Chapter Twenty-Nine: My Aunt Comes to the Door
It's not a New Year's Day, Aunt Shu's family actually came to the county seat, Qinglan is a little bored, why don't you come when you want to come for the New Year, she really doesn't like this family. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but this is a big deal for Old Man Shu and the Shu family. After all, the last time Aunt Shu came, it was when Aunt Shu got married.
Aunt Shu's son drove a donkey cart, this car was newly bought by Mr. Shu's family during the New Year, the baby is very, if it weren't for Aunt Shu to come to the county in person, Mr. Shu San would definitely not be willing to lend it. This cousin is not a master who cherishes things and feels sorry for livestock, he waved the little donkey whip, pulled his wife and children, and chattered the little black donkey in front of the car, all the way to the happy end.
Old man Shu received the message, asked for leave to go to the city gate early to greet him, the Shu family naturally received him with the highest treatment, and the old man Shu also called Zhao Bingsheng and Shu's family to make a face for Aunt Shu. So after school that day, Qinglan came to Shu's house in Xiaobao's carriage.
"Yo ~ our daughter ~ is here." Aunt Shu and other female dependents were on Mrs. Shu's kang, and as soon as the courtyard door rang, Aunt Shu's daughter-in-law Yu Shi saw Qinglan scratching the door with sharp eyes, half teasing and half mocking the other women in the room.
Sure enough, except for Mrs. Shu, who happily got off the kang to welcome people, the others changed their faces without exception.
"Hmph", the disdainful expressions of Aunt Shu and Second Aunt Shu are exactly the same, and even the posture of rolling their eyes seems to be carved out of a mold.
Qin's Wang and Aunt Shu didn't seem to hear it, they each hung their heads to do the embroidery work on their hands, but it was Yu's who put down the melon seeds in their hands with an expression of wanting to watch a good show.
Qinglan hadn't arrived at the hall yet, Mrs. Shu had already hugged her in her arms with a smile, a good meal of kissing, shouting and asking for warmth, the Wang family in the house was a little uncomfortable when she heard it, she never let Mrs. Shu get close to her daughter, such as now, Ming Ran and Ming Zhuang are still in the West House.
Mrs. Shu led Qinglan into the back room, and no one present took the initiative to greet her.
Qinglan felt funny, especially Second Aunt Shu and Wang Yufen, the two of them almost killed themselves, but Second Aunt Shu had an expression that she owed her 1.8 million, and Wang Yufen always put on an elder's face in front of her, as if she couldn't live if she didn't do this. Qinglan didn't show it on her face, and greeted everyone one by one, saying hello, including Shu Ergu and Wang Yufen, and there was no difference from everyone. Aunt Shu's face looked better, and she nodded invisibly, which was a smile on the junior's greetings. And the cousin Yu's seems to be very proud that someone has given her a low bow and a small face, enjoying the feeling of being a guest.
Mrs. Shu put Qinglan on the kang, and she sat behind her granddaughter, stopped her in her arms, and continued to ask Qinglan about the rest of the family and Qinglan's schooling, Qinglan leaned on her grandmother's chest and answered in detail one by one.
Second Aunt Shu frowned and scolded Qinglan: "Look what it looks like!" I don't sit, I don't have bones! Her words instantly broke the intimate and harmonious chat atmosphere between the grandfather and grandson, and successfully focused everyone's attention on Qinglan.
Qinglan sometimes admires her second aunt, she is selfish and willful to the point of reaching the peak, and she can't wait for the best in the world to be her own, even a child's vinegar is so justified.
Qinglan hugged Mrs. Shu's arm, raised her little face and deliberately angrily said to her: "Grandma loves me the most~ Grandma, right?" ”
Mrs. Shu nodded her little nose and said with a smile: "Yes, grandma is the rarest and sunny~" After speaking, she also glanced at Shu Ergu, and Shu Ergu was angry with the grandparents and grandchildren.
