Chapter Seventy-Three: The Outer Family

Chen Xuejiao came to this world since she was beaten and saw a foreign family for the first time.

Today, two carriages and two green mules came from the outside family. At the forefront was an old man with gray hair, a tall man, with a square face and a piercing gaze. She was followed by an old lady with a white face and kind eyes, and the old lady was holding two half-sized sons with tiger heads and tiger brains in her hands. The old lady followed the two daughters-in-law unhurriedly, one in a blue shirt, with dark skin, a smile and a mouthful of silver teeth; One was dressed in purple clothes, with a round white face and high eyebrows. Then, the curtain of the carriage opened, and a young girl in a red dress and pants jumped down. After the girl jumped out of the carriage, the middle-aged man carved out of a mold with the old man in front of her picked up a little girl with clear eyebrows from the carriage, and the girl took it and put the little girl on the ground and led her into the door. There was also a young man about the same age as Qi An in the back carriage, who was setting up the carriage.

Old Man Chen hurriedly stepped over to greet him, and the Li family also came out of the north wing and rushed over.

"The in-laws are here!" Old Man Chen held Old Man Li's hand tightly.

"Brother Chen." Old Man Li in turn shook Old Man Chen's hand.

"Dad, mother." Li stood in the middle of the courtyard, tears in his eyes.

Old Lady Li nodded at Li, and the corners of her eyebrows and eyes couldn't hide her worry.

The person who greeted Mr. Chen must be Li's father, Mr. Li, followed by Li's mother, Mrs. Li, the eldest sister-in-law Qiao's in blue clothes, the second sister-in-law Wen's in purple clothes, the girl in red clothes is niece Li Chanchan, the middle-aged man is the eldest brother Li Yuntian, and the kid in the car is his nephew Li Danian.

Chen Xuejiao was an only child in her previous life, and she had never seen so many relatives, so she was a little confused for a while.

Chen Qiping. Chen Xueru, Wang Jinghao, and Chen Qi'an, who got out of school, rushed over to call grandpa, grandma, uncle, and concubine. It's lively, just like the New Year.

The village who was sitting in the house greeted him, and together with Old Man Chen, he let Old Man Li and Li Yuntian, the eldest brother of the Li family, into the upper room. Mrs. Li took her daughter-in-law and grandchildren and followed the Li family into the north wing. Chen Qi'an took Qi Ping to help Li Danian carry the things in the carriage, and Da Dan also rushed to help.

Mura Zheng saw that someone from Li's mother's house had come, and knew that in order to separate the family, he was afraid that Old Man Li would have something bad to say to Old Man Chen in front of outsiders, so he took the initiative and invited Master Qin, Han and others into his house.

Old Man Chen accompanied Old Man Chen to send them away, walked into the north wing and looked at Chen Xiucai, and was let into the upper room by Old Man Chen again. Mrs. Chen avoided suspicion and entered the Zhao family's house in the room, and Old Man Chen ordered Xue Miao to get tea. Old Man Li took out his cigarette pouch and smoked it, and the green smoke that came out of it was opened.

After a long time, Old Man Li spoke: "There is something big in the family, Chen Xiu is my son-in-law, which is equivalent to half of me, and he will not tell our family if he is injured." ”

Old Man Chen's face turned red. I thought that although the division was for the good of the big house, it was at this port. I'm afraid that anyone will have a few points in their hearts.

"Brother Li, I thought that my son was injured, but I didn't want you to worry, and your family was also busy during the autumn harvest, so I thought that I would wait for a while to be idle and pass over a ......word," Old Man Chen explained.

"It's also my daughter's fault for this, and she's still hiding it. Don't let the sue sΓΉ family. Old Man Li intercepted Old Man Chen's words, and complained about the Li family without being salty.

This made Mr. Chen feel even more slapped in the face, and he didn't say a word of complaint, only admitting that it was his daughter's fault. When someone's daughter marries into the Chen family, she is a member of the Chen family, and she doesn't dare to tell her family if she is wronged. This is more unpleasant than scolding him directly.

"Brother Chen, you are a good hand at growing crops, who in our countryside let your son study? Only when you cultivate a show will you come out, I admire you, I promised my daughter to your family back then, to say something not ashamed, I think it was the ancestors who burned high incense and were able to make my daughter a talented lady. Old Man Li's tone was sincere.

Old Man Li didn't mention what kind of life the Li family had lived in the Chen family over the years, and Old Man Chen was ashamed and grateful.

In the north wing, Mrs. Li and the others looked at Chen Xiucai and knew that Chen Xiucai was okay and relieved their hearts slightly.

