Chapter 165: Hospitality Meals and the Rules of the Tian Family
The eldest girl asked this sentence, and Xia Zhi sensitively noticed that the movements of several people around her were a little smaller. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info the people of the Tian family deliberately snubbed her today, but they didn't look down on her behind their backs. All they saw was what she was wearing.
The reason why Xia Zhi wore this set of clothes that would look very "eye-catching" in the Tian family today was not completely devoid of ideas in her heart.
Hearing the eldest girl ask, Xia Zhi smiled. "Big girl, you said that my clothes are beautiful. It's pretty good, but it wasn't my mom and dad who bought it for me. Where did they get the money to make me clothes? ”
Xia Xiucai and the Tian family will fill in the Tian family first if they have money, even if they want to buy clothes for the children in the family, they must first take Xia Qiao and Xiaoshu'er. She hadn't worn a new dress in years.
Xia Zhi still remembers that sometimes the family has a ruler suitable for her to make clothes, and Tian will persuade her to give it to the eldest girl and the second girl, saying that the life of the two cousins is more difficult than hers.
But look at the eldest girl and the second girl, they are also wearing old clothes with patches.
The eldest girl is fourteen years old, and she is about the same height as Xia Zhi, but she is even thinner than Xia Zhi. Xia Solstice has grown some flesh on his body these days, and he looks at the water and spirit. The eldest girl is dry and thin, and she doesn't have the appearance of a young girl of this age at all.
I heard that Xia Zhicai's clothes were not purchased by Xia Xiucai and the Tian family, so the Tian Wang family and the Jiang family quickly exchanged glances. However, neither of them spoke, but slowed down their movements a little more.
Erya took over the conversation and asked Xia Zhi: "That didn't your aunt and uncle buy it for you, who bought it for you?"
"You don't know yet, I lived in Shangfu City for a while a few days ago. Xia Zhi deliberately took a slightly show-off tone, and told her about the Dragon Boat Festival in Fucheng. She said that the prosperity of Fucheng, the comfort and luxury of the people in Fucheng, and finally talked about herself, she also deliberately showed her clothes and jewelry.
"I bought it when I lived in Fucheng. ”
"Your clothes and jewelry were bought for you by your aunt?" Jiang couldn't help but ask.
Xia Zhi smiled, didn't say yes, didn't say no. She ignored the Jiang family, but took the little tree to play in the yard together. Xia Zhi herself left, but obviously her words remained in the hearts of the people in the outhouse.
Jiang lowered his head and chopped vegetables, almost cutting off his fingers. She stopped, and said to Tian Wang's family in a low voice: "Her aunt's family is quite rich on the summer solstice. ”
"Your sister and her sister-in-law's family are rich. Tian Wang's family silently picked the vegetables, "That family is very picky, and your sister and her husband are stopping, what is Dabao's little money in them, you can get enough from that family." ”
Tian Wang said this, hating Old Man Xia for being nosy, hating Aunt Xia for being stingy and knowing that her brother wanted money but refused to take it out, and at the same time she also hated her daughter Tian, if only Tian could be more useful.
"Her aunt's family is rich, but she is very picky, why did she buy these old good things for Xia Zhi?" Tian Wang couldn't help frowning when he thought of the crux of the problem.
"I don't think the summer solstice is lying. There must be a reason for this. Why don't we ask my sister?" Jiang said tentatively to Tian.
Just now, everyone made a fuss, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to get two hundred taels of silver. Xia Zhi's dress fell in Tian Wang's eyes, and that was the silver that was shining.
Tian Wang thought about it, and then called Laidi. Tian was talking with Xia Xiucai in the house with Old Man Tian, and when she heard Tian Wang calling her, she hurriedly walked out.
"Mother, what do you want me to ~ do?" Tian asked Tian Wang.
"My aunt, what do you want you to do? Tian Wang said.
