Chapter 154: Xia Xiucai's Test (2)
Xia Zhi walked to the door of the east house and looked in again, and saw brooms, stools, and sewing baskets scattered on the ground, and the threads and cloth in the basket were scattered, and there was a half-contained sole next to it. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
It seems that the Tian clan has already broken out with Xia Xiucai just now. Now she can still sit on the edge of the kang and speak, it should be that the most angry has passed.
That's good. Xia Zhi thought so, but still refused to enter the house, so he hid himself at the door, meaning that he didn't want the Tian family to see her. Tian now estimates that it is not pleasing to anyone, and if he sees her, he is afraid that he will be angry with her. If nothing else, let's just say that Xia Zhi's whole body is dressed up and down, which can provoke Tian's anger.
Let Xia Xiucai and Xia Qiao continue to meet Tian's storm. The so-called dead friends do not die and poor people, this is the truth. Xia Zhi hid it himself, and gave the little black fish and the little tree a look. The little tree immediately hid as well. The little black fish didn't want to hide, but he was afraid of the summer solstice, so he had to flatten his mouth and stand beside the summer solstice.
Even if the Tian clan saw him, they didn't dare to do anything to him. It would have been better if Tian had come to provoke him first, and he would have been angry when he saw Tian's sloppy and scolding appearance.
In the east house, Tian was still counting Xia Xiucai, saying that he couldn't explain to his mother's family, and then scolded Xia Xiucai for living in Fucheng for a long time, so he changed his mind and didn't take her seriously. Then, she also questioned Xia Xiucai sentence by sentence, forcing Xia Xiucai to find a way to get money again.
"The whole family is looking forward to your coming back, so that you can give Dabao Zhang Luo's daughter-in-law. How can your heart be so ruthless? Are you sorry for me!"
Xia Xiucai screamed, and still explained to Tian in a soft voice, saying that he really couldn't raise money. These thirty taels are already his limit.
In the end, Xia Xiucai seemed to be very painful, and covered his face in front of Tian, not knowing whether he was crying or what.
Xia Qiao seemed to be seeing Xia Xiucai for the first time, and he called Dad. Xia Xiucai did not respond. Xia Qiao turned his head to look at Tian, his eyes full of pleading.
"Mother, look at my father. My dad must be really helpless. There are only a few rich people my father knows, and we have borrowed too much money over the years. ”
Xia Qiao was begging and talking to Tian.
Tian was immediately annoyed: "Daqiao, what are you talking about? Even you dislike me? Okay, even my son dislikes me." Then why am I still alive?"
Tian stood up as she spoke, and she first went to the needlework on the ground to look for scissors. When she got the scissors, she held them with both hands and poked them in her throat.
Xia Qiao, of course, couldn't watch Tian commit suicide. He was frightened, so he hurriedly stepped forward to grab the scissors in Tian's hand. Xia Xiucai also raised his head when he heard the movement, and was also stunned by Tian's actions. When he reacted, he also hurriedly called the caller to come forward to save Tian.
In terms of strength, Tian is no match for Xia Qiao, a young man who works in the fields all year round. Xia Qiao grabbed the scissors. Tian still refused to give up, and was about to hit the corner of the cabinet again. Xia Qiao hurriedly threw away the scissors and grabbed Tian with Xia Xiucai.
Tian called for the sky and grabbed the ground, and said that he wanted to find a rope to hang.
"Don't stop me, let me die clean, and no one will burden you again. I know you all wish I had died sooner. Tian cried as he spoke, and he cried very sadly, as if he believed his words.
But the summer solstice knows. Not to mention how deep Xia Xiucai's feelings are for Tian, how much he dotes and indulges Tian. is Xia Qiao's son, and he is also very filial to the Tian family. Tian has done many things that damage the interests of this family, and she has also ruined Xia Qiao's future. But Xia Qiao not only did not resent her, but also helped her speak, saying that she was in trouble.
The summer solstice is not impressed. Xia Xiucai and Xia Qiao couldn't stand it.
That's what Tian wants. She cried and said, "You have stopped me now, you can't always look at me." If I can't get enough money, I'll die. You can't stand it, I can die anyway, and I'll see you happy then. ”
"Mother, why do you want to say such a thing!" Xia Qiao cried, "You said that it costs money to study, and you want to save money for my grandmother's family, so I won't study." You said that the grain produced in the field should be subsidized for my grandmother's family, so I will farm the land well and fetch more grain for my grandmother's family. Mother, what do you say, I've done it. Why are you still saying these things? ”
Tian's crying paused, and she glanced at Xia Qiao. As a mother, she knows that Xia Qiu is a solid eye. And this child has a relatively tough personality, and he will not cry under normal circumstances.
