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

Zhou Maoxun looked at Xia Chenshi and Xia Dequan with a serious expression, "Uncle, aunt, Xiaorou is a widow at such a young age, can you bear to watch her live like this forever?"

Xia Chen narrowed her eyes, "Maoxun, what do you mean by this? Wait, is this what Xiaorou wants? She wants to remarry?"

Xia Dequan sighed, "Maoxun, how can Xiaorou remarry? It will be bad for her reputation."

"The laws of our dynasty support young widows to remarry, so how can it have a bad reputation?" Zhou Maoxun argued.

"Eh? Maoxun? I told you to find Xiaorou, but you didn't. Instead, you started to blame us elders? Is this what your mother taught you?" Xia Chen raised her eyebrows and asked harshly.

Zhou Maoxun didn't want to involve his mother, so he had to soften his tone, "No, I said it myself. Since you don't agree with her remarrying, why did you bring her back?"

"Why do you ask so many questions about our family's affairs? Maoxun, get out of here! You are not welcome in my home!" After being scolded, Xia Chen became angry and pushed Zhou Maoxun out of the door.

Zhou Maoxun stood at the door and said to Xia Dequan, "Uncle, don't let Xiaorou become a widow at such a young age. She is not even 20 years old! Uncle is harming her."

Xia Chen sneered, pointed at Zhou Maoxun and cursed, "Zhou Maoxun, what do you know? The Song family has the best family background in the village. Can you find a better family for her?"

"Yes." Zhou Maoxun nodded affirmatively.

Xia Dequan came over and waved to Zhou Maoxun, "Go back, don't interfere in Xiaorou's affairs. It's best for her not to remarry."

After saying that, he pushed Zhou Maoxun out of the courtyard gate, ignored him, and went into the main house.

Xia Chen rolled her eyes and went back.

Seeing that persuasion was useless, Zhou Maoxun frowned and left.

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In the following days, the Xia family sent Xia Xiaorou's stepsister Xia Chunfang and children from other branches to look for Xia Xiaorou several times.

But Xia Xiaorou ignored them and refused to go back to her parents' home to be scolded.

Xia Chen was so angry that she cursed at home, "She is so good, she is so stubborn, right? If she has any problems in the future, don't come back to her parents' home and cry for help!"

The Xia family was unable to help, so Song Liu went to Song Yanbai's house several times to make trouble, but was either turned away or hit on the head and face by a mysterious man with a slingshot.

She was so scared that she dared not go near Song Yanbai's house again.

Without anyone harassing her, Xia Xiaorou's life gradually became peaceful.

As long as the snow and wind are not too strong, Xia Xiaorou will go out to collect herbs or dig bamboo shoots.

Because Song Yanbai's health had improved a lot, there was no need for Chu Xianyun to stay by his side all the time. Chu Xianyun also took Song Yuan and followed Xia Xiaorou to the forest behind the village to collect herbs and dig bamboo shoots.

But almost every time, Xia Xiaorou would meet Zhou Maoxun.

Zhou Maoxun goes hunting and sometimes digs some herbs.

When Xia Xiaorou saw him, she just smiled and nodded politely.

But when Chu Xianyun saw Zhou Maoxun, she was particularly enthusiastic. She kept gesturing to greet Zhou Maoxun and reminded Zhou Maoxun to take good care of Xia Xiaorou.

Xia Xiaorou knows how to find medicinal herbs, and Zhou Maoxun also takes the initiative to ask her for advice.

A month later, Xia Xiaorou had dug up all the herbs Yan Heng needed.

Because the quantity was quite large, the four kinds of medicinal herbs weighed 40 kilograms, plus dozens of kilograms of bamboo shoots. It was tiring to carry them on a shoulder pole, so Zhou Maoxun took the initiative to push the cart from his home.

All the herbs and bamboo shoots that Xia Xiaorou dug were placed on it.

"Cousin Zhou, thank you so much. With the cart, I can feel a lot more relaxed." Xia Xiaorou looked at the herbs and dried bamboo shoots piled up on half of the cart and nodded gratefully to Zhou Maoxun.

