When the pears are green

Master Yang carefully looked at the scars on Wu Mingshu's face. He asked Yang Jing to take good care of Wu Mingshu at home, and he planned to go to the pharmacy to buy some scar-removing medicine for Wu Mingshu before it got dark.

"Yang Yu, don't go. It's getting dark and the road is not safe." Wu Mingshu hurriedly stopped Yang Yu. Although Yang Yu's home was in Heihe Town, Heihe Town was not safe at night and she didn't want Yang Yu to take risks because of her.

Yang Jing, who was sitting next to her, said she could go to the pharmacy.

Wu Mingshu shook her head after hearing this. She held Yang Jing's hand and said, "Jing'er, although you are strong, you are a girl after all. You can't go out at night. Although ordinary people can't beat you, if you meet a martial artist, you will definitely suffer. You and Yang Yu don't go. The wound on my face is not a problem."

After washing up, Yang Jing and Wu Mingshu lay on the bed. Yang Jing propped up her head and said to Wu Mingshu, "Sister-in-law, Cheng Ge is such an idiot. He only hit you in the face. Isn't it obvious at a glance?"

Wu Mingshu had never been shy about Yang Jing, who was four years younger than her. She smiled and answered Yang Jing, "Jing'er, Yang Cheng is not stupid. He only hit my face because he learned some tricks in the brothels and was going to try them on me. If he had beaten me black and blue beforehand, it would have ruined his mood. Although I am the daughter of a small family, I cannot let him abuse me at will, so I had a conflict with him."

Wu Mingshu is no longer sad now. She feels calm towards Yang Cheng and only hopes to divorce him cleanly.

Yang Yu was sitting in the yard listening to the words coming out of Yang Jing's room. He took a shower in an irritable mood and then went straight into his room.

At dawn, Wu Mingshu and Yang Jing got up. Wu Mingshu first thanked Yang Zhang for taking her in for one night, and then said goodbye and went back to Wuzhuang Village.

Yang Yu, who had been paying attention to the movements in the yard, walked out of the kitchen. He first secretly observed Wu Mingshu's injuries, and only felt relieved after seeing that the redness and swelling on Wu Mingshu's cheek had subsided a little.

"Sister-in-law, I have prepared the meal. Let Jing'er accompany you back after dinner. The corn is very tall now, and it is not safe for you to travel alone." After Yang Yu said this, he asked Yang Jing to go to the kitchen with him to serve the meal.

Yang Jing first glanced at Yang Yu, who seldom cooked in the past, and then looked at the food Yang Yu cooked with a critical eye. She decided it would be better to just eat steamed corn bread.

Wu Mingshu smiled and took a bite of the salty fried eggplant, then quickly drank a mouthful of the slightly mushy noodle soup. After she tried hard to convince herself to swallow the food in her mouth, she finally picked up a piece of steamed bread and started to eat it, just like Yang Jing.

Even Yang Zhang, who was never picky about food, frowned. She kept wondering how much salt Yang Yu had wasted.

Yang Yu also took a bite. After being hungry all night, he felt it was not bad and ate the rest of the food without any complaints.

After Yang Yu, Yang Jing and Wu Mingshu left, Yang Li and Yang Tian went to Yang Yu's house in a panic.

Seeing that only Yang Zhang was sitting in the yard spinning cloth, Yang Li asked with a smile, "Where are the maids Mingshu and Jing from the old fifth family?"

"They are still sleeping. Mingshu held Jing'er in the yard and cried until midnight. They went to bed late and haven't gotten up yet." Yang Zhang answered Yang Li without raising her head.

Yang Li smiled awkwardly. She pushed Yang Tian sheepishly, motioning him to wait a while before coming over.

Yang Yu, Yang Jing and Wu Mingshu met Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou, who were also returning to Wuzhuang Village, at the stone tablet in Heihe Town.

After seeing the scars on Wu Mingshu's face, Song Li hurriedly walked to Wu Mingshu and asked, "Sister Wu, what happened to your face?"

"I was beaten by Yang Cheng." Wu Mingshu knew that Song Li was an open-minded person, so she told Song Li the truth without reservation.

Song Li felt sorry for Wu Mingshu's experience, and she asked Wu Mingshu what she was going to do?

"Of course we should divorce. Yang Cheng and I have no children, so we have no ties. If I don't divorce him after he hit me once, should I let him hit me a second or third time?" Wu Mingshu was raised in the palm of Wu Wei's hand, so she would naturally not be bullied by Yang Cheng in vain.

Song Li agreed with Wu Mingshu's statement. No matter what era, a woman with the support of her family can live with her back held high.

When Song Li and Wu Mingshu were talking, Yang Yu recognized Jiang Qingzhou, and asked with a smile about the relationship between Jiang Qingzhou and his wife and Wu Mingshu.

"My wife's younger sister is engaged to Sister Wu's third brother." Jiang Qingzhou heard Wu Mingshu say that she was going to divorce Yang Cheng. He felt that it was not appropriate to call Wu Mingshu Madam Yang anymore, so he called Wu Mingshu Sister Wu.

Yang Jing, who was standing by, heard this and said happily, "So we are all relatives." Then her face fell again. If Wu Mingshu really divorced Yang Cheng, then she would soon no longer be a relative of Wu Mingshu.

