Life is not easy for widows in any era. If Shen Nanzhi encounters one, he will help her if he can.

But he still corrected her address, "Just call me Nan Zhi, don't call me Jiang Sijia."

Aunt Xu knew her situation and sighed, "The Jiang family is not good enough for you, but at least you have a man and a family. Unlike me, if it weren't for the children who miss me, I would have wanted to leave."

"Why don't you remarry?"

"You can't say that. I have to keep it for my man."

Shen Nanzhi shut up immediately. If she continued talking, it would be annoying. Matters of the heart are hard to control.

There were some tiles, soil and sand on the car, which were used to plaster the roof. A woman had to do a man's work.

Shen Nanzhi sent her home. It was a thatched house like the Shen family's, and it was so shaky that she even wondered if a heavy rain would wash it down.

There are four children, two sons and two daughters, from oldest to youngest. Their names are easy to remember: Xu Goudan, Xu Gousheng, Xu Daya and Xu Erya. They are all pale and thin, with big heads and thin necks. Except for a pair of black, bright and innocent eyes, there is nothing cute about them.

"Hurry up and call someone, this is Fourth Aunt Jiang."

"No, call me Sister Shen."

The children were stunned. Shen Nanzhi took out a handful of rock sugar, which was in the kitchen of the space. She moved her mind and really took it out.

"Call me sister and you'll have candy."

"Sister Shen."

Shen Nanzhi called everyone one by one and stuffed candies into their mouths. Aunt Xu was embarrassed: "How can I let you spend money? You have children at home, give them some candies. Come and drink some water."

Shen Nanzhi's heart moved, so she simply sat down to drink some water, and complained, "Aunt, my parents are gone, and I don't have any family members. I can only tell you about the pain in my heart."

Aunt Xu was also distressed. "You tell me, Auntie is listening. I will never tell anyone. It's not easy for us women to live."

Shen Nanzhi said that you can tell others, and said: "My children are not my biological children, after all, there is a layer of separation.

I came home late a few days ago, and the kid deliberately let the pigs out, which bumped into me several times.

I had enough strength to get the pig back, but I'm still dizzy from the hit on my head. I'm really heartbroken."

Aunt Xu was furious: "How can someone so vicious at such a young age? They are so heartless. Sister, you are really... Oh, you have a miserable life."

"Who says it's not true? I'm not saying I'm better to them than my own mother. I'm one of the best in the village. If I hadn't woken up and heard their secret conversations, I wouldn't have known they hated me so much. I really am..."

Aunt Xu could imagine the rest of the situation herself and felt even worse than her.

Including the time when the children stole food and cloth to the old house, Jiang Chen always forced himself to give money to the old house and told her everything.

She would not tell anyone about the suffering the original owner had endured, so she told the villagers herself that the Jiang family's old house should not think of getting money and tarnishing their reputation.

"This is really too much. Jiang Si is a scholar, but he has such a dirty mind. But sister, the most important thing is to have a son. If you have a son, you won't be afraid that the Jiang family will kick you out."

Aunt Xu’s ideas are stubborn feudal ones. She believes that the husband’s family is everything and a woman cannot survive without them.

Shen Nanzhi sighed, "I also want to, but I'm not afraid of being laughed at by my aunt. My husband...hasn't even consummated our marriage yet."

"what?!"

Aunt Xu couldn't believe it. "How could he do that?"

"It's all my fault that I'm ugly and my husband doesn't like me. Don't blame him. I won't say any more. Auntie, let me help you fix up the house."

"Why should I trouble you?"

Shen Nanzhi inherited the original owner's abilities and is good at doing all kinds of work inside and outside the house. It just depends on whether she is willing to do it.

After working for most of the day, they repaired the roof of Aunt Xu's house and smeared a layer of mud on the wall so that it could provide some support even if it rained.

Aunt Xu cooked and said shyly, "Have a bite at my house. It's nothing special. Don't be disgusted."

"No, I cook just pig food, it's fine as long as it's cooked, I'm not picky about food."

Even if you are not a picky eater, the sight of coarse flour porridge with wild vegetables, and steamed corn bread made of wheat bran and black flour, still makes your throat choke.

Just like that, several children drooled at the sight of the steamed corn bread, as they only had a bowl of porridge to drink.

Shen Nanzhi ate a bowl symbolically and said, "I'm leaving now. Auntie, take a rest. Come to me if you have any problems in the future. If nothing else, I still have enough strength to do some work."

"Okay, then you should slow down. The Jiang family is too much of a bully. They have been framing you. I will speak for you in the future."

"Thank you, auntie. Let's go back."

Aunt Xu wiped her eyes and said, "Sister Shen is such a good person."

Xu Goudan ran out of the house and said, "Mother, Sister Shen left some copper coins on the table."

"Why did you leave money here?"

It’s not much, just over fifty cents. The Xu family is in such a difficult situation, and steamed corn bread is a rare commodity. How can Shen Nanzhi have the nerve to eat other people’s rations? The children might go hungry for a few days.

Aunt Xu was even more touched, and from now on Sister Shen would be her real sister.

Soon, Aunt Xu got the chance to repay the favor, and she rushed forward like a chicken with blood injected. Everyone in the village wondered: when did the relationship between the Shen family and the Xu family become so good?

When Shen Nanzhi returned home, she was stopped by the troublemaker Sister-in-law Lin, who was full of gossip, "Shen, I heard that you don't support the children anymore? You even forced the children to go to the old house to ask for things to support you?

Jiang Si is the only scholar in our village. You, as his wife, must not do such an unfilial thing. "

"Mrs. Lin, you said you heard it. If you want to spread rumors, you need evidence. Otherwise, I will talk to the village chief."

Mrs. Lin is the eldest daughter-in-law of the village chief. Her family is well-off, but she has nothing to do and likes to stir up trouble with other people. The village chief has taught her a lesson several times, but she never changes.

"Hey, why don't I have any evidence? Now your child is kneeling at the door of the old house and won't leave unless he is given food. Everyone is watching him."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Shen Nanzhi sneered. Her eldest son had given her another big surprise. Now the whole village knew that she was unkind and didn't raise her child.

The old house still had to pay back the grain, and he could take it home to claim credit. Shen Nanzhi narrowed his eyes. If he had used this thought in the right way, he would have had a promising future. Unfortunately, he had spent it on crooked ways.

It was probably Jiang Ke's idea to release the pig to hit the original owner, but it was definitely Jiang Xun who did it. One of his sons is bad, and the other is brainless and impulsive. They really are brothers.

She walked slowly to the old house, and the villagers she met on the way looked at her with contempt, as if she were some unforgivable evil person.

"A stepmother is cruel. It's really not okay to marry someone who is not her biological child."

"Who said it wasn't true? Shen Shi killed pigs without blinking an eye, so what's the big deal about abusing a few children?"

"She couldn't give birth herself, and she didn't take good care of the adopted one. Sooner or later, she will get her comeuppance."

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