As soon as Li heard what Qiao said, he jumped up in fright, the hand that served the tea just now trembled, the teacup was shaken, almost overturned, and the tea in it was poured on the arm, Chen Xuejiao was close, and quickly took a dry handkerchief to wipe it, fortunately, the tea was warm, and the clothes were thick, so there was no burn.

Qiao's endured this for half an afternoon, and originally wanted to find a free time to send a letter to his sister-in-law, but after thinking about it, today is Xueru's birthday, and everyone is happy. Not to mention, she was panicked in her heart, she was a cool person, she couldn't hide her words in her heart anymore, and it was easy to wait for the Han family to leave, Chen Xiucai took Chen Qi'an to discuss his homework, leaving only a room full of children and relatives to chat, and then said this.

Among the women who came to make Xueru's birthday, one of them was Qiao's handkerchief, married to Maoshan Village, and had a good relationship with Li. She was arranged at the table in the west wing, Qiao Shi took the time to go to the west wing room to chat with her, and after talking for a while, the daughter-in-law chatted about Wen Yan.

"I heard my sister-in-law say this, my sister-in-law and Wen Yan married into a village, only five steps away, she scraped a few words in her ears, saying that Wen Yan couldn't give birth to a son, and thought about her step-nephew, and said that the nephews of her mother's family, Qi An and Qi Lin are too old to manage, and the three children of the fourth family are like mud monkeys.

"If she suffers a thousand cuts, her mother-in-law can agree, and she is not from the same clan and surname?"

Qiao scolded and couldn't wait to ask Li for advice immediately. was pulled by the handkerchief: "I only found out about this this morning, I originally wanted to tell your sister-in-law about it, but this happy day is gone." Isn't that what you're here? I'll let you know first. You pick up a chance to tell your sister-in-law, Wen Yan, I don't know what An's heart is, I don't think she can give birth to a son, and the anxious rabbit bites people, and there is no way. ”

Li nodded, and the two of them quietly cursed. In the evening, Qiao scolded and told Li this story.

Qiao's daughter-in-law, Wang, has been a pungent since she was a child, holding the child in her arms. After slapping it twice, he scolded with a mouthful: "It's really a big face, I've never seen her like this again, black-hearted seed." He could not give birth to a son. and thought of other people's sons. ”

Li Shi's angry hands and feet can't stand, and no matter how angry a person is, he can't be angry in his heart when he is called to bully the door like this, and he can't say a word, so he can't wait to kill Wen Yan's house immediately to ask what happened.

"Mother, don't worry, she just has this idea, she can't do it accurately, you and Dad don't agree. Who dares to say something about the following? Chen Xuejiao was quite disdainful of Wen Yan in her heart, and she gave birth to two daughters in a row. The Duan family didn't say anything, there are many people in the village who even gave birth to several daughters to get a son, but she can't pass that level by herself, she likes to be competitive in everything, seeing that the first two children of her sister-in-law are all children, her heart is unbalanced, and she has to give birth to a son. This autumn she was pregnant with a child, in order to fight for a breath of leisure, she had a few words of quarrel with her sister-in-law, and when she returned to the house, she was smashing and smashing and playing, and she was tired, her eyes were dark, and she fell to the ground with one foot.

It stands to reason that Wen Yan is still young, and now he has not reached the age when he can't give birth to a son, so why do he want to succeed.

"What does my mother have to worry about, if it really comes to the step of succession, so many cousins in the Duan family's eldest uncle's family have all married daughters-in-law and given birth to sons, where is her turn to beat her mother's nephew." Chen Xuejiao's words gave the Li family a backbone, and the Li family was startled when he heard the words of the successor, and he was in a mess, so he had no idea.

Mrs. Li helped her daughter sit down, glanced at Chen Xuejiao with appreciation, and what this granddaughter said was reasonable, so she added a few words: "You are very panicked, Wen Yan married a member of the Duan family in the past, don't say anything else, can your father-in-law be willing to be the first one?" Even if your mother-in-law feels sorry for her daughter, she can't do it, your father-in-law is just confused that the married daughter has to reach into her mother's brother's house, and he can be willing to change his grandson's surname to Duan, which makes no sense in ancient times. ”

After Mrs. Li said this, she scolded one by one.

Li stabilized his mind, glanced at the outhouse, the lights were still on, Qi An and Qi Ping were studying, Chen Xiucai was watching from the side, his heart settled down a little, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, even if Wen Yan really wanted to succeed, if he didn't say anything about it, Chen Xiucai would not agree to the first one. Thinking like this, her heart is like swallowing a fly into it, she is not afraid of Wen Yan mentioning the matter of succession now, but if she really brings it up, it will be bad enough.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Li took the Li family to go back.

