Chapter 18: The First Sight of the Willow Pillar
At the dinner table, the man's table inevitably drank and chatted, and his voice was louder and louder. The woman's table was all sullen, and Xuan Zi'er only ate a few bites before she stopped eating.
Wang's flattering gave her a piece of fatty meat: "Zi'er is good-looking, white and clean with fine skin and tender meat, she will definitely marry well in the future, our family doesn't often eat meat, this fat meat is hungry, eat it quickly." ”
Xuan Zi'er frowned and looked at the fat in the bowl: "Thank you, Fourth Aunt, you can eat, I don't eat fat." ”
Xuan Baozhu has always disliked Xuan Zi'er, because Xuan Zi'er is white and clean, not outstanding, but her skin is really good, every time Xuan Baozhu sees Xuan Zi'er, her heart is like pricking with a needle, her advantage in the past is to have a good mother-in-law, but now there is still a problem with this matter.
Just after listening to Wang's praise of Xuan Zi'er, Xuan Baozhu's heart was about to explode: "Our family is poor, and we can't afford to eat meat usually, how can it be like Zi'er in the town, eat whatever you want." ”
"My sister-in-law said that my family is also very frugal, but I really don't like to eat fatty meat. Xuan Zi'er didn't care what her heart was, but her face didn't leak, and she knew her own position in her heart.
Xuan Qing'er snatched the meat in Xuan Zi'er's bowl: "Sister doesn't eat it for me, I usually can't eat it, unlike my sister who is blessed." ”
Because Xuan Qing'er is a girl and the third child, most of them live in this old house, and occasionally go back to the town, and they don't have any good treatment, and they work more than they do here. They have an old mother who cooks and cleans, where can they buy maids.
After all, it is not a big family, Xuan Qing'er's identity in this family is really not important, when she begged for a son three times and was still a daughter, she was unhappy when she saw Xuan Qing'er Xuan Wencheng and Zhang's family, and she never got pregnant again after giving birth to Xuan Qing'er, which made Zhang's dislike this daughter.
Xuan Zi'er sandwiched a few more pieces of meat for Xuan Qing'er: "Eat slowly, you can't stay when you go home, and you feel wronged here, childlike." "Xuan Zi'er is not hard at all, the reason why Xuan Qing'er was put in the old mansion is known, Xuan Qing'er can't go back if she wants to.
"Sister, then I'll go back with you this time. Xuan Qing'er looked at Xuan Zi'er happily.
"Not this time, my mother is pregnant with my younger brother, you are not honest for a day, what should you do if you go back and collide with your mother? Xuan Zi'er sandwiched a quick amount of meat for her again, looking extremely virtuous and sensible.
Xuan Miao'er has despised Xuan Zi'er a hundred times in her heart, she said it so falsely, and she pretended to be so noble, do you think you are a little white flower? In fact, Xuan Qing'er is not stupid, she has done a good job of stitching, she has always been used and disliked by others, but at least she doesn't have to do heavy work, at least she is better off than herself.
Xuan Qing'er stopped talking, and ate meat one bite after another.
Xuan Miaoer doesn't suffer a loss, so that she can open up less time to eat, and she is tightly sandwiching meat for Liu's, there is nothing to be embarrassed about, she does the most work, and she should eat more, Xuan Miaoer feels that she has a lot more eyes after coming here, but not too much.
Xuan Baozhu looked at Xuan Zi'er's every move, as well as that soft voice and fair skin, how angry she was, she ate the least today. But she didn't dare to really quarrel with Xuan Zi'er, she wouldn't have to use the third uncle tomorrow, so she still had to endure it today.
The fifth aunt Feng fed Xuan Shan'er while eating, listening to the conversation at the dinner table with a smile, but she rarely interjected, this is the strength of Feng's family, it is not obvious, it does not leak, and it does not offend people, it eats well and uses it well, and it takes advantage of everything.
In fact, Feng Shi was also dissatisfied in his heart, at that time, his father said that Xuan Wenbao would definitely be admitted to the promotion and would be able to become an official in the future, but the children were so old that Xuan Wenbao was not even admitted to the show.
