After the second wife's family left, Xu Xinning talked to Xun Yu about the ancient books they had brought out.
For some reason, Xu Xinning had a premonition that someone was targeting the Xun family.
Although Xu Xinning felt she was being a bit paranoid, she figured it was always better to be safe than sorry.
After all, the Xun family moved out of the mountains, so they had to adapt to life outside the mountains.
Although she only saw ancient books today, Xu Xinning was certain that the Xun family ancestors could not have left behind only ancient books.
Hsu Hsin-ning: "Life outside the mountains is not the same as life inside the mountains. Although life is more convenient, it is not so easy to keep secrets. We need to keep sensitive things at home out of sight. It is not the time for them to be exposed yet. We must be able to withstand investigations at any time."
Xun Shichou was a clever child. As soon as Xu Xinning mentioned it, he remembered his study. "Sister, I will send everything back to the mountains."
Xu Xinning affectionately patted his head and said, "Bear with it for now, and take it out when you're less sensitive. I know you like these things. Now that we've moved out, we should integrate into life here. I'll give you all some extra lessons recently, and then you can all go to school."
Xun Yu: "Yes, that's what I think too, but the children are learning something different from what they learn at school, and I'm afraid they won't be able to adapt."
Xu Xinning: "It's okay, we'll start learning from scratch and see how far we can go. We'll test them later to see what level they've reached."
Xun Yu: "I will do as you say, Miss."
Xu Dongmei left Mantoushan Village and went home. Of course, before going back, she put a lot of effort into getting rid of Xu Xialian in front of her parents, and also managed to steal a rabbit from them.
This time, apart from not getting any good deals on the way back, I have to say the food was really delicious.
Nowadays, even during the Lunar New Year, ordinary families don't have as many meat dishes on their tables as the Xun family does today.
Xu Dongmei suddenly felt envious of Xu Xialian.
Xu Xialian married into a family in the mountains, while Xu Dongmei married into a family by the sea. Xu Xialian's skin looks even better now than when she was a girl at home; it's shiny and smooth. Xu Dongmei thinks she must have eaten a lot of meat, otherwise how could someone in their thirties have such good skin?
In contrast, Xu Dongmei herself was gaunt, with prominent cheekbones, and wrinkles even though she was in her twenties. Her outstretched hands could have been used as scrubbing brushes.
Xu Dongmei walked along the road carrying a rabbit, cursing all the way. She complained about her parents and husband's incompetence, saying that if they were capable, she could be a city dweller like Xu Qiuju.
In Xu Dongmei's heart, Xu Qiuju was a fool. She was inferior to her in every way, but she was lucky to be born into the first wife's family. She had good food and clothes from childhood to adulthood. If she were Xu Qiuju, she would definitely marry an official and live a comfortable life as an official's wife. She would not live such a miserable life like Xu Qiuju.
What a waste of such good looks and such a good job.
Xu Dongmei was quite an unusual person. Although she was cursing as she walked, her eyes never left the ground, like radar. Even though it was winter, there were still plenty of wild vegetables in the fields in the south.
Xu Dongmei is extremely stingy; she would never leave anything good for others.
So Xu Dongmei was really busy along the way.
As she walked to the edge of a ditch, she reached out to see if there were any fish or shrimp she could catch, but somehow she tripped and fell into the ditch due to inertia.
The ditch was neither wide nor deep. Although there was no danger, it was still possible for someone to fall in and get completely soaked.
Xu Dongmei screamed like a pig being slaughtered when she fell, thrashed around a few times, and then stood up in a disheveled state.
With no village or shop in sight, Xu Dongmei was truly on the verge of tears.
"Damn you, God! Why are you so blind? What did I, Xu Dongmei, do wrong?!" Xu Dongmei complained, looking up at the sky.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind blew, and the weeds along the ditch rustled. Then, whether Xu Dongmei misheard or not, she seemed to hear someone laughing.
Xu Dongmei's hair stood on end. She immediately covered her mouth and looked around with her eyes darting about, wondering if the heavens were angry.
Xu Dongmei didn't care about the cold. She staggered out of the ditch, not even having time to wring out the water from her clothes, and started running.
She hadn't run more than a few steps when she suddenly realized that her hands were empty. She remembered that the rabbit and wild vegetables were still over there.
The allure of that piece of meat dispelled part of her fear, and she immediately turned back, thinking that there was no one on the road and she wasn't afraid that someone would pick up her things.
Just as she wished, when Xu Dongmei returned, she searched high and low but couldn't find her rabbit and wild vegetables.
Since she was already soaked, Xu Dongmei went down into the ditch again in order to find the rabbit. She kept feeling around in the water, but she couldn't find it.
Because it was so cold, Xu Dongmei sneezed many times, her lips turned black from the cold, she kept shivering, and her nose was quickly blocked.
Xu Dongmei didn't cry when she first fell, but she started crying now that she can't find the rabbit.
She cried so hysterically.
"Damn you, God! I, Xu Dongmei, have always been a kind person. I respect my elders, have a harmonious relationship with my husband, and am loving towards my children. Why are you doing this to me?"
Fortunately, no one who knew Xu Dongmei overheard her words, otherwise they would have doubted their ears. Such a selfish person would say that she respects her elders and is kind to her children, but it's unclear whether she and her husband are harmonious.
When Xu Dongmei climbed out of the ditch, she finally remembered to wring out the water from her body. However, after only a short while, she felt dizzy and lightheaded.
Xu Dongmei started to have a fever before she even got home. If someone hadn't noticed her on the way and notified her family, it would have been questionable whether she would have made it home that day.
As Xu Dongmei was carried back, she kept muttering to herself, sometimes cursing the heavens, sometimes calling for her missing rabbit, and sometimes cursing the person who had picked up her rabbit.
Her husband's family was also very confused. They said they were going to a housewarming party, so how did things turn out like this when they came back?
However, given Xu Dongmei's usual shrewishness and unreasonableness, her husband's family did not want to delve into what had happened.
Xu Dongmei is quite domineering. She can scold some people, but if her in-laws help her scold them, she feels that her in-laws don't respect her. Then she will change the target of her insults and make them question their existence. So, under normal circumstances, her in-laws will not provoke her.
No one in the Xu family knew about Xu Dongmei's affair, but the next day, the two old men from the second branch of the family inexplicably tumbled into the cesspool.
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