After being replaced, she changed from a miserable daughter-in-law to a lucky wife

When the villagers saw the two men, they did not say hello, but left in a hurry, even staying quite far away from them.

Xia Wanniang looked at them and avoided them like snakes and scorpions: "The villagers don't seem to like us."

Xiao Chiye nodded calmly: "They all think that our family is cursed, so they are unwilling to have more contact with us. Even the house in the back mountain was built for us by the village chief against all odds."

"Why?" Xia Wanniang didn't think there was anything special about the Xiao family.

Xiao Chiye glanced at her, then turned around and walked forward again: "Because of Zimu and the others' bodies and the wound on my face."

Xia Wanniang couldn't figure out how this was related to the curse.

Xiao Chiye: "All three children have physical defects. All three children in any family will have physical defects."

Xia Wanniang suddenly realized: "It will get better."

The two walked until noon and found a rock exposed in the snow to sit down and rest.

Xiao Chiye took out two hard cakes from his backpack and handed one to Xia Wanniang: "Eat something."

Xia Wanniang took the cake from his hand and took a bite. It was really hard.

Xiao Chiye handed her another bamboo tube filled with water: "Drink some water."

Xia Wanniang didn't act pretentiously. She took a sip and softened the biscuit in her mouth. It was easier to chew. "Is this all you eat when you come to the mountains?"

Xiao Chiye nodded: "If we come here in other seasons, we can hunt some game or find some wild fruits."

The forests in winter are even quieter than usual, and the chirping of insects and birds seems to have disappeared.

"Woooo!!"

Xia Wanniang pricked up her ears and listened to the noises around her: "Did you hear anything?"

Xiao Chiye nodded: "You stay here, I'll go take a look."

Xia Wanniang did not follow him. He was more familiar with the forest than she was, and if she followed him now she would only become a burden to him.

Xiao Chiye ran towards the sound and saw a palm-sized broad-eared fox lying in the snow, its small body shivering as it curled up into a ball, its two big ears trembling slightly.

He walked up to the little fox and lifted it up by the scruff of its neck with one hand.

The little fennec fox seemed to be frightened. It let out a sharp cry, its body trembling, and its pair of bright black eyes looked at him in horror.

Xiao Chiye saw that its foot was injured, and blood was dripping down through the hair on its foot.

He looked at the little creature with bared fangs and claws. It seemed a little too small to be made into fur, and the meat was not enough to fill its teeth. He might as well take it back first.

Xia Wanniang saw him coming back with a small fox in his hand: "Where did you get it from?"

Xiao Chiye looked down at the little thing that was still struggling: "I picked it up from the place where the sound was made just now."

Xia Wanniang stretched out her hands and held it over: "It looks pretty good."

When the little fennec fox saw that the person in front of him had changed and that he was being held in her hands, he opened his mouth and was about to bite her hands.

But before his teeth touched the skin of Xia Wanniang's hand, he felt a deathly gaze behind him.

Its sense of danger was extremely sharp. It turned its head to look at the source of danger, only to see Xiao Chiye squinting at it, as if he was ready to break its neck if it dared to bite him.

The little wide-eared fox shuddered, turned its head, stuck out its pink and tender little tongue, and licked the back of Xia Wanniang's hand.

After licking it, it turned its head to look at Xiao Chiye and found that he had given up the gesture of twisting its neck.

It let out a long sigh of relief, and its furry tail and ears drooped down, looking as if it had lost all desire to live.

Xia Wanniang was on guard against it the moment it opened its mouth, so she saw all its changes.

She looked at the injured area of ​​the little fox, which was not serious, so she took out gauze and bandaged it.

Xiao Chiye sat next to her and watched her bandage its wound patiently: "It's too small, otherwise it would be nice to make you a fur collar."

The little wide-eared fox immediately got furious when he heard this, and didn't even bother pretending to be a corpse. He bared his teeth at Xiao Chiye and said: My fur hasn't even grown out yet, and you're already thinking about my fur. Are you still a human being?

Xia Wanniang reached out and touched its furry little body: "It's so small, so pitiful."

The little wide-eared fox looked at Xia Wanniang with tears in his eyes: That's right, I'm so small.

But Xia Wanniang's next words made it want to die completely.