Chapter 92: The Gap (1)
"Why is there a fight?" Li Shi was taken aback and blurted out to ask.
"I don't know why, what Cuihualou is not Cuihualou, what kind of usury money is there?" Chen Xuewa said ignorantly, "Anyway, there was a fight, and my grandmother asked me to call my father to persuade me to fight." ”
Xuewa was young and her words were extremely vague, and Li captured the meaning of those words.
It seems that Chen Zichang went to that bad place again and brought Chen Zigui over. Li walked out of the pot house and stood under the eaves and listened for a while. Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui's voices were very loud, coming from the upper room from afar, and it seemed that they had torn their faces.
"Dad, grandma told you to go to the room." Chen Xuewa shouted at Chen Zifu towards the west wing.
Chen Zifu had just chopped a few ridges of leeks and was resting at this time, and was shouted out by Mrs. Chen again.
"What's the matter?" Chen Zifu came out of the West Wing.
"The second uncle and the fourth uncle quarreled, and the grandmother asked you to persuade them." Xuewa pointed to the upper room.
"This ......," Chen Zifu had an embarrassed expression on his face.
Who are the second and fourth brothers, and can he listen to him when he goes to persuade them?
Cai's family also walked out of the west wing, stood in the courtyard and listened to Chen Zifu's eyes: "They quarrel, don't go and mix blindly." ”
Chen Zifu looked at the upper room, if he didn't go, his mother would be blamed, and if he went in, Cai's would be angry. After thinking about it, he still listened to Cai's, and walked into his west wing with a bend of his legs.
Cai walked up to Lee's side and stood with Lee's to listen to the movement in the upper room.
"It's a dead thing, it's troublesome again, why didn't Hu Laosan beat him to death last time." Cai gritted his teeth and cursed. This "he" refers to Chen Zichang naturally.
Li knew that this was not the time to speak, and did not echo Cai.
"I don't know, why did the fourth brother get involved again." Cai said to himself.
The more noisy the upper room became, the more fierce it became, only to hear a bang, like the sound of a teapot breaking, followed by the scream of Mrs. Chen: "...... Beast. Is there still an old lady like me in my eyes? ”
Mrs. Chen's voice played a deterrent role, and the upper room quickly quieted down. Li was afraid that standing under the eaves and listening to the movement of the upper room would violate Mrs. Chen's taboo, so he glanced at Cai and took Chen Xueru back to the house.
As soon as I returned to the north wing, the quarrel in the upper room started again, and it became more and more intense. The sound is getting louder and louder, just like fighting in the ring, and the two sides compete to see whose voice overshadows each other.
“…… Are you embarrassed to say that I have spent all the money in the public school, and I only spend a few times a year? It was Chen Zigui's voice.
The resentment in the words can't be hidden.
"This time you borrowed money in my name, what kind of heart do you have, it's too vicious, and you are scheming against me behind your back." Chen Zichang did not give in.
Chen Xiucai, who was lying on the bed reading a book, vaguely caught the quarrel in the upper room. When Li came in and looked at each other, he knew in his heart.
The relationship between the second room and the fourth room has always been intimate, since the big room has been separated, Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui can wear a pair of pants, Chen Zichang's arm is completely healed, the two of them have gone out together every day for the past two days, why did they change their faces in a blink of an eye, they must have torn their faces for money.
"I'm glad you came in. Although we are the boss, we don't mix the second and fourth rooms. What's more, things that are for money cannot be mixed up. Chen Xiucai said to Li.
Li nodded and sighed: "You're right, even if we want to get involved, the second and fourth brothers don't want us to get involved." ”
The two were talking, and through the window, they saw Chen Zifu go to the upper room.
It is only natural for Chen Zifu to go to the upper room, after all, he is also a person who belongs to the upper room. Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui used the money from the house, and Chen Zifu should be clear. Besides, he also had his share of the money, and he should have known it. Presumably when it comes to the issue of money, Cai will not let him sit idly by.
Lee sat on the bed. Picked up the unfinished work and embroidered it. The voice of the upper room was high and low, one was Chen Zichang's voice, the other was Chen Zigui's voice, mixed with Chen Zifu's persuasion and Mrs. Chen's scolding. Then followed by the noise of Zhao and Zhang, and the sound of slapping the table, it was as lively as the vegetable market.
Li lowered his head to do his work, and suddenly there was a bang on the door of the upper room, which drowned out all the sounds, and then there was silence.
