CHAPTER XVII
Mei Ru stood outside the main room, but after being stunned for a while, there was a scream from the eldest brother inside, thinking that she had been beaten by her father. On the other side was Qiao's angry scolding, and after scolding, he persuaded Dong, "Brother Xiang's daughter-in-law, he, a debt collector, just drank too much during the day, and he was ......confused for a while."
Dong's voice replied softly, accompanied by his brother's screams, and through the thick curtain, Mei Ru really couldn't hear clearly. She didn't go in at this time, she didn't go in at this time, she was hesitating, and in the next moment, Dong Shi came out of the curtain.
As soon as the two sisters-in-law covered their faces, Dong's eyes turned red again. What she is most reluctant to do in this family is this sister-in-law.
"Follow-the-road."
"Sister-in-law......" Mei Ru was still a little confused. She glanced inside, and saw only one of her brother's backs, the fabric of his back open, oozing blinding blood.
Dong wiped his tears and said softly: "Follow, from now on, I am no longer your sister-in-law, if you remember me, come and see me." ”
As soon as she said this, Mei Ru's eyes also turned red.
Seeing that she was about to leave now, Mei Ru subconsciously stopped: "Good sister-in-law, why don't you say something to your brother?" ”
Dong shook his head lightly and replied calmly: "I have long been disgusted with him, what else can I say?" ”
These words floated into the curtain, Mei Xiang's body was stunned, and the board that came down again was so muddy that she didn't cry out in pain.
Let's say that the Dong family has long been determined, and now that he has a letter of resignation, he has no other worries, and he left the Dingguo Mansion and returned home that day. This incident naturally alarmed the ancestors. In front of everyone, the old lady scolded Mei Xiang more than once, and even gave Qiao's face not very good.
"A good couple, just scattered, you, a mother, are too accustomed to Brother Xiang'er on weekdays! Hurry up and make amends to the Dong family! ”
The old lady was angry at this moment, and when she saw that Mei Ru was also there, she frowned more and more: "There are still rules, there are no rules all day long, you should really control them well!" ”
Yes, Mei Ru was reprimanded again for no reason.
She doesn't care, but Qiao is arrogant, in front of everyone, where can she stand these words? When I went back that day, I happened to hear a few mothers-in-law who had been punished chewing their tongues there, and the words were full of sarcasm.
Qiao's body has always been very good, but this illness has made Mei Yin anxious. asked the doctor to come over to check the pulse, but he only said that Qiao's was a depression, and everything had to be relieved. But Qiao's has been straining himself all his life, where can he lose such a face, and where can he be relieved?
This heart disease has been entangled with Qiao's since then.
Mei Ru looked at it in her eyes and couldn't help but be shocked. In the previous life, my mother suffered from depression because of my brother and sister-in-law, and she died within two years, how can she still be like this in this life? Could it be ...... Karma in this world, nothing can be changed?
She frowned secretly, never ran to Mengfu again, only stayed in front of Qiao's bed every day, and did not dare to slack off for a moment.
Xiao Qiao's and Meng Yunlan came to explore a few times. -- This kind of ugly thing is not easy for others to come, and they can only walk around and talk about their own sisters. Seeing them, often without saying a few words, Qiao's sighed and wept, sighing what he had done in his previous life, and he had given birth to such a sinful obstacle!
Xiao Qiaoshi couldn't help but persuade her: "Sister, children and grandchildren have their own blessings, why do you bother to take all this sin on yourself?" ”
Qiao Shi couldn't hear this, she still wiped her tears. On this day, I lost weight when I saw it.
Seeing this, Mei Ru was anxious and foamed her mouth. She thought about it day and night, weighed it back and forth, and still thought of the incident she mentioned to Qiao's last time, but she also knew that she couldn't mention it to her mother alone.
On this day, while her father was in the room together, Mei Ru said the incident again: "Daddy, mother, why don't you send my brother to my uncle's place to practice?" ”
When Qiao Shi heard this, he naturally objected: "How can that be made?" Your brother was already weak, and now he was beaten by your father with a board, how many human forms are left? ”
Mei Xiang was indeed beaten very badly this time, tied to a bench, and his back was beaten to the point that his skin was open. This is not the end, and later he was punished by the old lady and went to the ancestral hall to kneel for one night. The cold wind gusted at night, Mei Xiang knelt all night, and on the second day, he was directly carried back to the yard by a few small people.
The whole person was burning all over, his mouth was full of nonsense, and the wound on his back had already formed a bloody scab, which was really terrifying.
Qiao Shi only glanced at it, and the whole person was about to pass out. She was sad for a while, and the disease inevitably worsened. Now listening to Mei Ru's mention again, Qiao's family is naturally reluctant. Even if Mei Xiang did a bastard thing, it was also the heart and liver that fell from her body, where could she be willing to let him suffer?
"No! No way! Qiao Shi was terrible to think about, and at this time he objected again and again, and reprimanded, "Follow the rules, don't mention this matter again." ”
Mei Ru only looked at Mei Yin, who was silent on the side, and asked stubbornly, "Daddy, what do you think?" ”
Knowing his daughter's thoughts, Qiao's immediately lowered his face and said fiercely to Mei Yin: "Master, you don't come here!" What kind of place can Brother Xiang go? Every year, the Hu people have to come and invade ten times and eight times! You don't know the severity yet? ”
Qiao's concern is also reasonable. The Wei Dynasty's borders were originally not very peaceful, with barbarians in the south, Uighurs in the north, Tibetans in the west, and the Japanese who harassed them from time to time on the sea. In recent years, the Hu people in the north have become more and more rampant by relying on the fat grass and horses. Especially in the autumn and winter, they even went south, burning, killing and looting, and did all kinds of evil, and the people who died under their hands were only afraid of countless people.
