Chapter 248: Knocking
It is normal for the Chen family to quarrel, and there is no day when they are noisy.
Losing a chicken, putting too much cooking oil, and less salt in the soup, a little trivial thing can trigger a world war, and the leader who started the war is naturally Mrs. Chen.
In Chen Xuejiao's memory, there were very few peaceful days in the Chen family's compound. Mrs. Chen is like a chicken blood, and she is high-spirited every day, it is really difficult for her to be so old and have such vigorous energy.
The reason why Chen Xuejiao's family didn't hear such a big movement in the upper room was because they closed the doors and windows, and only cared about Xueru's marriage, so they didn't pay attention to the movement in the upper room.
When it calmed down all of a sudden, I heard the quarrel in the upper room, although I couldn't hear the specific content of the scolding, but Chen Xuejiao and the others knew in their hearts that they must be quarreling about Xue's marriage.
Old Mrs. Chen chilled Chen Xiucai and the Li family, but Old Man Chen is Chen Xiucai's father after all, and judging from Xue Ruding's appearance, whether it is to take care of the face of the Chen family or to maintain the stability of the Chen family, he is still an unambiguous enlightened person who treats his granddaughter in a matter of distinguishing between right and wrong.
Chen Xiucai glanced at the Li family, and Chen Xuejiao knew that her father still cared about Old Man Chen from the bottom of his heart.
"She's so old, alas, you go and take a look." The couple thought of going together, and the Li family cared about Old Man Chen the same.
"Dad, mother, you two can't go. You two went and hit the muzzle of the. "With Mrs. Chen's consistent attitude towards the big house, there is nothing to worry about. What's more, this quarrel involves Xue Ruding's relatives, if the Li family and Chen Xiucai go, Mrs. Chen will definitely not be able to spare them. Chen Xuejiao persuaded, "...... I think, if I don't go first, it just so happens that the marriage gift given by the Han family today, as well as leftovers or something, will be sent over there, so it's better for me to go over and persuade me a few times if I can persuade them. ”
Xue Jiao is right. Okay, you'll be clever. The Li family made two boxes of fruit cakes brought by the Han family, and folded two large bowls of meat and vegetables left over from noon. When he was leaving, he also told Xue Jiao, "If it's nothing serious, you will come back"
"Mother, I know." Chen Xuejiao carried the food. Went to the upper room.
Out of the door of the North Wing. Chen Xuejiao subconsciously looked at the door. Today is the day of the snow as the marriage, at this time the village spread all over the Han family is very rich, everyone wants to come to see what is going on, just arrived at the door and there was a sound of fighting in the room, everyone rushed to the door to look lively.
If you want to put aside the usual time to watch the excitement, Chen Xuejiao will not care. But today is different, today is a special day, if everyone knows that the quarrel between the two elders in the upper room is because of Xueru. Some of the broken fingers may not know what to say.
"Oops, Xuejiao. Why can't your sister come out, is she shy to have her in-laws? A few little daughters-in-law pulled the door and looked at Chen Xuejiao with a curious expression, "...... I heard that the Han family gave a lot of dowries, what did they give, and it also opened our eyes. ”
"My sister does needlework at home, and the Han family gave my sister a very generous bride price, sister-in-law, do you want to go to my house to open your eyes and drink a cup of tea." Chen Xuejiao simply admitted generously.
"We're just talking, where we really go to see, your family has something, let's go first." A few little daughters-in-law laughed wryly.
Chen Xuejiao glanced at the big egg chopping pigweed by the well platform, and the big egg understood and ran over to close the door.
Mrs. Chen doesn't care about family ugliness, Chen Xuejiao cares, Li and Chen Xiucai care, and Xueru's reputation cares even more.
The ugliness of the family should not be publicized.
Today, the salted duck egg workshop did not stop working because of Xueru's marriage, and the words of Mrs. Chen slandering Xueru naturally spread to the workshop. Xianglian Niang tactfully reminded everyone, coupled with the traditional rules of the workshop, Chen Xuejiao believed that those female workers would not talk nonsense, unless no one wanted to do it.
The moment the door closed, Xue Jiao suddenly found a young man in the crowd, the man stretched his neck, looked into the yard with his eyes, and when he looked at Xue Jiao's eyes, he opened his mouth and smiled lightly. Chen Xuejiao didn't like the whole person in her heart, so she glared back. Seeing Xue Jiao's glare, the man pursed his lips and turned his head into the crowd.
This man is not from the village, but it seems that he has seen it somewhere, Chen Xuejiao thought about it for a while, and couldn't think of who this person was, because there was more important things to do, so she left it away and didn't think about him.
