Chapter 3 The third child says kiss
Mrs. Shu really couldn't be the master of her husband and eldest son, so she sent a letter to her eldest daughter to go back to her parents' house. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Aunt Shu is forty years old this Chinese New Year's Eve, and her appearance follows Old Master Shu, with round eyes and fair skin, and when she speaks, the pear nest on her cheeks carves a deep mark on her cheeks. Aunt Shu is a celebrity in Youfang Hutong, and many neighbors have watched her grow up, watched her get married, and watched her become the county wife she is today. It is worth mentioning that Aunt Shu is really a woman of good luck.
Originally, her family affair was set at a young age: to change relatives. Her third uncle married the youngest daughter of the Zhao family, and she married Zhao Bingsheng, the eldest grandson of the Zhao family. What no one expected was that Zhao Bingsheng was actually a person who could read.
Since I can remember, I love to lie in the corner of the school in the township, and practice calligraphy with branches stained in the sand, and then I went to the private school in the town to do chores. In the second year after marrying Aunt Shu, she was admitted to Tongsheng! Now Zhaojiazhuang is boiling all of a sudden, and for the first time in so many years, there is a child in the village! The clan began to provide him with education, and Zhao Bingsheng was also angry, and he took the Xiucai exam one after another, studied in the county for three years, and barely hung a tail.
At this moment, Aunt Shu and the Shu family suddenly raised their eyebrows, and even Aunt Shu, who had been withdrawn, also found her aunt who opened a big car shop at home. Aunt Shu has two sons in a row, and the Zhao family also thinks she is a prosperous husband. Although Zhao Bingsheng stopped at Chunqiu, he was favored by an official master and had been a follower for two years. Three years ago, the official was promoted, and he wanted to take him to the capital to take up his post and let him try his spring again. But Aunt Shu was not very happy for him to go, and Zhao Bingsheng himself was not very sure about Chunyu, and he didn't want to be too far away from his parents and brothers. Before leaving, the official arranged Zhao Bingsheng into the Weixian county government to be the county minister.
Today's county lady came in a navy blue sedan chair carried by two people, carrying a large bag and a small bag, and before she entered the alley, she heard the shouts of the neighbors.
Aunt Shu never goes empty-handed every time she goes back to her parents' house, once Mrs. Shu carried Qinglan to Xiazi to serve rice for cooking, Qinglan caught a glimpse of the burlap bag sent by Aunt Shu, it was Chen Millet who was last year, and the insects in it had laid eggs. Qinglan said secretly: You can't fool your father and mother like this! Later, I heard Aunt Shu say that it was sent to the county government by the old Shu family in the countryside, and it was specified to be given to Zhao Bingsheng. Zhao Bingsheng is not the one who is willing to leave the handle for two bags of millet. He didn't even look at it, and directly asked the official to send it to Shu's house, in the name of Aunt Shu.
Qinglan's understanding of the old Shu family has reached a higher level, and there is really no sei to send gifts to this share! Fortunately, I didn't go to find someone to do something, otherwise people would have thought that they were here to make enemies!
This time, Aunt Shu also brought ordinary rice, oil, salt, etc., the benefits of the county government, but it was also the first one in the Shu family. Of course, the title of Mrs. Cheng of the county also makes Aunt Shu more and more like the eldest sister.
Let Aunt Shu go to the back room, and Mrs. Shu gave each of her three grandsons a snack and drove people to play in the alley.
Mrs. Shu took Qinglan to the kang and said to Aunt Shu: "The third child has fallen in love with the little daughter of the widow's family, so she has to make a fuss to marry." Your father and your eldest brother disagree, and there has been a disturbance at home in the past two days. . . Aunt Shu didn't speak, lowered her eyes and listened to the old lady talk about family affairs, and teased Qinglan with one hand. The old lady directly pushed Qinglan into the kang and let her play with the handkerchief by herself.
Aunt Shu asked, "Does my mother want him to marry that Wang Yufen?" ”
It turns out that the widow's little girl is called Wang Yufen, I heard that she is a famous beauty in ten miles and eight townships, but the eldest girl of the Ding family is recognized as the first beauty in the county, I don't know which of them is beautiful?
Qinglan thought of this, and listened to Mrs. Shu say angrily: "I don't want to drop what is the use!" Your brother is determined to marry, and he pesters me every day. The widow of the king is really shameless, and when she touches her upper and lower mouths, she asks for a dowry of one hundred taels! She thought her daughter was a fairy! That Wang Yufen was more bearish than her mother, and she actually went to the shop to find your brother, saying that the dowry was for her posthumous brother to marry her, and her dowry had to be paid by your brother. Your brother was also obscured by her.,Answer on the spot.。。。 Mrs. Shu has been aggrieved recently, the old man and the eldest son disagreed, complaining about her, the second son didn't care, and couldn't stand the younger son's pleading, so both sides were angry. The second daughter is a playmaker, and now she can only rely on her eldest daughter to come up with ideas.
