Because it was lunchtime, everyone in the village was eating at home.
Zhang Wangshi didn't call for someone to hitch up the carriage; she took Ali back via a side path.
When they arrived at Zhang Wangshi's family home, the clouds on the horizon were half deep blue and half pale warm gold, with some clouds seemingly edged with gold, making it very beautiful.
Ah Li heard Zhang Wangshi shouting, "My goodness, why didn't you send someone to call me when you fell? I could have come back to check on you."
"It's not a big deal."
Zhang Wangshi tidied up the house simply and asked her mother if she had eaten.
The next second, Ali was pushed into the kitchen by Zhang Wangshi and made to cook.
"Don't let Ahri do it, I just had a few bites."
Zhang Wangshi touched the bedding and said, "Those few bites are hardly enough."
Wang Li, Zhang Wangshi's mother, lay in bed, her eyes blurry with tears.
Her husband passed away early, and now she's all alone.
Zhang Wangshi found that the bedding was warm, and said, "I'll go boil some water to wipe your body."
So, Ali started the fire to cook, while Zhang Wangshi boiled water in another pot and then took the water to wipe her mother's body.
Because only Zhang Wangshi's mother was at home, there were only a few sweet potatoes and a jar of brown rice left in the kitchen.
Ali took a sweet potato, washed it, peeled it, cut it into chunks, and cooked it into sweet potato porridge.
After the rice was cooked, Zhang Wangshi also prepared a room for Ali to eat and then go inside to rest.
At this moment, Zhang Wangshi's mother, Wang Lishi, spoke up: "Didn't your daughter get married? Why did you let her come along?"
Zhang Wangshi sighed deeply, lowered her voice, and said, "Mother, I'm a little undecided right now. Could you help me think about it later?"
Seeing that her daughter didn't seem to want to talk about it in front of Ali, Wang Li nodded.
After Ah Li entered the small house next door, she touched her belly and thought to herself that she was pregnant, but she hadn't told Li Huaijin yet.
The main thing is that I felt very busy that day.
On the other side, Zhang Wangshi voiced the thoughts churning in her mind, which made Wang Lishi shake her head and chuckle, saying, "You're about to become a grandmother, and you still like to overthink things. Li Huaijin is a hunter, and Ali won't go hungry if she follows him. Besides, if that man really liked someone else, he wouldn't have let Ali get pregnant."
"But……"
Zhang Wangshi was still somewhat worried, so Wang Lishi spoke up, "If that person truly has someone in his heart and doesn't love Ali, but has to be with Ali because of his elders, then once his father passes away, we will make him divorce Ali."
Zhang Wangshi added, "But Ali is pregnant now."
"It's just a child. If he wants it, we'll give it to him. If he doesn't want it, can't the three of us raise one child?"
Zhang's father was excluded by Wang Li.
It was all because of that man's so-called act of saving her life that her daughter started having all sorts of wild thoughts.
Madam Zhang smiled and said, "Alright, it's settled then."
Let outsiders spread rumors if they want, but her daughter can't be wronged.
She hadn't initially intended to go against Zhang's father, and she also thought that Li Huaijin was a good person, a hunter, and capable of supporting his family.
Looking back now, it was her fault for not doing her research beforehand.
So for the next few days, Zhang Wangshi was in no hurry to go back. She even asked Ali to stay as well, saying that they should keep her grandmother company.
Ali didn't refuse; she even turned over the vegetable garden in the yard again.
After watching Ali finish turning over the soil, Zhang Wangshi went to wash her grandmother's clothes, and then she looked outside again.
Li Huaijin hasn't come over these past few days, so he probably doesn't care.
However, when she looked outside again, she saw that Zhang's father had brought Li Huaijin with him.
Li Huaijin was carrying a lot of things. Zhang's father said to him, "Ali's maternal grandmother fell and couldn't get up for the past two days, so she stayed here with her mother. She will go back in a couple of days."
Li Huaijin responded in a low voice, saying something that was difficult to hear because of the distance.
Zhang Wangshi suddenly felt a little flustered. Ali had just gone to do laundry, and it seemed that Wang Cheng from next door had gone with her.
When Zhang's father arrived in front of Zhang Wangshi, he said in a low voice, "You stay here by yourself. If you can't manage, ask someone to tell me and I'll come with you. There's no reason to leave Ali here too. Huaijin has come to our house several times already."
Li Huaijin looked around the courtyard, but Ali wasn't there.
Zhang Wangshi invited the two into the house and said, "Ali took her clothes to the river to wash. Please sit down first, I'll go and call her back."
"I'll go."
The things in Li Huaijin's hands were taken away by Zhang's father and put aside.
"You've just arrived, so please rest first. It's not far, just a few steps. I'll go call you."
Zhang Wangshi was still thinking that she couldn't let Li Huaijin go and call him. If Wang Cheng was still there, it would be bad if people misunderstood.
Although she had considered that if Ali and Li Huaijin divorced and Ali fell in love with Wang Cheng, Ali could marry into the family, making it convenient for her to visit her mother later.
However, these were all her thoughts, and Ah Li was completely unaware of them.
Just then, Ali and Wang Cheng returned together. Wang Cheng was carrying a basket of washed clothes and said, "It's not heavy, really. I can even help you hang them out to dry."
"I still have to thank Brother Wang Cheng, otherwise I don't know if I would have been able to get it back."
Even after being wrung out, washed clothes still have some weight.
Ali put the wooden mallet she used for washing clothes aside. She noticed someone was watching her. She looked into the house and saw Li Huaijin standing there, his eyes fixed on her.
When Wang Cheng saw Ah Li looking into the house and suddenly stop moving, he followed her gaze and saw a man taller and stronger than him looking at them.
He had heard from Ah Li's mother that she had married a tall, strong man who looked fierce and was difficult to get along with.
This must be the person standing right in front of me.
While Ah Li was still in a daze, Wang Cheng had already walked up to her. He pretended not to notice that there was someone else in the room and said silently, "Don't be afraid. He won't dare to be mean to you here."
Li Huaijin had never been harsh with her.
Did he misunderstand?
Wang Cheng also called out to Ali, "Hurry up and finish drying these clothes, then come back to my house and get some pickled vegetables."
At this moment, Wang Li came out of the house and called out to Ali, "Ali, stop what you're doing, your father and your husband are here."
Zhang Wangshi also came out of the house. She said to Wang Cheng, "I'll hang the clothes out to dry. Thank you for bringing my Ali back."
"You're welcome, it's my pleasure."
Seeing that Zhang Wangshi had taken over hanging the clothes, Wang Cheng said to Ali, "Then I'll go back first."
"Um."
Ah Li responded and watched Wang Cheng leave.
Li Huaijin came out of the house and walked to Ali's side, saying, "I brought some meat and some other food."
Therefore, you don't need to go to that person's house to get the pickled vegetables.
Li Huaijin didn't say anything; he just looked at Ah Li.
Has this person missed him during the few days they've been apart?
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