At night, the rain subsided a little.
Su Man heard faint cursing from the opposite side, so she stood under the window to listen.
"What else can you do? You can't even take care of a box. If it weren't for you, would the box of flour have spilled?"
Xiaolan knelt on the ground, enduring Wang Yongchang's scolding.
"I really didn't mean to do that. I didn't expect the lid of the box to break."
"I never thought, what are you thinking about all day long?"
Xiaolan was unable to explain and could only kneel on the ground in silence, allowing Wang Yongchang to beat and scold her.
She was still wearing her wet clothes and was shivering with cold.
The two daughters felt distressed and knelt down to beg Wang Yongchang.
"Dad, please forgive Mom."
"Mom's waist is injured. She is in a lot of pain."
Wang Yongchang's attitude towards these two daughters was slightly better than that towards Xiaolan. Seeing them crying so pitifully, he wanted to relent.
"Then..."
"Husband."
Qin Wanru took Wang Yongchang's arm and said, "Do we have enough food left to get to the south? We won't starve halfway through the journey."
Speaking of this, Wang Yongchang became angry again, "It's all because of this jinx! I can't give birth to a son, and I can't even keep the food at home. Get out here and kneel down!"
"No, Dad."
Wang Yongchang was upset by his two daughters crying, so he said to Wang Laowu and his wife, "Take these two girls back to your room!"
Seeing Xiaolan being kicked out, Qin Wanru smiled triumphantly.
Although she said that she didn't care whether she was a concubine or the main wife, she cared a lot in her heart.
She was married to a farmer and had to be a concubine. That was too unfair for her.
It just so happened that Xiaolan made a mistake today, and she was planning to ask Wang Yongchang to divorce Xiaolan and let Xiaolan be a maid to serve them.
There is no need to worry that she will refuse. She has two children with her and no food on her. She will definitely let her do whatever she wants.
Xiaolan was driven out, Qin Wanru locked the door and waited for Wang Yongchang to go in and rest.
This family has three rooms, one of which collapsed. The remaining two rooms are used by the parents-in-law and children, and the other by the two of them.
There was a hole in the roof, and wind was leaking in from all sides.
Wang Yongchang was freezing cold, but they had a lot of luggage and seven or eight quilts. The one in the middle wasn't wet, but it was still a little damp, so he could barely sleep on it.
After a whole day of quarreling, Wang Yongchang had originally stopped thinking about that matter, but Qin Wanru was determined to show it, and soon after they got into bed, they started quarreling.
Wang Yongchang pressed on Qin Wanru and said dirty words, "Look, you are as soft as tofu."
Qin Wanru responded in a sweet voice, "Husband..."
The room was not soundproofed well, and Xiaolan outside could hear everything clearly.
She gathered her wet clothes together, and the cold wind penetrated into her bones.
The door inside was locked, and she didn't dare knock for fear of being beaten again.
Xiaolan huddled under the porch, shivering from the cold.
"Squeak-"
The door opposite opened.
Su Man frowned when she saw Xiaolan's miserable condition.
"Sister Xiaolan."
Xiaolan looked up and saw that it was Suman. She tried to smile.
She remembered that Suman had just helped her in the mud and felt very grateful.
"Mrs. Zhou, it's cold outside, why did you come out?"
Xiaolan was shivering in the drizzle wearing wet clothes. Su Man secretly cursed Wang Yongchang as a good-for-nothing.
If you stay out in the cold all night, you'll definitely catch a cold.
Su Man pulled Xiaolan up and said, "Don't stay here anymore. Come with me into the house."
"No."
Xiaolan waved her hand, "If my husband finds out I'm not here, he'll definitely be angry."
Looking at the way she shrinks her neck, you can tell that she usually obeys her in-laws' words.
From Wang Man's memory, we learned that Xiaolan was sold to Wang Laowu's family by her gambling uncle.
Originally, Wang Laowu's family did not want such a girl, but Wang Yongchang was attracted by her pretty appearance and married her.
It was fresh for a while at first, but after the novelty wore off it became unbearable.
In addition, Xiaolan had two daughters in a row, and her status in the family became increasingly lower.
She is the epitome of women of that era. She regards her husband and her husband as her heaven, and endures all hardships with meekness.
"Husband, please go slower..."
A soft moan came from inside the room, and Xiaolan buried her head even lower.
Su Man couldn't stand it anymore and pulled Xiaolan up.
"Don't worry, they don't have time for you tonight."
...
Xiaolan was half-dragged and half-pulled back by Su Man.
Grandma Zhou and Zhao Yuru were also indignant when they saw Xiaolan's miserable condition. Zhao Yuru lent her own clothes to Xiaolan and asked her to change her clothes and warm up on the kang.
Du Yuan happened to come in from outside with a pile of branches in his arms.
When the rain got lighter, Du Yuan went out to collect firewood, otherwise all the elderly and children in the house would suffer from the cold.
"That's perfect, Du Lang, light the fire and let's dry some clothes."
"Hey, I'll order right away."
Xiaolan was shocked to see Zhao Yuru ordering Du Yuan around like this, and she went down to help, "It's not a man's job to light the fire, I'll do it."
Zhao Yuru pushed Xiaolan back and said, "What is not done by men? Why is there a distinction between men and women when it comes to work?"
Xiaolan's eyes were full of confusion. She obviously couldn't believe that there was a situation where a man was working while a woman was sitting.
There was a lot of firewood this time, and the temperature in the room rose in a short while.
Grandma Zhou cooked some medicinal soup to dispel the cold and shared it with them, and Xiaolan was also given a bowl.
She sat on the warm kang, wearing dry clothes, and even the bitter medicine soup in the bowl tasted incredibly sweet to her.
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