Chapter Eighty-Nine: Betting
Li Hu praised Cheng Wanyu's craftsmanship all day long, and shouted that Shi Jun married a good daughter-in-law with both talent and appearance.
Chen Bingyi quipped disapprenosingly: "Women all over the world are like this, just the one in your family that makes you accustomed to it." Whose wife treats a man like a sky, there's no fuss! β
Li Hu pouted: "It's not that I haven't been to your house, but your wife is good to you." But let's eat meat and drink wine on the table, and your wife leads the two daughters to nibble on the stove and eat sorghum cakes. That's too virtuous! β
There are other words, Li Hu is embarrassed to say. That is, every time a few brothers let Chen Bingyi's family eat at the table, his wife would excuse himself with a rare and regretful face. It is a waste of money to say that a woman's family doesn't have to eat so well, and it is wine and meat.
Such a tactful refusal is not because he dislikes them for coming to the house to eat and spend money. came and went, and no one came to Chen Bingyi's house for dinner.
As for Xie Zhi'an's family, they can't eat and chat together. Lao Tzu Niang is sitting at home, and as long as she eats for a while, she will shout at the door: "Public security, don't drink too much, drinking will hurt your body." β
If you don't listen to persuasion, the old lady will scold in the house: "My son can't help it, and I can't persuade if I don't listen to persuasion!" Then the sad relatives wept and wept, and people broke off the idea of drinking in their house.
Now that Shi Jun is here, I don't know how this young couple will respond. Li Hu's boasting made everyone curious.
Shi Jun was not a drinker, and he didn't mix with each other when they joked with each other. In the end, Chen Bingyi came up with a bad idea.
said that there was a sudden attack, and Shi Jun's family was first informed that he would not go home for dinner. When the meal is ordered, I'll go back and have a look. If you clean up a good meal all at once, it means that she is a clever lady.
Shi Jun felt that these people were really idle, and he didn't think about how to train, but he wanted to compare with his wife.
Li Hu didn't think it was a big deal to see the excitement anyway, and called out for the sake of fairness to let everyone inform the family. Let's see whose wife is virtuous and good in the end, and also look at the status of the old man at home.
When it's about to scatter. Li Hu personally walked to each house. Knocking on the door and greeting the sisters-in-law with a smile: "Today, your eldest brother invited us to have a drink, and specially asked me to tell him." β
When the smoke of each house was rising, Li Hu began to push people to go through the motions from house to house.
First, when the family came home, other bored men were waiting at the door. Cover your mouth and listen to the wife inside, if there is no fight, then push the door and go in. yelled that he wasn't full, and then asked his sister-in-law to clean up the wine and food.
Shi Jun felt that these people were crazy. There's nothing to be tempted about this. He didn't believe it, Cheng Wanyu could quarrel over this?
But slowly, his heart was beating, because the results of the brothers in front of him were not optimistic.
The first is Xie Zhi'an's family, and his wife is usually the most vocal and warm-hearted. Everyone guessed that when Xie Zhi'an went home, his daughter-in-law would not say anything. I was sure to be pinched by the old lady's ears.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Xie Zhi'an entered the house, everyone heard Xie Zhi'an's wife's high-pitched voice. An old lady and a wife, you reprimand me for a word, Xie Zhian will not be able to run a house.
Xie Zhi'an knew that the brothers were listening to the truth outside the door, and he was ashamed, annoyed and embarrassed. waved his hand at the broom that his wife swept over: "I'm also a man, and it's inevitable to eat and drink outside!" β
Xie Zhi'an's eyes widened when he heard this, and he crossed his waist and scolded: "I'm bah! You are a little official who is always lost, what do you want to entertain. A month's worth of money for two jujubes, are you embarrassed to call it money? Don't you want to think about your mother, what do your wives and children eat? Once out of the house to fight. If you don't go home for two or three years, how many of us girls drink the northwest wind? β
Although this is crude, it is not false at all, once the army marches and fights, it will take several years to go out. In recent years, even if the military salary is paid on time, it will not be paid to the family. What's more, if you work for ten or eight years, the women and children in the family will have to rely on their own skills to eat.
Moreover, although Xie Zhian is a military attachΓ©, this sesame official's fortune is only a little more than that of a rough man who carries a big bag. Their family has no land and no land, and their life is indeed very difficult.
Xie Zhian hadn't thought about it so much, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed at this time. Li Hu and the others were listening outside, and they also felt that this was reasonable. I didn't have the heart to laugh at Xie Zhi'an, I just felt that they couldn't live with the women at home.
Xie Zhian walked out of the house in a daze. There is also the angry nagging of the head of the family behind it.
Looking at Xie Zhi'an's flushed face, Li Hu couldn't help but smile: "I think it's okay to forget about it." We can't get scolded in vain when we go out to drink! β
Shi Jun and the others all felt that this idea was good, and even claimed that it was good, and they wanted Xie Zhi'an to feel more comfortable.
Unexpectedly, Xie Zhian pushed Li Hu away. smiled gloomily: "You are stupid to me, let you see jokes in vain." Hmph, look, all of you in the family are uneasy. β
This time it was not Li Hu, it was Xie Zhian urging one by one to verify. Shi Jun suddenly had the idea of quitting, it was too naΓ―ve and boring.
