In the simple little courtyard in the city, Mrs. Zhou Wang was holding a pair of children in her arms, waiting uneasily.
More than half a month ago, a man suddenly appeared at her home and said he would take her to the imperial city to find her husband who had lost contact with her family.
Although she didn't know the man, she also thought about whether the man was a liar?
But she couldn't survive alone in her hometown, so she had no choice but to follow the man to the Imperial City.
As soon as the news came home that my husband had been stripped of his honor and sent to prison, my father-in-law and mother-in-law could not bear the blow and died one after another.
She also asked someone to write a letter to her husband, but she never received a reply. Her husband did not come back even after her parents-in-law's funeral.
As soon as her parents-in-law died, the relatives of the Zhou family said she was an outsider and took over all the family's fields and properties, leaving only the mother and son in an old house to live in.
If it weren't for the help from her parents' family, they would have starved to death long ago.
When she came to the imperial city, she just wanted to find her husband, reminisce with him, and get her property and fields back.
Although he has lost his fame now, his family can still survive from hunger by relying on the fields at home.
"Mom, I'm hungry."
Zhou Yu's son, Zhou Wenhao, stared at his sunken eyes due to malnutrition and said to his mother.
"Mom, I'm hungry too."
My sister Zhou Wenqian, whose hair was withered due to malnutrition, also whispered.
Mrs. Zhou Wang touched her daughter's face and said, "Uncle Chen went to buy food. We will have something to eat later."
Seeing her children become so thin, Zhou Wang felt very sad.
Before the death of their parents-in-law, they were considered a well-to-do family, they had no worries about food and clothing, and they still had some money at home.
Although life was difficult in the early years, life at home has become easier since Wen Qian was born.
This pair of children were raised by young ladies and young masters in the city. They have never been exposed to cold, hunger, or even the slightest bit of hardship.
The sun turned to the west, and there was a sudden movement at the locked courtyard door from the outside. Mrs. Zhou thought it was Chen Guier coming back from buying delicious food, so she swallowed her saliva and stood up.
After a while, the courtyard door was opened, and Chen Guier and a well-dressed man with a black iron mask walked in.
"mother."
When Chen Wenhao and Chen Wenqian saw the man wearing the black iron mask, they shrank and hid behind their mother in fear.
Zhou Wang looked at the man wearing the black iron mask warily and asked Chen Guier, "Brother Chen Guier, who is this person?"
Chen Guier hurriedly introduced to the Zhou family: "This is my master, and it was he who asked me to find you."
Wen Xu saw that they seemed to be afraid of him, so he said in a very soft voice: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person, I know where Zhou Yu is."
The reason why Wenxu wears a mask is because he does not want the Zhou Wang family to know his appearance, so as not to expose him in the future.
"Where is he?"
Zhou Wang asked hurriedly.
"Hey..." Wen Xu sighed and said, "Brother Zhou Yu..." "What's wrong with him?"
The Zhou Wang family was almost driven to death by him.
Wen Xu pretended to be sad and said: "Zhou Yu is at the mass grave."
"Mass grave?"
Zhou Wang was confused and asked: "Why is he in the mass grave?"
Could it be that my husband has no money, so he lives in a mass grave?
Under the mask, Wen Xu frowned in disgust, this woman Zhou Yu is really stupid.
Why is Zhou Yu in the mass grave? He is naturally dead.
However, he was a little curious. Zhou Yu was good-looking and a good scholar, so why did he marry such an ordinary-looking but stupid country woman?
In the past, the Zhou family was also a wealthy family. Later, Zhou Yu's father, wealthy people, got involved in gambling and lost all the family's land and real estate.
It was all thanks to Zhou Yu's mother to beg her sister, who was in charge of the Lin Mansion, for help.
This week, the Wang family was the child bride that Zhou Yu married back early in order to have more people working for the family when the Zhou family was defeated.
So this week Yu is only twenty-three-four, and the eldest daughter is already eight years old.
After Zhou Yu won the imperial examination, he wanted to divorce Zhou Wang, feeling that Zhou Wang was not worthy of him.
It was also his mother, Mrs. Zhou Lin, who had some conscience and always refused, so Mrs. Zhou Wang was not abandoned this year.
And this week's family's life gradually improved thanks to Lin Qiuying's help.