Carpenter's Lady

Chapter 3

When Zhang Mu returned home, his sister-in-law Taozi was busy in the kitchen. She went to talk to her about how she met Mrs. Zhao in the town today. Does sister-in-law feel that she and her sister-in-law who are away from home are always causing trouble!
Zhang Mu felt melancholy and irritable for a moment.

"Then Mrs. Zhao should give her a good beating. You should fasten the doors and windows at home first, and I will go to the field to find my father and your brother!" Zhang Mu was startled by Taozi's fiery momentum. My sister-in-law is also a temperamental woman, and for a while I felt ashamed for making random guesses about my sister-in-law just now.

Seeing that her sister-in-law ran away and disappeared, she hurriedly bolted the door, then went to the room and moved a table against the door, let Xiaoshui sit on the table and listen to the movement outside, she went to the kitchen first to pick up the things that her sister-in-law hadn't finished choosing. Choose vegetables, you can't go hungry because of that family's psychosis, and you bought two catties of meat today!Make a steamed egg with minced meat for Xiaoshui at noon!Let's wait for sister-in-law to come back!Otherwise, it would be bad if I burned myself. Having said that, I still have to practice my cooking skills quickly, otherwise, with the status of a woman in ancient times, I would be drowned in spittle sooner or later.

"Open the door! Open the door!"

"My surname is Zhang, don't think you'll be fine if you hide at home, you must give me an explanation today!"

"It's just that your family treats an abandoned daughter as a treasure, and this shameless little woman deserves to sink into the pond, so as to save herself from being ashamed in the world!"

As soon as Zhang Mu washed the dishes, there was a commotion outside the door. Zhang Mu knew that Zhao's mother-in-law had come to find someone to make trouble. My father and brother were probably on their way home. I wondered if the villagers would help out. Brother, no matter what, I can't resist the four of Zhao's father and son. Hearing the voice outside, it is estimated that their daughter-in-law has come over, and there will be a scolding battle soon!What an annoyance!

The door was clattered by Zhao's family, Zhang Mu looked at the small clod of soil that had been shaken off by the door, and pulled Xiao Shui to the kitchen, otherwise it would be bad if they hit the clod of soil on Xiao Shui later.

The scolding outside was getting worse and worse. Zhao's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law had gone from scolding Zhang Mu for being shameless to greeting the eighteen generations of Zhang's ancestors.

"The eighteen generations of your Zhang family are not good people. The men are all thieves, and the women are not actors but also female cousins. My Zhao family's poems and books are heirs. Why did you marry a shameless little girl in your family's way? Go back!" I completely forgot that Zhang Mu was the one who asked people to inquire about Zhang Mu back then and learned that he was soft-tempered, hard-working, and good at embroidery, and planned to marry back to earn money, so he sent a matchmaker to Zhang's house every day to say good things, and begged to go back !

Zhang Muquan pretended not to hear, the aunt and nephew were cooking in the kitchen, Taozi had already washed the rice, after the fire was lit, Zhang Mu asked Xiaoshui to watch the fire under the stove, she went to touch two eggs in the chicken coop, Put the minced meat on the bottom of the bowl, then pour in the ground eggs, put it on a small wooden shelf for steaming vegetables, and then cover the pot!
There seemed to be a lot of villagers gathered outside the door. Before, the Zhao family’s mother-in-law and daughter-in-law scolded Zhang Mu and whispered to persuade them. Now that they have been promoted to the ancestors, some villagers are unwilling. Everyone in the same village has entangled kinship. Yes, during these [-] generations, they accidentally entangled their ancestors. Everyone couldn't help but blame the Zhao family for keeping some morals. It was noisy outside. Zhang Mu didn't wait for his father and elder brother to come back. The laws of the court were strict, and anyone who trespassed on someone else's house would be punished in court, so the Zhao family did not dare to break in openly.

Zhang Mu's aunt and nephew were cooking and chatting in the kitchen. Xiao Shuiren was innocent, and he couldn't help feeling uneasy when he was blocked at the door of his house. His small face became even smaller. Seeing his small appearance, Zhang Mu couldn't help but be embarrassed. After being amused, my heart calmed down. After I calmed down, I remembered that when I came back just now, Mrs. Wang complained that several sons of the Zhao family were studying in the academy. The sister-in-law concluded sarcastically: "The book didn't turn out a trick, but the bones became softer the more I read it!" Zhang Mu suddenly had an idea.

The second daughter-in-law of the Zhao family outside saw that no one responded to the Zhang family, thinking that there was really no one at home, she scolded dryly, and couldn't help feeling a little impatient looking at the angry mother-in-law beside her, and looked up at the sun to see what time it was , suddenly saw green smoke rising from the chimney on the roof of Zhang's house, and hurriedly tugged on the sleeve of the mother-in-law. Zhao's mother-in-law was scolding vigorously, but when the second daughter-in-law yanked her, she couldn't help but feel even more angry, and was about to scold her when she saw The second daughter-in-law pointed to the roof of Zhang's house and looked up, and the fire in her heart was even more intense when she saw it!

"Family cowards, my mother has greeted the eighteenth generation of your family, and you still have the mind to light a fire and cook. Let me tell you, if I don't hand over this little bitch Zhang Mu today, my mother will not let it go. You hide You won’t be able to hide from the fifteenth day of the first day of the new year!” In the spring of March, the season when more sophisticated people still wear thin jackets, Mrs. Zhao was already sweating profusely, with her temples sticking tightly to her scalp.

When the women saw the smoke coming from the chimney of the Zhang family, they remembered that they had to go back home to cook. Otherwise, the parents-in-law would show their faces when they were hungry, and the crowd dispersed immediately. The children were still reluctant to leave, my lord Just let them listen, and after a while, they can go back and serve as ears to the gods.

