Chapter 7 Chapter 7 Returning Home
Qingshi Village is a village located outside Shanping County, Qing'an Prefecture. At noon, a doctor came specially from the county town and entered the Fu family.
Not long after, news came that Fu Wenxiao had woken up.
Everyone in the village was shocked. They didn't expect that the wedding ceremony would actually work and make Fu Wenxiao really wake up.
When the doctor came out of Fu's house, a villager met him and asked about Fu Wenxiao's condition.
The doctor only said that the young master of the Fu family still needed to rest well, and did not say anything more.
Everyone understood that although Fu Wenxiao had woken up, it did not mean that his condition had improved. He was still a sickly person and might die at any time.
Of course, everyone has different opinions on the matter of getting married by chance.
"It turns out that a wedding is so useful. Didn't the doctor ask Aunt Zhou to prepare for her funeral a while ago? Now he has changed his mind and asked Mr. Fu to rest well. It seems that nothing will happen for a while."
"Hey, I heard that Aunt Zhou agreed to marry Li Niang from the second branch of the Yu family to Mr. Fu because a fortune teller once predicted her fortune and said that she was a blessed person and a lucky star. Whoever marries her will be able to turn misfortune into good fortune and turn disaster into blessing..."
When these words were spoken, everyone present was surprised.
Everyone is from the same village and knows each other well. Nothing can be hidden from anyone. But they have never heard that the eldest daughter of the second branch of the Yu family is a lucky star.
If she was really a lucky star, the Yu family would have worshipped her long ago. Why would they let her be treated like a maid, with endless work and things to do every day?
Everyone didn't believe this and looked at the person who spoke with suspicion.
"Don't disbelieve me." The man said, "I heard this from Aunt Zhou. She said Aunt Yu told her. Otherwise, why would she spend twenty taels of silver to marry Li Niang from the second branch of the Yu family?"
The "Aunt Yu" this person refers to is Old Lady Yu.
When the people present heard this, they began to murmur in their hearts.
They had never heard that Yu Li had his fortune told by a fortune teller when he was a child, so this sounded like a lie.
Everyone knew what kind of person the old lady of the Yu family was. They would rather believe that the Yu family was greedy for the twenty taels of silver from the Fu family and made up this story in order to get the Fu family to marry Yu Li.
However, Fu Wenxiao did wake up because of the wedding.
Could it be that Yu Li is really a lucky person, but they just don’t know it?
Thinking of this, many people sighed and regretted not marrying their children to Yu Li earlier. Although the Yu family insisted on a dowry of twenty taels of silver, it was not impossible to pay it. They could borrow some from others first and pay it back in the future. After marrying a lucky girl, would they be afraid of not being able to pay back the money?
When the villagers saw Zhou going out to wash clothes, many of them specifically asked her about this.
Zhou's face was beaming. While washing clothes, she said, "Li Niang is indeed a blessed woman. Look, my Xiao Ge'er woke up the day after she got married. She is definitely my Xiao Ge'er's lucky star. I can't tell how happy I am that Xiao Ge'er can marry her. I just hope that she and Xiao Ge'er can live in harmony in the future..."
Then she started praising Yu Li again, praising her for being hardworking and capable, praising her for being caring, and praising her for being considerate...
In Zhou's words, Yu Li is the best daughter-in-law in the world and there is no better girl than her.
She was very satisfied with Yu Li and wanted to worship him.
Seeing her so confident, the villagers who were originally skeptical couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.
Could it be that... Yu Li is really a lucky girl?
Maybe a fortune teller had really predicted Yu Li's fortune in the past, but they didn't know about it. The Yu family never revealed it. No wonder Mrs. Yu asked for such a high dowry.
After Zhou finished washing the clothes and left, someone muttered, "If Li Niang is really a lucky star, how could the Yu family be willing to treat her so badly?"
"Yes, I see that Li Niang is very thin. She must not have eaten enough."
"It's not a disaster year, how can a girl become so thin from starvation?"
There were thin people in the village. In those days, except for the landlords, no one could eat as much food as they wanted. Most of the common people were thin, but not as thin as this.
You can tell from this that you don’t eat well.
In recent years, the weather has been good and the taxes are not heavy. As long as you are willing to work, you generally will not starve to death. Not to mention that the Yu family has a lot of land and many able-bodied men. The food at home is enough to feed the whole family and allow everyone to eat half full. They rarely go hungry.
"Let's not talk about her. I think everyone in the second branch of the Yu family is quite thin."
"Yes, the Yu Laoer couple, and the girls in their family, are all skinny and small."
"What's the use of a lucky star? They're all girls, who would be happy? It's normal for Aunt Yu to dislike the girls from the second house. I don't like them either, so it's useless even if they're lucky stars!"
The person who spoke was a short man with a look of disgust on his face. He was disgusted that the second branch of the Yu family only gave birth to girls and none of them were male.
Many people have the same idea as him, and many people agree with him.
Those who agree with this are all men. They attach great importance to the concept of continuing the family line. If their wives give birth to only girls, they will be very angry.
