016 Bride Gu Banniang
Gu Banniang is indeed handsome, even if she is placed in Gujia Village, she is one of the best talents, but how could such a talent delay until she was twenty-eight years old to marry a man like Qiao Mutou who is not good-looking and is more than thirty years old?
It is also appropriate for the arbor to pick up this treasure. Gu Banniang lost her father at the age of sixteen, there is a strong grandmother above, and two sixteen or seventeen-year-old aunts, there are many people who ask Gu Banniang for marriage, but the two aunts are not interested, in a fit of anger, the Gu family's grandmother forced Gu Banniang's brothers and sisters to keep the funeral for three years.
With this keeping, Gu Banniang was delayed until she was nineteen years old. She was unlucky, when she was nineteen years old, she was plundered into the mountains and forests by several barbarians on the way to the market, and it took more than a year for her to find an opportunity to escape back to Gujia Village; No matter how she covered it up, the rumor that she had been occupied by barbarians still spread near Gujia Village, and this delay was another three or four years, and she became a twenty-four-year-old girl.
Gu Banniang's mother had a big quarrel with the Gu family's grandmother because of her affairs when she was twenty-four years old, and the Gu family's grandmother was so angry that she fell down: dead! Gu Banniang resolutely stood up on behalf of her mother when she was tied up by the clan elders and was about to sink into the pond, and was beaten up, and she was ordered to keep filial piety for the Gu family's grandmother for three years.
After keeping the big filial piety of the Gu family's grandmother, her mother couldn't hold it anymore, this time no one let her keep the big filial piety, but after her little filial piety was finished in a year, the sister-in-law at home couldn't tolerate her, and she actually wanted to give her to a sixty-year-old old man in Baijiaji as a concubine; Fortunately, there were people in Gujia Village who knew people from Yuejia Village, so the Yue family hired Qiao Mutou to fill the house with a dowry of five taels of silver.
It stands to reason that the person who fills the house can't wear a red wedding dress, but at this time, Gu Banniang, who was wearing a red wedding dress, stood on the dam of Qiao's house with a bright face, and no one dared to point at her. On the one hand, the Gu family lined up five brothers and two brothers-in-law sitting on an ox cart behind, on the other hand, Qiao Mutou rubbed his hands next to him with a happy face, as if he was several years younger, and all the people present were the Qiao family, and no one was defeated by Qiao Mutou, who had been a widower for four years.
Luo Shi stepped out of the courtyard door at this time, and the first thing that caught his eye was Qiao Mutou's unusually happy smile, and he couldn't help but be startled, all these years, except for four years ago, when Wen Po congratulated him and said that he had added a son, he smiled, when his face was blank and expressionless.
Looking at Gu Banniang, who was born like a flower, Luo was even more depressed. Xiao Li's and her are just half a catty and eight taels, this tender and tender concubine stands with them and stands tall and discerning, and she is aggrieved when she thinks about it.
"Yo, our brother-in-law is really watery, this red wedding dress is really beautiful, it won't be good to get dirty when I salute my unblessed sister later." In the end, Roche didn't hold back, and leaned on a walnut tree on the edge of the dam and greeted him stupidly.
Suddenly, the audience was silent, and just when everyone didn't know how to respond, Gu Banniang, who was in the center of the storm, replied with an unchanged face: "Who is this sister-in-law, how can she speak upside down?" Since you call me Gu Banniang as a brother and daughter-in-law, how can I give you a salute to your sister-in-law? ”
"Yo yo yo, look at my temperament, I just forgot to introduce you to everyone when I was happy." The Yue family is also going to do something, so he pulled Gu Banniang and turned to the Li family and Xiao Li: "Banniang, this is your mother-in-law and your sister-in-law, first recognize the familiar face, and then officially meet tomorrow morning; That's your second sister-in-law, and she should indeed be called your brother and daughter-in-law. ”
It's a pity that the Luo clan is not the one who is quiet, and he doesn't know how to converge when he has the Yue clan playing a round field, so he stretched out his hand and pointed to Yun Ying three on the edge of the well and said loudly: "I am not only the second sister-in-law of the wood, but also the aunt of the three children of the wood." Isn't it dazzling for you to call the three children in red? At this time, she remembered that she was the aunt of Yun Ying's third sister and brother.
