Divorced woman with child travels through time

Chen Wenfang got up again and went to the kitchen to rummage around. Sure enough, the bag of pastries was still there. The meat she bought last time had also been marinated by Aunt Liu.

The marinated meat was strung up with rope and hung under the eaves to air dry. Chen Wenfang then took some pastries to the kang (a heated brick bed) and handed them to Chen Xuanyu.

"Come on, Zizai, eat something so you can sleep better."

Chen Xuanyu took the pastries and ate a few pieces. Chen Wenfang stayed with him until he rested.

Chen Wenfang slept restlessly that night, waking up several times in a fright. She kept dreaming that Wang Ximao was strangling Chen Xuanyu, and then she would stab him to death with a hairpin, which would wake her up again.

Chen Wenfang finally fell into a deep sleep just as dawn was breaking.

After a while, Chen Wenfang heard Aunt Liu calling her. Startled, Chen Wenfang responded, got up, dressed, and went to open the door.

Aunt Liu entered the door and said with a smile, "Good morning, Fang'er. I thought you must have worked hard yesterday and didn't eat much, so I cooked some porridge for you."

After saying that, he placed the porridge on the table. Looking at the pile of dirt in the room, his heart sank, and he said, "Fang'er, did you not sleep well? Why don't you sleep a little longer? I'll come over later."

Chen Wenfang stepped forward and pulled Aunt Liu to sit down, saying, "I'm not going to sleep anymore. Aunt Liu, you're so kind of you, you even brought me porridge. I want to eat porridge, why should I sleep?"

Chen Xuanyu, who was inside, also woke up and came out wearing shorts and slippers. He called out, "Greetings, Empress Liu, you've come."

Chen Xuanyu's face had already recovered from the swelling, leaving only some bruises. Aunt Liu went up to him affectionately and hugged him, saying, "Our Xuanyu is up. Let the Empress take a good look at his face and see if the injury is any better."

Chen Xuanyu struggled to get down and said, "I need to pee."

Aunt Liu smiled and let go of him, saying, "Go on, go on."

Chen Wenfang said, "Aunt Liu will accompany me to Wangjiazhuang later."

Aunt Liu asked, "What are you going to Wangjiazhuang for? They're probably holding a funeral there. It's not a good idea to go; some busybodies will just criticize you. Tell me what you need, and I'll take care of it for you."

Chen Wenfang said, "Then please go and tell the village chief that I'm willing to teach the women of Wangjiazhuang how to make syrup. Anyone who wants to learn can come over."

Aunt Liu said, "What's the point of teaching them? Haven't they talked about you enough? They're always gossiping, their tongues will eventually rot." Aunt Liu was very angry.

Chen Wenfang said sadly, "After what happened to me, they will avoid me like the plague. Only you are good to me, but I will still have to go to Wangjiazhuang to buy things. Besides, I still killed Wang Ximao. I taught him how to make syrup, so there will always be some people who remember my good deeds and won't say so many bad things about me."

Chen Wenfang then said, "Aunt Liu, could you please go and talk to her for me?"

Aunt Liu sighed and said, "Alright, I'll be right back. You get some rest."

Aunt Liu went to Wangjiazhuang to find Wang Youcai. Chen Wenfang finished tidying up and sat down to drink porridge with Chen Xuanyu, adding some syrup.

After finishing her porridge, Chen Wenfang took a broom and swept the pile of blood-stained dirt away, dumping it far away by the river.

After doing all this, Chen Wenfang took the meat that had been drying overnight down, washed it, and pan-fried and stewed it. She also cooked a large pot of rice in another pot.

After everything was settled, Aunt Liu came over and told Chen Wenfang that Wang Youcai said that anyone in the village who wanted to learn how to make syrup should come over and learn from her tomorrow morning.

Chen Wenfang agreed and told Aunt Liu to eat at home. Aunt Liu laughed and said, "If I eat here, what will happen to my three kids at home?"

Chen Wenfang laughed and said, "Let them all come over, I still have fish to cook."

Aunt Liu said, "You don't have much food. If we all eat, what will you and your daughter eat?"

Chen Wenfang said, "That's enough. The vegetables in my garden have grown a lot, and the green beans and loofahs have already sprouted."

After saying that, he said to Chen Xuanyu, "Xuanzi, go and call Brother Shi and the others over. Tell them I'd like to invite them to dinner."

Chen Xuanyu was very close to Shi Tou, visiting both their homes daily, and readily agreed to go whenever asked. Aunt Liu couldn't stop him. She then said, "Then let me help you prepare the fish."

Chen Wenfang laughed and said, "My aunt just spoils me. Even though the fish is so fishy, ​​she still helps me prepare it."

Aunt Liu retorted playfully, "I'm going to eat with you too."

Together with Aunt Liu, Chen Wenfang processed all ten-plus fish, gutting them, scaling them, and removing their gills.

While they were dealing with it, Shi Tou and Da Zhuang returned with Chen Xuan Yu, laughing and joking.

Kids are so good, they forget so easily. Chen Xuanyu took Shitou and went into the room to play with his toys. He had recently collected a very straight stick and wanted to show it to Shitou and the others.

Da Zhuang was alright. When he saw Chen Wenfang, he greeted her first, saying that his father was in the fields and would be coming later, and then followed her into the house.

Soon Chen Wenfang heard Shi Tou exclaim in amazement from inside, "Wow, it's really straight! Where did you get it?"

Chen Xuanyu must have answered, but his voice was too soft for Chen Wenfang to hear.

Then we heard Stone exclaim in delight, “Back mountain, let’s go get another one, I want one as straight as this one.”

Then the three little ones ran and rushed towards the back mountain.

Aunt Liu watched the three of them playing happily. Ever since Chen Xuanyu and his family came, her two children had become much more lively and didn't look like adults anymore. It was better for them to be more lively.