Divorce the bad husband, store grain fields, and marry the emperor's uncle for the second time

Xia Xiaorou shook her head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Madam Zhu, but I still won't go."

Zhu Yun never expected that Xia Xiaorou would reject the invitation so decisively.

She couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Madam Xia, how about you think about it carefully? You can also go to the manor to reply to Madam Zhu tomorrow."

Chu Xianyun on the side was also very anxious. She pulled Xia Xiaorou's sleeve, hoping to change her mind.

However, Xia Xiaorou still said firmly: "Miss Zhuyun, please tell Madam Zhu that I have some things to deal with at home and I really can't go to the manor."

Zhu Yun asked in confusion, "Haven't you been kicked out of the house by your sister-in-law? Where is your home?"

Xia Xiaorou looked at Chu Xianyun with a smile, took her arm and said, "This is my new family member, my cousin's wife. My cousin is now bedridden, and my cousin's wife and children are not in good health, so I want to do my best to take care of them."

Zhu Yun glanced at Chu Xianyun indifferently, nodded helplessly and said: "If that's the case, then fine, I'll go back and answer Madam Zhu."

After saying that, she turned and left.

After Zhu Yun left, Chu Xianyun anxiously grabbed Xia Xiaorou's hand and gestured, "Why are you so stupid! My conditions here are not good, and you will only suffer if you follow me, and you will not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear. You take care of us, but we can't even afford to pay you 2,000 coins a month!"

Xia Xiaorou sighed slightly, "Sister Xianyun, if I go to the farm, I will become a servant of someone else's family, and I will be bound and restricted everywhere. But here, I am free. I would rather live a poorer life than lose this freedom."

Looking back on the past, Yan Heng also hoped that she could stay in Yanyuan.

Concubine, personal maid, or mistress, she can choose any identity as long as she can stay by his side.

But she didn't want to be a caged bird beside Yan Heng.

She rejected Yan Heng's kindness.

Now, even though she was only assigned a miscellaneous job, which did give her more freedom than being his woman, she still didn't want to go.

She didn't want to see the Song family or her mother's family taking advantage of her relationship with Yan Heng to do evil, burn, kill, rob, and amass wealth.

Seeing that Xia Xiaorou was so determined to stick to her beliefs, Chu Xianyun had no choice but to obey her wishes.

At this time, Song Yuan's voice came from the kitchen, "Come and see, is the medicine ready? Third sister-in-law? Mother?"

Xia Xiaorou walked over with a smile, "Let me see."

Chu Xianyun also smiled gently and walked towards her son.

Born into a poor family with a chronically ill father and a mother who could not speak, Song Yuan was much more mature than his peers.

When he was four years old, he had already learned how to watch over the medicine boiling on the stove.

Xia Xiaorou opened the lid and took a closer look. Then she stroked Song Yuan's head with her hand and said with a smile, "Just right, the timing is just right."

Chu Xianyun also patted her son's head gently.

They each poured out the medicine.

Chu Xianyun picked up a bowl of medicine and went into the bedroom to take care of Song Yanbai.

After Xia Xiaorou finished her portion of medicine, she searched around the kitchen for food to prepare dinner.

But, only a small amount of brown rice and some corn bran were found.

It was getting late and she was exhausted, so she just cooked some brown rice into porridge and had the eggs she had brought her at noon for dinner.

Song Yanbai was coughing, and a whole egg would be difficult for him to swallow. Xia Xiaorou crushed the egg into a paste with a spoon, mixed it into the porridge, and then added salt grains and mixed well.

Song Yuan was smart and followed suit.

The little guy had a rare delicious meal and was so happy that he kept smacking his lips.

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Yanyuan.

In the rocking chair, Yan Heng, wearing a purple fox cloak, was sitting lazily and leisurely with his legs crossed, gently stroking a Persian cat in his arms, and listening to Zhu Yun's report.

Hearing the key point, he frowned slightly: "She wants to take care of the people from the second branch of the Song family, so she doesn't want to come?"

"Yes, she said they are her new family." Zhuyun replied.

"New family members... hehe..." Yan Heng chuckled, but this laughter made people feel a little chilly, "She is quite good at thinking of ways."

Zhu Yun looked at Yan Heng quietly. Although the man had a smile on his face, she was keenly aware that Yan Heng seemed to be gritting his teeth secretly.

"My dear, do you want Madam Zhu to go and ask Madam Xia about the situation in person?" Zhu Yun noticed that Yan Heng was secretly angry because Xia Xiaorou did not come, so she quickly offered some advice.

Yan Heng waved her hand to refuse: "Forget it, let's talk about it later."

Zhu Yun bowed and left, leaving Yan Heng alone sitting in the rocking chair.

He stretched out his finger, tapped the forehead of the Persian cat in his arms, and gritted his teeth, "You stupid woman!"

"Meow-"

"Humph!"

-

Xia Xiaorou slept soundly at Song Yanbai's house.

When I got up and moved around, I found that I had regained some strength.

She cooked several bowls of clear soup with corn dregs.

Seeing that Song Yanbai's family of three in the east room had not yet gotten up, she warmed the corn paste on the stove and started to boil the medicine.

After eating some corn porridge and the boiled eggs that she hadn't finished yesterday and drinking her medicine, Xia Xiaorou put two eggs in her arms to warm them, put on a straw hat, picked up a shovel, and went to the back mountain of the village.

She had to hand over the dozens of kilograms of medicinal herbs that Yan Heng wanted as soon as possible.

If everything goes well, she can get another order.

Today's trip went smoothly. Not only did the wind and snow stop, but soon after entering the mountain, she found a few Cynomorium songaricum and a Polygonatum sibiricum, as well as some other herbs.

In addition, she also picked some wild hawthorn berries.

This is good stuff, it can cure frostbite.

There was a red and swollen area on little Song Yuan's hand, so this was the perfect way to treat it.

Because she brought eggs with her, when she was hungry, she ate the boiled eggs with clean snowflakes and did not return to the village.

They kept digging until it got dark in the forest. Thinking it was getting dark soon, Xia Xiaorou left the back mountain and returned to the village.

She left home early in the morning and many houses were closed.

Taking advantage of the fact that everyone in the village had their doors open, Xia Xiaorou went to the villagers' homes, bought some rice, and brought it back to Song Yanbai's house.

When Chu Xianyun saw her coming back with a basket full of herbs and a bag of rice in her hands, she hurried forward to help take the things and gestured to her anxiously, "Your mother-in-law is back."

Xia Xiaorou said lightly, "She has nothing to do with me anymore."

"She got angry when she got home. I saw her beating and scolding Cuixi, and Cuixi kept crying." Chu Xianyun rarely smiled.

Just now when passing by Song Liu's house, Xia Xiaorou also heard Song Cuixi's crying and screaming, which was as tragic as when a pig was killed.

She didn't bother to pay attention and walked away.

"By the way, your mother-in-law also brought back a child, who seems to be only a few days old." Chu Xianyun said while gesturing.

Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes suddenly. Child?

If she guessed correctly, the child must be born to Song Wenshan and his concubine, and Song Liu brought the child home and wanted her to raise him.