Jiang laughed on the side: "Sister, you stay with your brother-in-law, these jobs have me and your two nieces." ”
Tian sighed, since she married Xia Xiucai, every time she came back, she could not only bring back things in large bags and small bags, but also subsidize the money to the family, and when she returned home, Tian Wang's family never let her work.
Tian Wang glanced outside the house and saw Xia Zhi and Xiao Shu'er laughing. She withdrew her gaze and glanced at Tian again. Tian thought she understood what Tian Wang meant, and she hurriedly assured Tian Wang: "Mother, don't worry, I can't spare the summer solstice." ”
"Come to Di, let me ask you, did Xia Zhi's dress be bought for her by her aunt in Shangfu City?"
Tian was stunned, and then nodded. "If it hadn't been bought by her aunt, I would still have the spare money to dress her up like this!"
Tian Wang got the expected answer, so he drooped ~ and pulled down his eyelids.
Jiang was a little startled on the side: "Sister, I heard that your sister-in-law can die, why is she so willing to buy so many good clothes for Xia Zhi?"
"She certainly didn't buy it for nothing. Tian pursed her lips and told her guess that Aunt Xia wanted Xia Zhi to be her daughter-in-law. However, what she said was very certain, and when Tian Wang and Jiang listened to it, they thought that it was indeed something, and it was not Tian's speculation.
"Blessed is the summer solstice. The big girl was burning the fire, and suddenly whispered.
Jiang was next to the eldest girl, and when she heard this, she lowered her head and glanced at her daughter. Look at your daughter, and then look up at the summer solstice. Jiang's mood became complicated.
Tian Wang's mood was not so complicated, she thought more simply. "Your eldest sister's family is rich, and she can still pick her up when she marries a daughter-in-law. Laidi, you remember, ask her for a lot of bride price. ”
Then Tian Wang asked Tian again: "When will this matter be decided?" If you can get the bride price for Xia Zhi earlier, then you can use it to marry Dabao's daughter-in-law.
Tian knew Tian Wang's thoughts, and she was very embarrassed. "Mother, you also know how picky and fine my sister-in-law is. She wasn't going to make up her mind so early. The summer solstice is only twelve, and she can't be a daughter-in-law yet. If she makes up her mind, she will have to give one more gift for the New Year's holiday. ”
I have to rely on the dowry of the summer solstice to marry Tian Dabao's daughter-in-law, but I am afraid that it will be too late. The meaning of Old Man Tian and Tian Wang's family is that they can let their new daughter-in-law enter the door this year, and they will hold their great-grandson next year.
"Twelve is not small, as far as their old Xia family has a lot of eyes. Tian Wang said angrily, "If you want to say, they are still robbing our Dabao's daughter-in-law." ”
Tian didn't dare to say anything. What is the matter of giving Tian Dabao the summer solstice as a daughter-in-law, it is completely impossible. Looking at the current summer solstice, as well as the maintenance of the summer solstice by a large family in the front yard and backyard of the Xia family, if she really dares to mention this matter again, Old Man Xia will definitely stop doing it.
At that time, I was afraid that she would not be able to stand in the Xia family.
At this time, Jiang said: "Our eldest girl will be fifteen years old, and the age is appropriate." ”
When Tian Wang heard this, he glared at Jiang, thinking that what she said was nonsense: "If the age is right, people can want her?" That's the aunt and grandmother of the old Xia family, and what people want is the summer solstice. ”
"Mother, I don't mean anything else, I just think that our eldest girl has grown up. Jiang said very softly.
Tian Wang looked at Jiang: "Why do you say that now? In the past, you wanted to say goodbye to the eldest girl, but you stopped you alive and dead, saying that the eldest girl was not old." ”
"Mother, isn't that always suitable. The Jiang family still spoke softly, and then looked at the Tian family with a smile, "If her aunt is a matchmaker for the eldest girl, and she doesn't marry into Fucheng and marries a similar family, then we can also borrow light in the future." ”
Tian Wangshi suddenly stopped talking.
