Approaching the end of the year, the weather is getting colder and colder, and when doing embroidery work, Yan Niang often feels that her hands are not as flexible as before, especially when the wax moon arrives, she can feel the coolness when she sits in the house and drills straight to her body.

Originally, Ling Sanniang suggested putting a brazier in the house, but Yan Niang stopped her, Su Yuanwai's daughter's wedding dress and other fabrics were all high-quality materials, and if they were splashed by Mars, it would be a troublesome matter.

Seeing that she had her own ideas, Ling Sanniang didn't say anything anymore, obviously there were fewer people coming to her, and even if she came, she wouldn't be able to stay for a while.

This year's first snow came later than usual, and the sky above Xiaohe Village had been overcast for several days before the first snow fell, and it was long overdue after Laba. Because of the gloomy sky, Yan Niang didn't use the needlework in the past few days, and together with Ling Sanniang, she helped the Wen family take care of the housework.

On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, the county school was suspended for the holidays, Ling Jiming went home with Jiang Yucheng and Hu Xiusheng, and the weather was freezing, so the three of them hired a carriage together, just to shelter from the cold north wind.

Although the three of them are not in the same village, they are not far apart, and they need to pass through Xiaohe Village to Jiang Yucheng and Hu Xiusheng's house, so Ling Jiming is the first to arrive home. As soon as the carriage arrived at the entrance of the village, Ling Jiming saw a person standing in the cold wind as soon as he got out of the car, and at a glance he was sure that the person was the wife who had married a few months ago.

Yan Niang also saw Ling Jiming's figure, she hesitated for a moment and walked towards him, Ling Jiming saw him getting closer and closer, and was just about to say goodbye to his classmates in the car, when he heard Hu Xiusheng say: "Brother Ling is really a blessing, on such a cold day, Mrs. Sister-in-law is not afraid of the cold wind to pick you up." ”

Ling Jiming's face froze for a moment, he knew that Hu Xiusheng was not laughing at him, but the moment Yan Niang appeared, he still felt embarrassed.

Fortunately, Jiang Yucheng said: "Since Brother Ling has arrived, then we won't stay longer." After speaking, he said to the handlebar: "Uncle, let's turn around and go to Jiangjia Village." ”

The handlebar type also wanted to send people home early, so he quickly drove away.

Yan Niang handed the cloak in her hand to Ling Jiming, "Husband, my mother asked me to pick you up, and she also asked me to bring this cloak." ”

Ling Jiming didn't look at her, and walked directly in front of her, Yan Niang had no choice but to hold the cloak and follow closely behind him. When he got home, Wen saw that Ling Jiming didn't have a cloak on his body, and saw Yan Niang following him step by step, and glanced at her fiercely.

Turning his head to Ling Jiming, he said: "Erlang, it's time to freeze on such a cold day, come into the house, my mother cooked ginger soup for you, drink a bowl to get rid of the cold first." ”

Yan Niang watched her greet Ling Ji with cold greetings, and had no time to scold herself, so she hurriedly went back to the house to put down her cloak and went to the stove room to bake the fire. After sitting in the stove room for a while, she felt that her body was a little warmer, before Ling Jiming arrived, Wen asked her to wait at the entrance of the village, this wait was an hour, she was almost frozen in the cold wind.

She also wanted to drink a bowl of ginger soup, but in order to let her son come back and drink it, Wen moved the casserole of boiling ginger soup to the stove in her house and simmered.

The spicy and pungent smell filled her mouth and nose, and Yan Niang couldn't help but reddened her eyes, but it was also the ruthlessness of ginger that made her feel that her internal organs were full of warmth.

Ling Jiming came back, and the dinner was naturally much more sumptuous than before, Wen's kept picking up vegetables for his son all night, Ling Sanniang complained about Wen's partiality as usual, Ling's father occasionally interjected a few words, and only Yan Niang ate alone with a bowl without saying a word.

After eating, Ling Jiming was called to the room by Wen and Ling's father, Yan Niang cleaned up in the stove room, and Ling Sanniang sat in front of the stove and complained to her sister-in-law.

"Second sister-in-law, my mother is too partial, my second brother is her lifeline, as long as he comes back, I will be the same as the one I picked up."

The daughter-in-law couldn't speak ill of her mother-in-law, so Yan Niang had to say: "Your second brother can only come back for a few days in January, and my mother must have hurt him a little more because he studied hard." ”

Ling Sanniang pursed her lips, "No, my mother just doesn't care for me, before the eldest sister got married, she was as good to the eldest sister as the second brother, why did she change when she came to me." ”

Yan Niang didn't know how to answer this, and when she was embarrassed, she saw Ling Jiming standing at the door of the stove room, and hurriedly asked, "Husband, why are you here?" ”

Ling Jiming is a scholar, Wen and Father Ling never let him get close to the stove room, saying that the gentleman is far away from cooking, and now seeing him appear here, Yan Niang couldn't help but be a little surprised.

Ling Sanniang also saw him, and snorted at him twice, and left without even shouting at the second brother.

Ling Jiming said to Yan Niang: "I have something to tell you, you go back to the house with me." ”

Yan Niang hurriedly said: "Why don't you go back to the room first and wait, I'll come over as soon as I'm done." ”

Ling Jiming nodded.

When Yan Niang hurriedly packed up the stove room and returned to the house, she saw Ling Jiming half-leaning on the side of the bed, flipping through a book in his hand. The sound of Yan Niang coming in caused him to raise his head.

