A farmer's daughter who traveled through time: Marrying a sickly man

The next morning, Xia Tian and Mrs. Yao went to the mountains to pick mushrooms for half a day. The four large bamboo sieves woven by Shen Nian were all filled with mushrooms.

I didn't go up the mountain in the afternoon. I tidied up the vegetable garden in the backyard. It rained for a few days and all the vegetables I planted have grown.

In the summer, I use a small hoe to weed the weeds around the seedlings and loosen the soil at the same time.

In two months, I should be able to eat the vegetables I grow myself.

After hoeing the ground, he started to clean up the yard.

All the firewood brought back was neatly arranged according to size. Those that were too big and thick were chopped directly with an axe in the yard, and then neatly stacked against the wall.

Shen Nian sat at the door, watching Xia Tian, who was like a spinning top, busying himself all afternoon, and found it funny!

This girl must still be angry about yesterday!

Shen Nian curved his eyebrows and called her, "Xia Tian, pour me a glass of water!"

"Hey, here it is!" Xia Tian picked up the teapot, "Isn't there water?"

Pouting to express dissatisfaction.

Shen Nian looked at the person who was throwing a tantrum and didn't respond.

Ask her, "Xia Tian, do you want to learn to read?"

Xia Tian's originally angry expression recovered in a second, and his eyes lit up.

"Yes, yes." How could she have forgotten about this?

The original body was illiterate, but fortunately she had always been in the village and had no chance to show that she could read, otherwise she would have been exposed.

Now Shen Nian is willing to teach, what a great opportunity!

Shen Nian knew that she would definitely agree if he proposed it.

This girl must have wanted to read very much. She often flipped through his books secretly while cleaning the room, and her eyes lit up when she flipped through them.

However, he just flipped through the pages and closed them, probably because he didn't know how to read.

I have to say, this is really a beautiful misunderstanding!

"We don't have any pens, ink, paper, or inkstone at home. Let's go buy a set tomorrow, and also buy two enlightenment books." Shen Nian said.

Xia Tian asked Shen Nian, "Let's go buy it together tomorrow?"

"You go!" Shen Nian refused.

"Forget it! I can't read and I'm afraid I can't buy it well." She didn't want to go alone.

"Brother Shen, don't you have a book? Just teach me how to recognize it first. It won't be too late to buy more books once I know them all." She suggested to Shen Nian.

"Okay." Shen Nian nodded. He would first learn to read and then teach him to write, as a way to repay her for her dedicated care.

Shen Nian went into the house and took out a book. He sat at the door, opened the first page, pointed at the words on it, and began to teach sentence by sentence.

Xia Tian leaned over and stared at Shen Nian's hand movements.

The fingers are slender, with distinct joints, and most importantly, they are incredibly white.

Looking at my own "chicken feet" again, I instantly felt ashamed of myself.

After Shen Nian finished reading, he saw that Xia Tian was not following. He looked up and found that the girl was staring at his hands intently.

Shen Nian coughed lightly. Xia Tian came back to his senses, smiled at Shen Nian embarrassedly, and quickly followed suit to read it again.

The book was filled with traditional Chinese characters, some of which she didn't recognize, so she quickly pointed at the characters and read them again one by one.

After finishing a sentence, Xia Tian looked up and asked Shen Nian, "Brother Shen, is that right?"

Seeing Shen Nian nodded, he continued to read sentence by sentence.

In this way, one taught and the other learned, and in less than half an hour, she recognized all the words on the first page.

Shen Nian looked at Xia Tian!

I knew she was smart, but I didn't expect her memory to be so good.

Looking at Shen Nian's slightly surprised expression, Xia Tian was very proud and said, "I'm very smart, right?"

Shen Nian's lips curled up slightly and nodded, "Smart!"

If she had a tail, she would definitely lift it up by now!

Xia Tian also smiled and thought, there are more surprises to come!

The two studied for a while, and Xia Tian saw that it was getting late, so he went to prepare dinner.