"Call me to say," Yu Shi seemed to be not afraid of big things when watching the play, and provoked: "A girl, you can't get used to this household, stay at home to do more work, learn some housework is serious, what kind of book to read!" ”
Second Aunt Shu seemed to have found an alliance all of a sudden, and immediately answered: "It's just that I don't even look like a girl's house, I mix with a group of men all day long, I don't look like a person!" ”
Yu Shi glanced at Qinglan and took over Shu Ergu's words: "Whoever says no, just say that our plums never go out of the door, and help me work at home all day long, and I can't get rid of her when I go out to play." After speaking, he glanced at Aunt Shu to see how she reacted.
However, the Yu family was destined to be disappointed, and Aunt Shu didn't raise her head, as if she didn't hear it.
Aunt Shu seemed to be very satisfied with Meizi's usual performance, and the furrows on her face were a little shallower. But Qinglan's face is already in black lines, your family is repairing a second door! This cousin Meizi has always had only one kind of gaze for Qinglan - eager envy, and she must not have imagined that one day, she can become an example of the object of envy. To tell the truth, Qinglan doesn't like girls like Meizi, she doesn't dare to look at people squarely, she turns her face sideways and quietly looks at people from the bottom up, no matter whether she is at home or outside, she doesn't dare to answer anyone, and she can't make a fart for a long time when she asks her about something, which makes Qinglan, who has always spoken well, very unhappy.
"Huh? Why didn't you see my Sister Meizi? Qinglan asked innocently.
Yu replied proudly: "Your sister Meizi is doing a good job, and a few girls from the neighborhood Chen next door came to her to ask her for skills." ”
"Oh~", Qinglan stretched her accent and said to her in a worshipful tone: "Sister Meizi is really amazing, even the most fashionable tricks in the county!" ”
Yu retracted the corners of her mouth a little embarrassed, and Aunt Shu glanced at Qinglan dissatisfied, the girl's family is so sharp-eyed and sharp-mouthed, she can't marry when she grows up in the future!
Although Aunt Shu is very disdainful of Meizi, she hates Qinglan even more, since Qinglan was directly admitted to Meiban and was praised as a little prodigy in the Shu family, she hates this niece more and more, why didn't she fall stupid in the first place! A female baby can actually read? Phew, I don't know how to get in yet!
"Qingqing, didn't the second aunt say you, I heard that you are the young master of the Ding family every day? I'm good~ You don't want to be ashamed, our Shu family still has to be faced, you also have to think about your family, what about these people, how can you not go out every day because you are ashamed! What's the use of girls studying, don't be embarrassed in the county school, and you can save more money for your parents! ”
As soon as Aunt Shu's words fell, everyone looked stunned, and Aunt Shu glanced at her sister sideways. Qinglan was admitted to the county school with the first place, Zhao Bingsheng was very happy about this, and repeatedly asked Aunt Shu to care more about this niece.
Aunt Shu glanced at Qinglan in disgust, as if she was something smelly.
Mrs. Shu's face darkened angrily, and she scolded her daughter: "What nonsense are you talking about! Is this what a girl should say! Qingqing is only a few years old! ”
"Oh? Where did the second aunt hear this? Qinglan pretended not to care and asked, it's really funny, my sister is silent not because I'm cowardly, but I'm too lazy to take care of you, I really think my sister is hellokitty!
"Where does this come from, the whole street knows it!" Shu Ergu didn't look at her mother's black face, and hummed a sentence from her nose.
