The safety and comfort of traveling through farming

Chapter 37

He Tao's remarks really exceeded Old Madam Cheng's cognition, she looked at He Tao with widened and cloudy eyes, and waited for the following.

"Where there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather. Instead of letting the children I bought with my life be abused and abused, it is better to let them die early."

Even in a modern country with a sound legal system, such things are not uncommon, let alone in this feudal dynasty.

He Tao had moved twice in her previous life—excluding her experience of renting a house after working.Her parents are double-employees in a state-owned enterprise. Of course, they are not the kind with money and power, but just low-level workers.Before she was ten years old, she lived in the family compound, and the neighbors up and down were all colleagues of her parents.At that time, she had a good playmate named Xiao Xiao, who lived up to his name, small and timid.Xiaoxiao's favorite game is to let her parents grab one of her arms and hold her in mid-air to circle around.Every time she screamed in fright, but she would pester her to play again when she was put down.When Xiaoxiao was six years old, her mother died in a car accident. Three years after her death, her father married her a stepmother.Since then, Xiao Xiao has become even less courageous. What she cares most about asking her out to play is not whether she has a good time, but to always pay attention to whether her clothes are dirty.

"Auntie will beat her if she gets dirty", Xiao Xiao said every time.

He Tao gave her advice: "If she beats you, let your father beat her!"

"It didn't work. The first time she slapped me, I had a nosebleed. Dad came back to show him the clothes for wiping the nosebleed. She told Dad that I was angry. Dad said I was a little liar. The next day Dad went to work. She beat me again, pulling my hair and covering my nose. She said that it would not bleed. I told my father, and my father said that because I was not good, my aunt was educating you. The third time she beat me in front of my father. Hit me in the face because I didn't finish the rice in the bowl. Dad said I deserve it, who told you to be disobedient! My dad is not the old dad!"

Not long after that, He Tao's parents changed jobs and moved home, and they never met Xiao Xiao again, but the saying "where there is a stepmother, there is a stepfather" has been firmly embedded in her heart, and she has never forgotten it.

The little parents are still married in free love, and the relationship between her and Fu Shi is basically a marriage by business.Fu Shi will be obedient to her only because she is his wife, a hard-won daughter-in-law, and any reliable woman who marries Fu Shi will receive the same treatment.

Fu Shi loves his wife so much, if his new daughter-in-law doesn't like his ex-wife's child, will he also cling to her?He Tao didn't know, she didn't and didn't want to know.

The old lady Cheng sighed: "Tao girl, you think too much! Shiwazi is so kind to you, the whole village can't find another daughter-in-law who is so kind to her!"

"Fu Shi is indeed a good man!" He Tao shrugged his shoulders: "No matter who is his wife, he will be the same, and it's not just me!"

Fu Shi, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, clenched his fist violently, and then loosened it slowly.What do you mean by saying that some are not?What kind of person do you think of Fu Shi as a stepfather and stepmother? !
There was a "bang bang" knock on the door.Fu Shi himself couldn't explain why, he didn't want He Tao to know that he heard it, so he walked lightly to the porter, and then called out: "Who is it?"

"Brother-in-law, it's me and my little sister."

Fu Shi opened the door, and before the door was opened, He Lian slipped in through the crack, with a proud face, she smiled and raised the basket in her hand high, and said, "Brother-in-law, look what you brought! "

Fu Shi looked down and saw that the basket was full of all kinds of wild fruits.He pulled out a smile and said, "Your elder sister must be happy to see this! Come in!"

He Tao eats some fruits and dried fruits every day, saying that it is for the benefit of the children, but dried fruits can be anything from melon seeds, walnuts, longan, etc., but fruits are more difficult to deal with.There are no orchards in Liushu Town. The fruits in the market are grown by the farmers themselves and they can’t finish eating or can’t bear to eat. Whether you can buy it or not depends on your luck. The most important thing is that there are no fruits for sale at this time of year. The peaches, plums, cherries, and melons are not yet ripe!

