Chapter 2 Calling the Shots
After tossing for an afternoon, Yu Qiao was already so hungry that he panicked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
But looking at the millet porridge that Bai Shi carefully brought over, she turned her back outward angrily, not bothering Bai Shi, and she was not in the mood to drink the bowl of porridge that was so thin that she couldn't see the rice grains.
Although she ran away from the Li family, it didn't mean that she had successfully escaped.
There is no confirmation of this matter, and she is always uneasy, where can she eat.
As far as she knew, the Yu family had not signed the deed of sale with the Chen family according to the handprint.
She and Yu Chongtian, the Li family went to the county with Mrs. Chen a few days ago, just to go to Chen's house to draw and escort. It's just that she fell into the river, so naturally she didn't succeed or sell it.
"Qiao'er, turn around and eat something. Such a little rice porridge was harvested in the autumn some time ago, and your third brother picked it up in the field and collected it, and your milk didn't know it. Mother knows that you are angry with your mother, but your mother can't help it, if your mother can say a word, she can't watch your father nod at the beginning. Seeing that Yu Qiao was sulking and refused to eat or turn around, Bai handed the bowl to Yu Fenghao to hold, and she walked towards Yu Chongtian, who was sitting on a chair at the door.
"What do you say you're doing?" Bai Shi just opened a sentence, tears fell again, she clenched her hands into fists and raised them high, but when she fell on Yu Chongtian's shoulders, her strength finally became lighter, "If Qiao'er is really sold to the Chen family, you sell me, sell me too, and then let your mother, your sister-in-law find you a better and more virtuous daughter-in-law." β
Yu Chongtian bowed his head and suffered silently, during which he remorsefully beat his head and face from time to time.
Yu Qiao turned her head to look, she thought that the Bai family, who had always been submissive, would rise up once because of her daughter, but she still shook her head secretly in disappointment after listening to it, Bai's words sounded quite bluffing at first glance, but in the end, the tone became smaller and smaller, and the momentum was completely lost, not to mention the helplessness and helplessness on her face.
didn't express her position, only knowing that Yu Chongtian, who beat herself, disappointed her even more; I don't know where to go if I have the strength!
What a pair of buns made in heaven!
The Bai family actually has no status in her in-law's family, she was a widow before marrying Yu Chongtian to fill the house, but she had nothing to do, so she married Yu Chongtian under the mediation of the matchmaker. For this experience, she has always had a loss in her heart, and in the face of her mother-in-law's suppression and contempt for her concubine, she has been tolerating and unable to lift her backbone.
However, Yu Chongtian also lost his wife and had children, in essence, there is no difference between the two, in the final analysis, it is not because of Bai's good temperament.
"Qiao'er take a sip." Yu Fenghao opened his mouth and blew the warm millet porridge, and then handed it to Yu Qiao.
Yu Xi looked at the bowl of porridge with a blank look, "grunted", and swallowed his saliva,
Yu Qiao sighed and reached out to take it, but he brought the edge of the bowl to Yu Xi's mouth and motioned for Yu Xi to open his mouth to drink.
"Little sister, this porridge is for Qiao'er to nourish his body." Yu Fenghao, who was two heads tall, squatted down and shook his head at her.
Yu Xi took a step back obediently, and said in a glutinous voice: "Fifth sister drink, Xi'er is not hungry." β
"Xi'er, drink, I'm going to be sold by my father and mother to someone else's house, and when the time comes, I'll go to someone else's house to eat and drink good." I just don't know how long I can live, so I don't want to make trouble for my father and mother. Yu Qiao's tone was fluttering, but out of the corner of his eye, he paid attention to Yu Chongtian and his wife at the door.
Yu Fenghao was also so anxious that he turned his head to look at his father and mother who began to be silent again.
Perhaps it was Yu Qiao's self-deprecation that played a role, and after listening to it, Yu Chongtian finally raised his head that had been hanging down
"Why don't you go to Daddy. Dad is a reasonable person, and he will definitely be able to call the shots for Qiao'er. β
"Hmm" Seeing that her husband finally changed his mind, Bai felt the hope of change, and immediately smiled.
The atmosphere in the upper room was a little dreary, and the faint light outside refracted through the papier-mΓ’chΓ© windows, staining the huge hall red.
It was supposed to be time to cook, but it was delayed due to Yu Qiao's affairs.
Bai Shi also knelt beside Chongtian, half-holding the weak Yu Qiao in his arms, in order to create an effect, Yu Qiao resisted the temptation and did not drink the bowl of porridge, so she now looks blind, her face is pale, and she looks half-dead, and her breath is like a gossamer.
But that didn't stop her eyes from looking around.
Old Man Yu and Bi sat on the top two Taishi chairs in the upper room, and next to Bi sat the eldest daughter Yu Huacao, who was bored looking through her nails, and next to her sat Li with her chin raised.
Yu Jianjian sat next to Old Man Yu, his waist straight.
Yu Chongye, Huang sat on the chair under the Taishi chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and he didn't know what to mutter.
