[Marriage first, love later] She is happy after marrying a widower

Of course the man in green robe couldn't let the dagger pierce his body, so he dodged to the side as he was agile. The man holding the dagger was already limping, so he attacked with all his strength.

The man in green robe dodged, but he couldn't control his body and fell towards the doorpost. The doorpost was made of stone, and the man's head happened to hit it. Blood immediately gushed out, and the dagger in his hand fell into the distance.

"help me…"

The man who had just looked ferocious looked at the man in green robe with pleading eyes.

The man in green robe walked towards the man lying on the ground, then stepped over him and picked up the dagger that had fallen beside him.

He turned around and squatted beside the man who fell to the ground.

"Don't...don't...me, I'll give...her...her to you."

The man blushed with fright, and the man in green robe smiled slightly.

"She was originally mine."

At the east end of Hongya Village, there is a big locust tree that requires three children to hug it.

Under the big locust tree, there stood a man wearing a white cloak. The color of his clothes was the same as the snow. If you didn’t look carefully, you really couldn’t tell that there was a person standing here.

The man in green robe was driving an ox cart and passed by a big locust tree. When he saw the people under the tree, he jumped off the cart.

"It's all done, thank you very much."

"Brother Yilou, you're welcome. If this is done, it will help you, her, and me as well."

The cloaked person heard the voice and it was a woman. She handed the package in her hand to Pei Yilou. Pei Yilou took the package and bowed respectfully to the cloaked woman.

"Thank you for that. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have the money or the courage to do such a thing."

"Brother Yilou, you're welcome. I'll take care of the follow-up matters. You can take Sister Mei and leave quickly."

Pei Yilou bowed again before getting on the ox cart and pulling the people on it farther and farther away.

"My son."

Old Mrs. Liu sat in the yard, crying bitterly over the man who had died long ago and had a dagger stuck in his chest.

The Liu family lived at the easternmost end of Hongya Village, a little far from the village. Old Mrs. Liu cried for a long time, but no one came to the yard.

She put her son on the ground and walked into the main room.

"Liu Meiniang, you little bitch, get out here!"

She searched the room, but saw only a few pools of dried blood, and no response from Liu Meiniang.

Old lady Liu took small steps and ran out of the yard and ran towards the village. She was an old lady with bound feet, so even if she ran, she could not walk as fast as a normal person.

"Someone, help! That bitch Liu Meiniang killed her man and ran off with another man."

Old Mrs. Liu ran, shouted, and cursed. In the quiet Hongya Village, her sharp cries woke up the sleeping people.

People who heard the noise came out of the hospital to see what was happening. When they saw Old Lady Liu, they all went to greet her and asked what had happened.

"Everyone knows that I'm old and my hearing isn't very good. Last night, I didn't hear anything and slept soundly.

As I get older, I sleep less and get up early in the morning. I wanted to go to my son's house and wait for my wife to get up and make breakfast.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw my son lying in the snow at the door of the main house. He was covered with a thick layer of snow. I thought he was drunk and that was why he slept in the snow. I was afraid he was frozen to death.

I was so panicked that I hurried over and pulled away the snow to see. I saw a dagger stuck in my son's chest, and the snow next to his body was dyed red.

That bitch Liu Meiniang isn't here either. She and her mistress must have killed my son and ran away."

The old lady sat on the snow, crying and snotting.

When she was young, she and her husband loved each other and her family was well-off. However, they had no children after more than ten years of marriage. Later, when they finally had a son, she and her husband cherished him dearly.

She spoiled her son and made him behave badly when he was young. He loved to go to Hongshi Town and hang out with the hooligans in the town. When her son was 20 years old, he got into a fight with someone in the town. She and her husband carried their son, who was covered in blood, back from the town.

From then on, her son's leg became lame. She and her husband were unwilling to accept that their son was beaten like this, so they went to the town to investigate and found that it was the Liu family who beat their son.

They refused and demanded that the Liu family compensate for their son's foot. The Liu family could not afford the money, so they sent their youngest daughter to their house to pay off the debt and marry her son.

She and her husband were reluctant at first, thinking that the girl from the Liu family was too pretty and would be restless. But their son fell in love with Liu Meiniang, and they were afraid that their son would become lame and would not be able to find a wife in the future, so they agreed.

Unexpectedly, by letting Liu Meiniang in, they ended up harming their son.

After hearing what Old Lady Liu said, the villagers openly went to the Liu family to help, but they were talking about it in private.

"Sister Wang, tell me, does Mei Niang have an adulterer?"

The woman who came to help came out of Liu's house. She had a long face and raised eyebrows and started talking.

"Who knows? It's hard to say."

The woman who answered the question had a shrewd look on her face. Everyone knew whether Liu Meiniang had an adulterer or not, but she couldn't say it out loud.

"If you ask me, there must be one. Otherwise, how could a woman like her kill the big and strong Liu Bozi? Although Liu Bozi is lame, he is quite big. Most men are no match for him, let alone Liu Meiniang with thin arms and legs."

The long-faced woman said with certainty.

"Hey, you say, if this Liu Meiniang really has an adulterer, who would that man be?"

Another round-faced woman suddenly spoke up, and her question aroused everyone's interest.

The long-faced woman felt very uncomfortable when she saw that the round-faced woman had stolen her limelight, so she interrupted her.

"Tsk, who could it be? It must be that Pei Yilou."

"how do I say this?"

The women all became interested. The women in the village loved this kind of romantic gossip the most.

"My family and the Pei family are right next to each other. I've seen Pei Yilou and Liu Meir together several times."

"Tsk, last time you said that the young wife who was having an affair with Pei Yilou was Song Yanzhi, and now it's Liu Meir? If you're making up a story, make it more complete.

Pei Yilou and Liu Meir are cousins, so it's perfectly normal for them to talk to each other."

The round-faced woman became unhappy when she saw that the long-faced woman had interrupted her and began to question the long-faced woman.

"Wang, don't disbelieve me. Two days ago, Old Madam Pei sent a lot of things to my house, saying that she was going on a long journey with her son, and Liu Meir disappeared.

If you don't believe me, come to my house and I'll knock on Pei's door. I guarantee there's no one there now."

"What Mrs. Deng said might be true. I once saw Pei Yilou and Liu Meir coming out of the firewood pile. At that time, I just thought they were relatives and didn't think much about it."

"Then why did the rumor spread in the village a few days ago that it was Song Yanzhi?"

"I heard that it was Mrs. Li who spread this rumor. Since Yanzhi entered the Han family, she can no longer get any advantage in the main house. She is deliberately trying to sow discord between the young couple."

The words spoken by the women drifted farther and farther in the cold wind, blowing into every corner of the village.