Mei Yin is the master who is most afraid of the Qiao family, and she listens to this lady everywhere on weekdays, but this time she was unexpectedly silent.
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally sighed and said, "It's a good idea. ”
Qiao's blood surged, beating his chest and said, "Aren't you forcing me to death?!" ”
Mei Yin was so frightened that she hurriedly sat on the edge of the bed to ease her, and said, "Don't worry, I'll ask Brother Xiang'er what he means - if he wants to go, let's tear off this face and beg for a brother-in-law; If he doesn't want to go, then we won't force him anymore, just let him go, even if he is rotten in the mud in this life, it is you and me. ”
Qiao Shi was stunned for a long time when he heard the words, and then he turned his face away and quietly wiped his tears.
"Since you and my son, where can you let him be so rotten? Master, send Brother Xiang'er away, out of sight and out of mind......"
Mei Ru didn't expect her father to do things so quickly, but on three or four days, she heard the news that she was afraid that she would send her brother away after the New Year. She counted the days, and there was not much time left, the relationship between the two of them was already very good, Mei Ru was reluctant for a while, so she thought about going to her brother's place to walk around more.
On this day, as soon as Mei Ru arrived in Mei Xiang's yard, she saw that her brother was barely holding on to his body, and he actually staggered out!
Mei Ru was startled, and hurriedly went over to hug him: "Brother, where are you going?" ”
Mei Xiang's back skin was open, the injury was extremely serious, and he had been burning for a long time, and he was barely sober in the past two days. Now that it's just a little bit right, she is about to go out of the house to make trouble, how can Mei Ru not be surprised?
Mei Xiang's face was gloomy, and she was silent, but said, "Don't ask too much about your girl's family." ”
As soon as she heard her brother say this, where else could Mei Ru think?
It's nothing more than a place to sleep and sleep in the willows!
After Qiao's family knew about this, he hated it and scolded: "This bastard thing! When has it been, and you still can't let go of these? Then he instructed the maid: "When the master returns, he will call to me." ”
As a result, Mei Xiang didn't come back until the night that day. He was full of alcohol, and the smoke made people frown. Qiao Shi couldn't scold if he wanted to scold, so he kept a calm face and waved his hand to let people go back to the yard. After a while, the maid next to Mei Xiang came over to report that the wound on the uncle's back was cracked, and it was oozing blood again.
This home is a mess......
Mei Ru sighed.
In the early morning of the next day, she was about to go to ask Qiao's for peace, when the maid next to Mei Xiang came over to invite her: "Third girl, the slave and maid really don't dare to alarm the master and wife, bother the girl to go and persuade our uncle, he is going out again now!" ”
"Going out again?" Mei Ru frowned, she really didn't know what was out there!
The maid nodded, and said, "The injury on the uncle's back is not good at all, and I burned all night last night, so I bother the girl to persuade me." ”
When Mei Ru arrived in Mei Xiang's room, the maids were taking turns to persuade her. Mei Xiang had already touched his coat and put it on at this time, but his face was as white as paper, he was describing being thin, and his hands were shaking, where was he still handsome and elegant in the past?
Mei Ru was angry and went over to stop: "Brother, are you more important about your body or drinking?" ”
Seeing her coming, Mei Xiang had a calm face and was expressionless, still saying the same sentence: "Don't ask too much about your girl's family." ”
Mei Ru's temper really came up this time, and asked the maid next to her: "Who went out with the uncle yesterday?" The maid replied with the name of a small servant, and Mei Ru immediately ordered: "Call in!" Everyone in the room was stunned, and hurriedly persuaded: "Girl, this is really inappropriate." ”
"What's wrong with it? Just go! Mei Ru said sharply.
Mei Xiang was a little anxious when she heard this: "Sister, what are you doing with me?" Do you still think I'm your brother? This was a bit heavy, and after saying that, he was dizzy, his body couldn't support it for a while, and he was quickly helped to sit back on the bedside.
"Good brother, I just take you as my brother, and I can't bear you, so I don't want you to hurt your body. If you really want to drink, when and where can't you? Do you have to fight for your life now? Mei Ru was puzzled.
Mei Xiang stopped talking, and after a while, she sighed faintly: "Where do you understand a little girl?" ”
"If you don't say it, how do you know I don't understand?" Mei Ru countered him.
It just so happened that the little guy outside came, knelt in the yard, and asked for peace tremblingly: "Uncle, three girls." ”
Mei Ru was about to ask a question, Mei Xiang shouted, "Don't mess around", paused, then lowered her head and said slowly: "Follow up, my brother wants to ask you for something." ”
"Brother, you say." Mei Ru replied. Not to mention one, even thousands and hundreds, she also agreed, hoping that her brother would be well.
Xu was embarrassed, Mei Xiang kept his eyes down and hesitated for a long time, until the roots of his ears were a little red, and then he said, "Brother wants to beg you, go, go and meet your sister-in-law." ”