The mayor's house was quite spacious outside, and there were quite a few people standing there.
Zhang's mother couldn't stop crying, "Everyone knows that my daughter-in-law is not happy to marry into our Zhang family. But I want to have grandchildren. As long as she can give me grandchildren, I can bear it. But I didn't expect that she would
Such a cruel heart..." As he said this, he cried until he became silent. This was extremely sad.
After a long while, he recovered and shouted, "Oh my God! What evil did the old woman do in her previous life? You want a white-haired person like me to give away a black-haired person... This is tearing out my heart..."
After he finished crying, he grabbed Zhao Xi, who had lost a lot of weight, and said, "Give my son his life!"
Mrs. Tian hurriedly stepped forward to help, but Mother Zhang looked at her with a bad face. In other words, she looked at everyone as an enemy at the moment, "It's only a ruthless person like you who gave birth to such a vicious daughter!"
These words were heartbreaking, but Mrs. Tian ignored them and only protected Zhao Xi. The three of them pulled her, and soon their clothes and hair were all messed up.
Seeing this in front of everyone, the mayor looked bad and scolded, "If you have something to say, don't make a fuss."
Everyone hurriedly stepped forward to separate the three people, and they all stood up. The mayor said, "The doctors said that Zhang Laoer was frozen to death. Why do you think she killed your son?"
Zhang's mother spoke plausibly, "Last night I finished dinner and went back to bed early, and the two of us drank until late at night. She got the second child drunk on purpose."
Everyone was speechless.
This is obviously because Zhang Laoer died unexpectedly, and Zhang's mother deliberately vented her anger. Could it be that the husband and wife are no longer able to drink?
The mayor obviously thought so too, with a serious look on his face, "It's the Chinese New Year, and it's winter again. It's easy to have accidents. Zhang Laoer is gone, and only you mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are left. Live a good life in the future." After a pause, he seemed quite happy.
You Shen said meaningfully, "You are getting older, so you still have to rely on your daughter-in-law, right?"
The unspoken intention is to tell Mother Zhang to stop making trouble. If the affection is gone and the daughter-in-law remarries, there will really be no place to rely on.
"No!" Zhang's mother looked sad, "I want her to pay for my son's life!"
Zhaoxi also cried, and could not breathe several times. She looked very sad, "Mom, it's none of my business, and... I have a child, how could I kill the child's father?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang's mother stopped crying and looked at her suspiciously, "Really?" She turned around to search and saw the doctor in the crowd. She hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Excuse me."
The doctor stepped forward to take his pulse and said, "It's indeed Hua Mai. It's been two months."
Zhang's mother was so happy that she was already devastated. She felt dizzy because of this joy. She covered her head and asked, "Really?"
The doctor would usually not be happy if someone questioned him, but now he didn't bother to argue with the old man and said sternly, "I have been practicing medicine for decades, and I still know the Hua Pulse accurately."
When the mayor saw it, he waved his hand and said, "Go back. The dead people will never come back no matter how sad they are. They should just focus on the present and live a good life. Everyone has dispersed."
Zhang's mother had no objections and took Zhao Xi out. It was quite intimate. There was no sign of her madness that she had just wanted her daughter-in-law to be buried with her.
It ended in farce again.
After the beginning of spring, everything revived. Li Xiangxiang finally got her first profit. In the first month, she bought a lot of things, but she got a little less, but she also got a tael of silver.
If you're in Kulai Town, it's actually pretty good.
Because of this, in the first month of the first month, Li Xiangxiang was very dissatisfied when Mrs. Ya came to propose marriage.
After several mentions, she shook her head, and Ya Po had no choice but to leave. She sighed secretly, thinking that she might not be able to get Li Xiangxiang's matchmaking gift.
After sending the people away, Chu Yunli closed the door and said with a smile, "Actually, the people inside are not that bad, you can take a look."
Li Xiangxiang didn't take it seriously, "You don't earn as much as me. If I marry someone who is not as good as I am now, then why should I marry?"
Chu Yunli also didn't expect that after doing business, this girl's heart would become even bigger. With that restaurant, not to mention the young people themselves, many families on West Street would not be able to earn the money given to Li Xiangxiang.
To outsiders, it was a little late for Li Xiangxiang to decide not to get married at the age of fifteen, but to Chu Yunli, it was nothing, and she was left to her own devices.
It is worth mentioning that in the first month of the year, Su Man got married. The daughter-in-law was from the village. She was very capable at home and abroad. After entering the house, Su's mother liked her very much and praised her everywhere. Chu Yunli even went shopping for groceries.
I heard it a few times.
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The sunshine was just right in spring, and the Zhang family's yard was quiet.
Zhang's mother has been bedridden since Zhang Laoer was buried. Because the Zhang family has a bad reputation, many people knew that she was sick, but no one came to visit her. She really had to rely on her pregnant daughter-in-law
Serve.
Zhao Xi came in with the food and fed it to her one bite at a time. After eating half the bowl of rice, Zhang's mother waved her hand, "Have you eaten yet?"
Zhao Xi lowered his eyes and said, "Eat."
Mother Zhang held her hand, tears streaming down her eyes, "If I had known you were such a well-behaved child, I shouldn't have made it difficult for you in the first place."
Zhao Xi lowered his head and couldn't see her face clearly, so he whispered, "Those things are in the past and I have forgotten them. Mother, you have a good rest."
She walked to the door. Mother Zhang looked at her back and suddenly said, "Zhaoxi, I feel more and more weak recently. Am I going to die?"
Zhao Xi did not look back, but comforted her calmly, "Mom, don't think too much."