Xia Qiao: This is really sad.
Maybe it's because the mother's conscience is still there, and Tian's cry is not so loud. But she didn't try to persuade Xia Qiao either. At this time, she couldn't back down, because if she gave in, she couldn't force the money out of Xia Xiucai's hands.
Xia Xiucai was also sad, and he told Tian again: "The mountain chief said that there is a bit of a problem with this year's turnover, so he can't advance my salary." But I can see that no matter this year, next year, or in the future, the mountain chief will not advance money to me again. I don't know why, the mountain grows him, and the way he looks at him is different from the past. ”
Xia Xiucai told Tian that his mentor and benefactor, Li Shanchang, was disgusted with him. This realization is the same as not being able to raise money, which makes Xia Xiucai very frustrated.
Or it can be said that the former hit Xia Xiucai the hardest.
Tian's cry was lowered again. What Li Shanchang's dislike of Xia Xiucai means, she knows very well. With Xia Xiucai's conditions, it is difficult to find such a good errand as Wenshan Academy. If he could not continue to teach at Wenshan Academy, Xia Xiucai would lose a regular source of income.
Of course, Xia Xiucai can do the museum. But that kind of income is very unstable, far more secure and expensive than the errand of Wenshan Academy.
"And my colleagues and students who I was going to borrow money from, who were also alienated from me. ”
Tian's cries were intermittent and very faint. His good colleagues and students also disliked Xia Xiucai, which means that Xia Xiucai's popularity in Wenshan Academy has also deteriorated.
That's not a good sign.
Tian was a little scared after all. A hint of suspicion flashed in her eyes, but after looking at Xia Xiucai carefully, she didn't think Xia Xiucai was lying.
Over the years, Tian is still sure of this. Xia Xiucai is very loyal to her and will not lie to her. In fact, Xia Xiucai is not a person who can lie.
Xia Zhi, who was hiding outside the door, rolled her eyes, but she didn't expect that what she asked Li Xia to do would make Xia Xiu have such a big reaction. Xia Xiucai can be regarded as a person who can bear it, and he usually doesn't show it. If he hadn't been forced by the Tian family today, Xia Zhi believed that Xia Xiucai would still not have said it.
But the crooked hit was right, and this happened to be effective for Tian's. Xia Zhi was once again glad that her plan to draw money from the bottom of the kettle was even better than she expected.
Tian already believed it in his heart, but he refused to admit it. She stiffened her face and said to Xia Xiucai: "I don't believe it, you are all here to coax me!"
Xia Xiucai looked at Tian and lowered his head again: "If you don't believe me, I can't help it." I'm sorry for you, you have been married to me all these years, and you have not had a good life with me. ”
He said no more about the thirty denarii.
Tian was silent for a while, then raised his hand to wipe his tears, and then asked Xia Xiucai: "I and that big family rely on you, how can this little money be enough for Dabao to marry a daughter-in-law." We can't watch his grandmother's family break its roots!"
This tone has been much more relaxed, although it still needs Xia Xiucai to raise money.
Xia Xiucai was silent. He had thought of all the ways he could think of, otherwise he wouldn't have opened his mouth to borrow money from Xia Zhi. How old is the summer solstice and how hard the work is, he doesn't need to look at it, he just needs to think about it to guess.
For Tian's sake, in order to satisfy Tian's family, he put his face and dignity under his feet and stepped on it. If there is still a way, he will raise more money to come back.
Tian stared at Xia Xiucai dissatisfiedly and anxiously: "Then I won't be able to live." "And then we have to look for short-sightedness.
Although Xia Qiao was sad, he still stopped Tian in time at this time. Tian raised his eyes to look at Xia Qiao, and it was rare that he seemed to be a little weak-hearted. She sat back down on the kang again.
"There's really nothing to be done?"
"I've asked someone," Xia Xiucai didn't say that Old Man Xia said it, but only said that he asked others about the results. "Although thirty taels of silver is not much, if you save a little money, you should be able to marry a daughter-in-law. ”
"Thirty taels is too little, and his grandfather said that it is definitely not enough. Tian frowned, "Coupled with the production in our fields this year, we will sell the two pigs in the pen at the end of the year, which will not make up forty taels at most, not even half of half." ”
"That should be enough. Xia Xiucai took advantage of the situation and said.
