It's hard to be a stepmother, my disabled husband takes care of my child

However, Dafu also said that when they went down the mountain, they saw Su Man's face covered in blood, so it must have been difficult for the wild boar to come.

Of course he knew that Su Man was not injured, otherwise he would not have carried the wild boar down the mountain by himself.

But this is not because he is afraid of the jealousy of the villagers, so he said it in a more serious way to let the villagers know that it is not so easy to kill the wild boar.

Dafu's words made the villagers even more curious, especially the village chief who had just returned from the town. After hearing this, he was scared and immediately followed him over. Of course, the village chief's wife also followed.

So when Su Man heard the sound and opened the door, what she saw was a crowd of people at the door.

Su Man frowned and asked with some doubt,

"Are you... okay?"

The village chief and his wife looked at her.

"Fu's, are you okay?"

"You kid, you're just a girl! How can you go into the mountains casually? What if something goes wrong?" The village chief's wife scolded Su Man directly.

When Su Man was scolded like this, she was stunned at first, and then she understood what was going on.

She had never been treated like this before, and she felt a little uncomfortable for a moment, but when she thought about it carefully, she realized that they were doing it for her own good, so she had to curl the corners of her mouth and smile at the two of them.

"It's okay, thank you for your concern. I was led by an old hunter in my village for a few years, so I know a little about hunting."

"Before, I felt so sad that I had no intention of living and therefore did not go hunting. Now I know that it is better to live than to die. Besides, my two children still need me, so I have to live a good life. So, since we have nothing at home, I went to the mountains to hunt a wild boar and planned to take it to town to sell."

What she said was very true, and these people had no doubt at all. After all, she really did kill a wild boar. If she hadn't learned how to do it for a few years, how could she have caught one?

After hearing this, the village chief and his wife felt relieved. As long as no one was injured, it was fine.

"Oh... you are right. It is better to live a miserable life than to die a good death. If this person dies, everything will be gone." said Aunt Cui, the village chief's wife.

The village chief said: "Live a good life. Things will get better in the future. You should sell your wild boar quickly, or it will be too late to come back."

Su Man nodded, ignoring the murmurs of other people in the village and went to lift the wild boar.

But at this time, the two brothers Dafu and Dagui had already come directly in front of her.

Dafu: "Where's your wild boar? We'll help you carry it onto the ox cart."

Su Man originally wanted to say that she could carry it, but she didn't expect Xiaobao to stick his head out from behind the door at this time.

"Uncle Dafu, the wild boar is in the yard. Please come in and help. My stepmother is too weak to carry it."

Dagui: “…” He saw with his own eyes that this woman carried the wild boar down the mountain effortlessly. Did this kid have any misunderstandings about his stepmother?

However, seeing his elder brother going straight into the yard, he didn't say much, just nodded slightly and followed him in.

The two brothers carried the wild boar out, one in front and one behind, and placed it on a cart that had been covered with straw.

The villagers who were watching were talking about the big wild boar. Some were envious, while others were jealous.

The village chief and his wife looked at each other after hearing what was said, and finally the village chief spoke.

"Alright, alright, stop standing here and watching. Do you have nothing to do? It's his ability to kill such a big wild boar, and he risked his life to do it. What's more, he has learned from real hunters for several years. If you are jealous, go to the mountains and hunt by yourselves. Don't regret it if you get eaten by a wild boar or lose your hands and feet and are seriously injured and can't be saved."

As the village chief, he certainly knew what these people were thinking. They were just jealous of Su Man for killing such a wild boar, and they wanted to kill one during the Chinese New Year to celebrate the New Year.

But can anyone hunt wild boars? Animals are ruthless. If you really go hunting in the mountains and end up being eaten by wild boars, you will regret it.

The village chief's words did dispel the thoughts that suddenly came to the minds of the villagers.

They just thought that if a woman could kill such a wild boar, they were men after all, so maybe they could do it too.

