Chapter 246: Decision
78_78910 "Auntie, you don't take care of your mother in the upper room, why did you come here, look at the smoke and fire in the pot house, come in and your new clothes will be in vain." Without waiting for others to speak, Zhang pointed to Wen Yan's new royal blue gown and said.
Zhang's family is most afraid of eating with Wen Yan, with Wen Yan here, the delicious food on the table is not allowed to enter her stomach. Zhang's is working very hard to burn pots and chop wood today, in order to be able to eat happily at noon.
"What's the matter, where did my eldest brother and sister-in-law go, this thing is not done properly, I haven't seen any elders here, and the family wine is not placed in the upper room." Wen Yan ignored Zhang's stubble, walked straight into the pot house, lifted the lid of the bowl one by one, and saw the lotus duck made by Xueru, and wanted to tear it by pressing one leg.
"Good sister, today is a good day for Xueru, stay at the restaurant, the duck has one less leg to make people laugh, lose the face of our Chen family, and my father should be angry again. You just let this duck go, look back at the snow like a family, how much you can't eat. Cai moved the lotus duck, dodged Wen Yan's magic hands, and then explained, "Isn't my mother sick?" Put the kissing wine in the upper room, and what to do if you quarrel with your mother to rest. ā
"That's it, girl, Dad is already angry, don't touch that moldy head." Zhang took a radish from the basket, snapped it in half and handed it to Wen Yan, "You eat a radish first to pad your stomach, this radish is beautiful in your heart, but it is sweet, sweeter than a pear." ā
Wen Yan twisted his body and said angrily: "I prefer to eat this duck leg, what can I do." ā
Having said that, but her hand shrank back, and she also knew that the days of Xue Ru's marriage were extraordinary, and if Old Man Chen was really angry, it was not a joke, so Cai took the opportunity to take the duck to the north wing.
Wen Yan walked around the pot house, except for sticking a piece of pork belly and stuffing it into his mouth, he didn't eat anything else delicious. Very unwilling, he walked up to Xue Ru and said with a smile: "Xue Ru, in the future, you will marry into the Han family to eat and drink spicy food, your blessing is the first in our entire Chen family, and none of my nieces can compare to you." ā
Xue Ru said either softly or hard: "I'm a stupid person, I don't know what my aunt means when she says this, and which of my cousins is not ingenious." If it is said to be blessed. I'm just taking advantage of my age, and when they get older, they'll be more blessed than me. ā
There are many girls in the Chen family. Xue Ru has decided on a good family business, I don't know what others think in their hearts, some are happy, and some are jealous. In this case, Xue Ru can only keep a low profile and calm. She was afraid that Cai's, Zhao's and others would be tempted by Wen Yan's words. I mustered up the courage to fight back.
Xue Jiao didn't plan to take care of Wen Yan since she walked into the pot house, people like her are a powder keg, and they will explode when they catch fire. It's understandable to usually tease her a few words. But today is a big day for Xue Ru to get married, in case she blows up regardless of it, it will be the Chen family's big house and Xue Ru's face. So simply ignore her.
Seeing that Wen Yan was sticking like a tiger skin plaster, Chen Xuejiao put down the plate in her hand. He stretched his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Master Fang Cai said that the food is ready, he wants to come to the pot house to pick up a few favorite dishes for the milk personally, I will go and call the master, and while my aunt is also there, I will bring the dishes to the milk."
Wen Yan is most afraid of Old Man Chen. Mrs. Chen has made everyone lose face today, Old Man Chen is holding a fire in his belly, and Old Man Chen will send the fire to her head when he sees her in the pot house.
Sure enough, Wen Yan's eyes flashed, and he said angrily to Chen Xuejiao: "Your grandmother loves lotus duck, braised pork, especially pork belly with skin, and mushroom stewed chicken, and your milk also likes to eat, if you have your milk in your heart, I will bring you milk." ā
As long as she can get rid of this mourning star, Chen Xuejiao naturally agreed without saying a word.
Then I heard the stone come and invite everyone to take a seat.
The north wing room arranges two tables, one table for men and one table for women, which is slightly crowded, but it is not tight, because they are all acquaintances.
The male guest at this table was Chen Xiucai with Chen Qi'an as an accompaniment, Old Man Chen and Old Man Han sat at the top, Chen Zichang, Chen Qilin, and Chen Zifu all sat at the table. In addition to Chen Han's two families, they also invited Muramasa and Huang Xiucai to accompany them. In addition to Zhou's, Han Bitao, and Ma Matchmaker's wife, Chen's concubines Zhao's, Cai's, and Zhang's were all on the table, and Wen Ying, Qingbi and Mrs. Wang were accompanied.
