Cheng Yuanyuan is thirty-seven years old this year, only three years older than Cheng Wanwan, but judging from her appearance, she looks ten years older.
The hair is dry and dull, the face is expressionless and there are wrinkles, the bruises on the neck, the scars on the arms... This is a weather-beaten woman.
Cheng Wanwan sighed inaudibly.
After coming to this era, the first thing she did was to fall out with the Cheng family, and her mind automatically blocked everyone and everything about the Cheng family.
If she hadn't seen Cheng Yuanyuan today, she would never have thought of her sister in her lifetime.
"Wanwan, I'm fine." Cheng Yuanyuan's eyebrows were filled with a gentle smile, "I heard that you became a Sui Ruren half a year ago. I am happy for you every day... but you also know what kind of person your brother-in-law is. , I didn’t dare to tell him, for fear that he would stick to you. Unexpectedly, he still found out. Wanwan, please ignore him, you can’t give face to a person like him..."
"Since the eldest sister knows what kind of virtue Liu Kui is, why are you not in harmony?" Cheng Wanwan said softly, "You have old wounds underneath all the new ones. He must have done something to you. There is also Sanmao. At the age of ten, he is so ruthless, and this is still in the Cheng family. I can't imagine how violent he will be after returning to the Liu family."
"Reconciliation?" Cheng Yuanyuan shook her head violently, "We have never heard of anyone from all over the country who reconciled. Besides, Liu Kui and I gave birth to five children. What should I do with the children after we divorced? Also, my mother is like this Because of my temper, I will not allow my wife and I to return to my parents' home, and I will not allow me to embarrass the Cheng family... I will be like this for the rest of my life, which is fine."
Cheng Wanwan was silent.
Heli in ancient times was indeed treasonous, and it was impossible for the eldest sister to agree to it all at once.
This matter can only be figured out slowly.
However, she beat Liu Kui in public today. When he returns to Liu's house, Liu Kui will definitely take out this bad breath on his eldest sister.
She thought silently and said nothing more.
The Cheng family's banquet ended quickly. The villagers helped clean up, and Cheng Wanwan was ready to go home.
"Zhao'er, please don't send me away." She said with a smile, "After finishing what you just finished at home, it's time to go to school."
After being admitted as a scholar, you become a regular official school student. You need to register for the official school in Huzhou. Because you are the first, you are not only exempted from room and board, but also receive additional subsidies every month. You will not be allowed to go there for at least half a year. return.
Zhao Sidan said with a smile: "Cousin, I will go to Huzhou to see you then."
He has never been to Huzhou and wants to see the world.
Cheng Zhao touched his head: "Study hard and try to have the opportunity to go to Huzhou to take the government examination next year."
"Of course!" Zhao Sidan puffed up his chest, "Brother Yu has passed the exam, and I will definitely pass the exam. It's just a matter of time."
"Okay." Cheng Wanwan laughed and shook his head, "It's getting late. Get in the car and let's go home."
She turned around and walked out of the yard. Wei Xiaohai had already driven the carriage over, and there were many people watching.
This is the first carriage in Dahe Village, and at the same time, it is also the first carriage in the surrounding ten miles and eight villages. From the first moment the carriage appears here, there are always people passing by intentionally or unintentionally, and their eyes are eager to stick to the horse.
As soon as Cheng Wanwan passed by, the crowd immediately dispersed, for fear of being laughed at.
Only Liu Kui was still standing beside the carriage. He touched the horse's back with his hand and said, "What a fine horse, Wanwan. Doesn't this carriage cost a lot of money?"
Cheng Yuanyuan's brows furrowed: "Why are you asking about this? Go back quickly and do some work before the sun goes down."
"What are you talking about, bitch!" Liu Kui rolled his eyes at Cheng Yuanyuan, then turned to look at Cheng Wanwan, with a smile on his face, "Wanwan, you see this carriage is quite big, otherwise I would give my brother-in-law a ride... …My brother-in-law lives in Liujia Village in Baiyun Town. It’s a bit far away. It only takes two hours to walk there. It’s almost dark when we walk back, so why don’t you drop by and see me off?”