"Yes! So soon everybody knew! But..."Qing Lan came to a turn of genius, raised her eyebrows and said: "It's purely that some people are jealous and spread rumors, in fact, Mr. Ji of the Ji clan in Dongshan accepted me as a disciple, and the young master of the Ding family and Li Gongzi are anonymous students, so let's study with the master together." ”
As soon as these words came out, others were nothing, and Aunt Shu's eyes lit up: "But that the first Confucian in the south of the Yangtze River - Mr. Ji Zhaoya Ji?" ”
Qinglan looked at Aunt Shu with some surprise, how could she know the name of her husband? Thinking about Zhao Bingsheng, Qinglan thought that she had glimpsed the truth, and nodded: "It's him." ”
Aunt Shu looked at her niece with extremely complicated eyes, her husband especially admired this Mr. Ji, and visited him repeatedly, but he was turned away. And his little niece has become the big apprentice of the Ji family, I have to say, it is really a creation and a trick, if his two sons can also worship under Mr. Ji, will they not even be able to pass the show by now!?
Mrs. Shu is very happy, her granddaughter is so good! Although she didn't know who that Mr. Ji was, the performance of her eldest daughter had already told her that this Mr. Ji was amazing.
Qinglan glanced around at the women's expressions, felt very interesting, and became more and more grateful to Mr. Ji, Mr. was not prejudiced because he was a woman, and recorded her as a disciple in the room, Xiaobao was jealous like a Samoyed who was only abandoned, you know, Qinglan is Mr. Ji's eldest disciple, the status represented by this identity... Xiaobao said matter-of-factly: "It is estimated that the students in the entire Jiangnan will go crazy if they know it..."Later, Thirteen had to admit that Xiaobao's words were really far-sighted.
Everyone changed their vision, and Shu Ergu only felt that she was feeling uncomfortable, and her heart and eyes hurt.
After a while, Aunt Shu led her daughters-in-law to the kitchen, and only Aunt Shu and Mrs. Shu were left in the house. Aunt Shu gave Mrs. Shu a look, meaning to let her get Qinglan out.
Old Mrs. Shu didn't raise her eyelids, so she didn't see it. She knew in her heart what Mrs. Shu was going to say, but her ability was limited and she couldn't help her.
Aunt Shu couldn't, relying on the quilt luck, Qinglan skimmed the corners of her eyes, but she didn't know, so she didn't leave.
"Brother and sister," in the end, Aunt Shu couldn't hold her breath and said, "You see that the tiger head is also sixteen, it's time to talk about a daughter-in-law." ”
Tiger Head is the eldest grandson of Aunt Shu, in fact, he only celebrated his fourteenth birthday last month.
"Eldest sister, the family really can't help with this." Old Lady Shu sighed. The eldest sister really spoils her son and has no bounds, and she doesn't look at how many bowls of dry rice she can pick, so she dares to think about the daughter of a wealthy Wu family in the town, not to mention how much it costs to marry into the door, such a daughter-in-law, she can still work in the field in the future?!
From the conversation between the two old ladies, Qinglan knew the purpose of Aunt Shu's visit to the county this time.
It turned out that the tiger head cousin fell in love with Wang Juhua in Dawangzhuang, and revealed to his parents that he wanted to get married. Aunt Shu resolutely disagreed, for no other reason, Wang Juhua's grandfather had previously discussed marriage with Aunt Shu, and people didn't like Aunt Shu at that time. So when Aunt Shu heard that it was his daughter, she was so angry that she almost hit Dawangzhuang on the grounds that Wang Juhua hooked up with her grandson.
The tiger head finally stopped his grandmother, and he also understood that he might not be able to marry Wang Juhua, so he was sick in his heart, and he was dull and thin day by day.
Aunt Shu looked distressed, she couldn't let her grandson be like Wang Juhua! But she found someone to talk about many daughters, but the tiger head was unwilling, and later, the tiger head relented and said that if he couldn't marry Wang Juhua, then he would marry the daughter of the rich Wu family in the town, otherwise he would not marry for life!
Now Aunt Shu is very embarrassed, why did her family marry the daughter of a rich Wu family! But Uncle Cousin is really interested in it, and he really plans to marry his son to Wu Fuhu's daughter. What's wrong with your own son? My cousin-in-law is a county lord, and it's not a matter of saying that I want to be the daughter of a rich family.