Chen Qiping leaned on the window and stared at the upper room, turned his head and said to Li, "Mother, grandpa is back." ”
No wonder there was no sound, it turned out that Old Man Chen was back. Li breathed a sigh of relief, I hope that Old Man Chen can come forward to mediate this dispute, otherwise the family will quarrel every day and there will be no time for peace. In the future, it will have an impact on Xue Ru's relatives. It may be that Xue Ru is getting more and more handsome, and Li, the mother, is now starting to worry about her fate.
Li was thinking about it, and suddenly Xue Miao's figure flashed at the door of the north wing.
"Auntie, I asked you to go to the room." Xue Miao's "eldest uncle" shouted extremely reluctantly, and immediately turned around and left.
"Dad told me to go, so I'll go to the room and have a look." Li put down his work and said to Chen Xiucai.
"Go ahead, I guess I want you to persuade his second aunt and fourth aunt." Chen Xiucai nodded.
"Xueru, I'll rub your father's shoulders, your father has been reading for a while." Li instructed Xueru.
Xue Ru agreed and winked at Qi Ping.
Qi Ping comprehended that he would jump off the windowsill and follow Li Shi and say, "Mother, I'm with you." ”
When Chen Xuejiao was leaving, she instructed Xue Ru and Qi Ping that if they went to the room to call the Li family over, they must follow alone, so as not to suffer a loss to the Li family.
Li led Qi Ping to the upper room.
The upper room was solemn, but the solemnity revealed a tense atmosphere.
Old Man Chen sat in the middle of the kang, and next to him sat Old Lady Chen. Chen Zichang and Chen Zigui sat on either side of the kang respectively, facing each other with red faces and wide eyes. Chen Zifu and Xuewa stood next to Old Man Chen. Zhao sat next to Mrs. Chen, her eyes were red, and Xue Miao's face was indifferent. Zhang was far away from Zhao, sitting on the kang with a sneer, and on the stool behind him sat the big egg, the second egg, and the third egg brothers.
"The eldest daughter-in-law is here." Old Man Chen smiled wryly at the Li family.
"My sister-in-law is here." Zhao wiped his eyes and stood up rarely.
Before, she hadn't been so polite.
"What's the matter, this is starting to pull together, sister-in-law, you sit here with me, and Da Dan will move a chair for your aunt." Zhang moved his ass and stared at Zhao fiercely.
Li stood in the middle of the room for a while.
"Mother. Sit on this stool. Qi Ping cleverly took the stool from Da Dan's hand and placed it beside Mrs. Chen.
An imperceptible smile appeared on Li's face, and he pulled Qi Ping to sit down. Looking at the appearance of the Zhao family and the Zhang family, Old Man Chen didn't call her like a persuasion, to be honest, the Li family really didn't want to get involved. Neither the second or fourth bedroom is a fuel-efficient lamp.
"Quarrel around, don't be afraid of jokes when you spread it, what the hell is going on." Old Man Chen knocked on the shiny dry tobacco tube, shook the fire twist in his hand, took the tobacco and stuffed it into the cigarette tube, pressed the fire twist, took two breaths sharply, and then spit out a few puffs of smoke, "The brothers are so adults." I'm not ashamed. ”
There was silence in the room, and no one spoke.
"Dad, that's the case, the eldest brother took a lot of money from his mother to go to the town to gamble and drink flower ......wine," Chen Zigui said with a stiff neck.
Without waiting for Chen Zigui to finish speaking, Old Man Chen's cigarette pouch flew over and hit Chen Zichang's body: "Rebel! ”
Chen Zichang's face turned pale, and he avoided it, and the cigarette pouch fell to the ground. It slipped to Chen Qiping's feet.
There was a spicy smell of dry smoke wafting through the room.
Chen Qiping picked up the cigarette pouch and handed it to Old Man Chen, only to see that his hands were trembling violently.
"Daddy. I'm ......" Chen Zichang's face turned pale.
"You were beaten half to death last time, you don't have a long memory, and you took the money to the town, and you even gambled." Old Man Chen couldn't breathe in anger, and coughed.
Li suddenly thought of the last time his mother's family came to visit relatives, and his sister-in-law said that Chen Zichang had borrowed Lao Gao's loan shark. I can't help but feel chills in my heart.
Qi Ping was a well-behaved person, and he hurriedly walked forward to give Old Man Chen a good breath.
Mrs. Chen twisted her body uneasily, the money in Chen Zichang's hand was given by her, wouldn't it be even her to blame if she was to blame.
Zhao's eyelids jumped straight in the room. Chen Zichang didn't say that, he said that Chen Zigui went to the town to drink flower wine and borrowed usury in the name of his Chen Zichang. What's the matter, now it's Chen Zichang who drinks flower wine and gambles.
