Chapter Thirty-Eight: Shu Xiao Meiyuan
"Dollars? Her name is Dollar?! Qinglan was first surprised, then amused by the name. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Seeing her daughter smiling without any image at all, Pan Erniang was inexplicable, what happened to Meiyuan? What's so funny?
"Dollars, hahahahaha, it's actually called dollars?!hahahahaha......haha Ahahahaha... Ah~haha......"
Pan Erniang looked at her daughter who was laughing and rolling on the kang expressionlessly, puzzled, what happened to Meiyuan? What does a happy reunion mean, what kind of coke is it?
"She, is their family short of money?" Qinglan's face was distorted, oh my god, my stomach hurt so much from laughing.
"It's not rich," If you have money and recruit a son-in-law early, can it still be your grandfather's turn? "What's wrong with Meiyuan? Make you happy like this? Get up! You get up for me! Look what you look like now! Pan Erniang picked up the bed-sweeping broom in her hand and waved it towards Qinglan.
Qinglan hid while laughing, rubbing her tears, she laughed so badly that her hair was crooked, and her dress was untidy, but she couldn't stop, and her laughing nerves seemed to be wrong.
"Hurry up and comb your hair again, change your clothes, your father and your brothers are waiting outside!" Pan Erniang stared at Qinglan who was paralyzed on the kang, her stomach was still bulging and rising at this moment, like a toad turning white, what was so funny, the older she was, the more she couldn't understand this child!
Qinglan: Mother, you don't understand this stalk~~~
The family hired a mule cart to go, and they came a long way and took a little more things; secondly, Brother He is too naughty, impatient to walk, and people are pulled, afraid that he will be out of trouble on the road; The third is Qinglan, who laughed so hard that she had no strength and couldn't walk.
Old man Shu's new daughter-in-law, that is, Qinglan's new grandmother, her maiden name is Xiao, her full name is Xiao Meiyuan, and she is forty-eight years old this year. Her hair was thin, black, and shiny, and only a small bulge was visible at the back of her head. A big round fat face, triangular eyes, a collapsed nose, deep wrinkles at the corners of the eyes and mouth, looking older than Mrs. Shu, standing with Mr. Shu is more like a sister and brother.
I don't know what kind of aesthetic vision Old Man Shu has, anyway, he fell in love with Xiao Yuan at a glance. Qinglan looked up at the new grandmother, who was half a head taller than Old Man Shu and had a stout and burly body, and almost couldn't control her mouth and laughed.
The corners of Qinglan's mouth twitched a few times, and finally succeeded in putting on a standard smile and greeting her: "Hello Grandma Xiao." After saying that, I want to reward myself for my pronunciation standard, and if I change it to Ming Zhuang, I may become a "little grandma", right?
There is an unconcealable evil aura on Xiao Yuan's face, especially when he is not smiling, he looks particularly sideways, and when he laughs, it is even more terrifying, which makes people think of the big bad wolf coming down the mountain. Especially when she was talking to the children, the kind of amiable expression she deliberately created made Qinglan feel that she had become Little Red Riding Hood. It's not that Qinglan is prejudiced against her, it's that the children think so, and this new grandmother may not be a good stubble.
Old man Shu seemed to like this new grandmother very much, bought her a lot of rouge gouache for her to dress up, and asked his daughters and daughters-in-law to make new clothes for her, and asked for young and gorgeous dresses.
Pan Erniang said to herself in a volume that everyone could hear: "I'm not young in the first place, where can I show it again?" I'm so busy that I don't have the time to serve people. “
Xiao Meiyuan can't go to the family tree, and there is no marriage certificate, which is a condition for Boss Shu and Shu Laosan to compromise with Elder Shu.
"Then ask the second child to do it, his embroidery work is better than yours." Old Man Shu obviously doesn't plan to let go of Shu's second family, no matter if he can't go to the family tree, this face must be given, and this person must be respected!
Pan Er almost flipped the table angrily, "Let my son sew clothes for my father's little wife, you think of it!?" We don't have this face in our family! “
Old Man Shu was furious, "She's not a little wife!" It's your stepmother! You have to call mother! ”
Not only Pan Erniang now, but everyone present changed their faces and called such a woman to be a mother? Beautiful her!
Xiao Meiyuan saw that the atmosphere was deadlocked, and persuaded Wen Tun: "Just call my aunt, it's a big deal, don't make the family unhappy for this." After speaking, he glanced at Pan Erniang with the whites of his eyes, and sent an autumn wave to Old Man Shu by the way.
Old Man Shu was immediately arrogant, as if the whole world was bullying Xiao Meiyuan, and only he could save the "weak woman" in front of him. Old man Shu acted as a messenger to protect the "flower" without hesitation, and scolded Shu's second family for being unfilial.
