Chapter 40: The Hairpin

Chen Xuejiao walked down the street dejectedly, feeling very annoyed, if she came to redeem it yesterday, the hairpin would have been inserted on Li's head today.

That hairpin is just an ordinary jasper, I don't know who redeemed it. I hope that person can have a relationship with the hairpin and cherish it.

"Little girl."

A pleasant male voice sounded in Xue Jiao's ears, and she was slapped on the shoulder at will.

Xue Jiao subconsciously brushed the arm off her shoulder, turned her head and glared angrily at the person behind her.

The person in the back was wearing a moon-white straight jacket, and the whole person was more and more upright.

It turned out to be Gu Siyuan.

"Why are you so fierce every time?" Gu Siyuan asked with a smile.

"Who made you like sneak attacks so much." Chen Xuejiao sneered.

"You came to town early in the morning and sold your tea eggs?" Gu Siyuan asked.

Chen Xuejiao shook her head and couldn't help but sigh.

"And what bothers you?" Gu Siyuan asked with a smile.

"I don't look for troubles, but troubles come for me." Chen Xuejiao laughed at herself.

Seeing Gu Siyuan's concerned eyes, Chen Xuejiao said something about the hairpin.

"Although the gold and jade treasures are outside the body, but that hairpin is your mother's dowry, and it is a pity that it was bought by someone." Gu Siyuan looked at the people coming and going on the street and said, "But I heard that all jasper is spiritual, and it is only worn by people who are desed, presumably the person who ransomes the hairpin is a destined person, so you don't have to think too much about it." ”

Xue Jiao listened to Gu Siyuan's comforting words, couldn't help laughing, and said, "I think there was also a fate to redeem the hairpin." ”

Gu Siyuan looked at a bright face, and his heart warmed.

The two gossiped for a while, walked to Qingfeng Village and parted, and Chen Xuejiao walked to her aunt Chen Wenying's house.

When she arrived at her aunt's house, Chen Xuejiao planned to go back after breakfast, but her aunt's family naturally stayed, but Chen Xuejiao politely refused.

In the grocery store, Chen Xuejiao suddenly remembered something. So he smiled and said to his aunt: "I think Sister Jinghao's embroidery is excellent, the last time I sold it in the town, many people rushed to buy it, I think it is better to let Sister Jinghao put the embroidery in the grocery store and sell it on consignment." ”

Chen Wenying, a quiet embroiderer, knows it, and has inherited the kung fu of her sister Chen Wenxiu, and the whole Baitu Town can't find a second embroiderer who is so good.

"Why didn't I think that Jinghao that child is a hard worker, and now that he lives in your house, I can help naturally." Chen Wenying mentioned her sister Chen Wenxiu again, "I only pity my sister." Tears fell as he spoke.

Zheng Huozi and Chen Xuejiao comforted him, and Chen Wenying stopped crying.

Chen Xuejiao's house went, Zheng Huozi hired a car, ordered Dongping to follow, and sent Chen Xuejiao back together, helping the Chen family do farm work by the way.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw a group of people around the courtyard of the Chen family from a distance, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside. Chen Xuejiao thought to herself, I don't know what happened again.

“…… Their family said to the outside that the second child was grinding his teeth with someone outside and was beaten. A little daughter-in-law said as she took the soles of her shoes.

Teeth grinding is a vernacular word here, which refers to a quarrel with someone else.

"Who believes that, don't talk about our Maoshan Village, it's all over Baitu Town, his second child went to Fireworks Alley and was beaten, and he just deceived himself by saying that he was grinding his teeth." An old lady said to her little daughter-in-law with a pout.

The person next to him said: "Grandma Qi Lin's family is here, how can it end now." "A look of watching a good show.

"No, Qi Lin's grandmother has the same temperament as Mrs. Chen, and that mother-in-law, you didn't see that you were going to tear up the second child as soon as you entered the door just now."

Chen Xuejiao and Zheng Huozi glanced at each other, got out of the carriage with a wry smile, pushed away the crowd of onlookers and walked into their yard. Da Dan was ordered by Old Man Chen to hold two wooden sticks against the door, and saw the figures of Xue Jiao, Uncle and Dongping through the crack in the door, and hurriedly opened a crack to let the three of them in. The people outside saw that the door opened, and Ulala surrounded him, blocked by the posture of the big egg golden knife and straddle the horse. "What's going on?" Chen Xuejiao asked the big egg quietly.

"Brother Qi Ling's grandmother's family is here." Big Egg said honestly.

