Chapter 281 Another year has passed.
Time flies, and it's another year of staying up all night. During this half year, the 'eagle' that Xu Zhiyi and Shen Changan used to pass messages was Cang Yun. Xu Zhiyi was shocked at first! He didn't expect that the Cang Yun he saved was actually raised by his uncle General Lu.
Wow, this is fate. We are indeed a family. No matter how far apart we are, we are still destined to be together in the end.
However, with Cang Yun around, sending letters back and forth was much faster. At least in the past six months, Xu Zhiyi knew that Chang'an was safe, and he also found Ji Silan, but he had a brain injury and forgot everyone except his sweetheart, his junior sister, who is now the emperor.
Su: "Zhiyi, Wuyou, today is the second day of the Chinese New Year, hurry up and get up, let's go back to the village to celebrate the New Year today!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Zhiyi moved her eyelids but couldn’t open them. She found it difficult to get up recently. She was very sleepy!
After Shen Wuyou finished washing up, she saw that Xu Zhiyi hadn’t gotten up yet, so she lay down beside the bed and leaned over to poke her face: “My wife, I’ve urged you twice, get up quickly, the sun is already high today!”
Xu Zhiyi stretched out his hand: "Well, pull me up!"
Shen Wuyou pulled her up and sat her on the bed, then helped her put on her shoes, coat, and hair, and finally kissed Xu Zhiyi on the face: "Madam, go wash up!"
After Xu Zhiyi finished washing up, he went to the hall to have breakfast with Su and then rushed to the village.
When they arrived at the Su family in the village, several other families who had fled famine together gathered together to wish each other a happy new year. Village chief Chen and the villagers came over and sat for a while before going back.
The rest of the families, who had been through thick and thin together, were busy cooking and preparing the dishes, and then they would have a good drink together.
At the dinner table, Old Lady Su picked up a chicken leg and gave it to Xu Zhiyi: "Zhiyi, why did grandma notice that you look unwell? Come, have a chicken leg to replenish your body."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi quickly took the chicken leg back and said, "Grandma, I don't want to eat it. I haven't had a good appetite lately!"
Su: "Zhiyi, I noticed that you used to eat at least two bowls of rice, but why can't you even eat half a bowl recently? What's wrong with you?"
Doctor Li at another table heard this and said loudly, "What's wrong? I'm here, and I can cure any discomfort with medicine!"
Old Lady Su: "Yes! Zhiyi, go over and check Doctor Li's pulse!"
Xu Zhiyi: "No need? I just have a poor appetite, I don't feel any other discomfort!"
"Zhiyi, Grandpa Li is here to take your pulse. Poor appetite? Could it be..." Doctor Li paused at the end of his speech and reached out to take Xu Zhiyi's pulse on the wrist.
When everyone saw that Doctor Li examined the area for a long time and then changed to the other hand and examined it again, they all became nervous. Could there be some problem?
Shen Wuyou put down his chopsticks in worry, came to Xu Zhiyi from another table, and looked at Doctor Li nervously.
Xu Zhi felt that the atmosphere was not right and joked, "No way? Am I really sick?"
After taking the pulse, Doctor Li looked at the people who were nervous and said with a smile: "Why are you so nervous? Zhiyi, this is good news. She is pregnant, but it is still early. I took a little longer, it is less than two months."
"What?"
When everyone heard this, they were all surprised!
Su: "Oh, I'm going to be a grandmother!"
Shen Wuyou seemed to be stupid, and when he reacted, he hugged Xu Zhiyi and was crazy with joy: "Wife, I'm going to be a father! I'm going to be a father!"
Xu Zhiyi: "Yes, yes, let me go, everyone is here."
Everyone: "We can't see it! Haha..."
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Outside Chi Sheng's house in the town, there stood a dirty, tattered woman. Before she knocked on the door, she paused when she heard the voices inside.
Chi Sheng's mother: "Chi Sheng, come quickly and bring this chicken soup over to your wife to fill her stomach first. I still have two dishes to cook. We have to wait a while. I can't let my daughter-in-law go hungry!"
Yan Yue: "Mom, I'm not hungry yet. I'll have some chicken soup later. I'll help you wash the vegetables."
Chi Sheng's mother: "Hey, Yue'er, your hands are already cold, don't touch this cold water" and yelled outside:
"Chisheng, old man, what are you two doing? Why did you ask my daughter-in-law to come over to work? You and your son want to rebel, right? If my daughter-in-law gets frozen, I, an old woman, will not forgive you and your son."
