Since the local soldiers came to deliver the letter, the Lu family was all happy, and they were full of joy inside and out. It's okay for others, but the summer and spring dynasties are three autumns a day, looking through the autumn water, leaning on the door and leading the neck every day to look forward to it. Bao'er and Zhu'er, the two girls, often joke when they see her like this. She was so anxious that she didn't bother to pay attention.

Gossip is not mentioned, the sun and the moon change, and two days have passed in a blink of an eye.

At noon on this day, there was a meal in the upper room, because Lu Jia's family was fasting, only the Liu family ate alone, and Xia Chunchao served by the side.

Na Liu's heart was happy because his son was about to return home, but he reduced his hatred for Xia Chunchao by three points, said something homely to her, and asked: "Brother Yong is coming home soon, everything is ready?" Xia Chunchao replied: "It's all in order, and the room is cleaned up." The day before yesterday, the old lady said that she would catch the wind for the young master and feast all the relatives in the clan, and the posts were also delivered. All kinds of vegetables, vegetables, wine and food, have sent out a chip to send people to buy, and they have come home one after another. When Liu heard this, he felt a little unhappy in his heart, and said, "You are in charge like this, and you don't know how to come to discuss with me." Xia Chunchao replied with a smile: "I was going to talk to my wife, but it was not much time before the young master came home, and I was in a hurry, so I didn't have time to tell my wife." In the past, I also handled a few such things, and I didn't think it would be bad, so I didn't tell Mrs. Sù. ”

Liu glanced at her, ignored this, and only asked, "Since you are inviting relatives from the He clan all over the place, can you send a post to your aunt's family?" Xia Chunchao said with a smile: "The old lady means that since it is our family's business, there is no need to invite these outsiders." Therefore, the daughter-in-law never sent a post to her aunt's house. When Liu heard this, he was angry, put down his chopsticks, and said: "That's my sister-in-law, and Brother Yong's aunt, why did you become an outsider?" Isn't it true that only those surnamed Lu can come to the door, and no one else is allowed to come? Then why are you standing here again?! Could it be that your surname is Lu?! Xia Chunchao's face was as usual, and he said lightly: "Mrs. What she said is really unreasonable, I am the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, so naturally I am the Lu family." If so, then why is my wife here? After a pause, he said: "This is also what the old lady meant, if the wife feels bad, she should ask the old lady to go, but she really can't ask me." After that, seeing that Liu's lunch was about to end, he said: "Mrs., use it slowly, I still have some things ahead of me, so here I will ask them to serve in Changchun." Without saying a word, he didn't wait for Liu's speech, he bowed slightly and went out.

Liu was so angry that he was about to call her back to reprimand, but he thought that she might not be willing to come back, so he just sat in the house and got angry.

Seeing this, Changchun came up with honeysuckle and packed up the dishes and went down.

Liu sat on the kang, thought about it in his heart, and thought: Now I am alone, and the size of this family is all cleaned up by the hands of that slut, and there is no one to discuss. It's better to ask your sister. At the moment, he had made up his mind, so he said to Changchun: "Throw it here, hand it over to Honeysuckle to clean up, you go to the door and call one of the errand boys who heard Su Ri to come in." When Changchun heard that he didn't know what story this wife was going to give birth to, he didn't move away and asked, "What is the wife going to do?" Liu said: "Send a message to your aunt's house." Changchun said: "I advise my wife to save the province, why bother to find this idleness." Since the old lady ordered to invite only relatives in the clan, why did the wife bumper into it? It made the family unhappy, and only called the second room to see the joke. Liu Shi glared at him and reprimanded: "Little hoof, I can't even call you now?!" If you are told to go, you will go, girl, where is there so much to say! Changchun saw her making a splash, so he had to walk according to her words and call a little guy in.

Liu called the little man to him, explained a few words, gave him a few pennies, and sent him away. Changchun was about to go out, and when Liu saw it, he knew that he was going to deliver a letter, so he shouted and said, "Where are you going?" I'm in this house now, and I'm not going anywhere, for I have something to do with you!" Then he called Honeysuckle to him, and sent it down again. Changchun had no choice but to give up.

The little guy was only twelve or thirteen years old, and he didn't know the world, so he was instructed by his wife to put the reward money in his waist and went out, looking for a visit all the way to the door of Zhang's house.

Due to the difficulty of the family road, after entering Beijing, the Zhang family rented a small courtyard in the stinky water alley with the help of the Liu family. There is a cobbler living on the left side of this courtyard, and a fish seller in the right room, and the sewage flows sideways all day long, and the smell is overwhelming. If it weren't for that, the Zhang family would no longer have the strength to rent the house.

When the little guy walked to the entrance of the alley, he felt a foul smell rushing to his face, and walked to the door of Zhang's house with his nose covered.

At that time, an old mother of the Zhang family was sitting on the threshold peeling beans, and when she saw someone coming, she asked, "Who is my brother looking for?" The little guy covered his nose and muttered: "I came here from Mrs. Lu, and Mrs. Xun said something." As soon as the old mother heard that it was the Lu family, she hurriedly summoned inside.

I saw Aunt Zhang wearing old homely clothes, greeted her from inside, and said with a smile: "Your wife asked you to come, I must have something to say." And when he spoke, he brought him to the hall. This little guy is used to staying in the Lu family's house, and seeing that the door of this chapter is covered with mud, and there are black holes inside, where is he willing to go in, he waved his hand again and again: "Don't dare to bother, there is still something over there, and I can't stay for a long time." He relayed the words of Liu's explanation, and hurriedly said goodbye.