Pan Erniang didn't eat this, as early as Mrs. Shu's funeral, she had completely offended her father-in-law. Pan Erniang led the children away directly, for the sake of disrespect for the old, I am afraid that I will teach the children badly!
This family banquet broke up unhappily, Shu Laoer's family left without eating, Zhao Bingsheng and his two sons didn't show up at all, I don't know how the people left behind could swallow such a dinner to welcome their stepmother.
The Shu family didn't want to see Xiao Meiyuan, but it didn't affect Old Man Shu's love for her. Yes, pampered, even Boss Shu lived so old, and he didn't remember anyone who could make Old Man Shu so attentive.
Get up early every day to make breakfast for her, wash her clothes by Mr. Shu, and wash her feet at night. On weekdays, teach her to write, take her to the big market, and go to the city or around the area to eat, drink and have fun. Old man Shu handed over all the private money to her for safekeeping, and kept talking sweetly all day long, considerate and petty care, really holding it in his mouth for fear of melting, and holding it in the palm of his hand for fear of falling.
Such an old man Shu, the Shu family has never seen it, and even Qinglan has to admit it: This is true love, Old Man Shu can be rated as one of the top ten good husbands in the county.
I don't know if there is something wrong with my sixth sense, Qinglan intuitively feels that this new grandmother always has an indescribable wonderful feeling, and always feels that she is not as good as the matchmaker said, nor is she as kind and harmless as she appears. After thinking about it, she asked Thirteen to help her check on the new grandmother.
"What are you doing with her?" Thirteen Pairs: Are you idle? If you have that kung fu, you can't quickly study some delicious food, and there are still ten days before my father's birthday, and I haven't thought about what to send yet! Xiao Ming's story has been drawn three times, and this idea is definitely not new!
"I don't think it's right, you check it for me, I'll make you something to eat in two days." Qinglan said temptingly.
There is no shortage of delicious food for you! "What's delicious?" Thirteen's mouth is sometimes more honest than his heart.
Qinglan recently got some spices from the west, so I want to study the barbecue, there is no one for sale in the county, and Qinglan has nowhere to refer to it, so she has tried to experiment with a few spicy roasted wings, and the others have not yet poured out.
"Make sure you like it!" Qinglan is quite helpless about Thirteen, this master is really difficult to serve!
"Ahem, that, it's the eighth day of the first month of next month..." I want to know more!
Qinglan blinked, the eighth day of the next month...? What day? Naturally, she didn't know that it was Wanshou Day, because these emperors were very frugal, and Wanshou was only celebrated on a small scale, and it was a festival only for nobles and high-ranking officials.
Thirteen has a black face, and he is so indifferent to the master, hum! "Wu Shi hasn't been available lately, master..."
Qinglan suddenly realized that this kid didn't want to be a birthday gift again! "Wrap it up on me!" Qinglan quickly interrupted Thirteen's words, little brat! And learned to threaten me.
"But for your sake, you can let him take the time to inquire, as for when the result will be out..."
"Within three days, you will be satisfied with the gift package!" Qinglan is full of internal flow, and it is difficult to employ people~~~
"Well, okay, I'll talk to him later." Thirteen is about to go.
"Don't wait any longer!" Qing Lan pushed Thirteen until she pushed him in front of Wu Shi.
Wu Shi's heart twitched: The thirteenth prince is really getting lazier and lazier, except for practicing, now he doesn't even walk by himself!
Why did she find Wu Shi, who was unfamiliar with life, instead of Xiaobao, Qinglan had her own considerations. First of all, Xiaobao doesn't have his own people around him, whether it's a family member or a guard, they are all under the orders of Master Ding, although Qinglan hates Old Man Shu, but after all, he is still his grandfather in name, and the ugliness of the family cannot be publicized. So Wu Shi is the best choice, and Qinglan has also seen Wu Shi's ability, and what Thirteen wants to know, he can't inquire about it.
Wu Shi: I'm a dark guard... This is one of my features...
After sending thirteen, Qinglan began to worry, what kind of gift to give... The most annoying thing about the birthday gods of the privileged class!
Wu Shi is still very reliable, three days later, Qinglan got Xiao Meiyuan's more detailed life resume, it is really a realistic version of "Misunderstanding"!
Xiao Meiyuan was born in a remote mountainous area, and that place is not as good as the place where Qin's mother's family is located, so you can imagine what life will become. Her father was a hunter, and when she was not yet born, he was hunting and met a blind bear, and he died with a whimper, and even the corpse left behind was not complete. She lived with her brother and widow until she was ten years old.
When he was ten years old, Xiao Meiyuan's twelve-year-old brother felt that life was hopeless, would he repeat his father's mistakes? So one day, her brother rolled up a ragged suit and secretly ran away from home.
