Chapter 21: Snapping Down the Horse (4)

She said lightly, neither angry nor angry, but the room suddenly fell silent. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The old woman forgot to continue crying, and although her hand was not withdrawn, the strength of her hand was much lighter after a tremble, and she only dared to grasp her skirt.

"Do you know, old woman, that my clothes are new?" she said lightly.

The old woman's hand seemed to touch it carefully, shook it again, and finally withdrew her hand, and no longer dared to touch her.

She couldn't help but laugh in her heart, but she had a straight face on her face. She lied, this dress was not new, but the old woman had touched it, and even if they were wearing coarse cloth clothes, they should know the value of silk. Her clothes are carefully dotted by maids, and they can't be seen old. She said these two sentences to remind the old woman that if she scratched her, it was big or small, and if she scratched her clothes, she had to weigh whether she could afford to pay for it.

Of course, she would not blame this little thing, but the old woman had never seen the world, she was poor, and she was afraid of the powerful from the bottom of her heart. Just looking at the clothes of the three of them, it was obvious that even if they were not new, at least they were the best they could wear to see people, and they knew that they were afraid and cautious when they came to this general's mansion.

Listening to the ears of the old woman, who was already afraid in her heart, the effect was obvious, and her purpose was achieved.

"Put away your fake crying, lift up your head and talk to me. Suddenly, the three of them rushed to her feet, and she didn't have time to dodge, but she also saw a rough look at the old woman and the man's faces. Her words were even more majestic, and they could not be resisted.

She didn't expect that the young woman would be the first to raise her head, and there were really two faint tears on her face. She was stunned for a moment, and looked closely at the young woman's ordinary appearance, but her expression was sad, and she looked really pitiful. But for a moment when she met the young woman's gaze, the young woman's gaze dodged. The young woman's expression was clearly pretending to be pitiful.

The old woman and the man hesitated for a moment, did not dare to delay any longer, and finally raised their heads. The face is really dry.

"If you don't take twenty taels of silver, is it too little?" she asked bluntly, looking at the three kneeling on her knees.

Before they came, she had already guessed that this might be the case, but she had also made two preparations in advance.

One, she still doesn't want to look at people's hearts too coldly. Death is always one of the saddest things in the world. In her previous life, she only died her father at a young age, she was the sufferer, and she didn't need to comfort others. She didn't, so she didn't know how to comfort her. But she also tries to think of appropriate words in her head, so that she can comfort Momoko's sad and even broken family.

First, she is not naïve, knowing that the first one is more just the expectation in her heart. More likely, what she has to face is some unpopular crying, making trouble and hanging herself, in order to take the death of peaches, and the death of the girl who they sold for silver early and never asked, and ask for more silver.

Twenty taels is a lot for ordinary people. Steward Wang understood the meaning of her words, and there was no need to arrange Peach's funeral too extravagantly, as long as he helped Peach's family to bury as much as possible according to the specifications of civilians. Since Steward Wang has prepared twenty taels, then these twenty taels must not only be enough to deal with Peach's funeral, but at least half of it will be regarded as a pension for Peach's family.

The ancients, especially for the poor, red and white were the most important. To put it bluntly, it costs the most money. Ten taels of silver is enough to bury peaches, and there are still ten taels of silver, which should be enough for them to eat and drink well for ten or twenty years. If Peach's younger brother hadn't married a wife, but the extravagance would be enough for him to spend half of the silver to pick up the house, ask for a good daughter-in-law, and have some money to spare.

She had seen the deed of sale of the peach, and it was only five taels of silver. I don't know about pears and plums, but Steward Wang still vaguely remembers them. At that time, Momoko's father was seriously ill. It's a pity that I sold the girl, and I went in a few days. I got the medical bills, I couldn't spend a single penny, and I had nowhere to spend it. It is estimated that in ten years, the family will spend no more than one or two, and the rest is to ask for this daughter-in-law for Peach's younger brother.

And the monthly salary of the peach is thirty dollars. A hundred denins is a tael of silver. Over the years, Peaches has often been deducted from Erniang's monthly money, and I am afraid that I can't save five taels of silver. It is just a deed of sale of Peaches, which must be redeemed, and the contract states that it will be exchanged three times. She ordered that the deed of sale of the peach be returned to them directly, and she was also generous. Of course, she didn't send it, and she was afraid that the family wouldn't redeem it, let alone take the peaches back for burial. This doesn't mean a benefit to them.

It is still said that the twenty taels of silver are a lot, but since the general's mansion personally sent someone to say it, the poorer the person will be when he encounters the silver, the more keenly he will encounter the matter of silver. The family could not be easily satisfied, and longed for more.

Really. It's been 10 years. The old woman didn't say that the younger brother was only four or five years old when the peach was sold, and he remembered the sister of the peach a lot. And this daughter-in-law, even if the ancients married early, they would only be able to get started for two or three years, and they had never seen a peach at all. How much affection can they have for Peaches, who they haven't seen in ten years? As soon as they come in, they start crying, all of which are plays. It's amazing that the little daughter-in-law can shed tears. And when the tears could not flow, they lowered their heads and cried out aloud, thinking that the louder and more miserable they wept, the more they would beg for some money.

The three of them did not answer for a long time. She glanced at them more, and saw that their faces were all panicked. yes, she said it too bluntly, that's what they wanted, but they didn't know how to answer. She was a little tired in her heart, and she was originally prepared for how to deal with Peach's crying family, but when people arrived in front of her, she really began to act clumsily and cry, but she was too lazy to say the words she was ready to talk about, and she was too lazy to deal with them.

"Didn't you hear clearly? Then I'll ask one last time, you only have this one chance to answer honestly, is twenty taels of silver not enough?" she squinted and stared at the three of them, and she snorted.

That's it, it's really, Peaches is also going home after all, these are Peaches' families, just ask for a little more silver, as long as it's not a lion who opens his mouth, just give it to them. She only hoped that after giving them enough money, they would be more sincere in the future.

Her tone softened, and she suddenly asked, "Peach, was it originally called Yu'er?"

The old woman was stunned for a moment, and quickly replied, "Summon." I can't read, so I invited a gentleman to say that it was a sub-character in the oral word, which was a good name and could bring good signs. ”

A good omen? For the sake of a good omen?

Lao Tzu was seriously ill, and the first thing he thought of selling his daughter and going to be a subordinate to someone else's family was raised, but his son was raised so big in vain. Farmer Xi'er is not just to do farm work, however, looking at his white hands, he has never done farm work. Seeing that there is some bookishness between his eyebrows, this is to raise a reader, thinking that one day the lintel will shine. However, he is hiding among his mother and wife, and he doesn't dare to answer a word to her, which is useless!

In ancient times, she was patriarchal, so why should she be angry. It's no wonder that Peaches wasn't born as a man, and the little daughter has a strong temperament, and she can only protect her, a stupid lady.

She frowned, her heart was even more tired, but she couldn't help but ask again, "I still don't know your last name?"