After Xiao Fuyuan finished breakfast, his second brother took him by the hand and went to private school together.
Passing by the door of Xia's house, I happened to meet Xia Qinghe.
"Sister Qinghe." Xiao Fuyuan greeted Xia Qinghe.
"Xiao Yuanbao, have you seen my mother?" Xia Qinghe asked in a normal tone.
"Aunt Xia is talking to my mother at my house." Xiao Fuyuan said.
Xia Qinghe nodded.
Bai Erzhuang's face was expressionless, but Xia Qinghe regarded Bai Erzhuang as nothing.
Early in the morning, Shenshu Village was very lively. Some go to the ground with hoes on their shoulders, and some stand at the door holding bowls to eat.
Seeing Bai Erzhuang and Xia Qinghe facing each other, they both looked towards Xiao Fuyuan with inquiring eyes.
The air smelled of gossip.
Bai Erzhuang took Xiao Fuyuan's hand and left quickly, then stopped again, turned around and said to Xia Qinghe, "Don't worry, I'll help you get a letter of release from your wife."
Xia Qinghe's breath stopped and she said, "No need."
Then without giving Bai Erzhuang a look, he turned around and left.
Bai Erzhuang was stunned, smiled bitterly, took his sister's hand and walked towards the private school.
Xiao Fuyuan felt that her second brother's breathing was unsteady, and she held his hand tightly.
Alas, the second brother's love life is also quite difficult.
The incident of a pair of star-crossed mandarin ducks actually meeting and talking fell into the eyes of the villagers, and everyone shook their heads and sighed in shock.
"It's a pity for Erzhuang and Qinghe."
"This matter is difficult to conclude. Qinghe cannot have children..."
"The Lao Bai family doesn't have to worry about a son. Even if Qing He can't have a baby, just adopt a nephew."
"In the final analysis, it's all the trouble caused by the You family. So what will happen if Jin Gui becomes a scholar's wife? I don't think the two strong men treat Jin Gui like a couple now."
"No, it's just that the title Xiucai Niang sounds nice. If you don't have it in your life, you don't have it. If Bai Erzhuang was with Qinghe, he might have gone to Beijing to take the high school entrance examination by now. How come he didn't even pass the examination? .”
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The people in the village started talking again, some were pity, some were sighing, and everything else.
As soon as Mrs. Qian, the wife of the You family, went out with the bowl in hand, she heard everyone talking about the You family. She felt unhappy, so she stepped out with one foot and went back.
No matter what the people in the village said, Xia Qinghe calmly carried the big basin and walked through the eyes of everyone with sympathy or suspicion, all the way to the river at the entrance of the village to wash clothes.
Suddenly, Xie Xiaolian appeared on the shore.
"I'm sorry, that veil caused you so much trouble." Xie Xiaolian said, "I wanted to give it to you last time on the mountain, but I didn't think of it for a moment."
"Brother Xie, please don't say that, it's none of your business." Xia Qinghe said while washing her clothes, "The issue between me and Han Shan is not because of that handkerchief."
Xia Qinghe had a calm attitude and did not avoid Xie Xiaolian just because Han Shan said that Xie Xiaolian was her adulterer.
Xia Qinghe raised her head and looked into Xie Xiaolian's eyes, with a clean face and her hair held loosely in a bun, like a hibiscus emerging from water.
Xie Xiaolian looked a little dumbfounded.
"What's that?" Xie Xiaolian blurted out out of control.
"I can't tell for a while, but it has nothing to do with Brother Xie anyway." Xia Qinghe said.
Xie Xiaolian was slightly disappointed.
"No matter what, you dragged me into it. If you need my help in any way, just ask. After all, you can be regarded as my savior." Xie Xiaolian said.
Xie Xiaolian was a little nervous for a moment.
"Brother Xie, don't say anything about being a savior but not a benefactor. Didn't you also snatch me back from the tiger's mouth? In the matter between me and Han Shan, I dragged Brother Xie into it for no reason. I already feel sorry for it. I don't want to bother Xie anymore." Big brother."