He walked at the end of the crowd and came to Chen Bingyi's house. This is a good daughter-in-law, and they all know that his wife has the most feminine temperament.
Sure enough, after Chen Bingyi entered, there was no noise. No one spoke loudly, and Li Hu couldn't help patting Xie Zhi'an's shoulder.
With a strange smile: "Brother, it seems that your status in your family is not very high!" Haha, see, this is called the head of the family! β
Xie Zhian shrugged his shoulders vigorously with a sneer, raised his foot and pushed the door and walked in. Shi Jun watched Li Hu and the others follow in, and he listened to the conversation outside the door.
I only heard Li Hu and others say that the wine and meat were really unpalatable when they didn't enjoy the wine just now. Chen Bingyi instructed his wife to go to the kitchen to cook and prepare for everyone to continue eating.
Shi Jun nodded secretly outside, feeling that Chen Bingyi's family was not bad. It was very angry for Chen Bingyi, but it didn't take long for Li Hu and others to come out.
It turned out that Chen Bingyi's wife walked out of the kitchen and said with a bitter face that there was no wine and meat at home. Stretched out his hand to ask Chen Bingyi for money and wine, and Chen Bingyi gave him the money to the woman on weekdays. This time he said that he wanted money for wine and meat, and he felt a little bad in his heart.
Listen to the sound of words, listen to the sound of gongs and drums. Chen Bingyi's words are sticky, but they are not as powerful as Xie Zhi'an's mother.
Xie Zhi'an was refreshed, and he called all women in the world so stingy. hooked up with Chen Bingyi and began to complain: I don't go out to eat and drink every day, and I have to be so stingy when I occasionally invite guests. If you become a general one day and go to the Jinluan Palace to show the emperor, wouldn't it be a shame?
Chen Bingyi also said arrogantly: "At that time, I will marry a young and beautiful lady." Sensible, considerate and face-saving, he directly retired from this yellow-faced woman. β
Xie Zhi'an also joined in the fun, calling out that this group of yellow-faced women regretted it.
When I got to the alley, there were two left, one was Gao Yiqiu's family and the other was Shi Jun's family.
Gao Yiqiu's life at home must be difficult, and her wife is like something. I usually go to their house for dinner, and I always finish with a pot of cabbage. There is no need to try at all, only Shi Jun's newlywed little wife remains.
Shi Jun's heart jumped suddenly, he knew that Cheng Wanyu's temper would definitely not disgrace him. And the two of them have better family conditions than others, and they will not hurt their harmony because of this.
But for some reason, Shi Jun still didn't have a score in his heart. I don't know enough about Cheng Wanyu, after all, the two have just gotten married, and they will only leave a good impression on each other.
Touching his nose in embarrassment, Shi Jun knocked on the door of his house.
Cheng Wanyu, who didn't know the inside story, urged Xiaocui to open the door, and Shi Jun left a crack in the door for everyone. Li Hu and the others quietly hid behind the shadow wall, listening to how Shi Jun's little wife answered.
"Why did you come back so early? Didn't you say that you invited a few people to eat and drink? Cheng Wanyu walked out of the courtyard with a smile on her face.
When Shi Jun saw Cheng Wanyu like this, his heart weakened for no reason. always felt that tempting her like this would damage the relationship between the two people.
"Well, that liquor store isn't very good today. I didn't have a lot of fun, so I came back early. Is there still food? As soon as Shi Jun finished speaking, he heard a noise at the door.
Li Hu had already come to eat in the morning, so he was embarrassed to export it again. Chen Bingyi and Xie Zhi'an lost their faces at home today, and they let go of acting at this time.
pushed and shouted into the yard, and smiled directly at Cheng Wanyu: "Brother and sister, I came to disturb again today." The brothers didn't eat well and want to borrow your place and drink a few glasses of wine! β
Cheng Wanyu is not a stingy woman, and she is not short of money, so she naturally does not think about saving. nodded happily at the moment, asked Xiaocui to clean up the table and hurriedly went to the kitchen.
Everyone didn't expect Cheng Wanyu to be so happy, as if they had discussed in advance to give her a face.
Cheng Wanyu didn't expect anything else, she was uncomfortable at home all day and prepared a lot of food. At this time, take it all out, which is worry-free and trouble-free.
As soon as Shi Jun and the others sat down, Xiao Cui came to the table with a wine glass. Immediately after that, four dishes were quickly served, and he said that everyone wanted to eat a few bites first.
Chen Bingyi pointed to four plates of cold dishes and glared at Shi Jun: "Just these four dishes, are they still called making do with eating?" How thick is your family, don't you feel distressed at all? β
A plate of smoked bacon, a plate of shredded belly, a plate of salt and pepper fennel beans, and a plate of pickled cucumbers. These four dishes are enough for four people to drink for half a night, and they are called to make do with eating.
Even Chen Bingyi's wife will only serve it out to him alone to drink and eat during the holidays.
Shi Jun secretly laughed to himself, because everyone didn't know about living in this place. With the property in the hands of the two, it is simply more than enough to eat this little thing.
Besides, Shi Jun also heard Xiaocui's complaints, saying that the wives of these people said that they were hypocritical behind their backs. When I saw it today, it was immediately reflected whether it was hypocritical or exquisite.
With a smug smile on his face, Shi Jun boasted unceremoniously: "I told you not to compare this boring thing, do you want to humiliate yourself!" (To be continued) R655