He was worried that Cheng Wanwan would not be willing, after all, the two of them had just made such a fuss.
But what he didn't expect was that Cheng Wanwan nodded directly: "Although it's not the way, it doesn't hurt to send her off. Sister, please take Sanmao and sit up. Brother-in-law, you sit outside."
"Okay!" Liu Kui was extremely happy, "I knew Wanwan didn't look down on my brother-in-law, good job!"
Cheng Yuanyuan was about to dissuade her.
Cheng Wanwan took her arm and said, "Sister, let's go and get in the car."
She took Cheng Yuanyuan and sat in the carriage, along with her two children Sidan and Sanmao. There were four of them, so it wouldn't be crowded even if they sat down.
"Wanwan..." Cheng Yuanyuan sighed, "Didn't I tell you to ignore him? He opens a dyeing workshop just by giving him some color. He is so shameless that no one in the village thinks highly of him. How can you... …”
"Sister." Cheng Wanwan interrupted her, "I want to see how you are living. Even if he doesn't mention it, I will go to Liujia Village."
"Second aunt, my mother is having a very bad life." Sanmao suddenly said, "My father likes to drink. He gets drunk every few days. When he is drunk, he will beat people. Every time he beats my mother with injuries all over her body... …Well!"
His mouth was covered by Cheng Yuanyuan: "Don't listen to the nonsense of children. I live a good life. As a woman, I will be the stove of men and children all my life. It's pretty good."
Cheng Wanwan said nothing. As the eldest sister, she was stubborn and couldn't persuade her. Let's wait until we get to the Liu family.
The carriage galloped all the way and soon arrived at Baiyun Town. It entered the village from the official road and slowly arrived at Liujia Village.
It was spring, and Liujia Village was also farming. The farmers were working in the fields. When the carriage drove in, many people stopped what they were doing and raised their heads to watch the excitement.
Liu Kui was sitting outside the carriage and couldn't help but show off: "Do you know who this is? My Liu Kui's sister-in-law is a seventh-grade Sui Ruren. You have all heard of Sui Ruren. She is a very naughty big shot. Hehe, The people in Sui Ru called me brother-in-law and sent me back personally. You go ahead and don’t stand around here..."
The carriage passed through the crowd and arrived at the gate of Liu's courtyard.
An adobe house with four rooms and a mud yard. There were people in the yard, a woman with her child, and two men in their early twenties sitting and resting.
Cheng Wanwan got out of the car and looked at the people in the yard calmly.
The eldest sister gave birth to five children, three sons and two daughters. The two eldest sons are already married and have children. The two daughters are thirteen or fourteen years old and are not yet married. The youngest son is Sanmao. The whole family lives in this small house. Small yard.
"One by one, you don't know how to call someone, do you?" Liu Kui snorted, "This is Suiru, please call me Second Aunt!"
Cheng Wanwan searched in the memory of the original owner, but couldn't find these children. After the eldest sister got married and gave birth to children, although she often returned to the Cheng family, it seemed that she had never brought the children back, so even if the original owner came, No, I probably don’t know these nephews either.
"Second aunt."
Several children came over and called for help.
Cheng Wanwan noticed that this family was very poor. Except for the three guests who were guests today, who were dressed more cleanly, everyone else was wearing rags with patches everywhere, especially the two little girls, who looked like they were wearing sacks. The body was not only broken, but mainly dirty. He looked like a beggar on the street.
She was looking at it calmly when suddenly, a wailing sound came from the side.
Liu Kui fell into a puddle, and his clean clothes were immediately stained with muddy water. He jumped up from the pit and immediately yelled: "Damn it, uncle, what kind of dog dug a hole here!"
Liu Daya winced and said, "Didn't Dad say yesterday that he would dig a hole in the yard to raise ducks..."
Last year, there was a lingering fear in the village due to the locust plague. I don’t know who said that raising ducks can prevent locusts, so this year every household raised ducks. There was no pond at home, so she dug a small puddle in the yard... She thought she would not be beaten today, but her father He actually fell into a puddle...
Thinking of this, Liu Daya closed his eyes and shrank into a ball.