But the words of the village chief just now made them back off. Well, if wild boars were so easy to hunt, they would have gone there long ago and would not have had to wait until now.

There used to be an old hunter in the village. One time when he went hunting in the mountains, he was gored by a wild boar and broke his leg. He was rescued by the villagers, but the doctor was unable to save him and he died the next day after returning home.

Su Man ignored the villagers and just turned around to look at Xiao Bao.

"Why did you come out? Didn't I tell you and your brother to stay in the room with Daddy? It's so cold, go in quickly, or you'll freeze to death."

Xiaobao nodded obediently.

"I understand, stepmother. My brother is in the room with Daddy. I was worried about you so I came out to check on you. Now I'm going back to my room. You...you must come back early. My brother, Daddy and I will be waiting for you at home."

He was still worried about Su Man, afraid that Su Man would not come back.

Su Man rubbed his head and said,

"I know. I will be back soon. You should also remember not to go out. You must finish eating the food I leave for you. Don't starve. Don't give it to your father. He can't eat those things for the time being. Do you understand?"

Xiaobao nodded, and then Su Man watched Xiaobao go in, and then she closed the door.

A group of people were watching the interaction between Su Man and Xiao Bao, and they started talking about it again. After all, Su Man was really cruel to the two children in the past, and she was really bad.

Although Su Man beat up Li Mama's men that day, she said she would not sell the child and would be good to the child.

But they just listened casually and didn't believe it. It was only now that they finally felt that something was wrong.

Could it be possible that Su Man, this bad woman, could really change into a good person?

The village head and his wife were quite satisfied with this.

Su Man sat directly on the empty seat in the carriage and said to Dafu,

"Brother Dafu, let's go. It will be too late if we don't leave now. I'm afraid that we will be late to come back to see the children."

After she finished speaking, she looked at the village head and his wife, "Uncle He, Aunt Cui, it will probably be dark when I come back from my trip. I am not worried about the two children at home, but I am mainly worried that they will leave the village, so please help me look after them, thank you."

"Don't worry, nothing will happen in the village. We will all keep an eye on it for you." Aunt Cui said.

Su Man nodded. It was true that the people in this village might not be very harmonious, but they would definitely not do anything harmful to others. They were just afraid to leave the village.

Dafu whipped the cow's butt with the whip in his hand, and then the horse started to go out of the village.

The villagers couldn't help but speak sourly when they saw this scene.

"She is a woman who actually went to the mountains to kill a wild boar. Now she is swaggering into town with two men she has never met before. If others knew about this, I don't know what they would say about her."

"That's right! You really have no shame!"

"That's not it!"

Several women in the village couldn't help but gossip a little, and what they said was very unpleasant.

In other words, Su Man left and was not here, otherwise she would have slapped each of these women.

But even without Su Man, there are still the village chief and his wife.

"Don't blame me for being rude if you keep talking nonsense!" The village chief cursed, "She is a woman who works so hard to take care of two children and has a paralyzed husband in bed. As people from the same village, you didn't help her and now you are still talking nonsense! Do you have a conscience?"

Aunt Cui also cursed angrily.

"That's right. How can you do this? He risked his life to do this for the sake of his family's livelihood. If there is any way, which woman would be willing to do this? If it were you, would you do it? You talk about these nonsense things every day. Don't you women understand the difficulties involved?"

What the village head and his wife said made the women who had just gossiped curl their lips. They disagreed with those words.

But since he was the village chief, they dared not refute and could only leave in disappointment.

After the crowd had dispersed, the village chief and his wife walked home together.

"His father, do you think the Fu family has really changed for the better?" Aunt Cui asked as they walked.

"I think so. When this person becomes a better person, her eyes are different. Look at how she treated the child just now. It's obvious that she treats the child as her own."

"It seems so. But his father, have you noticed that she is a little cautious when looking at other people? There is no humanity at all, as if she doesn't care about anyone."

"You must have seen it wrong?" the village chief said, "Maybe he's just in a bad mood. After all, life is a mess right now, so how can he be nice to others?"