It was difficult to speak in front of Chen Xiucai, so Li invited Mrs. Li and her party into the ear room of the ladies to speak. When he arrived at the ear room, Li finally couldn't take care of it, and fell into Mrs. Li's arms and cried, touching Li's skinny shoulders, and Mrs. Li couldn't stop crying: "Pity my little girl, look at how thin you have become." Qiao's and Wen's two daughters-in-law were next to persuade them, but when they saw their sister's pale face, they couldn't help wiping away their tears.

"Xiaofen, what are you asking your mother to say about you," Mrs. Li cried and shouted Li's milk name, "You don't know how to deliver a letter to your mother's family, you don't say bad every time you say it's good, the tea eggs you sent to the family last time, I thought you were getting more and more prosperous these days, but I didn't expect it to be like this." You are the meat that fell from my body, I heard yesterday that Qi An's father was injured, and I don't have anything to do with my distress, you know no. ”

Li cried even more: "Mother, I'm afraid that you're worried, since I started talking about the girl's family, you are worried about me......"

Li is very strong in her heart, she is the youngest daughter of the Li family, with three elder brothers, and she is spoiled by the family when she is young, and she has developed her innocent character. At the beginning, he said that he was a family business, and he died before he was settled, so the rumors came out that Li Kefu finally said that Chen Xiucai's family business was a Xiucai lady, but he didn't expect to meet an unconscious mother-in-law when he entered the door. Li gritted his teeth and lived a life, never saying bad things to his mother's family, and he was afraid that his father and mother would worry.

Li saw Chen Xuejiao standing aside, and pulled her into her arms: "Xuejiao, you have also suffered, I almost can't see my eldest granddaughter." ”

The first time Chen Xuejiao saw her grandmother, she remembered her grandmother in her previous life, and she couldn't help crying.

"Sister, what kind of life did you live in our Li family, and what kind of life did you live in the Chen family. We don't know that Xuejiao was changed, but my brother-in-law was injured or I listened to what the students in the village said, if someone didn't wear words, when would you hide it. "Sister-in-law Qiao's is a cool personality, and she is unhappy for her sister-in-law," Is there still many things we don't know? Things before I didn't know. If my brother-in-law is injured, he will kick you away, and I will not let any of them go when I know this. ”

Joe rolled up his sleeves.

The second sister-in-law, Wen, echoed: "Although I have never scolded anyone for fighting, I have always followed my sister-in-law, and I will do whatever my sister-in-law does today." ”

The mother-in-law's sister-in-law supported herself, and Li was very moved.

"Sister-in-law. Mother, I don't want anything else, and Daddy Qi'an, he is injured now, and he can't listen to these things. He's also hard, caught in it. Li wiped his eyes and said, "...... I proposed the separation, and I thought about it, so I had to take advantage of it. Only when you separate it can you have a peaceful birthday. ”

Li carefully explained the truth to Mrs. Li and her sister-in-law.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ It's okay to separate. Mrs. Li thought for a while and lowered her voice, "It's not my mother-in-law, I don't know what I can give you, today I took advantage of our rush to support you, and decided the matter of separating the family. ”

Qiao Shi said: "Sister, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not. ”

Li knew that Qiao was a fast-talking but not ill-intentioned person. Nodding.

Qiao Shi lowered his voice and pointed to the upper room: "I heard people say that your second child is not just going to Cuihua Building. I also learned what kind of drama the boy in the city had, saying that he sneaked out quietly from you some time ago, and borrowed 200 taels of silver to support the drama from Xuzhou Mansion. ”

Chen Xuejiao couldn't help but take a breath.

Wen added: "What my sister-in-law said is true, this is still from our village Lao Gao, and he often puts money in print." "I looked around and found that Jing Hao had gone out to pour water. breathed a sigh of relief, "It was said that it was a good father who was well mixed up again, and it is estimated that people will come to the door to ask for this money in a few days, and it is still a good thing for you to divide it today, and the province will be involved." ”

Jing Hao lifted the curtain and walked in. served tea to Mrs. Li and others, so the topic stopped.

Mrs. Li cared about Xue Jiao again, and when she heard that Xue Jiao made pocket money by selling tea and eggs, she burst into tears with excitement, and she held Xue Jiao's hand is a compliment.

Nephew Li Danian came in and said that the things had been placed in the west wing.

