Lamei and Bai Haitang separated and went back to their respective homes. Because of Lamei's relationship, Bai Haitang's mother-in-law and her family regarded Lamei's family as their enemies, and they seemed to have no contact with each other until they died.
Our daughter-in-law can be bullied by herself, but she must never let outsiders bully her, especially if her reputation is ruined.
When Bai Haitang was approaching the door of her home, she heard someone calling her from behind.
"Ms. Bai, Mrs. Bai, your husband-in-law has arrived with a message." An uncle handed the letter to Bai Haitang and left in a hurry.
Xin, Bai Haitang still doesn’t know what the husband he has never met looks like.
There are two lines of beautiful calligraphy on the envelope: Tian Datong's family letter, signed by my wife Bai.
Opening the letter, although it was written in traditional Chinese, it was hard for Bai Haitang. The letter sent greetings to everyone in the family, asked my mother to take good care of Haitang, and talked about what he had seen and heard on the way to the exam. He specially used the last page to talk to Haitang.
I told a lot about the loneliness of traveling alone, the pain of lovesickness, and the desire to go home early.
There is also a simple portrait attached to the back of the letter. It outlines a scholar-like man who can be considered handsome.
This is the father of the child, he is quite gentle and attentive.
When I got home, I put this letter on the table and saw that there was no more batter in the pot and that dinner was nowhere to be found.
When the mother-in-law, sister-in-law, and brother-in-law saw the letter from home, they immediately happily went to the literate people in the village to read it to them.
It turns out that this whole family is illiterate, and Bai Haitang was also illiterate in her previous life.
Bai Haitang went to sleep with her little daughter in her arms. Her cute appearance was somewhat similar to her father's portrait.
At dawn the next day, my brother-in-law still played the midnight rooster crow, but Bai Haitang didn't get up until her sister-in-law knocked on the door.
"Lazy daughter-in-law, if you want to be lazy and don't work, our Tian family doesn't support idle people." The sister-in-law put her hands on her hips.
"The black cat on your shoulder says that all the grass in the field is dead." Bai Haitang replied.
There was so much grass that it would have been impossible to pull it out in one day without the help of gods. My sister-in-law thought doubtfully that if the grass was still there, it meant that there was no black cat at all.
"If I find out that you are a liar, I will teach you how to be a daughter-in-law." The sister-in-law couldn't wait to go to the field to take a look.
When she came to the field, she was completely shocked when she saw the lush green farmhouses and the weeds inside were all withered and yellow.
These grasses were not uprooted, but dead...
"You, what kind of witchcraft did you use? You, a witch who married from out of town, came to harm our Tian family." The sister-in-law angrily ran to the room where Bai Haitang was sleeping.
"Shh, the black cat on your shoulder is listening to what you say. It killed all the grass for me. If I want to harm the Tian family, I will kill the crops, not the grass." Bai Haitang said softly,
Keep staring at my sister-in-law's shoulder, even though there is nothing there.
But I just wanted to scare him.
The sister-in-law took a few steps back and bumped into the wall. Thinking about the withered and yellow weeds, she had no choice but to believe Bai Haitang's words.
"Black, what else did the black cat say? Is it coming to claim its life?" asked the sister-in-law.
"The black cat said that it depends on your performance. If you are polite to others and kind-hearted in the future, you can increase your life span. Otherwise, you may be taken away one day, maybe while you are sleeping.
I feel..." The softer Bai Haitang spoke, the more chills ran down my sister-in-law's spine.