Chapter 929: Auntie is not a stepmother (4)

Xun Xiu's identity had been revealed long ago. He lost two wives in succession, and they were sisters. While everyone sympathized with him, they also wondered in their hearts whether he was unlucky with wives and thought he was unlucky.

Because it was too bizarre that the bride was suddenly burned to death in her bridal sedan in public, the government was called in. However, no matter how the government investigated, they could not find any results. In the end, they could only conclude that the bride was dead from the burnt remains.

After the Cao and Xun families learned about this, they did not believe it was an accident at all. They thought someone deliberately wanted to murder the Xun or Cao family on this day. As for why they chose the bride Cao Shichu instead of the groom Xun Xiu, they did not know. Anyway, they insisted that someone deliberately wanted to murder the Xun or Cao family and asked the government to catch the murderer as soon as possible.

How can the government catch the murderer? They can't find any results from their investigation. The Xun family and the Cao family don't accept it, so they can only investigate it themselves.

Cao Shichu lived a carefree and happy life in the companion space, and had no idea how much of a turmoil her affairs had caused outside. Even if she had anticipated it, she would not have cared at all. Anyway, there was no one outside that she cared about.

The Cao and Xun families were greatly shocked. They had no idea why the bridal sedan suddenly caught fire and burned Cao Shichu to death.

In order to protect their family's reputation from being damaged, the Xun family said that Cao Shichu had done something evil that angered the heavens, who sent down fire from heaven to burn her to death. Even if the Cao family did not value Cao Shichu, they would not allow the Xun family to throw dirty water on Cao Shichu. After all, Cao Shichu had such a reputation, and the Cao family would not be able to get away with it either. Therefore, the two families began to blame each other, thinking that it was the other's fault that a happy event turned into a funeral.

The in-laws, who originally had a good relationship, suddenly became enemies. As blood relatives of the two families, Xun Yiming and Xun Linyuan were also taken out on and began to experience the fickleness of human nature.

When Cao Shichu came out of the space and disguised himself as a student from another place and appeared in the largest restaurant in the capital, he heard that the Xun family and the Cao family were throwing dirty water on each other.

At first, Cao Shichu was a little annoyed, thinking that this plan did not take the original owner's reputation into consideration. After all, if she was suddenly burned to death in the street for no reason, it would easily be regarded as a punishment from God, which would discredit the original owner.

However, she didn't expect that as she listened, she found that the people in the capital believed that Xun Xiu was unlucky in marriage, otherwise he would not have had two wives die in a hundred days. They also said that the bride was implicated because of him, so Xun Xiu became a man with a hard fate and unlucky in marriage.

Cao Shichu never expected this unexpected surprise, but it was better that Xun Xiu had a reputation as a wife-killer, so that he wouldn't harm another innocent girl in the future.

After she faked her death, she had no relationship with the Cao family and the Xun family anymore. She planned to pretend to be a young widow and settle down in a small village called Taohua Village outside Beijing.

These days it is much harder for an unmarried girl to move around than a widow. Although widows also face many difficulties compared to men, at least they have it better than an unmarried girl.

Cao Shichu was only sixteen years old in this body. It would be easy for her to disguise herself as a widow by disguising herself to look more mature and tying her hair into a bun.

So half a month later, a young widow named Shi moved to Taohua Village. Cao Shichu simply dropped the surname Cao and took Shi as her surname and Chu as her given name. Her name on the household registration became Shichu.

"The original owners of this house were a mother and her two children. Because the husband of the head of the family died, the woman in the family could not support the family and had to go back to her parents' home to live with her brothers. She sold the house to raise money.

Don't worry, the house is well maintained, clean and tidy. The original woman was very hardworking and would not ruin the house." The village chief carefully told Cao Shichu the origin of the house.

Cao Shichu took a look and was very satisfied, so he said, "Then Village Chief, I want this house. Let's just sign the deed and transfer it to you."

The village chief didn't expect her to be so straightforward, so he said happily: "Okay, sign the contract, and we'll go to the government office tomorrow to change the householder's name."

Cao Shichu signed quickly and kept the deed.

"Although there are fewer people in Taohua Village than in the capital, the villagers are very simple and honest, and there are not so many people with shady intentions. You can stay here without worry. If you have any problems, you can come to me directly." The village chief reminded her.

"Okay, thank you, village chief. I will." After Cao Shichu saw the village chief off, he began to think about how to arrange the house.

Taohua Village was the place she had carefully chosen to settle down. The population of the village was only two or three thousand. Most of the villagers were simple and kind, and the village atmosphere was good. Even she, a new "widow", was not afraid of being bullied.

Taohua Village is only three hours' walk away from the capital city. If you ride a horse, you can reach the capital city in less than an hour, and if you take a ox cart, you can reach the capital city in half an hour or less than two hours. Therefore, many families in the village grow vegetables or grow their own grain to sell in the capital city, and life is very convenient.

Cao Shichu soon found her home in Taohua Village. She was generous and asked the village carpenter to make her a full set of furniture. She was also willing to give snacks to the women and children who visited her, so within a few days, rumors spread that she was an easy person to get along with.

After everyone's initial curiosity about her passed, they began to treat her as a local in Taohua Village. Especially after she revealed that she had learned the skills of delivering babies and treating gynecological diseases from her mother-in-law who was a midwife, she became even more popular with the women in the village.

There was no method of contraception at that time, and people valued having many children, so women could only give birth one after another. After giving birth, they would inevitably suffer from various gynecological diseases. Also, because doctors were almost all men, women could not tell their unspeakable secrets to male doctors when they were sick, and could only endure it. It was so painful.

But now, the new young widow can not only deliver babies, but also treat gynecological diseases! How exciting! Although her age makes people doubt her ability, it is too uncomfortable to be sick. The old woman who has been suffering from the disease for more than ten or twenty years was finally tortured to the point of being unable to bear it. She tried her best to see Cao Shichu secretly.

Cao Shichu looked at the old lady in front of him with gray hair and wrinkles on her face, and sighed in his heart.

The old lady's condition was a typical case of uterine prolapse, which had all fallen out. Even though Cao Shichu had not seen it with his own eyes, he could smell the odor on her body.

"Don't worry, this disease can be cured," said Cao Shichu.

"It can really be cured?" the old lady asked in disbelief, her eyes suddenly reddened, "It can really be cured? Are you kidding me?"

"It can be cured. I'm not lying to you." Cao Shichu looked at her with certainty.

The old lady's tears suddenly fell, and she covered her face and sobbed.

(End of this chapter)