After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Zhou Sanmei’s husband’s home was not too far from Nandu. It took a day’s walk on the official road, and then another half day’s ride by horse carriage or ox cart to get there.

Zhou Sanmei's husband's family was considered wealthy in the village. They owned dozens of acres of land and a large courtyard with twelve rooms.

However, Zhou San's brother-in-law's family also has a large population, with three brothers and more than a dozen people in total.

When Zhou Sanmei first got married, she thought this house was so big and luxurious that it seemed even out of her reach for her family which only had a thatched house.

Because of this, she has always been somewhat ashamed in her husband's family.

But now it seems that this house is small and dilapidated and is not worth mentioning.

At this moment, her inner anxiety dissipated a lot.

When she raised her hand to knock on the door, she still looked calm on the surface.

The person who opened the door was my third brother's wife. She was holding a broom and seemed to be sweeping the yard.

Like every winter before, she was wearing a patched cotton jacket and her face was red from the cold.

I haven't seen you for more than a year, and you seem to have aged a lot.

"You are...who are you looking for?"

Her third sister-in-law had just come to answer the door casually, but suddenly she saw a woman with a plump face, wearing a neat and thick cotton robe. She had a tall figure and a very neat and capable temperament, and it was obvious that she came from a wealthy family.

The momentum of her words suddenly weakened a bit.

Only then did Zhou Sanmei realize that the other party didn't seem to recognize her.

It’s only been over a year since we last saw each other, has she really changed that much?

"Third sister-in-law, it's me, Zhou Sanmei."

Her third sister-in-law looked at her carefully for a long time, and then said in horror:

"You...were you not killed by the bandits? Are you a human or a ghost?"

Only then did Zhou Sanmei realize that this was what her husband had told her whereabouts when he came home.

However, she did not have time to explain to her third sister-in-law, because a thin figure who was squatting by the well in the yard washing sweet potatoes was looking over here.

Zhou Sanmei recognized her immediately; it was her daughter Niuniu!

Although Niuniu is already seven years old, she is still as thin and short as when she left home.

Zhou Sanmei's heart suddenly felt as painful as if it were stabbed by a needle. She rushed past her third sister-in-law and rushed to the yard, choking with sobs and shouting:

"Niuniu! Mom is back!"

Niu Niu, who was washing sweet potatoes in the yard, finally confirmed that it was her mother. She immediately shouted "Mom" excitedly and ran into Zhou Sanmei's arms.

"Mom, you're not dead! That's great! Mom!"

The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried bitterly.

This commotion brought the whole family out.

Zhou Sanmei saw that next to her husband stood a woman in her early twenties, holding a child who looked to be about seven or eight months old.

The child was fair and chubby, forming a sharp contrast with her Niuniu.

Apparently, her husband married this woman not long after he returned, so she had not been back for more than a year before they had such a big child.

"Who is she?"

Zhou Sanmei asked in a pretended angry tone.

Her husband didn't say anything, but the woman holding the child frowned and said in a sharp voice:

"I was married to the Zhang family in a formal ceremony, and I even gave birth to a son for the second brother Zhang! Since you have lost your virginity, you should just get out of the Zhang family!"

It seems that her husband has already told his new partner about what happened to his ex-wife.

From the moment her husband abandoned her, Zhou Sanmei no longer wanted to be his wife.

Now her husband has remarried, which is exactly what she wants.

She looked at her former husband with red eyes and said:

"Okay! I can get out of the Zhang family, but I want to take my daughter Niuniu with me!"

No one in the Zhang family expected that Zhou Sanmei, who used to be afraid to even speak loudly, would become so tough.

However, they were not afraid of her as a woman.

Her father-in-law, Old Man Zhang, spoke first:

"Niuniu is the flesh and blood of our Zhang family. You want to take her away? No way!"