Lin Zhang's voice was very anxious to gather his son and daughter-in-law together, and he said with a panicked expression and a nervous expression: "Second child, second child, what did those two people do just now?" Did you take your mother's eggs? ”

Cai Er, who thought that something big had happened at home and was very scared, heard that it was just this matter, and his face showed a lot of displeasure and said, "Mother, just for this?" ”

Lin Zhang's

He glared at him and said, "What's the matter?" That's a big deal! Niang now relies on this egg for some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and is calculated by those two people, and Niang has become an idle thing at home, who will put Niang in his eyes. ”

Seeing that his mother was a little anxious, Cai Er hurriedly said, "Mother, the child doesn't mean that." I mean, this little thing is going to make you anxious. You're old, don't get angry. ”

"It's strange if you're not in a hurry to get on fire!" Lin Zhangshi said indignantly: "The eldest and the third are not angry, and the family is not reliable." Your eldest sister-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at her mother's nose and breathed, and the food and clothing of the two families depended on the mother's support. They take it from you every month, and they are better than their mothers. After a month, there was not a single copper left. The mother relied on a few eggs to exchange for some silver, and wanted to save some coffin books for herself. But the two people stared blankly, and they were abducted by them without paying attention. Second, to tell my mother the truth, did they take it or not? ”

Cai Er heard the old lady who had always been competitive and competitive in front of him say this for the first time, and it sounded really helpless, and his heart was very sour. But he had already given her all his gains, and he had taken advantage of his wife and daughter. Now I just want to help a little more,

There is also nothing that can be done.

Then he said with certainty: "Mother, no." Absolutely nothing. The sister-in-law and sisters just want to take their mother's eggs, and their son can't give them, but my mother can explain it, except for my mother and Yun'er Duoer, no one can give it. ”

"It's good if you don't take it, it's good if you don't take it. Mother is afraid that you will be honest, they can say it, and they will give you what you say in three times and two times. Lin Zhangshi put his mind at ease and asked suspiciously: "What are they doing without eggs?" ”

These two people are daughters-in-law, she doesn't come to the vegetable garden, they almost never come. According to their words, it is less to cause trouble to the second family, and the people of the Yan Mansion in the province gossip. She knew in her heart that the two of them were afraid of being fed by the second old man, but in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that the whole family relied on the second and the second.

Cai Er hesitated for a moment and told his mother the purpose of Li's Lu's visit.

Lin Zhang was stunned, the eldest and the third of them had told her about this matter two days ago, and she also understood what they meant. But she has no money in her hand, and the little she saved before was taken away by her two sons, and now the family has a large population, and the grandchildren are all older, and she can't save it anymore, and she can't catch the stubble every month.

I had to pretend to be confused.

The four of them saw that she had no intention of paying, and they all stretched their faces.

Today, she saw that her two daughters-in-law had come to the vegetable garden behind her back, and it was not the day when Yanfu distributed rations, so she thought that she was beating her eggs.

It turned out that they were hitting her son's attention, and she felt a little embarrassed. The son and daughter-in-law plus the unpleasant money-losing goods, she took away the monthly salaries of two taels of silver a month, and took more than half of the rations, where did they have the money?

Suddenly, she looked nervous again, stared at her son and asked, "You promised them?" ”

Caiji said: "They all said that, and the child could only agree." ”

Lin Zhang stared at a pair of old eyes and said sternly: "You promised them, is there less money this month." That's not going to work. Two taels of silver can't be less, and it won't last for a month. ”

Cai Er saw that his mother was nervous again, and hurriedly said: "Mother, two taels of silver will not be missing, and the children will find a way to deal with clothes, so don't worry." ”

"You want to do it? What can you come up with? Lin Zhang looked at his son suspiciously, and then went to see the second lady in a blink of an eye.

When Cai Erniang saw her mother-in-law, she was already so frightened that her brain was not clear and she couldn't speak well, and when she saw her eyes full of anger, she avoided in a panic.

Lin Zhang was even more suspicious, thought about it, raised a messy eyebrow, and asked tentatively: "Second child, second brother's family, are you still hiding something from your mother." The second child, the eldest and the third are not angry, you can't lie to your mother. ”

Cai Er is no matter how honest he is, and he can also hear the meaning of his mother's words, which means that he still has private money, so he hurriedly said: "Mother, my son doesn't dare to lie to his mother even if he eats the ambition leopard." The son and Zhu'er's mother, and now Zhu'er's are all handed over to the mother, you know all of this. ”

Lin Zhang's heart knew that what her son said was everything, and she had already inquired about these situations among the servants of the Yan Mansion. But what happened when they promised to make clothes for their two grandchildren?

Cai Er Niangzi couldn't say it for a while when she saw the man, knowing that Lin Zhu couldn't say it when she took Lin Yun and Lin Duo to the capital to sell paper kites, and once she said it, her hard-earned money had to be confiscated and filled into the bottomless pit. Who knew that in this hurry, his brain suddenly brightened, and he opened his mouth and said: "Mother, it was the daughter-in-law who promised to help the iron housekeeper help cut clothes for the maids in the house, and the iron housekeeper agreed to go to the silk cloth workshop in the house to get some coarse cloth as a reward." You have to get it the day after tomorrow. ”

Lin Zhang's relieved heart at this time, and she believed her daughter-in-law's words.

This second daughter-in-law can't afford to live in her hands, and she doesn't dare to lie to her, her needlework is one in a thousand.

It is indispensable for her to take it, and solve her grandson's problem. She restored her previous pretense, raised her eyebrows and said to Cai Er Niangzi: "The second family, since the mother is here, she will bring back today's eggs." You went to watch a few of them for your mother. It's also time for dinner, so I'll go and see what Zhu'er is doing in the kitchen. ”

After saying that, he went to the kitchen with his head held high.

Cai Er and his wife both let out a sigh of relief, glanced at each other, and Cai Er Niang turned around and went to the chicken coop angrily.

Cai Er hurriedly lowered his head and followed Lin Zhang to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Lin Zhu was adding ingredients to the stewed vegetables stewed in the pot by Cai Erniangzi, and the only dishes in the pot were potatoes, radishes and cabbage. She plucked a few spinach flowers just now, and then went to the vegetable cellar to see that there were vermicelli at some point and brought them.

She didn't want to face Lin Zhang's nasty old face looking at her, so she rubbed in the kitchen.

She thought she would leave when she was done, but she didn't expect her to come to the kitchen.

Unfortunately, she had just dug up a big spoonful of lard and put it in. This lard was that she went to deliver food to Juxian Building that day, and she chattered in front of the shopkeeper Qi, and the kindness of the shopkeeper Qi gave her a few catties of oil. took it home, and the second lady secretly boiled it into lard at night and put it in a crockpot to hide.

This was seen by Lin Zhang, and he didn't know how to break out.

Who knew that Lin Zhang stepped into the kitchen door with one foot, and his eyes didn't look at the pot for the first time, but he stared at the board.