Their Li family has not been separated, since the Wang family gave birth to a son, it can be regarded as three generations in the same house, and there are a lot of things to deal with every day, and they can't leave people at all. Take advantage of the fact that the snow has not yet melted, hurry up and walk the mountain road early, if you wait for the sun, the snow will melt, the road will be muddy, and the carriage will not be happy.

Seeing that he couldn't keep it, Li got up early in the morning and carefully prepared a table of breakfast.

There are three kinds of porridge alone, rice porridge, wheat kernel porridge, red silk and green silk eight-treasure porridge, in order for Li Danian to catch the car, he has to be solid to have the strength, and he steamed a pot of steamed buns, branded a large stack of green onion cakes, and scalded a large bowl of shredded chicken noodles. There are also several dishes of side dishes, radish balls are fried fragrant, the vinegared pork head meat is crystal lovely, there are red and clear salted duck eggs, and a large stack of braised elbows are placed in front of Li Danian's eyes.

Usually, Chen Xuejiao's breakfast is very simple, or porridge noodles or pancakes, although the family has more money than in the past, but everyone is still the same as in the past. It's not like that kind of upstart family, as soon as they get rich and rich, they have no rules, and they can't wait to eat seventeen or eighteen flowers at a table of breakfast.

Chen Xiucai had breakfast early and went to the town, although he returned home, but the business outside was not broken, and he took Zheng Huozi Li Yuntian to sell cotton, which was being transported to the north at this time. Xuzhou Mansion is located in the Central Plain. Every household grows cotton, and after the harvest in autumn, it is piled up like the sea. In the past, the women in the family spun and weaved the cloth themselves to sell, but Chen Xiucai sold it directly from the ground, and the cotton was transported to the northern alpine places, and the profits could be tripled.

"Mother-in-law go back, you give me a few taels of silver, I have hired a car from the town and let the stones follow all the way. I went to town to take account. Let's take a look at our house. Chen Xiucai instructed Li one by one, and suddenly remembered one thing: "The window paper of the private school is leaking, you can pull a few feet of cloth when you go back." Let Sister-in-law Jia paste it. ”

Li agreed with a smile, took a handkerchief and wiped Qi Ping's mouth, he ate his elbow and ate a mouthful of oil, usually Li didn't let him eat this in the morning. Maybe I know Wen Yan's idea of playing Qi Ping. Today, I pampered him extraordinarily and gave him food if he wanted to. Qi Ping ate elbows and pancakes, his little belly was round, and he touched his stomach and asked Li Shi if he could eat mutton dumplings and braised pork at noon. With such a thick snow, I still have to go to a private school to study, and Li agreed with a smile: "Okay, it's all up to you, make dumplings at noon." Lamb stuffing, come to play braised pork. He also secretly stuffed a few pieces of fruit cake in his bag. still has to hide it from Chen Xiucai, Chen Xiucai is a loving father on weekdays, but he can't tolerate studying with snacks. Wen Yan wanted to succeed Qi Ping, but Li hid it from Chen Xiucai, Wen Yan didn't bring it up in person, so she didn't count, if she really brought it up, Li would have something to deal with at that time.

The family had eaten enough, and as soon as the carriage in the town came, the Li family was going back to Lijiazhuang. Afraid that they would be hungry on the road, Chen Xuejiao specially prepared a roast chicken, a big bowl of mutton, and a large stack of pancakes, all wrapped in cotton and placed in a basket.

When the carriage started, Chen Xueru and Jinghao came out of the house with a thick quilt and covered Mrs. Li and others.

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The snow fell for two days and one night before stopping, and the snow on the ground was a foot thick, and as soon as the sun came out, Chen Xuejiao's salted duck egg shop was back to work.

Chen Xuejiao stood in the yard and watched the hired odd workers carrying the boxes back and forth, the boxes were full of duck eggs purchased from Weishan Lake, and she wanted to look at the workers with a wrong eye, for fear that the box would be put down and broken. The salted duck egg business is surprisingly good, and the duck eggs that flow like water every day are carried out from the gate of the Chen family, not only sold to the town, but also to the restaurants and shops in Xuzhou Mansion. How much is purchased every day, how much is sold, and which shops are sold to, Chen Xuejiao has to write them all down in the booklet.