At this time, a woman holding a laundry stick by the river cursed: "What's wrong with a baby girl? You were not born by women? Your mother and sisters are not women? You are so angry that you will die of giving birth to a daughter, so why don't you just die?"
"That's right! Do you dare to tell this to your mother and wife?"
"You bastards, you get all trembling when you have an extra two ounces of meat. Be careful that one day the two ounces of meat will be taken away by a dog, and you will not be able to be men anymore!"
Some women present were also unhappy with the disdainful looks of these men, especially those who had daughters. They wondered if these men also disdained their daughters, and immediately looked down on them.
Immediately, the women started to curse, and the men could no longer bear it and left in shame.
If there is an argument, the women in the village never back down and have loud voices that no man can win over.
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When Zhou entered the room, she saw Yu Li sitting in the shade of the courtyard, gnawing on peeled raw sweet potatoes with her two children.
Sweet potatoes can also be eaten raw. They are crispy, slightly sweet, and have a unique flavor.
Yu Li likes to eat roasted sweet potatoes and raw sweet potatoes. She likes any normal food.
Every time they saw her eating, the two children couldn't help but eat with her. The food looked very ordinary, and they were tired of eating it, but every time they thought it was really delicious.
Seeing Zhou come in, Yu Li walked over with a half-eaten sweet potato in his mouth, took the wooden basin containing clothes from her hand, and helped her hang up the clothes to dry.
The sun is shining and the sky is cloudless. Occasionally, the wind blows, the shadows of the trees sway, and it brings a little coolness.
After hanging up the clothes, Yu Li stood beside them, facing the sunshine, with one hand on his waist and the other hand holding the half-eaten sweet potato and continuing to eat it.
The weather was very hot and the sunlight was very glaring, but she didn't hate it at all and felt that basking in the sun was a kind of enjoyment.
There is no such sun in the end times.
Zhou found it funny.
She was in a good mood and thought everything was good, not to mention Yu Li, her daughter-in-law who was branded as a lucky star in her heart. No matter what she did, she looked at it with a tolerant attitude.
Suddenly she thought of something and said, "Li Niang, today is the third day since you got married. It's the day you return home."
Yu Li looked at her in confusion, and after searching his memory carefully, he finally understood what it meant to return home.
During the past few days, she had food, drink and accommodation at the Fu family. Zhou was a gentle and generous person. She noticed that she had a big appetite, so she cooked more. She didn't even mind that she picked up some food from the house after dinner. She let her eat whatever she wanted and never said a word, let alone locked up the food.
It’s completely different from being at the Yu family.
She felt so comfortable living here that she forgot about the Yu family, let alone returning home three days later.
Zhou was a person who followed the rules. Although this marriage was arranged for the purpose of bringing good fortune, she also treated Yu Li as a proper daughter-in-law of the Fu family. She was Xiao Ge'er's daughter-in-law, so she naturally had to take her seriously.
"Li Niang, I'll pack some things for you to take back later." At this point, she felt a little guilty, "Xiao Ge'er can't get out of bed now, so I can't go back with you..."
In Zhou's opinion, her son felt really sorry for his daughter-in-law because he could not accompany her back home.
Yu Li didn't care about these. Fu Wenxiao's health was so poor that he didn't even have the strength to wash. So don't make things difficult for him. Let him stay in the room, otherwise he would die one day.
Although he didn't want to go back to the Yu family, Yu Li had no choice but to agree because Zhou said that was the rule.
Zhou packed a basket of things for her to take back, saying, "You don't have to rush back. It's rare for you to go back. Spend more time with your parents and sisters..."
Fu Wenxiao was awake in the room. When he heard the noise outside, he turned and looked towards the window.
The window was open and you could see what was going on in the yard.
Zhou was seen holding the girl and giving her instructions non-stop. The girl looked well-behaved and took note of Zhou's words very seriously, as if Zhou was saying some great truth in life that she should remember carefully.
His eyes fell on the girl in the washed-out dress.
The dress was made of coarse linen, the kind commonly worn by country people. It was grey, and made the person look like a grey little animal. Plus, she was skinny, which really didn't look good.
However, the strange thing is that she stood there calmly, not looking embarrassed at all. She had a kind of calmness and openness that emanated from within, and she was not moved by external things, which made people gradually ignore her appearance.
Fu Wenxiao looked at her deeply, his eyes seemed to want to see through this skin and explore the soul beneath it.
Noticing his gaze, Yu Li turned around and looked over.
She tilted her head, thinking his eyes looked odd, but since he seemed to have been like this all along, she didn't care.
Yu Li took the basket handed to him by Zhou and was about to leave, but then he thought of something, turned around, and walked to the window of the east wing.
She said to the man sitting on the bed through the window: "I'm going back to Yu's house."
Fu Wenxiao looked at her, keenly catching the words in her words.
It’s not “going back to my mother’s home”, but “going back to Yu’s home”.
Yu Li continued, "If you have any problem, you can ask mother to help you. If mother is not strong enough, ask her to call me back."
Fu Wenxiao: “…”
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