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Chapter 9: Second Sister- in-law Li

After the crops were planted, Shen Zian found a temporary worker. Su Zhi was alone at home, feeling quiet and leisurely. There was nothing in the thatched house, which had been tidied up long ago. She couldn't find a job even if she wanted to. Her illness also prevented her from leaving the small yard enclosed by a fence. She could only see a small piece of sky. She felt like a frog in a well, but when she thought that there would be someone coming back here to accompany her every day, she felt at peace.

Su Zhi was sitting on the bed making a quilt. She had a new quilt when she got married, but her parents in this life were dishonorable. They married their sick daughter to their parents and kept her illness a secret. However, the truth was revealed during the bridal chamber, which made the Shen family lose face. The Shen family wanted to divorce her in anger, but Shen Zian disagreed. In the end, Su Zhi was driven into this thatched house and all the things she had at the wedding were taken back.

After listening to what Shen Zian said, Su Zhi felt that Shen Zian was responsible, but she also thought that the Shen family was evil-hearted. They wanted Shen Zian to divorce his wife, so they used this method to force him. Since it didn't work, they should give up and return it. Isn't this a disguised form of usurpation? And using these things to force people is the lowest method. Not to mention that Shen Zian wouldn't be afraid, any man wouldn't care. So Su Zhi suspected that this family's plan was to prevent Shen Zian from getting these things regardless of whether he divorced his wife or not.

As a result, Shen Zian and Su Zhi were left with only a torn and hard quilt.

As the weather was getting colder, Shen Zian went to ask for another quilt. It was the one he used to use. It was neither new nor old, and was definitely better than the current one.

Su Zhi wanted to take off the quilt and dry the cotton inside so that it would be more comfortable.

Su Zhi is good at sewing. When she was a housewife in her previous life, she learned embroidery in an embroidery class, so all of Shen Zian’s clothes were mended by her. Making a quilt is nothing.

I still remember Shen Zian's look when he heard her asking for needle and thread. That dazed look on that resolute face was both cute and funny.

Thinking of this, Su Zhi smiled and her hands moved faster. The needle and thread flew and she soon finished the work.

Su Zhi put away her needle and thread and put her face against the quilt. Although it was not as soft as a new quilt, it was much better than before. The dried cotton wool smelled of the sun, and the sheets were washed, clean and dry. It was Shen Zian who washed them. He also washed her usual clothes. Su Zhi felt that she was lucky to meet such a good man in ancient times.

After folding the quilt, Su Zhi stood up and stretched, looking at the bright sunlight outside the window, which made the flowers even brighter, then she opened the door and walked out.

This thatched house is built in a corner of the yard, so it has a fence on both sides to form a private courtyard. This backyard was originally used to grow vegetables, and of course they couldn't take up too much space, so there were only two areas less than two meters wide and five meters long inside the fence, which were originally vegetable plots with ridges on the sides and some cabbages that were not growing very well.

Su Zhi stood by the fence, looking out through a crack. She saw a vegetable field outside. It was late autumn now, and most of the vegetables were cabbage, with some radishes and red peppers. The other vegetables were already in season, and they were not growing so well. She saw a woman in blue cloth walking to the backyard, bending over to pick vegetables. Su Zhi didn't know who she was, but she thought she looked kind. People say that appearance reflects the heart, so she probably wasn't that Sun. There were only two possibilities, one was the eldest sister-in-law Wang, and the other was the second sister-in-law Li.

The woman suddenly raised her head and looked over here. Su Zhi was peeking. Although she didn't know whether she could see it or not, she still moved away immediately.

The woman came over and said, "Fourth sister-in-law, are you here? I'm your second sister-in-law, and I saw your clothes."

Su Zhi was wearing her wedding dress, bright red, very beautiful, no wonder she was discovered. But she was also very happy that Li came to talk to her, which showed that this person was not afraid of her. After all, she had become a contagious disease in Sun's mouth.

"Hello, sister-in-law. I am not feeling well right now and cannot go out to greet you. I hope you don't mind."

"Don't be polite, fourth brother and sister-in-law. We are all family."

Li thought that her fourth brother's wife had a very nice voice, and she looked very slim that day. If she hadn't had that disease, she might have been very lovable. It was such a pity.

Li actually didn’t believe what Sun said about her fourth brother’s wife’s illness being contagious. If it was contagious, wouldn’t Shen Zi’an have been infected long ago? These past few days, Shen Zi’an’s complexion was actually better than before the marriage. He didn’t look at all like the gloomy and depressed person who married a sick daughter-in-law. The day before yesterday, she saw her fourth brother washing the sheets, and heard that it was her fourth brother’s wife who wanted to take off the quilt. When she thought about the stitches on her fourth brother’s clothes, she thought that this fourth brother’s wife might be a good person. But her parents-in-law obviously didn’t want anyone to pay attention to her fourth brother’s wife, so she kept it to herself. Today, everyone in the family went out, and she happened to see her fourth brother’s wife’s clothes passing by, so she came over to talk to her. When she heard the voice and the polite words, she felt even better about this sister-in-law.

Su Zhi heard Shen Zi'an say that Li was a gentle and simple person. Today, she saw that it was true. She was very happy to talk to her. She believed that she would not stay here forever. She would have to go out and face the Shen family at that time. It would be a good thing to gain the favor of one more person.

"Don't worry, my fourth brother's wife. This disease will eventually heal. When you get better, good days are ahead. My fourth brother is a good man. Just rest assured and recover."

"Well, thank you for your concern, sister-in-law. I feel much better recently."

"That's good, that's good." Li was really happy for Su Zhi. At this time, she saw Wang walking to the backyard and hurriedly whispered, "My eldest sister-in-law is here. I'm leaving now. I'll talk to you when I have time."

Su Zhi saw that Li had just been squatting on the ground picking vegetables and talking to her. Her voice was not too loud and she was not too close to her. But now she left in a hurry when she saw someone. She knew that the Shen family was isolating her.

Su Zhi also saw the eldest sister-in-law. She was average looking and it was hard to tell what her personality was like. However, she heard from Shen Zian that the eldest sister-in-law was usually very calm, but had a very bad temper.

There was no one in the vegetable garden again, and Su Zhi didn't want to look at the green in the cracks. She looked down at the vegetable patch under her feet. There were only a few scattered cabbages, big and small, adding up to only a dozen or so. The big ones were smaller than the smallest ones outside. It was obvious that they would not survive the winter. Don't count on the cabbages. It's better to pick them while they are tender. But there is no seasoning, so let them grow.

The weather has been fine since it rained a few days ago. The ground has dried up early, and these cabbages of different sizes have turned yellow.

Su Zhi went to get a gourd-made ladle, and scooped water from the spring to water the cabbages, hoping that they would grow bigger and then be cooked. She had never had a full meal since she came here. After asking, she found out that it was not that the Shen family was so poor that they could not afford to eat, but that they only cooked so much rice every day, and almost everyone was only about 70% full, unless they went to the fields to do manual labor, they could only eat until they were full, and it was impossible for the Shen family to have leftovers.

Su Zhi was really speechless about this. Fortunately, after the incident with the cakes, Shen Zian started to prepare some simple seasonings and food so that they could have some snacks when they were not full.

After pulling out some grass around, Su Zhi stood up and walked back and forth in the small space for a few laps. Exercise is good for the body.

After walking for about half an hour, Su Zhi felt a little tired and thought about going back to the house to rest. However, when she glanced at the ground, she was attracted by the vivid green color.

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