"I regret very much. I shouldn't have let my second son force you." Mother Zhang looked at the warm sunshine outside the window, "If you want to hate us, you should, but the child is innocent. I only ask you not to take your anger out on the child.
"
"Begging me?" Zhao Xi turned around and walked to the bed, "Didn't I beg you before?" He shouted almost heartbreakingly, because the voice was so loud that it broke the sound and sounded like crying.
, she pointed out the window and glared at the person on the bed fiercely, "You were standing in that position, watching him pour me wine, watching him..."
Zhao Xi took a few deep breaths, roughly wiped the tears from his face, turned around and walked out the door.
Mother Zhang's expression changed while she was lying on the bed. She looked out the window as the sun set and the sky became dark. It was not until the dead of night that she quietly got out of bed. Her whole body felt weak and she couldn't stand at all. She reluctantly walked to the door while holding on to the wall, opened the door and looked.
There was a person standing outside.
In the dark night, only her outline could be seen, but Zhang's mother still recognized her, "Zhaoxi, why don't you sleep?"
In the night, Zhao Xi's voice was a little distorted, "Aren't you asleep too? I can't sleep. I'm thinking, if this child is really born, will I love him or hate him?"
Mother Zhang's body trembled slightly, "He is your child. The child doesn't understand anything. He is innocent. You have to take care of him."
"Yes." Zhao Xi agreed with emotion, "So for his own good, it's better not to come into this world. A child whose mother doesn't like him will suffer even after he is born."
"You can't!" Zhang's mother was anxious. In fact, after she couldn't get up, she vaguely realized that something was wrong. Originally, she was quite strong, and she was really sad to lose her son. But after having her grandson, she regained her energy and planned to
How could someone who has watched his grandson grow up be so sick that he cannot afford to stay healthy?
At that time, she had vague suspicions, but she saw that Zhao Xi took good care of her and herself, and seemed to value her children. She felt that if Zhao Xi was not angry enough, it would be okay to torture her for a while, as long as the anger subsided.
Just be willing to give birth to a child.
But she had been lying in bed for the past two days, feeling increasingly powerless, and Zhao Xi was full of resentment towards her in the morning... She thought she would die like this. No one wanted to die, and she originally planned to go out to find a doctor at night, as long as
If it is confirmed that there is poison in her body, then she can ask the mayor to make the decision. When she comes back, the worst case scenario is that she will be tied up, the rice will be poured down her throat, and the child will be born... Listening to the meaning of her words, she actually doesn't want to give birth to the child.
How is that possible?
"What can't I do?" Zhao Xi rubbed his belly, "His father is a scoundrel, and his mother... is about to go crazy. A child born from a lunatic and a scoundrel will probably be disgusted by people, so what are you doing with your life? Suffering.
?"
She stepped closer, "Don't you want me to give you a grandson? Just touch...your grandson is gone."
Under her body, there was the sound of dripping water. Under the moonlight, the path from the door to her body was dark. Mother Zhang felt dizzy and asked, "How dare you?"
The stimulation was too great and she fell down. Zhao Xi squatted down and said fiercely, "You are the one I hate the most. I killed your son and also your grandson... Did you just want to go out to find someone? Actually, no
I'll poison you. Even if you go to the mayor, it's unnecessary."
Mother Zhang was lying on the ground with a headache that made her brain confused, "It's impossible!"
Zhao Xi spread his hands and said, "Why bother? What the doctor said you should avoid, I just give it to you."
Mother Zhang could no longer hear her words. Gradually, her hands and feet became cold, and her whole body became cold.
Zhao Xi stood up, held his stomach and stumbled to open the door, "Here comes someone!"
~~
Zhang's mother was gone. She had been ill for several months and her brain was unclear. She came back in the middle of the night and insisted on taking her grandson with her. She threw herself on her daughter-in-law. As a result, she threw her daughter-in-law, who was about to be three months pregnant, into a miscarriage.
He is gone too.
Now, only Zhaoxi is left in the Zhang family.
As February approached, another funeral was held.
After the funeral was done, Mrs. Tian wanted to take her daughter home, but was rejected by Zhao Xi. She was now a widow. If she went back and lived in the same room as Li Dahu, and they were not her biological father and daughter, it would not be good for her to live there for a long time.
She lives in the courtyard of the Zhang family. Tian usually brings her some food, and Li Dahu also does so. All the brothers and their family are gone. Recently, many people in the town say it is retribution. He feels that the Zhang brothers are not who they say they are.
Like a scoundrel, he retorted at first, but no one listened to him, and gradually he stopped explaining. Gradually, as more people spoke and heard more about what the Zhang family did, he vaguely felt that he was the one who was wrong.
, he also pushed Zhaoxi into the Zhang family...
Zhaoxi was so pitiful now, so not only did he not stop Tian, he also sent food and copper coins every two days.
After February, the weather became warmer. It looked like a good year, and everyone was living a good life.
As for the Zhang family, everyone gradually forgot about it as they did not go out to celebrate.
The weather was nice, Chu Yunli went out for a walk and bought groceries.
The journey was going smoothly, but I heard that a group of outsiders came to the town yesterday. They were dressed in rags and looked like refugees, and they were hiding at the entrance of the town.
The winter before last saw heavy snowfall that closed roads, and last year's grain production was reduced. In fact, in the surrounding area, Kulai Town had the heaviest snowfall, and the surrounding areas were slightly better. I don't know where these people came from.
On the way back from shopping for groceries, when I walked to the door of Li's house, I happened to see a group of people knocking on the door.
Perhaps he came to visit Li Dahu after hearing about his reputation as "kind".