Xia Zhi and Xiao Shu'er played in the yard for a while, and then went out for a walk. Although this place is poor, the scenery is really good, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful. When the siblings were playing outside, adults and children watched them from afar, but they didn't get closer.
It wasn't until Xia Qiao came out and said that it was time to eat, that Xia Zhi and Xiao Shu'er came back with Xia Qiao.
Two tables were set up on the kang. On a table on the kangtou, sitting was Old Man Tian, Uncle Tian and Tian Dabao, they accompanied Xia Xiucai, Tian's, Xia Qiao and Xiao Shu'er on this table.
There is another table in the kang tip, it is Tian Wang's and Jiang's who take the eldest girl and the second girl to eat, and the summer solstice also has to sit at this table.
The meal was quickly served, and Summer Solstice soon noticed that something was wrong.
On the table of the old man Tian is a large pot of stewed pork belly with beans, an egg fried with leeks, and a shallot mixed with tofu, just three dishes, but the amount of dishes is not much, and the thick slices of pork belly can obviously be seen in the pot of stewed pork belly with beans. But there is only one dish on her kang table, stewed pork belly with beans, and only the beans can be seen, but the meat cannot be seen at all.
Although Xia Solstice wasn't interested in cutting the pork belly like this, it was enough to make her uncomfortable.
Moreover, apart from this small pot of beans, there was no other dish on her table. Jiang was busy in the outhouse for a while, and then came in with a bowl of sauce, still holding a handful of green onions in his hand. Then Tian Wang's family also came in, took a plate of pickles in his hand, and put it on the table on the side of Xia Zhi.
Even if they usually have to eat two meals by themselves, but she is a guest today, which is too much. Xia Solstice doesn't care what she eats, but she cares a lot about being treated like this.
Xia Zhi took a look at the table on the kang head, and saw that Old Man Tian picked up the chopsticks, and it seemed that he was about to start. The people at that table all looked at Old Man Tian, only Xiao Shu'er turned his head to look at the summer solstice.
Xia Solstice winked at the little tree. Xiao Shu'er is a clever ghost, and he will understand it all at once. "Let my sister make a meal with us. ”
Without waiting for anyone to answer, Xia Zhi had already smiled and said, "Okay, okay." She said this, and without asking anyone for instructions or being polite, she walked to the table on the kang head, and then stood between Xia Qiao and Xiaoshu'er.
Of course, Xia Qiao and Xiao Shu'er moved to both sides, making a place for Xia Zhi to be alone.
Xia Solstice sat down between the two. She smiled at everyone at the table, as if she took it for granted.
The chopsticks raised by Old Man Tian paused in mid-air. He raised his eyelids and stared at Xia Zhi, and then turned his gaze to Tian's body.
Tian rushed to the summer solstice: "This table is not for you to sit on, go over and sit with your grandmother." ”
"Why can't I sit, aren't we all sitting here? Xia Zhi smiled, "Mother, I don't want to be separated from you and my father, as well as my brother and my brother." ”
"Just separate for a while, why not. Hurry up, you still don't understand the rules. Tian's face became gloomy, and she also gave Xia Zhi a look behind his back, meaning to let Xia Zhi leave quickly, don't make Old Man Tian angry.
This is already rare in the Tian family, and she should also realize that she doesn't care about living on the summer solstice anymore.
Xia Zhi didn't appreciate it, she sat there motionless, and brought Xiao Shu'er's rice bowl and chopsticks to her. She had forgotten to pick up her chopsticks when she came over from that table, and this table clearly didn't have her chopsticks.
Xiao Shu'er grinned and glanced at the summer solstice, he climbed from the kang to the table at the top of the kang, and then brought the summer solstice's dishes and chopsticks, and sat down next to the summer solstice.
Seeing their sister and brother like this, Old Man Tian's face became even darker. Tian was also even more anxious, she pointed to the summer solstice: "Xia solstice, I still can't move you?"