The junior characters, like Chen Xuejiao, Chen Xuewa, and Chen Xuemiao, were not on the table, and they were responsible for serving the food, serving tea and pouring water.
In order to be afraid that Mrs. Chen would make a fuss, Chen Xuejiao specially filled two large plates of dishes and four white flour rolls before the banquet and sent them over.
Everyone is full of praise for Chen Xueru's craftsmanship, especially Mrs. Feng, who originally did a business with one mouth, and the good words were poured out one by one, and Xueru blushed with shame when she heard it, and Li smiled.
Old Man Chen drank two more glasses of wine, his face was red, his granddaughter was originally a happy thing, but he was not happy at all.
Before taking the seat, he pulled Xuewa over and asked carefully, knowing that Mrs. Chen was in front of everyone in front of Xueru's face, he trembled with anger. Those words are Xue Ru's face, they are clearly slandering Xue Ru's reputation!
In the past, the old wife always had a nose not a nose and eyes not eyes for the big house, he could understand, after all, she was a stepmother, and she could get by on the big side. But today is different, how to say it, she occupies the status of an elder, in front of outsiders, the big house and the upper room are all family, she actually slandered Xue Ru in public. When these words spread, I don't know what kind of person Xue Ru should be, and what kind of person should I treat the Chen family.
Xue Ru just started to get married, so she made a fuss, but there were four children in the upper room, and she couldn't stand it every time she made such a fuss.
It seems that the old wife should really bang and knock. Old Man Chen took a sip of wine.
Everyone ate and drank, everyone was very happy, and no one paid attention to Old Man Chen's affection. Mrs. Chen was not at the table, and everyone did not mention it, as if there was no such person at all.
A meal, everyone had a good meal.
After the table was withdrawn, everyone sat down together to drink tea and eat fruit, and after talking for a while, everyone dispersed.
This time, he prepared two satins for the official matchmaker Feng Matchmaker. Mrs. Feng put it in her hand and bloomed happily in her heart, and there were good things to smear her mouth, and the words she said were naturally smeared with honey. What a match made in heaven, what flowers are full moon, and what talented women are good, leading to Han Xingjian and Chen Xueru smashed over.
Chen Xuejiao took advantage of the fact that people were not paying attention, pulled the corner of the matchmaker's clothes, and whispered: "I'm dizzy and a little confused, so what I say is ...... You can see my sister's temperament as well. The door does not go out of the door. I'm afraid that she doesn't even know where the Zhao family's pork stall is, and asks Aunt Feng to help my sister confess outside."
Here the stone quietly stuffed a red envelope again.
"Yes, yes." Mrs. Feng smiled toothlessly. "It's on me." Mrs. Feng naturally knew the meaning of Chen Xuejiao's words, if Mrs. Chen's words were spread, she didn't know how much turmoil it would cause, and she would have to rely on her sharp mouth to justify it at that time. Feng Matchmaker is the hottest matchmaker in the town. It is said that relatives never cheat and cheat, and they have a high reputation in Sili and Eight Townships. With her defending Xueru, she naturally won't be too big a moth outside.
The Chen family was so generous, the first time they came to the door and gave a red envelope, this time they gave two satins, and this sister stuffed a piece of silver. After this day, she will come to the door again and again, and the things she earns are worth the ten bubbles of business of others.
Mrs. Feng looked at Xue Jiao's back with a smile on her face. This second girl has an idea, and it will be time to get married in two or three years. Take the opportunity to probe the Li family's tone, she still has many young offspring in her hands, and no one wants to fight for her in this business.
After sending the guests away one after another, Chen Xuejiao, Jing Hao, Xuewa, and Dragonfly began to clean up the tables, dishes and chopsticks.
Today's banquet was very rich, there were a lot of leftovers, everyone heated the food with all hands and feet, put it on the table again, and everyone began to eat.
Zhang's didn't eat enough at the formal table today, so he took a big bowl and took his three sons to eat another meal with Chen Xuejiao.
No one stopped her, this is Chen Xueru's happy event, everyone is happy, and everyone can eat enough food.
Chen Xuejiao saw that Shi Shi had been busy from the morning to now, and he had not been idle for a moment, so he asked him to eat with everyone.
After everyone was full, they helped clean up and went back to their respective houses one after another.
After sending Mrs. Han and Qiao's family away, Chen Xuejiao's family began to pack up the gifts brought by the Han family.
"Sister, you see how much the Han family values you, this hairpin and this bracelet, we can't find such a rich wedding gift in the whole village." Chen Xuejiao took a closer look at the hairpin on Chen Xueru's head and said with a smile.
