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176: Returning to My Mother's Home
Chapter 176 Returning to My Mother's Home
Shen Zian sat on the edge of the kang, watching Su Zhi sitting on the kang knitting, while Yueyue was playing with the colored threads, and Xiaori, Xing'er, Xiaohei and Xiaobai were playing. He looked at this warm scene and thought about what he wanted to say to her, but he really didn't want to say it.
"Wife, I think you should go see your mother today. I don't know how sick she is. You haven't been back to your parents' home since you got married. Why don't you go back and see her this time?"
Shen Zi'an thought about the situation when Su Zhi first married him, and felt like it was just like his previous life. At that time, Su Zhi was ill, and the Shen family proposed to cancel the engagement. The Zhao family insisted on not taking their daughter back. Finally, after Shen Zi'an said that he would accept this daughter-in-law, the matter was settled. However, from then on, the Zhao family stopped visiting, as if they were afraid that the Shen family would throw their daughter back to them.
Just like that, he didn't even go back to his parents' home. Later, when the Zhao family came to visit, it turned out that Zhao Xiaomei's younger sister Zhao Lianhua had accidentally injured Shen Ziju.
In order to suppress their thoughts of extortion, Su Zhi used the money they gave to Shen Ziju for medical treatment to replace their New Year gifts. As a result, they did not go back for the New Year. After the New Year, they were always busy taking care of three children, and they even forgot to go back to their parents' home. To be honest, Su Zhi had no feelings for her parents' home, or even no good feelings at all. She thought that the Zhao family could irresponsibly throw Zhao Xiaomei to the Shen family, and they didn't want this daughter from the bottom of their hearts. Then Zhao Xiaomei died, and Su Zhi had no reason to get close to them. The idea of being filial to Zhao Xiaomei was also shattered. Otherwise, she would not have gone to the Zhao family for such a long time.
The Zhao family had come to visit Su Zhi several times in recent days. Although Su Zhi received them, she was also indifferent. She thought that a daughter who is married is like water spilled out, so the most she could do was to be filial to Zhao Xiaomei's parents.
Now Shen Zian said that he wanted her to go back to her parents' home. Su Zhi thought of Zhao Yang's illness, and she didn't want to go back. It was no use. Although she knew that the real Zhao Xiaomei had died, others didn't know that her body was still the daughter of the Zhao family. Even if the Zhao family had done something wrong, she was still their daughter. She had been angry for so long. If she didn't go back, it seemed unreasonable.
Then go back and take a look. After all, she is the mother of this body. I feel sorry for Zhao Xiaomei because she has such parents. Maybe Zhao Xiaomei herself doesn't care at all and will blame her for not taking care of her parents. Since she has taken over someone else's body and such a good husband, it's nothing to take care of her parents for her.
Su Zhi said to herself, put the work in her hands into a small basket beside her, and said to Yueyue: "Yueyue, put the thread in the basket and put the basket on the kang cabinet. Then let's change clothes and go see grandma."
Yueyue put the colored thread into the basket and asked, "Is it fun at grandma's house?"
Xiaori and Xing'er also looked over and were very interested in going out to their grandmother's house. They had also heard other children in the village talk about visiting relatives' homes, and they were curious too.
Su Zhi thought of that family and smiled at them, "Mother doesn't know either, but I can tell you that your grandmother is a bit like your third aunt."
"Then I won't go."
Yueyue pouted. She didn't like her third aunt. Children are sensitive. They know who is good to them and who is not. Especially these three little shrews, they can see that Sun is very bad even when she smiles. When they heard that their grandmother was the same as Sun, they naturally didn't want to see her.
Shen Zian looked at Su Zhi and held her hand, thinking that his wife was really disappointed with her family. Come to think of it, his wife was sent to a nunnery by her family when she was young, and finally came back. She got sick and was forced to marry by her family. How could she have too much affection for such a family?
Su Zhi saw pity in Shen Zian's eyes and knew what he was thinking. She felt warm in her heart, thinking that this man really cared about people. Although all the sufferings were suffered by Zhao Xiaomei and she didn't feel any of it, she was happy that he cared about her now.
"Mother, Father, why are you just staring at me?"
Yueyue looked at Shen Zi'an and Su Zhi curiously, staring at each other affectionately, which made both of them feel a little embarrassed. Xiaori and Xing'er pulled Yueyue aside and told her that it was because Daddy liked Mommy and Mommy also liked Daddy, so they looked at each other like that. Yueyue suddenly realized and ran back, staring at Su Zhi closely, and said, Mommy, I like you too, you like me too, you look at me like that too. The little person said such words, which made Shen Zi'an and Su Zhi laugh. Su Zhi went over and hugged Yueyue in her arms, kissed her hard twice, which made Yueyue laugh, and they fell on the kang.