Aunt Zhang tried her best to keep it, and asked the old mother to take two pieces of yellow rice flour cake and make tea and snacks with him. The little guy couldn't push back, so he had to take it, and after saying goodbye, he turned around and ran away.

When he got out of the alley, the little guy turned his head and opened his head, and when he saw that he couldn't see the Zhang family, he took out two pieces of cake. But when I saw the two pieces of flour cake, they were wrapped in yellow paper, but there were a few oil stains on the paper, and I smelled the smell of oil. Where did he eat such a snack, he immediately threw it to the two yellow dogs at the entrance of the alley, and said deeply: "This aunt and the cousin go to our house every day, and they look very bright from the outside, who knows that they are so poor!" The strange way went to our house to fight the autumn wind twice, and asked his daughter to be a concubine for our young master. How can such a person be as good as our grandmother, and how can people look up to it? After thinking about it for a while, he raised his legs and went home, full of despise this Zhang family in his heart.

When Aunt Zhang saw that this little girl was running fast, she knew the situation in her heart, and she didn't mention it on her face, but only gave a few words to the old mother, and went back to the house.

Zhang Xueyan was sitting in the hall, doing some needlework on the sun, and when she saw her mother coming in, she didn't get up, and complained in her mouth: "Mother is really careless, I'm sitting here, so I'll call that little guy in." There is nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide, but it makes people laugh, how to go there in the future. "It turns out that the courtyard of the Zhang family is shallow and narrow, with only two floors in front and back.

Aunt Zhang sneered: "You don't have to complain, people won't come in." The thief is a slave, and the dog looks down on people, such a force! Zhang Xueyan sighed: "That's it, the world is like this, hasn't my mother seen enough in that county in the past?" Aunt Zhang glanced at her, sneered, and said, "Don't say these unreliable words, we have already got this now, and the family really can't afford to marry you." You are arrogant, ordinary people don't pay attention to it, and you must choose a good marriage. Not to mention whether such people are willing or not, where are we going to get that dowry! Zhang Xueyan saw her mother chattering, so she said angrily: "Mother's words are not unreasonable, marriage is a lifelong plan, how can it be made." Could it be that a person like me should be a wife to that poor man?! Aunt Zhang snorted, told the story of the Lu family's little servant, and said: "Your cousin is coming home soon, and since you don't want to live this poor life, you have to use all your means to take him down, so that you can have a good life." In the past few days, I have been watching coldly, that Xia is not a good person, but I am afraid that it will get in the way. Have you ever wondered how to deal with it? ”

Zhang Xueyan smiled and said, "My daughter heard that there is a slang saying in the world that a wife is not as good as a concubine. How can this man not love beauty, although Xia is beautiful, he is an old man. My cousin has been married to her for a few years, and the freshness should be over. I just have to let go of the means, and I'm not afraid that he won't come in. Aunt Zhang smiled: "You can hold it steadily, but I'm afraid it's not that easy." Do you know that the big and small affairs of your aunt's family, the land shop, are all in the hands of the Xia family. I heard that most of the Lu family's wealth was earned by her. If you want to drive her out, people may not be willing to give up this god of wealth. Zhang Xueyan smiled lightly: "Let's let her sit on that one for two days for the time being, what are you afraid of." It's not me who speaks, but if she can do it, I can't? In terms of talent and character, what am I worse than her? ”

When Aunt Zhang heard this, she saw that it was not early, so she got up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen and tell Mother Liu to stew chicken, and wait for your father to come back and eat it." Don't just talk big here, but think about the future. When he had finished speaking, he turned and went back.

That Zhang Xueyan sat on the stool, looked up, and saw that the walls in this room were dark, the house was old, and the depression was full of eyes, and she sighed unconsciously, and felt that God was unfair.

It turned out that this chapter Xueyan was conceited and romantic, with a beautiful moon appearance, and quite a bit of cleverness, so she refused to live in peace. is full of only saying that he should be matched with a handsome and talented man, guarding the family property, and being a wealthy wife, so that he can live up to a romantic figure like himself. Who knew that he was tricked in that county, and he got it to such a point. She was angry and died, but she was helpless. Since I came to the capital, I saw the red men and green women in this flower world, and my mind became more active, and I felt more and more that this courtyard was not the place I should be. Her mother and daughter originally had no idea, but they went to her aunt's house to visit, and they inquired and learned that this aunt was very disgusted with her daughter-in-law Xia. Before Aunt Zhang could speak, Liu Shi mentioned the idea first.

This matter can be in the hearts of the mother and daughter of the Zhang family, and the two of them also pretended to make a gesture and refused, so they responded. Although Zhang Xueyan no longer remembered what her cousin looked like, seeing that the Lu family was wealthy, she also felt that this matter was feasible.

She is full of plans to have her aunt in charge of this matter, and it is a sure thing to enter the gate of the Lu family to be the second grandmother. Unexpectedly, my cousin-in-law Xia was not a good kneader, and I didn't know what stumbling block she made, so she forcibly blocked herself. However, these words have been released, and now the neighbors in this stinky water alley know that the daughter of the Zhang family wants to be a concubine for the young master of the Lu family, and she is already difficult to ride a tiger.

Zhang Xueyan looked at her lobby in her eyes, thinking about the past in her heart, she couldn't help but be secretly ruthless, the corners of her lips hooked slightly, and she said to herself with a low smile: "The mountains are high and the waters are long, let's see!" ”。