In order to satisfy He Tao's appetite, He Youliang and He Lian would go up the mountain to pick wild fruits every few days.

"It's not busy, we'll wash the fruit before going in." He Youliang wiped the sweat off his face as he spoke, then grabbed He Lian's basket and walked to the well.He Lian also bouncingly followed.

Only then did Fu Shi yell into the room: "Daughter-in-law, it's the younger brother and younger sister who are here!"

"Oh, I see!" He Tao replied in the room.

When He Tao saw the wild fruit in He Youliang's hand, he smiled brightly, straightened up, picked up the basket, carried it into his arms, and ate it.

"Well, it's delicious, I'm so hungry!"

After eating a few times in a row, he breathed a long sigh of relief. Only then did he realize that there were outsiders present, so he was a little embarrassed and handed the basket to the old lady Cheng: "Grandma Cheng, you can eat too." Order it!"

Old Madam Cheng covered her mouth and said with a smile: "You girl, you are so greedy, don't give birth to two gluttonous children!"

"It's okay, the stone can afford it!" He Tao smiled and looked at Fu Shi: "Right?"

Fu Shi nodded.

He Lian echoed from the side: "Yes, my brother-in-law is amazing, my eldest sister can afford to give birth to ten gluttonous babies!"

Fu Shi pulled out a smile and continued to nod.

"What's the matter with you?" He Tao always felt that something was wrong with Fu Shi.

Fu Shi shook his head, paused and said, "It's okay. I have to go to my second uncle's house to discuss the shop."

The shop in the town has been open for almost two months.According to what was agreed at the beginning, Fu Shi was only responsible for providing the shop and start-up funds, and Fu Quan was solely responsible for all other matters.Fu Quan would let Fu Shi over at the end of the month, and the uncle and nephew would talk about the business situation.

"Oh, then I happened to go back to the village with you." Old lady Cheng also stood up.

Fu Shi went out in the afternoon and didn't come back until dark, yelling and slapping the door loudly.

"Daughter-in-law, open the door, your man is back!"

As soon as He Tao opened the door, she smelled the stench of wine. She covered her nose and looked. Fu Shi was leaning against the door frame, staggering. It looked like he had drunk too much!

Fu Shi didn't drink much, and he would only drink a few glasses with Fu Quan when he went to the second room. He Tao had never seen him drink like this, not even on the day of the wedding ceremony.

"Why do you drink so much?! You are desperate!" He Tao stretched out his hand to pull Fu Shi.

There are many narrow roads and ditches in this area, it is really shit luck to be able to get home safely after drinking like this!
"Damn it, daughter-in-law, I can't bear you, I want to spend my whole life with you!" Fu Shi hugged He Tao with a smirk, and said in his mouth, "Daughter-in-law, let's spend our whole life..."

"Nicky!" He Tao couldn't breathe being hugged by him, and couldn't help clapping his hands: "Let go, it's squeezed into my stomach!"

"Ah, and my son, sons..." Fu Shi tried to open his eyes wide and looked at He Tao's belly: "My son, son, my son is in your belly..."

He Tao rolled his eyes, grabbed his hand and dragged him into the door.In the time she turned around and put the latch on the door, Fu Shi had already staggered to the front of the main room.He Tao rushed over in two steps, grabbed him and helped him directly to the guest room in the west wing. She didn't dare to sleep on the same bed with a drunk with a big belly.

Fu Shi fell on the bed, squinted his eyes and smiled at He Tao, muttering non-stop.

He Tao originally wanted to ask him why he drank so much alcohol, but he gave up because of his delirious appearance.She was also a little tired, yawned and rubbed her waist before going back to the bedroom.She hadn't taken two steps when she heard a "bang". Turning around, Fu Shi was lying on the ground with one hand still stretched out towards her.

