Rebirth of the farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 31 The Mayor and the Woman

He had a feud with the village chief, who coveted Widow Chen's beauty, and the land they were allotted was poor.Meng Da carefully recalled that most of the people assigned to poor land were honest or not flattering masters.After he saw the true face of the village chief, he didn't believe it was just a coincidence.

Meng Da recalled the situation on the day when the land was divided over and over again, trying to come up with some clues.Although everything is done under the watchful eyes of the public, there is still a chance to play tricks.Everyone drew lots and discussed and exchanged views with each other.If someone with a heart looks at it, quietly goes to the patriarch's side to say something, and changes the corresponding land, it will be unnoticed.

However, there is no evidence for everything, and Meng Da knows that what he said is in vain, so he can only find a way to let the village chief reveal his true colors.Just wait, he definitely can't leave the village head behind to harm the whole village!
After finishing their work, everyone left the village chief's house one after another.When Widow Chen returned home, she scooped up a large bowl of pickles she made and sent them to Meng's house.

How could Meng Duo accept it, but she burst into tears and said, "I dare not forget the kindness of your family, but there is really nothing in the family that can be sold. Don't dislike me, I..." Before she finished speaking, she Crying on.

"I'll take it, sister-in-law Chen, don't cry, so as not to scare the child." Meng Duo saw Fuwa curling her lips, and hurriedly took the big bowl.

Widow Chen was grateful to Meng Da in her heart, and sent a big bowl of the only pickles available at home.

How could Meng Duo ask for her things in vain, so he vacated the big bowl and filled it with stuffed buns.She opened the pot in the firewood room again, took out two pieces of bacon from it, and tied them with straw ropes.

"Take it back and give it to the child." Meng Duo gave her something, but when she saw it, she refused it desperately.

"I just brought some pickles, but you returned the steamed corn bread and bacon, I might as well not come."

Meng Duo replied with a smile: "The folks in the village should take care of each other. It doesn't matter how good or bad things are, what matters is friendship. We have a big pot of salted meat at home, so I only took out two pieces. I think Sister-in-law Chen must have taken care of each other. More than half of the pickles were brought over, the affection is several times stronger than mine, why be embarrassed? Could it be that Sister-in-law Chen is not honest with us? I know there are some gossips about me in the village, and it is nice to have a hard life."

"Where is this?" Widow Chen hurriedly defended, with an anxious look on her face, "I...I..."

"Don't let me come and go. Sister-in-law Chen will come and sit down when she is free. We are the same person, and I don't have any sisters to talk to. I won't keep my sister-in-law today. Uncle just came back and hasn't eaten breakfast yet. Go heat up the food." Meng Duo didn't hesitate to say, put the bowl and bacon in her hands, turned and went in.

Widow Chen wanted to chase into the house, but when Meng Dazai dared not go in, Fuwa who was lying on her back shouted, "Meat, eat meat!"

"Good boy, Fuwa, this meat is going to be sent back to Uncle Meng's house..." Before she could finish speaking, Fuwa started arguing like twisting her hips.

The child couldn't say anything, but kept clamoring for meat.Widow Chen thought that the child had eaten meat once since birth, and her internal organs ached.

Fuwa couldn't hear her mother's response, so she opened her mouth and began to cry.Widow Chen hurried home with him on her back, and said as she walked, "Mother will go home and make meat for you, don't cry."

Fuwa stopped crying when she heard the words, and obediently lay on her back, her small eyes only stared at the bacon in her hand, and she kept swallowing her saliva.

She turned her face to look at the child, tears streaming down her face.She walked all the way and cried all the way, and then she forced herself to cook when she got home.

A bowl of rice porridge made of whole grains, and a plate of sautéed Chinese cabbage with bacon, Fuwa couldn't stop eating so deliciously.

Widow Chen watched from the sidelines, tears welling up again.I think she was kicked out of the house by her uncle and sister-in-law when she was pregnant with a child, and she was still working in the field when she was about to give birth.There is no money to hire a midwife, but she gave birth to the child by herself, bit off the umbilical cord with her teeth, and continued to work without even confinement.

Over the past three years, when she thinks back on the hardships she has endured, even she herself feels incredible.But no matter how hard it is, she is not afraid of it, only that the young child will suffer along with her.

Just now when she heard Meng Duo say that they are the same person, her heart became more and more bitter.How dare she compete with Meng Duo?What do you compare with others?
They have an upright and capable uncle who takes care of the family and can rely on them for everything in the family.But she has to rely on herself for everything, and she doesn't even have anyone who can speak her own words.

Don't look at Meng Duo as a little widow, but she is a real girl.After two or three years, the filial piety period will be over, as long as Meng Da blurts out, remarriage is also possible.But in this life, she can only watch over her child, and when the child grows up and has a family, she will be at an end.

It's not that she can't hold back and wants to remarry, and she won't steal a man and do something immoral.It's just that she is a woman after all, and when encountering troubles, she becomes more lonely and helpless, wishing for someone to help her.

Last night, the actions of the village head frightened her.Facing the hooligan who knocked on her door, she dared to chase out with a kitchen knife, because everyone shouted and beat the hooligan, and everyone would not say a word about her.But the "highly respected" village head is different, as he himself said, if he bites back, she really can't tell.

But if she also has an uncle like Meng Da, how dare the village chief and his like come to insult her?Although she was lucky enough to pass the test last night, she was still uneasy.She didn't eat a few mouthfuls of rice, but only picked up a few mouthfuls of pickles.

She put away all the dishes and chopsticks, inserted the door early, and put the kitchen knife under the kang mat.She made up her mind in her heart that if the village chief came to pester her again, she would die with the child and she would have to keep her innocence.Their mother and son have companions on the way to Huangquan, and they will never be alone wherever they go!
Widow Chen trembled and dared not sleep well, and Meng Da was not idle either.He left the house when it was dark, and quietly went to the village chief's house under the cover of night.Firstly, he wanted to know himself and the enemy, and secondly, he wanted to beware of the village chief harassing Widow Chen again.

He didn't dare to get too close, lest the barking dogs in the yard would wake up others.After watching for half a night without any movement, he returned home.

The next day, Xiao Qiang came over with two puppies in his arms.Meng Da had mentioned to him early on that if the family's bitch gave birth to puppies, she would pick two of them.Seeing that the puppy was trembling and unable to stand still, Meng Duo got some water and fed it, not in a hurry to feed it.It was cold in winter, so she built a nest on the kang and put her two puppies in it.

Sanchun and Siya fell in love with each other when they saw each other, and each hugged one and couldn't bear to let go.Meng Da originally wanted to give one to Widow Chen, but he thought that her family was struggling to eat, and there was no food to feed the dog, so he gave up.

Meng Da went to the village chief's house to squat for several nights, but found nothing, and did not find anything unusual about the village chief.

It was the fifteenth day in a blink of an eye, and Meng Duo went to the Chen family in the town as promised.She was arranged to stay in the backyard with some girls and daughters-in-law who specialized in needlework.The maids and mother-in-law were very friendly to her when they saw her unique embroidery technique and her quiet and well-behaved person.

(End of this chapter)