Seeing that the door was closed, Chen Xuejiao walked towards the upper room with the lunch box, and heard the noise of the second elder when she passed through the vegetable garden, but she couldn't really hear it, and after walking a few steps forward, the noise became clearer and clearer.
Entering the upper room, Chen Xuejiao looked around, and it turned out that she didn't know who sealed the windows and doors with thick felt cloth. She thought about it for a while and understood, I was afraid that it was the idea of Old Man Chen, he was so old, he didn't ask for anything else, he wanted a good reputation, he must know that the snow was as big as Ding's marriage, and the people in the village would definitely come to see the excitement, in order not to let people hear the quarrel between him and his wife, he blocked the doors and windows in advance.
Chen Xuejiao nodded, admiring Old Man Chen's approach in her heart.
"Oh, Xuejiao is here, come here, why do you still bring these fruits and meat dishes?" Zhao walked out of the room, with a smile on his face, and took the food box in Xue Jiao's hand diligently.
Regarding Zhao's attitude, Xue Jiao was quite unaccustomed to it, knowing that she was a sweet-faced and bitter person, she only said hello to her lightly.
The curtain of the main house showed a corner, and from the door, you could see Old Man Chen and Old Lady Chen, one sitting on a chair and the other sitting on a bed, fighting in the ring.
"You have lived for such a long time, you have lived in vain, tell me what you are doing today, why are you so poisonous in your heart, if you are your granddaughter, how can you talk about it." Old Man Chen's face turned red with excitement.
"Why didn't I live in vain, you were embarrassed to say me, why don't you look at yourself. What did you say when you married me at that time, you said that as long as I can pull the children in front of me up, I did it, from Wenxiu to Wenying, which one didn't grow up? I will give them a kiss for your eldest son to study. I worked hard in the Chen family, and I lived for such a long time, and I didn't say a good word. fell into a commotion...... You have no conscience, you have no conscience. Mrs. Chen patted her thigh.
"What are you doing so far, today are talking about Xue Ruding's marriage......" Old Man Chen gasped angrily.
Chen Xuejiao rolled her eyes in her heart, Mrs. Chen had such a ability, and she turned the topic to something else. You give her reason, she plays a hooligan for you, you play a hooligan for her. She gives you reason, and her heart is hard and smelly, so she has to ask you to bow your head first. "What's wrong with Xue Ruding's marriage. made a marriage with her, and asked me to drag my sick body to be an ornament. Oops, I'm sorry for her, she didn't go to kiss me. It's all about me. Hey, Xuejiao, you go, go and call Xueru, I will make amends to her on the spot" Old Mrs. Chen flashed, and suddenly found Chen Xuejiao standing aside, waving her hand at her again and again.
Chen Xuejiao sneered and stood still.
"I don't get sick sooner or later. I just got sick on the day of her marriage, oops. What a coincidence, I was born sick. Dead old man, don't you treat me as a human being, if her own grandmother is sick on her wedding day, can you still eat me like this? Mrs. Chen was talking nonsense, but she didn't mention what she said about slandering Xue Ru in front of everyone.
"If it's true that her own grandmother is still alive, can you still stand in the position of an elder and be a Qiao? If it's really her own grandmother, even if she is sick, will she survive it? If she were her own grandmother, would she be able to say that she was not as good as a beast?" Old Man Chen was forced to be anxious and shot back a few words.
Chen Xuejiao felt bad, the name of filling the house is the knot in Mrs. Chen's heart all her life, don't look at her often talking about her stepmother, stepwife, and stepgrandmother, but if someone else mentions it, she will definitely blow up. The same name of filling the house is also her mean talisman for Chen Xiucai, Wen Ying, and Wen Xiu, once she makes excessive demands on Chen Xuejiao's family, she will pull out the excuse that it is difficult for the queen mother, and in most cases the old man Chen will compromise.
However, after the sinking of Chen Xiucai's ship, and now Xue Ru's marriage, Old Man Chen is becoming more and more chilled by Mrs. Chen's approach, and he plans to beat her completely today, so he said the above words.
Sure enough, Old Man Chen's words made Mrs. Chen furious. She rolled over and got out of bed, and before she had time to put on her shoes, she opened her hands and threw herself towards Old Man Chen, everyone did not react for a while, and Old Man Chen sat on the chair again, so her beard was pulled off a few times by Old Mrs. Chen, and her face was scratched a few times.
Wen Yan, Zhao, Zhang, Cai and others who were standing on the side reacted, and reluctantly pulled Mrs. Chen with their hands and feet.
