It's stuffy in the room. Mrs. Jiang sat quietly, slowly twisting the open beeswax Buddha beads in her hand. Compared to her empty heart, the heat is not a problem.

The eldest lady Tong sat at the bottom, a little uncertain in her heart. I don't know what the old lady is looking for her, during the lunch break, the cicadas outside make people feel impetuous. At noon, the old lady didn't go to lie in the back, and asked Shi's mother to play a fan to go to the summer heat, and called her to Rongshoutang to do something?

The eldest lady was wondering, but she heard the old lady's voice a little vain, and she spoke lazily. "This morning, the second master came over and mentioned something to me." Tong's ears pricked up, it was about the second room, but he called her wife from the big room, could it be ...... Tong's heart skipped a beat, and he remembered that those families outside were not harmonious and were making trouble dividing the family property. Thinking about the situation of the big house again, I just feel that things are not good.

Regardless of how the second master does it for the time being, only the woman of the Xu family is a shrewd person who is full of heart and eyes. Could it be that she was afraid that the second room would be dragged down by the big house in the future, so she instigated the second master to mention the separation of the family before the second master came?

Tong rubbed the silk handkerchief in his hand fiercely, and made up his mind, if the second room was so ruthless, she just wanted to put aside the burden of the big house, how could she not agree. Even if Sapo cried, he had to keep this most difficult way out.

I was making up my mind, but listening to the old lady talk about something else. This is just this thing, but it makes her panic and frightened.

"The second child means, the fifth girl is getting older, and she has to enter Beijing for two years, and she should learn to be a director. When the dowry left by the Ji family, you turned around and explained, took someone to count it carefully, and handed it over to the five girls as soon as possible. ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she turned her head to look at the green loquat tree outside the window. At the end of summer, the loquat has picked the fruit early, and now it is full of branches and leaves, but there is no pleasing yellow-orange-orange juicy and sweet fruit.

I think of April and May, when Shi's mother led people to prop up bamboo poles to beat fruits, the maids laughed, the inside and outside three layers watched the excitement, and they got the loquat that was knocked down, all of them smiled happily, and rushed to her to thank her. At that time, the courtyard was really the best scene.

It's a pity that this time and that time. If there is no fruit hanging on the branches, no matter how green the branches and leaves, who will look at them? It's like Ji's dowry, just like that, it was returned to its original owner, and she could hold it in her hand, so that people could rely on it in awe, and there was little of it.

Mrs. Jiang's heart was empty, in the end, she knew that this dowry was the owner, and she delayed it for a while, and she still had to give it up in the future. was low, and I didn't notice the strangeness of the eldest lady's expression.

"That's it, you hurry up." After that, he helped Shi's mother, dragged her steps, leaned on crutches, and slowly moved to the back.

Tong hurriedly led people back to the courtyard, there was a ghost in his heart, and a large area of his back was already wet. I hurriedly recruited the eldest girl to come over, and when I saw someone, I immediately held her hand, and there was someone who could discuss, so I could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"The silver ticket that was given to you in the morning, take it out quickly, and don't keep it. The old lady suddenly stared at this matter, and asked to count the dowry of the Ji family and return it to the five girls! ”

"Count the dowry?!" Jiang Yi couldn't believe it, and immediately exclaimed, pacing back and forth in the hall in a hurry. "Why did you choose this time? Half an hour ago, all the things I had in my hands were sent home! ”

When you get married, most of your thoughts naturally fall on the side of your husband's family. After being away from home for a long time, there was a favored aunt at home, who gave birth to her eldest son for her husband before her. The mother is more expensive than the child, and the arrogance is so arrogant that she is about to step on her head. This time, she returned to her parents' house with great determination, trying not to save face, but also to earn a breath on her own.

If she can help her husband go further in his career, that person will definitely thank her for her goodness. is just the eldest son, where can he compare to the official career.

So the thing was done, and naturally I couldn't wait to go back and show off. But she couldn't go back alone, she had a beautiful scenery, and waited for her husband's family to carry a sedan chair and welcome her back from the main entrance.

Tong's eyes were black, his body was weak, and he sat dumbfounded. Eight thousand taels of silver, and several sets of pearls and jade heads, such a big deficit, even if she resisted her life, she couldn't fill this hole.

"Quick, hurry up and get it back." The eldest lady stroked her heart and gasped one after another. I didn't listen to Jiang Yi's words for a long time, and when I looked up, I saw that her hands were clenched into fists, and her eyes were red, obviously unwilling and very reluctant. Tong Shi was so angry that he fell back and pointed at her, his fingers were trembling, "Is it your cheekiness that matters, or is it someone who twisted and sent to the government and went to prison before you died!" ”

As soon as he mentioned the prison, Tong covered his face and cried bitterly, and he couldn't help but think that the eldest master had died unjustly in it. "It's my mother's hard-hearted heart that didn't help you? You and I borrowed the silver, I really couldn't take it out, that's it, I was still anxious for you, and I didn't hesitate to carry the old lady behind my back to get involved in the dowry of the five girls. I thought there would be a few more years, and let you take it for some time, and in the future, when my uncle comes out, he will always be able to pay back this account unconsciously. But now that things have changed, do you only care about yourself and turn your face and don't recognize people? ”

Tong's heart was bitter. married to a person like the eldest master, she has never had a peaceful life in her life, and she has been working hard day and night. For oneself and for one's heirs, that's not an inch, and you're earning your life!

Do you think she doesn't know the people in the second room, and she never looks up to her as a wife in a big house? But who can understand the bitterness in her heart?

In the end, even the eldest girl born to her own child did not understand her difficulties, and simply forced her to death. The more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and Tong covered his handkerchief and cried loudly.

The big girl had a wooden face, and tears were rolling in her eyes. Seeing Tong like this, I don't know if it was because she chilled her heart. Thinking of the grievances suffered in her husband's family, I am afraid that in the world, the Tong family is alone, who really feels sorry for her, and is willing to do something for her to be poked in the back. I regretted it for a while, so I rushed over and hugged Tong's shoulder, and the mother and daughter cried together.

"Don't cry, wife, can't you ask someone to chase it back?" The eldest girl had empty eyes and tears welling up. After this incident, in the future, I am afraid that it will be difficult for her husband to give her a good face again. Giving money like this and asking for it back is more shameful than not giving it. It is conceivable that she will be in a worrying situation in the future.

Fidgeting for most of the hour, it was easy to get the news, and the objects that the eldest girl sent home were returned by a lot. The eldest lady had palpitations in her heart, and she was quite happy for the rest of her life. Looking at Jiang Yi again at this time, I saw that she was sitting in a daze, the whole person seemed to have lost her soul, lifeless, and she was really like two people in the morning.

"Let's go home tomorrow. Live your life steadfastly, and don't think about things you shouldn't think. Respect your in-laws, my uncle's side, I snubbed you for a while, you must bear with it. ”

Tong's face was depressed, as if he was much older in an instant. "If you want to blame, just blame me. It's because I don't know how to educate you that got you to where you are now. ”

The room was gloomy, and the two thought that the matter had been revealed, and they were worried about the future. Tong's former confidant mother hurried back, leaning on the door and panting. After looking around, I felt that it was safe, and then I dared to whisper back, "Madam, big girl." The slave and maid checked the items according to the list. Somehow, I turned over and over, but I didn't see the shadow of the gold-inlaid jade coral hand.