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

After the Lantern Festival, the Chinese New Year festivals are all over.

Song Yuan returned to Yanyuan to continue his studies.

Song Yanbai, now in good health, began to go out to make a living. He was thin and weak, and had not learned his father's hunting and fur business, so he could only do some work of copying documents.

Chu Xianyun knew even less and could only make a living by washing and mending clothes for others.

The income the couple earns is barely enough to support their lives.

Xia Xiaorou asked Chu Xianyun if she was willing to learn how to pick herbs.

If you pick good herbs, you can exchange them for more money.

Chu Xianyun didn't know much about herbs, so she only picked the common ones. But the common ones, such as ox-tendon grass and motherwort, were very cheap, and after drying, they were only a few coins per pound. Moreover, these two herbs were not weighed, so even if you filled a few baskets with them, you could only sell them for a few dozen coins.

Chu Xianyun had seen the herbs Xia Xiaorou had picked, and they were all expensive. A basket of herbs could be exchanged for hundreds or even thousands of coins. However, she didn't know where to get them.

Of course she was happy when Xia Xiaorou lectured her.

"Okay." Chu Xianyun said with gestures.

"Okay, let's set off now." Xia Xiaorou said.

The two men took off their heavy long clothes, put on short jackets that were convenient for climbing, and carried baskets, shovels, dry food and water, and headed towards the back of the mountain.

After the New Year, the weather cleared up and many villagers who had gone out to collect herbs and hunt came to the back mountain.

Some people came early and had already got a lot of harvest in their baskets.

The hunter also caught prey.

Chu Xianyun looked on with envy.

Xia Xiaorou patted her shoulder and said, "Don't envy them. We can also pick expensive herbs. Come with me."

She has a strong sense of direction and dares to go into some deep and dense forests where villagers dare not enter.

Therefore, she always collected a lot of rare herbs.

Chu Xianyun nodded and followed Xia Xiaorou.

Seeing her going deeper and deeper into the forest, he couldn't help but become worried.

"Xiao Rou——" Chu Xianyun held Xia Xiao Rou, "Don't go, we will get lost."

Xia Xiaorou smiled slightly, "Just follow me, I won't get lost. If you're worried, I'll make some marks."

As she spoke, she picked up the hatchet and chopped three times at the tree next to her.

He walked a few steps forward and chopped three more times on a tree.

Chu Xianyun blinked, smiled and gestured, "This is a good idea."

Xia Xiaorou added, "I picked trees of the same thickness and cut them in the same direction with the same three cuts, so that no matter how far we go, we can always come back."

With the mark, Chu Xianyun became much bolder.

With Xia Xiaorou's guidance, she dug up several expensive herbs.

Xia Xiaorou didn't dare to get too tired, so after digging some herbs casually, she sat on a fallen tree trunk to rest, and asked Chu Xianyun to mark the herbs according to her method.

Chu Xianyun waved at her and walked deeper into the woods.

Xia Xiaorou rested for a while, then stood up and prepared to look for Chu Xianyun, but saw Chu Xianyun running back with a frown on her face.

While running, he gestured to Xia Xiaorou, "Xiaorou, I saw your sister."

Xia Xiaorou was slightly startled. She curled her lips coldly. "Sister? Xia Xiaoying?"

She didn't want to see him.

"Don't worry about her, let's focus on our own things." Xia Xiaorou said.

However, she was still a little curious. How did Xia Xiaoying find herself in such a deep forest?

Aren’t you afraid of getting lost and dying here?

"She fell down the slope and broke her leg. She can't walk. You really don't want to go see her? This forest is too deep. We are the only ones here. No one else will come." Chu Xianyun gestured worriedly to persuade Xia Xiaorou, "If we don't help her, what if a wild animal comes? What if she waits until dark and no one comes? She will freeze to death. This forest is much colder than outside, and the snow on the ground is deeper than outside."

Xia Xiaorou thought about what happened that year and became furious.

After my mother died, my father remarried, and my brother disappeared not long after.

My father was completely focused on Xia Chen and her son, and never cared about her life or death.

Being young, she hoped that this sister who was three years older than her could give her some warmth, but!

But Xia Xiaoying is in cahoots with Xia Chen!

Gave her household registration card to Xia Chenshi!

"Xiao Rou, she heard that you are here and wants to see you too." Chu Xianyun gestured again.

"Why should I see her?" Xia Xiaorou smiled bitterly. "I wasn't beaten to death by my in-laws, and I divorced my ex-husband who didn't treat me as a human being. I also bought a house. I live a good life. I don't need her to worry about me."

After saying that, she turned around and left with her backpack.

"Xiao Rou——"

Behind Xia Xiaorou, a young woman shouted loudly.

Chu Xianyun looked back and pulled Xia Xiaorou's sleeve, "It's your sister, Xiaoying."

She pressed Xia Xiaorou's shoulder, turned around and ran towards Xia Xiaoying.

While running, he anxiously gestured to Xia Xiaoying not to walk.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." Xia Xiaoying leaned on the stick, smiled shyly, and looked gently at Xia Xiaorou who was standing in front of her with her back to her. "Xiaorou, what a coincidence, I meet you here. I heard that you divorced Song Wenshan and bought a house. You are doing well, and I am relieved."

Xia Xiaorou clenched her fist in her sleeve, sneered, and turned around, "I'm doing well, am I disappointing my sister?"

Seeing Xia Xiaoying, who was about ten steps away, was completely different from what she remembered, and Xia Xiaorou was slightly stunned.

Everyone in the village said that the two sisters looked like her deceased mother Wei Xueying, both were gentle and beautiful. She could see her appearance, and she thought Xia Xiaoying looked similar to her, and was also the "foxy woman" mentioned by Song Liu. But the Xia Xiaoying in front of her was only three years older than her, but she looked as if she was more than ten years older than her.

He was thin, dark, and looked haggard.

But thinking of Xia Xiaoying's indifference and ruthlessness towards her, Xia Xiaorou suppressed the trace of pity in her heart.

"Xiao Rou, you... why do you say that? You are doing well, how can I be disappointed? I always hope that you are doing well." Xia Xiaoying looked sad, "Dad doesn't care about us, you are my only relative in this world."

"Your relatives include a husband and two lovely daughters, so don't count me among them." Xia Xiaorou said coldly.

"I...I don't have a husband's family anymore." Xia Xiaoying lowered her eyes and sighed slightly.

Xia Xiaorou narrowed her eyes. Was she divorced?

Chu Xianyun opened her eyes wide, walked over and patted her shoulder, gestured and asked, "What's going on?"

"Forget it, I'm fine." Xia Xiaoying rubbed her tears, raised her head and smiled pretending to be strong.

Xia Xiaorou looked at her, "You were kicked out by your in-laws? Because you didn't give birth to a son?"

In her previous life, she heard that Xia Xiaoying had only given birth to two daughters and had never been able to conceive a son, and was constantly beaten and scolded by her husband and her in-laws.

Thinking about how Xia Xiaoying treated her badly and how she plotted to marry her into the Song Liu family, she resented Xia Xiaoying and never cared about her and her daughter's affairs.

Later, Xia Xiaoying died at the age of 25, and her two daughters were given away by their in-laws. She never paid any attention to any information about that family again.

Xia Xiaoying was stunned by her question and smiled awkwardly, "I'm fine, as long as you are doing well." She looked at the sky and said, "It's getting late, I have to go."

Seeing her staggering with her painful leg, Xia Xiaorou couldn't help but ask, "Is it because you feel guilty about what happened back then that you don't dare to face me or ask for help when you have difficulties, right? My most beloved sister."

She looked at Xia Xiaoying with a sneer.