Just now there were so many people, Mrs. Zhao scolded her more and more vigorously. Now there are only a few children left smiling and looking at her under the shade of the trees. She turned her face, and couldn't help but glared at the little ones fiercely. They were not afraid of her, and made faces against her!After a whole morning of tossing and running home from the town, and then from her own Xishui Village to Shuiyang Village, Mrs. Zhao felt that her calves were a little unsteady, and her stomach started to be hungry, and she was about to order her eldest daughter-in-law to go home and cook Go, saw Zhang's old couple and Zhang Mu's elder brother and sister-in-law hurrying home.

Mrs. Zhao's fighting spirit immediately became high again.

"Where is the grandson of the turtle, it took a long time to touch the door of the house! The shameless things of the family are only fit to be shrunk in the turtle shell!" The old man Zhao, who had always been an invisible person, tugged at Mrs. Zhao's sleeve at this time, why? It's okay to scold the juniors. He and Lao Zhang have been in-laws for several years, and he also knows that he is a kind person. When Zhang Mu and Zhao San reconciled, Mrs. Zhao made it clear that she would not return Zhang Mu's dowry, and Mrs. Zhao was the one who managed it. However, Mrs. Zhao has been silent at home for more than 20 years. Lord, this time to make trouble, Mr. Zhao couldn't stop him. Seeing his former in-laws rushing over, Mr. Zhao felt a little embarrassed. Mrs. Zhao immediately understood her old man's thoughts when she saw her old man's blushing face, and stretched out her hand. Grabbing Father Zhao's ear, "Hey, you still want to make friends with someone like this, why are you so blind, you insisted on letting her little girl Changfu bring so many things home, do they remember your kindness?" I'm going to beat your wife in the street in no time!" Father Zhao pulled Mrs. Zhao's hand and left without a word.

Seeing the old man like this, Mr. Zhang couldn't help sighing in his heart. If he hadn't been tricked back then, the old man would not have married such a woman and returned home, ruining his family forever. Seeing Mrs. Zhao still want to come and scold him, Mr. Zhang was very jealous I was too lazy to give her one, so I hurriedly knocked on the door, "Amu, Daddy is back, come and see the door!"

Mrs. Zhao glanced over, her son and daughter-in-law knew what she meant, and hurriedly squeezed behind Mrs. Zhang, ready to squeeze in together later. The second daughter-in-law of the Zhao family thought, Zhang Mu is cooking at home, and she will go first Get something to eat in the kitchen; Zhao San remembered that he hadn’t seen Zhang Mu for a long time after reconciliation. Little lady, she immediately felt that a woman like Zhang Mu who only knows how to wash and cook is not worthy of her status in the future. If he wants to be a master, he must be worthy of a beautiful lady like the little lady of the Li family. Stand with yourself.

Hearing Father's voice, Zhang Mu hurriedly asked Xiao Shui to open the door first. She fiddled with the pot and stove a few times, took out two pieces of wood that had burned red and hadn't turned to ashes, and then followed. The Zhao family saw the door open Just as he was about to rush in, he saw Zhang Mu approaching with a burnt red log, and he didn't dare to move immediately.

"Little bitch, you finally came out. If you don't give me an explanation today, my mother will drown you with her saliva!"

Seeing Mrs. Zhao's stern look, Zhang Mu stretched out the wood in his hand, past Mrs. Zhao's chest, Mrs. Zhao stepped back suddenly, the heat on her clothes made her hoarse.

Seeing Zhang Musu's face, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhao family said with great disdain: "Sister and sister, you used to be in our house, and we didn't treat you harshly. How can you turn your face and deny people! As the saying goes, a husband and wife live a hundred days Well, you and the third brother have been husband and wife for five years anyway, how can a woman's family be so promiscuous and forget the old relationship in a blink of an eye! She even did something to her mother-in-law! It doesn't matter if your own reputation is important, but you can't implicate your mother's family either. , if my sister-in-law has a daughter in the future, she will be troublesome for you!"

Zhang Mu took a look at the eldest daughter-in-law of the Zhao family, she had such a vicious mouth, even if she insulted herself, she even provoked the relationship between herself and her mother's family.

"Yeah, brother and sister, you have been in the Zhao family for five years, and we have always been very happy, but you have nothing to do for five years, so you can't blame your mother and third brother for not being able to tolerate you, you can't let the third brother die Mother is always a loving mother, how can you blame mother for this, and beat mother in the street! Why don't you apologize to mother quickly!" Zhao's second daughter-in-law also added.

"Huh, this is not something that can be solved with an apology. Your family has to pay me 15 taels of medical expenses. I am an old man with old arms and legs. I was beaten by you for a while. I don't know what the injury is. You pay me 15 taels of silver, I think I won’t argue with you because you have been in my house for five years, otherwise I will report to the official and let the official master deal with you shrew!” Mrs. Zhao said to her two daughters-in-law, He also threatened with his chest up!

Seeing these women bullying her daughter like this, Mrs. Zhang had tears rolling in her eyes several times. She didn't know what kind of life Mu'er lived in their house before. All of them were so ungrateful for being unreasonable. I really want to push her daughter to a dead end!Mrs. Zhang couldn't help staring at Mrs. Zhao fiercely.

Mrs. Zhao stepped back subconsciously and swallowed her saliva, "Sister Zhang, it's your daughter's fault, you have to be reasonable, besides this divorced woman, what are you doing at home, it's not a waste of food, Why don't you marry her quickly, the lame Zhao in our village still lacks a wife!" Mrs. Zhao felt that she was really smart, why did she suddenly think of lame Zhao? Liang, if he came to be the matchmaker himself, the Zhang family would have to ask her.

(End of this chapter)