Chapter 3

"My father-in-law, I didn't know much about those things before. You can rest assured that since I married the Xue family, I will be their daughter-in-law." When she said that, she drew a line with the past.

"Good, good, that's good." Old man Xue nodded and said with a smile, with a few happy wrinkles on his face.

Zhang Man'er cleans all the dishes and chopsticks quickly, even the table beside the kitchen table is not stained.

Old man Xue watched for a while, then he left at ease.

After cleaning up the kitchen, Zhang Man'er looked at the house carefully. The table was missing corners, the porcelain bowl was broken, the stool was rickety, and there was nothing else in the hall except a few baskets of groceries and a big wooden table for eating.

This family is poor.

She refused such a poor and backward environment.

However, drowning in the swimming pool can also pick up a small life, should be satisfied.

It doesn't matter if the family is poor. She can rely on the wisdom of modern people to make the family and the United States well-off.

The Xue family has five thatched cottages, one for each of them except the married elder sister. Although the thatched cottage is dilapidated, it is not crowded.

Zhang Man'er's bedroom is in the East. She went back to the room and simply cleaned it up.

Fold up the two big red boxes so that they don't occupy a place. The clothes in the cupboard are neatly folded. Put the clothes in the cupboard.

The shabby big wardrobe, men's and women's clothing, occupy half of the country.

Looking at the pile of black and gray patched clothes, Zhang Man'er was a little dazzled.

All kinds of things in the bedroom remind her to become a newly married daughter-in-law.

The quilt on the Kang was replaced by a quilt. She took off the dirty quilt and washed it by the river.

The river is under the bridge at the entrance of the village, winding long and clear.

The water level of the river rose sharply yesterday, but it has dropped a lot.

Zhang Man'er takes the quilt cover in the wooden basin and comes to the river. There are many women washing clothes by the river. At a glance, there are five or six.

There are also many washing stones, one at a distance.

She took the wooden basin to find the position in the back. The pink dress she was wearing today made some new clothes because of her marriage. This dress has never been worn. It is not only not patched, but also looks bright.

She has a simple black hair and a wooden hairpin inserted obliquely in her bun. She has a delicate temperament and a delicate melon face. Her skin is not as black as that of a working girl, but as white as snow.

With delicate eyebrows, clear and flexible eyes, small nose and pink mouth, this girl is really beautiful.

This girl looks fresh. If you look at her carefully, isn't she the daughter-in-law that Xue's third son just married?

Yesterday, a new daughter-in-law jumped into the river. Many people saw her. As soon as she came to the river, she attracted people's attention.

Zhang Man'er's face was calm when he was exposed to all kinds of eyes.

She took the basin in her hand and sat down with a washing stone.

Squatting at the edge of the water, she was shocked to see the beautiful girl reflected on the river.

Is this her?

It's so beautiful, with red lips and white teeth, skin like cream, eyes like autumn water.

Unfortunately, such a beauty can not escape the fate of being abandoned. That show can abandon the woman who has been engaged for many years, and hook up with the daughter of the county government. It must be a person who goes up with the crowd.

This scum man, the original owner of the disaster jumped into the river. If he meets him in the future, he must repair it well.

Zhang Man'er thought angrily, while holding the injustice for the original master, he filled the wooden basin with some water, got some soap powder, and rubbed the sheets hard.

Hammers on the sheets, splashing water, on a sheet, three or two under the wash.

"Oh, isn't this Xue's daughter-in-law? Wash the sheets on the first day of marriage? " A good woman came to look around.

Good sheets in the wash, there is no sign of bright red, many people can not help but bite each other's ears.

"Yes, after such a disturbance yesterday, the Xue family has become famous." Another shady woman answered.

No matter what they said, Zhang Man'er didn't make up his mind. He got up and took the wooden basin and left. Then he met a woman.

The woman is charitable, carrying a wooden basin of clothes, sweeping a circle of the river, the washing stone is occupied, see Zhang Man'er washed the past.

"The third daughter-in-law." The woman said with a smile.

"Who are you?" Zhang Man'er has a good feeling for the kindness of the other party.

"I'm sister Xue Chuan. My name is Xue Yu." The woman put down the basin, glanced at her and sighed, "Xue Chuan is so lucky to have married a fairy daughter-in-law. Look at this little face. It's so handsome."

"I'm flattered." Zhang Man'er smiles at her kindness and no hostility.

"I'm so diligent. I wash things on the first day." Xue Yu said as he took the clothes out of the wooden basin, filled them with some water, put the soap powder, and rubbed them carefully.

"That elder sister, you wash slowly, I went back."

"All right."

They looked at each other and laughed. They had a good first impression of each other.

When Zhang Man'er went back with the wooden basin, many village women who were rushing home to cook saw it.

One by one, seeing such a beautiful daughter-in-law, it's hard to avoid jealousy and even worse to speak.

"Oh, didn't you jump into the river yesterday and refuse to marry Xue's daughter-in-law? Why, no more noise today? "

"Yes, it's right to be beautiful, but it's shameless to get married and get involved with other men."

"She went to the river to wash clothes. Is it true that she wants to live with the third son of the Xue family?"

"Just wait and see. Maybe I'll be taken off by my husband's family in a few days."

The village women talk about it in succession, and it's hard to avoid that it will become their gossip in their spare time.

Whose daughter is so bold that she jumped into the river on her wedding day?

Ask whose daughter is not so simple, not married, and scholar exchanges.

But in two days, Zhang Man'er became famous.

It's just that this kind of reputation is the most annoying.

Zhang Man'er adheres to the principle of saying less and making less mistakes, not saying good, and calmly goes home.

As soon as she got home, she saw her mother-in-law with a face, eating melon seeds at the door and not making rice. Looking at Zhang Man'er drying the sheets, her eyes were very strange.

My sister-in-law Xue Xue and her second sister-in-law Li Chunxiang are banging melon seeds.

Seeing Zhang Man'er drying the sheets, Li Chunxiang's voice was lukewarm: "Yo, at noon, I didn't cook the meal. I went to wash the sheets. I'm really diligent."

Zhang Man'er pulled the four corners of the sun dried sheet and smoothed the wrinkles. Then he said, "I'm going to cook."

"Come on, old lady. Don't look for trouble. I think the daughter-in-law is diligent. She has been busy since morning. Now, she hasn't stopped."

Sitting on the stone pier at the door, old man Xue takes a look at Zhang Man'er's figure going to the kitchen, smoking the dry flue.

Tian's knock melon seeds, turned his eyelids disdain: "she knows how to cook, but also know how to cook, if not, I have to rest her."