Zhang was proud, and said happily: "Dad, mother, the head of our house also crawled out of his mother's belly like the second brother, he is still younger than the second brother, how can the mother sprinkle the money on the second brother's head, and have the same heart as the stepmother for our house and the big house." ”
Zhang's words were bitter and mean, and this time the old lady Chen was also involved.
The title of stepmother is Mrs. Chen's heart disease, as soon as Zhang said this, Mrs. Chen immediately exploded: "He didn't crawl out of my stomach, could it be that he jumped out of the crack in the stone, who did you learn these bad words." His eyes glanced at Lee.
Li sat still, really wanted to get up and leave, what was the matter, and pulled it in again for no reason.
"Shut up, if you weren't used to being a dick, he would have been able to go to town to drink flower wine?" Old Man Chen was angry.
Old Mrs. Chen realized that she was at a loss and kept her mouth shut.
"Daddy, how much money does the second brother spend on the family, they are also public middle schools, why only he eats meat and we drink soup, no, mother, you also give me a few dollars to spend." Chen Zigui raised his voice and said.
"Yes, Dad, don't you feel distressed about these three grandsons, Qi Lin eats and drinks spicy food at the White Horse Academy, Xue Yao, let's not say that people have the ability, what about Xue Miao, a girl doesn't do anything at home, she dresses up so handsome every day, and the powder on her face doesn't want silver?" Zhang kicked a few children on the stool.
Except for the big egg sitting still, the second and third eggs stood up together and shouted, "Master, you want to eat meat." ”
Old Man Chen's face was grim.
Zhang's face was smug. Yesterday, Chen Zigui muttered to her, Chen Zi was injured in the second room, and he happened to go to the town to drink and gamble again, and they drank gruel and pickles all day long, why. So Zhang consciously grabbed Chen Zichang's handle, and as soon as his brain was hot, he went into the upper room to ask Mrs. Chen for money. Mrs. Chen scolded a few words, so she made a fuss.
Zhao's eyes were red, and he said to Zhang, "When did your second brother spend money to drink flower wine?" I've been at home these days, and even when I go out, I'm helping out at my brother's pork shop, and my dad will know as soon as he inquires. ”
Zhao's heart was uncomfortable and crazy, but he had to endure it for the sake of the face of the second room.
Mrs. Chen's complexion eased, it was the second daughter-in-law who was intimate.
"Hey, the second sister-in-law protects the second brother everywhere, and I can't compare to this virtuousness. Let's not talk about drinking flower wine, let's just say that the one used to eat in the second room is not better than the fourth room, look at my three sons, the clothes are worn in rotation, and the clothes worn by the big egg are so big that they can't cover the buttocks. What about you, second sister-in-law, the powder on your face is thicker than the noodle jar, where did you get the silver, isn't it the one in the playboy to spend your mother's family? Mother, when I asked you for money, you scolded me. The Zhang family said to the Zhao family.
"That's because you're lazy, the big egg's clothes are torn, you've sewed them a few times, and it's not your sister-in-law who has sewed them." Zhao patted Li's sycophant, and cried again, "Dad, mother, the fourth brother and sister are too sad to say this, and they keep saying that their father and mother are partial to us, but I don't know what I wear every day, including what Xue Miao wears, which one is not subsidized by my mother's family." Take out your dowry and my dowry back then, let's compare them to see whose richness. ”
Li Shi was taken aback, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at Zhao. The Zhao family has always been shrewd, why did he start a fight with the Zhang family for money, but when he said this, Mrs. Chen's face really changed.
"Second daughter-in-law, you and Xue Miao eat and wear clothes that are subsidized by your mother's family, according to what you say, our old Chen family is supported by the Zhao family? Don't disgust me with your Zhao family's pork shop, how many taels of silver is it worth? You don't be ashamed to say what you brought with you, how much dowry I gave you back then. Old Lady Chen's voice was cold.
Zhao was shocked that he had fallen for Zhang's tricks.
"No, mother...... Mother, no, the daughter-in-law said the wrong thing. Zhao hurriedly made up for it.
Zhang consciously stood up and raised his face, watching Zhao acting with disdain.
"Second sister-in-law, I didn't say you. No matter how rich your mother's family is, she can subsidize your married daughter like flowing water, and you see that your mother is hurting Wenyan, and she doesn't have such a daily subsidy. Zhang saw that Mrs. Chen was embarrassed by Zhao's family, and she wanted to fall into the well, "Our eggs and white noodles are for you, you either have back pain or leg soreness every day, and giving birth to an eldest son is like a golden egg. The second brother went to the town to drink flower wine, and you hid it from him, so you can't guarantee that you two are a couple......"
"You, what nonsense are you talking about." Zhao was so angry that he was about to vomit blood, and his face turned red all of a sudden. (To be continued......)