Shen Nian put away the book and watched Xia Tian busy in the kitchen.

There seems to be nothing wrong with such a peaceful day!

There is no intrigue and no fear of being plotted against.

……

A few days passed in a flash!

In the past few days, Xia Tian has finished learning half of the book and has learned quite a few words.

At home, besides teaching Xia Tian to read, Shen Nian also weaves things with bamboo strips.

I also made a rocking chair in the yard under the guidance of summer.

Because of Sister Yao, Xia Tian gradually became familiar with all the aunts, aunts, and sisters-in-law in the village.

He also dug up a grape vine from the home of an aunt he knew and planted it in the yard, saying that when the vine grew up, he could sit in a rocking chair under it and enjoy the cool air.

On April 14th, before noon, a guest came to our house.

In the summer, I went to the mountains to cut bamboo, and all the bamboo I cut was used up by Shen Nian.

The chicks at home sometimes run to the vegetable garden in the backyard.

In order to prevent them from harming the vegetables in the field, she planned to cut some bamboo and surround the vegetable field.

Also build a chicken coop in the backyard to prevent the chickens from dropping shit all over the ground when they grow up.

As Xia Tian entered the door, she saw Shen Nian and a man sitting under the apricot tree in the yard. Under the apricot tree was a set of tables and stools woven by Shen Nian.

Take a closer look!

"Brother?" She was very surprised. She didn't expect that someone from the Xia family would come to see her.

The person who came was Xia Tian’s elder brother, Xia Yang.

"Si Ya." Xia Yang quickly stood up, his voice filled with surprise and his face a little embarrassed as he shouted.

"Brother, why are you here?"

Xia Tian put the backpack and the bamboo on his shoulders on the ground, with a smile on his face, and walked towards Xia Yang while talking.

"I, I came to see you." Xia Yang said unnaturally.

"Brother, please sit down first. I'll go wash my hands." Xia Tian quickly went to the kitchen to wash his hands, then came back and sat on the stool next to Shen Nian.

Shen Nian poured a glass of water and handed it to her. Xia Tian took it and drank it all in one gulp. She was indeed a little thirsty.

"Brother Shen, have you drunk the water in the teapot?" Xia Tian asked Shen Nian.

"Drink it." Shen Nian nodded slightly.

In order to make it easier to distinguish them, Xia Tian bought another set of teapots while going to the market, and now the one on the table is the new set she bought.

Shen Nian's original teapot was still placed in the room for his exclusive use.

Because spiritual spring water was added to it, in order to arouse Shen Nian's suspicion, Xia Tian specially cooked dandelion water and told him to drink it every day and not give it to others.

Xia Yang watched Si Ya and her brother-in-law get along, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little relieved.

These days he always felt guilty when he thought of Si Ya.

When Si Ya got married, her family didn't give her anything, and her brother-in-law's family didn't hold any wedding ceremony or anything.

To put it bluntly, the family sold Si Ya for money.

When Si Ya returned to her parents' home three days later, they waited at home for a whole day but she didn't come back. They were even scolded by their grandmother and aunt in a sarcastic tone.

He knew that his mother was secretly wiping away tears at home that day.

He thought Si Ya must be blaming her family, otherwise she wouldn't even go home to visit.

He was also worried about how his sister was living at her brother-in-law's house. He was troubled for a long time and finally mustered up the courage to come and visit her today.

The first time they saw Shen Nian, they realized that their brother-in-law was not the same kind of person as them, and they became even more worried.

Xia Yang was originally a taciturn person, and Shen Nian usually looked like he kept strangers away. When Xia Tian didn't come back, the two of them sat together and were both suffering.

Xia Yang looked at Si Ya and felt relieved after not seeing her for a while. She seemed to have become a little whiter and more energetic.

Seeing that Xia Yang was silent, Xia Tian took the initiative to ask him, "Brother, did your family ask you to come?"