Shen Zian looked at his daughter-in-law's happy face and thought it would be good if she no longer had to worry about her family.
Su Zhi changed the three children into cloth clothes that they wore at home. She didn't want the three children to go out wearing clothes made of fine fabrics, lest the other family become jealous.
The two men put the baby on the ox cart, took the gifts, asked the White Wolf family to look after the house, and then left.
Su Zhi's parents' home is in Liushu Village, less than ten miles away from Hebian Village, to the north of Hebian Village. The road is easy to walk on. It is early spring now, and the wheat seedlings in the fields are green. Some places are also green, which are wild grasses and vegetables. The willow trees have begun to turn green, and the peach and apricot blossoms that look like pink clouds in the distance are very beautiful. They also pass by two small rivers and a lake. This makes Su Zhi, who has only walked on the road between Hebian Village and Zhenzi County since she came to this world, feel very happy. The three children are also shouting and laughing.
There was laughter and joy along the way, and time passed quickly, as if we arrived at Willow Village in the blink of an eye.
Liushu Village is a village of about the same size as Hebian Village. There are many willow trees planted at the entrance of the village, all of which are decades old, which explains the origin of the name of the village.
It was afternoon, the sun was shining brightly, and there was not much work to do in the fields. Many people in the village were sitting outside in the sun and chatting, especially under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village, where the most people sat.
As soon as Shen Zian drove the ox cart in, those people looked over at him.
Those people first looked at the sleek yellow ox, then looked at the ox cart, and felt envious. The farmers all wanted to have oxen and carts, so that they could use them to farm and transport goods, and to transport people and earn some money in their spare time. Unfortunately, not everyone can have oxen and carts. This stranger can have such a good ox and cart, and he seems to be a wealthy person. When they saw Shen Zian was so young, tall and handsome, and there was a woman with black hair and fair skin and three fair-skinned children sitting in the cart, they were even more envious.
It's obvious at first glance that this is a family with a wealthy background and a large family.
These people looked at them enviously, but no one knew them. They just wondered who these relatives were. They asked each other who they were, but no one could answer. At this time, a man in his forties or fifties stood up and took two steps forward.
"Are you from the Shen family in Hebian Village?"
When Shen Zian saw the man coming over to ask, he stopped the car, got out, clasped his hands, and said, "I am from the Shen family. Forgive my poor eyesight, but I don't know who the uncle is?"
When the man heard Shen Zian's admission, he smiled and said, "I'm from this village. My last name is Liu, and my name is Liu Damu. You are the fourth son of the Shen family, right? What's your name? Shen Zi... Zian, right? You married the girl from the Zhao family in our village last year, right? When my younger sister was little, she had to call me uncle! My niece married into the Zhao family in your Hebian Village. Zhao Daliang, you are about the same age, so you should know this, right? By the way, my niece played with your wife's younger sister when she was little!"
Su Zhi frowned slightly when she heard this, thinking that this person was actually Liu Siniang's family. She heard that Liu Siniang's parents had both passed away, and all the things in her house were given to her uncles and aunts, but they allowed Liu Siniang to be bullied in her husband's family and never cared about anything. They were not good people at all!
When Shen Zian heard this, he naturally understood. He just listened and said nothing.
At this time, a woman came over, pulled Liu Damu, and looked at Su Zhi and the three children in the car. Liu Damu then thought of the woman in the car, and was also stunned. Of course, he also knew that the Zhao family married a sick and dying daughter to the Shen family. Later, he heard from the Zhao family that Zhao Xiaomei recovered from her illness, and the couple lived well, made a fortune, and built a big house. However, they did not see the Zhao family bring anything back, so they did not believe it. Now it seems that they really made a fortune. So this woman is Zhao Xiaomei? !
Su Zhi got out of the car and politely bowed to the group of people under the willow tree. She said, "Uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters-in-law, my younger sister has been ill these days. It's been a long time since we last met. How are you all?"
Those people were originally sitting and watching, and they heard that it was the daughter of the Zhao family who was returning to her parents' home, and they were all surprised. They knew how the Zhao family's marriage was, and now seeing the daughter returning to her parents' home with her husband, they were still a little dazed. When Su Zhi bowed like this, they came to their senses and stood up involuntarily, even the older ones. When they stood up, they realized that she was a junior, so they didn't need to stand up, they just had to accept her greeting.
Many women came over to talk to Su Zhi, asking about her illness and how she was doing. Although their inquiries were mostly out of curiosity and less out of concern, Su Zhi still answered with a smile.
Some children shouted and ran to deliver a letter to the Zhao family, saying that the new bride had returned home. They ran around in a great hurry, and Yueyue also laughed, which made Su Zhi feel happy. (