"Xiao Rou, why are you being so polite? There are some prey I hunted in this car. I'll take them to Yanyuan and ask them if they want them. Put your things on it. It's on your way." Zhou Maoxun was afraid that Xia Xiaorou would think too much, so he hurriedly explained.

Xia Xiaorou smiled slightly, "That's true."

Song Yuan also wanted to go, saying that he wanted to protect Xia Xiaorou. Zhou Maoxun carried him to the cart, helped him sit down, and patted his shoulder, "Sit tight, we're off."

"Let's go——" Song Yuan cheered happily.

The three of them walked towards Yanyuan.

When Song Cuixi saw Xia Xiaorou and Zhou Maoxun together again, she narrowed her eyes, sneered, turned around and ran back home.

As soon as she entered the room, she couldn't wait to shout into the house, "Mom, Mom? Something big has happened!"

The child had just fallen asleep after being coaxed by Mrs. Song Liu, but was woken up again by Song Cuixi's loud yell.

He let out a "wow" and started crying at the top of his lungs.

Song Liu was so angry that she jumped up, dropped her child and started to hit Song Cuixi.

"Why are you howling all day? Chang'er has been woken up by you again, comfort him."

Song Cuixi covered her arm that was hurt by the beating and complained, "Mom, this child is born to my eldest brother's concubine, so he should be raised by him. Why did you bring him home? He cries all day long and it's so annoying."

The child is already one month old. Other children of this age would have stopped crying a long time ago, but this child is very delicate and would cry if startled by the slightest sound.

He cries when he pees and cries when he poops. He cries when he is not held. He has to walk even when he is held.

Is this a child? This is a fucking tormenting hell.

Song Cuixi felt annoyed when she saw this child.

Song Liu was so angry at Song Cuixi that she didn't know how to respond.

Her eldest daughter-in-law, Xiao Liu, is her niece's cousin. Her mother's family is wealthy and powerful, and richer than hers, so she can't afford to offend her.

"Aren't you afraid of your sister-in-law? Send the child to her to raise." Song Liu rolled her eyes.

Song Cuixi was even more afraid of her sister-in-law. She was choked by the question and was speechless.

Mrs. Song Liu held the child in her arms and coaxed her, then rolled her eyes and asked her daughter, "What were you yelling about just now?"

Song Cuixi came back to her senses and slapped her forehead, "It's all my mother's fault. She yelled at me and I almost forgot something important. It was Xia Xiaorou. She went out with that boy named Zhou again. She pushed a cart and I don't know where she went."

"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Song Liu stamped her feet.

During the past month, Xia Xiaorou often went to the back mountain to collect herbs, and Zhou Maoxun also went there. Song Liu guessed that they would meet.

But I can't catch it.

Because they went separately and returned home separately.

Now they are walking together, it's a good opportunity to catch a couple cheating.

"Which way did you go?" Song Liu narrowed her eyes.

"It went to the east. Mom, if you walk faster, you should be able to catch it." Song Cuixi said gloatingly with a raised eyebrow.

Song Liu stuffed the child into Song Cuixi's hands and said, "You coax Chang'er, I'll find some uncles and your uncle Guisheng to catch Xia Xiaorou's adultery!"

She didn't even take her scarf with her as she hurried out the door and ran to the homes of several clan leaders.

Hearing Song Liu's exaggerated story, several clan leaders and clan leader Song Guisheng frowned, "Xia is a decent child and will definitely not do anything out of the ordinary. Cui Xi Niang, are you seeing things?"

"It's absolutely true, the two of them went east and west together, and they were very close. Go and catch them quickly, you will definitely catch a pair now!" Song Liu stamped her feet and urged anxiously.

Since the eldest son of Song Liu's family was the shopkeeper of the county town and had some abilities, several clan leaders and the clan leader Song Guisheng had to agree to go and catch the man.

Several people got on mules and chased after Xia Xiaorou and Zhou Maoxun.

But as they chased them, they found out that they stopped the car and several people didn't dare to chase them anymore.

Because they saw Xia Xiaorou's ox cart stopped at the gate of Yanyuan.

How dare these people go forward and capture Xia Xiaorou?