Chapter Eighty-Six: Mother's Dowry
"Silver? It's only one hundred taels a year, how do you let us live?
You see, this big family, the eldest Anshun and Anshun daughter-in-law, they gave birth to three daughters in a row, I said that this Anshun daughter-in-law is useless, and she must remarry to leave a queen for our Song family!
The second An Cai, An Cai's daughter-in-law, as well as the three of her family standing, one holding, and my two maids and nurses, a total of fifteen people, even if we drink porridge and eat wild vegetables every day, it is not enough; β
The hand in the sleeve of the second aunt clenched into a fist: "Isn't there hundreds of acres of land on Zhuangzi?" What was confiscated in the field? β
"We are not farming, what harvest can we have?"
"You can rent land if you don't farm, and you can rent a few hundred taels of silver a year, right?"
"How can it be so easy, my brother and sister just said, why don't we try it for a change?"
The second aunt endured it again and again, glaring at her angrily, and her eyes were about to burst into flames. This atmosphere is not good! Linglong was afraid that his mother would be soft-hearted and answer again, and he was about to remind him that it was too late.
"Okay, okay, sister-in-law, sister-in-law, don't fight, it's not easy for sister-in-law to take the children alone, second sister-in-law, come, sit down and let's have a good chat!"
The second aunt glanced at Song: "No, I'll go and see the room." β
As soon as the second aunt turned around, she heard the eldest aunt say: "Second brother and sister, don't bother too much, I'm embarrassed to live in your main room, just vacate the rooms in the wings, thank you!" β
The second aunt stopped, closed her eyes and took two deep breaths, and walked out.
The second aunt is gone, and my mother and I stay here, like what's the matter? Linglong Lala's mother:
"Mother, it's time for grandmother to wake up, let's go take a look!"
The mother didn't understand her painstaking efforts, but pushed her hand away: "You go." I haven't seen my sister-in-law for many years, so I talk to my sister-in-law. β
The eldest aunt smiled and said, "Look, look, it's really my sister's dearest!" The second brother and sister are always separated from us by one layer, and the relationship is naturally incomparable, you see, we rarely come back, she doesn't even have the heart to accompany her! β
The mother smiled: "Sister-in-law, don't say that. The second sister-in-law didn't mean that. β
The eldest aunt's eyes rolled: "That's it." Now she lives in this house, and people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and I am not narrow-minded. Don't count these more. β
"What is my sister-in-law going to worry about?" The second aunt walked in suddenly.
The eldest aunt was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Oh, my brother and sister came back so soon?" β
The second aunt said with a cold face: "What's the matter with that big cart of things at your door?" β
"Oh, brother and sister. Didn't I just walk in the door? This time our whole family moved back and will never go back. Naturally, you have to bring things that can be used, but you can't cheapen the group of dirt buns in the countryside.
Please ask my brother and sister to help me count it, and leave me a number, so I don't have to ask anyone if I can use it in the future! β
The second aunt took a deep breath. Gritted his teeth and said bluntly: "Sister-in-law, I have always been polite to you, but it doesn't mean that I am a bully." It's such a big place in my house. There are not many husbands, but they can't support the sister-in-law. β
The eldest aunt was stunned for a moment. There was a weird sneer on his face:
"I knew my brother and sister would say that. Why doesn't a family talk to two families? In the past, when life was good, there were times when they asked me, and those words sounded good, but now my family is in trouble, and they kick my nose and eyes one by one!
Brother and sister, don't you forget how this house came about? You're not the owner of this house! β
The second aunt was a little flustered, she glanced at Linglong's mother and daughter, and said angrily: "What nonsense are you talking about? β
"Am I talking nonsense? I didn't have a place to say that the third sister didn't come back before, but now that the third sister is back, I'm not afraid of you reads;.
Third sister, don't think she's really so kind, Baba serves our mother, why is she not related to her? Isn't it because of the few deeds in our mother's hands? β
"Sister-in-law!" The second aunt suddenly raised her voice, but the eldest aunt glanced at her proudly:
"Brother and sister, last time you drove my orphan and widow's family to the countryside, at that time my family had few children and young children, but I couldn't help you, but now it's different, I'm not afraid of you!"
"What? Does my sister-in-law still want to bully my property? β
"Your property? Are you embarrassed too? The third sister is also here today, let's make it clear.
At the beginning, the dead ghost of my family ruined the family, and their second room did not benefit much, but the second brother was a concubine, and he didn't even know who the old lady was, so what qualifications did he have to share my Song family's things?
But she used this as an excuse to ask our mother to marry all those shops and Zhuangzi.
Do you know how this house came about? I bought it with the money from selling your shop, brother and sister, I'm not wrong, right? β
The second aunt's face was pale, but she bit her lip tightly and did not refute.
Mother Song was surprised, and looked left and right: "This ...... This ......"
Linglong was also secretly frightened, no wonder the second aunt was always hiding these days, no wonder she didn't let her mother pick up her grandmother, no wonder she had been supporting her grandmother all these years and sending silver to her mother every year, it turned out that she was ashamed!