Old Man Chi: "Hey, here we are, Chi Sheng and I are making a charcoal fire."
Yan Yue saw that she had been married for more than half a year and did not have to do any work. Although it was a good thing, in the long run, she always felt a little embarrassed to let her mother-in-law serve her:
"Mom, I'm your daughter-in-law, so I should help with the housework..."
Chi Sheng's mother: "Oh, Yue'er! I don't know how happy I am that you have this intention. You usually go to work at Yanyi Pavilion, and you are already tired after a day's work. It's not easy for you to come back home and rest. How can I let you get tired again..."
Chi Sheng: "Wife, my father and I have made a charcoal fire. You should go inside and warm yourself by the fire. I will wash the vegetables. The water is too cold in winter. Don't let your hands get frozen! I have thick skin and flesh. I am not afraid!!"
Finally, Yan Yue went back to the room alone to warm herself by the fire. Her father-in-law, mother-in-law and her husband were busy in the kitchen. Since she got married, her husband and mother-in-law took turns to help her wash her clothes. Once, she washed her clothes secretly and was even lectured!
Oh, why do I feel like after I got married, I have been living a life of having everything provided for me?
Chi Sheng came out to pour some water. He heard some noise at the door. He walked over curiously and opened the door. What he saw was a dark face.
"Who are you? Why are you at my doorstep?"
Xu Xiaoju looked at Chi Sheng in surprise, and found that he didn't look like a fool anymore. She was very surprised: "Chi Sheng, you are not stupid anymore?"
"What's wrong with Chi Sheng? Who's here?" Chi Sheng's mother also came out when she heard the noise.
Xu Xiaoju wiped her dirty face with her sleeve: "I'm back! I'm your wife Xu Xiaoju!"
Chi Sheng saw Xu Xiaoju wipe her face clean and recognized her. He corrected her with a straight face, "My wife's name is Yan Yue!"
Chi Sheng's mother: "Xu Xiaoju? Great! Do you still have the nerve to come back?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Xiaoju fell to her knees and said, "Mom, I was wrong, I was wrong!" She followed Brother Hu and fled to Chunhe County. At the beginning, the two of them did have a sweet time together.
But later, Brother Hu's true nature was revealed. He would beat her whenever he was unhappy, and she was almost beaten to death several times.
Later, the beast spent all his money, so he told the old men around him that he would pay her ten copper coins each time and asked her to use her body to help him earn money. Fortunately, the beast accidentally fell into the river and died while drunk the previous month!
Chi Sheng's mother: "Humph, don't call me mother, our family has nothing to do with you!"
Xu Xiaoju: "No, I am the wife of Chi Sheng!"
Chi Sheng: "You are my wife? What a joke. First, we have never been married. Second, we have never signed a marriage certificate. Third, your name is not even on our household registration. Excuse me, where did this wife come from?"
Hearing this, Xu Xiaoju felt extremely regretful. In the beginning, she made all kinds of excuses for not wanting to be registered with the Chi family so that she could escape at any time. She was even more unwilling to sign a marriage certificate with Chi Sheng. All she had was the indenture contract that the Chi family issued to buy her, but the indenture contract only allowed her to be a slave, not a wife.
Yan Yue came over from the house and said, "I am Chi Sheng's wife. We have three books and six ceremonies, and we are married officially. We have a marriage certificate registered with the government, and the household register even states that I am Chi Sheng's legal wife, his first wife, and his only wife..."
Chi Sheng's mother: "Let's go back and don't waste words with her. Anyway, she must be related to our Chi family. At most, she will be a slave of the Chi family. Oh, I forgot, I gave her back the old woman who sold her body indenture. Now she can't even be called a slave!"
The door was slammed shut and Xu Xiaoju banged on it and started crying.
Chi Sheng's mother heard Xu Xiaoju's crying and knocking on the door desperately. Finally, she went into the kitchen and brought a plate of cakes. She opened the door and stuffed all the cakes into Xu Xiaoju's arms as she sat at the door.
"People should have a conscience. I believe I have treated you well, but what did you do? I am not sending you to the government office to investigate you now. This is already my last mercy. Don't disturb our lives in the future! Otherwise, I will definitely sue you in the government office!"
After saying that, he slammed the door again.
Xu Xiaoju looked at her arms full of pastries and cried even more heartbreakingly!
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