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

"how do I say this?"

Song Yanzhi asked curiously.

"Do you know Aunt Qi at the east end of the village?"

Su was mysterious, and Song Yanzhi nodded to show that she understood.

"Isn't her house closest to Liu Bozi's? I heard Aunt Qi say that in the past, she often heard Liu Meir's crying and wailing. She once went to Liu's house out of curiosity, but was stopped outside the yard by Liu Po.

She had never been inside the Liu family's courtyard, but she had seen Liu Mei crying outside the Liu family's courtyard several times, with many injuries on her body.

"You mean, Liu Bozi beat his wife?"

Of course Song Yanzhi knew about this, she knew it earlier than anyone else.

When she was still at the Song family, Pei Yilou went to the Song family once. He was in a bad mood. Song Yanzhi spoke to him, and he just responded casually.

Later, she overheard Pei Yilou telling Song Tianbao that she was beaten again.

She didn't understand who Pei Yilou was talking about until one day when she was washing clothes by the river, she saw Liu Meir with her sleeves rolled up.

One day, she went to the river bank to wash clothes. At that time, besides her, Liu Meir was the only one washing clothes there.

Liu Meir arrived earlier than Song Yanzhi. When Song Yanzhi got there, Liu Meir had already washed several pieces of clothes.

Liu Meir had rolled up her sleeves, but when she saw her coming, she let them down without caring that their sleeves would get wet by the river water.

Liu Meir's movements were quick and flustered. She glanced at Liu Meir and saw the crisscrossing scars on her arms.

Later, when she made some inquiries, she learned from Song Tianbao that Pei Yilou and Liu Meir grew up together and were childhood sweethearts with a very deep affection.

The two had once discussed marriage, but after Liu Meir married Liu Bozi, Pei Yilou became depressed for a while.

Song Yanzhi was thinking about Pei Yilou and Liu Meir when she heard Su continue talking.

"That's right. I used to wonder why Liu Meir didn't wear a short-sleeved jacket in the summer. Now I understand. She must be injured.

I was afraid that people would see my injuries, so I wore long sleeves even in the hot summer."

"Sister-in-law, what you said makes sense."

Song Yanzhi agreed, she couldn't tell Su everything she knew.

What Su said was right, and that was why she went to Pei Yilou and paid him fifty taels of silver to let him take his mother and Liu Meir away.

Pei Yilou had wanted to take Liu Mei away for a long time, but he was not a high-educated teacher and his family had no land. He and his mother had to rely on his salary to make a living. His mother was in poor health and could not save any money throughout the year.

He didn't dare take his mother and Liu Meir away, for he was afraid that his mother and Liu Meir would starve. When Song Yanzhi found him, she asked him to clear her name, and she would give him some silver. He agreed without thinking.

Song Yanzhi was the one who planned Pei Yilou taking Liu Meir away. The only accident in this incident was that Liu Bozi died.

Originally, Pei Yilou wanted to take Liu Meir away secretly, and that night was the day he had agreed to take Liu Meir away.

Who would have thought that he would see how Liu Bozi tortured Liu Meir. A normal man would not be able to remain rational in such a situation.

Song Yanzhi felt no guilt at all for Liu Bozi's heart. Such a perverted man deserved no death.

Song Yanzhi talked with Su for a while, asked Han Heming and Han Ming to look after the children, and then they walked hand in hand to the kitchen to cook.

"How come you have celery and leeks at home at this time of year?"

The celery beef and leek egg dumplings she made last time were very fresh and delicious, so Song Yanzhi planned to make them again to treat the Su family.

Early in the morning, Song Yanzhi cut a handful of celery and leeks that she had planted, picked them and put them in a basket.

Su entered the kitchen and saw such juicy green vegetables, but they were sparse. It was a harsh winter and there were no green vegetables within a hundred miles.

These days, her family only has sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, or dried vegetables. She hasn't seen any green vegetables for several days.

"I planted this myself. When my sister-in-law goes back, she can bring some back."

"Can you still grow vegetables in this season?"

Su was curious.

"I just figured it out. I thought the vegetables would freeze to death when it was cold, so I moved them inside. There's a heated kang in the house, so it's not cold, so the vegetables can grow."

"This is a good idea. Plant some and store them in the house so the whole family can eat them."

Growing vegetables is not a difficult thing. In the countryside, as long as you are diligent, you will never run out of vegetables to eat.

Song Yanzhi told Su without keeping it a secret. It was not that she didn't expect Han Heming to grow vegetables on a large scale next year, but she knew that even if their family grew vegetables, the target audience would not be farmers.

Growing off-season vegetables is costly, and even if others know about it, they will not easily try to do this business, so there is no need to be afraid.

"By the way, what's going on with those two kids in your family? Are they your relatives' children?"

When Su entered the yard, she found that there were two more children in Song Yanzhi's family.

Song Yanzhi was chopping bones on a wooden board on the ground and said without turning her head.

"No, it's Han Heming's child."

"what?"

Su was washing vegetables when she heard Song Yanzhi's words. All the vegetables she had just washed fell into the basin, and the water in the basin splashed all over Song Yanzhi's face.

"Sister-in-law, don't get excited."

"Oh, my sister, how can you be so careless? Those two children are Han Heming's children. Where did they come from? Have you asked clearly? Who is their mother?"

Su was so worried. Why was Han Heming so troublesome? There were five children in the family all of a sudden, and none of them were born by Song Yanzhi. What should she do?

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. I've found out. Han Heming went on a long trip a few years ago and met a girl. He and her fell in love.

When the girl's family found out, they looked down on Han Heming and drove him away. After he came back, he married Chen.

A few years ago, when the girl came to him, he found out that she was pregnant with his child, so he arranged for her to live outside.

He was also unlucky. Mrs. Chen died of heavy bleeding during childbirth, and the girl also died of a terminal illness, leaving behind only these five children."

Song Yanzhi made up lies without blinking, leaving Su stunned. These were the words she and Han Heming had agreed upon. She didn't want to lie to Su, but the identities of the two children could not be revealed to anyone.

"Yanzhi, what are you going to do now? You don't even have a child yet, but you've become a stepmother to five children. How could Heming treat you like this?

Su was so angry that her eyes turned red. She really felt sorry for Song Yanzhi.

Seeing Su like this, Song Yanzhi felt a little guilty.

"Sister-in-law, it's okay. This is my fate. Heming treats me very well. You don't know my story. If Heming hadn't bought me, my parents would have sold me to that old man Zhou Dafu.

I would rather have Heming take care of a few children than Mr. Zhou."

"Hey…"

Su sighed and patted Song Yanzhi's hand. She knew very well that the rumor spread throughout the village that the Song family sold their daughter to raise enough money for their son to go to Beijing for the imperial examination.

Yanzhi is also a miserable woman.