Li nodded, the order gift from the Han family and the banquet held by his own family were all impeccable, and this family affair was quite thorough. If there is something inconsiderate in it, it is that Li Shi looked at the upper room, and a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in his eyes.
She has not forgotten what Mrs. Chen did today.
āā¦ā¦ She usually makes trouble, I really didn't expect her milk to make a fuss on the day of Xue Ru's marriage, if it weren't for her grandfather on the side, maybe something would come out. Although she is not the child's own mother, whether it is outside or at home, she always occupies the position of the elder. She is really ruthless, when she didn't break up, how much effort did my eldest daughter do for her, pour water at night, get up early to pour urine jars, I really don't know what her heart is made of, not to mention watching Xueru grow up, even a stranger will not ruin Xueru's reputation like this, she is a human touch, and she will not block us today. Li said with red circles in his eyes.
She had never hated Mrs. Chen in her heart as much as she did today.
Saying in front of everyone that Xue Ru was worried about Zhao Butcher's son, this is obviously ruining Xue Ru's reputation, and there is no shadow at all, Xue Ru Aijing doesn't like to go to the town, let alone go to Zhao Butcher's meat stall to buy pork. Fortunately, the Han family distinguishes between right and wrong, lifts Xue Ru, and wants to replace it with an unreasonable person, and it is no mistake to regret the marriage on the spot, and only Xue Ru will suffer at that time, carrying a reputation of unchastity, and can only die alone in her mother's house in the future.
The more Li thought about it, the more scared he became.
"Her grandmother doesn't want to think about it, she is not only Xueru's granddaughter, Xue Miao and Xuewa are her own granddaughters, she only cares about ruining Xueru's reputation, but she doesn't know that if there is really a bad pool, Xuewa and Xuemiao will also be affected." Li sneered.
But no, when Mrs. Chen said those words, Cai's and Zhao's faces turned white.
"I'm completely chilled today, it's okay for her to torture me, scold me and beat me, she can't spoil my daughter like this. Xue Ru is not her own granddaughter, but she is also the granddaughter of the Chen family? What kind of heart does she have, she wants the Han family to be unable to shout Xueru so much? ā
āā¦ā¦ She always said that it was difficult to be a stepmother, who made it difficult for her, we are really better to her than our own mother. ā
āā¦ā¦ In the past, it was all my bad, thinking about how filial she was, she naturally treated us well, and the result was ...... It's me who can't stand you, I can't stand Xueru, and I have wronged your mother. Chen Xiucai drank a few more glasses of wine, and his face turned red.
He knew that the Li family was really aggrieved in his heart, so he said those words, how could he not be, he was a son, and he was a showman, even if he had the heart, he couldn't say those words.
Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she also knew that if Mrs. Chen was Chen Xiucai's mother-in-law, she would still be able to put all her anger on her man's head, but he just had a stepmother, even if she was angry with him, she would have no choice.
"I really don't know where Butcher Zhao's son saw that Xue Ru's words came from, in case this word spread outside, it wouldn't be good...... Could it be her second aunt......" Li's eyes flashed, panting for breath.
If this word really spreads, it will be the face of the Han family, the Han shopkeeper and the Zhou family are the people with a head and face in the entire Baitu Town, and the future daughter-in-law will spread such dirty words, and she can't hold it on her face when she understands things, and her in-laws are angry in their hearts, and Xue Ru can have a good life if she marries in the past.
Chen Xuejiao listened to Li's complaints, and then walked forward, and explained what she had asked Feng to tell her about Xiang.
āā¦ā¦ Mrs. Feng has a good reputation, through her mouth, any bad thing will become a good thing, let my mother rest assured, she wishes that the Han family and our family will happily do my sister's affairs, so that she can make more money. Chen Xuejiao said with a smile.
"In the end, you are thoughtful, I am confused." Li's heart was in his stomach, and he suddenly smiled and said, "I said, Mrs. Feng praised you vigorously when she left, and I heard that meaning that I wanted to say kiss to you."
"What did the mother say?" Chen Xuejiao was very worried that Li would agree, and she would say goodbye when she was old.
"I pretend I don't understand, I can't bear the snow like me, how old are you." Li said with a smile.
"Wait for me to go to town tomorrow, don't look at your second aunt's mother and brother are unreasonable, but her sister-in-law is an understanding person, and when I meet again, I greet her affectionately, and I talk to her." Just in case, the Lee family plans to go to town.
Everyone agrees, after all, women communicate well with each other.
āā¦ā¦ In the past, the family was poor, and there was no dowry for Xueru, but from now on, the dowry began to be prepared. Chen Xiucai, who had been silent, suddenly mentioned yƬ. (To be continued).