"What do you say about the second family?" Aunt Shu pinched Qinglan's little finger and asked.
Old Mrs. Shu glanced at Qinglan and whispered: "The second child agreed, but she didn't mention the matter of silver, the second child's family... I haven't told her yet. She's a woman... Don't listen to the second child yet. Mrs. Shu lowered her eyelids as she spoke, and she was a little unsure of what she said.
After all, Shu Er's share, Pan Erniang's status is not low, the second child consults with her about everything, and she comes back with five taels of silver every month, and her family only eats at home alone. Mrs. Shu believes that whoever pays has the right to speak, and glanced at Qinglan again, this girl eats too well, Pan Erniang's milk is good, and she has been treated preferentially in the restaurant since she was pregnant. Since beating Qinglan for a hundred days, I take some soup and soup from the restaurant every day to feed Qinglan, this white, tender and red round face looks like the young lady of the landlord's family!
Pan Erniang has a good idea, since she has settled on the Pan family, Mrs. Shu does not dare to ask for money from her second son, let alone subsidize her younger son. Because the second child has never taken a penny from his family since he was a child, no matter whether he is studying and getting married.
Aunt Shu knew that the second brother had a grudge against the family, he was abandoned in the countryside since he was a child, and he came back easily. When Pan's tea was celebrated the next day, the second elder didn't give anything, drank tea dryly, and said that there was no habit of giving gifts at home, and Pan's was not hypocritical, and distributed the gifts prepared in advance to everyone, and even did not pursue the dowry of the box of wool.
Yes, the Pan family had twelve dowries, and it was held in large camphor wood boxes, one of which was full of wool and cloth that was difficult to find in the north, and brocade brought back from the south by the old man Pan.
The day before the second child got married, he went to the house (showing the dowry), and as soon as the Pan family entered the door, Shu Ergu opened the boxes one by one on the spot to see. As soon as the Pan family left, Aunt Shu secretly took away all the boxes of woolen fabrics, Aunt Shu said that she didn't listen either, and took out the red fabrics in other boxes to decorate the yard.
The reason why Mrs. Shu heard that the daughter of the shopkeeper of the iron shop was interested in her third son, her heart suddenly became hot, and she also tasted the benefits brought by the Pan family.
Needless to say, the New Year's gift is not to be said, the Pan family does not fall behind, and they still pick up good gifts. Pan Erniang is capable, hearty and generous, in addition to the silver handed over every month, she and the old man will be honored with a pair of clothes in the next year, and the meat and vegetables she gets back every day will cost at least five dollars of silver, and the melons and fruits she eats this year, meat and seafood, more than she has eaten in her life! But if you marry that Wang Yufen, you have to stick it upside down! Who is willing! But there is only the youngest son's heart left, and the family is getting better and better, so Mrs. Shu wants to fulfill her younger son's wishes
"How much have you saved, mother?" Aunt Shu asked again. She knew the situation at home, and she had to send silver to her hometown when she saw the New Year, and there was not much money left.
Mrs. Shu muttered in a low voice: "Your second brother didn't spend money to marry his daughter-in-law, and I didn't move the gift money given by others, about a dozen taels, and I was thinking about returning the gift in the future." Qingqing washed the third full moon and the hundred-year-old and didn't let the family pay for it, the second child and the uncle of the Pan family bought it, and received some gift money, which may add up to thirty taels, and the second child is still selling a purse, there must be extra money, and this gift money is not used for the time being. It's not easy to be the boss, and there are children, and the Qin family's mother's family can't be filled. It's not easy for me and your father, and I want to send Da Lang to school if I save a hundred or two. . ”
Qinglan couldn't help but roll her eyes, together with the old lady, you plan to only pick up your second son's sheep!
Mrs. Shu said over and over again that the family was so and so difficult, and the second child must have money to spare, Aunt Shu couldn't help but say to her: "How old is the second child who can't marry a daughter-in-law, and the family has never spoken, and now the third child has not yet passed his twentieth birthday, you have prepared a dowry of one hundred taels for him!?" Do you want the second child to be able to get good in his heart? ”
Mrs. Shu was silent. Aunt Shu didn't look down on her second brother before, she was more handsome than the eldest girl, and her embroidery was better than herself! But the second child is angry, he was admitted to Xiucai, and his man also attaches importance to this brother-in-law, and she is also kinder to the second family.