Yu Ping and Yu Zhen sisters in the big house sat next to each other behind the Huang family. Yu Hui, who is in the third room, sat behind the sisters with Yu Huacao's five-year-old daughter Sun Jiaxin in her arms, and her twin brothers Yu Fenghai and Yu Fengyang are still playing outside and will not come back until dinner time.
As for Yu Fengqin, the eldest grandson of the Yu family, he rarely goes back to the village, unless it is a New Year's holiday, he will come back for a day and a half. He attended a private school in the town, his daughter-in-law Tao took care of the children at home, and took care of the business in the paper shop when his in-laws were away.
To Yu Qiao's surprise, Yu Fengwei was not in the house, he didn't know where he had gone, and his absence did not attract anyone's attention, and no one would worry about the whereabouts of an adult boy.
The skin of the Yu family is good, the man is handsome, and the woman is beautiful.
Most of the children and grandchildren are inherited from the old man's three-dimensional facial features, of course, although Bi is old, but from the physiognomy, he should also be a beauty when he is young.
The people in this house, Yu Qiao only glanced at it, and found that they were all dressed much better than their second room.
Especially the fair complexion, she doesn't look like a village woman who works day and night in the township, even if she is chubby, Huang's face is white.
But Bai's skin is thin and skinny, and his hair is like straw, not to mention Yu Qiao, who is even haggard than Bai's appearance at the moment, and Xi'er, who is growing her body, also has thinning hair and a yellow face, which is obviously caused by malnutrition. Yu Chongtian and Yu Fenghao are okay, and their bodies are very strong.
"Hmph"
Old Man Yu's brows furrowed into a Sichuan character, and after snorting heavily from his nostrils, he said in a deep voice angrily: "You guys actually hide such a big thing from me?" Although we are just farming in the countryside, we are also a family with a face. As he spoke, the cane in his hand was chopping on the mud, "Since you don't have the money to get married, then retire the family." This family, I wasn't optimistic about it from the beginning, who is the Zheng family? Several silk shops in Chuanxi Town are opened by her family, so rich people want to marry into our small family, I can't afford to climb an old bone, and I'm afraid of losing my life! β
Li is familiar with the old man's good-looking temperament, and after he vented, Li Fang accompanied the smiling face, separated by the flowers and plants, and bent down to his mother-in-law Bi and whispered: "This family is not the right family, but it is also an excellent opportunity to make a fortune." If he marries the Zheng family and Feng Wei becomes the son-in-law of the family, then a little leakage from his hands from time to time in the future will be enough for us to buy several good pieces of land, and maybe we can also become the landlord of the land rent. In the future, there will be silk and satin garments, as well as gold and silver jewelry. Not to mention a few small future marriages, if our family is rich, then the threshold must not be trampled on by the matchmaker? When it is better, let Feng Wei donate a prisoner to Feng Qin and let him go to the township test, maybe he will be lifted in one day! β
After hearing this, Yu Qiao couldn't help but sigh secretly: "This painting is a good pie!" β
As long as the co-author sells her, the whole family will be rich!
Sure enough, everyone in the room listened to this big benefit, and their faces were a little moved.
Especially the Huang family, who still had a little crooked heart at first, now that he has nothing at all, he immediately said loudly: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and let Feng Wei marry the Zheng family girl into the door." β
"It's not that I don't have money, and the second child is reluctant to be an overseas Chinese." Seeing that his instigation played a role, the corners of Li's mouth twitched, and his eyes stared coldly at the family in the second room who was kneeling on the ground.
"Second, that's what you're wrong. You didn't listen to your sister-in-law, Feng Wei said, it's a matter of one in and one out, when the Zheng family girl enters the door, she will immediately redeem Qiao'er, don't pick up a big watermelon, you have to pick that rotten plum. Huang, who had defected, began to help.
"I, I...... Anyway, I don't sell my daughter! After Yu Chongtian finished speaking, he was so anxious that he looked at Old Man Yu with a flushed face, and Bai also nodded again and again on the side.
Old man Yu lowered his eyes, with a contemplative look, and seemed to be pondering Li's words, and it was just beside him, it was related to the matter of Changsun Zhongju, he couldn't help but be moved..... no matter why he entered the office, it was a good thing to shine on the lintel.
"Zhen'er, do you want to go to the Chen family with me?" Yu Qiao saw that the situation was not right, and his father and mother couldn't count on it, so he asked weakly.
"I'm not going, I want to ......" Before Yu Zhen finished speaking, Yu Ping reached out and covered her mouth.
"Eldest sister, why don't you let her finish speaking, is there something unsightly in it?" Yu Qiao hurriedly asked again in a suspicious tone.
"Why, how can there be, you think too much." When Yu Ping heard this, her hand stiffened, and she hesitantly let go of the hand that wanted to cover it.
"Zhen'er, lying and concealing is to go to the eighteenth layer of hell and pull out your tongue, haven't you seen that thing that pulled out your tongue? It's ......." Yu Qiao half-squinted, looking at Yu Zhen faintly.
"Don't say it again, as long as you go to that Chen family, you will die immediately. You deserve to go to hell, you deserve to have your tongue plucked! Not me! Yu Zhen was so young that she couldn't help but be frightened, but before Qiao finished speaking, she stood up in fear and interrupted her words, pointing at Yu Qiao with a red face and roaring.