Lu Zhiwen was slightly aware of it, glanced at his younger brother, and took advantage of the fact that no one was noticing, and slapped him lightly with a folding fan.

Lu Zhen's body was shocked, he raised his eyes to look at his brother, and saw that his face was sinking like water, and his eyes were cold, so he immediately lowered his head, and he didn't dare to speak.

But I heard Zhou say to Lu Jia again: "...... That being said, I do have a good idea of a girl. There's nothing to say about the character, it's just that the background is a little lower. ”

When Lu Jiashi heard this, he said with interest: "Oh? Which girl is it? Can you mention it? ”

Zhou said with a smile: "It is the daughter of Song Yuanwai in Songjiazhuang, twenty miles on the outskirts of Beijing, who is fourteen years old this year. A few years ago, she and her mother came to the city to see the meeting, and I would meet her. Although he has not yet reached the end of the year, he has been born with a talent, and he speaks and acts very well. I looked at it and liked it in my heart, so I asked someone to inquire about this girl's birthday, which was very compatible with my family. My husband and I like it very much. Lu Jiashi nodded and asked with a smile: "This is also a good thing." It's just that you said that she came from a slightly lower background? ”

Zhou replied: "Yes, this girl is all good, but it's a pity that she is not raised in the main house." Her mother was originally a dowry girl brought by the wife of this Song Yuan, and within a few days of giving birth to this girl, she died due to postpartum recuperation. The wife of the Song family took this girl by her side and raised her as her own girl. This Song member has three sons under his knees, and only this one daughter is the only one. ”

Lu Jiashi thought for a while, and then said slowly: "If I'm not mistaken, this Song Yuanwai is a little close to the Spring Dynasty?" Seeing this, Liu interjected and said, "I don't remember such a thing. Zhou smiled at her: "Sister-in-law must have forgotten." Then he turned to Lu Jiashi and smiled: "The old lady's memory is good. Yes, this Song member is the uncle of the Spring Dynasty, so the girl should ask the Spring Dynasty to call her cousin. ”

When Liu heard this, he couldn't help but look at Zhou. I only heard Lu Jiashi say lightly: "That's it, although it is raised in a side room, but it is only for good people, so there is nothing wrong with it." If it's really good, send the matchmaker to talk about it. This grandson's family affairs, you and your lord just have an idea, you don't have to ask me. She knew what the two daughters-in-law meant by coming here, so she first blocked her mouth with words.

Sure enough, Zhou's face sank, and he smiled for a long time: "What did the old lady say, although we have been separated now, in the end, the old lady is still the elder in the family." When Brother Yong got married, it was the old lady's words. Why is it that now that it is our turn to slander people, the old lady is stingy with this sentence and half a sentence? As he spoke, without waiting for Lu Jiashi to answer, he hurriedly said: "We also want to propose, but the Song family is not like ordinary farmers, and the Song family is well-off, although they live in the countryside, they have some land, and they only have this one daughter under their knees, so they need some dignity." We don't want to mention it rashly, there is no suitable dowry, but I am afraid that we will surprise other girls. ”

This seat of words landed, and even the Liu family heard it, it turned out that the Zhou family came here today to fight the autumn wind. Although this Liu family is usually confused, as soon as he heard that it was about money, he understood it very much. What's more, it is his own enemy who came to make this calculation today.

At that moment, Liu Shi pulled down his face, laughed in his nose, and said, "Since you don't have that dowry, don't marry someone else's lady without doing your best." A daughter in the side room, born to a girl, what kind of daughter is blind, and she dares to ask for many dowries? Where can I find a good girl, I must choose such a low-born woman, and I am not afraid of insulting my identity! ”

After hearing these words, Zhou was willing to give up, and sneered: "Sister-in-law's words are bad, and the background of the Spring Dynasty is not high, although she is raised in a house, she is a merchant woman, isn't it very good now?" It can be seen that it is not advisable to judge people by their origins. What's more, the Miss Song family is still a child of a serious peasant family. As he spoke, he paused slightly, and said with a smile: "When I first married the Spring Dynasty, my brother and sister-in-law were very courteous to the Xia family like a pug, didn't they just fancy the wealth of other families and the rich dowry?" At that time, I didn't listen to my sister-in-law say that she was not born anymore. ”

When Liu Shi heard this, he was angry. was about to speak, but Lu Jiashi pounded the bed and scolded: "Come on, let's not say a word!" The younger generation is not afraid of jokes! ”

Zhou had something to ask for, and when he heard his mother-in-law's reprimand, he immediately shut up. The Liu family still chattered: "It was already agreed when we split up, and in the future, the two families will take care of their own livelihoods, each with its own life, in black and white, and the writing is clear." Where is there a reason to ask for a dowry from the eldest brother of the split family, it is really ridiculous. Zhou didn't say anything, only stared at Lu Jia.

After a while, Lu Jia's words slowly spoke: "Although what the boss said is ugly, the reason is good. You were breaking up the family at the beginning, and it didn't matter how much I said. Now that they have been separated, it is natural that each family is in charge of each family's affairs. As he spoke, he glanced at Zhou and said, "Having said that, there are indeed some difficulties in your family. The second child's shop, the business has always been light, enough for your family to eat, where is the extra money entangled? When I first married for Zhenwen, my family spent another sum of money, and now it is good not to fight famine. ”

When Zhou heard this, he thought that things had taken a turn for the better, so he had to smile and persuade him. Who knows, Lu Jiashi said again: "But now at home, I don't care about your sister-in-law." The big and small affairs in the family and the money in and out are all taken care of by the Spring Dynasty, so you should ask her about this. "It turns out that this Lu Jia family is now living with the long house, and naturally all his heart is for the long house. What's more, Lu Chengyong has a ready-made official position, but Lu Chengyong's fame is still in the mirror, and she doesn't pay much attention to it. It's just that as an elder, it's not good to be too biased, so he pushed Xia Chunchao out.