"Sister, you're back." Qi Ping trotted to Chen Xuejiao's side, "Brother Qi Linge's uncle beat the second uncle again. ”

Zheng Huozi, as a son-in-law, couldn't say anything at this time, Chen Xuejiao's eyes widened.

The injuries on Chen Zichang's face have gradually disappeared in the past few days, and his blue eyes have gradually been able to see clearly, and his words have been sharpened, and his three meals a day have also recovered from the previous three big buns. Now I was beaten again, and I don't know what has become of it.

The news of Chen Zichang's trip to Fireworks Lane spread throughout Baitu Town, and Zhaojiazhuang is only five miles away from Maoshan, so it is impossible for Zhao's family not to hear about it, and it is estimated that they are here to vent their anger to Zhao's family today.

“…… Kill you dog mongrel, the wife and children at home are hot on the kang, you actually go to that kind of place, where do you put my sister's face. There was a sound of teacups being smashed in the room, followed by a deep voice.

Chen Xuejiao just wanted to run to see the situation, but she heard the sound of slamming the door outside: "Is this the Chen family?" We bought tea eggs from Erlizhuang. ”

Chen Xuejiao looked at the mess at home, and shouted through the door: "It's inconvenient now, let's come back tomorrow." Then he ordered the big egg to stand against the door.

Chen Xuejiao ran into the upper room with a smoke. Zheng Huozi was embarrassed to meddle in the affairs of the Chen family, and was invited into the north wing room for tea by Xue Ru and Jing.

Chen Xiucai took Qi An to a private school, and there were only Mrs. Chen, Old Man Chen, and Chen Zichang's family in the house. Because it is a matter of the second room, it is not easy to interfere in the other rooms, the Li family, the Cai family, and the Zhang family are all hiding in their own rooms, and Chen Zifu and Chen Zigui are persuading in the house.

"My sister-in-law has been married into the Chen family for so many years, where are I sorry for your Chen family, you actually treated my sister-in-law like that, not only did you lose the face of the Chen family, but you also made our Zhao family's face have no place to rest." It's the deep voice just now.

Chen Xuejiao looked over, it was a middle-aged man, with a sideways face, and a cold eyebrow to scold Chen Zichang.

Chen Zichang was lying on the bed and humming, and his face, which was gradually healing, added two pieces of green.

"Uncle his, you beat and scolded, don't look at anything else, you just look at my old face, you let Qi Lin and his father go, and his father is also confused to commit this thing." Old Man Chen persuaded with a sad face.

It turned out that this person was Chen Qilin's uncle, and it was said that the uncle of the Zhao family was a butcher, which seemed to be really appropriate.

"Confused? How others are not confused. The uncle of the Zhao family looked gloomy, "This fight is light, according to my temper, the red knife has long gone in and the white knife has come out." ”

Old Man Chen persuaded for a while, handed over cigarettes and water. Mrs. Chen sat on the kang with a gloomy face, and felt sorry for Chen Zichang, her eyes full of tears.

Zhao sat on a chair, supported by Xue Yao and an old woman, holding a handkerchief to wipe his tears.

"I'm just a daughter, I haven't suffered at all, I haven't suffered at all, I haven't suffered at all, who would have thought that the Chen family would suffer like this." The old woman wiped her tears, and from these words, she knew that she was Zhao's mother-in-law.

Mrs. Chen is unhappy, your daughter didn't suffer when she was young, and my son was even more pampered. Whose man doesn't like **, how can there be such a family like yours, not to mention helping to hide it, but came to the house and beat people.

"In-laws, the old man of my family has said it, he has beaten and scolded, what do you want to do." After all, it was her son who did something shameless and fell behind, and Mrs. Chen was angry in her heart, so she had to accompany her smiling face.

"Auntie, we didn't think about anything, I only asked my brother-in-law to say a word, everything will listen to my sister-in-law in the future, if it is to make my sister-in-law unhappy, my pig-killing knife does not recognize people, whether it is my brother-in-law or not, he will be slaughtered like a pig." Uncle Zhao said menacingly.

When Old Man Chen and Old Mrs. Chen heard this, their hearts trembled.

"My son is speechless, and I still have to listen to Qi Linniang's opinion on this matter." Old man Chen is also angry, he has been careful since the Zhao family entered the door, and now let his son listen to his daughter-in-law in everything, how can there be such a rule. His son just made a big mistake, and there is the ancestral patriarchy, where is the turn of the Zhao family to speak.

Mrs. Chen listened to Old Man Chen's words, and her eyes glanced at Zhao, who only cared about hiding in her mother's arms and crying, where could she care about anything else. She was aggrieved to the point of internal injury, and it was easy for her mother's family to support her, and she must earn back face.

