Chen Xuemiao's eyes were indescribably gloomy, and Chen Xuejiao's scalp was numb when she was seen.

"Why are you peeking at me? Why do you stand behind me like a ghost? "Chen Xuemiao made a preemptive strike.

There are two people in the courtyard, Chen Xuejiao and Chen Xuemiao, and it seems that these accusatory words are said to Chen Xuejiao. Chen Xuejiao is not such a good person, as soon as she heard this, she became angry, and immediately counterattacked: "You take your Yangguan Road, I take my single-plank bridge, if you don't peek at me, how do you know that I peeked at you." ”

"You" talked about the skill of the tongue, Chen Xuemiao naturally couldn't fight Chen Xuejiao, stomped her feet, and spat in the direction of Chen Xuejiao.

In Chen Xuejiao's opinion, this kind of behavior was extremely naïve, so she ignored her and twisted her body to go to the North Wing.

When she arrived at the door of the north wing, she couldn't help but look at the gate for a while, and was slightly relieved to see that those eyes did not appear. After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, and quietly walked under the peach tree at the door, and looked in the direction of the vegetable garden.

Chen Xuemiao was standing under the loofah vine in the vegetable garden, the loofah vine in late autumn had withered, and only a few old loofahs hung on the shelf, which was used to keep seeds.

Chen Xuejiao found that Chen Xuemiao's eyes were staring closely at the direction of the door, and unlike the previous reprimand, she had removed Fang Cai's anger, and her eyes were full of excitement and expectation. Perhaps tired of standing, she leaned slightly on the loofah shelf, her arm supported her chin, and she still looked motionless at the outside of the door, with a shy look on her face, and somehow, suddenly her eyes were full of smiles.

The gate of Chen's house will be closed as soon as it gets dark, and the work of closing the door is generally handed over to Chen Zifu.

It's getting dark. Chen Zifu walked out of the upper room and closed the door.

Chen Xuejiao noticed that Chen Xuemiao's smile disappeared from her face. Instead, there was a look of disappointment.

"Third uncle, it's not dark yet, why did you close the door." Chen Xuemiao was quite unhappy, and her tone was also sullen.

"Our house will close the door when it is dark, the old rule is that the door is not closed tightly, and the chickens, ducks and geese run out. It's not easy to lose it. Chen Zifu replied with a smile, and then turned around and entered his west wing.

Chen Jiahe's black door closure is a rule set by Mrs. Chen, and she doesn't like to visit the door herself. Don't let a few daughters-in-law visit the door, if Chen Zifu closes the door late, Mrs. Chen will scold for a long time.

Chen Xuemiao naturally understood this truth, and she bit her lip. I pulled off the yellow leaves of the loofah vine. rubbed it desperately in her hand, rubbing the yellow juice in her hand, as if the leaf had an enmity with her.

The maid Lu'er stood with a frightened face, for fear that she would annoy Xue Miao and get another beating.

After a while, Zhao stood at the door and shouted Xue Miao a few times, and Xue Miao went back to the upper room with a wilted expression.

Chen Xuejiao walked out from under the peach blossom tree and breathed a sigh of relief in her heart. It's really not that she has the leisure to care about Chen Xuemiao. It's what Xue Miao did that was related to the innocence of the Chen family's girl.

According to her experience in her previous life, Chen Xuemiao was afraid that she fell in love with the merchant. Look at her springy eyes, delicate face, and twisted demeanor, it's not a girl in love.

If this is an open era, you and I can make a match made in heaven. But this is ancient times, and the requirements for women's sitting and standing are very high, especially the innocence, which is even more dead.

The folk customs of Xuzhou Mansion are relatively open, whether it is a girl who has not left the cabinet or a woman who is married to another woman, she can go to the street, play, and do business generously, but it does not mean that there is no requirement for the reputation of women. If a girl is rumored to hook up with a man, she will be grounded if she is not immersed in the pig cage.

Mrs. Chen said that Chen Xueru was taken by the man next to her, and this was just a one-sided reminder that it would hinder her reputation, not to mention that Chen Xuemiao took the initiative to make eye contact with the merchant.

If this matter gets bigger, not only Chen Xuemiao, but even the girls of the entire Chen family will become the object of ridicule from others.

The more Chen Xuejiao thinks about it, the bigger her head becomes, although she doesn't agree with the values of this society, but she lives in this society, of course, she has to act according to the norms of this society, Chen Xuejiao does not have the courage to challenge the inherent rules of this society.