After hearing what Yang Jing said, Song Li looked closely at the girl who looked a few years older than herself but still had her hair in a bun as if she was an unmarried woman. The girl was wearing a light blue dress and had a pair of bright eyes set in her round face. Her lips were pouting under her not-so-high nose, and she looked secretly angry.

Wu Mingshu comforted Yang Jing that she was her sister anyway, and Yang Jing became happy. When Yang Jing lowered her head, Song Li saw a white hairband tied in Yang Jing's hair, and then she realized that Yang Jing was still in mourning.

Yang Yu didn't dare let Wu Mingshu stay here for too long. He was afraid that people from Yang Cheng's family would catch up with them, so he urged Song Li, Jiang Qingzhou and Wu Mingshu to leave quickly.

Yang Jing waved goodbye to Wu Mingshu reluctantly. After sending Yang Yu to the study, she went home.

Yang Jing deliberately took a walk in Heihe Town before going home. When she passed by Yang Cheng's house, she was stopped by Yang Li and asked where Wu Mingshu had been.

"Sister-in-law has gone home." Yang Jing replied in a low voice.

"When did you come back?" Yang Li's heart trembled. She naturally knew which home Yang Jing was talking about.

Yang Jing replied nonchalantly, "Just now, my sister-in-law was relaxing in the town when she met someone from the same village. When the person saw that my sister-in-law looked hurt, he took her back with him."

Yang Li complained a few words to Yang Jing for not trying to stop them, so she quickly ran into the yard and called Yang Tian to go with her to find Wu Mingshu.

Yang Jing wandered around Heihe Town for nearly half an hour before returning home. When Yang Li and Yang Tian ran to the stone tablet, Wu Mingshu was nowhere to be seen.

In order to take care of Wu Mingshu, who usually did not walk such a long distance, Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou walked and stopped along the way, and did not arrive at Wuzhuang Village until almost noon.

The two of them first sent Wu Mingshu back to the Wu family. When Wu Li and Wu Minghui saw Wu Mingshu's face full of injuries, their eyes were red.

Mrs. Wu Li invited Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou into her house for a drink of water, but Song Li declined as she hadn't seen Mrs. Zhang and Song Yue for a long time, so she and Jiang Qingzhou said goodbye and went home.

After Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou left, Wu Li closed the courtyard gate and hurried into the main room to ask Wu Mingshu what was going on. Although Wu Mingshu felt that some things were difficult to talk about, she still told Wu Li the truth.

"Your father asked you to divorce him before, but you didn't listen and now you're being beaten. Damn Yang Cheng, when your father comes back, I'll ask him to call your cousins ​​to smash his house." Wu Li angrily cursed Yang Cheng several times.

Wu Minghui also imitated Wu Lishi and scolded Yang Cheng again. Wu Lishi heard Wu Minghui saying unpleasant words in her childish voice and quickly told her not to learn everything.

When Song Li and Jiang Qingzhou arrived at the Song family, Zhang and Song Yue had just returned from the fields. Zhang, who was exhausted, handed the key to Song Li, who quickly took the key and opened the gate.

Jiang Qingzhou first took out three watermelons from the backpack and put them in the main room, then took the remaining one into the kitchen and cut it.

"Mom, you guys eat first. It's getting late. I'll go boil some water and cook." Jiang Qingzhou ate two pieces of watermelon and hurried to the kitchen to stew the chicken he brought.

Zhang stood up and tried to stop Jiang Qingzhou, but was pressed down on the stool by Song Li again. She smiled and said to Zhang that she would just make more delicious food next time they came.

"As for you, I'm worried that Qingzhou will feel uncomfortable." Zhang tapped Song Li's forehead.

Song Li smiled and replied: "Qingzhou treats mother as his own mother, so you don't have to be polite to him."

Song Li then asked about the corn lodging situation, and Zhang smiled and replied, "It's not so bad this year, not as many as last year. The wind was not strong yesterday, and Xiaoyue and I spent the whole morning helping all the corn lodging."

"That's great!" Song Li then told Zhang and Song Yue about Wu Mingshu.

"Alas, Sister Wu is such a good person, yet she is treated like this." Song Yue felt sorry for Wu Mingshu.

Zhang didn't say anything. She didn't expect that a gentle woman like Wu Mingshu would be treated so badly. Although people in the village often beat their wives, they usually didn't beat them for no reason.

Seeing that Song Yue and Zhang were unhappy, Song Li quickly said that the watermelon was grown with the melon seeds left over from last year.

"Then I'll try it too." Song Yue quickly took out a wooden bowl that Song Xing had made before, picked up the black melon seeds in it, and then spread it in a cool place to dry.

In the afternoon, Wu Minghui and Wu Li came to the Song family together. Wu Li first complained about Yang Cheng with Zhang, and then handed a wooden box to Song Li.

"Xiao Li, Mingshu wants you to stop by the study on your way back and give this to the teacher named Yang Yu. She said there is a thank-you gift inside. Then she asks you to tell Yang Yu not to let Yang Jing get involved. Mingshu said that Yang Jing's family will continue to live there, so they should not be hated by Yang Cheng's family." Mrs. Wu Li conveyed Wu Mingshu's words to Song Li word by word.

Song Li took the wooden box and asked Wu Li to tell Wu Mingshu that she would definitely deliver it.