Yun Ying couldn't see that the fire burned on the three of her body again, so she had to pull her younger siblings to the place where Gu Banniang was, forcing herself to stand cramped in place with the performance of a nine-year-old child, and looked up at the disgust that Gu Banniang's eyes couldn't hide, and couldn't help but really shrink her body: "Aunt is so beautiful." ”
She was afraid that if she didn't say anything again, the two little ones would have to say something out of place first.
"Hehe, this kid is really good at talking." Gu Banniang laughed abruptly, and when she looked up again, the disgust in her eyes had changed to joy, "Auntie, this is what you told me, the three children of Brother Mu's family: Lotus Flower, Grass Root, and Camellia, right?" Looks so good. ”
Yue Shi glared at Luo Shi fiercely, and said with a forced smile: "No, the hour is coming, let's go in." "I don't feel uncomfortable calling the distant roots "grassroots" at all.
Later, Qiao Qi also beckoned the dozen or so people from Gujia Village to go to the courtyard: "Big brothers are tired, go first and drink a bowl of water to rest for a while, our second aunt can prepare a rich meal to entertain everyone." ”
Originally, the wedding banquet should have been arranged in the evening, but when Gujia Village and Lijia Village were too far apart, they had to pass a few dangerous roads that were difficult to walk halfway, and it was not good for people to go back at night in the dark; Second, Qiao's family had no place to make room for such a few middle-aged men to spend the night; Three, Li is reluctant to light a few oil lamps at night, it is better to make a meal early, eat and drink and disperse.
Gu Banniang was accompanied by her sister into the new house, and she couldn't help frowning; The Yue family was pulled to the main room by the Li family at this time, and he didn't know what to talk about, so Gu Sanniang leaned into her sister's ear and muttered about the situation of the Qiao family she inquired about.
Gu Banniang snorted angrily after hearing half of this: "I knew that I would marry the old man of Baijiaji and be a concubine." ”
Gu Sanniang hurriedly covered her mouth: "Bah, bah, the wind blows away." As a concubine, do you know how the sister-in-law tells people? For the same five taels of silver, you will sell it to others, whether it is life or death, our family can't even report the official; That person is sixty-three years old, and it won't be yours to have a child, besides, is it humane at such an old age? Don't end up with an old man to be buried. ”
"This Qiao family doesn't look good right now? But Qiao Mutou should be two rooms, how does this look like one, you have to blow the pillow wind after this and ask what's going on? Then there is the Qiao family that is not divided now, don't be so diligent if you don't have it; But this arbor's daughter will be sold when she grows up to the age of twelve, and before you do that, remember to think about dividing the family, and it's okay for a girl to sell it for five or six taels of silver, and she can wait for you to eat and wear before selling; Now the most important thing is to learn from your eldest aunt, hurry up and give birth to two more sons for Qiao Mutou, this family is not just what you want to do! ”
"Third sister, I know all this, it's just ......, you didn't see Qiao Mutou and his three babies, I feel aggrieved." Gu Banniang couldn't help but feel sad when she thought of Qiao Mutou's short and thin appearance, although it was better than any old man, but it was not only 108,000 miles away from her imaginary husband.
"Men, what doesn't look good doesn't necessarily mean that it's useless; Haven't you heard that his short-lived daughter-in-law has been holding them for three years, what does this prove? This proves that he will not let you down. As for those three children, what do you care? People are aunts and grandparents, can they still starve them? It seems that Gu Sanniang's homework is not entirely correct, and it is estimated that the main goal is to inquire about the Qiao family's family background.
Gu Banniang's heart finally felt a little better, and nodded: "But I want to divide the family as soon as possible, I can divide some fields, and I have the skill of embroidery, so I can live this life." ”
Then, the two sisters lowered their voices and muttered and discussed how to deal with the in-laws in this family, and at this moment, there was a small running sound outside, and Yun Ying's call: "Man'er, the beautiful mother will not leave, and she will be able to see it every day in the future." ”
Gu Banniang and Gu Sanniang glanced at each other at this time, shut up and sat on one side, as if they hadn't said anything.