She doesn't have any claims about Xue Miao's affairs, even if she tells the Li family, the big house and the second room have always been at odds, and when she turns around, Xue Miao bites back and ruins her reputation, so it won't be clear. Chen Xuejiao thought about it, and could only pray that the family in the second room would return to Xuzhou Mansion quickly.

"What's the matter, is your father okay?" As soon as Chen Xuejiao stepped into the north wing, Li asked.

"My grandfather is really angry" Chen Xuejiao told her family how Old Man Chen and Mrs. Chen quarreled, scolded, and fought, and told her family 1510.

When they heard that Mrs. Chen ripped off a few of Mr. Chen's beards, they all took a breath of cool air, and after hearing that Mr. Chen gave Mrs. Chen a backhand slap, their jaws fell even more in surprise.

"Will it be because of my marriage, so that grandma has a dislike." Chen Xueru asked rather uneasily.

"Sister, don't think about it, it's a happy event for you to get married. Grandpa and grandma are not quarreling one day, grandma has nothing to do all day long, I want to come to the lord to endure for decades, I didn't hold back for a while, I beat the milk, your marriage is just an introduction, without you to make a parent, there will be other things to do as an introduction, you don't want to think about it. Chen Xuejiao said.

"yes, not your business." Li also chimed in.

To put it mildly, if it weren't for the fact that she was a junior and took care of her reputation, she would also want to go up and slap the old lady in the mouth, so that she could take care of her mouth.

After the family had said a few words, the stone set the supper on the table.

Because of the big fish and meat eaten at noon, everyone is not hungry at this time, and the stone specially made a few refreshing dishes, such as cucumbers with garlic paste, steamed eggplant, green onion pancakes, and millet porridge.

As soon as I drank half a bowl of rice, I heard Zhang's suddenly running into the yard and shouting: "Oh no, no, oh, big brother and sister-in-law, my father fainted, fainted." ”

Chen Xuejiao and the others heard this and bluffed. Put down the chopsticks and hurried to the upper room.

It turned out that Old Man Chen drank a few more glasses of wine at noon, and he was already angry in his heart, and was scolded and beaten by Old Mrs. Chen. Stimulated, the whole person fainted.

Chen Xiucai hurriedly went to the town with Chen Zifu and invited Zheng Langzhong.

When Mrs. Chen saw that Old Man Chen fainted, she didn't cry or scold, she had a wooden face, Banban was sitting on the bed, and when she saw Li coming in, she sneered and said, "I didn't see my granddaughter marry, and I made a grandfather angry." ”

Chen Xuejiao was simply stunned by Old Lady Chen's divine logic. Why did Old Man Chen get angry and why he fainted, Old Mrs. Chen knew better than anyone else that she was not thinking about how to save people at this time. Let's pick yourself clean first.

Li didn't say anything, and he didn't bother to argue with Mrs. Chen, so he and Cai's were busy together, doing their due diligence as a daughter-in-law.

Zheng Langzhong is here. He diagnosed Mr. Chen's pulse, pricked the needle, and prescribed a prescription.

Not for a while. Old Man Chen woke up slowly, and Chen Xuejiao suddenly found that Old Man Chen was lying on the bed a little older than before, and the whole person was like a dehydrated walnut, thin and pale.

Fortunately, there is no big problem, Zheng Langzhong said that he was angry, and he would be able to recover if he didn't get angry in the future.

Everyone heard this and exhaled......

Chen Xuejiao couldn't help but glance at Mrs. Chen, only to see that she was still holding her head high. A momentum that does not admit defeat. However, the look on his face was much more relaxed, just when Old Man Chen fainted. She was just as frightened.

Don't look at Mrs. Chen's nonsense at home, you have to listen to her in everything, but the real backbone of the Chen family is Mr. Chen, if Mr. Chen really has three longs and two shorts, Mrs. Chen will have no support in the future, how can she be tough.

After Zheng Langzhong left, everyone walked out of the upper room.

"Your grandmother is that temper, she has never been the only one who oppresses others, and no one else oppresses her." Back in the North Wing, Li sighed.

"I see my grandfather fainting, and the milk is very heartfelt, I hope it can be cleaned for a few days in the future." Chen Xuejiao nodded in agreement.

In the next few days, the Chen family really lived a few days of relatively peaceful days.

In the autumn, the crops in the fields have been busy, the business of the salted duck egg shop is on the right track, and the embroidery workshop in the town is like a birthday.

After taking some time, Li came to Zhao's pork shop and talked to Zhao's butcher for a long time.