After dinner, Xuan Miaoer's family didn't like to stay in the upper room anymore, there were so many jobs waiting to earn money at home, not to mention the reunion of people, and it was redundant for their own family to be there.
I went back to the West Wing, although the room was small and there were few things, but I was steady. The family started making wood carvings.
After a while, Xuan Miao'er heard someone calling herself, and Xuan Anhao ran in and said, "Miao'er, Sister Xiao Tao next door called you over, saying that the bracelet was sold." ”
Xuan Miao'er hurriedly put on her shoes and ran to the west courtyard, Liu looked at her small body and shook her head: "This kid, how can he be bent on making money, he used to hold the table all day long and draw, but now it's okay, and he doesn't draw with paper and pen." ”
Xuan Wentao said: "It's good for children to live. ”
When she arrived at Liu's house in the West Courtyard, Liu Xiaotao was waiting for her at the door: "Miao'er, come in and say." ”
Xuan Miao'er followed Liu Xiaotao into the house, and before she entered the door, she saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy walking out.
The young man was dressed in coarse linen clothes, his skin was a little dark, and he looked very sunny, and when he saw Xuan Miao'er, he smiled, revealing a mouthful of neat white teeth: "Miao'er is here." ”
Xuan Miaoer didn't have to guess to know that this was Liu Zhuzi, the son of the Liu family: "Brother Zhuzi, are you coming back today?"
"Well, when I came back in the afternoon, I bought some pastries and asked Xiao Tao to give you those to eat. Liu Zhuzi has been smiling, probably after being a guy for a long time, this smiling face is not stingy at all.
"Thank you, Brother Zhuzi, you're welcome. "Xuan Miaoer likes this big boy very much, simple and sensible.
"Let me say, Miao'er is different from before, this time the eldest brother believes it, right?" Liu Xiaotao eagerly proved his statement.
Liu Zhuzi looked at Xuan Miao'er with a smile and said, "It's really different." ”
Liu Xiaotao pulled Xuan Miao'er: "Brother, Miao'er and I went in to talk, but we have to divide the silver." After speaking, without waiting for Liu Zhuzi to speak again, the two ran into Liu Xiaotao's house.
Entering the house, Liu Xiaotao took out a small purse from the pillow and carefully hid it behind her: "Guess how much I sold those bracelets last time?"
Xuan Miao'er looked at Liu Xiaotao's purse, and counted it in her heart, not a string of copper coins, but silver: "One or two silver?"
In fact, the price of the bracelet this time will not be very high, Xuan Miaoer knows it in her heart, because Liu Xiaotao is not a businessman, but this thing is not something that can bring much profit, so she also knows it in her heart.
Liu Xiaotao poured the broken silver in the small purse on the bed: "One tael or six dollars, the first time I got the silver back, I haven't told my mother and my brother yet, give you one or two, this thing is what you came up with, and the rope was also bought by you." ”
"Sister Xiao Tao, you are really willing, but most of them are made up by you, my mother and I have only made a few, and the rope is not a few dollars, and we said that we will divide it in half, and in the future, according to the number, our family will make up less, and we can't let you lose." Xuan Miao'er said to get the broken silver, she didn't know how much a piece could be, it was all very small broken silver, but it looked like it was only half, definitely not much.
"How can it be done, this thing is easier than embroidering purses and tying ropes, a complicated one can be made up in half a day, and one can earn thirty yuan, which is five times my previous income, I can't be greedy." Liu Xiaotao picked a large piece of silver and handed it over.
said that the big piece is relative, and they divide the small piece of silver, which can really be distinguished with good eyes, and may not be seen with bad eyes.
The young lady didn't let the other suffer, pushing back and forth, the sound became louder and louder, and the noise made her face red and her neck thick.
"Xiao Tao, you are older than Miao'er, why don't you let Miao'er order, what are you still arguing?" The voice of the willow pillar outside the door was more urgent, just now he saw that the weather was bad, he just wanted to go out to prepare firewood, and he heard Xiao Tao and Miao'er arguing.