Aunt Shu sighed and said: "I'll make up twenty taels here, and the thirty taels that you and your father saved for Da Lang will also be taken out first, Da Lang is only six years old in the New Year, and it is also an enlightened class to be sent to the county school, so I can't make those, and I will officially study Mei Class at the age of eight." Zifang, don't ask her, her man is not at home, and it is difficult for her. explained to the third brother and the widow that there were only eighty taels, and if you don't marry, you can marry three times if you change to another family. Dad and eldest brother, then I'll talk about it. ”
Although the eldest daughter's family has only improved in the past two years, the eldest son-in-law is also an official, and he must be better than the ordinary people, and twenty taels of silver should not be bad, the key is that the eldest daughter is good at talking, how can the old man and the eldest son give face to the eldest daughter, and don't look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha! Mrs. Shu put her mind at ease and went off the kang to cook, and Aunt Shu also followed out of the house.
Qinglan looked at the yard through the window paper, it hadn't snowed this winter. Alas, if Mrs. Shu can't convince the third uncle, she will definitely ask his father for money, because his father is filial and obedient. But her mother is pregnant, even if there is money to spare, their family is about to add Ding, giving birth to confinement is a big deal, having a child, eating, drinking, Lazar, wine and banquet do not need silver, why didn't the old lady tell her aunt this! It seems that no one in this family has really thought about her father and her family.
Shu Laosan's marriage was concluded with a dowry of eighty taels, and it is estimated that the widow Wang also knew that there was no second fool, but the wedding period was delayed until the beginning of next autumn, and she had to pay attention to three media, six appointments, four festivals and eight ceremonies, Mrs. Shu was angry again, and scolded Shu Ergu for a while.
After the new year, Pan Erniang and Shu Lao Er no longer worked. The preparations for the New Year of the Shu family are controlled by Mr. Shu and Mrs. Shu, and they are personally checked. The two of them didn't go up to the pole to find work, and nested on their own kang.
Pan's due date is in July, and I don't know if she was born with thick nerves, like no one, what should she do, and she is making New Year's clothes for Qinglan at this time. And Qinglan is being held in Shu Laoer's arms to read and write at this time. Yes, literacy.
The first booklet was drawn by Shu Lao Er during the Chinese New Year last year, all kinds of animals, and there are two fonts next to it, Qinglan's eyes lit up immediately when she saw it for the first time: Simplified Chinese! Could it be that the founding Emperor Li was a colleague? Listening to Shu Lao Er, this simplified Chinese character is mainly made by the common people, and the official, including the exam, still has to use traditional Chinese, and Qinglan is stunned for a while. But I soon got up again and studied hard.
Recently, she always feels that her saliva is raging, she wants to speak but can't say it, and she is in a hurry, but she understands it very well in her heart. Shu Lao Er was in high spirits, and drew several brochures for her to recognize flowers, birds and plants, I have to say that Shu Lao Er's paintings are really detailed and beautiful. Qing Lan stared at his father's big thick hand, feeling that this was not scientific at all. But after carefully reading Shu Laoer's words, it was really not good, and I was relieved.
This is the most boring year Qinglan can remember.
Second Aunt Shu's family also lived here, her in-laws died early, and her second aunt was raised by her brother and sister-in-law. This is the first time she has seen this uncle, who is short and dark and fat, eats a lot and has a leaky mouth, and when he speaks, he is bragging. It's a perfect match, with Aunt Shu, Qinglan thought silently.
Old man Shu was very happy, and said something to the effect that the family and everything is prosperous, Tian Ding is very happy, next year Dalang will study Shu family will go to the next floor or something, after speaking, everyone began to eat and drink, and the juniors threw down the bowl after eating and ran to other houses to watch the explosion.
The Shu family never buys firecrackers, "Spend money when you hear a sound, and the streets are not satisfied with the New Year!" Old man Shu said this to the big man who asked for money to buy firecrackers. The Shu family also did not have the habit of giving red envelopes, and went to eat dumplings after kowtowing to the elders on the first day of the Lunar New Year. The dumplings were wrapped in copper coins, but the marked ones were all scooped into the bowls reserved for her man and Aunt Shu's family. Boss Shu lost his temper, and Pan Erniang watched her and Qin's bowl wipe out, and none of the dumplings were speechless. What kind of technology can make dumplings sticky.
Fortunately, there were many people who came to pay New Year's greetings, Qinglan took one red envelope after another with a smile, poured it on the kang at night, counted it clearly, and put it in the purse that Shu Lao Er carefully embroidered for her. Pan Erniang smacked her: "Little wealth fan! Qinglan smiled and handed the purse to Pan Erniang, told her to put it in the jewelry box and lock it.
The next morning, Qinglan, dressed like the Fuwa on the New Year's painting, was carried on a mule cart and went to her grandmother's house to pay New Year's greetings.