Aunt Cui agreed when she heard it.

"No matter what, she seems to be doing well now. It's a tough life for a girl to be sold by her stepmother and have to take care of two children and a husband paralyzed in bed. What she did before was a bit excessive, but we can't blame her for it all. We can only blame her for having a tough life. Please help her more in the future. It's not easy for her either."

It took Su Man nearly an hour to get to the town by riding on a ox cart. She felt her buttocks were numb.

But the endurance that had been engraved in her mind for many years was not fake. Even though she was numb and had no feeling, she still didn't show it.

She and the two brothers Dafu and Dagui didn't speak the whole way. The two brothers didn't know what to say to her, but she was observing the surrounding roads and environment all the way, silently memorizing some important routes and places in her mind.

This town is quite lively. The scenery and houses that I had only seen on TV before now suddenly appear in front of me, which still feels a bit surprising.

From the moment she entered the town, she observed the situation there and found that there were all kinds of things for sale.

However, they don’t have modern snacks, but if you want to make money, you can set up a snack stand.

It was not until she arrived at the entrance of Youranju Restaurant that Su Man withdrew her gaze and looked around the restaurant.

Of course, she also discovered that there was actually a restaurant opposite Youran Ju, called Zui Xiang Lou, and its customer flow was much greater than that of Youran Ju.

"The Fu family, we're here. I'll go and tell the shopkeeper first. You guys wait here at the door." Dafu said.

Su Man nodded, "Thank you for your hard work, Brother Dafu."

Although she has been a loner since she was a child, she still understands some social conventions.

Dafu nodded and went straight into the restaurant.

Seeing this, Su Man also asked Dagui next to her.

"Brother Dagui, the business of Youranju seems to be not doing well. Why don't you go to Zuixianglou to sell? Zuixianglou's business seems to be much better."

The original body had been locked up at home by her stepmother to do housework, and could be said to have never left the house.

It was only after she married into the Fu family that she went to the town, and at that time her original self had never paid attention to the affairs of these restaurants, so naturally she had no memory of these things.

Although Dagui still looks down on Su Man, he will not ignore her.

"The business at Zui Xiang Lou is good, but the people there are not nice. My brothers and I were humiliated when we went there to sell for the first time. They have their own ways to get good prey. My brother and I usually sell at Youran Ju. The owner doesn't look down on us and is a pretty good person."

After listening to this, Su Man nodded thoughtfully. If it were her, she would have the same idea as the two brothers.

Although profit is the most important thing in business, cooperating with people with bad personalities can also be a very painful thing.

Dafu also came out at this time.

"Send it to the back door. The waiter said their boss is resting at the back door."

Su Man had no objection, but asked about the price.

"Brother Dafu, what do you think the price of my wild boar can be sold for?"

"Your wild boar is not big, probably only about sixty or seventy taels."

Su Man nodded again and thought the price was quite normal.

Because the price of domestic pork here is thirty cents per catty, the price of wild boar is much more expensive. Generally, only rich people dare to eat it, and ordinary people dare not even think about it. A wild boar weighing more than 100 catties costs about sixty or seventy taels.

They arrived at the back door and sure enough, the waiter was already waiting there.

He was not surprised when he saw Su Man. After all, Dafu had just told him that it was a young woman who killed the wild boar.

"Catch all the prey first, and let the shopkeeper calculate the silver for you."

The Dafu and Dagui brothers first took down a few pheasants and rabbits that they had shot themselves, and then planned to help carry the wild boar.

When they turned around, they saw Su Man carrying the wild boar down by herself. They were not too surprised because they had seen it once before.

But the waiter next to him was stunned.

Even the shopkeeper who had just come out was very surprised. After all, a thin woman was carrying a wild boar. Although the wild boar was not big, it was still quite surprising for a woman to carry it.

"Where should we put it?" Su Man looked at the waiter and asked.

The waiter quickly pointed to the counter next to him.

"Just...just put it on the table."