"Mother, what a big deal, don't make a fuss. Xia Zhi still smiled, and then she turned to Old Man Tian, "Grandpa, I'm used to eating with my family, you won't let me sit at this table." …… When guests came to my backyard, my grandfather and my grandmother let me sit at the table. ”
Old man Tian glanced at Tian, and Tian lowered his head in shame. At this time, she couldn't force the summer solstice to pull up. Xia Solstice will definitely not go without saying it, if she does it, including Xia Xiucai, the bridge and Xiaoshu'er will maintain the summer solstice.
Old man Tian sneered, but he didn't say anything about the summer solstice. Xia Zhi also saw that Old Man Tian was habitually holding a shelf, so he would only instruct Tian to take care of himself, and he would not say anything to her directly.
Xia Solstice guessed correctly.
After sneering, Old Man Tian didn't say anything more, but raised his chopsticks to pick up a dish with chopsticks. That's what it means that everyone can move.
A table of three dishes was quickly eaten clean. Old man Tian eats very little, and he eats very slowly, I don't know if he is usually like this, or if he is angry today. The Xia family eats more well-behaved, including the Tian family, and they all eat very gently. There are two people in this storm: Uncle Tian and Tian Dabao.
Uncle Tian and Tian Dabao not only ate a lot, but also ate quickly. On the summer solstice, I almost didn't put a few dishes, and I found that the dishes had bottomed out.
She looked at the little tree on one side, the little tree pouted helplessly, she was looking at the bridge on the other side, the bridge didn't eat, just ate the rice in his bowl.
The dishes were almost eaten, and Old Man Tian put down his chopsticks first. He didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with Uncle Tian and Tian Dabao's way of eating, and when he ate, he also put several pieces of meat into Tian Dabao's rice bowl, as if he was afraid that his grandson would not be able to eat enough and not eat well.
As soon as Old Man Tian put down his chopsticks, several members of the Xia family put down their rice bowls, indicating that they had also eaten. "Have you eaten everything?" Uncle Tian asked with a smile, and then said, "After all the food, then I will eat the bottom of the vegetables." ”
As he spoke, he really picked up the plate, poured the bottom of the dish into his bowl, and then wiped the plate with rice, until it was shiny.
"I don't usually eat any oil and water. Old man Tian said beside him, as if to explain Uncle Tian's actions.
Uncle Tian ate all the vegetable bases, and even wiped the plates brightly, Tian Dabao was one step behind, and he looked a little aggrieved.
"Roast chicken, roast chicken. Tian Dabao muttered.
Xia Zhi realized that the roast chicken bought by Tian was not served at all.
According to the rules of the Zhuang family, the highest boudoir is generally used to entertain the uncle, because the uncle is a distinguished guest. In today's situation, the meal prepared by the Tian family was rough and not windy, and the roast chicken should be put on the table. Regardless of whether Xia Xiucai eats it or not, whose mouth does the roast chicken end up in, this is a courtesy.
But the Tian family obviously didn't expect this ceremony, even if Tian Dabao brought up the stubble of roast chicken, they didn't feel the slightest embarrassment.
Old man Tian just glanced at Tian Dabao, and then said to him, "I've eaten a lot." If you want to roast chicken, find your milk. ”
Tian Dabao really went to find Tian Wang's family. Tian Wang's family had already eaten very late, and a bowl of rice had not yet been eaten at this time. But she immediately put down her job and took Tian Dabao out.
It took a long time for Tian Dabao to come back with Tian Wang's family, and he ate oily food with one mouth, which seemed to have been wiped but not cleaned.
It should be very satisfying to eat, Tian Dabao returned to the house, and sat on the edge of the kang hehe, hehehe.
Xia Zhi put down his rice bowl here, and didn't stay in the house for long, so he and Xiaoshu'er ran to the yard to play again. She was talking to Xiao Shu'er when she saw Jiang Shi hesitantly coming over.
"Summer solstice, you tell your aunt more about the things in the city. (To be continued.) )