Mrs. Chen didn't like it when she saw it, and snorted coldly: "Married to her husband, Qi Linniang is the daughter of your Zhao family, and she is also the daughter-in-law of my Chen family." ”

"What do you mean by this? At the beginning, you begged my daughter to marry your son, and your son made such a shameless thing, how did you let my daughter make up an idea? The old lady of the Zhao family also got on fire.

"Since your daughter married the Chen family, I have always treated her as my own daughter. Did I let her work in the field, or let her cook, since I entered my Chen family, I haven't even twisted a needle and thread. The daughter-in-law of the entire Xuzhou Mansion who is more idle than her, I treat her as a Buddha offering, I am sorry for her. Mrs. Chen couldn't hold it back, stood up, and reasoned with Mrs. Zhao.

"Okay, your son has done something shameless, and you still talk about it. If you hadn't promised to treat my daughter like a daughter, could I have asked her to marry her son? If my daughter had married someone from the Xu family in our village, she would have been a young grandmother. "Old Mrs. Zhao is not to be outdone.

Mrs. Chen was angry and smoking, eager to tear Mrs. Zhao.

"Since Qi Linniang is our Chen family, it can't be decided by the Zhao family. How wrong Zichang is is also a matter for our Chen family. Old Man Chen frowned and said, "Uncle Zhao is distressed, I know, but when you arrive at our Chen family, you kick people, even if you send them to the official mansion, you will be at a loss." ”

"I'm a rough man, it's good that I don't kill him. Just like this bear's den, I was embarrassed to go to Fireworks Alley, no wonder I was beaten by Zhang San. Uncle Zhao stood up.

These words touched Chen Zichang's sadness, so that he couldn't help but snort, Mrs. Chen saw her son like this, her heart was distressed, and she jumped up and said: "Uncle Zhao, you kill me, give, you take my life, you kill me." ”

Uncle Zhao was dumbfounded when he saw Mrs. Chen's fateful posture, and he didn't know what to do for a while, Mrs. Chen hit her head straight into Uncle Zhao's arms, and the cloaked hair was scattered, and she was dragged by Old Man Chen.

"Quick, go to the private school and call your father." Old Man Chen caught a glimpse of Xue Jiao and shouted loudly.

Chen Zifu and Chen Zigui stepped forward to hold Mrs. Chen, and turned around and told Xue Jiao: "Go to the private school and call the eldest brother." ”

Chen Xuejiao ran away, but she didn't go to the private school, she didn't want her father to get involved, and Chen Zichang deserved to learn the lesson of the Zhao family.

Chen Xuejiao turned around and entered her house, and saw that Li was embroidering with Xue Rujing, and Zheng Huozi was taking Dongping to build a pigsty outside the yard.

Chen Xuejiao simply described the matter of going to the room to the Li family, and said that the old man Chen instructed her to go to the private school to call Chen Xiucai.

"Don't call you daddy." Li Shi bit off a thread and frowned slightly, "It's still the matter of the academy." ”

Chen Xuejiao nodded.

Li suddenly became happy and said, "Jing Hao redeemed my hairpin." ”

Jing Hao heard this, blushing and not speaking.

Xue Jiao asked in surprise: "It turns out that the girl who redeemed the hairpin is Sister Jinghao." "When I thought of the hairpin less than five taels of silver, where did Jing Hao get so much silver, I only looked at Jing Hao suspiciously.

"It's the salary that Master Qin gave me, and I gave him the salary for grinding ink every day." Jing Hao said with a smile.

Li sighed: "It turns out that the hairpin is to invite Langzhong to your second uncle, and now you have redeemed the hairpin, and the money for your second uncle to invite Langzhong is yours, I always don't want to go, and I will return it to you when your uncle receives the next year's bundle." "No, no." Jing Hao blushed, "Besides, I can embroider and sell." ”

Chen Xuejiao looked at Jing Hao, who was at a loss, and said with a smile: "What my mother said can be seen, Jing Hao is now equivalent to our child, you just accept it, it is equivalent to honoring you." ”

Xue Ru also nodded in agreement, and Li smiled silently.

Jing looked good, and Xue Jiao believed that it was Master Qin who gave her the salary, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Actually, Jing Hao said that it was an excuse to go home that day, she went to the town to find Huang Sanlang, and borrowed silver from Huang Sanlang to redeem her uncle's hairpin.

Thinking of the resolute young man, Jing Hao's face couldn't help but turn red.