"Enough, not enough. Lao Tian's family has the root of Dabao, and Dabao is like that, how can he marry a good daughter-in-law if he doesn't spend much money. If he doesn't have a good daughter-in-law, his grandfather, and his uncle and aunt will be gone in the future, what will Dabao do. Lao Tian's family is about to break its roots. ”
Xia Zhi finally couldn't listen to it anymore outside the door, so she gave Xiao Shu'er a look and let Xiao Shu'er enter the house.
Xiaoshu'er has the support of the summer solstice, so he is bold. He jumped into the house and began to howl: "Our family has our own buckles and ropes to live, why do I have a daughter-in-law to marry a daughter-in-law, it is two hundred taels." What kind of rich man's son is he? Dad, mother, can you give me and my brother a hundred no, we don't want a hundred, one person can give us fifty taels. We can't get through it ourselves!"
As soon as Xiao Shu'er came in, Xia Xiucai, Xia Qiao and Tian were all taken aback. The most surprising was of course Tian, especially after listening to Xiao Shu'er's howling words.
"Little tree, what nonsense are you talking about. I didn't give you food, or I didn't give you a drink. We can't get by. Tian reprimanded his youngest son with a straight face.
"Mother, I'm still not your own!" Xiao Shu'er howled, and then threw herself into Tian's arms, "Mother, you are reluctant to give me an egg." You are going to starve your own son to death, just to give your great treasure nephew a daughter-in-law. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about. Tian couldn't help the little tree, "Aren't you just hungry for eggs." Mother will boil you an egg to eat at night. Little tree, you are a good boy. Our family's life is much better than your grandmother's. We can eat and drink spicy food, and watch your grandmother's family suffer!"
"My grandmother's family didn't suffer. Xiao Shu'er disagreed with Tian's statement, "Their house is better than ours." The last time I went to my grandmother's house, I heard from the people on their street. That house was built by my grandmother at our family's expense. My grandmother's family doesn't eat badly, and people on the street say that my grandfather buys meat every once in a while and eats it with my uncle and brother. ”
Tian's face was a little uncomfortable, and she pushed Xiao Shu'er. "Who are you listening to. None of this is a thing. ”
"Mother, you know what I said is true. Mother, I'm your own child. Thirty taels of silver, I don't have too much treasure, I don't have too little, or give it to me. As Xiao Shu'er spoke, a pair of big eyes turned around, and he looked at the silver in the furnishings spread out on the kang.
Although Tian cares for his mother's family very much, he usually dotes on his youngest son. She saw Xiao Shu'er's big eyes looking at the pile of silver, so she subconsciously reached out and brought the silver to herself.
The silver is gone, and Xiao Shu'er has other grievances. "Mother, are you going to sell the two pigs and give the money to my grandmother's family?
"You don't have a good sister. "Tian is angry," she said, giving us the money to support us. If you want something delicious, you go to her. "Now Zitian thought of the summer solstice.
Xia Xiucai has only been back for a long time, and she hasn't seen Xia Zhi's figure yet.
"That girl is playing in the wilderness outside, where has she been for the past half a day, and she is not home. That heart-eyed wolf, she doesn't have me in her heart at all. ”
Xia Zhi stood at the door and lay down, knowing in his heart that Tian had the meaning of diverting the topic. On the one hand, she secretly praised Xiao Shu'er in her heart for making a good fuss, although she provoked the war to her, but at the same time, it also diverted Tian's attention.
Xiao Shu'er is a god assist, it seems that this time Xia Xiucai can pass in front of the Tian family for the time being. Thinking so, Xia Zhi didn't hide anymore and stepped into the door.
The little black fish naturally followed suit, and when he entered the house, he was still standing in front of the summer solstice, with a protective posture.
"I'm back with Sixteen. The little black fish crossed her waist and talked to Tian, "Sister-in-law, you are still alive!"
"Why don't I live. Tian immediately darkened his face. Little Black Fish usually doesn't have anything good to say to her, but today's words are not only too ugly but also strange. She pondered for a while, and guessed that the little black fish should have come early, and saw what she was thinking about just now.
Tian's face turned red again. But she quickly returned to normal, and a pair of eyes moved away from the little black fish and landed on Xia Zhi'er.
Looking at the summer solstice, Tian's heart suddenly churned.
"Is this still my daughter, I don't even dare to admit it. As soon as Tian opened her mouth, she didn't have much warmth in her eyes when she looked at Xia Zhi, but more surprised, disliked, and a little calculating.
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ps: No way, Mu Xiu is in the forest, the conflict between the summer solstice and the Tian family is inevitable, (*^__^*) (To be continued.) )