The brush is not good at writing, and after practicing for these months, I can finally put pen to paper. Chen Xuejiao rubbed her sour neck, and when she looked up, she saw Mrs. Chen looking out through the window, her eyes were full of disdain and resentment.

Dafang's business is booming, and it is not a good taste in the eyes of Mrs. Chen, Chen Xuejiao has seen her as if she is a cannibal more than once.

Chen Xueru was born, and she was given a hairpin in the upper room, and a gold bead the size of a grain of rice was embedded on a silver handle. Compared with the past, it can be regarded as a generous gift. For this gift, Mrs. Chen had a lot of verbal fights with Mr. Chen. Originally, Li wanted to give some gifts to the upper room, but was stopped by Chen Xuejiao: "Mother only pretends not to know, shouldn't they give gifts on my sister's birthday?" If you really return the gift, the milk will say that we look down on them, and then there will be another turmoil. ”

Chen Xuejiao lowered her head and continued to count the duck eggs, and in less than a cup of tea, she heard Mrs. Chen whisper in surprise through the window: "Oh, why are you here on this cold day." ”

Chen Xuejiao raised her eyes and looked at the door, and saw Wen Yan appearing at the door with Sister Chun. The clothes are new clothes, but her face is yellow, and Sister Chun's hands are red from the cold, so she didn't hear the sound of the carriage, presumably Wen Yan came with Sister Chun walking.

While speaking, Wen Yan took Sister Chun into the courtyard, carrying only a small package on her back. Chen Xuejiao glanced at Li from a distance, Li was lighting a fire in the salted duck egg workshop, looking at each other, their eyelids jumped, such a big snow, Wen Yan came to her mother's house, I don't know what idea I was fighting.

Thinking of her words about succeeding Qi An, Chen Xuejiao's face sank. Wen Yan bent his eyes, swept the boxes placed on the ground, and said with a smile: "Xuejiao, you have made a fortune, so many duck eggs." Chen Xuejiao lowered her eyes, ignored Wen Yan, and didn't even bother to shout at her aunt, and only assigned the stone to move the duck eggs into the workshop.

Old Mrs. Chen hurriedly walked out of the upper room and pulled Wen Yan's hand: "Why, your hands are so cold, why don't you hire a car to sit here." ”

"You can't hire a car in the snow. I saw my eldest brother and wanted to take his car, so he went all the way to my second sister's house. This can be regarded as provoking, Chen Xuejiao suddenly threw a cold gaze over, Wen Yan smiled dryly, "My brother gave me a few pennies to hire a car, and I saw that there was no car waiting left and right, so I walked here." Mother, I'm starving, and I don't have hot food. ”

Mrs. Chen just wanted to find a reason to scold Huai to the big house, but when she heard Wen Yan say that Chen Xiu gave the silver, she was deflated, and she really felt sorry for Wen Yan in her heart, and said in a stacked voice: "Hurry up, there is a meal in the house, the fourth daughter-in-law, you give your sister a hot meal, don't forget to give two eggs." ”

Chen Xiucai naturally doesn't like this sister, but she still has a child by her side, she doesn't look at the face of adults, she just sees the child shivering from the cold, and she also has to give a few pennies of silver to pay for the car.

Zhang scolded in his mouth and went to the pot house, took three eggs in his hand, knocked two, and left one to eat at home.

After Chen Xuejiao finished counting the duck eggs, as soon as she met with Li, she pouted at the upper room: "What is she doing here, is it possible to really fight that idea?" ”

Li's face sank: "Just by her, your grandfather is still there, but when I say this, it's not disgusting." ”

Chen Xuejiao knew that Wen Yan had a good calculation in her heart, she really wanted a son to gain a foothold in the Duan family, but she was not seventy or eighty years old, so there was no need to succeed her. Thinking about it, Ji Qiping just fell in love with the prosperity of the Chen family's big house, and he couldn't wait to wrap himself in a layer of honey and dip all the things in the big house. Qi Ping is young, and he is easy to control after succession, and in the future, the big house will also leave a family wealth for him.

said that she was smart but extremely stupid, she relied on Mrs. Chen and Mr. Chen to spoil her, thinking that it was no problem to have a nephew, but she forgot about it, Old Man Chen was hurting his daughter, and the grandson surnamed Chen was also his bottom line, so it was impossible for them to change their names and surnames.

Chen Xuejiao thought about it, she was not worried about Wen Yan succeeding Qi Ping at all.

The mother and daughter were talking here, when they saw Wen Yan coming uninvited, Li endured the nausea, and did not give up his seat or tea. (To be continued......)