Mrs. Li said to Li: "I brought you some things, all of which were produced at home, two baskets of eggs and four hens, for my son-in-law's body." Not only him, but you also have to make up for it, as well as the children. Mrs. Li's tears fell again, "How white and fat you used to be at home, the girl I gave birth to was just used as an animal for others." ”

Li was sad when he heard this, Mrs. Li and her three daughters-in-law were like mother and daughter, and several daughters-in-law would return to Ning to live in their parents' house for a period of time every year, or take their mothers to live in Li's house for a period of time. And himself, since he got married, came out for three days and returned to the door, never went back to his parents' house to live, and did not pick up his mother to enjoy happiness from home.

"Mother, after the family is separated, my daughter will live a good life, and I will take you to the house to enjoy a few days of happiness in the future." Lee wept.

"Oh, sister-in-law, my mother has us to take care of it, you take care of yourself first." Qiao Shi said quickly, "In addition to eggs and chickens, I also brought you a lot of dry goods. ”

Li Danian followed Qiao's words and told Li Shi about the things he brought one by one. There are four catties of brown sugar, ten catties of pork, a leg of mutton, a bag of white noodles, a bag of japonica rice, and snacks such as jujube and walnuts produced in their own fields.

Li was a little reluctant: "It's the time to be busy, you are all here, the second brother, the third brother and the third sister-in-law are left at home, can you be busy?" ”

"I'm not busy, the ground has been ploughed, your second brother and third brother are out of dung at home today, and the third sister-in-law has it again, if she can't help but bump, she will come." Speaking of her soon-to-be-born grandson, Mrs. Li held back her tears.

"Xue Jiao, you have to take care of these things. Usually it is not your turn to have delicious food, and if you want to eat it in the future, you will go to Lijiazhuang to ask for it. Qiao Shi told Xue Jiao.

Concubine is the name of the aunt here, and after a while, Chen Xuejiao got used to this title.

Li Chanchan, who had never spoken, noticed that there was a stove hanging in the corner of the room, and chicken soup was snuggling, so she pointed it to Mrs. Li and others.

"The chicken was killed by my father-in-law in the morning, and he gave 500 yuan to catch the medicine." Li said to Mrs. Li and others.

Old Mrs. Li's face looked a little better.

"It's my father."

"I heard that Xue Jiao did some small business, and Xue Jiao also came out." Mrs. Li took Xue Jiao's hand and sighed.

"Xue Jiao is out of luck, thanks to the child, there are some things I can react to." Li sighed, "Several children are sensible." ”

"I've grown up and understood things, and I won't let my mother suffer." Chen Xuejiao smiled brightly.

In the upper room, the more Mr. Chen and Mr. Li talked, the more speculative they became. Old Man Chen asked Mrs. Chen to prepare wine and food, and she wanted to have a good drink with her in-laws.

Mrs. Chen had a gloomy face, saying that her relatives would entertain her, and she had no extra money to clean up the wine and food.

When Old Man Li heard this, he ordered his eldest son to bring the meat he brought.

"Since you got married, I will come to your house once a year, and your mother-in-law will not come out every time. She doesn't come out, I'll go see her. Mrs. Li said and took her daughter-in-law and others to the upper room.

The two old ladies met, and there were some kind words.

"Look at my sore back and legs, my mother will take care of it more, I'll go cook first, and let Xuejiao's children talk to you." Old Mrs. Chen's heart was weak and she stood up.

"Yo, my aunt, don't you have a sore back and legs, how can I work you. We brought the cooking guys, chicken, fish, meat and eggs, so you don't have to worry about it. Qiao Shipi said with a smile.

Chen Xuejiao knew that Mrs. Li had something to say to Mrs. Chen, and she was at the threshold of separation, so she had to fight for some interests for her family, so she said to Mrs. Chen: "Milk, how often does grandma come to the house once, you talk to her, my mother will cook the food, and I, my sister, and Sister Jinghao will help." ”

"Okay then." Mrs. Chen said, "You still have to take care of the boss." ”

Old Mrs. Chen got up and wanted to go out, but was held down by Qiao and Wen.

"Auntie, it's all your own family, what are you doing so fast, my mother-in-law just wants to talk to you, you old sisters haven't seen you for a long time, you have nothing to say?" Wen smiled sweetly.

Mrs. Chen had to sit down again, secretly hating in her heart, who wanted to talk to her, an old immortal.

Chen Xuejiao winked at Li, and Li understood and took the children out to cook.

Chen Qi'an and his cousin Li Danian took out the meat dishes brought by the Li family, and the Li family discussed with the children what to cook.

"Mother, grandpa and grandpa finally came here, our meal has to be made more hearty. I just listened to my grandfather's meaning, and I will invite Muramasa to sit down with me at the meeting, and this meal can't be sloppy. Chen Xuejiao said to Li.

Li nodded repeatedly. (To be continued......)

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