The departure of her son made Xiao Meiyuan and her mother feel that there was no way to live, and under Xiao Meiyuan's persuasion, she remarried an old man who opened a small inn at the foot of the mountain. In the first two years, Xiao Meiyuan and her mother did have a good life, but as soon as the old man died, the mother and mother were not good at management, and the inn could only barely maintain, so don't think about making money.
In the more than ten years since Xiao Meiyuan's brother left home, he has suffered a lot, but he has also earned a small fortune, and he also married the daughter of a local talent and lived a very happy life. The more gentle and considerate his wife was to him, the more he thought of his mother and sister who were suffering in the poor ravine, so he discussed with his wife, and with his wife's approval and support, the couple returned to their hometown together and prepared to take their mother and sister from the mountains to their home.
As soon as he entered the county, Xiao Meiyuan's brother was disappointed when he heard that his mother had remarried his sister, and he said to his wife: "I'll go and see first, you will live in the city and wait for me, if my mother and sister are doing well, then I will see them and leave, if..."
At this time, Xiao Meiyuan was already an old girl in her twenties, because her appearance and figure resembled her father, and she couldn't afford a dowry, so no one came to marry.
The older she gets, the more eccentric her temper becomes, and the long hours of poverty and hardship torture her lifeless. Xiao Meiyuan didn't want to go on like this, she consulted with her mother, and decided to open a black shop - murdering those single travelers, robbing them of their money, and then throwing their bodies into the mountains, pretending to be gnawed by wild beasts.
Maybe it's because of the closeness of homesickness, or maybe it's because of the fear that the mother who will remarry will be embarrassed, Xiao Meiyuan and her brother didn't show their identity at the first time, and lived in the inn as a stranger.
Neither of them recognized the rich man in front of them as their son or brother who had been thinking about it day and night for more than ten years. The result can be imagined, on a dark and windy night, Xiao Meiyuan handed her brother a cup of tea mixed with poison. Her brother looked at his sister in a complicated way, feeling guilty and angry, because his own mother and sister didn't recognize him, so he ignored the strange-smelling cup of tea at that time. In the middle of the night, the two of them came into his room, searched him and the belongings he had brought, and threw him into the mountains and forests at night.
Although both of them are illiterate, the household registration mixed in the silver ticket, the name and birth date that appear on it, are what Xiao Meiyuan and her mother have been talking about countless times in their minds, and the old lady was shocked, and ran into the mountains with lightning speed, Xiao Meiyuan couldn't stop it.
When the old lady found the familiar birthmark on her son's body, the corpse was more fragmentary than what his father had left, but the part with the birthmark was miraculously left, Xiao Meiyuan felt that this was done by God on purpose, and he was laughing at them!
The old lady hanged herself that day, Xiao Meiyuan didn't stop or persuade her, but the old lady had made up her mind, and she didn't even recognize her son, so she didn't deserve to be a mother at all! Xiao Meiyuan was very angry, and when her sister-in-law couldn't wait for her husband to find her for a long time, she had already sold the small inn and moved to a town not far from the county seat.
Later, she took in a beggar and supported her as her own daughter...
Seeing this, Qinglan no longer had the courage to look at it anymore, and she was extremely speechless about Old Man Shu's view of people, really... What kind of people are these recruiting from the family! With such a person, does it really matter if he stays in the Shu family?
Thirteen looked at Qinglan and was silent for a long time, and asked coolly, "What?" What do you want to say to your family? “
Qinglan nodded, she was carefully considering whether to tell her family, how to tell her family.
"Master thinks you better not say it yet." Li 13 gave her a piece of advice that she didn't want to hear.
"Why?" Qinglan is puzzled, such a big thing, don't tell your family, in case something happens in the future...
"Do you have proof? You are a little child, did anyone believe it? The point is, are they willing to believe it? Like your grandfather. "This kind of thing is not unusual, and the poor mountains and bad waters are also forced by life. The women in the palace are much more ruthless than this one, and there are some things that I know to guard against, just in the open, hehe... Sometimes it's not beautiful.
Qinglan was silent for a while, but she still felt that she should remind her mother, Pan Erniang had a temper, in case one day she was calculated... Thinking of the few children living in the Shu family's old house, Qinglan couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for them, that is the person who can even do it to her own brother...
"You don't have to worry about them," Thirteen seemed to understand Qinglan's thoughts, "She's not stupid, how could she do such a thing again." ”
Can... How can such a person be relieved if he stays by his side.
"Ye Ke can help you figure this out, you..." Thirteen hugged his arms and looked like an invitation to merit.
Without waiting for Thirteen to finish, Qinglan smiled at him flatteringly: "Thank you, Thirteenth Master, I have also prepared the gift of Thirteenth Master!" ”
"Then bring it~" Thirteen spread his hands, and the expression on his face looked like a little fox.
(To be continued.) )