When Zhou heard this, he was very disappreciative in his heart, and said secretly: You are the elder of the family, and the family only respects you. If you tell a word, who dares not to obey it? When he said this, it was clearly a word of shirk. immediately smiled: "The old lady said that she was joking, although she said that the Spring Dynasty was in charge, but the old lady said it, can she still agree?" I think the Spring Dynasty is very sensible, and it will never mess up the order of the eldest and youngest. Liu snorted and said, "It's light, you don't have any money in your family, as if someone has it!" This big family, with food and clothing, all rely on a few acres of thin fields in the countryside and the broken shop in the city - how many taels of oil and water can be squeezed out? After a year of firewood, rice, oil and salt, there is not much money left, and there are still these relatives to entangle. If you go on like this, I'm afraid that you will have to eat a dry river and dry sea! ”

Lu Jiashi was very impatient, and his face showed a tired look, and he said: "I am tired, and my body is not good, so I don't have the energy to talk to you." Go and sit down in the outer chamber, and let me rest for a while. With that, he sent Pauline off.

Zhou saw that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law handed over a sentence, but they couldn't insert a word. Lu Jiashi gave another eviction order, but he had no choice but to get up and say, "Since the old lady is not in good health, we will come to visit another day." So he took his two sons out.

When everyone left the courtyard, Zhou complained as he walked: "The old lady is really biased!" When I split up, I gave all the good fields to the long house, and only gave us the broken shop, and I don't know how difficult it has been in the past few years! Now that their lives are better, they don't say that they are helping to help them, but they are still brothers who come out of the same family. In this way, people are pushed out, where can they still see a relative. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, ten fingers, which one doesn't hurt to bite? In this way, as long as it lasts for a long time, Hugh will make the wrong foot in the future! ”

The Liu clan also went out of the courtyard because of Lu Jia's words, and when he heard Zhou's resentful words after him, he immediately raised his voice and said: "Brother and sister's words are wrong, we have already split up." This is fair or unfair, why didn't you say it in front of the governor at that time? It's been a few years since then, and I've turned over this old account again. Furthermore, the separation of families is to eat the rice in each family's pot. Those who are willing to help are lovers, and those who can't help are duty, how can there be so many words. It would be ridiculous to talk about relatives again. There are also three poor relatives in the imperial court, each of whom has been helped, where can it! ”

The Zhou family was already full of resentment, and after listening to Liu's comments, he suddenly became angry, sneered, and said: "Sister-in-law's words have some truth, but if you don't help, then that's fine." How do you pick and choose to get help? Let the brothers of the family starve, but put the relatives of the three roads outside the rest assured. Not only is it difficult, but it is also necessary to give Brother Yong's concubine, and it is clear that a good daughter-in-law is tortured in vain, and I don't know what An's heart is. ”

This remark was poking at Liu's heart, and when he was a little red, he blushed from his cheeks, and said: "I'm happy to help anyone, I'm happy to do it!" You're out of here, and you're daydreaming if you want to come back and get some good! Even if I take out the money from my family to collect water and give alms to monks and nuns, it will not be your turn! Not to be outdone, the Zhou family also reciprocated sentence by sentence. These two are enemies who have been in trouble for half their lives, where are they willing to give in half a step, fight back and forth, and almost can't get started.

The two sons in the second room didn't dare to pull their aunt, so they had to pull their own mother, and Changchun tried his best to pull the Liu family, so that the two wives were exempt from this unseemly.

At this time, someone had already run to report to Xia Chunchao.

Xia Chunchao was talking with the shopkeeper Xia in the front hall, and when he heard the news, he rushed to persuade the Liu family, but he didn't have time to pay attention to the second room.

Seeing that there was a discord, Zhou scolded and went to the door.

Lu Zhiwen is a man of few words, and he does not say a word. Lu Zhenren was extremely thin-skinned, only to feel that his mother was tearing up and even embarrassed in public, and said in a low voice: "Mother is ridiculous, she can't borrow money, how can she do it with her aunt?" Let this family look at what it has become. ”

Zhou was angry, and when he heard this, he stopped, poked his hand on his forehead, and reprimanded: "What is I doing for without conscience?!" It's not your karma! Now that I don't have any money, I can't do a dowry, where can I ask for a daughter-in-law for you? What's the point of getting that poor girl from three ghosts and four people?! ”

Lu Zhenren is not good at words, and after a few reprimands for his mother, he bowed his head and was silent. Zhou muttered to himself: "The girl of the Song family is excellent, with outstanding appearance and gentle personality, and it is even more rare that she has a solid family background, and she will marry in the future." How much good will you get by marrying her! It's really hard to find such a relative. As he spoke, he glanced in again and said, "It's just that I climbed the door and kissed it, so I was proud of something!" It turned out that she saw that Changfang had gained a few foreign fortunes because she married Xia Chunchao, and her life was prosperous, so she also started this idea.

She was talking in her mouth, but she didn't want to be on the side, but Lu Zhenren said softly: "It's all on the side, it's lucky that she can have a sister-in-law." ”。