Chapter 424: Figuring Out the Situation
Not many people seem to know about this news.
Most people are just guessing.
"Maybe it's because her husband doesn't care about her, she's a little mentally disturbed, no matter how good a woman is, she still can't be ruthless with her children after all."
"I think you're mistaken, she's not too good to her children, but she's not bad anyway, she's not hungry."
"Maybe that child is not from Lao Zhou's family at all, her bastard husband hasn't come back much in the past two years, who knows how the child got pregnant."
After listening to a long circle of discussions, Shen Youqiu still didn't hear the answer he wanted.
Until the old man himself came.
"Uncle, how are your legs in the past two days?"
Shen Youqiu smiled and helped take a look, and found that the situation was quite good, and there was not even a little mud on the bandage, which showed that the woman did not abuse him much, at least, she should not have forced him to work.
"Thanks to you, I feel much better, and it doesn't hurt as much as it used to."
The old man said with a smile; "You're both good people."
"Not really, not really."
Shen Youqiu waved his hand, suddenly had an idea, looked at the sun, and said, "Oh, it's not early this day, I don't know where I can stay tonight, it seems that my master and I may have to sleep outside tonight."
As soon as he heard this, the old man immediately said, "Where can this be, you two will live in my house tonight, I just hope you don't dislike my house is too shabby."
"How so?"
After a few casual polite words, Shen Youqiu smoothly told him that he would go to his house to rest at night.
Soon, it was dark.
The two closed their stalls and followed the limping old man slowly towards the row of houses that had fallen into darkness.
The peasant family was poor, and it was not completely dark at this time, so there was no light, and everything looked dark.
After the two of them were seated, the old man beckoned to his daughter-in-law, the woman they had met during the day, and asked her to cook for the two guests.
As soon as she saw that it was the two of them, the woman nodded, didn't say anything, and went straight to the kitchen.
The old man was a little angry, and turned back to Shen Youqiu and explained; "I'm really sorry, my daughter-in-law doesn't know how to be hospitable, hehe, don't be surprised."
"No, no, no!"
Shen Youqiu clearly noticed that when she first came in, this woman was still taking advantage of the last glimmer of light in the sky, constantly rubbing hemp, and doing work.
Thinking back to meeting women several times, women have been working, it seems that the people in the village can't say, this woman is indeed miserable.
At this time, the old man's daughter-in-law also came over, holding a few home-grown pears in her hands, although they didn't look good, but they were also one of the few good things they could take out.
"Go, go to the Wang's house next door to borrow some wine, and the distinguished guests come to the door, how can there be no wine?"
The old man called.
"Hey, okay." The old woman immediately laughed and went.
The old man quickly chatted with Li Sizhi, and began to complain about his daughter-in-law, saying that she was very fierce to herself and had a bad attitude, and then said that after all, it was her son who was sorry for her, so she should do this.
The words seem contradictory and pitiful. z.br>
If this is the case, Shen Youqiu really feels that this matter is a bit troublesome, perhaps, she shouldn't have the curiosity to take care of other people's affairs, it is better to take a look at a few patients.
After all, no one can judge this kind of thing.
But what if it's really a woman who is not in a good mental state and really accidentally harms her child?
After chatting for a while, she secretly came to the kitchen under the pretext of going to the toilet, but she didn't expect to meet a woman quietly feeding rice soup to the baby, that gentle look, patient movements, and seemed completely different from the morning.
After watching it for a while, Shen Youqiu's heart also softened.
Maybe the woman didn't mean it in the morning, she was just too tired.
There shouldn't be any problems with this kid.
At this time, the old woman came back, still holding a pot of wine in her hand, and when she saw the woman squatting there to feed the child, she did not say anything, but only instructed, "Today, those two are living bodhisattvas of great kindness, kill the chickens in the house, and make them something delicious."
Who knew that the woman suddenly raised her head and stared at her mother-in-law viciously.
"Fart!"
She suddenly scolded in a low voice, "You say kill and kill, where is it so easy? This chicken is gone, and there will be no more egg-laying chickens in the house, what will we eat in the future, and what will the children eat?"
"You—"
The old woman frowned, as if she was about to get angry, but after all, she still didn't get angry, but the woman stared at her and said coldly, "Get out!"
"Hmph."
The old woman left, and in the dark, Shen Youqiu didn't notice her expression, but she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
This wife has a very good temper, and this woman is really fierce to her in-laws.
When the old man called her just now, she didn't give any good face.
She subconsciously sympathized with these two old men who seemed to be kind.
It didn't take long for the meal to be ready, and the woman really didn't kill the chicken, but she didn't know where to get two small fish to stew, and then scrambled two eggs, a vegetarian dish, and a pickle that every household has.
Seeing that there was no chicken, the old couple looked a little unpleasant, but in front of Shen Youqiu and them, no one said anything, but after that, many people came over to send some food, which made the faces of the two of them much better.
After eating, they drank a little wine, and everyone went to bed early.
At night, Li Sizhi asked Shen Youqiu, "You have to stay and see what the problem is, do you think there is anything wrong now?"
"I think maybe they are not wrong, the woman may have a bad temper because of her husband's betrayal, and her in-laws are also guilty, but obviously, she is also diligent in her work, if she has a better attitude, maybe this family will be better."
"Who is right and who is wrong, it may not be clear now."
Li Sizhi smiled, and then after a while, his snoring sounded.
Shen Youqiu stared at the pitch-black ceiling, thinking that it was difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, and thinking about the situation of this family, his heart was not as relaxed and happy as at the beginning.
I knew it earlier, and I shouldn't have taken care of it.
In a daze, she heard the sound of someone walking outside, it sounded like she was in a hurry, she frowned, and the already small sleepiness dissipated all at once, and immediately sat up to see what was going on.