Zhou Wangshi asked for a long time, and repeatedly promised not to let her father and brother beat her, and Yusheng sobbed and said what happened after they left.

In the middle of the morning (about 10 o'clock in the morning), breakfast has passed, lunch is still early, because the two eldest children are not there, the home is rare quiet, and the sister-in-law in the middle of the month falls asleep with the child, the second sister-in-law takes her daughter to the door after doing things, Yusheng is sitting on the kang to make a dowry, and Zhou Houchun and his son sell tofu and come back.

She heard the sound, got off the kang and was about to go out to greet her, to see if she needed to drink tea and eat, the two of them came in, Yusheng thought she was coming to see her, and was happily giving up her seat, but her father asked to see the jade bracelet that Changsheng gave her. She didn't think much about it, this jade bracelet was a good thing at first glance, where had the villagers seen it, and her father and eldest brother could understand it if they wanted to see it, so they took it off and showed it to them.

Hearing this, Changsheng's heart sank, looked at Yusheng's bare wrist, and asked quietly, "Where is the jade bracelet?" ”

Zhou Wangshi was also anxious, and grabbed Yusheng's slender wrist: "Where is your father's jade bracelet?" But accidentally shattered? ”

Yusheng cried and shook his head, took out a coarse cloth hand towel from the dresser and opened it, with a jade bracelet wrapped in it. What are you crying about, you child? Rush me and your sister! ”

Yusheng still lowered his head and wiped his tears silently, and Changsheng sneered: "Mother take a closer look at whether this is the one I sent?" ”

Because the sun was sinking in the west, the light in the room was a little dim, Zhou Wang didn't see it clearly, and when he heard Changsheng say this, he was taken aback, and took the bracelet and stood at the door to look at the light: "This is not that one!" It's not the one your sister gave you! Far worse than any other! Mother will never be mistaken, Yusheng, tell me what's going on? ”

"Daddy took the one my sister gave me and gave me this one, and scolded me for not telling you, let me put it away and don't wear it, be careful that you find out, if you ask, say that I am afraid that I will accidentally break it when I work, and they say that after a long time, everyone will not be able to find out what is the difference between the two jade bracelets."

Changsheng took the jade bracelet with disdain on his face and looked at it carefully, it was really not hers. That bracelet is the best Hetian jade, light green color, warm and transparent, at least worth a hundred taels of silver, and this is only the most inferior jade, not even called jade, dull and turbid, messy colors, at most worth two taels of silver, they can really do it!

When she was angry, her heart instantly cooled, this is her relatives, first left her alone in the strange capital and ignored her, and when she came back, she got her heavy gifts and homecoming silver, not to mention, and replaced the best jade bracelet with the most inferior, how can their appetite be filled?

In a fit of rage, Changsheng picked up the jade bracelet and was about to fall to the ground, but Zhou Wang grabbed her and snatched it down: "Little ancestor, there is nothing wrong with people, no matter how angry you are, you don't dare to step on things!" You give it to your mother, and when they come back, I will definitely change it for you! ”

Changsheng sat on the edge of the kang in frustration: "They won't come back this time, they must have been sold, and they may not be able to redeem it for the same amount of silver!" ”

After speaking, her eyes turned red, she sighed uncomfortably, and told her mother in detail about Mama Zhou's care for her in the palace and the parting bracelet.

In fact, Mama Zhou gave her a total of two bracelets, which were only given to her when she privately recognized her as her goddaughter earlier, and when she left, she gave her a more precious mutton fat jade bracelet, so she kept it for herself, and this one was given to Yusheng, but she was targeted by her father and brother.

Zhou Wangshi looked at his two daughters distressedly, although he was extremely shameful about the behavior of his husband and son, he beat his head and cried and scolded, but he was helpless.

Changsheng suddenly remembered Yusheng's contradictory expression when he opened the box just now, and his heart moved, and he opened the box and took out his burden, otherwise the burden was turned over.

She threw the burden on the quilt angrily: "Yusheng, you tell the truth, did they even search for my baggage?" ”

Yusheng was no longer afraid, nor did he hide it: "Yes, after my father changed the jade bracelet, he and his eldest brother carefully searched your baggage and the clothes you wore on the day of home, pinched all the collar and placket with your hands, and pulled away the silver jewelry you didn't wear and checked it again, only found a little broken silver, but didn't take anything, and then scared me not to tell me." ”

Changsheng hurriedly rummaged through the baggage, fortunately, a few pieces of silver jewelry and two taels of broken silver and some copper coins were there, they probably felt that they couldn't afford to fall out with themselves for this little thing, so they didn't take it.

couldn't help but sneer, they were quite scheming, seeing that the silver ticket had creases, they might guess that they had sewn the silver ticket into their clothes and brought it back, suspecting that they still had something that had not been handed in, so they actually searched for her things while she and her mother were away!

What have they done for themselves? Not to mention before, since they crossed over, they have always paid to them unilaterally, what face do they have to accept their own contributions? Do such shameless things?

Fortunately, he had a lot of thought in advance, and handed over the valuable jewelry to his uncle for safekeeping, and only two taels and some copper coins were left outside for eleven taels of private silver, and the remaining nine taels were hidden in a coarse porcelain vase with flower arrangement, covered with a layer of small stones, and then poured with water, no one could have imagined.

As for the silver ticket, she bought two identical bags from Jinyang, one for luggage and clothes, and one sewn into the silver ticket and stuffed it under the box.

Zhou Wang's scolded and still felt angry, the two daughters-in-law were so frightened that they didn't dare to come out when they heard the voice, Zhou Houchun's father and son hadn't come back yet, and the fire in his stomach was really nowhere to go, so he had to go to the eldest daughter-in-law to reason.

Panicked, Changsheng and Yusheng hurriedly pulled and persuaded bitterly: "What does my father and brother do, what does it have to do with my sister-in-law?" She's still in the puerperium, don't scare the little nephew! ”

Speaking of the infant grandson, Zhou Wangshi sighed and held back: "Your mother is not a fool, your eldest brother and his family are all the way, not their mother protects them, they are both men's families, if it weren't for your sister-in-law's idea, how could you come up with the idea of finding a silver ticket in the corner of the burden and in the placket?" ”

Changsheng shook his head, and it was really as his mother said, the idea of finding the silver ticket in the corners of the burden and the placket of the clothes was made by the sister-in-law, but it must be the intention of her father and brother to search her baggage, and she didn't have the guts.

It's only been three or four days since I came back, and something like this happened, how can it not be chilling? They are not satisfied with giving so much to their families, if they suspect that they are hiding their secrets, or if they encounter something urgent, they can open their mouths, and the family can say anything, but they should not secretly search for baggage and salute anyway, what kind of behavior has this become?

I did everything possible to get out of the palace, not nostalgic for the prosperity of the capital, isn't it just to go home to find a peace and affection, but at present, is there still peace and affection at all?

Angry for a while, he said to Zhou Wang's family hatefully: "Mother, I know that you and Yusheng are good to me, but I really can't stay in this family anymore, how can my father search his daughter's baggage?" I must leave the house this time! ”