The eldest aunt said proudly: "What? Nothing to say, right? I know those little Jiujiu in your heart, don't pretend in front of me, this house is not yours at all, it belongs to the third sister.
In the past, I had nothing to say when the third sister was not there, but now that the third sister is back, why can't I live in my own sister's house? β
The second aunt stared at the eldest aunt so much that her eyes were about to drip blood, and the mother hesitated for a while, looked left and right, and stood up to make a round:
"Okay, okay, don't fight with the two sisters-in-law, my dowry was originally my mother's, I don't have an opinion on what she does, whether it's buying this house or renting it out, as long as I can make the two sisters-in-law have a better life, I'm satisfied!"
The eldest aunt stood up: "Third sister, you can't be so confused, although your eldest brother is gone, but An Shun'an's two children are your nephews, you can't ignore them!" β
"I ...... This ......"
The second aunt was not to be outdone: "Third sister, say in good conscience, what am I doing to you these days?" What is your second brother doing to you? How have I treated the old lady all these years? Everyone has a rod and scale in his heart, and what is the matter if he has his own hands and feet and needs others to support him? Don't be afraid of being embarrassed when you say it! β
"Shame? What am I ashamed of? Where is the shame on me to take refuge in my own sister? Don't think that the second child is now a little sesame official, it's terrible, sue you, the old lady has had enough hard life, who doesn't give the old lady a way to live, the old lady will work hard with him! β
"Desperate? Do you think this is a sprinkling of the countryside that can occupy half of the sky? Sue sΓΉ you This is the capital, the place where the king's law is preached! β
The two of them became more and more arguing, and even began to push and shove each other through their mothers.
The two young men next to him also stood up and stared at each other, and if this continues, the second aunt will suffer, and the mother will also suffer from the pond fish.
"Alright, alright, alright! Shut up, shut up! β
Linglong roared angrily, went over to help his mother, and pushed away the eldest aunt's hand: "Eldest aunt and second aunt, let's talk slowly, don't move your hands and feet, let people see the joke!" β
The eldest aunt and the second aunt were both angry, and they each sat back in their positions and glared at each other angrily, and then snorted coldly and shook their heads, and no one was willing to pay attention to anyone.
The mother was dizzy by their quarrel, and she was pinched a few times before pushing, she sat on the chair panting, looking at her two sisters-in-law, thinking about her relatives for more than ten years, but she didn't expect that this would be the case when they met.
Linglong saw that his mother was extremely embarrassed, and thought in his heart: "Mother, can my daughter help you come up with an idea?" β
Song raised his eyes to look at Linglong: "What do you have in mind?" β
"Mother, you didn't plan to ask for those dowries, since the second uncle sold some to buy this house, and the second uncle's family lived for many years and took care of the grandmother for many years, this house is naturally the second uncle's family."
The eldest aunt jumped up when she heard this, and Linglong preemptively said, "The eldest aunt listened to me."
This house was given to the second uncle's family, isn't there still a few shops left in the mother's dowry? Mother, I think it would be better to transfer the remaining shops to my eldest aunt, and let the two cousins do some small business, so that they can support themselves and support the family when they have income in the future? β
The mother thought about it when she heard this, nodded and said, "This is a good idea, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, do you see?" β
The second aunt didn't speak, and the eldest aunt snorted coldly: "The rest of the shop? There's a left! She has long been defeated! β
"Hey, you have a clean mouth, what do you mean you're defeated? The sale of that shop was with my mother's consent, and the money did not go into my pocket, so I gave some dredging to Xianggong, otherwise he was an ordinary scholar, helpless, powerless, and powerless, how could he climb to his current position. β
"By the way, you also admit that you sold the shop and the money was made by your family, so you can give me the money from the sale of the shop!"
"Why? That's my sister's thing, not your thing! β
"Just based on the words of the third sister, the third sister said that the shop belongs to me, should you give me the money if you sell it?"
"You don't come, when we split up, we made it clear, two Zhuangzi, five shops, you thought that Zhuangzi had more harvest and asked Zhuangzi not to shop, and now you have lost Zhuangzi and come to rob my shop, are you so shameless?"
"Shameless? Who knows who is shameless? You sold your sister's shop, and you're a good thing? β
The two scolded and scolded, exposing each other's shortcomings, and the scolding words became more and more ugly, seeing that the two sides were about to do a fight again, the mother stood up: "Okay, stop arguing!" β
Her words were said several times in a row, but no one listened, and Song was furious, and suddenly grabbed the teacup and threw it on the ground with a click, and yelled: "Stop arguing!" β
The hall suddenly fell silent, everyone looked at her in surprise, Linglong was also shocked, she had never seen her mother shouting so loudly, it seemed that she was really angry!
After Song's shouting, I felt that everyone looked at her and was a little unconfident, this matter really made her embarrassed, I thought for a while, and said in a soft voice: "Don't quarrel with the two sisters-in-law, I will discuss this matter with my mother and Linglong." (To be continued)