“…… Alas, Butcher Zhao and Mrs. Zhao are such unreasonable people, but Butcher Zhao is a reasonable person. Li sighed to Xue Jiao a few times when he went home, "I told Xue Ru about it, and Zhao Butcher's wife apologized and apologized, and I was embarrassed." The boy has seen Xue Ru once, or once a few of you went to the town, the Zhao family kid said casually, they are all from the Chen family, how can Xue Miao be that character, and the temperament of the daughter of the Chen family's big house is very different. was scolded by Mrs. Zhao, this word somehow spread to your milk ears and changed Zhao family boy I also saw it, and he also apologized and apologized, his character is not like his father, you say your milk, people just joke, she just took it seriously, she didn't say it and deliberately distorted it into that way, not sincerely ruined Xue Ru ......What is it?"

At the mention of this, Li Shi was still panting angrily.

"Mother, drink saliva." Chen Xuejiao hurriedly took a cup of tea and handed it to Li, and suddenly smiled, "Mother, don't think about bad things, that matter doesn't have much impact on my sister, Dad said, we have to go to the town to see the house in the afternoon." ”

Chen Xiucai finally decided to move his wife and children out, and originally planned to find a piece of land in the village to build a new house, but it is not so easy to build a house, and he has to measure the land, buy materials, and invite people.

It takes at least three months to build a house, plus furniture and air, and it will take a year for 77888 to live in.

Buying a house in the town and living in it first, building a house in the village and waiting for the spring of next year are under consideration, and the two will not be delayed.

The family always wanted to move out of the Chen family compound, and when they heard that they had bought a house in Zhenshan, they felt an indescribable sense of comfort in their hearts. But the thought of moving out of Maoshan Village made it difficult for everyone to give up.

After lunch, everyone took a carriage to the town.

The house they are going to buy is on the town's waterfront street, which as the name suggests, is a street built on the waterfront. There is a river at the gate of the Chen family, and the Li family is used to living near the water, and the first thing Chen Xiucai bought a house was that there was water in front of the door.

Linshui Street is the quietest street in Baitu Town, and most of them are home-based people.

When I arrived at Linshui Street, I got off the carriage and walked a few steps inside to the new house.

A small courtyard is hidden under rows of willow trees, and in front of the door is a river, up the stairs, along which are full of blooming trumpet flowers.

As soon as she walked in, Chen Xuejiao fell in love with this courtyard.

The whole courtyard is small and exquisite, it is a typical quadrangle, the gate faces east, there are two rows of hugging buildings next to the door, the door is the patio, and then the middle gate, the backyard, the hall house, there are small corridor houses everywhere. In the yard, there are flowers and trees, although it is not as rich as the Han family, but it has its own comfortable and lively place.

There is a small courtyard at the back of the hall, there is not only a roll shed but also a rockery, and a half-sized pool, planted with lotus flowers, because it is autumn, at this time there are some dead branches and leaves, and it is also a scene to give birth to a piece in the next year.

Chen Xuejiao sighed in her heart, this yard is smaller, but it is better than exquisite, and it has all kinds of organs.

When he saw a vacant lot on the west side of the yard, Li laughed: "Refurbished and renovated, you can grow vegetables, and put up bean racks and loofah racks against the wall." ”

Li is a standard peasant woman, and all she wants to do is grow vegetables when she looks at the open space.

"Dad, how much can we buy this house?"

"Eighty taels of silver." Chen Xiucai replied.

Chen Xuejiao thought about it in her heart, according to today's prices, eighty taels is not less, but such a house should be more than eighty taels of silver.

Chen Xiucai seemed to see Chen Xuejiao's thoughts, so he explained that this house was originally owned by a rice merchant, and now the rice merchant has made a fortune in Jinling and moved his family to Jinling, and this house is eager to get rid of it, so he does not care about the price.

Everyone walked around the corners of the courtyard and visited the house again. Because this house has not been lived for a long time, there are cobwebs everywhere, and the outer skin of the walls is a little peeling.

"You'll all have your own house then." Li Shi pointed to the room and said one by one, "Your father's study is also available, and the place where Qiping Qi'an studies is also spacious, and your grandmother can live in our house in the future." ”

Li was thinking about the benefits of moving to a new home.

After looking at the new yard, everyone walked out, and now the solar term is getting dark faster, thinking that they have to cook and clean up when they go home, so they simply had dinner in the town.

When I got home, it was already time to hold the lights.

After getting out of the carriage, Chen Xuejiao found a dark shadow at the door behind the wheat straw, and when she looked into the yard, Xue Miao was standing under the peach blossom tree at the door. (To be continued......)