Xia Qinghe raised his head and smiled, his bright teeth dazzling in the sun. Xie Xiaolian was stunned again.
"Well, I kept that veil because I was afraid of losing it and someone would pick it up... My unmarried fiancée was just something I picked up just to silence people... I had no other intention..." Xie Xiaolian was a little incoherent.
Xia Qinghe was stunned. She didn't know why Xie Xiaolian told her this. She thought he wanted to return the veil to her.
But after waiting for a cup of tea, Xie Xiaolian didn't want to give it back to her, and it was hard for her to ask for it.
"Well, if you need my help with anything, you're welcome."
Xie Xiaolian left these words and ran away as if running away.
Xia Qinghe felt baffled.
Xie Xiaolian came to the yard all the time, and her ears were still a little hot.
"I heard that you were involved in other people's family affairs." A Zhen asked suddenly while standing in the yard reading a book.
Without waiting for Xie Xiaolian to respond, Wu Xiaoying hung on the tree and hurriedly said: "Master, more than just getting involved, Xie Xiaolian is now carrying the name of an adulterer."
He Shun and Xie Xiaolian glared at Wu Xiaoying.
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's dirtying the young master's ears." He Shun scolded.
Xie Xiaolian didn't get angry, her ears turned red, and she turned around and entered the room.
Quite a bit like running away.
Wu Xiaoying shrugged and said to A Zhen: "Master, why do I think he is quite happy to be an adulterer?"
"Wu Xiaoying, what are you talking nonsense? You are the face of the young master. Xie Xiaolian was slandered like this. You didn't say anything or defend yourself. You are still here to add fuel to the fire. It's okay for you to talk nonsense here. If you follow the village If people gossip together, your skin will be exposed."
He Shun scolded Wu Xiaoying, who was so frightened that he kept silent.
Bai family.
Mrs. Xia wiped her tears at Mrs. Zhen.
"If you are worried that the Han family will not release the wife's letter, ask Er Zhuang to go to the county government office. He is a scholar. The county government office must be open to scholars." Zhen said again, "My family, Xiao Yuanbao, is the head of the village. Da Zhuang If we grow Yan and millet seeds again, the county magistrate will have to give our family face no matter what."
Normally, Mrs. Zhen would not be willing to mention Xiao Fuyuan's title of village head, but she could for Xia Qinghe's sake.
"Now it's not a divorce letter or a divorce letter, and there is more than just Qinghe in the family. Her brother and sister-in-law have to be willing for her to come home, otherwise she won't be able to gain a foothold even if she goes home with Li." Granny Xia cried.
"Qingpi is not that stupid person. As a brother, he will naturally come forward when he sees his sister being bullied by her husband's family." Zhen said, "Qinghe can only get a pair of chopsticks when she comes home. She is a capable person. There is nothing wrong with her." The law has taken hold.”
"Sister, I'm not worried about Qingpi. I'm worried about my daughter-in-law. You see, my daughter-in-law is very sensible and treats Qinghe as well as her sister-in-law. But if Qinghe wants to go home, she is absolutely unwilling." Mrs. Xia sighed.
What she is most worried about now is her daughter-in-law Zheng.
"Aunt Xia is just a sister-in-law. She doesn't watch her sister-in-law suffer. I believe Sister Zheng is not that kind of person." Xie Chuntao couldn't help but defend Qinghe's sister-in-law, Mrs. Zheng.
Xie Chuntao started from her own point of view. If Xiao Fuyuan was bullied in her husband's family in the future, she, as the sister-in-law, would definitely step forward and be willing to take her home. There was no reason for her sister-in-law to feel wronged in her husband's family.
Mrs. Xia burst into tears looking at Xie Chuntao. Although her daughter-in-law was sensible, she was not as kind and polite as Xie Chuntao when the woman was divorced and returned to her parents' home.
Besides, Xie Chuntao has no daughter, but Mrs. Zheng has a daughter.
We are all mothers. Can we think the same thing if we don’t have a daughter and if we have a daughter?
(End of chapter)