My cousin thought so and persuaded Aunt Shu in this way, so the whole family came to the county seat.
Qinglan wanted to laugh when she heard this, no wonder the Yu family was so energetic that Aunt Shu wanted her aunt to marry his son. Qinglan doesn't look down on Cousin Hutou as a farmer, but Wu Fuhu is not a fool, Aunt Shu's family may be doing well in the village, but it can be compared to the town... To tell the truth, Shu Dalang, who is studying in a private school, may not be able to marry the daughter of Wu Fuhu now, let alone the tiger-headed cousin who has never studied for a day!
Mrs. Shu also felt that it was very unreliable, and the gap between the two families was too big, not only economically, but also the tiger head himself, whether he was good looking or knowledgeable, what kind of thing could he take out to say that he could marry someone else's daughter! And their family really has no money now.
Even the New Year's money collected by the children during the New Year was collected by her, or where would the tuition fee for this big man come from after the New Year!
But Aunt Shu's family doesn't think so, they calculate, the Shu family also has three or five hundred taels of silver, (Qinglan: Auntie, you are the truth, the silver was divided into my father.) Let the two nieces get together again, and it's okay to take five hundred taels conservatively, who can marry and take out this old money, not to mention Zhuangzi, the county town is also decent! When the time comes, sell two acres of land of the old four families and build a mansion, he is just this precious grandson, how can he not be wronged!
But what Aunt Shu's family didn't expect was that the Shu family really couldn't come up with money this time, so the atmosphere of the Shu family's dinner was very strange, and only a few Da Lang were happy.
After the meal, Mr. Shu recruited the men into the hall and plugged in the door. Qinglan and Pan Erniang glanced at each other, knowing that this was the rhythm of asking each family to pay money. However, their family really has no money now, most of the family's money is invested in restaurants, and now it has just opened, it is the time of lack of money, I believe that my father will not be a big head, a cousin, not a nephew.
"Dad," after Old Man Shu explained the situation and requirements to his son and son-in-law, Shu Lao Er received a look from his eldest brother-in-law, breaking the silence in the house, "We have moved a new house and opened a shop, and there is indeed no line, "Even if you have money, you can't make it like this, a family of one hundred taels, is the silver blown by the wind!" What's more, he still marries a cousin with a foreign surname, he is full of food and support! Over the years, the family has sent money to their hometown every year, and their own land has also been planted by their aunt and their family, and only a little food is given every year, which is not enough for the family to eat for three months! So the life has been miserable, and finally because of Mingzhuang's affairs, he no longer sends money to the countryside, but now he is bumping up, is this crazy!
"I don't have any money, what book do you send a girl to read! Hurry up and don't let her go, close the shop, our family can't come out of the business! Old man Shu didn't show any face and scolded Shu Lao Er on the spot.
Shu Lao Er was bored in his heart, if he didn't open a shop, what would our family eat! For the sake of a nephew and grandson who is outside the third road, he doesn't even care about his own grandchildren, and he is anxious to collect money for others, really..."Dad, Qingqing was admitted by herself, and she didn't spend the family's money." My cousin has no ability, and he can't marry a daughter-in-law to the tiger head, so he marries me with a five-tael ceremony, and it's too little. "Shu Lao Er is really angry.
Zhao Bingsheng and Ji Dong also immediately said that they would have the same courtesy as Shu Lao Er. Boss Shu didn't speak, but from his expression, it could be seen that he agreed with his younger brother. Shu Laosan bared his teeth, five taels... His brother-in-law only paid five taels to his family when he got married, but it was always less than one hundred taels, and he reluctantly nodded.
Old man Shu was angry, and scolded Shu Lao Er for being unfilial, Shu Lao Er felt sad, and his face was very ugly, no matter how old man Shu scolded, he didn't change his words. Mrs. Shu looked at it and hurriedly asked her second son to lead her daughter-in-law and grandchildren home.