"daughter in law……"

He Tao moaned helplessly, and stepped forward to grab his hand to help him up.

"Get up!"

Fu Shi grabbed her hand and held it tightly, lying on the ground without moving.She didn't dare to use force, for fear of hurting the baby in her belly, she could only threaten her: "If you don't get up again, I really don't care, I'll let you sleep on the floor!"

Fu Shi snorted twice, looked up at her: "Daughter-in-law..."

"what?!"

"Daughter-in-law, you'll be fine..."

"Nonsense, I'm fine!"

"I will also protect my lord..."

Only then did He Tao understand why Fu Shi was abnormal today. It turned out that he had heard what she said to Mrs. Cheng.

She was the one who conceived in October, she was the one who worked hard to give birth, and she was the one who had life-threatening difficulties in childbirth. She should make the decision whether to protect the adult or the child!But Fu Shi took this as a kindness to her, and said it swearingly, she couldn't tell how she felt at the moment.

Should be happy?

She looked at Fu Shi who was still muttering vaguely, knelt down and asked him, "Then you don't want a son?"

Fu Shi shook his head: "Yes!"

He Tao rolled his eyes.

In fact, she still wanted to ask, "What if I can never have a son?" In the end, she gave up, why bother?It's useless to think about the future.

"If you are nice to me forever, I will be nice to you forever." She put her other hand on Fu Shi's tightly clenched hand and said seriously.

The next day, Fu Shi woke up at noon and got out of bed clutching his aching head.He Tao, who was leaning on the couch basking in the sun, looked up at him after hearing the noise.

"Awake?"

"woke up!"

Fu Shi scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.

He remembered what happened yesterday.After hearing what He Tao said, he was angry at first, He Tao actually thought that he abused their children, how could he think that way?He felt that if he stayed in the same room with He Tao, he couldn't help but want to quarrel with her, so he went to the second room under the pretext of discussing the shop.The second uncle saw that he was in a bad mood and asked him what happened, but he didn't know where to start.

Said that the daughter-in-law didn't believe in herself?It didn't seem to be the case, he thought about it, and it wasn't just because of this that he was angry.He kept thinking about his wife's phrase "It's the same for anyone who marries", so he just thought that it's the same for whoever He Tao marries?

He Tao would also squint his eyes with a smile at that person, would hug that person to act coquettishly, would pout his mouth and let that person kiss him?He thought of He Tao's ex-husband Zhang Da. He heard that he was not in good health. Did He Tao treat him like Zeng?Did she ever speak softly to Zhang Da, did she comfort him and encourage him when Zhang Da was unhappy?

Thinking of these, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, sour and astringent, which he had never felt before.He couldn't figure it out, and he didn't understand why he was just like his daughter-in-law thinking about everything!

How to tell others about this kind of thing?In the end, he didn't say anything to the second uncle, but just drank one cup after another. Later, the second uncle got drunk, and he continued to drink. The hall brother and the second cousin also made him drink, and finally the second aunt drove him away. come out.

After leaving the second room, he went to the grocery store in the village to buy two jars of wine, and sat by the river in front of his house to drink alone and continue thinking alone.What is it for?Why is he so angry?What is the reason for that strange feeling?
He suddenly thought of Zeng Jiuniang.Zeng Jiuniang said, "As long as I have He Yuanyuan, I have everything, and I will not be happy without him giving me the whole Daqi!" At that time, he felt that Zeng Jiuniang was full. Yue asked her to choose He Yuanyuan or white noodle steamed buns, and she would definitely choose white noodle steamed buns!
"Why are you standing there stupidly? There's a meal left for you, go and eat!" He Tao shook the cattail fan in his hand and raised his head to smile at him.

He squinted his eyes to look at He Tao, thinking that she was prettier than flowers and more dazzling than the sun.He suddenly understood what Zeng Jiuniang was talking about about love and love.

He felt that even if he starved to death, he would still choose He Tao!
(End of this chapter)