Yan Niang refused to sit next to him, but she didn't want to stand and talk, so she moved the small pestle that usually did needlework over and sat down. Asked, "Husband, what do you want to tell me?" ”

Ling Jiming didn't answer her, his eyes fell on the needlework basket, and after a long while, he said, "Don't go to the town to pick up embroidery work in the future." ”

Hearing this, Yan Niangwu looked up at him, "Why did the husband say this?" ”

Ling Jiming said with a stiff face: "Our Ling family is not so down that we need a woman to support our family, you can do what I say." After saying this, seeing that Yan Niang did not respond, she said coldly: "If you are obsessed, then go back to Nie's house, I will not want a wife who will disgrace me." ”

The meaning of these words is already clear, if Yan Niang insists on taking over the embroidery work, he will divorce her.

When Yan Niang heard this, her face suddenly lost blood, and she stared at him with a white face. She didn't understand, she just took a little embroidery, and she would hand over all the money she got from selling embroidery to her mother-in-law.

It seems that she still dislikes her ugly appearance, this has become her original sin, and whatever she does is wrong.

"Husband, there is something wrong with that." At this moment, she didn't know where she got the courage, and looked at him with a mocking face: "You said that the Ling family doesn't rely on women, but as far as I know, the shackles of her husband's study, and the family's money are almost all earned by her mother-in-law's marriage shop, isn't it?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Ling Jiming couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, "You can compare with my mother, and you don't look at what you look like, I'm really unlucky to marry a woman like you." ”

After speaking, he glanced at her in disgust, slammed the door and left.

Wen and Father Ling next door also heard the sound, and hurriedly came out to look, and saw Ling Jiming walking towards the courtyard gate.

"Erlang, where are you going so late?" Wen hurriedly stopped him.

Ling Jiming turned a deaf ear, and Father Ling ran forward to stop him, "Erlang, didn't you hear what your mother asked you?" ”

Ling Jiming said indifferently, "I heard it." ”

"Why are you leaving?" Father Ling frowned and looked at him,

"Is it interesting for me to stay in this house? You are really my own father and mother, you actually married me such a wife, so that my face and my dignity were trampled on the ground. I don't want to stay at home, as long as I see Nie's face, I feel worse than death. ”

Hearing this, Father Ling was stunned on the spot, but Wen rushed into Yan Niang's house like crazy, beating and scolding Yan Niang indiscriminately.

"You mourning star, if I hadn't married you, how could my Erlang not even want to go home."

"You look like this, why do you have to marry into the Ling family shamelessly, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't be complained about by Erlang."

“......”

Yan Niang was frightened by her, and forgot to dodge when she was beaten, and was beaten a few times by Wen on her back and waist. Ling Sanniang heard the noise and hurriedly ran over to fight, but Wen was ruthless to clean up Yan Niang, and when Ling Sanniang pulled her, she was almost injured by mistake.

There was a commotion in the house, and Father Ling looked at Ling Jiming, "Your mother and your daughter-in-law have made a mess like this, do you still want to leave?" ”

Ling Jiming didn't speak, Father Ling let go of him and went to Yan Niang's house to pull Wen out, Ling Jiming stood in the courtyard for a while before turning around and going back.

Yan Niang was beaten for no reason, full of grievances and resentment. She bit her lip tightly and picked up the things that Wen had thrown on the ground little by little. When Ling Jiming came in, she didn't look at him either.

After cleaning up, she went to Ling Sanniang's house and asked her if she could spend the night there, Ling Sanniang saw that she was pitiful and nodded in response.

Lying on the bed, Yan Niang couldn't sleep, her body hurt, her heart hurt, she didn't know what she was wrong with, why Wen wanted her to die.

Since she didn't want her to join the Ling family, she shouldn't have come to propose marriage in the first place, she had already planned to be an old sister-in-law who didn't marry. She didn't force Ling Jiming to marry her, why was she wrong?

After such a farce, Ling Jiming still didn't stay at home for long, and went to the town the next day, and didn't come back until the thirtieth day of the lunar month. In the past few days, Wen has been angry when she sees her, and after Yan Niang has done her part, she will try not to touch her side.

The second day of junior high school was the day when the married girl returned to her parents' house, and Yan Niang knew that Ling Jiming would not go with her, so she went back to Niejia Village alone. Wen did not wait to see her, nor did he prepare a Boxing ceremony. Yan Niang had no choice but to secretly use her dowry fabric to make a dress for her father, and used the silver she saved to buy a few catties of snacks to bring back.

Back at Nie's house, the brothers and sisters-in-law took their nephews and nieces back to their parents' house, and only Nie's father and Nie aunt were at home. Aunt Nie saw her daughter come back alone, and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why are you alone, son-in-law?" ”

Yan Niang said: "Wen Shu at home." ”

Aunt Nie was obviously not satisfied with this answer, but she didn't continue to ask, her eyes fell on the bag of dim sum that Yan Niang brought back, "Your mother-in-law prepared such a thing for you?" ”

Hearing this, Yan Niang's eyes almost turned red, she couldn't tell her mother that her mother-in-law didn't prepare anything, and she bought this bag of dim sum herself.

Aunt Nie scolded a few words, Yan Niang knew that she was talking about Wen's slamming the door, and she didn't defend anything.

After Aunt Nie went out, only she and Father Nie were left in the house, and the father and daughter didn't have anything to say, and after a while, Father Nie couldn't sit still, leaving Yan Niang to sit alone in the house.

Yan Niang looked at the empty room, I don't know when she always stays alone. Before she got married, she was alone, and after she got married, she was still alone. She is like a duckweed without roots, obviously she has her mother-in-law's family and her mother's family, but she doesn't have a home that belongs to her.

Yan Niang didn't stay at her mother's house for long, and before returning to Xiaohe Village, Aunt Nie compared the dim sum that Yan Niang brought back, and packed a bag of caramel for her to take back. She didn't say anything, and walked slowly towards Xiaohe Village with the bag of caramel candy.