Old Man Chen touched his beard, annoyed and ashamed, he was so old, in front of the juniors, he didn't have any self-respect at all, and he usually scolded and scolded, and he started to do it.
"Don't pull me, I want to ask this old guy today, what did you say when you married me that Xue Ru is her own granddaughter, Xue Miao and Xue Yao are not his own granddaughters, he is now looking at the big house, and there will be no place for us to settle down in the future, don't pull me, if I don't fight with him today, this family will be a big house" Mrs. Chen scolded with her feet, pointing at Chen Zichang and Chen Zifu to break the crooked reasoning.
Everyone persuaded and pressed, the focus was on Mrs. Chen, except for Chen Xuejiao and Chen Xuewa, no one noticed the distorted face of Old Man Chen.
"Bastard stuff, it's getting more and more face-sliding." A snap of applause fell to the ground with a crisp applause.
It seems that Old Man Chen really can't stand Mrs. Chen's numbness.
Everyone including Mrs. Chen was stunned, no matter how Mrs. Chen made trouble in the past, Old Man Chen would quarrel with her for a few words at most, but it was the first time to do it.
With a "whoosh", Mrs. Chen was about to break away from everyone's hands, and tried her best to grab Old Man Chen, but was hugged by the energetic Zhang.
Seeing that Mrs. Chen couldn't break free, she slapped Zhang's backhand, and the angry Zhang let go of his hand and threw it in front of Mr. Chen, and Mrs. Chen stood steadily in front of Mr. Chen.
With another "boil", Mrs. Chen pounced on Old Man Chen. This time, Old Man Chen was prepared, dodged his body, kicked a tea bottle to pieces, and pointed at Mrs. Chen and shouted: "Have you made enough trouble, I will save you three points of face in front of the juniors, if you are arrogant and unreasonable on the nose, you see that I have taken a break from you." ”
It was the first time for a room full of people to see Old Man Chen get so angry.
Mrs. Chen is a strong outsider, and when she saw that Old Man Chen was serious, her arrogance was extinguished by seven points. Chen Zifu took the opportunity to step forward and pull Mrs. Chen to the bed, and Chen Zichang persuaded bitterly on the side: "Mother, what Dad just said is angry, don't take it seriously." ”
This was said to Mrs. Chen clearly, but secretly it was said to Mrs. Chen, if Mr. Chen really divorced the old lady, they would be the children of the divorced wife, they are all so old, do they still want to be faceless.
Mrs. Chen sat on the bed, snorting and tearing: "You divorced me?" I've been with you for so many years, and I haven't suffered anything, and in your heart, I can't even afford a hairy girl. You only care about Xueru's face, you don't want to think about my face, and beat me in front of so many people, you are letting me die. ”
As he spoke, he was about to find a rope to hang himself, but he was held down by Chen Zifu.
"Tell me who you blame for this today, Cheng, you don't treat Xueru as your own granddaughter, then Xuewa and Xue Miao are your own granddaughters after all. You ruined Xueru's reputation like that, have you ever thought that not only Xueru will be affected, but also Xuewa and Xuemiao. …… The Han family ignored your bastard words, and still happily recognized Xue Ru as this daughter-in-law, that Xuewa and Xue Miao have not yet decided to kiss, and after spreading it, it will ...... "The more Old Man Chen said, the more angry he became.
The Zhao family and the Cai family on the side had already turned white. Especially the Zhao family, Mrs. Chen is still happy to arrange Xueru, just waiting to see the good show of the big house, it is good to see how you end up, I didn't expect this matter to affect Xueru's head at all, she didn't expect that it would affect her daughter's layer, and she scolded Mrs. Chen to death in her heart.
Mrs. Chen was slightly stunned, she was a powder keg, she only cared about pleasure and recklessly recklessly when she spoke, but she didn't expect this. But she never refused to admit her mistake, her back was straight, and she said a few words of justification, but her tone was not so intense.
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The fighting in the upper room gradually subsided, and everyone comforted the second elder again, and then walked out.
After Chen Xuejiao walked into the courtyard, she suddenly saw the man's eyes through the gate, with frivolous and malicious eyes.
Yes, it was a flash of inspiration, and it was a merchant.
This spring, he came to Maoshan Village all day to sell gouache rouge, she saw him and Xue Miao's eyebrows, and then Xue Miao went to Xuzhou Mansion, and the merchant did not come, so she forgot about it.
Now that Xue Miao is back, he has reappeared.
Xue Jiao only felt that her scalp tightened for a while, and after a certain concentration, she found that the merchant was gone, and when she turned her head, she suddenly found Xue Miao looking at her by the vegetable garden. (To be continued......)