedding dress, and the elder sister-in-law has also finished her embroidered shoes, but there are still I haven't embroidered a hijab, anyway, there are still several months left, so I'll just ask my mother to embroider it by then!Zhao Miaomiao had an idea in her mind, so she walked briskly out to chat with her little sister.

Zhang Mu also said that the Zhao family had split up, but he didn't care, his brother went to make a fuss once, and Zhao Wen probably didn't dare to make a fuss again.

Apart from teaching the three little Doudings to read and write, she also practices embroidery with a pile of rags, and occasionally steals from the kitchen. She already knows how to cook a few simple vegetarian dishes. Not too dare to touch it.After all, it's not easy to eat meat once at home, and she doesn't dare to spoil it casually.

Taozi also saw that my sister-in-law's cooking skills were indeed a lot worse, and seeing that she didn't take the initiative to do it, she cooked it herself.

It's just that Zhang Mu felt a layer of worry added to his heart. If he doesn't know how to cook, he will probably be disgusted when he gets to his husband's house!Then he remembered that Wu Ling hadn't shown up for seven or eight days, and even if he couldn't come, he would ask Niu Dalang to bring some small things over in a few days, such as a bundle of brightly colored silk threads, a box of pastries, a few wooden hairpins, Rattles for Xiao Shui, small bows and arrows, etc.

Zhang Mu felt that maybe he was more concerned about the back view he left for him that day, that's why he was so sensitive, "Maybe it's just that the store is too busy and has no time to think about it!" Zhang Mu tried to comfort himself.

"But it's been very regular before, and it won't be a few months without being busy, so let's be busy this July!" The black villain in his heart hit him.

Zhang Mu struggled for a while but couldn't get a clue, so he picked up his embroidery work and began to fiddle with it. He put on a needle and encouraged himself: "Survival skills still need to be practiced!" Fortunately, there was nothing for entertainment in ancient times. She has read the book a long time ago. She has practiced her embroidery work and found it interesting.

I don't know how long it took, but when Zhang Mu heard someone talking outside, he felt a little sore in his neck. He glanced out the window, and saw that the sun was almost setting.

"Amu, take a look!" Taozi ran in like a gust of wind, Zhang Mu was a little dumbfounded, how could his sister-in-law be so carried away.Seeing my sister-in-law stuffing a mahogany box engraved with peony patterns into my arms, I couldn't help being a little curious. When I opened it, I was immediately shocked!
It's really dazzling!At a glance, there is a Liuling gauze fan, a palace fan with an ivory handle of a gold-weaving beauty, a tassel pendant, a hanging Chinese hairpin, a pearl ribbon, and a moonless magnolia hairpin inlaid with small amethysts. And some silver rings.Zhang Mu immediately raised his head and asked Taozi: "Sister-in-law, could it be that Wu Ling was born by Master Ding?" Could it be an illegitimate child?Otherwise, how could Wu Ling have so much money to buy these things for himself?

"Don't talk nonsense! Second Master Ding and Aunt Ding have a good relationship! How could an illegitimate child come out! I heard that this time Wu Ling went to the county to do a big business and made money!" Tao Zi also looked happy. Said willingly.It seems that Wu Ling didn't take Zhao Wen's words to heart!

Hearing this, Zhang Mu also felt that he was thinking too much, holding the box, he felt his heart was full, and for a while he despised himself for being too superficial, but he was really happy to receive the gift!

Seeing my sister's frowned eyebrows, Taozi smiled and said, "Wu Ling just sent it here, and then he went back! He even said that he would make a small table for Xiaoshui in two days! It's all right, take your time and enjoy yourself! I'm going out!"

When he woke up the next day, Zhang Mu felt that he had a beautiful dream!
But that morning, I heard from Mrs. Wang, who had just returned from the town, that two yamen servants came to the county yesterday and took Zhao Wen away. Moreover, Wu Ling was also taken to the mayor's house last night!
(End of this chapter)