172 The Virtuous Woman (1/2)
After searching for a few days, they finally returned with a final answer. There is a married woman who lives near the Huanyang village, surnamed Zhang who is said to be very filial, and her virtuousness is unparalleled.
I refused to let anyone in the house know about my research, so I woke up before sunrise and climbed out of bed before Xiang Qing woke. Spending less than half an hour, I went down the mountain road, more than the 40 miles and found that woman's house, changed into a cat and hid in a big tree, to wait and watched.
At this time the sun had just risen, and the woman had already washed a large bucket of clothes and then went to the kitchen to start making porridge for breakfast, the rice used for the porridge was very particular, it had been finely ground and soaked all night, she used a spoon to stir it and set it to simmer for a long time before the unique fragrance of rice wafted through the air.
She gently sat down beside the stove and absentmindedly started picking green onions and started dozing off, her head was going to the direction of the fire. I was so shocked I jumped into the kitchen through the window with the fastest speed and used my body to move her head back up to avoid her getting burned.
The madam was shocked and suddenly woke up and saw me, then she embarrassingly laughed and said, ”How come I dozed off again? Thank you very much
Then she looked around for a long time, seemingly looking for something to give me to eat, but could not find anything.
There was a faint smell of something burning, I looked at the porridge on the stove and gently, ”meow” -ed to alert her. She immediately jumped and rushed over, but the porridge was already sticky
It's okay, you can still eat it, I rubbed against her legs to comfort her.
I didn't expect the madam to start crying out loud, she removed it from the fire and turned the thick porridge with the spoon. A burly county man hurriedly walked in, sniffed and frowned, ”What is going on?”
”Husband...I was careless...” She shakingly said, looking very upset.
”Keep it down.” The man hurriedly started eating the large bowl of hot porridge holding it in his hands, enduring the pain, looked back at her with a grin on his face.
I looked behind him and saw the curtain at the entrance shaking, then saw the wrinkled face of an old woman as she entered with stern eyes and very rudely said to the madam, ”What a great morning. You brought my son to be affectionate, ah? Don't you have work to do? Are the chicken fed? have you fetched water? You just know how to play!”
The man quickly hid the porridge and walked forward and laughed, ”Mother, you got up so early. If you don't get enough sleep, your body will be tired. How will your son be able to feel at ease?”
The old woman's stern expression changed to an adoring one and she touched the man's head, ”There are so many things to be done at home. Your wife has been married for a few years already and still doesn't know how to do the work properly if I don't come out to oversee things. Don't worry about it and hurry and go to work.”
”Mother. Ah Cui's body is poor, it's not good for her to do heavy work. You should be more considerate.” The man urged.
The old woman gave him a look, ”You are saying this. Her body is not good. Is it then this old woman's body that is good? Isn't this way it was when I was a daughter-in-law? You go out and handle your own business. I know how to do things in moderation.”
”Today, your child was very hungry and finished the porridge. ” The man said with a wide smile.
The old woman just smiled and urged him to go out.
When she couldn't see his shadow anymore. She suddenly turned and slapped her daughter-in-law's face, it immediately became red and swollen. The old woman started scolding her, ”You this useless woman, do you really think that I cannot smell that burnt porridge? Do you think our Zhang family has property to squander, that you are wasting money willfully? Even something so small you cannot do, you might as well leave early! Don't seduce my son!”
”I didn't...no...” The madam looked on weakly as she was scolded and silently cried.
”You did not seduce my son? You're just a good for nothing useless damaged daughter that has come into my family. If not before that I heard you were virtuous and sensible, I would never have let Da Niu marry you.” The old woman continued to fiercely scold, ”I didn't expect you to be so shameless, does not work well and every day instigate my son to only listen to your words and stand against me. Is it better to let you suffocate this old woman to death or to drive you out early?”
”I didn't instigate him...I really didn't!” the madam desperately argued.